Maybe it was just a coincidence. Maybe machine gunner Ma Kun had a talent for jinxing things. Or maybe Gao Lanlan's reputation really was just a little too "blessed."
In any case!
The genius ace pilot Gao Lanlan was flying the fourth aircraft she'd been assigned—the old transport plane—and had been in the air for just over two hours. Not long after crossing the front line, she crashed yet again.
That's right, she crashed—and this made four times now, putting her far ahead of everyone else and setting a new record for the base!
But...
This time, it wasn't her fault. On the contrary, she might even have earned some credit—and may well have lived up to her reputation as a genius ace pilot with tens of thousands of hours of flight experience.
Just as they were about to reach their destination, the transport group was unexpectedly ambushed by a huge swarm of daemons!
Yes, ambushed!
For now, no one knew exactly what had happened or how the daemons had managed to lie in wait there without being detected.
In any case, the situation had gone something like this: as the transport group approached its destination and began descending in sequence according to procedure, preparing to land, a great many winged, flying Khorne's hounds of vengeance and powerful Bloodthirster Greater Daemons suddenly burst from the ground. Their objective seemed clear, as if they'd been prepared for this all along. They immediately went for the transports' engines, and in an instant hacked several planes out of the sky. Explosions flared across the ground, accompanied by cries of anguish that rang out all at once.
The escorting Banshee fighters reacted quickly and fought to protect the transports and strike back. But there were too few of them, and the attack had taken