Your war hammer is too fake

As Morgan claimed, this beach near the planned port is indeed beautiful, and most importantly, there is no garbage or other people on the beach. As for safety, it is obviously the least of the concerns.

The sea breeze blew across the beach, and the blazing midday sun was blocked by three parasols of different colors, although one of them didn't need it at all. Next to the coconut grove behind the beach, Nishikori Shigemasa and Morgan's adjutant, a female forest captain, set up tables, chairs, and tableware, set up the stove, and sorted various kitchen utensils and seasonings on foldable portable racks. As for Susaibu, the tomb messenger went to collect firewood.

Today's lunch is a barbecue dinner and Kaldorei pancakes. The latter was prepared by the royal chef and brought over, while the former is one of the few dishes that Nishikori Shigeru is capable of. The deputy captain's cooking skills are limited to eating, but her tea-making skills are quite good. Among the six people present, only An Jiyue can be said to be good at cooking. Although Atum can cook, it is too strange to let an undead cook.

"It's great," Morgan said. "It's great to have a day like this when I don't have to work."

"You two seem quite busy?" Atum tilted his head.

"I have so many things to do that my schedule is overwhelmed every day, while she is working on multiple research projects at the same time. I have no choice, she is just pushing herself to do it," An Jiyue lay on the beach chair with her hands on the armrests of the chair, "the most important Eclipse-class frigate project, the new magic armor project, the further optimization and improvement of the light spear, and what is the other one?"

"Well, it's the phase torpedoes for the Eclipse class, which is what I mentioned last time (see Chapter 354). It's the weapon used to deal with flying castles or other large air units that may appear," Morgan scratched his head. "Everything else is fine, but the phase torpedoes are the most troublesome. There are still many technical problems that are difficult to solve..."

"Stop, we are here to relax today, or you invited me here," An Jiyue made a stop gesture with both hands, "Well, they seem to have started a fire. Let's go swimming, and we can have dinner when we come back."

"Great!" Morgan was the first to jump up from the beach chair, his chest trembling slightly.

Then it was An Jiyue who stood up normally. Even though she was careful enough, the pair of balls wrapped in black cloth on her chest were still shaking. Atum looked at Morgan and then at An Jiyue, and then cast a sympathetic look at Morgan.

"...In three-dimensional terms, Sister Wang is already very big, okay? How can Didi compare to ordinary people?!" The Evergreen King immediately covered his chest with his hands and said angrily: "Old Xiao may not even be as big as me!"

As for a certain imperial elect, he was automatically ignored by the Lord of the Crucified Wood Court.

"To be able to say such things, you are already a very pure woman both physically and mentally," the mummy said while nodding, "Congratulations, Ms. Morgan Lingo."

"Hey!"

The author says:

Author's words: Although it is updated at night, I still tried to challenge the limit...

Chapter 363: Shocking Change

In the south, near a hidden valley.

Leading the Dominant Guard and several clan mothers and clan champions under her command, Nadel finally approached the destination after spending more time than planned. She was supposed to arrive four days ago, but when Nadel marched along the secret tunnel leading to the colony and was about to reach the end, she found that the tunnel collapsed.

This gave Nadel a bad feeling. She checked the signs of collapse, which were clearly the result of human destruction, not some unexpected geological disaster. Nadel couldn't be sure who destroyed the tunnel, but no matter who did it, the colony must be in a very dangerous state now, and it might even have collapsed.

Since they were very close to their destination, Nadel ordered to send a telepathic message to the colony with a try-it attitude. But no matter how many times the telepathic bee sent the message, it never received any response. This situation further increased Nadel's worries, but fortunately she had made very thorough preparations when she came.

The tunnel leading to the colony actually has a hidden branch that leads to the vicinity of the colony - even the tribe mother in charge of managing the colony does not know this. After experiencing a betrayal, Namtaru became more and more accustomed to guarding against anyone except Nadel, and arranged countermeasures in advance for possible betrayals.

