Chapter 622: Enemy contact in the air
"Today, we want everyone to know that the 33rd Regiment is not a coward!"
Walter, the commander of the 33rd Regiment, looked around at the officers above the platoon level in the regiment, his eyes burning.
In that competition, the performance of the whole group could be rated as excellent even if it was not perfect. However, the 32nd group did not follow the routine and ran to take the train, causing the 33rd group to lose miserably.
In the army, only those with ability and military exploits have status. Now the 33rd Regiment has the lowest status among the three infantry regiments of the 3rd Division, and half of the instant noodles they are given are broken.
The enemy is going to launch a massive attack today, and the 33rd Regiment will be the first to respond. This is an excellent opportunity to make a comeback.
Eugene pushed the defense line forward to the protruding bunker, and the 33rd Regiment built a defensive position relying on the bunker.
The sky is bright and the smell of meat is rising from the battlefield. We have enough meat and white bread tubes today.
Many people break the bread into pieces and put them under the lunch box, then put the stewed vegetables from the canned salty pork and canned beans. After finishing the vegetables, they eat the bread soaked with vegetable juices, and finally fill it with soup and finish it.
In front of the water boiling room, few people came to fetch water, but many people filled the kettles with happy water.
When it was daylight, an air raid siren sounded on the position, and the entire position became tense.
As soon as more than twenty gryphon knights took off, they were discovered by the Black Cat Army scouts lurking nearby. The Madeira army never expected that there would be people around who were just looking around but not attacking.
The post on the mountain saw black spots circling and forming in the sky, and reported them at the same time.
The mission of the Griffin Knights is to conduct air strikes against Wesson's army early in the morning, causing chaos and damaging morale, and preparing for the next ground battle.
By the time they flew to the Wesson Army's position, Mary and the dragon knight had climbed to a high altitude, and the nine-headed fire dragon formed a circle and circled above the ceiling of the gryphon.
In the air more than two hundred meters in front of the position, a pair of twelve rotorcraft formed a circle and rotated in circles.
The gryphon knights of the Kingdom of Madeira were a little confused. In the past air battles, warriors fought against each other. One side would decide the winner in a one-on-one fight, and then the next one would take over.
If you go around in circles like this, if you hit one, the one behind you will bite you on the back, and if you hit someone low and high, they will jump down. Are you talking about the rules?
The air force of the Wesson Army and the Osmaga New Army did not follow any old rules. Mary, who had the most war experience, was only in her twenties and did not feel that those rules needed to be followed.
The gryphon knights quickly launched an attack. Half of them pounced on the flying machine below, focusing on one point to break the formation, and the other half defended the fire dragon above.
Mary controlled her Fire Dragon Rose to fly away from the team and reached the top to act as the conductor.
She no longer needs the military glory of such a small battle, let the young people do it.
The division of the Griffin Knights was within her expectation, so she directed Wesson's army to move to create a distance between the two groups.
The gryphon knights who rushed towards the gyrocopter found that the circle was moving at a slow speed, flying towards the mountain.
They immediately chased after each other, unknowingly widening the distance between the two.
When the two sides approached, the Wesson Army's rotorcraft suddenly changed its formation, no longer a circle, but turned into an arc, flying towards the outer edge of the Griffin Knights team at maximum speed.
The personnel of the gyrocopter are arranged front to back like the powered delta wing, but instead of a camera, there is a twin machine gun in front.
The Fire Dragon Knights of Osmaga's new army also have such weapons in front of them.
The gryphon knights immediately turned around, preparing to cut the team in two.
When the distance between the two sides was 500 meters, the rotorcraft suddenly turned and collided head-on with the griffins.
The gryphon knights became happy, and the battle returned to their familiar rhythm. They all prepared their magic crystal cannons and aimed at the opponent's weird machine. The first thing that sounded was the sound of machine gun fire.
Thin red lines appeared in the sky. For the oncoming enemies, there was no need to calculate too much advance.
The gyrocopter hit and ran. Under the unified command of the communicator, no matter whether it achieved victory or not, it could nod and fly to the distance to form a flying circle again.
Air Force commanders' understanding of air combat is also influenced by cavalry warfare, requiring them to maintain a consistent formation to avoid being defeated individually.
The first confrontation just now killed four griffins, reducing the opponent's combat effectiveness by about 30%.
But the commander, like commanding cavalry, would reorganize his formation after one charge and carry out the next charge.
However, at this time, the Griffin Knights fell into chaos. The opponent's range and firepower exceeded their expectations, which made different people have different ideas. Some people wanted to increase the distance, some wanted to rush over and shorten the distance to solve the disadvantage of the range, and some people felt that the rotating thing It will hinder shooting, so you have to climb higher...
The independent operations in the past caused them to lack unified command and awareness, and the formation suddenly dispersed.
Mary saw this from high altitude and immediately commanded the rotorcraft to launch an attack while the enemy was in confusion and unable to support each other.
The gyrocopters immediately turned after receiving the order, lined up, and pressed towards the Griffin Knight.
They did not rush in at high speed, but kept a distance of three to five hundred meters and took advantage of their speed to fly their kites.
Mary also commanded the Fire Dragon Knights to start attacking the enemies below to defend themselves, preventing them from going for reinforcements.
The fire dragon straightened its head, folded its wings and slightly opened them, and rushed towards the gryphon knight below.
The fire dragon knights who came here were all young people and equally inexperienced.
So Mary only arranged a tactic for them, taking advantage of the height to rush down from high altitude. Each group of two people would go one behind the other. If the front attack failed, the rear would continue to attack. If two hits failed, they would pull up and try again.
The trajectory of the fire dragon was like a "U". After diving, it relied on speed to glide a long distance laterally. When the griffon caught up, it was already flying very high.
If the gryphon knights form a formation and cooperate with each other, like hedgehogs, the fire dragon knights will feel troublesome and even kick on the steel plate.
However, they were fighting independently at this moment, and their formation was quickly broken, and they soon fell into a bitter battle.
On the tower of Sampaio Castle, Doss roared hysterically: "Why didn't anyone report that they had a fire dragon!"
If he knew that there were so many fire dragons on the opposite side, he would bring more gryphon knights and hire the winged unicorn air cavalry from the southern continent.
But now, he could only watch the gryphon knights fall one by one.
"Let them hurry up!" Doss roared, "The team must be ready in an hour!"
The chaos in the camp last night affected the speed of dispatching troops today, and the lack of open space for the whole team exacerbated the chaos.
The big nobles couldn't find their vassals, the small nobles couldn't find their knights, and when the sergeant counted his troops, he found that there were a few less or more armed peasants.
Doss finally issued a useful order: "Everyone go east immediately, get out of the woods and into the open area to organize the team!"
"The Knights go ahead and be on guard!"
(End of chapter)