Darkstone Code

Chapter 1224 - 1222: Aerial Crossfire

"Enemy attack!"

"Planes, all planes!"

The sailor nervously picked up the phone, his trembling fingers unable to press even the right number, the cigarette clamped between his fingertips fell due to his shaking, landing between his fingers.

He frantically dropped the cigarette in his hand, forcibly suppressing the palpitations in his heart, and with a tremor in his voice, he dialed the command room’s number, uttering a word that everyone had become very familiar with recently—air raid!

In an instant, the red wartime alarm blared, but there were actually no anti-aircraft weapons on board, the few rotary cannons meant for light ships were probably the only weapons usable for anti-air defense.

The formation of numerous planes loomed like dark clouds, pressing down from the sky, and the soldier who first spotted these planes tightly gripped the edge of the lookout, shouting out the truest thought in his heart.

Fuck you!

A few minutes later, both sides finally closed in on each other!

Bombs from the sky dropped like rain, every sailor was ready to meet death, the roar of weapons accompanied by whispers of prayer from some places, everyone’s nerves were taut!

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A bomb fell into the sea about twenty or thirty meters away from the warship, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then came the second one!

At this point, all the warships raised their speed to the maximum, the boilers operating at full capacity, and the helmsmen were testing their own ability to control the ships, they must accelerate and rush out.

Maybe this is not the best way, but it is the only way now!

Everyone was praying, praying that if the Lord truly existed, he would save them!

In fact, most of the sailors had nothing to do now, this wasn’t a battle between warships, they had a lot of work they could do, this was a one-sided "slaughter," they had nothing much to do except lock themselves in the cabin and write farewell letters.

People looked through the narrow windows at the pitch-black sky beyond the wind and waves, their hearts sinking continuously.

Meanwhile, a call reached Lynch, the Navy requested assistance at the first sign of the air raid.

The Horn Strait is not far from Nagariel, but it’s about a three-day journey from the Federation Mainland, rushing to rescue in time is impossible, they could only ask Lynch if he had any good ideas.

After hearing this, Lynch didn’t beat around the bush and agreed to the rescue directly, as for the costs, they would talk about it after the war was over.

After hanging up the call with the Ministry of Defense, Lynch dialed to Nagariel, where the operator forwarded a cipher telegram to the airport, and then thirty-six small planes, which had never been seen on the front battlefield, quickly took off and disappeared into the sky.

For any weapon to have the Ministry of Defense foot the bill, it must have laudable achievements.

At the very least, you have to prove to the Ministry of Defense and the Congress Senators that spending money on your stuff wouldn’t be perceived by the public as money and power trading.

As long as you can provide facts to convince Congress and the Ministry of Defense, making the public also believe that your things are indeed worth the money, then spending a million on one screw wouldn’t be a problem.

The fighter jet is Lynch’s trump card.

At this point, the air raid over the Horn Strait continued, and a destroyer had already lost power.

The aviation bombs carried by the planes were actually more aimed at killing non-armored units, unable to drill under the thick deck to explode, unable to harm the things inside the cabin.

No matter how joyously these bombs explode on the deck, their destructive power to the warship itself isn’t very significant.

But the aerially dropped torpedoes are different.

They can be aimed more accurately, dropped in places closer to the warship, but there are also some problems with this, due to the entry angle, many torpedoes didn’t hit the target, but slipped through underneath the ship.

If you want the torpedo to be released at an angle that can damage the battleship, then the bomber must approach the water’s surface.

Only then would the torpedo not advance head down when dropped.

However, once the bomber approaches the water’s surface, those machine cannons can play a significant role.

In this air raid, both sides were actually accumulating experience through bloody lessons.

For the Federation, as planes become usable in military operations, air defense becomes increasingly important.

For the Peng Jieao people, they need to continue their efforts in torpedo research, at least for now, they still don’t have a good way to restrain the fleet.

The ships either stopping or moving in flames on the sea looked terrifying, but actually the damage to the hull wasn’t too severe.

Some people have died, except for one ship that lost power, the others could sail back as long as the fire was put out.

This is a huge victory for the Peng Jieao people, five years ago they had no way to deal with Gafura’s fleet, helplessly declaring defeat in the negotiations, becoming a defeated country.