It took four more days for Nadel to come to the surface world again, but this time, the queen of the nest tribe was not in the mood to marvel at the lush vitality of the surface world. When searching for the road to the surface world, it was Nadel who personally led the team to confirm that the tunnel was usable and the exit was safe enough, and the location of the colony was also selected by her. Since Nadel needed to assist Namtaru in managing the entire nest tribe, a tribe mother was appointed as the head of the colony.

Naturally, this clan mother is also Nadel's daughter, and a relatively older one. Namtaru is working on rebuilding the bloodlineage of each clan, but it is not so easy to cultivate a new queen, so most of the existing upper nodes are of Nadel's bloodline, and only a few are loyalists who are lucky enough to have survived to the present and are not descendants of Nadel.

"Send a Twitching Bee to investigate... No," Nadel rejected the idea as soon as she said it. "Let the Telepathic Bee try again. If there's still no response, send another Twitching Bee to check."

Just as the Winged Bee is a flying subspecies of the Stinging Bee, the Winged Bee is a flying version of the Guard Bee. Although it is larger than the Winged Bee, it is faster than the latter. It also has superior attack power, carapace hardness, and flexibility. This rare type of Hive soldier was created by Namtaru and only exists in the Overlord Guard.

Just like the previous attempts, the telepathic message sent by the telepathic bee received no response. Nadel's heart sank little by little, but on the surface she still showed full of confidence, as if everything was under control: "Send out the flapping bee."

The first batch of units is basically a nest unit with two pairs of dragonfly wings on the back of the Guard Bee. After receiving the order, it flaps its wings at a very fast speed, uses the force to run a few steps and leap into the air - the light-bodied Flying Wing Bee can take off directly on the spot, but the Flutter Wing Bee covered with a thick chitin shell cannot do so and must run.

After the reconnaissance unit was dispatched, Nadel, with the help of the largest telepathic bee's psychic energy, connected her thoughts to one of the flapping bees. This was what Namtaru had specifically told her before she set out. Originally, Nadel could directly access a lower-level node through the hive network and obtain its vision, but now there must be an extra link in the middle.

The Overlord rarely explained the reason behind this order, and Nadel did not ask.

Through the vision of the reconnaissance unit, Nadel looked down at the land from the air: lush vegetation covered the land, and the layers of branches and leaves were so lush that the ground could not be seen. Various small animals were active among the trees, and among all these things, few could be called harmless... In the initial exploration of the surface world, the Nest Clan suffered a lot before they learned how to survive in this green hell created by the ancient saints.

As the bees approached the valley, the scene that Nadel saw changed. Tropical plants were rotting and withering, and foul blood was dripping from the cracked bark. Swarms of flies were hovering over the twisted vegetation, and the pale green mist was stagnant between the trees, making it difficult to see the ground.

The flapping bees continued to fly in, and the scenes that Nadel "saw" became more disgusting, absurd, and distorted. She saw a crooked mouth growing on the tree, with jagged teeth dripping dark yellow pus; she saw the earth itself growing a huge pimple, and some kind of intestine-like creature was happily humping around.

Most importantly, she finally saw her own relatives, the Nest Clan who were sent to develop the colony, and saw how horribly they had been twisted into.

Because she was mentally prepared, Nadel wanted to continue observing even though she was shocked. However, at this moment, the mental link suddenly fluctuated unnaturally, and the queen of the nest could only exit the link and let her consciousness return to the real world. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw that the telepathic bee responsible for the transfer had fallen to the ground at some point, shaking and twitching unnaturally, and some parts of its body had unobvious signs of ulceration, and maggots could be vaguely seen wriggling inside.

"Purify it," the Queen ordered.

Two flame bees approached, one on the left and one on the right, and opened their mouths at the same time. Blazing flames gushed out, and the telepathic bee let out a short cry and then stopped struggling. Its soft shell was burned through by the flames, and its rotting internal organs and various germs that appeared out of nowhere turned into ashes. The newly mutated horns were charred and cracked under the high temperature.

