The airship couldn't run far, a turret fired suddenly, the rate of fire was surprisingly fast, the fire stream was continuous, and it hit the airship, causing its parts to scatter, and the flames overflowed. The floating ship only lasted for a moment, then swayed and fell to the ground, exploding into a fireball.
The turret turned immediately, and the fire stream hit another floating ship. This time, the result was even more outstanding, blowing it up in the air!
However, the loss of two airships could not turn the tide of the battle, and there were still dozens of airships over Heiliu City. Among them are several large gunboats with heavy armor, suspended at a height beyond the power of the turret, and the naval guns of more than ten meters continuously bombarded the targets in Heiliu City.
In the dark fire headquarters, Duan Hao and Song Hu gathered in front of the city defense map, their faces were solemn. The roar outside the window was endless, sometimes shaking the headquarters building, and dust and plaster would fall from the ceiling from time to time.
The city defense map is already full of marks. From these marks, experts can see that the defense of the entire Heiliu City is riddled with holes and can only barely support it. Only the line of defense around the Dark Fire headquarters is still intact.
At this time, a soldier rushed in and shouted in a hoarse voice: "The turrets of the East City have been destroyed! Now there are no turrets in the entire East City, so it won't last long!"
Duan Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll take the reserve team there!"
Song Hu grabbed Duan Hao, shook his head and said, "We only have the last reserve team left! This reserve team must stay at the headquarters, and you can't leave either."
"But the East City will be breached sooner or later, and their people will rush in!" Duan Hao roared.
Song Hu was very calm, and said: "Didn't you notice that there are no marks on all the airships? They don't want to reveal their identities, so they either brought a large army to completely raze Heiliu City, or they just brought A limited force will leave after looting. If it’s the former, it’s useless for you to go. If it’s the latter, then you don’t have to go.”
"You mean..." Duan Hao frowned.
Song Hu said gloomyly: "It takes more than half of Heiliu City to get from Dongcheng to us. Now there are so many mercenary hunters in the city, and it is just to use their hands to resist foreign enemies, and those civilians can also use them. I have sent people to Weapons are distributed."
Duan Hao frowned and said: "Those hunters are just mobs, and civilians have no fighting power. If you let them fight against the opponent's elite private army, the casualties will be very heavy. At this time, our own people can be relied on!"
Song Hu took a picture on the city defense map and said, "No matter how heavy their casualties are, what does it matter to us? We just need to defend the Dark Fire headquarters. If we persist until Qi Shao returns, we will win."
At this time, the window suddenly lit up, and an orange-red cannonball shot into the sky, blasting an armored gunship parked at a high altitude, and the tail immediately started to burst into flames. Before the gunboat had time to dodge, another shell bombarded the gunboat, which finally made it unable to maintain its floating position and fell obliquely outside the city.
This cannon was too powerful, and the shells were too eye-catching. All of a sudden, the gunboats in the air turned around. The anti-aircraft firepower of the dark fire headquarters is extremely dense, but these floating gunboats are carrying the anti-aircraft fire net, desperately bombarding the position of the heavy artillery.
Song Hu's expression changed, and he said, "It's Miss Nangong and Hei Yue! Go over there quickly and protect them!"
Duan Hao broke through the window and ran towards the turret where the heavy artillery was located.
The hidden turret encountered concentrated fire, and the whole body exploded and burned. However, the heavy artillery still insisted on returning fire with a rate of fire far exceeding that of normal heavy artillery. In a short period of time, more than ten cannons were fired continuously, more than half of them were hit, and two more gunboats were knocked down. However, there were too many battleships in the air. Under the bombardment, the turret finally couldn't support it and collapsed.
Two slender figures rushed out of the flames, and Hei Yue dragged Nangong Xiaoniao out of the sea of flames. Duan Hao rushed over, using the Force to protect the two of them, covering them to retreat to the Dark Fire headquarters building. After they returned to the headquarters, they did not stay, but ran to another place along the secret passage.
A moment later, the firepower of a turret of Dark Fire suddenly increased greatly, both the rate of fire and the power increased by more than half. The fierce artillery fire destroyed an airship in an instant. By the time this abnormal turret was destroyed, it had knocked down at least four small airships.
Song Hu added a touch to the city defense map and crossed out a turret with a striking logo. Seeing these special marks decrease one by one, Song Hu felt more and more stressed.
At this moment, outside Heiliu City, inside a floating warship hovering at high altitude, the atmosphere is equally dignified. In the command room, a middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the burning Heiliu City below, with no smile on his face. Everyone in the command room held their breath and remained silent.
At this moment, an officer walked in, sweating slightly on his forehead, and said: "The commander of the fleet, Mr. Xu, has received news that the anti-aircraft firepower of Heiliu City is too strange and fierce. Now the fleet has suffered heavy losses, and they are required to retreat to rest."
The middle-aged man in front of the porthole said coldly: "No! Let him continue to attack until there is only the last ship!"
The officer took the order and left. The middle-aged man watched the battle for a while, turned around slowly, and said coldly: "This is what you said you can turn your palms down? This kind of firepower, these special heavy artillery, are rare even in the imperial county? No news at all? You sent so many spies into the city, what are they doing for! Could it be that without Nanhua, you can't get any information?"
Everyone bowed their heads, not daring to speak out.
