mousepad-d2 Chapter 1564: Full speed ahead
Chapter 1564: Full speed ahead
Chapter 1564: Full speed ahead
"We will hold combat meetings and the like after we get on the airship."
After leaving the Hall of the Elders, Gordon said to the high-ranking hunters around him, "Pay attention to the fire resistance of the protective beads and stones, and weapons should prioritize dragon and fire, so prepare them.
The Chamber of Commerce's airship will be ready for departure within twelve hours, and we will assemble at the airship landing area one hour in advance."
"understand!"
"learn."
Ted, Julius and the others should leave later.
"Gail, have someone deliver the equipment, ammunition, and props I prepared in advance to the airship. I have to go to the artillery corps to take a look."
"I know, I know!" Gale waved his hand, "There are still materials for supernovas, right? I will go ask the old man in charge for them.
It's a rare occasion that the Great Elder is so generous, let's get ten sets of materials, or twenty sets!"
"Ah."
Ansher nodded to her and her teammates, rode on Liefeng, and quickly headed towards the military camp.
Gail hugged Hayata and left quickly.
Gordon and Hayata were the only two people left in front of the Grand Elder's Palace.
Gordon looked at his silent wife with some concern. He wanted to say something to comfort her, but he didn't know where to start. He could only put his hand on her shoulder.
"call--."
Hayata exhaled lightly, "I'm fine. I'm just missing at the moment. Maybe there's still hope of survival."
This statement couldn't even convince herself, but it always felt better to keep a glimmer of hope in her heart.
Seeing that Hayata had adjusted herself a little, Gordon changed the subject.
"Are you still going to use [Avalanche Gamma] this time?" Gordon asked, "Although this set of armor is strong, isn't its fire resistance a little too weak?"
Hayata was silent for a moment, then said, “Well, my two main sets of armor, [Avalanche] and [Tenglong], are both less resistant to high temperatures of flames.
Among the several sets of spare armor, only Purple Poison Princess has strong fire resistance. It is not cost-effective to give up cold training for the sake of fire resistance.
I will inlay more fire-resistant beads, and my fighting style will be more guerrilla-style."
Gordon breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Hayata was thinking clearly and not immersed in the sad atmosphere.
If you participate in combat while distracted, big problems will arise.
When the two returned home, before they could even open the door, they heard little Muti crying loudly.
If a child wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that mom and dad are not around, and no one responds no matter how hard they shout, of course they will be scared.
Hayata hurried into the bedroom and lifted little Muti from the crib.
While trying to comfort her, he said to Gordon, "I'll take her to Sterling House. Regardless of whether Dongdoruma also needs to be evacuated later, it will be safer to have Mrs. Sterling and others to help take care of her."
"Ah."
Gordon pinched his daughter's chubby face as she gradually calmed down, and after Hayata carried little Muti out of the house, Gordon went to the storage room where the equipment was stored alone.
"Is the dragon attribute the most effective?"
Gordon reached out and grabbed the [Immovable] greatsword, and put it behind his back.
Then, he turned his gaze and looked at the dark purple sword that Chen placed on the top of the weapon rack, which always exuded an ominous aura.
The inscription on the sword flashed a dim light.
After hesitating for less than half a second, Gordon reached out his hand again and grasped the brilliant black sword [Dragon Strike].
It was only eight or nine hours.
Before noon, the fleet consisting of several large combat airships had completed its maintenance with unprecedented efficiency and was taking off in an orderly manner according to the formation process.
Protected by these airships from various countries in the center of the formation is the famous Dragon Knowledge Ship of the Dragon Calendar Institute.
In order to meet combat needs, a large airship also from the Longli Academy was docked and fixed on each side of the Longshi ship.
This three-in-one "air platform" form will reduce the flying speed and flexibility of the Dragon Ship to a certain extent.
But even so, the speed of this largest and most advanced airship in the world is still not inferior to those other warships.
In collective operations, it is undoubtedly worthwhile to give up the extra high speed in exchange for a load capacity several times that of a single ship, as well as more weapons.
As for what kind of weapon requires this level of load-bearing capacity
The three-member cross team that was accompanying the fleet as guards surrounded the huge object on the front deck and kept clicking their tongues.
Lan, the light crossbow user, kept scratching his head, "They really installed it."
"In order to adjust the center of gravity, the dragon-slaying spears on the bow were removed." Even the steady Iliad couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Only Yuna was excited, "Cool! Big gun! Cool!"
It was a gigantic cannon whose size from the mount to the muzzle diameter was extremely exaggerated.
Known as the "ultimate weapon", the core weapon of the East Doruma Battle Street is the Dragon Slayer Cannon.
In recent days, in order to get this dragon-killing cannon onto the Dragon Identification Ship, the two most basic requirements of "being able to fly" and "not falling apart when firing" were met.
The skilled craftsmen who gathered in Dondoruma could be said to have exhausted their brains.
During this process, the transformation that the Dragon-Knowing Ship underwent was not as simple as removing the dragon-striking spear on the bow.
Multiple sets of temporary reinforcements were installed around the turret and even at the keel, otherwise the recoil of firing could directly smash the giant cannon into the cabin.
The center of gravity issue is even more of a headache.
In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of being top-heavy and crashing headfirst before taking off, the two airships that were docking with the Longshi ship had to move half a hull forward.
It changed from three side by side to two in front and one behind.
The problem was barely solved in the most brutal and direct way.
By the way, this "Odd-faced" modification plan was proposed by the airship developer of the New World Survey Team.
The people in the investigation team are good at piecing together this kind of stuff, as long as they can make it useful.
The young dragon man who stood with the three members of the cross team had a conflicted look on his face.
As the leader of the investigation team and the captain of the Longshi ship, he has almost never disembarked from this ship in the past ten years.
It is no exaggeration to say that Long Shichuan is his closest "family".
Seeing the Dragon Knowledge Ship transformed into this state in less than two weeks, it felt as painful as watching my brother or sister’s head being removed and replaced with a cannon.
The main reason is that many of these modifications are irreversible.
Even after the war, it might be difficult for it to return to its previous elegance.
But this time the opponent is the "ultimate taboo" that once destroyed countries and civilizations. In order to protect this world, what price is too high to pay?
On the flagship at the front of the fleet, the "Third Princess".
The dragon scholar wearing thick glasses hurried to the bow.
The general, with his hands behind his back and looking at the northern horizon, turned around, nodded and asked, "Professor, is there any result?"
The professor spoke as fast as ever, "Based on the direction the black dragon left after attacking Wilde City, as well as factors such as the geographical environment.
The black dragon is most likely to attack Minagard next, with a probability of over 50%, followed by Melchita. "
"How did you come to this conclusion?" the general asked.
The professor was silent for a few seconds before answering, “We try to put ourselves in the mindset of the Black Dragon and try to find the fastest and most labor-saving route from the ancient city of Shulet to destroy all the large cities in the Old Continent.
The conclusion drawn from this is, or rather, a guess."
"It's better than no guessing."
The general in command of the fleet decisively issued an order, "Order all ships, target northwest, Minagard, increase altitude to above the clouds, and advance at full speed!"
(End of this chapter)