Chapter 1067: Chapter 937: The New [Moon God]

Buzz——!

The Akron, powered by a diesel aviation engine, is essentially a giant rigid airship.

Utilizing a "swing" device akin to an iron frame, along with the cross-shaped hatch at the lower part of the airship, it can easily release or recover newly invented ornithopters into its interior.

It is like an "aircraft carrier" hovering in the air, allowing up to six ornithopters to dock, take off, and engage in combat freely in the sky.

Taking advantage of the airship’s ability to stay aloft for long periods and its much faster speed than surface vessels, while deploying ornithopters with very limited endurance for reconnaissance and attacks, is a pioneering move by the alliance’s air force.

They firmly believe that in this uninhabited area deep in the Eritrean Sea, hoisting the flag with the most powerful fleet of a duchy will be a splendid footnote for the "flying aircraft carrier" stepping onto the historical stage!

However, the unavoidable natural flaw of the massive airship is its vulnerability to adverse weather conditions, which makes it far less reliable than a battleship.

Thus, just like each battleship of the Tulip Alliance is equipped with at least one "Official Wizard" from the Alchemy School or a high-tier Steam Master,

each "flying aircraft carrier" is also equipped with at least one official wizard of the Wind Element path, or an extraordinary individual from a related path as the captain.

Even now, within the 10-kilometer effective range of the Magic Element Turbulence Bomb, elemental wizards are no different from useless.

Yet, the captain who received the distress signal didn’t care and gave an order:

"Initiate bombing tactics, target the duchy fleet, core target is the Crown Prince!"

"As you command!"

Six "Sparrowhawk Type" ornithopters have already roared out of the two hatches of the "flying aircraft carrier."

In the single-person cockpits of the ornithopters, with spirits ablaze, the pilots wore goggles, leather flight suits, and gear jackets.

Obviously, besides being pilots, they also serve as mechanical engineers, responsible for further modifying and upgrading the ornithopters after actual combat.

The Wizard Captain, seeing this scene, could almost imagine the spectacular sight of countless bombs being dropped by ornithopters covering the sky in the future, feeling immensely satisfied:

"Hahaha, let the bumpkins of the alliance taste the power of the Akron!"

At this stage, no navy can compete against the Tulip’s battleship. If they can cover the opponent’s warship advantage with this kind of mass-produced flying device’s air supremacy, it would be a significant achievement.

"Sparrowhawk Type" ornithopter length: 6.08 meters; wingspan: 7.82 meters; height: 2.20 meters; powered by a gasoline aviation internal combustion engine.

Simulating the flight of birds and insects, it primarily generates lift and thrust through the flapping motion of the wing flapping mechanism, overcoming its weight and resistance to fly.

Designed and manufactured by Pyrmont, the God of Deceit, based on bionics principles.

Compared to fixed-wing and rotary-wing flyers, which may or may not appear on the historical stage in the future, the primary feature of the ornithopter is integrating lift, hovering, and propulsion functions into a single wing flapping system.

It can perform long-distance flights with minimal energy, and at the same time, it possesses strong maneuverability.

However, these "Sparrowhawk Type" have a maximum speed of 212 km/h; endurance: 2 hours; empty weight: 500 kg; maximum takeoff weight: 704 kg.

Besides two bombs, it really can’t carry much else.

Whoosh——!

Although the cloud layer suddenly split open due to the Cloud-Breaking Device, startling the pilots, in this Extraordinary World, it’s not something to be surprised about.

"Dive bombing, team one in the front, team two in the back, return to the mothership immediately after bombing to reload."

The two teams coordinated through wave communication devices, and their eagle-like strike maneuvers didn’t pause for a moment.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Even though the Ornithopter almost had no actual combat after its birth, the concept of "dive bombing" was naturally proposed by the air force department.

Because anyone with a little common sense knows, when viewed from several kilometers above, even the largest battleship isn’t much bigger than a button; add flight speed to that, if a horizontal bombing attack is launched, it would directly go to granny’s place.

Undoubtedly, for such relatively small and slow-moving targets like surface vessels, "dive bombing" is by far the best and only attack method.

Da-da-da... Da-da-da...

Having keenly perceived their strategic intent, a total of six quadruple-mounted 12.7mm 62-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns on the fast cruisers Warthog and Pangolin have already opened fire simultaneously.

Fierce lines of fire swept towards the six ornithopters.

At this moment, aside from not using Black Tin ammunition, they had almost no technological difference from the Six-Barreled Cannon: Godslayer.

It wasn’t because Aiven had completely abandoned the original confidentiality principle.

