The stars, but they become the gray wind

"Are you done? Now that you're done, it's my turn!!!"

Carlis raised her right hand and snapped her fingers casually. Several white spherical drones emerged from thin air. A series of plasmas slammed into the defense line of the New Continental Army surrounding the palace as accurately as a rainstorm. Almost every plasma fired would accurately hit a soldier of the New Continental Army and instantly evaporate the opponent into a pile of scattered ashes.

While the New Continental Army was surrounding the palace, they looked at their companions beside them. After being hit by an unknown flash of light, they were evaporated into a ball of ashes without even having time to scream. The New Continental Army soldiers on the defense line gradually couldn't suppress their fear of the terrible purple-haired girl in front of them.

The fire counterattack launched by those soldiers could not even leave a scratch on those strange white spherical objects. All the bullets hitting those white spherical objects floating in the air were bounced off. The soldiers of the New Continental Army looked at the round white spherical drones in despair, killing them.

"General! We can't penetrate the shells of those weird white spherical things. The guy next to me operating the heavy machine gun just now fired at that thing at least dozens of rounds with his heavy machine gun, but let alone penetrate it, there's not even a scratch on the shell."

"That white thing, as long as it's aimed at us, anyone hit by it will turn into ashes immediately after a flash of light. General, what kind of terrible thing is this?" Another soldier, who was pinned down behind the bunker by the fierce firepower of the drone and couldn't raise his head, asked panickedly to several generals who were also hiding behind the bunker.

"You ask me, how should I know? That damn thing just appeared out of thin air, suddenly appeared in front of us, and then destroyed our blockade in an instant like killing a chicken!"

"Damn it! Is this some secret weapon of the Duke of Normandy? How could there be such a terrifying thing?"

"What the hell is going on?" Another general hid behind the shelter with his head in his hands in fear, saying helplessly and furiously.

Outside the bunker, the drones were flying at high speed in the air, using their precise and fierce firepower to hunt down the New Continental Army soldiers who were fleeing in all directions after the blockade line was destroyed. With each firing of the four plasma cannons on the drones, a fleeing soldier was hit by the ultra-high temperature plasma and instantly burned to ashes, which made the other New Continental Army soldiers who saw this scene feel even more panicked. They fled in all directions in a panic, trying to escape the pursuit of the spherical "white devil" floating in the air in their eyes.

.........

A few minutes later, looking at the messy blockade line in front of her that was attacked and destroyed by the fierce firepower of the drones, Carlisle yawned in boredom.

"I thought these guys could hold out a little longer, but this is what happened?"

"They are just a group of colonial troops who bully and massacre the indigenous people. Don't have too high expectations on them." At this time, Yuuki's voice came from the loudspeaker carried by a drone that had been hovering next to Kalisi and remained motionless.

"That's boring. I'm preparing my own tactics based on the French army's months-long stalemate in trench warfare with the Germans during the Battle of Verdun in World War I."

"I thought these guys could hold out against the drones for at least a few hours, but they've been completely defeated and fled in less than ten minutes?"

"Well... you shouldn't expect too much from the colonial troops. With their level, they're lucky to survive a few minutes under our hands without being wiped out."

"What's more, for these guys whose most powerful weapons are only heavy machine guns, the drone's defense capabilities are almost equivalent to those of a tank. They rely on a few small water pipes? They think it's amazing that they can even leave a scratch on our drone."

"However, it looks like there are still a few guys hiding behind cover and refusing to come out. It's time to persuade them to surrender."

Carlisle said as she looked at the unlucky guys hiding behind the bunkers, holding their heads and trembling in fear in her holographic thermal imaging and X-ray vision.

"Come out, don't hide. I know you are behind that. Put down your weapons and raise your hands above your head. I may consider sparing your lives." Carlisle shouted expressionlessly.

"We surrender! Don't kill us!" A white handkerchief tied to a small wooden stick stretched out from behind the bunker. Several generals hiding behind the bunker suppressed the fear in their hearts, stood up trembling, and looked at the purple-haired girl not far away who had just killed hundreds of their fully armed soldiers like stepping on ants, and the white spherical drone beside her.

