Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1868 Goblin Exploration Team
This result put Wei Qing at ease. In his view, the current situation was easily controllable. He was nervous about fighting a tough battle right from the start, so a few small tasks first to warm up his muscles was just right for him.

Under this premise, the interrogator naturally also confirmed the location of the 300-man unit with the other party.

The captured goblins, valuing their lives above all else, were incredibly open and honest, practically pledging their loyalty to them.

Having confirmed the intelligence, Wei Qing immediately ordered another giant eagle knight to deliver the information to the giant eagle knight squad that had set off earlier.

Meanwhile, Bloodfang and his gnoll sentries, having received the latest orders, had arrived near the crashed airship.

In this vast desert region that stretches as far as the eye can see, finding this place is not difficult.

The wreckage of the airship was now completely engulfed in flames, billowing thick smoke that was incredibly bright and the towering flames seemed to be turning the desert into a furnace.

Feeling the even stronger heat wave and the pungent smell of smoke, Blood Fang and his men had to mentally prepare themselves just to get close.

They came here mainly to see if they could salvage any spoils from the wreckage of this airship.

But now that the wreckage is completely burning, they can't just rush into the fire, can they?
As for putting out the fire...

Judging from the looks of it, they can't put out the fire right now.

The best approach right now is to maintain a safe distance.

As it turned out, their approach was correct.

Because in the next second, the burning wreckage of the airship suddenly exploded with a 'bang,' accompanied by flying sparks and fragments, startling Bloodfang and the others.

But then came an overwhelming sense of relief; thankfully, they hadn't gone any closer.

"Get away! Everyone get away!"

The explosion sent Bloodfang and his gnoll sentinels even further away.

During this process, they discovered many goblin corpses in the surrounding sand.

Some of these goblins were killed when their parachutes were torn apart by the giant eagle riders and they fell to their deaths, while others were shot dead in the air.

The former was basically smashed to pieces, while the latter still had his parachute, so he could be considered to have been left with a complete body.

They did find some equipment on the corpses that could be taken as spoils of war.

At this moment, the jackals didn't seem to mind the mangled corpses and quickly stripped them of everything they could.

"What should we do with these bodies? Should we take them back?"

"You've fallen like this, you probably don't need to anymore, right?"

Bloodfang wasn't entirely sure; their orders were to come and verify the wreckage of the airship and retrieve the spoils.

These disfigured corpses should not be included.

Meanwhile, the giant eagle riders who set off later had already rejoined the team that had set off earlier at top speed and provided them with the latest information.

Once the location was determined, the rest was simple for the giant eagle knights.

However, they must act quickly.

According to the intelligence obtained during the interrogation, the goblin army has a long-range communication device called 'radio'.

Currently, it is mainly used for regular communication between frontline troops and airships. Every so often, they will check in on each other via radio. If they lose contact at the designated time, the goblin frontline troops will certainly become alert.

Although Wei Qing felt that with a force of three hundred men, and not even pure soldiers, the enemy couldn't do anything to them even if they became alert.

But with the mindset of "better safe than sorry," he still urged the giant eagle riders to speed up their movements and lock onto the target location.

During this process, Wei Qing himself was not idle either.

After taking office as the frontline commander, the undead army, led by Gargamel, which was an important garrison force on the border, was naturally at his disposal.

Now, Wei Qing gave the order, and Gargamel, without hesitation, immediately assembled his undead cavalry.

Infantry movement is too inefficient; this time their target is merely an exploration force of three hundred goblins, which cavalry alone would be more than enough.

Not to mention that skeleton cavalry have an advantage against units that use firearms.

At this moment, the exact location of the opposing exploration force was still unclear, but the general direction was already known. The assembled undead cavalry immediately began to advance in that direction.

And as they advanced, they waited for the giant eagle riders to bring them the latest intelligence.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the desert, marching tents had been erected at some unknown time.

These tents are made of special materials that provide a certain degree of insulation, and the goblin exploration team camped here.

The goblins here are unusually busy.

Airships can only conduct general reconnaissance; further reconnaissance work still needs to be carried out by the ground troops.

The goblins have formed a special oil exploration team, and now they are specifically targeting nearby areas where oil may exist to conduct exploration work.

At the same time, inside the camp, the goblin liaison officer, who was in charge of radio communication, took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and waited for the second hand to complete the remaining half rotation before he began operating the radio equipment in front of him.

At present, the goblins' wireless equipment is not very advanced; in fact, it can be described as quite primitive.

Within the communication range, at the same time, one party must transmit a signal and the other party must receive a signal for communication to be successfully established.

Of course, the main reason is that this thing consumes electricity, and in this desert, the goblins have limited means of obtaining energy. In order to save energy consumption, they cannot keep the equipment running all the time.

Therefore, communication can only be conducted during specific time periods.

In comparison, Da Zhou's miniature communication cube is far more convenient than the current radio technology.

However, in some respects, radio is a cheaper and more readily available communication device than a small communication cube.

Under the guidance of the goblin liaison, the wireless equipment at the camp began to transmit signals, but failed to connect successfully.

The goblin liaison officer didn't seem overly nervous about the situation; normally, a delay of a minute or two is acceptable.

But as time passed, the goblin liaison, who was unable to make contact with the airship, gradually grew serious.

He then quickly summoned the goblin soldiers guarding outside the military tent.

"Go and inform the colonel immediately, and tell him..."

Before the goblin liaison could finish speaking, a sharp alarm suddenly rang out from outside the military tent!
Along with the alarm blaring, there were also screams of terror from the goblin soldiers outside!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

(End of this chapter)