The climate on the Desperate Mountains is always a beat slower than at the foot of the mountain.
Catpaw didn't know much about this sentence before, but now I finally understand its true meaning.
With the end of the evil month, most cities and towns have entered the snow melting period. Wherever you go, you can hear the sound of water, and you can see new green shoots in the damp soil by the roadside. But in the desperate mountains, everything remains the same, most of the place is covered with white snow, and there are strings of ice edges that are taller than people hanging on the edge of the cliff, always worrying about these when crossing the path below Will the thick "needle point" suddenly fall down
If it weren't for the help of Hummingbird and God's Punishment Witch, they would never have thought of transporting heavy weapons to the predetermined position.
However, what makes Catpaw even more guilty is the mobile fortress of the devil, the target of this mission.
It's just too big.
It is clearly still more than 20 kilometers away, but it is no longer necessary to observe directly. It occupies almost half of the sky in the north, and neither its silhouette nor its aura is incompatible with the surrounding world. The exposed rocks are pitch-black, with edges and corners, as if carved by a knife and an axe, in stark contrast to the revived fertile plains.
Above the floating land, there is a diffuse red fog. They are the highest in the center of the fortress, and then slowly spread out to the surroundings. When they reach the edge, there are only a few strands left, pouring down along the low point of the terrain. From a distance, they look like red ribbons hanging around the land.
This behemoth puts a lot of pressure on the cat's paws.
In the past, the distance of 20 kilometers meant absolute safety. Both the enemy and the enemy were still small black spots on the ground, and it was difficult to find or fight. But now, this distance seems to be close at hand, and he feels that he may be knocked down and crushed by this oncoming mountain at any time.
Compared with the enemy's fortresses, their own positions and artillery are a little insignificant.
Probably the headquarters also took this into account, and would gather together the officers who had been following the army's southern and northern wars.
He retracted his hidden post and let out a long breath.
Deep breathing helps to relieve tension, and this is what His Majesty often teaches.
"Why, are you afraid?" Youpi bent over and leaned over.
"Bah!" Catpaw glared at the other party, "How could I be afraid!"
"That's not a shameful thing," the latter picked up the observation glass and stuck his head out of the observation port of the simple fortification, "Honestly, this reminds me of the first time the artillery team faced the charge of the Knights of Longsong Fortress for the first time. scene."
Cat's paw froze slightly.
Naturally, he would not forget that the experience when he first entered the battlefield was that Xie Yue had just passed, and he was also facing a menacing enemy. He almost smashed the solid cannonball he was carrying on his feet several times. Before he became a member of the army, he could never imagine that one day he would be able to stand upright in front of the rushing knights and face them, instead of begging for mercy or turning around and running away.
Although he thought he was going to die soon, his legs were shaking like a sieve.
This time, the opponent turned into a floating land.
When the memories in his mind overlapped with reality, Catpaw found that his heartbeat suddenly slowed down a lot.
"I remember, you were so nervous that you almost stuttered."
"Oh, don't talk about me, even Captain Fanner is not much better." Youpi stared at the target and said, "But at least we didn't forget to fire, that's enough."
Catpaw nodded vaguely.
Indeed, fear is not a big deal, as long as they can complete their duties, no matter whether the enemy is a noble knight or a floating continent, the only thing they have to do is to fire the artillery.
"Wait, there is movement on the fortress!" Yupi suddenly lowered his voice, "It's a fearful beast, the devil has responded!"
"So fast?" Cat's paw suddenly tightened. This distance is far from the range of the artillery. If the devil discovers it too early, the blocking operation may fail and end.
"There are so many... God," Youpi swallowed, "it's probably more than a hundred!"
He quickly raised the observation glass, and saw black dots constantly flying out of the red fog, lining up to gather at the edge of the floating land. For this scene, the cat's paw is all too familiar. Obviously, the other party is gathering troops, and an attack is about to start. But the location of the devil gathering seems a bit wrong...
The two looked at each other and reacted almost at the same time, "What they found is a camouflage camp!"
Compared with the real blocking position, there are also a lot of artillery in the other preset position, but they are all imitated models made of wood and paint on the spot, and they are not covered with camouflage nets. The arrangement clearly worked!
According to the plan, the enemy from the sky will be blocked by the air knight.
There is no doubt that the better the teammates fight, the longer the decoy points can be hidden.
"I don't know if they noticed the enemy's movements..." Catpaw murmured. Due to the red fog that comes with the floating land, there was no witch accompanying the blocking force, which also prevented the artillery from contacting the entire army. Compared to fighting with the full assistance of Lightning and Maisie, their vision is undoubtedly much narrower at this moment. But thinking that there will be more and more such situations in the future, he can only get used to this change as soon as possible.
"Don't worry," Yupi said with a fist, "you must know that the leader of the sky knight is that lord!"
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"This is Maisie, I observed the devil's move!" Tilly's cockpit sounded the report of the expedition, "Direction, East three o'clock; the number is one hundred and three, and there are large terrifying beasts in the queue, more than one. Just goo!"
"Received." Tilly poured magic power into another listening sigil, "The enemy has moved, and the possibility of moving the magic eye cannot be ruled out for the time being. The Seagull continues to hover, waiting for the next instruction."
"Understood," Andrea answered her, "are you going to fuck?"
"Hmm." She replied easily, "Ask Sha Wei for me, shouldn't it be nice to fly a plane?"
"His Royal Highness... When can you come back, I, I always think it will fall at any time!" Sha Wei's cry could be heard faintly in the talisman.
"Concentrate!" Wendy interrupted her immediately, "Hold the joystick like you did during training, and I'll help you with the rest."
Since getting the Phoenix, Tilly has been looking for a successor. Rather than hiding behind the scenes, she hopes to avenge Ashes with her own hands. In the end, Sha Wei took over the burden and set the shortest record from training to actual flight. Of course, in addition to her "enthusiastic teaching", Wendy, who has become more proficient in wind control, is also a key factor. As long as it wasn't manipulated indiscriminately, it would be difficult for a glider powered by Wendy to come up with a problem.
"Uh... That's the general situation." Andrea said while holding her forehead, "Except for Sylvie being a little dizzy, everything else is basically normal."
"Fine, then I'm off."
"Tilly!" Andrea's voice suddenly rose.
"I am listening."
"be careful."
Tilly smiled slightly, "Well, everyone too."
She reached out and turned on the radio switch, tuned the frequency to the public channel, and picked up the intercom hand, McDonnell. "Everyone, pay attention, the beast has appeared, and intercept the sky according to the predetermined plan. This sky belongs to us!"
Although only two Skyfires have been installed on the radio so far, this is enough to separate three formations to perform a scissor-style volley.
"Team leader, Goode understands."
"Team leader of the three groups, Heinz understands."
"Now, attack!" Tilly stepped up the accelerator, and took a group of twenty-five Skyfire away from the cruising route of the Seagull, and flew quickly towards the northwest.