Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1250 - 1217: Exclusive Aerial Combat Technique Showdown

Boom!~

Unexpectedly, the missile launched by Chen Shan was not aimed at the crystal jet of the opponent but directly at the incoming long-range missile.

The tactical significance of launching long-range missiles within 90 kilometers lies in using more rocket propulsion fuel for chasing the target. After all, the rocket engine only operates for a few seconds, straighter flights are fine, but extra maneuvers such as turning will greatly deplete its airborne time.

It's obviously feasible to switch the long-range missile to interception mode, and aside from being slightly surprised, one can't help but secretly praise Little Shanzi's cunning.

"Missile against missile?"

Compared to professionals like Chen Fei, Shen Fei's reaction was slightly slower. After all, her original job was an elementary school teacher, and she had never even touched a combat aircraft.

Chen Fei explained to his girlfriend, "The current guidance modules are highly integrated, the 'all-in-one' cost is lower. Whether it's air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-ground, ground-to-air, air-to-sea, sea-to-ground, the guidance modes are basically universal. There's almost no difference in aerodynamic control surfaces. The biggest difference is the warhead, where anti-air mode often uses high-explosive charges with lots of fragments. If it's anti-sea or anti-ground, the charge is increased and designed for penetration or armor penetration."

As they spoke, just as the two combat aircraft were about to enter visual range, they suddenly veered left and right in tacit understanding, no longer heading directly at each other but maneuvering to find new opportunities for attack.

Of course, they could choose not to maneuver, but this would come with a great risk of being tailed. According to unwritten combat rules, during head-on engagements, both sides often choose to turn right. If they're bolder and fly in the same direction at this time, it means there's going to be an even more intense close-quarters combat, with the outcome decided within seconds.

However, this was the trial assessment for Sky Knights, where Examiner Wu Chen not only needed to assess Chen Shan's combat abilities but also find ways to stimulate the potential of the opponent through simulated combat. Thus, the confrontation project was both an assessment and a rare opportunity for real combat guidance.

Outside the range of railgun weapons, directed-energy weapons became the primary attack force in the second round. At the level of Sky Knights, such attacks were no longer just metaphysics and probability but had a hit rate above 50%. From the beginning of the engagement, both sides had overlapped their craft with Repulsion Shields and Magic Shields, causing laser beams and particle beams to be distorted and deflected without touching the body, rendering them ineffective.

Crystal jets have fundamentally changed the intrinsic weakness in the defense of combat aircraft. Moreover, their defensive measures aren't limited to just a few directed-energy weapons causing damage. If forty years ago, the Neanderthal army of the Third Era Civilization had crashed headlong into a formation of crystal jets, they would have been utterly beaten with no chance to fight back.

Between the two crystal jets, the only factors that could truly determine the outcome were Forbidden Curse Level attack spells constructed by onboard Magic Arrays and tactical attack weapons such as tactical nuclear weapons and tactical elemental annihilation bombs.

After two rounds of entanglement between the combat aircraft, Sky Knight Lu Xia, who was watching the 3D holographic image, suddenly spoke up, "Old Wu is going to use his exclusive aerial combat technique."

Just as he finished speaking, one of the crystal jets suddenly accelerated with a trail of sparks and lightning. In an instant, the unexpected Mach 35 ultra-high-speed maneuver appeared behind Chen Shan's tactical jet, and the ensuing violent atmospheric shockwave surged toward the tactical jet like a storm.

This was the exclusive aerial combat technique "Sky Charge" initiated by Sky Knight Wu Chen with his mount, "Crying Owl," charging at extremely high speed to reach the opponent's vulnerable angle in the shortest time, resulting in a decisive strike.

The crystal jet "Crying Owl" was surrounded by countless bright light patterns, intersecting and flowing like water, becoming increasingly dazzling as the spell attacks about to roar out with the power of a Forbidden Curse.

The full-power strike of the crystal jet was almost as devastating as the full power of a small nuclear airblast.

"Without an exclusive aerial combat technique, Little Shanzi is done for."

Chen Fei sighed. Only a Sky Knight can deal with another Sky Knight (most of the time, using a fleet to overwhelm doesn't count), and only an exclusive aerial combat technique can counter another exclusive aerial combat technique.

If Chen Shan couldn't successfully unleash his exclusive aerial combat technique, this round of assessment would pretty much end here.

In Chen Fei's opinion, Chen Shan's responses had been consistently standard, solid and without flaws. Although traditional tactics weren't prone to mistakes or disruptions, they were far from sufficient for the requirements of a Sky Knight.

The examiners set relatively strict standards, and Chen Shan was likely to fail this trial.

Despite the high score in the morning's tactical maneuver exercises, the afternoon's confrontation project held considerable weight, potentially even becoming the decisive factor.

Upon hearing Chen Fei's commentary, Little Shanzi's father, Chen Haiqing, was on edge.

Before the official start of the confrontation project, Chen Fei had pushed Chen Shan to hastily chew through three exclusive aerial combat technique drafts, which turned out to be prescient, regardless of success or failure. Because if he did nothing, there wouldn't even be a slight chance.

As the giant light torrent was about to engulf Chen Shan's tactical jet, the aircraft suddenly wobbled, and three tactical jets appeared out of thin air.

"Huh!"

Sky Knights Ding Xiu, Sun Ruzheng, and Lu Xia all gasped in surprise.

Chen Shan's craft simultaneously appeared as three, speeding off in different directions to evade the giant light column slicing through the sky.

Sky Knight Wu Chen's attack had to make a temporary choice, causing the shot light column to explode, sacrificing its power to break into over a dozen light beams, covering a larger airspace. The tactical jets fleeing in two directions were instantly engulfed.

However, the third tactical jet managed to take the opportunity to escape, and without a doubt, Chen Shan had bet correctly, with the escaping aircraft being the real one, while those swallowed by the beams were actually phantoms.

"Emmmm... this actually worked!"

Chen Fei hadn't expected Chen Shan to be so lucky to escape from the exclusive aerial combat technique of a Sky Knight and the full strike of a crystal jet, allowing the confrontation to continue.

Without a doubt, there was now a hope of passing this assessment.

"Is that an exclusive aerial combat technique? Is it?"

Shen Fei, eyes lit, pulled Chen Fei and asked, even the uncle beside them looking over inquisitively.

"Uh, sort of, I guess!"

Among the three exclusive aerial combat technique drafts Chen Fei gave Chen Shan, one with a rather tacky name, "Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation," delivered this kind of effect.