Chapter 87 How to Beat the Opponents

The Duke of Normandy hid by the window, looking at the blockade line torn to pieces by the fierce firepower of the drones, and the New Continental Army generals who walked out of the bunker with trembling legs holding white flags. The Duke of Normandy was very glad that he had not used force against the purple-haired girl before, otherwise his fate might be worse than those New Continental Army soldiers outside the office building who were burned to ashes by the drones' plasma cannons.

The Duke of Normandy looked back at the messy office. The walls and ceiling of the office were full of bullet holes left by the team of New Continental Army soldiers who had just rushed in and fired indiscriminately at the purple-haired girl in panic. Before, when Calisi pinned an entire team of New Continental Army soldiers who had rushed into the office to the ground, the Duke of Normandy cleverly hid behind his desk and avoided being injured by the stray bullets flying all over the room.

The Duke of Normandy looked down from the second-floor window of his office. The purple-haired girl standing in the open space outside the office building was looking at several new Continental Army generals who raised their hands in surrender. She seemed to be communicating with the white ball floating in the air next to her.

[Duke of Normandy, please come down. I need to talk to you about something.] Without any warning, the purple-haired girl's voice suddenly rang out in the Duke of Normandy's mind.

【?! What is this?!】The Duke of Normandy was obviously startled by the voice ringing in his head.

[Don't be so surprised, this is just a little trick of ours.] Carlisle's voice spoke again in the Duke of Normandy's mind.

[Come down, I have something to talk to you about... and there will be a good show later. ]

At Carlisle's urging, the Duke of Normandy could only suppress his worries, leave the office with stiff feet, and walk towards the main entrance on the first floor of the building.

…O peel off the four sulfur chess and abandon the group…

A moment later, the Duke of Normandy came behind the purple-haired girl who was standing with her back to him in the open space outside the building. In front of her were the new Continental Army generals who were squatting on the ground with their hands covering their heads, surrounded by three drones and pointed at by the four plasma cannons mounted on the drones.

"The so-called New Continental Army is nothing more than this... Are you used to bullying the natives of the New World? So weak that you can't even last ten minutes under my command?"

"Duke of Normandy, I'm very curious about what you think of the battle just now. Why don't you give us your comments?" Carlisle turned around, folded her arms loosely across her chest, and asked the Duke of Normandy who was frozen in place.

"Your... fighting style... is simply... unprecedented." The Duke of Normandy, who was already aware of the power possessed by the purple-haired girl in front of him, answered very cautiously.

"Oh, so general? I would like to hear a more detailed conclusion." Obviously, the Duke of Normandy's overly general answer did not satisfy Carlisle.

"Uh... Your fighting style and weapons... I've never seen them before. And these... weapons? Not only are they incredibly powerful and incredibly well-protected, but they also possess incredibly high mobility. If the regular infantry and army of the Kingdom and the Republic encountered them, without heavy firepower, they would likely suffer heavy losses, or even... possibly be completely wiped out."

"It can even be said that the ground forces of the Kingdom and the Republic are vulnerable in front of these white spherical combat units." The Duke of Normandy recalled the battle just now and analyzed these white spherical drones in detail.

"Yes, I originally thought you were only good at housekeeping, but it seems you know a lot about the military." Carlisle said to the Duke of Normandy, who was frowning and looking at the drone beside him.

"Although I am the Secretary of the Interior, responsible for maintaining internal security within the kingdom, I do have some knowledge of military command and tactics."

"However... I don't know if these spherical white objects of yours can cause damage to aerial warships."

It’s true that the four plasma cannons equipped on these drones can hardly cause any effective damage to those Iron Turtle aerial battleships, but who says that such things are necessary to deal with those aerial battleships?”

"We have a more efficient way to deal with those flying iron battleships."

