CHAPTER 1354: CHAPTER 718: PLANNING FOR AIR COMBAT UNITS

"You may continue." Lady Strategy, as she came, let the divine glow fade, leaving only Ms. Katherine.

Katherine was already accustomed to this, transitioning seamlessly, and she asked, "General, can you talk about your brand new tactics?"

The others clearly sensed the mental exchange between Gaven and Katherine, but no one asked, merely waiting quietly.

"This brand new tactic is based on this brand new equipment, the Dragon’s Breath Tremor Bomb." Gaven took out four Dragon’s Breath Tremor Bombs with varying attributes for everyone to pass around.

And he briefly explained the origin of these bombs to them.

"Turning dragon breath into tremor bombs? Only the General would dare to think and do such a thing. Dragons have existed for so many years; people have only heard of mimicking dragons to acquire dragon breath or spells, never directly using the dragon’s breath."

"This is a truly genius idea; dragon breath is the dragons’ most powerful weapon. With this weapon, even an ordinary person could release the Giant Dragon Breath."

"In theory, yes, provided that a dragon is willing to cooperate in doing so."

"Once this equipment is widely equipped, it indeed could have a disruptive impact on warfare."

"This equipment truly tests strategic and tactical application; they will elevate the gnoll’s trap-making capabilities to an extreme. Just a few Howard Convenient Bags and a few Pitfall Makers can easily create a trap minefield, stalling a troop and delaying the enemy’s timing."

"It’s not just traps; it can also be combined with catapults for long-distance hurling."

"High-altitude hurling is another method. Doesn’t Colossus City have large numbers of Dragonized Gnolls? As long as they are equipped with these bombs, they can embark on large-scale aerial bombardment."

"Wait a minute, the City Lord Shanoba previously mentioned the Cloud Manta; are you thinking of capturing these super giant magical beasts for large-scale aerial drops?"

"Indeed, the first Chosen of the Lady deduces from a few words – that’s exactly one way to use them."

Everyone present was sharp-minded. With Gaven merely presenting the Dragon’s Breath Tremor Bombs, the conversation pieced together the whole situation and even integrated its usage into strategic tactics.

It saved Gaven a lot of explanation time.

Katherine evidently considered further, saying, "The emergence of this new war tool will completely change the mode of warfare, increasing the importance of air dominance. All nations, all armies must develop aerial troops; even if they don’t have the right to bomb the enemy, they must ensure that enemy bombing units can’t easily infiltrate their airspace for large-scale bombardment.

In other words, before the enemy realizes this, the side with sufficient aerial bombardment units will possess the advantage.

Cloud Mantas-like super giant flying magical beasts will become the most important strategic weapons, needing to seize initiative and control them as much as possible.

Actually, what’s more compatible with this weapon isn’t these flying magical beasts but magic airships. However, currently, the Arua Kingdom’s mages are the only ones who possess this manufacturing tech, and they rarely sell it externally.

Plotting against them is not as convenient as using flying magical beasts like the Cloud Manta.

Both flying magical beasts and magic airships share the flaw of slow movement speed, easily targeted by nimble aerial units.

Therefore, these cumbersome aerial bombardment units should not operate solo but rather pair with powerful aerial combat units."

The capability of the Lady’s first Chosen is no boast; just from a few bombs, the analysis of future war dynamics is already well-covered.

"The Lady’s analysis is very accurate," Gaven shared his preliminary plan, "I initially organized the air force into four units.

One is the heavy bombardment unit, mainly composed of Cloud Mantas and magic airships, which fly slowly but can carry a large number of Dragon’s Breath Tremor Bombs for large-scale, long-distance aerial bombardment. Its strengths and weaknesses are very evident and must be used in special occasions with other air units.

The second is the medium escort unit, with certain bombing capabilities and strong air combat ability, aimed at assisting bombing and primarily engaging in aerial combat. Flying Dragons are the best choice, and Giant Rocs are also good.

The third is the light escort unit, consisting of many varied types. They can consist of flying creatures like Pegasi, Gryphons, and Gryphon cavalry.

They could also be entities like Erde, Harpies, and Ghosts, naturally capable of flight.

Their primary role is defense, even cooperating with medium escort units and heavy bombardment units. For instance, those throwing Dragon’s Breath Tremor Bombs on Cloud Mantas can be those Dragonized Gnolls whose small body type is an advantage in this scenario.

The last type is the special flying units, mainly referring to dragons, who are the disruptors in aerial combat. The first three types of flying units are hard to match against them and require special treatment. Luckily, opportunities to face them directly on the battlefield are rare."

Regarding Gaven’s classification, everyone listened and nodded repeatedly, unable to find any faults.

Gaven continued, "We already have Erde for light escort units, but for medium and heavy units, I’ve already sent people to comprehensively search for suitable targets, primarily focusing on Flying Dragons and Cloud Mantas.