Chapter 662 Dogfight
Near Bournemouth, the training base of the British Quidditch national team.
Inside the Jurassic Quidditch pitch.
Tina Scamander and national team head coach Brendan Dunn raised their heads and looked at the figures flying over the Quidditch pitch. From time to time, thunderous roars and painful and panicked wails could be heard in their ears. sound, and...
The swaying sound in the wind was a pleasant chuckle that was unique to an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, as clear and melodious as a silver bell.
Rexey, the star chaser from the Portree Pride, had already fallen directly during the first attack. Although under the care of the stadium's emergency team, his life was not in danger for the time being, but it was obvious that he would not be able to get back into the air in a short time. .
Unlike those immature students on the Hogwarts campus, following Reksai's 'death', the other two top stars from other British Quidditch League teams reacted quickly, before they could hold the ball again. With Elena raised to the optimal attack height, they quickly shuttled through the air on their broomsticks to prevent their own coordinates from being quickly locked.
In official Quidditch games, it is not that common for some players to rely on their superior arm strength to defeat opposing players by directly throwing Quaffles or hitting Bludgers, but it is not unprecedented.
To put it simply, using the ball to knock the opponent off the broom is one of the things allowed by the rules of Quidditch.
Therefore, as official players of the Quidditch Professional League, although they were extremely shocked, they were not ready to collapse and surrender - strength does have a certain advantage in Quidditch matches, but what really determines the outcome is flying skills. .
After a brief shock, Gangplank and Delevingne quickly regained their composure, adjusted the position of their brooms, and took the initiative to fly in the direction of Elena. The two of them were like wild wolves hovering around the girl. Looking for the angle to steal the ball, while using his own flight trajectory to continuously compress Elena's flying space.
Since Brendan Dunn, as the head coach, has not announced the end, it means that the "contest" should continue.
and--
Five minutes, as long as they persist for five minutes, they will win...
Although less than a minute had passed since the game started and the Quaffle took off.
"This child..."
At the edge of the field, Tina Scamander raised her head, confusion written on her face.
What I have to admit is that Elena's previous performance was indeed so deceptive that she still hasn't been able to completely combine that soft and cute little sweetheart with the silver-white Quidditch Queen in the sky. connect together.
"Coach Du En, this is not cheating, right? Otherwise we should still..."
"Cheating? This is Quidditch, ma'am. Throwing a Quaffle of this magnitude with your bare hands is indeed amazing, but as far as I know, in today's world game, you can use a bat with a Bludger to achieve the same effect. There are at least ten top players.”
Brandon Dunn shook his head and looked at the figures that kept flying in the sky with burning eyes.
So, is this the top Quidditch talent who was so stunning that Albus Dumbledore personally wrote a letter and strongly recommended him to come to the training base of the British Quidditch National Team for summer training?
Compared to the appearance that Tina and others were paying attention to, he quickly noticed something else after being briefly surprised.
Quidditch is not a team competition where whoever has the faster broom or the stronger one wins.
After countless attempts by Quidditch enthusiasts, the wizarding world has gradually formed a generally accepted understanding:
Facing this aerial sport, the experience of most Muggle sports cannot be applied, because Muggle ball games have always been limited to narrow and flat ground, which cannot carry the complex and vast sky competition.
Muggles, after all, will be Muggles.
The sky belongs to the domain of wizards, and poor Muggles without magic can only look up.
The skills and techniques contained in Quidditch, even to this day, no Quidditch team dares to say that they have reached the limit.
Avoiding the opponent's Bludger interference during offense and defense is a flying skill that all Quidditch players must master.
Whether the opponent's batting attack breaks an arm or directly knocks him into a near-death state, it doesn't make much difference in the tense and fast Quidditch field.
On the international court, any player who has been hit once usually does not last until the end of the game and will leave early due to the opponent's continuous containment.
According to the current Quidditch rules, as long as the starting lineup is determined, unless the seeker "dies suddenly", in principle, the lineup is not allowed to be rotated during the game, even if a serious accident occurs.
What really shocked Brendan Dunn was that a minute passed and his players were still flying around in the sky and did not get rid of Elena's "lock" as cleanly as he imagined, starting Try to fight back.
You know, not to mention that Elena is not facing ordinary Quidditch enthusiasts - including Rexai, who "died suddenly at the start", they are all top stars from various Quidditch clubs in the UK. .
Just looking at the performance of the broomsticks used by both sides, there is a huge gap.
Elena's Sweep Seven Stars is certainly the pinnacle of the Sweep series and has been the standard configuration of the British Quidditch team for a long time.
But since the past few years, European professional Quidditch teams have begun to switch to the Nimbus series.
At this time, Plank and Draven were using the Nimbus 2001 series of broomsticks that had not yet been fully launched.
Compared with the easy-to-control Sweep Seven Stars, the Nimbus series has subversive dominance in terms of absolute speed and altitude climbing.
In today's Quidditch theory, height and speed are the two fatal factors that dominate the field.
This not only means a wider field of vision, but also means unrivaled in pursuit and defense. As long as you fly higher and faster, you can have the initiative on the field - this is the theory and practice of Quidditch. The iron law of broomstick manufacturing.
However, on this day, Brandon Dunn suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a crack in this iron law.
"No! This rolling slowdown is a trap! Oops! Draven is too fast, he will be directly locked..."
Before Tina could ask the second question, Brandon Dunn's exclamation suddenly came to her ears.
Immediately afterwards, a red beam of light flashed across the sky again.
boom!
With a dull impact, Delevingne, the chaser from the Hornets, also fell to the ground.
"It's unbelievable, what happened just now!? What was the flying method that just escaped the pursuit..."
"Dogfight, close air combat skills."
Elena floated down slowly, took the Quaffle out of the unconscious Draven's body in a leisurely manner, gave the young man a healing rune to stabilize the injury, and explained casually.
"In a defensive state, instantaneous stall maneuvers can complete the transition between offense and defense... This is the application of a very basic scientific theory in the non-magical world."
"Dog, dog fighting? What's a stall maneuver?"
Brendan Dunn repeated in confusion.
He didn't know why, but he always felt that a magical door he had never seen before was slowly opening.
Quidditch may be changing.
"It's like two dogs fighting, chasing each other's tail, finding each other's blind spots and movement patterns, and then completing a fatal attack. It's very vivid, right?"
Elena shrugged, shook the bloody Quaffle in her hand, and showed a sweet and lovely smile.
"As for the stall maneuver, it is a bit complicated. If you are interested, I can explain the air superiority theory to you in detail later. However, please wait for me for one more minute now, and I will complete the last downing mission first. …”
"Wait! Stop!"
Before Elena could take off again, the tall and strong-looking Gangplank quickly landed from the sky and waved his hands in a panic.
"I give up, give up! You win."
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