Chapter 1549: Air Docking

The military airships of the Hydel Empire were modified from old airships. The hull layout maintains a semi-open sea-going ship shape, that is, the upper deck is an open platform through which the cabin can be entered.

The three masts are not equipped with sails, but three sets of spiral lifting propellers, which, combined with magic, provide the airship with buoyancy. The main modification is to install a set of propellers for propulsion on the side of the hull, front, rear, left and right to speed up the flight.

In the past, these four positions were used to place sails and use wind power to propel the airship. Unlike the situation at sea level, in the air, there is wind anyway. There will be no windless zone, so the boat cannot move.

But in light wind conditions, the airship moves forward as fast as it drifts. So there is still a sense of relying on God to make a living.

After adding engines and propellers, the speed of the airship of the Hydel Empire increased a lot. It is no longer subject to changes in the natural environment as before. However, because the hull has not been significantly modified and the wind resistance layout is not ideal, it is difficult to increase the speed of these military airships to the extreme.

The unchanged open upper deck is in the past, and there will be lookouts and guards on duty patrolling in the strong wind at all times. But since the speed of the airship increased, the wind on the upper deck has become more and more serious. Without magic assistance, it is impossible to

Only when the airship is in combat mode, the airship is no longer flying at full speed, or someone must stand guard, will the upper deck be occupied again.

If airships need to dock with each other, the safest way is to transfer the people to other airships after landing.

But the airship legion of the Haider Empire is so troublesome. As long as there are not many of them, they have been trained to conduct aerial docking operations. The only requirement is that the speed must be slowed down to a certain extent.

After receiving news from the Twin Griffins that the commander of the airship was going to take the information about the target location and submit it directly to the squadron's flagship, the adjutant in charge of commanding the formation was worried about how to coordinate this foreign aircraft. Aircraft conduct aerial docking operations.

If this dangerous behavior is not handled correctly, it is very likely that the docking personnel will fall directly from the air to the ground. It doesn't matter if the person dies, but what if the information is lost? As for landing docking, it seriously delays the speed of the detachment. Is it appropriate?

But the adjutant was still worried. The Twin Griffins had nimbly penetrated the airship formation of the Hydel Empire, got close to the flagship, and retreated at the first touch. The whole process was only seen by the controller who relied on magic to monitor the external formation flight.

It's just that due to military regulations, the control officer cannot yell in the command room. By the time he confirmed the situation and wanted to report back, the Twin Griffins had already left the danger range and returned to the outer position.

After a while, someone reported that the commander of the Twin Griffins had boarded the ship and was on the upper deck. Ask about admission.

Regarding this sudden notification, everyone in the command room looked at each other. In the end, the nobleman who was the captain of the boat came forward and said to the old general who was the commander-in-chief: "Your Excellency, please let me go over and take a look." I recognize the commander of the Twin Griffins. If he comes in person, I will bring him in. "

The old general thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go ahead." "

The captain, who was also a noble, performed a standard imperial salute and exited the command room.

As a military airship of the Haider Empire, this is a standard noble unit. A person with no identity or ability is not even qualified to serve on an airship.

If the entire airship was filled with people like this, then the interior decoration and design would not be so shabby. At least compared to the Twin Griffins' connecting passage where it was difficult for two people to pass side by side, the Haider Empire's military airship was much more spacious.

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Even on the airship, there are people accompanying him. In addition to serving the superior nobles, these lower nobles also have the duty of protection, so the captain will take them to the door leading to the upper deck.

The trivial matters are naturally handled by the people below, and as the door to the open deck, it is naturally guarded by guards. Under the vigilance of everyone, the sealed hatch opened.

In an instant, a large amount of biting cold wind poured into the airship, and those who were slightly less protected suddenly shivered from the cold. As a veteran crew member of the airship, the captain of course had magical props on his body to prevent wind and keep warm, and a thin layer of warm orange light rippled around him.

Outside the open hatch, two tall young men stood. They didn't seem to have any self-protection tools, but they were still not afraid of the strong wind and gave a military salute to everyone. However, one of them had an injury on his arm, which made this military salute seem a bit nondescript.

"Ezio, commander of the Twin Griffins. ""Marine Captain Noah Von Crumb III. "Come and report." "

The rank of the soldiers of the Haider Empire can be easily identified by their clothing. So when they saw that the person behind the hatch was a high-ranking officer, Ezio and the two announced their identities. After all, a motley crew like them would be a little embarrassed when no one knows them.

