Chapter 968: Counterattack from the Air
The earth made of white ice trembled violently with a heavy roar, and the steel monsters painted gray rushed forward with a overwhelming momentum, crushing countless crystal clear fine ice flowers along the way, and from the opposite side roared countless strange-shaped monsters, unrelenting and unflinching.
This is already the edge of the ice, and the gray-black land is not far away. The demon regrouped the cannon fodder that had just collapsed from the onslaught of the coalition air force, and launched a counteroffensive against the enemy's ground forces. The Coalition, or Alicia, had never played their cards according to common sense, and this time it was the devil who had cocooned himself and "created" a piece of land for the Coalition to land easily, unhindering themselves and advancing all the way to the noses of the batwings.
So this counterattack looks a bit improvised.
The demons are a fierce and terrifying race, not only did they eliminate their rivals who were out of the same specification and finally unified the harsh environment of Dronsha, but they also reached into Drowlivan, and even with the intervention of the Protoss, these bat wings still maintained an unstoppable attack like an avalanche, almost forcing the coalition forces at that time into a desperate situation. Later, the Demon Warlord Randy saw the opportunity of the Protoss's civil strife and planned an invasion of Zolliven again, and the road was unstoppable, occupying two and a half continents in a short time (relatively speaking), and victory seemed to be just around the corner.
Then, there is no then.
A series of major changes and blows have not brought the demon back to his senses, and it is only when the dizzy bat wings finally get his head in order. Their stronghold in Drowliven was left with nothing but a land of despair, and as for Tyranmere, it had effectively been abandoned. It happened so fast that many demons still couldn't believe it was real. And among them, the younger generation who were promoted because of the urgent shortage of manpower were full of fear in their hearts.
However, the alliance did not give them time to consult a psychiatrist to adjust their mentality before coming to the battlefield. Led by the King Tiger Tank Force, the elite units of the Coalition Army, which have been carefully selected, are thundering across the ice field, officially sounding the clarion call to attack the last territory of the Demon in Drowlivan.
Demons are not good at defending, they don't have the sense of defense at all. In previous wars, all Bat Wings had to do was keep pushing forward, searching and destroying every enemy it could find, plundering each other's resources, and leaving nothing behind. It's like a swarm of locusts with good teeth and good appetites. Demons had never been in a situation where they needed to defend, even in an ancient war that ended in failure, and they managed to storm in their final moments to buy time for the law of dimensional collapse that was powerful enough to destroy Drowliven.
The situation is very similar to what it was then. The only difference is that this time, the coalition of the native intelligent races of Drowlivan did not have the help of the Protoss, and the desperate demon army was powerless to resist the onslaught of the coalition army.
Lenhausen was very fond of the King Tiger tank made by the Birea Empire, a weapon that fundamentally subverted the concept of cavalry and was the king of land warfare. Every time the old knight sat in the chariot and watched the countless steel beasts charging across the endless plains, he couldn't help but feel a burst of blood. Unless you've encountered a giant monster specially made by a demon. Otherwise the tank forces are absolutely unstoppable!
Since most of the military budget of the Birea Empire was spent on warships and warplanes, the output of the King Tiger tank was not very large, and Sophia was desperate to persuade her father to spend a lot of money to buy the right to produce tanks from the blonde queen with a big mouth, intending to use this weapon to consolidate the throne of the Roland Empire's cavalry force in the Western Continent. Lenhausen, who was himself a knight of the Roland Empire and had actual combat command experience, became the commander-in-chief of the tank forces of the two countries once again.
Today, however, Lenhausen was in a very special situation that he had never encountered before.
"Sir, the forward force is about to make contact with the enemy in three minutes. The Signal Soldier reported aloud to the old knight sitting in the commander's seat, completely unaffected by the dull roar of the engine and the sound of the energy cannon firing, "Will we continue to charge forward or are we going to reverse and keep our distance from the other party?"
The King Tiger tank's tactic of using its speed and range advantage to fly kites against low-level monsters with short opponents was conceived by that undisciplined little queen, and it really works. But Lenhausen wasn't going to do that. The order given to the whole army by the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Francis, was to plant the Union flag on the Devil's beach position within four hours, if the old knight made the tank troops turn around here. It will undoubtedly affect the infantry closely behind, and thus reduce the speed of the whole army's advance.
"Rush over!" Lenhausen immediately ordered without hesitation, "We don't need to annihilate the opponent completely, just cut through the enemy's formation, and the infantry behind the rest will be responsible for solving the rest." Stay in your current state, rush directly into the monster swarm and crush and disrupt each other!"
Ignoring the communications corps who turned his head to deliver orders, Lenhausen stood up and poked out of the roof of the car to peer into the distance.
The temperature outside was very low, the tank was moving at high speed, and the howling cold wind almost suffocated the old knight. However, he was a martial artist after all, and he quickly adjusted the fighting spirit in the group to resist and dispel the feeling of discomfort.
