18th century total war

Chapter 423
"We can't go on like this, otherwise, no matter how strong the dragon's defense is, no matter how many there are, it will be slaughtered!

Those Europa fighters are going too fast and shooting too far..."

After the dragon knight general with the highest command authority was killed by concentrated fire, the dragon knight lieutenant general who took over the command authority watched the flying all over the sky, continuously swooped and shot at his own flying brigade, and then quickly turned the nose of the departing enemy fleet, feeling in his heart Both angry and desperate.

At this moment, he deeply realized that the air power of both sides is like a moat!
This is not air combat at all!
The high level of the Arigado Empire made this mistake because the Odin royal family regarded the Dragon Knights and Griffin Corps as treasures, and it had a lot to do with their delay in sending them out.

In the eyes of Emperor Alonsos, the Blue Dragon Legion is more valuable than the noble magicians. After all, the new world has no magic energy. The magic stones brought from the Makabaka plane are one less. Without the magic stones, there is no magic. Unable to absorb the magical energy in the air, those magicians will only be reduced to waste!

This is also the reason why many magicians in the Magic Guild controlled by Li Wei, under the leadership of Merlin, only do research and do not participate in the war.

Magicians in the new world are like tanks with limited fuel. The last battle consumed a wave of reserves, so it is better to use them for other purposes.

However, keeping the Azure Dragon Legion in their hands and not dispatching it out caused the tactical thinking of the Azure Dragon Legion's air force to still stay in the Makabaka plane.

The flying speeds of the air units of the various races on the Makabacca plane are not much different. Whether they are fighting with magic or relying on biological instinct talent, the attack distance is not too long, and even most air battles stay in the 'hand-to-hand combat stage'.

Even for dwarf helicopters, the effective range of the cannons equipped on them is not long. Moreover, because dwarf helicopters have limited flying height and low speed, they are the bottom unit in air battles. Dwarves rarely send dwarf helicopters to participate in air battles.

Of course, it is precisely because the air units on the Makabacca plane have a short effective range, like hand-to-hand combat, and their flight speed is not fast, so when they attack ground units, they are often counterattacked by ground units.

This makes the racial war on the Makabacca plane have no concept of air supremacy.

An army composed of purely ground arms will not be unilaterally massacred in front of an enemy with air supremacy.

This phenomenon is naturally completely different from the fighter jets developed by the Europa Empire.

As a result, in the first air battle with the Europa Empire, the Air Force Unit of the Arigado Empire, which was 'backward' in tactical thinking, was completely under pressure. The battle in time and space is over.

However, the dragon's rough skin and thick flesh still have an advantage. Hundreds of Imperial Eagle I fighter jets failed to eliminate all the dragon knights until they ran out of armor-piercing bullets!
The originally desperate Dragon Knight Lieutenant General looked overjoyed after seeing the enemy aircraft group leave.

At this moment, he made the choice that a wise general should make - move on and complete the set combat mission!

The lieutenant general with a deep fighting spirit can vibrate the air with fighting spirit, spread his voice far away, and solve the communication problem in the air.

This ensures that the Arigado Imperial Air Force who came to attack can maintain a consistent communication and command rhythm even if there is no radio.

This is the reason why the Arigado Empire's air force did not collapse even after being brutally and unilaterally massacred.

However, many low-level dragon knights and griffin cavalry don't understand that the enemy is stronger than imagined. During air combat, one's own side is completely slaughtered. Even a Europa fighter can't be shot down. Where does the commander have the courage to continue? Fly forward to complete the mission?

The high-level executives of the Arigado Empire are not useless for Europa’s intelligence collection. At least they know that Europa’s fighter jets are returning to replenish ammunition, and it’s not that they really can’t fight!
When this information was just sent back to the Arigado Empire, it was ridiculed by the nobles of the Arigado Empire, thinking that Europa’s air force combat endurance is far inferior to that of Griffins and giant dragons, and there is no advantage in air combat...

There is nothing wrong with this remark, any qualified military strategist understands the importance of combat endurance!
Especially air battles far from the rear!

Griffins and dragons, as long as their stomachs are full, they can fight until they are exhausted!

You must know that in most battles, it is impossible for griffins and dragons to survive to the stage of exhaustion.

In other words, there is no need for the Griffin Corps and Dragon Knights to return home during the battle, and they can fight until the enemy is destroyed, or the entire army is wiped out...

