086: Lightning strike
The sneak attack of the fast ship failed and was flanked left and right by the air combat puppet, so it had to roll desperately to dodge the attack. However, its magic system was damaged in the artillery fire, and its speed had long since slowed down, where could it escape the siege of two air combat puppets?
"Fire at the gap in the belly of the enemy ship!!"
Seeing that a large hole had been blown open in the armor underneath the fast ship, Cleo immediately ordered loudly. The operator immediately clenched the magic crystal in front of him with both hands and entered the commands one after another. The Thunderbolt-3 flew and bombarded violently with two wings of artillery fire, almost all of which hit the belly of the enemy ship without a single mistake! I saw that the hull of the fast ship was flushed red, and then there was a loud sound of 'bang!', and a large fireball erupted from below, and the entire battleship was blown into two pieces and fell to the ground rapidly!
"Destroyed!!" everyone in the Thunderbolt III cockpit shouted excitedly at the same time, but before they could finish their joy, a powerful flash of light suddenly shot from the side, hitting one of the wingmen of the team!
It's the cruiser's heavy magic cannon, and the opponent has completed charging!
Everyone was taken aback, and quickly turned their heads to look, only to see that the hit wingman was completely swallowed by the flash, and then suddenly exploded! After the deafening loud noise, there were not even any fragments left of the air combat puppet, and it was blown to ashes! Seeing the tragic situation of his companion's dead body, Cleo had to bite two lines of teeth and hold back the anger in his heart. She ordered the controller to roll over and dodge enemy fire while carefully observing the current situation on the battlefield.
At this time, the fighters of the other five interception groups also dealt with the fast ships escorted by the enemy, and more than a dozen air combat puppets converged in the direction of Cleo with high spirits. Thanks to the use of a new tactic impromptu taught by Princess Celestia, this sortie achieved excellent results. Although they themselves suffered some losses, they were nothing compared to the heavy casualties that were like a suicidal charge in the morning!
At this time, the Athenian warriors were so confident that they circled around the Trebizond, waiting for an opportunity to attack amid the bombardment of the opponent's magic cannons. Seeing that his side had gained the initiative on the battlefield, Cleo nodded excitedly in his heart, and then ordered loudly: "All Xiangxia dive! Get as close as possible to the enemy ship and attack from the enemy's artillery corner!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Raiden III led more than a dozen air combat puppets on the battlefield, rushing towards the patrol ship from all directions like arrows from the string. The Trebizond met the attack with more fierce artillery fire, and its whole body sprayed flashes of lightning frantically, trying to intercept the opponent! However, the air combat puppet moved flexibly, and after a round of intensive shelling, only one was destroyed and three were wounded, and easily broke through the fire defense circle of the patrol ship, and entered the shooting corner of the heavy magic cannon!
More than a dozen air combat puppets were clinging to the enemy ship, firing at full power, and continuous explosions suddenly spread around the Trebizond! Amazing sounds kept coming, and the sky was full of fire, and the billowing smoke almost enveloped the giant ship!
Although the air combat puppets kept attacking fiercely, the heavy cruiser was huge and thick-skinned, and all key positions were reinforced with thick adamantite armor, and it was never fatally damaged! At the same time, the Trebizond, faced with heavy losses, had lost interest in continuing to probe. In order to avoid further casualties, the cruiser began to turn around and prepare to retreat in the direction of the fleet, taking advantage of the fact that the defensive artillery fire on Delos Island had not yet recovered.
Seeing the light of the cylindrical magic propulsion device at the tail of the enemy ship, Cleo in the Thunderbolt III quickly sensed the other party's intentions and couldn't help but feel anxious. The opponent has to speed up out of the battlefield, and although the air combat puppet moves flexibly, its maximum straight-line flight speed is far from being comparable to that of a battleship with a large magic core.
Cleo gritted his teeth and thought hard about countermeasures, but the enemy ship's armor was so thick that the attack of the air combat puppet was like an ant biting a man, although the target had already bitten the whole body with blood, but it was impossible to kill the opponent in a short time!
At this moment, Ellens suddenly pointed to the side and reminded, "Enemy reinforcements are coming!"
The eldest princess was in a pang of her heart, and she hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, she saw another detachment of Nicaean detachments appearing on the periphery of the battlefield! It turned out that this second detachment was originally responsible for going to the north of Delos Island to investigate the defense situation, but as soon as it was halfway there, it received a call for help from the first detachment.
