Showdown, my deck is from the East.

Chapter 1280 New Companions and Old Guys

Lu Cheng arrived at the cavalry camp in the afternoon.

After the rebellion broke out, the Dengzhou Cavalry Camp was never opened to the public again, and naturally, it lacked maintenance.

It is located on an asteroid, from which you can see the arc of the distant planet Denzhou, and outside the gray-blue atmosphere, several transport ships are slowly entering the port.

In front of them, the haystack used to raise large war beasts was overgrown with weeds.

Due to insufficient atmospheric defense, the runway is also full of potholes. Some places have been cratered into the size of bowls by micrometeorites, and some places are covered with a thin layer of interstellar dust, where footprints can still be seen when you step on them.

The hangar where the war beasts lived had been mostly demolished. The metal frame was still there, but the outer walls had been removed piece by piece, revealing the dark structure inside.

It is estimated that the rebels took a group of them away.

The rest were stolen by nearby interstellar scavengers who sold them for the price of iron plates.

Lu Cheng stepped into the hangar, his footsteps echoing through the empty space. The planet was not fast-moving, and his footsteps made it feel like he was walking into a tomb.

Taking Lushun would definitely require restarting this camp, but certainly not for large-scale air combat.

Dengzhou no longer has the resources.

What he wanted was a small air force of eight-winged cavalry capable of holding back the Zerg swarm at key moments, covering the landing of ground troops, and carrying out special missions that the Sky Shuttle and orbital fleets could not accomplish.

Standing in the center of the hangar, I looked up at the remaining tracks on the dome.

Those were the rails used to hoist the armored beasts; now only rows of bare, rusty pulleys remain.

Most of the connecting parts between the pulleys had fallen off, and a few were still suspended in mid-air, undulating slightly under the artificial gravity field of the Dengzhou base, emitting a soft metallic friction sound.

The standard takeoff speed of the Yulin Army's Cloud and Rainbow Pegasus is 7-8 times the gap speed, requiring the assistance of the Xuanwu's Immortal Steam/Heavenly Tribulation Electromagnetic Catapult Formation.

Lu Cheng squatted down and tested the ground.

This location is simply not suitable for unit takeoffs and landings exceeding twice the gap speed.

He stood up and dusted off his hands.

Fortunately, Jingwei was a "specially equipped" type. Although her own strength was still lacking, she had the huge power assistance provided by her sister Yaoji to help her take off.

All we need to do is use real fire to lay a section of sintered track, then install a simple circular gravity tidal array ourselves, and use the gravity slingshot of the Dengzhou stars to launch Jingwei. That should be enough to start fighting.

Alright, one of our heavy cavalry units is basically ready.

So, how many enemies are there?
Lu Cheng analyzed.

The Golden-Winged Eight-Winged Soldiers are definitely all advanced models launched at faster-than-light speed from future Zerg hive motherships, and parasitized and painted in the Hyperspeed World.

A single swarm mothership can hold three hundred Hypergryphs. Based on pre-war two-dimensional information, Lu Cheng judged that the swarm mothership may have deployed three motherships, meaning that at least nine hundred large aircraft were launched to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

This number is three times that of the Imperial Guards' Cloud and Rainbow Pegasus, a truly terrifying figure.
However, it was impossible for all eight winged soldiers to guard Lushun.

Lu Cheng speculated that most of the Eight Wings troops would go to the Kisliv battlefield to block the skies over Wangbing Island, while about one-third would be deployed in Shenyang, and a portion would be sent to attack the Ming cavalry on the Guan-Ning defense line.

How much will Lushun receive?
At most a hundred, and more than half of them would have to be sent to deal with the Dengzhou naval fleet led by Huang Long and Shang Kexi.

It is estimated that there were dozens of enemy troops that appeared in the defense of Lushun, plus some new generation flying insects. Although the air defense mission was still severe, it may not have been so severe.

"Let's get moving." Lu Cheng scattered yellow paper all over the sky, scattering paper figures everywhere.

The paper figures quickly got to work, starting by clearing the runway.

As for why he used Netherworld magic instead of mechanical magic, it was because at this moment, thousands of mechanisms were busy at the armory and Dengzhou camp, and he was simultaneously manufacturing a large number of weapons, so he wanted to save some divine power.

As night fell, the surface work was almost done.

A massive cargo ship appeared in orbit, its enormous navigation lanterns emitting light like a star.

The goods have arrived!
The recent raids on their homes revealed a large quantity of contraband cavalry armor and dangerous war beasts that had been purchased from the public. These were transported to the cavalry camp by the supply depot, along with 100 cavalrymen and tens of thousands of ground crew who had already completed their training in Penglai.

The cavalry camp immediately became lively.

These 100 men were retired from the Guan Ning defense line and then voluntarily enlisted to receive training in Penglai.

The performance of the old Guan Ning Mongolian Pegasus was definitely no match for the new generation of Zerg air force.

Lu Cheng raised the Bo Beast for them in the Great Wilderness Northern Classic.

The original muscles of the four legs of the Bo Beast were extremely developed, but the joints were fragile.

During the breeding period, the joints were replaced with hydraulic joints, anti-gravity horseshoes were embedded in the feet, and folding wing plates were integrated into the spine.

Its overall design is that of a monster from the stellar age, capable of constant hypergap cruising and enhanced power by its demon core.

One person, one horse, a total of thirty-two.

"Number Three, the damping is wrong, the landing is too heavy when walking, quickly send a few people!"

"Scatter, scatter, the big guys are coming down!"

As the ground crew spoke, a huge figure began to slide down.

The Phoenix-6 Mao type was transported from the Xuanwu.

The Imperial Guards were heavily reliant on the Xuanwu, which lacked the necessary takeoff and landing capabilities. However, the Xuanwu was unable to come to Tongzhou because it needed to suppress the enemy. But the Phoenix, which served in the Imperial Guards, did not have these limitations.

Phoenix has served since the continental era. It has bombed the altar of the evil god, bombed the mother hive of the Zerg swarm in the interstellar era, and followed the Feathered Forest Squadron in a raid on the Zerg's faster-than-light fleet during the War of the Sun.

It survived every upgrade and generation change, without being phased out or retired, and has continued to fly to this day, even reaching its sixth generation.

Everyone was waiting for it to retire so that the legendary divine bird, the Vermilion Bird, could be welcomed. However, the Heavenly Craftsmanship Bureau changed it to the Rabbit type, which probably means it will continue to serve for another 500 years.

Phoenix slid from the spaceship hangar onto the asteroid's landing pad; it was almost five times the size of the nearby Beastman.

"Old man, long time no see. War is coming. Can you still fly?"

As Lu Cheng approached, he could feel something pulsating inside the fuselage.

It was very excited.

Clearly sensing Lu Cheng's presence, the heat dissipation feathers all over its body instantly opened up.

In an instant, the night sky over the entire planet began to dissipate.

The light was dazzling.