"And maybe you will see such a scene, the Duke of Normandy and those others." As she spoke, Carlisle turned her head and glanced at the unlucky new Continental Army generals who were squatting on the ground, holding their heads and shivering.

.........

On the other side, several generals of the New Continental Army's First Division, which had successfully captured the air battleship London, which was docked in a dock near the royal palace, were gathered on the bridge. Listening to the panicked cries for help coming from the radio, several generals frowned.

"What's going on? The people of the Second Division can't even capture a Duke of Normandy?" complained a general.

"The transmission also said that the blockade they set up outside the Duke of Normandy's office building was breached by something?"

"What can break through the blockade with heavy machine guns? Could it be that the Duke of Normandy has hidden an entire army equipped with heavy weapons in his office?" another general said in disbelief.

"What the hell are the people in the Second Division doing? Their mission is clearly the most crucial one. Only by controlling the Duke of Normandy can we release His Highness Richard. Now they're in trouble. What should we do next?"

"Their mission is the simplest. They only need to deal with the guards around the Duke of Normandy and they can easily catch the old fox. But now they have a problem..." One of the generals who stayed on the bridge paused when he said this.

"There's no other way. Since they haven't caught the Duke of Normandy, we have no choice but to do it ourselves."

"Don't forget, this battleship has several 305mm guns on board. With its firepower, we can still suppress the resistance of the entire palace. As long as we have our firepower support, we can still control the entire palace and use the Queen as a threat to force out that old fox, the Duke of Normandy."

"In that case, let's quickly drive the warships above the palace so that our people can check the current situation of the Second Division responsible for the blockade and arrest of the Duke of Normandy." A new Continental Army general suggested.

"Helmsman! Turn towards the palace and fly us above it. I want to find out what those people in the Second Division are doing." The new Continental Army general who was in the lead gave new orders to the crew operating the aerial battleship.

"Yes! Full cabin left!" The crew member who received the order turned the steering wheel sharply to the left. With the operation of the turboprop and the adjustment of the anti-gravity engine output, the entire aerial battleship began to slowly deviate from its original route and flew above the palace.

Inside the bridge, all the New Continental Army generals who were talking did not notice that a stealth drone was silently staring at them from outside the window of the air battleship's command bridge.

…………

On the other side, Carlisle looked at the drone information and prepared to welcome the aerial battleship with great interest.

Kalisi turned to Yuuki, who was operating one of the drones and talking to her, and said, "An Iron Turtle is coming, and I plan to give him a big gift. Yuuki, prepare to descend the altitude of the Hundred-armed Titan formation!"

"OK, receiving the order to begin the descent. The Hundred-Armed Giant formation is losing altitude. Let me ask you first, what are your plans for the next step?"

"Later, send him a few missiles to disable all the turbulent rudders on the hull. If possible, also destroy his anti-gravity power core."

"Let the Hundred-Armed Giants formation approach at a low altitude and slow speed at a height that can be seen from the ground. I want to give them a face-jumping parade." Calisi said excitedly, rubbing her hands.

On the other side, on the aerial battleship London, several generals of the New Continental Army held binoculars and looked at the palace below which was getting closer and closer to them. Several generals ordered all the artillery on the ship to load ammunition and be ready to fire at any time.

"Are all the shooting preparations complete?"

"The main gun has been loaded and is ready to fire at any time." A soldier on the bridge replied.

"Have you confirmed the location of the Second Division?"

"Reporting to the commander, we still haven't seen any sign of the Second Division, but we did find the blockade line set up by the Second Division. However, the entire blockade line is deserted and looks very messy."

A crew member at the operating table said.

"Damn it, where did the Second Division go? They can't even hold the blockade?"

A general walked to the window, raised the telescope in his hand, and looked at the messy position of the Second Division on the ground. The Second Division, which was originally responsible for guarding this blockade line, was nowhere to be found.

"Damn it! Where are the people from the Second Division?"

"Report, I saw the generals of the Second Division...but they..." A soldier standing by the side window put down the telescope he had just used to observe the ground and reported to the officers behind him. The soldier reported to the generals with some hesitation.