Nadel did not order the attack to stop until the biofuel in the Flame Bee's abdomen was completely exhausted. The Hive Queen stared at the burned telepathic bee until its mental response completely disappeared from the Hive network. Nadel then said in a cold tone: "Dominate Guards, all members install emergency oxygen supply glands, seal all breathing holes, spray crystal shell spray, and then prepare for battle!"

The combat-type subordinate nodes stood still, and some worker bees, which were obviously specialized for a certain direction, came trotting over in groups to carry out the queen's orders. They first attached some flat biological tissues that exuded a chill and emitted white steam just by appearing in the hot rain forest to the backs of the combat-type subordinate nodes.

As soon as the emergency oxygen supply glands were attached, they automatically filled the main breathing holes on the back of the hive. Then, some worker bees sprayed some kind of mist oil, spraying all the breathing holes on the soldier's body evenly. After completing the above two steps, these hive units temporarily lost the ability to obtain oxygen from the outside world. If there were no emergency oxygen supply glands, they would die of suffocation within seven to ten minutes.

Finally, another type of specialized worker bee sprayed another spray at the warriors. After these sprays came into contact with the chitinous carapace of the nest, they quickly hardened into an additional, shiny, hard crystal-like shell. The main function of this shell was to isolate harmful substances and provide a certain amount of additional protection.

After all the preparations were completed, Nadel took the active armor handed over by a clan champion, put it on her upper body and activated it with psychic energy. The active armor looked like a breastplate when not activated, but after being activated, it grew very quickly into a fully enclosed chitin armor covering the entire upper body of the queen. As for the spider-like structure on Nadel's lower body, it naturally had the highest level of biochemical defense.

"Attack!" Nadel waved her spear. "Whatever they were, they are no longer one of us! In the name of Namtaru, purify the strange plague that lurks here! For the hive!"

"For the Nest Clan!!" the Clan Mother and the Clan Champions shouted, and then led the army to launch an attack.

The author says:

Author's words: I can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow after just one more day of intravenous drip...

Chapter 364 Conversation before departure

October 2503, 10 of the Imperial Calendar, Chengze Prefecture, Jingning.

An Jiyue, who returned from the distant south, did not return to Xuanshui at all, but ran directly to Xiao Yiyue's territory and joined Liu Jianguo, Gao Yun and others who came from Xuanshui on the Junma. As the first ship of the Junma-class light transport ship, the Junma was tested and trained with the usual high efficiency of An's Aurora, and was finally officially delivered to the Shenzhou Fleet before this voyage.

Anshi Zhendan's air transport capacity is about to reach a small peak: after nearly a year of intensive construction, a large amount of aviation transport capacity and engineering construction capacity, plus 20,000 troops, the Pingshan defense line is about to be completed. Even if the part of the capacity required to transport supplies and transfer personnel for the Pingshan defense line is deducted, Anshi Zhendan can release about ten transport boat squadrons at once.

That is about 6 Grasshopper-class transport boats. According to the organization of the Shenzhou Fleet, four frigates or ships of the same level are organized into a squadron, and the small boats at the "boat" level are organized into a squadron of 12 to ships according to the tonnage and type. For example, the Grasshopper class has eight ships in a squadron, regardless of the specific model.

As for cruisers (which are not available yet) and larger ships (not even conceived), there is no such thing as a "squadron", or a single cruiser is equivalent to a squadron in terms of administrative level. After all, the standard take-off mass of the Kingfisher class is only more than 400 tons, the Swift class is 500 tons, the Dwarven Hammer class and the Kaldorei Eclipse class are both around 600 tons, and a cruiser will never be less than 2,000 tons, and it is likely to start at 3,000 tons. The mass of one cruiser is greater than the sum of the frigates of a squadron.

Including the air fleets of the Anxi Army and the Shuofang Army, the Shenzhou Fleet currently has four gunboat squadrons and fifteen transport boat squadrons, totaling about 150 grasshoppers, with their main activities concentrated in Sanhe Prefecture and Chengze Prefecture/the surrounding areas of the Dragon Islands. After the Junma class enters service, the Grasshopper class transport boats will be gradually discontinued. After all, the Junma class has only half as many personnel as the Grasshopper class, but the standard carrying capacity is 350 tons and the maximum carrying capacity is 525 tons, which is much more than the standard 30 tons and the maximum 50 tons of the Grasshopper class.

