Chapter 2878 Azure Knights
At the time when the foreign ministries of Canaan and Fiji were shuffling, in the early morning of September 22, the airship fleet of the Canaan Volunteer Army, like a school of six silver giant whales, slowly crossed the southern skyline of the New World. Under the escort of the "Blue Sky Knights", they landed smoothly at the Delin Town Military Airport which was just completed two days ago.
Canaan is also known as the "Nation of Pegasus". Since ancient times, it has been famous in the world of Vales for its knights riding a flying horse and galloping into the sky.
At the end of September, Alfheim is in the season of crisp autumn, but the sunny sky is filled with a suffocating smell of gunpowder.
Who will win the air supremacy on the battlefield and become the master of the blue sky, between the Feizhen Giant Crow Air Force and the Canaan Blue Sky Knights?
The answer is about to be revealed.
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On September 26, 1627, over the fields shrouded in darkness, the clanging of guns and the roar of bombs played the prelude to the "Battle of Delin Town" together!
Unlike in the past, this battle was initiated by the Continental Army.
At dawn, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wings of the Blue Sky Knights rode Pegasus under the cover of night and flew to the Feizhen Army's position outside the town to carry out bombing missions.
When Prince Colofa and General Green formulated this battle plan, they expected that the bombing team would be intercepted by the enemy's air force, so only the first wing was allowed to mount the bombs, and the second and third wing were responsible for escorting.
The men and horses carrying out the bombing mission had taken invisibility potions in advance, but as soon as they approached the enemy's airspace, they were spotted by giant crows wearing "anti-stealth collars" and patrolling the night sky, and immediately issued an alarm.
At the same time, the Azure Knights also noticed the screaming black giant crow hovering in the night sky, and raised their special air combat weapons "Dragon Rider Gun" one after another, locked on the giant crow and pulled the trigger.
The half-inch caliber dragonrider gun is equivalent to a small magic crystal cannon, and the projectiles it fires weigh 4 ounces. If a giant crow is hit by one shot, it will cause serious injury or death.
The first wave of conflict lasted only a few minutes. The convoy team joined hands to kill a squadron of Juvenile Airmen patrolling in the air. However, when they shot, they also destroyed their own invisible state and exposed their signs.
Within a few minutes after the alarm was issued, all the lights on Feizhen's camp were extinguished, and groups of giant crows took to the air, staring at the white-winged pegasus and horseback with their innate dark vision. The knights on the ground surrounded them with strange screams.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to carry out the bombing mission smoothly. After the knight captain of the bombing team consulted Prince Colofa for instructions, he immediately ordered all the team members to drop bombs on the spot so that they could go into battle lightly and fight the giant crow in the air.
More than two hundred aerial bombs weighing one hundred pounds fell from the sky one after another, and exploded violently the moment they touched the ground. Grease and hot glue sprayed out enveloped the ground in raging fire and thick smoke.
The scene seemed tragic, but in fact the bombing zone was located on the outskirts of the Fizhen army's position, separated from the barracks by a firebreak and a trench. The actual casualties caused were not large, but it was enough to anger General Cornwallis.
Thomas Cornwallis was woken up by the alarm in his sleep, fought back his tiredness, got up, hurried to the headquarters, and observed the battle airspace through the "detection crystal".
In the night sky, countless white and black figures are fighting each other. The screams of the pegasus and the strange cry of the giant crow are intertwined, together with the accompaniment of drum-like gunshots, forming a blood-thirsty killing movement.
The incoming enemy army was only 300 cavalry, and our side has sent four giant crow squadrons into the air to intercept them, but they were still at a disadvantage. Giant crows continued to be shot and screamed, and fell from mid-air, with blood-stained black feathers all over the sky flying.
General Kang Huali frowned, silently listening to the analysis of the battle situation by the staff who were familiar with the air forces of various countries.
The giant crow of Feizhen is smaller and lighter than the Canaan Pegasus, and its agility is better. In addition, it does not need to carry a knight, so its mobility is obviously much better than that of a Pegasus carrying a knight. It stands to reason that it should be more powerful in aerial combat. Dominance is right.
But the Canaan Pegasus is not only stronger in size, strength, and physique than the giant crow, but also equipped with the "star quality horse armor" imported from the Far East, which is lighter than leather armor, but its defense is comparable to a breastplate made of fine steel.
Although the crow's claws and beak are sharp, it is difficult to tear the armor of Pegasus. It can only find opportunities to tear the opponent's wings that lack armor protection.
The clever Pegasus knew that he was not as maneuverable as his opponent, so he seldom took the initiative to attack in the fight with the giant crow. He focused on dodging and defending, and kept flying as smoothly as possible. The counterattack was completely entrusted to the human partner on his back.
The knight of the blue sky is one man and horse, and the knight holding the dragon lance is the main force in the fight.
"Azure Knight" is a paladin type who specializes in air combat. Although most knights are not high in professional level and can only cast magic spells below level 2, they are more than enough to deal with giant crows.
Start with a "forced duel" first, forcing the giant crow to come and fight one-on-one, and then shoot and snipe if it is far away. crying to fall,
Four hundred giant crows fought against three hundred blue sky knights, but were overwhelmed and beaten by the opponent. General Kang Huali couldn't stand it anymore, so he ordered the remaining two regiments of giant crow aviation to go to support, with double the strength Dealing with the enemy army, it is impossible to be defeated now, right?
With one against two, the Blue Sky Knights were indeed not sure of winning. When they saw the reinforcements from the other side flying in, they dared not fight, and they all turned around and fled to the sky above their own position.
"Your Excellency, according to the information we have collected, the Canaan Kingdom's air force supporting the rebels only has these 300 cavalry, and there are no anti-aircraft guns on the enemy's positions. If it is not a threat, our army should seize this opportunity to hunt down the enemy air force, and it is best to wipe out the Blue Sky Knight!"
Isaac Hooker's proposal was supported by the vast majority of officers in the command.
Kang Huali thought it was a bit risky at first, but he thought that this was indeed an excellent opportunity to severely damage the enemy's air force and seize air supremacy. After a little hesitation, he accepted General Hooker's suggestion and ordered the Crow troops to hunt down the Azure Knights.
However, after a short time, he regretted the hasty decision he made.
The air strike launched by the Continental Army tonight was actually a well-designed trap.
The real purpose of Prince Kolofa is to lure out the enemy's giant crow troops and annihilate them.
His Royal Highness also knows that the 300 blue sky knights under him alone will not gain much advantage against 600 giant crows. However, the Canaan Air Force has also imitated their Far East neighbors in recent years and carried out drastic reforms, from equipment to Tactics have kept pace with the times, and it is no longer the case that the Sky Knight alone dominates the world as before.