Macho Wars

Flying eastward at a full speed of 140 kilometers per hour, the airship took advantage of the thick clouds and fog in the mountains as a cover, and soon left the boundaries of the colony.

Dragoon and Tafe were studying the map, when the communicator on the airship suddenly rang.

Although the intermittent voices frightened Dragoon, they also conveyed an important message to him-they have flown out of the communication interference zone.

So under Dragoon's gesture, Tafe went to cover Durham's mouth, and he came to the communicator, turned the knob twice to find the channel, and heard a serious male voice from the opposite side.

"The heavy airship ahead, please indicate your identity, repeat, please indicate your identity immediately!"

"...We are the counter-strike heavy airship of the first fleet of the Wieland airship fleet, friends, please also indicate your identity."

"We are the Golden Pine of the Third Patrol Fleet. Counterattack, you should be on the front line, why are you here?"

"This boat is currently performing the mission of escorting important personnel, so it temporarily leaves the front line and prepares to return to Lawen (capital of the colony of Wieland). For the sake of safety, I cannot tell the identities of the important personnel... the call is over.

Telling a serious lie, Dragoon hopes that the news is delayed due to communication barriers.

as expected!The Golden Pine is also a "victim" of indiscriminate communication interference.They didn't know that something happened to the airship base on the front line, and after a while they called again, expressing their willingness to escort them for a while.

And it wasn't until this time that Dragon finally found out that the opponent's position was directly above the counterattack!

This made him squeeze a cold sweat. If the other party had just opened fire without saying hello, the counterattack had been destroyed by the volley at this moment.

In terms of appearance, the Golden Pine is an escort-class light combat airship.The length is only half of the counterattack, but the streamlined airbag is slender and beautiful, and its mobility is far better than that of a clumsy heavy airship.

The Jinsong, which took the initiative to lower its altitude, landed at the rear left of the counterattack and flew with the two sides about 500 meters apart.With the help of the binoculars on the airship, Dragon can even see the movement of people in the opposing pod.

Seeing this airship popping up suddenly, Dragon was a little puzzled for a while.

Because they are now flying over a rolling mountainous area, this neighborhood is neither a combat zone nor a guerrilla area, and it is obviously abnormal that an airship is flying around.

The two airships flew forward for a while, and the original endless mountains suddenly separated, forming a relatively open valley.Dragon walked to the window and looked down, and was stunned to find a large base that was not marked on the maps of both enemy and us.

From the air, the base area is not small, about two or three square kilometers. At first glance, it looks like a small city, but the internal planning is extremely regular, which can satisfy patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Dragon said, no wonder the airship was wandering around in this barren mountainous area. It turned out to be protecting this hidden military base.

Thinking that the Virants could unconsciously build such a large military facility less than 20 kilometers away from the border, Dragon became more and more convinced that the empire had a traitor in the colony’s intelligence service. .

At this time, Dragun discovered that there seemed to be a large amount of materials hoarded in the base, and there was constant traffic on the simple roads on both sides of the east and west, and the in and out of materials were extremely frequent.

Therefore, Dragun concluded that this must be a transfer station for the Royal Army!This unexpected discovery made him happy.

Dragun was originally planning to take Durham back to Port Pandora. In this way, the Imperial Army had hostages that could hold the enemy, and then delayed as much as possible until the local reinforcements arrived.

But now God has given a good opportunity for them to do better!

After all, the third prince Charles, who is in charge of the army, may not stop the attack if he only has a sixth prince as a hostage.

Chapter 55

Keeping Roebuck's course and continuing to fly forward, Dragun called Tafi and two more sturdy soldiers to the artillery room on the left side of the pod, where there was a 105mm howitzer against the ground.

Dragon explained his own combat plan to the other three. In short, he flew over the enemy base and used the howitzer to help them "wash" the ground.

The Kingdom Army has not seen their identities until now, so it is not difficult to fly into the air over the base and fire artillery. The difficult thing is how to run away after being forced.After all, Dragon only wants to be a hero, not a martyr!

Therefore, the first shot that bears the brunt must be rewarded to the Golden Pine who follows them.

Although the counterattack's howitzer was positioned as a special weapon for the ground, the Jinsong was less than five hundred meters away from them at this time. Even if it was a howitzer at this distance, it could still confuse the opponent in a flat shot.

In order to ensure that the Jinsong could be hit hard with one shot, or even be shot down directly, Dragon found several special warheads with flame marks from the many ammunition carried by the Counterattack.

