Chapter 440 - 220: Payload Problem, Arrival, and a Wind-winged Zerg Raid

Chapter 440: Chapter 220: Payload Problem, Arrival, and a Wind-winged Zerg Raid

"It will take a little more time to mobilize the civilian aircraft. Please be patient, City Lord Lin."

Lin Feng nodded without another word and turned to leave.

After the young City Lord of Jin City left, General Chen let out a long sigh of relief. The pressure he felt from Lin Feng made him more nervous than facing the black tide of a Zerg Mountain and Zerg Sea.

A little over an hour later, the first of the requisitioned civilian cargo planes arrived. There were two of them, each with an average payload of fifty tons—enough to carry away eighty Armor-Piercing Cannons and Electromagnetic Cannons.

They had all flown in from the Lianghu Region, a distance of only six to seven hundred kilometers, making the journey more than halfway shorter than that of the military transports departing from the North.

By the time they were inspected, refueled, and loaded with weapons and supplies, two large military transport planes had also arrived at the airport.

Their iron-black paint jobs looked far more solemn and imposing than the gray and white of the civilian freighters.

Under the direction of the flight crews, the Salvation Army soldiers boarded the two transports in orderly lines.

Each plane carried two Battle Groups and one hundred elite Warriors.

This way, even if one of the planes were to malfunction, forty members of the Tier Two Battle Groups with Flying Ability could rescue the remaining one hundred Warriors.

The two groups sat apart, ensuring everyone had the greatest chance of survival should danger arise.

In truth, Lin Feng had no doubts about the safety of the transport. His real concern was the Tier Two Wind-winged Zergs.

This was especially true since they were heading for the northern front.

Facing more than twenty Zerg Race Mother Empresses, the enemy could easily muster several hundred Tier Two Wind-winged Zergs.

’I can only hope that the Federal Capital, as the staging ground for most of the military, has air defenses that aren’t too weak.’

As for the Federation’s air force, Lin Feng had already given up hope.

After all, the combat performance and flight maneuverability of the Tier Two Wind-winged Zergs far surpassed even humanity’s most advanced fighter jets.

Their ability to come to an instantaneous stop with their flapping wings, combined with their 360-degree, no-blind-spot turns, was enough to overwhelm any aircraft. Even infrared-homing missiles struggled to achieve a target lock.

Losing air superiority would turn the defense of the Federation’s Capital into the desperate struggle of a cornered beast, making it all the more difficult.

That was why Lin Feng had specifically chosen a seat by the transport’s side hatch. If his Mind Sensing detected any change in the situation, he could jump out and engage the enemy at a moment’s notice.

He was the only one here with an Ion Laser Cannon capable of landing precision strikes on fast-moving targets.

Shen Jie, sitting across from Lin Feng, had a similar idea. He was on high alert, ready to activate his assimilated Winged Tiger Frenzy Form at any moment.

The transport flew quickly. Even near full payload, it maintained a speed of seven hundred kilometers per hour.

Two hours later, the fleet was approaching the frontline military base west of the Capital.

However, just a hundred kilometers from their destination, the transports began their slow descent from an altitude of ten thousand meters. The deceleration and noise attracted a swarm of uninvited guests.

It was eight o’clock at night. Inside the pitch-black cabin, Lin Feng’s eyes snapped open.

Within a twenty-kilometer radius, his Mind Sensing detected several light sources moving at extreme speeds.

Their speed was approaching Mach one, and they were accelerating toward the transport formation!

They would reach the formation in less than a minute!

’Looks like we’ve been spotted after all!’

’With the Federal Capital under siege, all the Northern Mother Empresses have gathered here...’

Lin Feng estimated that the Mother Empresses had set up a network of Cyan-winged Zerg spies and Wind-winged Zerg patrols throughout the airspace for at least two hundred kilometers around.

’To land safely at the front and join the battle tomorrow, we have no choice but to fight through the harassment from the Tier Two Wind-winged Zergs!’

Without a shred of hesitation, the instant he detected the incoming enemy, Lin Feng ordered the crew to open the hatch.

Then, gripping his Ion Laser Cannon, he leaped straight out into the sky, thousands of meters above the ground.

Shen Jie leaped out right after him.

The turbulent airflow sent them tumbling in midair a dozen times before they stabilized and unfurled the wings on their backs.

Then, they shot back toward the dark clouds, toward the source of the piercing, sky-shattering shrieks.

In the quiet of the night sky, under a bright moon and a smattering of stars, a clandestine aerial battle was quietly unfolding.