Mage Veigar

Chapter 560 Camping
Ropes City, airspace.

The First Air Corps acted as the vanguard, the Second Air Corps was responsible for transporting soldiers and supplies, and the Third Air Corps provided flank protection. A total of three air corps of the dynasty slowly sailed towards the direction of Ropes City.

"Your Highness, we will reach the Ropes Canyon in half an hour."

The Air Corps Commander reported the current travel speed to Vega. Vega didn't say anything, just nodded and waved him to leave the office.

There is no doubt that he is there.

The general left Vega's private office, but he was a little confused as to why Vega's face had turned a little pale since he boarded the war airship, and he was no longer as high-spirited as before.

"There's only half an hour left."

When the general left, Veigar took a deep breath and calmed his breathing.

Just as the general saw, Vega's face indeed turned pale as he boarded the war airship. In fact, not only did his face turn pale, but even his feet were trembling slightly.

Of course this doesn't mean that Vega is seasick.

After all, when Vega took the civilian airship to the east, he felt quite good, and was even excited for a long time because he could fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

But this time it's different.

In war, any officer who can travel by land will never need air transport.

Take the previous example, although the enemy only had 5 patrol airships, they had 5 war airships, the forces of the two sides were not at the same level. But if the patrol airships were lucky and a magic hit his airship, then even if he was a star mage like Okasos, he would die on the spot.

Humans have never been the masters of the sky.

Therefore, during this war, Vega felt his life was in greater danger for every extra minute he flew in the sky. The steel ground beneath his feet did not give him the slightest sense of security.

If he says it out loud, he will probably be laughed at. He is just afraid of death.

In order to reduce the risk, Vega even chose not to board the flagship, but to move the command room to an inconspicuous escort airship. Even if the enemy wanted to fight to the death, they would probably choose to attack the flagship first instead of his inconspicuous escort airship, so that his hope of survival would be a little higher.

This is also a matter of course.

Vega can fight to the death in order to reach the top and live a comfortable life. After all, if he doesn't have the determination to die, how can he be qualified to enjoy a comfortable life? But if he fails here in obscurity, I'm afraid he will not rest in peace even if he dies.

Fortunately, he won the bet.

Old Scimitar is worthy of being a figure who has been able to deal with the Inquisition System until now. It can be seen from the fact that the enemy has no air reinforcements that the enemy's air force has been tied up. As long as the last half hour is over, his troops can land safely.

Calm and calm.

The last half hour passed without any unexpected incidents.

The Empire's air force still failed to appear in the airspace of Lopus to stop Vega, and Vega finally followed the original plan and airdropped his soldiers to the Lopus Grand Canyon, which was closest to Lopus City, to set up camp.

I must mention.

A division was stationed in the Lopus Grand Canyon as one of the land defense lines of Lopus City, but unfortunately, Vega's 300,000 soldiers suddenly descended from the sky. They fought hastily without receiving any news, and the entire army fled in less than an hour.

In Foster's plan.

Since the Grand Canyon can effectively prevent air force attacks, stationing troops here can resist the offensive of the enemy's army. When Vega's army arrives, as long as reinforcements are sent from the city, Vega's army can be stopped.

For this purpose, a large camp that can store 200,000 soldiers was built here, but unfortunately it has now fallen to Vega.

Vega was quite satisfied with this location.

The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to defend. If you advance, you can seize Ropes, and if you defend, you can resist the enemy's air force.

The only drawback is that there is no temporary airport for the air force to dock, but this is not a big deal. Let the air force return today and call it back after a temporary airport is opened in a few days. War has always been a case of haste makes waste. It is not wrong to say that haste makes waste.

But some things still require every second to happen.

For example, now is the best time to launch an air strike on the enemy's military airport, because according to the pre-agreed plan, 2 a.m. is the time for Old Scimitar to retreat. At this time, Vega can take over the entire battlefield without worrying about accidentally injuring Old Scimitar and his subordinates.

of course.

If Old Scimitar couldn't hold on until this point, there would be nothing that could be done. Although it was painful to lose a crucial chess piece, if this chess piece could be exchanged for a chance to capture the city of Ropes, it would still be a huge profit.

"Order!"

Vega gave an order to the Air Force Commander-in-Chief: "Please lead your troops to attack the enemy's military air port immediately. If the enemy's air force has already taken off, abandon this mission and return immediately."

"I understand."

After unloading the soldiers and logistical supplies, Vega's air force took off again and flew towards the nearby city of Ropus.

At about two o'clock in the morning, they arrived as scheduled.

The city of Ropes does not have any crystal hubs, and the security of their airspace relies entirely on the air force. Once the air force is unable to take off and form effective combat power, it means that the city of Ropes will become a sitting duck.

What you can see now is.

The Empire's air force still did not take off, and Old Scimitar and his men were holding the enemy to the ground.

And because this was the only place in the city that was on fire, Vega's air force could easily confirm that this was the enemy's military air port, so the air force commander issued an attack order without hesitation.

"Everyone, it seems that it is time for us to take action."

At the commander's order, the war airships hovering over the military airport carried out a carpet bombing on the airport.

The bombing lasted for a full hour, almost razing the entire airport to the ground. Then, while the war airships could still continue to fight for a while, they carried out an indiscriminate bombing of the city of Ropes, paying special attention to the military garrisons.

It's a pity.

Foster was well prepared. As soon as he received the intelligence, he sounded the air raid alarm and asked the army and civilians to take refuge in the air-raid shelters, so the only loss was some property.

Although the air raid was massive.

But in fact, the Imperial Air Force did not suffer any substantial losses. At most, it lost several war airships and some high-level forces in the sneak attack of Old Scimitar, and missed the best time to launch the airship.

Absolutely true.

The Dynasty Air Force's air strikes failed to cause the Empire to lose even a single war airship.

Because Ropus City is a national economic and transportation city without any crystal hub air defense, the city's designers took air raids into consideration long ago. After all, this is a world where wars are frequent.

Therefore.

Both the civil and military airports in Lopus City have underground air defense buildings. When all war and civilian airships are attacked by air and cannot take off in time, they can be moved underground at any time to prevent being destroyed by the enemy's air force.

Although it was regrettable that the air raid on Ropes failed to destroy the enemy's air force, it at least demonstrated its momentum.

In a war of equals.

Whoever has higher morale has a great advantage.

Moreover, Vega did not think that he could win the battle so easily at the beginning. He was quite familiar with the architecture of Lopus, so his goal from the beginning to the end was to use this gap to transport soldiers to the vicinity of Lopus, and then further capture the city of Lopus.

(End of this chapter)