Look at the notes on the ammunition box, this is a fire bomb named "Dragon's Breath" by the Kingdom Army, which is specifically used to deal with infantry groups and fixed positions.Dragon took a fancy to the burning effect of this thing, and planned to use it as an oversized "shotgun".

As soon as the shells were loaded, Tafie, who was in charge of firing, immediately turned the muzzle and aimed at the Golden Pine obliquely behind.

At such a close distance, it is difficult for both parties to escape the other's eyes with any small actions.The Jinsong naturally discovered the abnormal behavior on the counterattack at the first time, and hurriedly sent a communication to inquire about the intention of this side.

But Tafee, who was ready, didn't give them any chance to react at all, and fired the shot as soon as the target was set in the front sight!The "Dragon's Breath" that came out of the air traversed a nearly straight trajectory in the air, accurately hitting the Jinsong airbag.

With a loud bang, the Golden Pine exploded directly in the air, turning into a huge firework, and even the aluminum alloy skeleton in the airbag was shattered!

The sudden explosion naturally attracted the attention of the Kingdom Army base on the ground. However, due to the flag of the Kingdom Army hanging on the Counterattack and the low visibility on rainy days, they made a fatal mistake, that is, they mistakenly believed that the attack came from Elsewhere, there was no immediate suspicion on the Counterattack.

They didn't wake up like a dream until the counterattack was loaded with a second shot and started to attack the ground base!

"Quit fire, stop fire! You are fighting friendly forces!"

Ignoring the shouts from the ground, the counterattack shot one after another, shooting "Dragon's Breath" into the face of the Kingdom Army troops on the ground. The mountain of ammunition boxes in the base was ignited, and a spectacular serial explosion occurred immediately. The 100,000 tons of munitions and materials were fully reimbursed in just a few minutes, and the casualties were countless!

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Dragon immediately ordered the Counterattack to escape quickly.

The airship of the Kingdom Army base that is responsible for guarding this base will definitely not only be the Jinsong. They must leave here before other airships arrive.

At this time, the communicator of the Counterattack heard the frustrated voice of the ground force commander.

The other party shouted in the public channel, demanding that all the airships patrolling near the material base immediately respond to the interception of the counterattack, and must destroy this betrayal airship.

Through the earpiece, Dragon could feel the anger of the commander as if he had lost his mind!

So after the airship left the sky above the base, it immediately turned on the engine's output power to the maximum, and at the same time "reduce the load" for the pod.

They opened the hatch in the air and pushed down all the things they didn't need, including the few crew members who refused to cooperate with them (with parachutes).The lightened airship was able to raise the flying height and hide in the thick clouds.

However, even so, as a heavy airship, Speed ​​has never been its advantage.

Less than an hour after they escaped, two Kingdom Army airships appeared behind them one after another, the two sides getting closer and closer.

Upon seeing this, Dragon knew that a tragic aerial battle was inevitable, but at this time there was not much ammunition on the Counterattack. There were four magazines and twelve rounds of the magazine, and only 17 of the howitzers were left. hair.

The main reason why the remaining ammunition is so small is that when the airship was stolen, Dragoon drove them all without waiting for the maintenance personnel to complete the ammunition supply. As a result, it was embarrassing to find that the ammunition was insufficient at this moment.

At this time, the two airships that were chasing up came into range one after another, but this time the enemy did not hesitate, and fired as soon as they came up without saying a word.

The opponent is equipped with a 57mm rapid-fire clip artillery similar to the counterattack, with excellent range and accuracy.

The first round of shelling was only a tentative fire, and it hit the tail of the counterattack airbag.A dozen sub-airbags were reimbursed in an instant and a big hole was blasted.

Tafee immediately began to counterattack, but the two airships chasing up were like ferocious wolves, tearing the counterattack's huge body with their fangs called artillery fire.

Faced with such fierce firepower, the Counterattack was quickly hit hard, and the airbag was almost tottering.

Seeing that the enemy had gained the upper hand and could give them a final blow at any time, Dragoon was forced to grit his teeth and order the boat to abandon.

Everyone put their parachutes on their backs and fled to the lower cabin door in a panic. Dragoon took the lead and jumped. Shortly after they jumped out of the cabin, the Counterattack disintegrated in the air and turned into a large amount of burning debris and fell to the ground.

The two chasing airships circled for a few more times over the area where the wreckage fell before turning back.