As for the effective range of the Europa Empire's fighter jets, the terrible lethality of the armor-piercing projectiles, and the flight altitude and flight speed, these information are all military secrets in the Europa Empire, and it is impossible to obtain them with the crude spy organization of the Arigado Empire.

Therefore, based on the previous war experience in the Makabaca plane, the senior management of the Arigado Empire roughly determined that Europa's fighter air force could not be stronger than its own.

The only thing that scares the senior officials of the Arigado Empire is that Europa's air force fighter jets are produced in assembly line factories. In a war of attrition, the griffons and dragons are simply not enough to die...

This is the reason why the royal family of the Arigado Empire is unwilling to send the Azure Dragon Legion to join the battle. They are worried that their own Azure Dragon Legion will be wiped out by the war of attrition of the Europa Empire.

This point has also become the consensus of the great nobles of the Arigado Empire. The high-level leaders of the Arigado Empire tend to use the Azure Dragon Army in decisive battles that determine the outcome of a round, rather than in small-scale encounters and insignificant ordinary battles. Consumed in battle.

In addition, the Americans controlled by the Arigado Empire did not invent airplanes at all, and they knew very little about airplanes, so they could not provide enough useful information to the Arigado Empire.

It was these factors that led to the stupid strategy of the top management of the Arigado Empire to send the Qinglong Legion to the base camp of the Europa Empire's North American Expeditionary Force for massacre.

Air combat here means that the fighter jets deployed by the Europa Empire will fly a shorter distance to return to replenish ammunition!

That is to say, if the current Azure Dragon Legion runs to their old lair, they will be overtaken by Europa Empire fighter jets that are much faster than them on the way, and then replicate the previous massacre...

The deputy general of the Dragon Knight Corps, who is now the highest commander of the entire Azure Dragon Corps, knows very well that with the flying speed of the Azure Dragon Corps, it is absolutely impossible to escape, and the reconnaissance planes of the Europa Empire have been cruising in the distance, and there is no trace of the Azure Dragon Corps. Keep it secret!

If we go through the previous battle again, only the griffins of the Azure Dragon Legion will be able to escape...

The deputy general of the Dragon Knight Corps also saw that the Europa Empire fighters were targeting the giant dragon. During the entire battle, the losses of the Griffin Cavalry were only single digits, all of which were shot down by stray bullets!

Of course, after witnessing the combat effectiveness of the Europa Empire's fighter fleet, they also understood that the Griffon Cavalry was no threat at all to the Europa Empire's air force.

This is like the fact that an airplane does not regard an eagle as an enemy.

Griffons are larger than eagles, which is not an advantage, because it means that griffins do not have the speed of eagles and are more likely to be shot down by fighter jets.

The power that the Griffin was proud of was completely meaningless in front of the cannon.

Since you can't escape, you must injure the enemy severely before the entire army is wiped out!

Anyway, the Qinglong Legion has already sworn to win or be benevolent in this battle!
Although this is just the slogan of the oath before the expedition, as a lieutenant loyal to the Arigado Empire and Emperor Alensus, I don't mind turning the slogan into reality.

The Qinglong Legion cannot be wiped out by the enemy without doing anything, it must play its due record!

The Arigado Empire has strict discipline. After receiving the commander's order, even though many dragon knights and griffin cavalry are very conflicted in their hearts, fearing that they will die here, they can only bite the bullet and keep up with the speed of the large army and fly to the established destination. Target.

If you leave the main force, you will be treated as a deserter when you go back.

Griffons and dragons are both 'battle pets' raised by the Odin royal family. Riders can control them for a while, but they can't control them all the time.

When the griffin and the dragon are hungry, they will take the initiative to return to Washington.

This eliminates the possibility of riders escaping with their pets without permission.

Of course, those riders also have another option, to control the whereabouts of their mounts, and then jump to the ground and run on their legs.

However, this is the base camp of the Europa Empire's North American Expeditionary Force. Everyone can see what happened to the dragon knight who fell before. Wouldn't his whereabouts fall into a trap at this time?

Whether it is a griffin or a dragon rider, they are all "samurai" born or trained by nobles, and their sense of honor has long been cultivated.

The feudal system of the Arigado Empire relies on honor to control people's hearts, and the sense of honor far exceeds that of the parallel world where Li Wei lives.