But at this moment, they have mastered methods to deal with the fleet, their Emperor seemed to have foreseen everything today five years ago.

They didn’t waste funds on researching the manufacturing technology for large warships, nor did they waste time and energy on studying fleet strategies and tactics, they simply used all their resources in the right place.

Next time, or perhaps soon, they might be able to grasp the sea through planes!

The squadron leader was chatting through the radio with others in a relaxed manner, those warships below that they once had no way to deal with were now like lambs waiting for slaughter.

Suddenly, someone shouted in the channel, and with a series of screams followed by an explosion, everything went quiet again. It was only then that people noticed a plane exploded on the sea surface.

The altitude from which they crashed was virtually no different from directly hitting the ground. The immense energy could instantly tear everything apart, triggering an explosion!

Maybe the machine guns were effective; the squadron leader didn’t become alert because of it, just asked everyone to gain altitude.

But seconds later, he watched helplessly as a nearby bomber got riddled with bullets, the most deadly part being the bullets came from above!

He suddenly looked up and saw bizarrely shaped planes in the sky, constantly diving, climbing, and chasing...

All those planes had one common feature: their noses could shoot out two tongues of fire!

A sailor praying in the cabin that everything would pass felt something warm shining on his face.

He looked up; it was sunlight!

Something tore a gap in the clouds, allowing sunlight to stream through.

At the breach, those things were continually expanding their success, with bombers after bombers trailing black smoke and falling!

"It’s reinforcements!"

"It’s reinforcements!"

"The Federation hasn’t abandoned us!"

The sailors instantly erupted with excitement, with some even fearlessly running onto the deck, waving their navy caps to express their gratitude to the heroes tearing the clouds in the sky.

Countless eyes, aided by binoculars, fixed on those special planes in the sky.

Every plane’s wings bore the Darkstone Security emblem!

Black, deep, yet imbued with a feeling that filled one’s body with power!

Peng Jieao’s bombers began to quickly return; they had no anti-air weapons and could only watch helplessly as these two or three dozen planes "slaughtered" them!

The radio channel suddenly went silent.

The lead plane in charge of this bombing mission issued an order, "Let’s split, keep climbing altitude..."

At that moment, someone interrupted him.

"Long live the Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor..."

After these words, a bomber suddenly broke away from the formation, making a lateral turn at high speed.

Just this one turn nearly made the pilot faint. Right when he almost lost his vision, he managed to steer his bomber into a plane tightly chasing them...

With a thunderous boom, the collision of the two planes lit up the sky with the most dazzling spark.

The radio echoed with more resolute cries!

Long live the Empire!

Long live His Majesty the Emperor!

This air battle was destined to be written into history, being the first in the world and a massive aerial battle that was a one-sided slaughter.

Except for the first fighter that got destroyed due to not reacting in time, other bombers that tried to obstruct the pursuit by ramming were shot down after being distanced.

These individuals paid with their lives, allowing more bombers and pilots to leave the battlefield.

Since the Federation’s airport was somewhat far from here, considering that chasing too deeply might prevent them from returning, the thirty-five fighter jets turned direction and flew southwest after a few minutes of pursuit...

The sky over the Horn Strait immediately drew worldwide attention after the incident. They might not have obtained first-hand information, but various descriptions relayed the situation on the battlefield at that time.

A Federation destroyer lost power, stopped after sealing off compartments, and remained stationary while other warships suffered varying losses and had already returned.

This air strike resulted in over four hundred sailors dying from various accidental circumstances, some burned to death, others boiled to death...

In addition, forty-seven bombers from the Peng Jieao Empire were shot down, while the Federation lost a plane that had never been exposed in international view!

Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Peng Jieao Empire sternly rebuked the Federation for its reckless behavior in this military skirmish, demanding the Federation take responsibility for escalating the conflict and reserved the right to declare war anytime!

The international situation stirred up in an instant; just after the recent plummet, Federation stocks surged upward sharply.

Although they didn’t fully recover, overall, the drop wasn’t as steep.

When people have confidence in the Federation’s military, the Federation’s financial sector also gets a boost, which is quite normal.

Darkstone Security was thrust into the spotlight once again, with nearly everyone wanting to know how they efficiently and quickly shot down planes...