In the history of muggle warfare, air superiority has always been of the utmost importance.
On the battlefield, control of the skies is a key factor in deciding victory or defeat.
The main reason is that the side with air superiority can not only gather intelligence with ease, but also carry out precise strikes against the enemy's important facilities and positions, strikes that are difficult to defend against.
In other words, figuring out how to deal with enemy aerial threats, destroy them, or weaken their combat effectiveness is an important matter that requires constant upgrading and improvement.
However.
Crossfire air defense networks.
Fire control systems that predict a target's speed and direction.
For wizards who looked down on muggles, they had neither the combat awareness nor the scientific and technological capacity to support such methods.
After all, no matter how complicated magic and potions were, they might still be less headache inducing than equations and chemical formulas.
Let alone the Death Eaters, who took pleasure in killing muggles.
Asking them to bend down, pick up muggle books, and study would be even more painful than crawling in front of Harry Potter and begging for mercy.
And so, under these circumstances, despite having many options, Barty Crouch Jr. still chose the stupidest method.
That was, riding a Broomstick into aerial combat against Draco, who was riding a fire dragon.
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Unlike last time, when they had been almost completely unprepared, Barty Crouch Jr. had every Death Eater carry a Broomstick this time.
Anyone who did not know better might have thought they were some Quidditch fan club from who knew where, or members of a Quidditch team heading off to summer training.
In any case, at Barty Crouch Jr.'s command, all the Death Eaters kicked off from the ground and flew into the air.
Compared with last time, both in terms of numbers and their rather unpolished flying skills, the Death Eater force led by Barty Crouch Jr. had improved and changed considerably in both quality and quantity.
However, Draco's expression did not waver in the slightest when he saw this. There was even a trace of mockery in his eyes. "That's it?"
They had made changes, but not many.
Not to mention that, compared with the previous aerial battle, Draco was no longer alone this time. He had a powerful ally.
And that ally did not mean Hermione and the others, but the King of the Skies, the fire dragon Norberta!
More importantly, they had no proper method at all.
Watching the Death Eaters rush toward him in a chaotic, disorderly swarm, Draco shook his head.
Co... cough. Barty Crouch Jr. and his people seemed to have only copied the surface of it.
There was not a single proper tactic in sight.
Even if they had understood the importance of air superiority, they were still using the same old wizard tactics.
Although all of this passed through his mind, Draco's reaction was not slow at all.
He patted Norberta, with whom he had long since built a perfect understanding. "Show them who truly rules the skies!"
"Roar~ Roar!!"
Faced with Norberta's roar, Barty Crouch Jr. let out a cold laugh.
In his eyes, so what if it was a Dragon? It was nothing more than a beast.
Just as they despised half-bloods and muggles, these Death Eaters also looked down on magical creatures.
They had no idea that what happened next would become a nightmare for Barty Crouch Jr. and the rest of the Death Eaters.