The grasshoppers in the Shenzhou fleet will gradually be retired, and new gunboats and transport boats using storm engines will replace them. On the one hand, this is the inevitable result of technological iteration, and on the other hand, it is also to unify the power system and simplify the logistics support work. Anyway, grasshoppers also have great potential in the civilian field.

In any case, the completion of the Pingshan defense line not only completed the last piece of the puzzle for the border defense system of Sanhe Prefecture, but also temporarily made the air transport capacity at the disposal of the Lords of the Holy Scriptures redundant. These valuable air transport capabilities were not idle. After completing the inspection and maintenance in batches, they immediately moved to Jingning to prepare for the Shuofang Army's operations.

——When An Jiyue was busy dealing with the affairs of the two ancient races in the south, Xiao Yiyue was not idle either. The long rainy season in the Dragon Islands ended, and the Shuofang Army, which had been dormant for half a year, began to continue the work that had not been completed before. With the support of sufficient air power, the Shuofang Army used the previously occupied Fear Rock as a starting point, and took transport boats to simultaneously raid the Stone Breaking Island and Dragon Tooth Mountain, and conquered the ruins of the temple city hidden deep in the island with extremely high efficiency.

Without the management and suppression of a certain traverser, the lizardmen on the Dragon Islands quickly fell apart and returned to a state close to that of wild beasts. These wild lizardmen could not be the opponents of the Shuofang Army from the beginning, and Xiao Yiyue captured two more hatching pools. The Dragon Islands were already in the hands of An Zhendan, but clearing out the remaining lizardmen on the island was destined to be a long-term task.

After arriving in Jingning, the Swift did not immediately go out again. As a new ship, although it was not absolutely necessary, An Jiyue still arranged for the Swift to undergo an in-depth maintenance. After all, the Swift was unlikely to receive professional logistical support until the return trip to Aurora.

The same was true for the Junma, which was scheduled to participate in this mission, and another Swift-class frigate. In this regard, Liu Jianguo did not urge them, but just said that it would be fine as long as they could set off on schedule.

The departure date agreed upon by both parties was two days later. Seeing that there was still some time, An Jiuyue found Xiao Yiyue.

"I think that since there is no opportunity for large-scale action right now, it's time for the Army Aviation and the Air Force to separate," An Jiyue picked up a thin porcelain teacup produced from an official kiln in the back garden of the Ningguo Mansion and took a sip of the iced cola inside. "Some things should be done as soon as possible... although we don't have the problem of not being able to move against the vested interest groups."

Xiao Yiyue, who was sitting next to him, was holding the same cup, and the contents in the cup were naturally the same: "You want to throw all the ground support missions to the Army Aviation, so that the Air Force can be freed up?"

"The flying fleet is a strategic air force by nature, which is completely different from the world we traveled through," An Jiyue nodded. "Here, the functions of the tactical air force can be completely handed over to the Army Aviation. Even if we don't consider the conflicts between the two services in our 'homeland', it is impossible to split the tactical air force as a whole. It is technically impossible."

"There is absolutely no need for ships like gunboats to remain in the Air Force system. Cross-service coordination is always a world-class problem, and there is no particularly good solution even in our 'homeland', so all ground support missions should be assigned to the Army Aviation. The flying fleet is the navy flying in the sky, and the navy is an offensive service. From a practical point of view, I agree with Morgan's view: sooner or later, our enemies will have something that can compete with the flying fleet, whether it is a flying castle or something else."

"So you are starting to prepare in advance now?" Xiao Yiyue put down the teacup and crossed his fingers: "Let me summarize. In your plan, you want to use the idea of ​​building a navy to build an air force?"

