Chapter 98 Air Superiority
Chapter 98 Air Superiority
"Power output is normal! All subsystems are normal!"
"Reduce the anti-gravity magic output and lower the altitude!"
On the bridge of the Magic Sky, Valery Sabrina, the former captain of the Flying Cloud, who had been appointed as the new captain, breathed a sigh of relief. She had joined the navy, then the Farsighted Alliance, then been appointed captain of the Flying Cloud, followed her on expeditions, and now she had been appointed to this unprecedented miracle warship.
At 23, she was on a meteoric rise, but the Magic Sky and the Flying Cloud were not products of the same era. If the Flying Cloud was the result of national industry, then the Magic Sky was the creation of the nation's most advanced minds. The calculation formulas required to build the Magic Sky's anti-gravity core filled the entire anti-gravity laboratory. Dean Saines and Director Anna personally led the team to complete the most crucial part: the horizontal anti-gravity magic core.
"Captain! Alice has contacted Her Highness Alice!"
"Bring him to me!"
"Yes!"
The communication equipment of the Magic Sky was also carefully designed into a complete system. The output of the electromagnetic waves after being received and decoded could be transferred to the captain's seat. Valery Sabrina picked up the receiver and prepared to receive orders.
"Magical Sky, this is Alice Delareyer, on strike mission, code 3304A1!"
"Yes, sir! Strike code received. Execute mission!"
The Magic Sky was fully equipped with a 20-person airborne force and a full load of aerial bombs. These bombs, filled with RDX, were extremely powerful, far surpassing the destructive power of trinitrotoluene and black powder.
"Descending in altitude! 500 meters!"
The Magic Sky descended from the clouds, and the artillerymen on the ground were the first to see it. The black ship descending from the sky almost made some of the artillerymen fall to the ground in fright.
"What...what is that?"
"A flying dragon?"
The tricolor flag can finally be seen, the visitor from the sky is obvious, it's something from Amelia!
"Heavens...heavens! Those demons...have they even conquered the sky?"
The propeller-powered Magic Sky quickly approached the airspace above Carpath Fortress. The bombardment room, carrying a large number of aerial bombs, was located behind the lower bridge. Several bombardiers wearing jumpsuits and thick, warm hats pulled down a lever and opened the bombardment window.
"We don't have many aerial bombs!"
The Magic Sky only carried 10 250-kilogram aerial bombs, a small number, but the bombs were powerful enough to destroy every cannon. To ensure accurate bombing, a simple bombing indicator was installed in the bombing compartment. A bombardier lay by the hatch, his eyes aimed at the crosshairs of the bombing indicator.
"Alright! Throw the bomb!"
The bombardier pulls the lever. As the Magic Sky is an experimental warship, it is equipped with many advanced technologies, and the mechanical bomb traction device is one of them. This complex mechanical device can pull bombs out of the ammunition magazine with pressure relief valves. It can pull one bomb at a time or ten bombs at a time, dropping all the bombs at once.
The bomb is released by the pawl and falls to the ground under the action of gravity. The experimental 250 kg bomb XMK250A uses an impact blast + time-delay fuse. The fuse starts to work after the bomb hits the target, and the fuse usually detonates the explosive immediately after 2 seconds.
Boom!
The bomb landed squarely next to a 305mm dwarf cannon. No one dared to stand still when they saw the shell-like thing. The Lasvia artillerymen ran backward on all fours.
Boom! ! ! ! !
A violent explosion rang out inside the semi-buried gun silo, lifting the 305mm gun barrel high before it fell under the force of gravity, smashing through the cement surface.
"Cannon A has been destroyed! Repeat! Cannon A has been destroyed!"
Alice, clutching the radio, leaned against an observation hole. The massive explosion in the distance boosted the morale of the entire army, and Alice smiled. The advanced weaponry was now proving its worth.
She knew of the existence of the Magic Sky Ship, but she didn't expect it to be more like an airship than a takeoff ship. It didn't have a huge cigar-shaped airbag, and its hull was somewhat like a modern submarine.
"The enemy is trying to shoot us down!"
The Magic Skyship naturally became a thorn in the side of the Lasvia army, with a dwarven 305mm cannon spinning, aiming at it.
"Turn the C artillery barrel around!"
"This is combat platform number two, currently providing suppressive fire!"
Although the twin Maxim guns were not particularly powerful, the rain of bullets they spewed downwards still dealt a devastating blow to the C gun.
"bomb!"
Gun B was also bombed; the heavy aerial bombs collapsed the tunnel that allowed Gun B to maneuver, and the falling debris buried the gun.
Upon seeing this, Alice immediately returned to the front-line operations command. After the Kosoya Front and the Lorraine Front merged, they formed the Sofia Front Joint Command.
"This is Alice Delalaye, issuing orders: All artillery units, in twenty minutes, will launch a three-round barrage of high-explosive ammunition against the enemy Carpath Fortress. In thirty minutes, the 1st Guards Division will lead the full-scale assault on the Carpath Fortress! Current time: 15:45 on January 20, 655!"
"This is the 2nd Infantry Division, orders received!"
"This is the 3rd Cavalry Division, received!"
"here it is......."
All departments are making preparations. Alice has contacted the Magic Sky, but she is not at a high altitude and is above the target. The Magic Sky must evacuate when the shelling begins.
"This is Alice Delalaye, calling the Magic Sky. You have fifteen minutes to complete your mission. In twenty minutes, my unit will bombard the enemy fortress. In thirty minutes, my unit will launch a general offensive!"
"Received! Commissioner Alice, the Magic Sky will complete the mission on time!"
Valery Sabrina, a member of the Visionaries Alliance, naturally addressed Alice as Commissioner. She tucked her long blonde hair behind her ear and connected to the ship's intercom.
"This is Captain Valery Sabrina, calling all departments. We have fifteen minutes to complete our planned operational objectives! Get to work!"
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"
The soldiers and officers who were fortunate enough to board the Magic Sky were at least sergeants, and they were very efficient. The 75mm howitzer at the front of the Magic Sky roared continuously, while the Maxim machine guns below spat bullets at the ground.
The soldiers of Lasvia had never seen a war like this before; the enemy came from the sky, attacking them aboard massive sky warships.
Lasvia was outmatched in both weaponry and tactics. This was a full-scale war between an advanced industrial nation and an agricultural nation. Lasvia had no chance, and the Magic Sky-class space battleship was the best proof of that.
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