Mage? Spell Engineer!

The Empire's airships now have "safe aerosols" and are put into more active use.

After the Imperial Army penetrated deep into enemy territory and unexpectedly had a fierce exchange of fire with the National Guard, the airship troops accelerated their sailing and deployed to the front line of battle despite the bad weather, trying to replace the role of artillery and inflict annihilation on the enemy from the sky.

Unfortunately, their plan will not succeed.

All the airships requisitioned from the central port area took off. Most of them have not even been militarized, but they carry the most dangerous weapons-spellcasters.

When the two parties met, the imperial airship was destroyed without warning. The military mages who were still on the ground suddenly realized that Valois's colleagues were on the airship.

If in the current battlefield, spellcasters choose to hide in order to prevent being marked as key targets, then Sky may be an exception for the time being. Airspace is a level that is difficult for ground forces to reach. Obviously, neither the Imperial Army nor the Valois have the experience to deal with it and the corresponding anti-air weapons.

After realizing this, the imperial airships urgently lowered their altitude and stretched out ropes to wander. At the same time, the public channel of [Radio Wave Communication Technique] began to call on the accompanying military mages to immediately move to the airship to protect themselves and attack the enemy.

The flying spellcaster simply took off directly into the air. As expected, Valois's colleagues had been waiting for him for a long time.

The airship was suddenly surrounded by mages chasing each other. Those who could maneuver freely in the air were naturally not easy to take lightly. They threw deadly spells at each other. More low-level mages and even apprentices relied on the airship platform to provide protection and to strengthen all the weapons on it. Protection and enchantment.

For a moment, the airships on both sides seemed to be engaged in an old-era naval battle. The slow airships moved as fast as a large sailboat whose speed was limited by the wind, and their firepower - whether it was the weapons carried by the airships or the projectiles and rays from the mages, The sides are the most ferocious.

Therefore, the famous "T-shaped tactic" can be seen in the sky, in which a group of airships violently attack the bow of the enemy ship across the sea.

Viewed from the ground, all airships will emit brilliant light when they are facing sideways, with hot red, dangerous and mysterious blue-purple energy, and various shields deployed, making the sky where the rain has not dispersed flash frequently.

And Valois's airship suddenly accelerated towards the imperial airship.

The Imperial airships targeted by the enemy are not afraid. They have discovered that these big guys of the Valois are ultimately civilian vehicles, and their movement speed and steering flexibility are not as good as the Empire's standard armed boats.

The crew members who were already red-eyed from the battle did not want to maneuver to evade. Instead, they pulled up the shield outside the skin and prepared their magic to go out. In a "who is afraid of whom" posture, they even accelerated to maneuver towards the enemy ship, trying to seize the "T Bit".

"Wait! Avoid it quickly! Take off or go down, damn it!"

When the empire's airship successfully snatched the T position and was about to fire a salvo at the approaching airship, someone discovered that the Valois people were jumping off the airship one after another, some with parachutes, and others using the [Feather Falling Technique] on themselves. ], the mage with magic-enhanced vision also saw the enemy coming out of it jumping and giving him the middle finger.

The empire's airships were updated very early, so they subconsciously overlooked one thing: the airbags of the old airships were filled with high-explosive light phlogiston.

Unfortunately, no Valois "aerial bomb" has been detonated during the confrontation. Perhaps they have also updated the protection method to make the protection of the air bag safer and more reliable. But there is no doubt that the death air express that is crashing in front of you must be lifted. took these measures.

"There's still a distance, hit it down quickly! Hurry!"

At the moment when the commander of the imperial airship shouted, a flash of spiritual light suddenly flashed across the body of the "self-destructing craft" from front to back. As soon as he closed his eyes and opened them, the distance between the two boats suddenly became a little closer.

"So little", so deadly.

The first gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the aerial battlefield, and the rapidly spreading gas instantly swallowed two aerial behemoths. They have been completely entangled, both burning, deforming, and falling.

Several more airships crashed one after another, and some airships on the Valois side still had their airbags penetrated, and they did not pull up the backrests, so they died like this.

But no matter what, these civilian airships have exerted their maximum effectiveness. Without their sacrifices, the enemy's aerial behemoths would roam, patrol and drop bombs unscrupulously above the soldiers' heads. Now they scorch together, consuming the caster at the same time.

"Really? Okay." On the front line, Major General Hench received the final report from an airship. It observed from a high altitude that an army that did not look like the Valois was approaching the battlefield. It was led by a large group of cavalry. The equipment seems to be very retro, and the soldiers who follow them are mainly red, which is particularly eye-catching.

"It's the Istani army." Richard Hench looked at the map and predicted where the new forces might join the battlefield.

It's too long, our front is too long. He didn't expect that the National Guard would start fighting on a front of more than two hundred kilometers at the same time, which put great pressure on the logistics of the Imperial Army. And when he pushed the marker representing the Istani people to the front, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Their target is of course the royal hunting ground and the junction of the two rivers!

The Valois are still firmly anchored here. Although the troops have been rotated twice, Galicia has invested a total of ten corps around this critical point, and now four and a half corps are continuing to resist. The same The imperial side at the top added three corps to the east and two to the west on both sides of the "wedge", but unfortunately they were unable to break through.

The new force joining the battlefield will be like a "hammer", giving strength to the "wedge" embedded in the imperial front. If it cannot withstand this wave of impact, then the imperial front may even collapse from this focal point!

The cautious Hench immediately turned his attention to other places on the map and scanned the Imperial Army markers one by one. However, he found in despair that all combat forces had been inseparable from the enemy, and there was no longer a mobilizable regiment. Reserve forces can support and reinforce this place.

The imperial army has reached its limit, but the Valois, as the masters of this place, are doing everything they can to entertain the uninvited guests. The wounded are constantly being replaced from the front line, and new soldiers are constantly rushing to the battlefield from the capital in carriages and trucks that appear inexplicably.

Even if this strategic focus does not collapse, the starting point of collapse will appear at any time on the 220km front.

Then we can only retreat proactively

Richard Henchy came to the bitter conclusion that once he retreated, there would be no chance of reaching this place again.

He thought seriously for a moment, but the battle situation did not allow Hench to think deeply. He took the map he had calibrated and found the supreme commander: "General, please give the order to retreat!"

The old general stared angrily: "Boy, give me a reason not to shoot you."

Hench was not afraid: "The battle has continued so far, and there is no doubt that we cannot achieve the set goal. In this case, we should stop the loss in time. If it continues, let the Valois and our soldiers all die on the bank of the damn river , So what should we do with the enemies in the empire? Do we really want to fight to the point where there are no soldiers left? "

After saying that, he immediately reported the intelligence on the movement of Istani troops and his terrible idea. Seeing that the commander was still hesitant, he gritted his teeth and said: "Then, on behalf of the Supreme Staff, I will order you to retreat in an organized manner! Contain our troops and stop letting them tangle on the long front!"

He showed his medal and Helmut's souvenir: "At this time, I can represent the Supreme Marshal, and I will bear all responsibilities alone!"

The battle on the Line River lasted for a day and a night. On the second day, when it was also dawn, the artillery fire gradually became sparse. Everyone on the battlefield was particularly tired. In theory, they were taking turns to go to the front line, but at this moment Who can sleep peacefully here?

Under the Tower of Starlight Torch, Kano, who had been sitting all night, received a message: "The battle is about to end?"

"Yes. The Imperial Army has begun to retreat."

"Then start preparations." Under his instruction, the prototype starship "Aurora 1" was ready for launch.