"What?" After hearing the report from their subordinates, several generals also walked to the side window, raised the telescope in their hands and looked at the ground. In their sight, several familiar colleagues were surrounded by three spherical objects floating in the air. Those colleagues squatted on the ground with their hands on their heads, shivering and surrounded by the spherical white objects.

"What's going on? Were the commanders of the Second Division captured?"

"Why are there only a few of them left? Where are the other men of the Second Division we sent to surround the palace and capture the Duke of Normandy alive?"

"It seems these three guys have been captured by the enemy? And what are those three white spherical objects floating in the air?"

Several generals who were staying on the airborne warship and observing the ground seemed puzzled.

"Everyone, our top priority should be to rescue our colleagues who seem to be surrounded and captured." At this time, a general on the warship interrupted everyone's doubts.

"Since they are our colleagues, we can't just stand by and watch them die. We have this aerial battleship right now. Although we don't know what those white things floating in the air are, they shouldn't pose a threat to the aerial battleship we're piloting. Let's have the soldiers in the cabin set up their heavy machine guns and fire a warning shot at the ground, asking them to release our colleagues."

Following the general's order, four soldiers carried two heavy machine guns to the bottom of the aerial battleship. They opened the not-so-big metal hatch in front of them and set up the two heavy machine guns next to the open hatch. After confirming that there were no abnormalities in the machine guns in their hands, the four soldiers took out the bullets from the ammunition belts and pushed all the bullets into the machine guns.

With a "click", the bullets were pushed into the machine gun magazine. The two soldiers who directly operated the machine gun pulled the bolt handle and loaded the bullets.

As the altitude of the air battleship continued to decrease, Siming's soldiers at the bottom of the cabin also saw the scene on the ground. The blockade line set up by the Second Division was in a mess, and several generals of the Second Division were surrounded by three strange spherical white objects. Not far away stood a purple-haired girl who showed no panic at all.

The soldiers pointed their machine guns at the three spherical objects on the ground surrounding their colleagues from the New Continental Army and pulled the triggers.

A series of 7.62mm bullets rained down and hit the high-strength shell of the drone. The drone hit by the bullets did not show any signs of damage. There was not even a scratch on the same position where the 7.62mm bullets were triggered. After the drone detected the attack from above, it immediately entered combat mode. Its four plasma machine guns fired fiercely at the lower hatch of the aerial battleship above its head. One of the soldiers standing by the hatch to help operate the machine gun was unable to dodge and was instantly hit by the plasma. He was directly burned into a ball of dust by the high temperature.

“???!!” The soldier who was burned to ashes, and the machine gunner operating the machine gun next to him looked at his companion with some fear. He was instantly burned to ashes in front of him, and even the hand holding the trigger of the machine gun was loosened because of the momentary daze.

"Hey, what are you staring at? Hurry up and help me share the burden, and give me some crossfire support. Those guys on the ground are not simple. They killed one of us in an instant.

"Oh...oh." The machine gunner was obviously frightened by the scene and answered stutteringly.

"Damn, what is this thing made of? I've hit it with at least dozens of bullets, why is it still firing at me?" another machine gunner shouted angrily.

"Why can't we penetrate this damn thing? And there's still no trace of a bullet hitting its shell. What the hell is this thing?" The machine gunner roared loudly in anger, while the machine gun in his hand continued to spray out bullets.

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On the other side, on the ground, looking at the three drones facing the heavy machine guns at the bottom of the aerial battleship London, Calisi showed a barely noticeable smile.

"Game over!"

Following Kalisi's shout, two missiles accurately hit the two rudders of the aerial battleship, and instantly completely destroyed the two rudders, turning them into a pile of scrap metal.

After realizing that they were under attack, the crew on the aerial battleship hurriedly began to confirm where the attack came from.

Just as the crew of the aerial battleship London was still looking for the source of the attack and its general direction, a ghostly fighter plane came within a few kilometers of the aerial battleship.