"Anyway, we are all sailing ships," An Jiyue waved her hand. "Also, I must correct one thing. I only referred to the navy's construction ideas, but in essence, this is still an air force, and the core has never changed. More importantly, whether it is ships, tactics or military thinking, everything in the Shenzhou Fleet is still being explored, and we can't find any reference objects to copy homework. Regardless of ancient and modern times, crossing the river by feeling the stones is the norm in military construction, but this time it's our turn to be the stone."

"You don't want to simply summarize everything you are doing with a few nouns, because that is neither accurate nor dogmatic," Xiao Yiyue said, "but what do you think?"

"? What do you mean?"

"You said that when you come back from Zhendan, you will go on an expedition to Norsca and find Shenzhu," said the royal sister who also has silver hair and red eyes, but her temperament is as dignified as a flower on the mountain top, "Don't you really think that the time is a bit too tight?"

"I'm a psyker, Ayue. I have a feeling that time is the most appropriate time. It won't be too late or too early," An Jiyue replied. "Chaos will not let us act according to plan. Chaos, especially Tzeentch, must be holding back some kind of plan to give us a big 'surprise'."

"Since you know what's going on, I'm relieved," Xiao Yiyue nodded slightly, "No matter the time or the place, just shout if you need help. I'll always be here."

For some reason, this sentence made An Jiyue silent for a while. "As for the formation of NATO, you can inform your allies now. It's not appropriate to entrust this matter to other group members, so you have to do it."

NATO, the full name is "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". In terms of nature, this is a standard military alliance. An Jiyue had this idea as early as when the Asrai-Caldor coalition invaded the Desolate Castle.

"NATO is okay," Xiao Yiyue chuckled, "Leave it to me, I will lay the groundwork for you."

"Yes. I'm leaving the day after tomorrow," An Jiyue thought for a moment and said, "Do I really not need to bring you some local specialties or something?"

"No need," Xiao Yiyue shook her head, "If anyone else needs it, you can take it. I don't need it."

"Oh……"

The author says:

Author's words: I will resume normal updates from today. On the day I was discharged from the hospital (the 28th), I walked 6.6 kilometers because of something. Don't ask what it was. If you ask, it's because I'm not good at reincarnation.

Chapter 365: A Minor Conflict on the Journey

On October 2503, 10 of the Imperial Calendar, a small fleet consisting of two Swift-class frigates and a Junma-class light transport ship set sail from Jingning on time and embarked on the long journey to Zhendan.

For this mission, the cargo hold of the Junma was specially equipped with living components. When the Junma class was designed, the need to carry people for long-distance flights was considered. Its cargo hold has reserved interfaces for water pipes, sewage pipes, and mana circuits. As long as the corresponding functional components are brought, it will be a ready-made kitchen, toilet, and cold storage.

Together with a small restaurant that also serves as a conference room, the above modules take up about a quarter of the volume of the cargo hold. The remaining space can be divided into dormitories of different sizes as needed, from large bunk beds to single rooms. For example, An Jiyue and Nishikori Shigeru were assigned a double room, while Liu Jianguo, Gao Yun and Qin Yu all squeezed into the bunk bed... It's not that there is not enough space on the ship, but Liu Jianguo really has too many things to take back.

This middle-aged staff member from Shangwu Yuting purchased a lot of things during his inspection in Sanhe Prefecture. The various books alone could fill two two-wheeled flatbed carts. When he was wandering around the countryside of Sanhe Prefecture, he specially bought three wooden oxen and flowing horses with unknown numbers of hands from local farmers, and now he stuffed them all into the cargo hold of the Military Horse.

In Anshi Zhendan, mechanical beasts are basically military equipment, and their users are either the army or the Jinyiwei. Only wooden oxen and flowing horses are dual-use, and civilians also use them to pull carts or plow fields. However, it is difficult for civilians in Anshi Zhendan to get brand new wooden oxen and flowing horses. The wooden oxen and flowing horses that flow to the civilians are basically second-hand goods eliminated by the army. Even so, wooden oxen and flowing horses are still very popular among the civilians in Zhendan. After all, this thing will not get sick, will not lose weight, and will not lose temper. When working, one can replace three healthy oxen.

