Chapter 2226: Chapter 2226: An Unprecedented Large-Scale Aerial Battle
No one expected the war to come so suddenly; in the normal course of events, such a large-scale war would not occur in the home world, but sometimes things simply aren’t up to them.
After all, they had already built the Floating City over here, while other cities, due to being dispersed, could only rely on their own strength to conduct research. Thus, their development speed was very slow. Bringing the Floating City into existence is no easy task.
They required long-term research and experimentation, even with the support of a technologically advanced world, it still took a considerable amount of time.
The problem now was that they needed this time interval. If they allowed the other side to continue developing, by the time they completed their research, the other side would already have many Floating Cities. By then, their own people would have suffered great losses. There were also many special effects, which could easily trigger chain reactions.
The Floating City is far from just a simple city, so no one could afford to take it lightly.
Yet they also realized that as soon as they mobilized the fleet, the other party would surely detect it. Hence, a large fleet began gathering around the Floating City, with their numbers growing increasingly large.
Finally, when the fleet reached a certain size, war became inevitable.
These fleets dared not get too close to the ground because there were many weapons there aimed at them. However, the warships flying in outer space—where there’s nothing but vast emptiness—could encounter other fleets.
When two massive fleets met, regardless of who fired the first shot, a battle broke out just like that.
All sorts of attacks continued to rain down, aiming to destroy the opposing forces.
Now that the war had finally begun, the alliance no longer held back. "Order everyone to speed up, fly directly toward their Floating City, and take it down for me."
This time, no matter how great the losses, the Floating City had to be destroyed.
Therefore, large fleets, unafraid of death, descended directly from space, preparing to attack the city above.
"They’re actually coming down, aren’t they afraid of being shot down?" Lin Yushi said disdainfully.
Lin Yucha responded speechlessly, "That’s their target, of course they have to attack. How can they strike if they don’t descend? Besides, if the distance is too great, many weapons can’t exert their power, are easily intercepted, and are easily blocked."
Their city certainly wasn’t without defenses. When the other side began to descend, the city’s defensive barriers opened. They had both technological and magical ones.
Of course, it’s not just the Floating City; other cities also deployed their own defensive barriers.
"Hurry, hurry, go take shelter immediately, don’t stay here." On the streets of major cities, countless people were shouting, directing people to shelters or similar places for refuge. Who knew if anyone might get injured or caught up in the crossfire; in any case, no one dared to wander outside carelessly now.
And it wasn’t just Du You’s cities; many cities on the alliance’s side were the same.
As large fleets converged, the attack’s focus was the Floating City, but the war broke out in more than just one place. Many fleets were directly intercepted by Du You’s fleets.
There were also numerous fleets that flew up from the ground; these had been hidden for a long time.
Now, the other side finally understood the combat power here. The alliance used to be a patchwork of self-made fleets, lagging in both quantity and quality. Moreover, once assembled, they were a motley collection, nothing like the neat and uniform fleets on the other side.
Even when attacking, the alliance’s assaults were varied, all sorts of attacks. Unlike the other side, which fired in salvos. Though it looked monotonous, the threat level far surpassed that of the opposition.
Clearly, the alliance also realized this. "Damn, these people actually hid so many warships; they all look about the same. I can be sure they all belong to one organization."
Anyone with eyes could see it; even if they wanted to hide it now, they couldn’t. But at this moment, Du You had no plans to hide. The number of tier-nine experts on their side definitely exceeded those in other parts of the world.
If it weren’t for the need to discover all the Outer Worlds step by step, which required time, Du You could directly launch an attack and dominate the entire world now. Du You refrained from doing so because he didn’t want to draw the world’s attention.
These warship battles were fine, after all, the residual force wasn’t very strong at most some debris fell from the sky after crushing. With preparations inside the cities below, the losses wouldn’t be significant.
In other words, as long as the loss of life wasn’t significant, the world wouldn’t pay attention.
But if there were a huge battle among tier-nine experts, that would be a different story entirely; the world would definitely take notice.
"Deploy, the war is no longer within our control," suddenly, the commander ordered.
Hearing the command, the various fleets and military forces across different regions felt a mix of helplessness and relief, now that the war had erupted fully. Various mechas, warplanes, and the like were released, densely filled the skies.
At this moment, Du You also received the news right away, knowing that the enemy’s warships and warplanes had been deployed.
Du You immediately said, "Very well, when it comes to the quality and quantity of these things, we have never feared anyone. Let’s deploy as well." Subsequently, Du You’s mechas and warplanes were also deployed.
Because supplemented by some external technological levels, comparing the two sides, Du You managed to produce even better-quality tools. Often, you’d see a mecha taking on two or three adversaries simultaneously and still handling it with ease.
With high quality and quantity, soon the other side was suppressed.
The fleets that braved risks to approach, before they could even get close to the Floating City, were almost intercepted, suffering heavy casualties. Seeing this situation, the alliance members’ eyes turned red.
They knew that gathering so many fleets was no easy task. If they failed this time, the alliance would disperse once again.
Without saying the alliance would collapse, morale would dissipate. With such significant losses and no results, how could anyone still be expected to listen? The situation was already severe enough, and continuing would be very troublesome.
"No, we must take the risk, order all nearby fleets to concentrate, no matter how great the losses, we must break through." Now even the alliance’s upper class was determined to succeed in this battle, do or die.