The gray land was already visible, and from time to time there were dazzling fires erupting on the ground and in the sky, which was caused by the fierce battle between the fighters of the Air Force and the flying units of the demons and the ground attack. Despite the fact that the surface fleet could not suppress the coast with fire, the coalition still had a powerful air force, and it was possible to plow a little before the ground forces and the enemy engaged.
Lenhausen didn't pay attention to the battle in the air, his eyes were all focused on the land not far away. There was a huge gray-blue wave rushing towards him, but it was far from the level of a tsunami, and there was no threat in the eyes of the old knight.
In front of the Tiger King Tank were all low-level monsters, and there were no demons in charge of commanding or higher-grade monsters in them. It was clear that Bat Wing had not intended to stop the Tiger King's charge in the first place. They sent this cannon fodder just to stall for time.
Three minutes passed in a flash, and the chariot that took the lead and the monster that ran the most cheerfully came into close contact under Lenhausen's indifferent gaze, and the scene was very bloody. It is enough to make the picture instantly marked with various mosaics.
Lenhausen re-entered the tank and locked the hatch. Although these low-level monsters have not found any way to fight against the car, and the slightly weaker hunters can't even break the shield, this is not the reason for the old knight to poke his body outside to look at the scenery. That's death.
The tanks were very fast, and they had out-of-spec protection, and all the monsters that collided head-on were crushed by the tracks into mosaics all over the ground, while others saw the opportunity to jump onto the surface of the tank, trying to break through the armor with their fangs and claws - regardless of whether the crawlers broke their front teeth or not. No other vehicle in the vicinity will remain indifferent to the sight of an ugly monster braving its teeth and claws on the roof of an allied vehicle.
Lenhausen's tank also crushed many low-level monsters in many violent shakes, and even then the troops' advance did not slow down. The powerful engine of the chariot brings a huge amount of power, allowing these steel beasts to constantly crush a large number of monsters with their iron hooves without getting tired. The appearance of magic guide weapons fundamentally disintegrated the demon's cannon fodder sea tactics. But in the case of Bat Wings, they had no time to figure out how to deal with it.
"It's boring. The old knight suddenly lowered his head and rubbed his forehead, and sighed softly alone, "Is there only this level of the demon army today? What about the high-level monsters that they can attack from a distance, the four-legged iron crabs." A demon who is strong enough to play against the heavy cavalry? Why are all the people in front of us cannon fodder? The coalition forces are still hiding their strength when they are about to set foot on land?"
No, in fact, the demons are out of arms. Most of their main forces were buried in the spatial epicenter caused by Hetshetier in the Eastern Continent, and the few remaining were still responsible for protecting the Tower of Sacrifice, where could they go? Not to mention the sparse number of Lala now, even if they sent the elite to the Tiger King Tank, they were only looking for death.
Therefore, the only way to delay time is to use low-level monsters so that the army of batwing improvised can complete the reversal.
Yes, reversal. Just when the tank units were advancing smoothly. The signal soldier suddenly turned around with a shocked face and shouted: "Sir, the No. 13 tank in the front row of the right flank has been destroyed!"
Although the number is a very unlucky number. But it was still a regular King Tiger tank, and what could have destroyed the tank before the crew could call for help? Lenhausen's nerves immediately tensed, and he hurriedly looked out of the observation mirror and asked, "What's the matter?" Did the nearby vehicles see the enemy?"
"Report to the chief, according to the nearby Chariot 17, it was a gargoyle that descended directly from the air to the top of Chariot 13, breaking the shield and tearing the armor in less than a dozen seconds, completely destroying it. β
"!" Renhausen couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and shouted angrily, " If those who were specially in the dark evil castle pretending to be stone sculptures suddenly jumped out and scared everyone when the brave party who came to crusade against the Great Demon King passed by, and as a result, in addition to the gold coin equipment that was blown all over the ground and provided experience points, the timid natural dumb priest girl in the team screamed and fell into the arms of the brave, so as to erect the flag for the two of them to have sex life sometimes twice and sometimes three times a day in the future, and the guy who had such a powerful damage power would have been promoted from a miscellaneous soldier to a medium boss, and he would have needed to carefully study the Gothic horror aestheticsοΌβ
The Messenger decisively ignored some strange parts of the old knight's line just now, and continued to report with a serious face: "At least they have this exaggerated power now. The Peacock Dancer, who was in charge of the air command, sent a message that the demons had applied the effects of the Tower of Sacrifice to their flying units, and that the air force had suffered heavy losses and was retreating backwards for support. She wants us to stop moving forward to avoid unnecessary casualties. β
"Wait, what did you just say, our air force was defeated?" Renhausen was really shocked this time, staring at his subordinates in disbelief and asked, "Are you kidding?"
Before the signal soldiers could reply, a loud whistling sound fell from the sky from far and near. Then there was a deafening explosion, which landed near the tank, and the vehicle shook violently. Obviously, if it was a monster that had just fallen, it would not have been possible to make such an earth-shattering disturbance. It is even less likely to explode.