The new cruiser wanted immediate artillery support, but fortunately, the Athenian air combat puppets flew close to the Trebizond, and in order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops, the opponent did not dare to open fire rashly, so as not to be attacked by the enemy from the flank with dense artillery fire. However, the situation has already begun to change, and several fast ships escorted by the other side immediately accelerated and rushed over to join the battle group, and their momentum was extremely fast!
The air combat puppet also quickly discovered this situation, and for a while he was so nervous that he slowed down his attack, and even flinched a little! Seeing that the enemy's reinforcements were about to arrive, but the patrol ship in front of him had not been able to solve it for a long time, if it dragged on like this, I was afraid that not only would it not be able to destroy this enemy ship, but it might also be a defeat! At this moment, Cleo, who was frowning and frowning beautifully, thought about it again, remembering that Oni had explained to her the various attack methods of the Raiden III not long ago, and her heart suddenly made up her mind!
"Start the lightning strike mode now!" Princess Celestia ordered in a solemn gaze and a firm tone.
Hearing her words, the Athenian controller couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked hesitantly: "Lightning Strike Mode......?"
"I can't do that much!" Cleo clasped his hands and shouted in a firm tone: "The gods of Olympia are above, and we must not let the other party escape smoothly!"
The two controllers were touched by her indomitable heroism, and they looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and immediately began to operate the magic instrument in front of them. The Raiden Type III, which was rapidly spinning and firing violently, suddenly stopped in the air, and then the front end split from the center to both sides, and an extremely sharp and fierce lightning bolt of adamantite gold collided with it protruded from it!
"Attack!"
With Cleo's order, the entire body of the Raiden III shrank, like a giant javelin, and slammed straight towards the power plant at the tail of the Trebizond! The momentum of the air combat puppet was extremely fierce, with an amazing flash of light and the sound of breaking the air! At this time, the cruiser immediately discovered the abnormality, and it was too late to dodge, and the Raiden III hit the tail armor plate of the cruiser like a thunderbolt of Zeus's anger!
"Boom !!"
In an instant, flames as dazzling as the sun surged out, and the huge hull of the Trebizond swayed violently uncontrollably, and an astonishing explosion resounded through half of the night sky! Several people in the control module of the air combat puppet only felt a dazzling light in front of them, and then the sky swirled, and they were all shocked by the violent impact and lost consciousness
After a long time, the series of explosions finally calmed down.
"Holy shit! I'm going to fucking kill me!" Ellens blinked his star-stared eyes and looked up in dizziness.
I saw that most of the tail of the cruiser had been blown off at this time, and the original cylindrical propulsion device was replaced by a huge hole in charred black, sparks erupted all around, and all kinds of metal plates, parts, and steel bars were twisted, cracked, and entangled in a mess, and the air was filled with thick scorched smoke. The Thunderbolt III stopped, and the entire fuselage was sandwiched between an extremely twisted piece of adamantite armor plate up to two hundred millimeters thick.
At this time, Cleo and one of the controllers also woke up one after another, but the Athenian warrior who was in charge of controlling the fire never responded, and there was a blood stain on his chest, which seemed to be no longer possible. Now is not the time to be sad, and when Cleo sees the situation, she immediately says to the controller: "This is very dangerous, find a way to get out!"
The controller nodded and immediately took action, and under his operation, the Thunderbolt III also reacted quickly. In the shrill roar of the power plant, the body of the air combat puppet trembled violently a few times, but it still stayed in place, never able to exit smoothly.
"What's going on?" Cleo asked anxiously.
The Athenian warrior replied sweatingly: "It looks like it is stuck in the armor plate, and there is no way to exit!"
"What?!, what then!"
"I don't know, I'll try a few more times!"
Just as the two of them were talking nervously, several groups of heavily armed samurai and magicians suddenly appeared in the depths of the hull in front of them, and they roared wildly, quickly climbing between the twisted and destroyed metal objects, and outflanked the Thunderbolt III!
"Damn Olympians, you are looking for death!!"
The Athenian warriors' faces turned white with astonishment, and these enemies numbered in the hundreds, all of them well-armed, ranging from melee hoplites to ranged high-ranking mages! And there were only three of them, one was probably a pampered princess since childhood, and the other was a strange young man who seemed to have neither fighting spirit nor magical power!