It is quite difficult for them to take the initiative to fall as prisoners, not to mention that they are surrounded by their own people. When they fall at this time, who can guarantee that their own people will not back them up?

In this way, the remnants of the Qinglong Legion, without the obstruction of the enemy aircraft fleet, slowly flew over the main force of the North American Expeditionary Force fleet that had left the port and entered the state of air defense combat readiness.

The next moment, the leading dragon suddenly let out a shrill scream.

Shells exploded around them. These anti-aircraft shells were not very accurate, but after exploding beside the dragon, they would immediately cause damage to the dragon's flesh and blood.

It's okay to shoot once or twice, but if there are too many, the dragon's body will become dripping with blood.

If it is hit head-on by an anti-aircraft shell, it only takes one shot, and the dragon cannot maintain its flight balance and falls headlong!
Obviously, the anti-aircraft guns on ships are far more powerful than fighter jets!
The 88mm standard anti-aircraft gun below caused the Azure Dragon Legion of the Arigado Empire to fall in the sky like dumplings. Not only the giant dragon flying in front, but also the griffins with weaker defenses behind them had more casualties than the giant dragon awful.

At least the dragon can resist a few more shots, but the gryphon will basically only need one shot to be seriously injured and unable to maintain flight!
"For Arigado!"

The lieutenant general of the Dragon Knight Corps puffed up his fighting spirit, trembled the air, and his voice spread throughout the sky. Then, he took the lead and swooped down on the largest warship among them!

As the dive distance shortened, the aim of the anti-aircraft gun became more and more terrifying. This die-hard fan of Alensus the Great was hit by several anti-aircraft shells at the same time before he was within a hundred meters. In the middle, the giant dragon under his command sprayed blood in the sky and fell into the sea!

The lieutenant general with the cultivation of a knight commander stepped on the wailing mount, his body's fighting spirit was aroused to the extreme, he jumped up, and stepped firmly on the deck of the warship like a cannon hammer.

The armored plate of the warship was immediately dented deeply, and an irregular shallow pit appeared!
The next moment, he slowly stood up and pulled out the two-handed sword at the height of the door behind him.

"You ants, accept Arigado's trial!"

As soon as the words fell, two rockets shot at him from two directions with a bang, and the tip of the big sword that was broken in two flew to one side. Under the huge inertial kinetic energy, it was firmly inserted on the deck.

The knight commander who finished shouting the slogan pulled away the broken armor on his body and got up from the ground in a panic.

He was still alive after being hit by two iron fist rockets, and he couldn't even see any injuries. He deserved to be the top strong knight commander in the Arigado Empire's warrior training system!

"hateful!
Without any fluctuations in Qi, why would there be such a huge destructive power! "

The knight commander stood up while cursing, and then his eyes widened, looking at the two-handed sword with only half left in his hand, and a feeling of sadness burst out from the inside out.

"Do not!!!"

Accompanying him all the way to the north and south, the two-handed sword engraved with magic patterns, now only half of it remains...

Although it can still kill the enemy, the enchantment pattern engraved on it has lost its effect, and it has been reduced to an ordinary fine steel sword.

The roar didn't end yet, and there were dense shootings around.

Two Maxim heavy machine guns with fixed brackets spit out flames, and the dense bullets instantly enveloped the knight commander, gradually dimming the vindictiveness of his body.

For the rest of the soldiers, everyone had a Bobosha submachine gun in their hands.

As sailors on battleships, they naturally cannot use semi-automatic rifles like crude infantry. Rapid-fire weapons such as Bobosha submachine guns, which are suitable for street fighting and close combat, are their standard equipment.

In just three seconds, hundreds of bullets slanted on the body of this knight commander who was immersed in the pain of breaking his love sword...

With such a fast pace of battle, the knight commander, who had only experienced cold weapon battles, couldn't react at all, and was smeared with tons of damage on his face.

His face turned pale due to the intense consumption of body-protecting fighting energy. At his level, he can already generate energy from his heart, and he can transform his physical strength into fighting energy anytime, anywhere!
Without any lag!
Of course, this also meant the intense consumption of grudge, causing the knight commander's physical strength to drain rapidly.

At the same time, the dragon knights who were not shot down in the sky rushed towards the battleship one by one like cannonballs!
(End of this chapter)