Right, four o 'clock … two of them! " His teammates' warnings mixed with the sound of machine gun fire, sounding intermittent. "Attention — spear throwing!"
Good suddenly pushed the stick to the left, and the biplane immediately flipped over and fell downwards at a slanted angle.
"Whoosh —!"
The bone spears whistled past the top of his head, and one of them directly pierced through the upper wing, leaving a fist-sized hole in the skin.
Without even looking at the enemy, he continued to accelerate downwards, and the plane soon reached its top speed.
This was the combat strategy that Her Highness Tilly had come up with after the Aerial Knight's battle with the enemy. At low speeds, the Devilbeasts possessed far greater agility than biplanes. They could hover in the air, complete maneuvers such as turning around and flying backwards within a very small radius. This made it very difficult to use tactical maneuvers to escape from the Devilbeasts' tail bites. At the same time, the rear-seat shooter was almost unable to predict the target's route within the effective firing range. The combination of these two factors was extremely disadvantageous for a dogfight.
But at the same time, the Devilbeasts also had a very obvious weakness. Their only means of attack came from the spears thrown by the rider behind them, and their flying and climbing speed was inferior to the Fire of Heaven. A Magic Stone that could only be thrown twice consecutively would pose a threat in terms of distance and power, and only at close range would it pose a threat.
Therefore, when being targeted by the enemy, the safest way to fight was to use the belly of the plane to face the enemy, and at the same time, quickly increase the distance between the two, and then climb back up again, using the machine gun's longer effective firing range to kill the enemy. The biplane was equipped with protective plates in both cockpits, which could effectively protect the pilot from being directly pierced by the spears. The wide wings seemed like an extremely fragile target, but as long as the main frame was not hit, a few holes in it would not cause fatal damage to the plane.
Compared to the current training plane, the Fire of Heaven had a major improvement, which was to incorporate the wing-surface roll control into the main control stick. The pilot only needed one hand to easily control the pitch and direction of the plane.
Once the plane reached full speed, it would only take a few seconds to shake off the enemy. During this time, the Mad Demon could at most throw two bone spears, and it was not easy to hit the rapidly departing plane.
Multiple battles had proven the effectiveness of this method. So far, the Air Knight had lost several planes, but not a single person had died on the battlefield.
Accompanied by the high-pitched roar of the engine, Good flew hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye. Even if the Mad Demon behind him wanted to throw its spear again, it would not have the chance to reach him.
But after he pulled up the nose of the plane, he did not immediately turn around to look for the two demons that had their eyes on him. Instead, he looked at the other friendly plane that had its tail bitten.
As for the enemies behind them, Heinze was waiting for them.
Using the advantage of height and field of vision he had accumulated, he would attack the enemies that were chasing after him. At the same time, he would leave his tail for his teammates to protect. This was the second principle of the Aerial Knight!
After two attacks, Good got his fourth kill.
The Aerial Knight gradually gained the upper hand on the battlefield.
At this time, Lightning and Maggie also joined the battle — all the demons were horrified to find that a giant demon of their kind had appeared in the sky, appearing and disappearing from time to time. It looked incomparably powerful, but its target was themselves. The Devilbeasts showed obvious fear under the sudden appearance of the giant mouth. Even if the Mad Demon angrily pulled the reins, the Devilbeasts could not move as fast as before.
This confusion further increased the disadvantage of the demons. Lightning shuttled through the battlefield like a ghost. Her short-distance flight at the speed of sound made it impossible for the Mad Demons to fight back. Often, when the Mad Demons raised their bone spears, Lightning's revolver was already at the back of their heads.
Every few minutes, a Devilbeast would be shot down. It was as if a "devil rain" was falling from the sky.
Naturally, Farina saw the sound of these behemoths falling to the ground.
She saw with her own eyes a winged monster with blood all over its body crash into the snow not far from the road. The strong impact caused it to roll several times before it stopped. Its wings and limbs were flung everywhere like rags.
"What happened in the sky?"
There was no doubt that the First Army was prepared for the enemies coming from the sky. However, she could only think of the firearms that were specially used to deal with the demons. Until now, she had not heard the sharp hissing of the machine guns at the back of the carriage. Instead, there was a strange buzzing sound coming from above, as if there was a fierce battle going on.
The problem was... in the sky?
Farina could not hold back her curiosity. She took the opportunity when the carriages passed a straight road to look at the sky behind them.
And this one glance caused all the blood in her body to boil!
"God..."
She could not help but murmur.
Beneath the low clouds, silver streaks of light flickered incessantly like the first rays of dawn. The source of the light was a flock of uniquely shaped gray birds. Unlike the Red Mist skeletons that gave her a strange feeling, Farrina could clearly feel that the giant birds that were fighting the demons were man-made.
The birds were symmetrical, balanced, and square, revealing the beauty of war weapons. But precisely because of this, she was even more shocked.
Since when were humans able to fly into the sky like birds and step into the realm that only belonged to the gods?
'We' … could we actually do this?
She couldn't help but recall an article she had read in the Graycastle Weekly. On the front page, there was a black and white picture. In the picture, the huge machine seemed to be exactly the same as the iron birds in the sky.
Is that so, they are the 'Fire of Heaven'.
At that time, the article used the words "a historic moment for mankind". She did not pay much attention to it. After all, she had seen such boastful words too many times. But now, Farina realized that even if those words were ten times more exaggerated, they would not be able to describe her feelings at the moment.
There was lamentation, regret, ridicule, excitement... but most of all, pride.
Because she was also a member of mankind.
And pride.
How much had he missed out on when he had been hiding in Charle's house for the past year?
Farina's body trembled slightly, and her hands tightened on the steering wheel.
Although she had missed a lot, it was good that she had turned around, wasn't it?
...
Sylvie clearly saw that the demons in the sky were on the verge of collapsing. Under the crossfire of the Air Knight, Lightning, and Maggie, the opponents were completely at a disadvantage. Several Devilbeasts were fleeing backward uncontrollably, and this action was bound to affect their own kind. But at this distance, they might not be able to escape from Lightning's subsequent pursuit.
As for the demons that were pouncing on the convoy, they did not gain any advantage. Based on past experience, a dozen Mad Demons jumped off the back of their mounts when the Devilbeasts flew past the convoy, hoping to avoid the advantage of the machine guns. However, they were facing a group of God's Punishment Witches who were comparable to Extraordinaries, and these witches were also holding 40mm shotguns.
Their fates could be described as horrendous.
Seeing the God's Punishment Witches tearing the enemies into pieces while laughing maniacally, even Sylvie could not help but close her eyes.
At this point, the victory was already a foregone conclusion.
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