But the captain who came here paid special attention to the commander of the airship Twin Griffins at the previous airship captains' meeting. This is because the background of the Twin Griffons, both the designer and the owner, is quite eye-catching. Therefore, this veteran nobleman with military status will of course pay special attention to it.

Seeing that the person coming was the one he remembered, the imperial nobleman returned the greeting and welcomed the person into the airship. Said: "Your Excellency, General, is waiting in the command room. Please come with me." "

There aren't that many etiquette rules in the military. Ezio was not humble and walked towards the command room of the military airship under the leadership of the Imperial captain.

Along the way, Ezio would be lying if he said he wasn't interested in the non-empty ship's internal passages, which were different from the Twin Griffins in design and were elegantly arranged, even a little aristocratic. But he didn't behave like the man behind him, he was really like a country bumpkin coming into town, turning his head and looking around.

You must know that Ezio does not have a noble status, he is just a wild child without a father and a mother. And the person behind him is a direct descendant of a serious nobleman from the Karlsruhe Empire. Why are you acting more miserable than yourself? Ezio wondered.

However, Ezio couldn't help it after his fellow travelers tried to reach out and pick out the glowing magic stone embedded in the wall. He coughed lightly, lowered his voice and said behind him: "Noah, be restrained. Don't tell me you've never seen that kind of bright stone. "

"Hey, boss, you are blind this time. This is not just a bright stone for lighting." Under the control of the magician, in addition to instantly emitting strong light to temporarily blind intruders, it can also emit colorful magic bullets. Anyone who underestimates it is in trouble. "

” Just make a blind guess. "Ezio didn't believe it. This was also because when Noah was speaking, none of the Haider soldiers leading the way had any emotional fluctuations. Either they were very good at pretending, or Noah guessed wrong, so they said nothing.

But the aristocratic boy who was denied was a little unhappy and said, "How could it be a wild guess?" The layout here was all told to me by my grandfather. I find it interesting that everything is similar to what my grandfather said, and it seems that it has not changed in the past few decades. "

"Your grandfather served on this airship?" Or have you come here to visit? "Ezio asked mindlessly without thinking much.

"No, my grandfather was here before. Only after suffering a lot with a group of comrades on such a passage can one be deeply impressed. But he also took down Haider's airship and passed it by. He was so cute about it. Ah, it's not this ship, it should be the same type of ship. It could also be other models, after all, it was decades ago. "

It’s okay not to explain. As soon as the explanation was given, under Ezio's observation, the few people leading the way had quite a mood swing. They even stopped and turned to look at Noah who was smiling carelessly.

This guy looks silly, but the acidity in his words is off the charts. All irritating the soldiers of the Haider Empire, the fragile glass

self-esteem.

Ezio couldn't help but cover his face and was speechless. He had forgotten the representative significance of the two backgrounds of the Karlsruhe Empire and the Haider Empire. He also regretted that he was greedy for convenience and asked Noah, the sky knight, to lead him across the sea to Haider's flagship.

While the people in front stopped to pay attention, Noah smiled maliciously and said, "Is there anything shameful inside?" Do you want me to go back to the deck and wait? "

The noble captain turned away and said, "No, just follow suit." As long as the devil is still there, we are comrades-in-arms and there is nothing to keep secret. "After that, he led the way.

Ezio glanced helplessly at his companion. Young Noah shrugged, looking helpless, as if it was not his fault.

In fact, he had different ideas from Noah, a young man from the Karlsruhe Empire who was full of thoughts of tit-for-tat. The aristocratic captain of the Haider Empire is not only older, he also appears to be broader and deeper. He would adopt this attitude out of interests.

Since the Twin Griffins cooperated with the Sky Knights from the Karlsruhe Empire to perform several beautiful airborne special operations, the Haider Empire has also thought about expanding their trump card, the strength of the airship legion.

As a part of strengthening air-to-ground combat, Sky Knight is a very attractive direction. And from a technical and tactical perspective, the various improvements and changes after joining Sky Knight are not difficult to achieve.

The only difficulty is that the Sky Knights, as an old enemy of the Haider Empire and the ace unit of the Karlsruhe Empire, cannot recruit anyone even if they want to recruit people for these airship legions with official status.

There are still many people building airships outside the Haider Empire. But Sky Knight is really not produced outside the Karlsruhe Empire. Occasionally seen among the people, they are all noble children who go out to experience, and there is no such kind of sky knight with no identity background.

And these young people with the inheritance of aerial knight combat skills would rather stay on the ground as infantry than use the airships of the Haider Empire as airborne troops. This stubborn character also leaves many veterans speechless.