On the other hand, in the central tent of the Northern Army, everyone was busy preparing for the upcoming battle.
"Leave the entire battlefield to the witches?" After listening to Edith's arrangement, Eagle Face looked surprised. "It's not that I don't believe in their ability, but there are at least 10,000 people in the Kingdom of Dawn, and many of them are wearing God's Stones of Retaliation. If they face the enemy head-on, the witches are likely to fall into a bitter battle. At that time, even if we want to save them, I'm afraid we won't be able to. "
"I thought so too at first." Edith smiled. "In fact, this plan didn't come from the Adviser Department, but from His Majesty."
"Do you have an official record?" the deputy battalion commander asked.
"Here it is." The Pearl of the Northern Region handed him a secret letter marked in red. "By the way, at the end of the letter, I'm granted the temporary authority to act as the commander."
According to the rules of the First Army, the pre-war strategy of any military operation must be recorded in paper and reviewed and signed by the corresponding staff officers. If the signature was His Majesty, it meant that all troops had to carry out the plan unconditionally.
After confirming that there was no mistake, Eagle Face immediately raised his head and saluted. "The Northern Region Garrison will complete the task!"
"Very good." Edith raised the corner of her mouth. "But you have to remember one thing. Your goal is to give the fleeing enemy a devastating blow, and the key is the word" fleeing ". If the precondition doesn't exist, the operation will be regarded as a failure. All the ambushers will return to Cloud Ladder according to the original route and are not allowed to meet the enemy without permission. Please make this clear to everyone. "
"Do you mean... retreat?" Eagle Face asked in surprise. "Does His Majesty not know whether his method will work?"
"Who knows if we haven't tried it before?" The Pearl of the Northern Region said bluntly. "If this method doesn't work, we'll have to consider other methods... His Majesty sent me here just in case."
"What about the witches?"
"Even if it fails, they won't be in any danger."
"I see. I'll go prepare now. All the squads can set off tomorrow morning." Eagle Face saluted again.
"This operation will be codenamed Operation Bomber. When you're in position, the battle will officially begin." Edith returned a military salute. "Go."
"Yes!"
Although he did not know what a bomber was, Eagle Face felt a little more confident. Since His Majesty called it a "machine", it must be extraordinary. Wasn't the steam engine an excellent example?
*****
Two days later, in the early morning, Lightning finally received the departure order in the camp.
"Maggie has moved all the people in place. You can go now." Sylvie's voice came from the Sigil of Listening in her hand. "The army of the Kingdom of Dawn is gathering. I hope you can catch up."
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon." After saying that, the little girl waved at Maggie and Hummingbird. "Come here, we have to go!"
In the past two days, not only had she checked the map of the Cloud Ladder from the air, she had also taken a look at the general situation of the surrounding areas. His Majesty's plan was not complicated. There were six witches in total, and they were divided into two groups according to the battle plan. One group was responsible for transportation and logistics, and its core ability was Maggie's Magic Ark. Sivir and Lily were also on board. The former was to ensure that the enemy would discover them first and fire at them first, while the latter was to deal with the demonic plague created by the church. If the army of the Kingdom of Dawn broke into the old Holy City, it was hard to guarantee that the church would not risk everything and release a large number of pathogens in the city.
The other group was the core of this operation.
"Whoa!"
"Coo!"
Hummingbird sat on the frame and held the connecting rods on both sides, allowing magic power to flow continuously on the rods. After a while, the iron frame, which His Majesty called "East Wind", and the nine bombs, were reduced to about one percent of its original weight, which was also the limit of Maggie's capacity after her mutation.
Then the white-haired girl transformed into a giant beast and crouched on the frame. Lightning fastened the cloth and ropes, and the "East Wind" and Maggie immediately became one.
Since Hummingbird's ability couldn't work on living things, Maggie's weight was basically equivalent to that of a witch plus a portable bomb rack of the same weight as the witch. As long as the weight reduction effect could be maintained, she could carry out precision strike missions in the air for a long time.
This was also the improvement made by Roland after he used the hydrogen balloon bombing tactic to attack King's City.
Compared with a balloon, Maggie's flying speed was much faster, and she was more flexible when carrying out missions. If they used dives to drop the bombs, Lightning would not have to adjust the speed, and the latter would have enough energy to carry out reconnaissance and guidance work.
Of course, Hummingbird's magic power could not support the "East Wind" for a whole day. Although her magic power had increased a lot due to the training of the carrier artillery, it was already very good for her to be able to carry such a huge and heavy bomb for half a day. After all, the bomb body, guide head, and charge were usually transported separately.
Fortunately, for the army of the Kingdom of Dawn, which was close at hand, half a day was enough.
"All roads are clear. Take off. I repeat, take off!" Lightning pulled down her goggles and leaped into the air.
"Ah... again." Hummingbird covered her forehead and sighed.
"Ow ow ow — —!"
When Maggie flapped her wide wings, a huge shadow seemed to rise from the ground. The tents in the camp swayed left and right in the airwaves, as if a gale had passed through. Then she adjusted her direction and flew toward the foot of Mount Hermes.
An hour later, the three of them successfully flew over the old Holy City and easily found the target of this operation. The large army of tens of thousands of soldiers was very eye-catching even from a high altitude. From afar, this army looked like an overflowing stream. At the rear, they could barely maintain their formation, but when they arrived in the city, they were completely scattered. Countless colorful spots were slowly wriggling like ants, nibbling away at the territory of the old Holy City bit by bit.
Lightning did not like the church at all. She could only say that it was karma for them to suffer such a disaster. However, in addition to the believers, there were also many innocent people in the city, especially the orphans who were kidnapped by the church from all over the world and were still locked up in several monasteries.
They should not be buried here with the old Holy City.
The little girl took a deep breath and kept rising until she felt a little difficult to breathe. Then she opened her arms and began to dive along the middle of the "stream", but in the opposite direction.
The rapid fall made her feel as if her internal organs were moving backward. This process should not be very pleasant, but it gave her a kind of pleasure as if she was flying as fast as lightning.
Lightning did not look back. She knew that Maggie must be behind her. After years of living together, they had a seamless cooperation.
The number of people and objects on the ground was increasing rapidly. Some Knight apparently also noticed the dark shadow falling from the sky. Lightning could even faintly see the fear on their faces.
When the human and the beast flew to the middle of the crowd, Lightning suddenly pulled herself up and shouted, "Now, drop the bomb!"
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