Steel steam and flame

The light of the flames reflected the white sky into a faint red. The airship turned into a huge expanding fireball and crashed into other airships on the side. The queue has only been unfolding for a short time, and the distance between them is not safe. The operators were in a hurry and immediately put the steam engine into full operation for emergency evasion. However, due to its heavy body and huge weaknesses in turning and instantaneous acceleration, the surrounding airships did not have good luck.

The burning airship fell towards the lower left. The huge oval sphere in mid-air was completely filled with flammable gas. In just a few seconds, it turned into a large fireball, revealing a charred steel skeleton. The airships on the side were severely hit in this short period of time. Just like an ancient fire-passing ceremony, the airships on the side started a chain reaction, and one after another was set alight.

In a matter of ten seconds, seven or eight huge fireballs appeared in the sky. All the soldiers on board also died. Most of the people jumped from mid-air with luck, but whether they were surgeons or ordinary people, there was no possibility of surviving at that height. Many people were overtaken by the expanding flames in mid-air. Even if they were not killed by the high-temperature flames at other moments, they fell to the ground, their bodies still smashed into pieces, and the snow was dyed red in patches.

The array of airships was completely disrupted at this time. After the loss of eight airships, the chain reaction was finally interrupted. The airship had entered the acceleration stage at this time, and the bright white round shadow of the searchlight moved quickly on the ground, scanning the area where the sniper bullets were fired. At the same time, half of the remaining airships also turned around. The propeller thrust device behind them made a loud "buzzing" sound, and they swayed towards the place where the enemy was hiding.

"Don't fire randomly, keep your eyes open, and press the trigger after confirming the target!" This sentence rang through the radio in all the airships. The number and effectiveness of the enemy were much smaller than they imagined, which should have been good news. But the scarcity of numbers at this time made the target even smaller. The tall trees had many broken branches, blocking many views. Especially in the details, a person can be perfectly covered simply.

"Don't be anxious, our mission is just to protect the rearrangement and leave smoothly. Killing the enemy is not our primary goal." The old housekeeper said in the communication machine, and speeded up the team that landed on the ground.

The ground team was divided into several teams, and one rushed to the front of the tractor at a very fast speed. There was no one inside. After getting the old housekeeper's permission, they restarted the relisting. But it may take some time for the relist to be fully operational. The steam furnace has only a little bit of remaining temperature, and it needs to finish preheating before it can provide enough power to make the retrain roar.

Several other teams were divided into areas to conduct careful inspections of the rearranged cargo boxes and vehicle bottoms. The speed is not very fast, and the inspection of each carriage is extremely labor-intensive. This speed is roughly commensurate with the start-up time of the retraining.

The sky quickly became brighter, and it was possible to see the scenery clearly without using flares. It was still snowing lightly, but the wind was very light, and the airship kept hovering over that area, monitoring the entire surrounding area.

The last attack was shortly after daybreak. At that time, several more of the airships remaining above the heavy train flew to the far edge of the train to provide support. It seems that the number of airships meets the minimum range of the enemy's attack? Shortly after the two airship teams merged, in the originally silent woods below them, dozens of artillery pieces flew out of the snow at the same time, forming a huge fan shape, surrounding dozens of airships in the center. It flew over at extremely fast speeds.

The light and heavy firearms on the airship acted as anti-aircraft guns at this time. Those artillery pieces exploded in mid-air and turned into clouds of smoke and fireballs. In the end, only dozens of guns focused on the airship. But this time the formation of the airships had dispersed, and the ceremonial burning of fire did not appear again.

Three airships were lost during the attack. But because the ropes were lowered in advance, some soldiers on the crashed airship were able to survive. The area where the artillery was fired was, without any surprise, the target of rapid bombardment. Strikes and fire support are both very fast. However, after the artillery is launched, it needs to be accelerated in the early stage to increase its speed to the maximum, which gives the enemy time to react. It can only be used for strategic bombardment, and the main lethality relies on the heavy machine gun to follow closely behind. It wasn't until the snow there was broken up and the black soil underneath was dug up that the attack stopped. Only four enemies were clearly hit, and they were all shattered into pieces.

The enemy completely disappeared from behind, and there was no movement at all from beginning to end.

Except not long after, an enemy was spotted by a sharp-eyed observer. After confirming that there were no other enemies around, several airships cooperated with each other and opened fire decisively. A radius of tens of meters around the enemy has become the target of attack. When the smoke and snow dissipated, there was only a piece of burnt black land and a piece of fallen and broken trees.

"How is it?" The major spoke quietly at this time, his voice carried through the snow.

"The enemy should have really left. In the attack just now, the enemies who stayed there may have suffered from major physical problems and there is no need to leave. As you know, except for the sniper with the modified sniper rifle, Hands and other people have inhaled toxic substances. Without treatment and medicine, it will take a lot of time to rely on the body's immunity and healing ability in a short time. In addition, the weather is cold and the surgeon is not prepared. Over time, the body will freeze." Cassia said, "Just like us, if we stay in such an environment for a long time, we will not be able to survive without shaking our bodies to generate necessary heat."

"Then the enemy gave up rearrangement?" the major asked.

"It shouldn't be possible. The straight-line distance traveled by the heavy train was not long, and it was always circling in the mountains. It probably just left here and wanted to climb on the heavy train again somewhere else. Those who were left on the train at that time There are far fewer people in the volcano base than there are now. Their numbers were originally small, and now they may not be much different from us."

"Maybe that's the case." The major smiled, "Then we have to take action. We have no chance to stay here. And the people over at the volcano base may be thinking about the same thing. Compared to the enemy's attack, hiding by the railway line The most helpless thing is to reorganize the superiors. There is always a limit to the general defense range of the base, but the enemy does not have this range. As long as they can still run, they have opportunities everywhere."

"It's one thing to think about it, but it's another thing to take measures." Cassia said, as if he could deeply feel the helplessness on the side of the volcano base, "They can only reorganize Be prepared.”

Cassia and the major then quietly came to the back of the hillside through the snow, took some detours, and then returned to the edge of the railway line. Because of the thick snow, it was not easy to identify the railway line. They needed to find a head and then follow it along the side. Otherwise, it is easy to lose the specific location of the railway and miss the opportunity to re-train.

Physical strength is being consumed abnormally. About an hour later, Cassia and the major were surrounded by only a dry forest full of snow, and the railway was buried not far in front of them. A sound began to echo in the silent mountains, and the retraining started again.

"It's coming." Cassia and the major looked at each other and accelerated their advance. They saw a position where they could easily jump into the rearrangement.