The middle-aged man said indifferently: "Focus on fire! Blast a section of the city wall first, and then send all the troops out. If they can't beat the black stream, then they don't have to come back."
At this moment, no one dared to disobey the slightest. After a while, dozens of troop transport floating ships flew to Heiliu City, landed outside the city under artillery fire, and released the soldiers in groups.
In a blink of an eye, the fire in Heiliu City was full of flames, and the flames of war spread everywhere in the city. Soldiers who have been ordered to fight to the death have no scruples in shooting, and will shoot when they see living things. But the mercenary hunters and civilians in the city resisted desperately, fighting everywhere for a while, and the fighting was extremely fierce.
At this time, another officer walked into the command room and said: "General Lu has sent news that he has captured Wolf City and wiped out the defenders. Now he is searching the mines in Wolf City to prevent the remnants of the enemy from destroying them."
Hearing this news, the middle-aged man's face looked better. However, before he was happy for a long time, another officer hurried in and said urgently: "Urgent report! The remaining defenders of Wolf City blew up the mine cave, General Lu fell into the cave, and his life and death are unknown!"
The middle-aged man was finally moved: "They blew up the mine?!"
"Yes, my lord."
The middle-aged man's eyes twitched, he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Song Qi, you are so ruthless!"
Most of the people present knew the value of the Wolf City Mine, which was also the main reason for launching the raid. This mine can be said to be priceless, and it is too late to take care of it every day. Who would have thought that Song Zining would actually pre-set explosives in the mine and blow up the mine in one fell swoop. Such an explosion would very likely blow up the mine veins together, but Song Zining was able to do so. This kind of ruthlessness really made everyone feel cold.
The middle-aged man suddenly became restless, as if something was about to happen. At this moment, a raging fire suddenly ignited in the night in the distance, and a scout boat fell to the ground burning. With the light of the fire, several warships could be seen faintly flying towards Heiliu City. Looking at the outline, it is clearly a cutting-edge warship of the Imperial Army!
The intentions of these warships were obviously not good, otherwise they would not have come up and shot down the scout boats that were on guard outside. Although there were many airships besieging Heiliu City, their models were uneven, and most of them were pinned down by ground artillery fire, causing damage to some extent. In terms of combat power alone, there are really not many ships that can compete with the few warships that came quickly.
The battleships approached quickly, and the flames illuminated the emblems on the ships. Immediately, someone in the command room took a breath of air, and lost his voice: "Ningyuan Heavy Industry?! That is Song Qi's ship! He has so many warships?!"
It is not surprising that there are more old-fashioned airships, but these are all cutting-edge models, and even if they are available, few can afford them. Song Zining's ability to collect several ships shows that the strength of the Ningyuan Group is no longer what it used to be, far exceeding everyone's expectations.
Shocked, the middle-aged man suddenly realized that if he was attacked by this fleet from behind, the consequences would be disastrous. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Send a signal, all warships withdraw from Heiliu City and gather at the predetermined location. The flagship moves forward and intercepts Song Qi's fleet!"
The order was quickly passed on, the flagship completed the turn first, and led the three floating ships to meet Song Zining's fleet.
Song Zining appeared at the bow of the first battleship, and did not attack immediately, but let out a long laugh, shaking the audience: "Which adult is so enthusiastic to visit Heiliu in person? Can you show up and see, Rong Zining?" Thank you personally?"
Inside the flagship, the middle-aged man thought for a moment, stepped onto the deck resolutely, cupped his hands and said, "Seventh Young Master's wisdom is as deep as the sea, and the layout is meticulous, which is admirable. But this should be the property of the blood clan Qianye, maybe there are remnants of the blood clan, I don’t know why Qi Shao came here? I heard that Qi Shao and Qianye had a close relationship in the past, could it be that they also colluded with the blood clan?”
Song Zining looked at the middle-aged man and said, "It turns out to be the third elder of the Kong family. I have heard for a long time that the third elder has far-reaching plans and is unwilling to be left behind. But seeing him today, I am a little surprised. Why is there no sign? Could it be that there are not only people from the Kong family here?"
The third elder's face changed slightly, and he said immediately: "Of course they are all from the Kong family."
Song Zining sneered, and said: "Not necessarily! From my point of view, there are probably many thieves and bandits here, pretending to be the name of the Kong family and committing misdeeds. If I don't let me see it, that's all. Now that I have met them , Naturally, I will not let these rats go! Kong Jiaqing's reputation, how can it be destroyed?"
"The reputation of the Kong family is a matter of the next job, so don't bother Qi Shao to worry about it."
Song Zining nodded and said, "That's the best. There must be remnants of the blood clan here, and I still have to go and wipe them out, so I won't waste the time of the third elder. Farewell!"
The third elder instinctively felt that something was wrong. Before he could say anything, a light flashed in front of his eyes suddenly, and several powerful ballistas pierced the air. Judging from the light on the arrows, it was clear that they were specially designed to deal with heavy warships. arrow!
The third elder was shocked, and flew up, avoiding the armor-piercing arrow. But he was able to dodge it, but the flagship couldn't dodge it. He ate three armor-piercing arrows in succession. There was a sound of explosion, thick smoke appeared in a blink of an eye, and the speed slowed down.
Song Zining's voice came from afar, "You idiots, rough hands and feet, why did you let the ballista go off!?"