The sound of burning flames brought Renhausen back to his senses, but instead of ordering his troops to retreat, he decisively opened the roof of the car and got out.
"Sir, are you crazy!?" several crew members suddenly exclaimed in unison, stunned, "It's dangerous outside!"
"Of course I know it's dangerous out there. Lenhausen's tone seemed very supportive, as if the group of black monsters in the sky were all passing by, "But the pilot who parachutes after the landline is shot down is even more dangerous! It will soon be reoccupied by the inferior monsters. Do you think these unarmed guys will be able to return safely under the watchful eye of countless curious crawlers?"
The battle in the air was extremely fierce, and the silver Pegasus desperately protected the bulky Thunderbird and tried to retreat backwards, and there was a big dragon buff on his body. I mean, gargoyles strengthened by the Tower of Sacrifice are constantly storming the coalition planes in droves. At this moment, the shield turned into a papier-mΓ’chΓ© ornament, and even a thick-skinned thunderbird would not last a few seconds if it was close to those special gargoyles, and the silver Pegasus would be killed on the spot.
After the fighter plane was dismantled, some of the pilots who survived the catastrophe successfully parachuted out, and small green flowers bloomed in the sky. Slowly falling downward. These small flowers are right above the heads of the Lenhausen troops. If they were to withdraw now, even if one of the parachuted pilots was the protagonist of a Hollywood blockbuster that would become an ace elite in the future, they would be 100 percent as everyone else.
Lenhausen could see very clearly that a gargoyle, which was probably not supposed to be strengthened, seemed to have spotted the parachutes of the coalition pilots after the attack failed and was rushed to the side by the silver flying horses, and suddenly changed its target and rushed downward, causing an exclamation.
Many of the unlucky ones had been torn apart by the gargoyles along with their steel eagles, and even the dragons in charge of supporting the team could not withstand the onslaught of the opposing party, and the air force was in an embarrassing state of self-care. There is no way to protect the pilots who are skydiving below.
"Raise the muzzle and shoot into the air!" Renhausen shouted to his subordinates, "hurry." Don't rub it off!"
"My lord, this is already the maximum elevation angle of the main gun. The King Tiger tank was not designed from the very beginning with anti-aircraft combat in mind. Besides, the gargoyles are swooping down and coming towards us! The attack of the inferior monsters directly opposite is still continuing, and we will be flanked if this continues. β
Damn, can we only abandon our comrades and choose to retreat backwards? Lenhausen gritted his teeth viciously and smashed his fist on the roof armor of the car, and despite all the noise everywhere, the muffled sound was still very clear, like a hammer hitting the hearts of several of his men.
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Angel felt that she was unlucky, and of course more helpless. No one thought that the demon would use the BUFF of the Tower of Sacrifice on the flying units, and with many dragons in the team cheering, Peacock Dance flew to the top of the enemy with the group and began to play bombing. There was nothing wrong with this action, after all, the air supremacy was in the hands of the Alliance, but everyone obviously underestimated the degree of hatred that Bat Wings hated the Alliance Air Force, and they ignored the rapidly approaching Alliance ground forces and decisively launched a thunderous counterattack in the air.
In the previous massive bombardment of the surface fleet, Alicia dispatched all the fighters, so only some of the fighters who assisted the ground forces in the attack this time had completed the replenishment, and the rest were still waiting on the aircraft carrier to fill their stomachs. The lack of fighter numbers and the qualitative change in the strength of the gargoyles triggered a series of reactions, and by the time Angel realized that the demon had used the Tower of Sacrifice, she had already opened her parachute and floated down slowly.
The temperature is low and the wind is strong. Although the fleet hastily took out the equipment for cold protection and gave priority to the air force and army, the thick fur-collared leather coat on her body did not bring much warmth to Angel. No way, this is a simplified version of a forbidden spell spell after all, and it has a huge impact on the environment. However, the girl knight has a strong strength of level 5, and she quickly used her fighting spirit to drive away the cold qi around her.
Directly below was the King Tiger tank force led by Renhausen, who were also attacked by gargoyles after the fighters retreated. Of course, ordinary miscellaneous soldiers could not shake these iron tigers at all, but the strengthened gargoyle displayed amazing and exaggerated strength, and even tore open a tiger king, which made Angel stunned.
The attacked Tiger King tried to shoot into the air, but it was clear that the effect was not ideal. Just as Angel wondered how most of the firepower could be distributed around her, a dark shadow suddenly swooped down from the sky diagonally above and came straight to her.
It's a gargoyle with teeth and claws.
Anqi, who felt that she had been unlucky twice in a row today, suddenly had a nameless anger in her heart, and then ...... There is no then.
The gargoyle shattered his bones on the spot in the fighting light of the kryptonite dog's eyes that blinded the countless armored soldiers on the ground. (To be continued......)