Since he bought too many random things, and the luggage quota provided by An Jiuyue was not unlimited, Liu Jianguo had to share a bunk bed with his entourage and use the saved space and load capacity to store his "luggage".

An Jiyue was too lazy to comment on this approach. She had already acquiesced to Liu Jianguo's intelligence gathering, and the actions of this slippery bureaucrat during his stay in Sanhe Prefecture did not touch the red line that was not explicitly stated but existed. If they wanted to achieve in-depth cooperation with the Heavenly Court in the true sense, rescuing Shenzhu was certainly the biggest and most effective stepping stone. Enhancing mutual understanding was also necessary to get closer. After all, the Dragon Gods would definitely not trust a regime they knew little about.

After setting sail from Jingning, the small fleet first flew northeast until it could visually see the towering mountains of the Aitong Mountains, then turned its course to the southeast and flew close to the mountains.

The Heavenly Mountains separate Cathay and Indy, and on the world map, the Heavenly Mountains are right next to the Sorrowful Mountains that separate Cathay and the Dark Land. Between the two mountain ranges lies a narrow corridor called the Tiger Pass, with the southern part of the pass being the Indy subcontinent and the northern part being the land of the Wesile Province, not far from Hanyu Port.

According to the scheduled itinerary, this mini diplomatic fleet will first try to find the Tiger Pass, and then fly along the pass to Hanyu Port. On the one hand, people in An Jiyue's system don't know the way, and need clear landmarks to navigate; on the other hand, the overall altitude of the Sorrow Mountains and the Heaven Mountains is not low. Although the ceiling of the airship is sufficient, there is no place in the Zhendan Dynasty to refill the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder. Therefore, in terms of route planning, those mountainous areas with too high altitudes are avoided as much as possible.

Because they needed to search and fly at the same time, the fleet's flight speed was deliberately slowed down. Two days after departure, the fleet flew out of the scope of the Ngubula Kingdom and entered the broad Indian subcontinent. Of course, since the fleet was flying close to the Sorrow Mountains, they did not see any Indian cities. There were only some poor and backward villages in the places they passed, and occasionally they could see a few towns that developed due to trade, but they were not very large.

In contrast, the lookouts could always find some wandering monkey-men tribes. Even without close contact, the people of Zhendan could feel that these local monkey-men were much more barbaric and primitive than the monkey-men of Anshi Zhendan.

"This should be the sphere of influence of Spire City (Note 1). It seems that the war in the Indian subcontinent has not yet affected this area," An Jiyue said, "But this situation will not last long. Sooner or later, the war will drag them into it."

The so-called "Indi" is just a geographical term, they have never been a unified country. If the Estalia people in the old world are at least unified in blood and culture, then the Indians can't even do that: there are hundreds of human races in this place, not to mention those non-human races, such as the monkey people called "Wanara" by the Indians. In terms of language, customs, religious beliefs, and historical evolution, the Indians are the most diverse in the entire Middle Ages.

It's not that no one has tried to unify the whole of India, and it's not that no one has done it before. It's just that Setra's empire collapsed because of Setra's death. The inherent limitations of the city-state regime doomed the unification achieved by a military strongman through force to be unsustainable. A regime that can rule a vast empire for a long time and stably must have a complex bureaucratic system that matches its vast territory, and ancient China did the best in this regard, without a doubt.

The war started by Raja Baladiwa of the Mahishmadi Kingdom was nothing more than another reincarnation of history in An Jiyue's eyes. Baladiwa was a typical military strongman, with top-notch personal strength and military strategy, but he could not change the political background of India, nor the natural defects of the city-state. Even if Baladiwa conquered the Indian subcontinent, this unification would inevitably disappear with his death, which would come sooner or later.

At least for now, An Jiyue doesn't care at all how the Indians are fighting.

After searching for another two days, the fleet finally found Tiger Pass. To everyone's surprise, when the fleet began to turn and prepare to enter the air above the pass, a wooden sailboat flying in the sky approached (Note 2). Then an Indian nobleman riding a winged lion flew out of the sailboat and stopped just a few dozen meters away from the Swift.

