The blazing July sun was like streaming fire. At noon, beneath that scorching sun, a swath of black clouds flew in from the east, blotting out the blazing orb in the sky and casting a vast, heavy shadow over the earth...
Wherever the black clouds passed, mountains, rivers, cities, and farms alike were covered by that shadow. Looking at the black clouds in the sky, Great Xia soldiers and civilians, whether in cities or out in the wilderness, all stared dumbfounded.
Even those accustomed to grand spectacles could not help but feel shaken to the core at the sight of those black clouds overhead.
Those black clouds were an enormous airship fleet. More than ten thousand giant transport airships formed a vast aerial formation several thousand to over ten thousand meters above the ground, moving slowly onward. At the very front, a Duzai-class flying boat led the way, while along the flanks and behind the airships flew immense escort formations composed entirely of Air Light Cavalry.
Beyond the sky-covering shadow, the roar of the massive airship fleet and tens of thousands of aircraft engines shook heaven and earth.
This was a declaration of strength, and a display of the will of steel...
On the ground below, although those gazing skyward had no idea what mission the airships and planes were carrying out, the sight of such a mountain-crushing, sea-overturning steel aerial force flying westward still filled everyone with immense excitement. Conquered by Great Xia's might, countless people waved their arms and towels at the sky. Some even ran after that enormous shadow, cheering as they went.
The maximum range of the Air Light Cavalry was shorter than that of the giant airships. Thus, every few hundred kilometers, some aircraft from the enormous aerial formation would land at newly constructed airfields