As the pulse laser cannon and TLS tactical laser module equipped on the nose of this fighter flashed, the straight laser beam instantly cut through the thick homogeneous steel armor of the London and accurately hit several anti-gravity power cores distributed on both sides of the hull. The armor hundreds of millimeters thick seemed so vulnerable in front of the high-power TLS laser and pulse laser cannon equipped by the ADF11-F Raven. The London, whose anti-gravity power cores on both sides were penetrated, began to descend in an unstable posture due to loss of power.

Inside the bridge, the New Continental Army commanders, who were caught off guard by this sudden attack, looked at the airborne warships helplessly as their altitude continued to decrease.

"Damn it, can we still maintain the altitude?" a general asked loudly to the operator on the ship.

"No! All the anti-gravity power cores on both sides of us have been destroyed. We are losing power!!"

"What the hell is that thing that directly penetrated the protection of the anti-gravity core? The protection on the anti-gravity core is at least half a meter thick. What the hell can penetrate half a meter thick steel in an instant?" A general of the New Continental Army frowned, holding on to the railing beside him, feeling the aerial battleship below him descending in a shaking and unstable posture.

"Could it be a large-caliber naval gun? But I haven't seen any units equipped with large-caliber naval guns on the ground or nearby!"

"Damn it! What the hell is attacking us?"

On the bridge, the New Continental Army generals, who had been beaten to a pulp, were furious and helpless.

Chapter 88: The Kingdom on the verge of collapse and the future of the two princesses (5000 words)

The aerial battleship weighing thousands of tons lost power and its altitude continued to decrease. It was finally forced to land on a lawn near the palace. The heavy hull kicked up a large cloud of dust during the forced landing and crushed a small forest along the way.

In the sky, the two pulse blast engines at the tail of the ADF11-F left a white trail in the air. The camera mounted on the fuselage filmed the aerial battleship that had completely grounded on the ground, and sent the image back to Yuki at the battle center of the Hundred-Handed Titan.

"The enemy air target has been shot down." In the combat room of the Hundred-Armed Titan, Yuki reported to Kalisi on the ground.

"Roger that! We still have some small enemy remnants left. Yuki, have the Hundred-Armed Titan descend and charge directly into London from low altitude. We're going to give him a real stun!"

"clear."

.........

On the ground, Carlisle hung up the call with Yuki and turned to look at the Duke of Normandy.

"Duke of Normandy, and those guys over there, I... want to show you something." Carlisle clapped her hands happily and said to the Duke of Normandy and several new Continental Army generals she had captured.

"Excuse me, sir...what do you want to show me?" The Duke of Normandy asked in confusion with his always tense face.

"Let you and those people over there deeply understand how big the gap between us is?" Carlisle snapped her fingers.

Then the Duke of Normandy heard a buzzing sound coming from the distant sky. The Duke of Normandy and several generals who were squatting on the ground with their hands on their heads looked towards the source of the sound curiously.

Then they saw a very strange-shaped aircraft approaching the palace from a distance. At first, the people on the ground thought it was just an ordinary aerial battleship with a strange shape, but obviously, they were wrong. The huge wings stretched out on both sides of the aircraft approaching the palace seemed to tear the sky apart, and the huge shadow that blocked out the sky almost covered the entire area where the palace was located. The 24 engines driven by the nuclear reactor on the Hundred-Handed Giant ejected light blue tail flames backwards, whistling through the calm sky.

"P1112 second-class heavy air cruise control aircraft, Hundred-Armed Giant, but I prefer to call it an air carrier. With such a direct display, you should all be clear about the power gap between us, right?" Carisi whistled softly as she looked at several new Continental Army generals who were looking up at the sky with their mouths wide open as if they could swallow an egg, and the Duke of Normandy who was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"Is this...is this...your Excellency's...air battleship?" Looking at the unimaginably huge giant aircraft carrier in the sky, which made even the largest and heaviest air battleships produced by the Kingdom and the Republic seem pale in comparison, the Duke of Normandy came back to his senses and asked Calisi with a trembling voice.