The reason why people in the current world do not realize the importance of air supremacy is not a question of wisdom, but a question of world development.
The current world is similar to the Middle Ages. Most places are still in the era of land power struggle. Occasionally, a few places have begun to try to compete for sea power. As for air power... no one has thought of its use at all.
For example, during World War II on modern Earth, before aircraft carriers gained unimaginable advantages over battlecruisers, no one thought that air superiority would be so important. As a result, the way of fighting completely changed in a very short period of time.
Having said that, just because no one has thought of its use, it doesn't mean it's really useless, it's just that it's used in a wrong way.
For example: a battle between wizards.
Battles between wizards, at the level of a first-level wizard, are mostly located on the ground. On the one hand, the wizard's ability is relatively poor, and staying in the air for a long time will cause excessive consumption. On the other hand, in the air, it is easy to be focused and difficult to dodge, but there is no such problem on the ground.
At the level of a second-level wizard, air battles are more common, because the many obstacles on land have put some restrictions on the wizard's strength. Only in the air can the second-level wizard have a better vision and a better burst of strength.
But this kind of battle is not a battle for air supremacy, but a continuation of the battle for land supremacy.
Most wizards fight in the air, and the height above the ground is generally no more than a hundred meters, and they stay in the air and no longer move on a large scale. It vents firepower like a fixed floating turret, and at the same time uses a magic shield to resist the enemy's vented firepower.
What does it all look like
It was like two floating airships with amazing defenses and slow movements, bombarding each other with extremely backward artillery.
As for the higher level three wizards, there are not many changes in aerial battles.
However, the defense is stronger and the attack is sharper, turning into two larger airships carrying more artillery.
There is actually nothing wrong with this method. Just like the first-level wizard-level fort bombardment mode, it was created to adapt to the mainstream of the world.
But it has to be said that there is another model that is far better than this model. If two modes confront each other, the other mode can crush or even massacre this mode.
If this mode is called airship mode, the other mode is called fighter mode.
Fighter planes, combat aircraft, are the real weapons for fighting for air supremacy.
This does not mean that any combat aircraft on earth can crush the wizards in the current world.
Rather, the thinking represented by combat aircraft can crush the thinking of the current world.
What is the thinking of a combat aircraft
It's simple: a weapon carrier with high altitude, high speed, high maneuverability, high offensiveness and low defensiveness.
What this means is that once hit, there is a high chance that you will die. However, it is difficult to hit with the help of high flight altitude, high flight speed, and high flight maneuvers. And when attacking an enemy, a successful hit will kill the opponent.
For this reason, Richard wanted to study and improve the "Floating Shuttle Killing" spell.
This is consistent with the research route he planned. He first came up with this idea when he saw the contents of the wind spell scroll in the final treasure of the Black Spirit King, and has continued to improve it since.
Therefore, he will research micro-spell tracking missiles.
Only with miniature spell-seeking missiles and spell fighters can we have qualified long-range attack methods.
After all, the magic fighter cannot be allowed to attack the enemy with a method similar to the "air scalpel" every time.
If he really wanted to, he would have to find a way to make a vertical tail that was hard enough and sharp enough, similar to the Su-27.
Thinking of this, Richard carefully read the contents of "Secrets of Vaisya" and carefully studied the use of the "Floating Shuttle Killing" spell.
I don't know how long it took, but Richard withdrew his eyes, raised a hand, and with a thought, free energy surged out of the magic source and released the spell.
"brush!"
The entire arm was wrapped in a layer of gray energy.
This is part of the effect of the "Shuttle Kill" spell.
After looking at it for a few times, Richard controlled the energy dissipation, thought seriously for a moment, looked at "The Secret of Vaishya" again, and continued to study.
Time keeps passing...
…
In a blink of an eye, a week later.
In the afternoon, under the shade of the trees, Richard was teaching Harry and Cathy new philosophical knowledge.
"What I want to tell you today is 'dualism'." Richard said.
"'Dualism'?" Harry's eyes flashed and he asked, "Teacher, is there any difference between this and the 'monism' you taught us before?"
"There are some differences, and you can even say they are completely opposite, but there are also things we can learn from each other." Richard said, and continued, "In the world of 'dualism', it is generally believed that the world is ruled by two forces - good and evil.
Good is our spirit, mind, and soul, created by the power of good; evil is matter, our body, created by the power of evil.
These two forces confront each other, reach a certain balance in the confrontation, and jointly influence and dominate the entire world.
In some Western schools, you can simply regard these two forces as two kinds of gods. Good is the true god who controls light, and evil is the evil god who controls darkness.
There are also some Western schools that regard evil gods as great demons that are slightly lower than the true gods (Gnosticism, which believes that God and Lucifer control the world)...
In some Eastern schools, the two forces are not completely opposite. They call the force of good "Yang" and the force of evil "Yin". Yang and yin cancel and restrain each other, but they can also transform into each other and grow in and out of each other... "
Richard kept talking. After talking for a long time, he stopped and looked at Harry and Cathy.
The expressions of the two people were extremely tangled at this time. They frowned and thought hard, trying to digest what Richard said.
To be honest, the two of them were constantly learning all kinds of knowledge between Richard and Bobo Bo Vicki. Many of the knowledge conflicted seriously, which tested their cognition and acceptance ability. Even adults may collapse, but the two persevered and showed extraordinary abilities.
It was precisely because he saw this that Richard became interested in giving the two of them some more in-depth science knowledge and teaching them some knowledge.
However, now the two still encounter problems.
After thinking about it for a long time this time, the two of them were still confused. Cathy couldn't help but look at Richard. The two ponytails on the back of her head were raised up and down. She opened her mouth and asked: "Teacher, why is this 'dualism' you talked about so different from the 'monism' you taught us before?" So many differences? Could it be that ‘dualism’ is not ‘monism’ plus another ‘monism’? If there are so many differences, which one should we agree with?”
After taking a serious look at the two of them, Richard said softly: "The answer is, don't agree with either of you."
"ah?"