The Indian nobles shouted in Sanskrit: "Who are you and why are you intruding into our territory?"

"We are travelers passing by, on our way to Zhendan to visit the Dragon God," An Jiyue answered in Sanskrit, and even used magic to amplify her voice, "We have no intention of offending anyone. We are just passing by."

"No passage is allowed here now," the Indian noble shouted, "Land and be inspected, or I will shoot down your ship."

"We have no intention of offending others, but we will never tolerate others offending us," An Jiyue rejected it flatly. "As for your weak threat, you can try it if you can do it."

The Indian nobleman did not answer. The man rode his winged lion around in the sky for a few times, then returned to his ship. The next moment, the flying wooden ship with white sails and gorgeous patterns on the sails opened fire. The javelin-like arrows shot from the giant crossbow flew near the Swift, hitting nothing except the air.

The Indians fired the first shot, and the Aurora Air Force did not give them a chance to fire the second shot. The 180mm tracking rocket whizzed off the rack, but before it hit the target, the 75mm cannon that had been loaded long ago let out a low roar, and the heavy shotgun shells swept across the deck of the Indian flying ship, tearing apart the soft human body and the solid shipboard equally.

Soon after, the tracking rocket also hit the enemy. The huge explosion blew a huge hole in the white-painted hull. Living and dead soldiers, as well as various debris fell out of the gap and rolled to the ground.

The battle was over in a few minutes. The Indian airship was actually slightly smaller than the Grasshopper in terms of tonnage, and it could not withstand the concentrated fire of the two new frigates. After another round of volleys of projectiles and tracking rockets, the Indian airship was damaged by a heavy shotgun shell, and then it broke and disintegrated under the action of its own gravity. The Indian nobleman seemed to want to escape, but his winged lion was injured by shrapnel, and finally he and the lion were smashed into a meat paste.

After resolving this little episode, the fleet continued to move forward without suffering any losses except the consumption of some ammunition.

……

Note 1: City-of-Spires is the only Indian city that appears on the Warhammer World Map (on the same map, two cities, Weijing and Nangao, appear in Cathay, plus the special landmark of the Great Stomach). It is worth mentioning that according to the setting, City-of-Spires was built by the High Elves.

Note 2: Warhammer has flying ships. In the official novel of End of Time, it was mentioned that the Nehekhara had a flying ship called a sky-boat. Of course, these things are essentially flying wooden sailing ships, and are not comparable to the flying battleship built by the protagonist.

Chapter 366 Pull (Part 1)

The fleet passed through Tiger Pass.

In order to save oxygen cylinders, the fleet tried to keep the flight altitude below 2,000 meters throughout the journey. As the main land route between Zhendan and Indy on the western front, although it is not as good as the Longfang Road, Tiger Pass is still a very prosperous trade route with many merchants and travelers, connecting the two completely different countries north and south of the mountain range.

However, there were hardly any pedestrians at Tiger Pass at the moment, and even the monkey-men that seemed to be everywhere in the Heaven Mountains were much fewer. In the process of crossing Tiger Pass, the lookouts found traces of the army's march more than once, and occasionally saw a few skeletons with pale yellow bones (Note 1).

When the fleet flew over two-thirds of the Tiger Pass and gradually approached the Qiang City (Note 2) located at the northern exit of the pass, some scattered figures of the conscripted peasant horse soldiers appeared on the ground. Because the fleet was flying high and the noise of the storm engine was very low, these Fengtian soldiers did not notice the fleet above their heads. They patrolled the pass on their own horses, obviously on guard against something.

After obtaining An Jiyue's consent, Liu Jianguo took out an Arabi flying carpet from somewhere, led Qin Yu to temporarily leave the Junma transport ship, and took the initiative to find the conscripted horse soldiers. Two hours later, Liu Jianguo came back. In addition to himself and the high-ranking Si Tiancheng, there was also a Yuyong officer with a waist knife and a crossbow on his back on the flying carpet.