But because among other countries currently experiencing technological explosions around the world, gun engineers have developed modern firearms in the true sense based on the locking structure of the Tulip Modern Shipborne Cannon.

At this moment, pursuing technical blockade was a little counterproductive, so Aiven waved a hand and completed the equipping.

But the effective firing height of the anti-aircraft machine gun equipped on the fast cruiser is only 1200 meters.

When the speed exceeded 212 km/h and the ornithopter flew over, the time it stayed within range was very short.

"If we had the Hurricane Missile of the Crown of Miracles, it would be easy to send them into the ocean.

Excluding the extraordinary parts that cannot be mass-produced, can’t the engineering institute guys come up with an alternative solution for the guidance system?"

Watching the flapping wing machine hurriedly avoiding the rain of bullets in the air and struggling to approach, Elante felt a bit greedy for more.

Although Aiven was indeed a genuine god, he still had to follow the laws of science.

Even though the battleship design had initially considered air defense capabilities, a missile guidance system, an ace up the sleeve, was not something that the current stage’s [Analytical Machine] or [Integrated Circuit] could handle.

Boom!

A flapping wing machine in a nosedive exploded mid-air into a giant fireball, but still managed to accomplish its mission, dropping two high-explosive bombs.

Woo——!

Woo——!

"Order, full left rudder!"

"Full left rudder!"

At that moment.

The [Sea Snail] submarine previously hiding underwater was determined to create results, and once again synchronized with the [Crown Prince], launching four torpedoes, completely emptying its arsenal.

Four white water lines raced toward the [Crown Prince], avoiding airborne bombs.

Surrounded on all sides, the [Crown Prince], whose [Ship’s Figurehead] had temporarily lost the ability to use Extraordinary Power, finally got hit on the starboard side by a torpedo.

Boom!!

The hull of the world’s strongest battleship shook fiercely.

However, the [Crown Prince]’s main protective armor belt was between 203 to 343 millimeters.

Without needing to install side cannons, there was no need for fore and aft connected artillery decks; the watertight compartment structure of the [Big Loach Treasure Ship] finally came into play.

Although seawater began to pour in quickly, Elante supported his spouse by his side, calmly continued to order:

"Damage control team, repair! Chief Navigator, activate the [Cloud-Breaking Device], thunderstorm mode!"

...

Before the clash of new weapons between both sides in the Eritrean Sea.

Swoosh——!

Vast golden-blue divine light appeared like rays of sunset shining into the Material World; the awe-inspiring Aiven stepped out from it. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Beneath him was the gilded "Golden Kingdom", full of grandeur and opulence.

However, here compared to four years ago, it seemed excessively spacious while more gem-encrusted than the pure gold of yesteryear.

Everywhere, vibrant clusters of various gemstones, priceless treasures elsewhere but akin to rubble and soil here.

Seeing "Ocean Goddess" Thetis and "Sky Goddess" Kurutena waiting here, he bowed deeply and sincerely said:

"Thank you, Your Majesties, for your generosity. Without the treasure land of the [Golden Kingdom], the material carrier needed for Hesi’s advancement to the [Mother of Roses] would have required at least ten years of effort."

Thetis waved dismissively, unconcerned:

"Anyway, it’s a place to be abandoned; it’s great if it can help you."

Not only due to humanity’s increasingly rapid exploration progress through the "Broken Star Sea", but also because knowing the Evil God’s ultimate goal is "Behind the Door", and the "Golden Kingdom" is a must-go-route for it.

How could one not take precautions in advance?

In fact.

The migration plan of the "Golden Kingdom" citizens had started after Aiven and the team returned from the "Endless Ocean".

Four years have been enough to evacuate most citizens in a calm and orderly manner and settle them properly.

Aiven also specifically marked out a piece in the broad land of the Duchy as their autonomous territory.

If it weren’t for these powerful Extraordinary Creatures unable to adapt to the temporarily Magic Element-less "barren" alien planet, even making them pioneers in cosmic exploration wouldn’t have been impossible.

And the reason for Aiven’s late arrival was because he had just rushed back from arranging final configurations on a planet thousands of light-years away.

At this moment, a broad smile suddenly appeared on Aiven’s face:

"It has begun."

As a massive amount of [World’s Favor] inexplicably formed above, the jewel-encrusted center of [Golden Kingdom] saw the golden light-quality Gate emerge from the point to line, from line to surface, appearing slowly.

[Treasure Vault: Hidden Treasure Gate]

At the same time, the grand moon perfectly positioned above everyone, casting down a beam of extremely brilliant cold moonlight.

The eyes of Thetis and Kurutena suddenly widened:

"Not just [Truth Embodiment], this is... [Moon Divine Position]?!"