Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 886 VF-X10 Dragon Shadow
Outside the Axes galaxy.

A battle had been going on for half an hour.

This was an encounter.

But it was another deliberate encounter.

"Humph! I didn't expect that not long after we left, the Jupiter lizards in this galaxy couldn't help but reach out to the outside of the galaxy."

In the bridge of MACROSS Musashi, the girl Musashi snorted coldly with her eyes slightly closed.

"This is also expected! According to the intelligence collected by the long-distance reconnaissance satellites, the space jump battle that was carried out to support the Nadeshiko scared the Ax Empire and Mulian."

Surrounded by projection images on both sides, Lisa Kujo nodded slightly and said.

According to her tactical predictions, it was only natural that the Axs Empire and Mulian would extend their tentacles beyond the galaxy.

"Isn't it natural to be frightened? In front of our Sea Mist Fleet, the Axs Empire should give up resistance and surrender."

Musashi laughed coldly.

Suddenly, the Musashi looked to the other side, and the elevator door leading to the bridge from somewhere else opened, and Sergei, wearing the fleet commander's uniform, strode to the bridge.

"Commander Sergei. The Arzenal Squadron, to which the MACROSS Musashi belongs, has successfully started actual combat testing of mass-produced aircraft, mainly the Vf-x10 Dragon Shadow."

"Well! How's it going?"

This actual combat test was supposed to be conducted in the space area where the Eye of Yar, a satellite fortress guarding the Yar galaxy, was located. But for some reason, before the test, He Ming suddenly changed his mind and asked Sergei to make some adjustments.

From the simulation test that was as close to actual combat standards as possible, we directly switched to facing the space fleet composed of the Axs Empire and Mu Lian, and tested the performance of the VF-X10 Dragon Shadow with real guns and live ammunition.

As a result, this battle places extremely high demands on both the VF-X10 Dragon Shadow and the pilot who drives it.

Taking this opportunity, Sergei thought for a moment and then directly sent the pilot squadron headed by Jill, who was formerly with Arzenal and had considerable combat experience, into the field.

As soon as Musashi thought of this, the live battle scene from the Arzenal Battalion unfolded before Sergei's eyes.

"Commander Sergei. The two currently fighting our Dragon Shadow are the space battleships from the Ax Empire, the Eagle Claw, and the autonomous machines from the Jupiter Lizards, the Spider."

“Do we have any losses?”

"No! Since the start of the war, apart from supplies and emergency repairs, we have not suffered any casualties. According to the current enemy and our own casualties data, it is 0:200."

"So powerful?! Our Dragon Shadow!"

Sergey was a little surprised.

The situation on the battlefield is complicated.

No one can guarantee that every attack will come back intact.

As a qualified commander, you must learn to accept that there will be casualties in every battle.

But the current casualty ratio shocked even the experienced Sergei.

“This is all thanks to the texture system developed by Nina.”

Lisa Kujo beside her explained.

"Most of the pattern systems equipped on the Dragon Shadows that are currently in service and have entered the combat sequence are functionally adjusted with a focus on defense. Therefore, when the secondary auxiliary AI equipped on the Dragon Shadows determines that the situation is critical and there is a possibility of an emergency such as the aircraft being shot down, the defensive force field of the pattern system will be activated immediately." Kujo Lisa smiled slightly and showed Sergei a set of actual combat data from the front line.

"Although most of the time, the pilots of the Arzenal Squadron are able to rely on their own abilities to avoid danger in time, I have to say that the pattern system has greatly improved the survival rate of our pilots and the tolerance rate on the battlefield."

After carefully observing the actual combat data from the front line, Sergei agreed with Lisa Kujo's statement.

"Indeed. The existence of the pattern system can be regarded as our trump card."

Perhaps, in order to verify Kujo Lisa and Sergei's evaluation of the pattern system, a scene happened on the front line where Dragon Shadow was besieged, but after the defense mechanism of the pattern system was triggered, he rushed out of the deadly situation with the pilot.

"Thalia! What are you thinking about? Don't stray too far from the main force!"

Jill intervened in the battle from the side in her Dragon Shadow captain plane. After emptying the remaining missiles in her two missile pods in one breath, she ejected the missile pods and quickly retreated. She raised the beam rifle in her hand and blew up the missile pods one by one, creating two clouds of smoke in front of her to cover her and Salia's retreat.

"H-I'm sorry! I was too focused on chasing the enemy!"

Salia apologized quickly and drove her Dragon Shadow No. 3 closely along the flank of Jill's Dragon Shadow Captain's plane.

"Pay attention to the surrounding situation! Fortunately, Dragon Shadow's pattern system is powerful enough!"

Jill looked at the radar displays on both sides and couldn't help frowning.

The number of enemies was increasing, but Jill could see that the space fighters sent by the Ax Empire Space Fleet - Eagle Claws were gradually decreasing, while the number of unmanned autonomous machines from Mulian - Spiders was increasing.

"Thalia, follow up. Let's go and join the main force! It's almost time to end this battle."

"Yes! Captain!"

Under Jill's command, the dragon shadows attacking from all directions began to gather together and concentrate their strength. A surprise attack against the space fleet formed by the Axs Empire and Mulian was about to begin.

"Tactical Forecaster. Arzenal Battalion is preparing to switch to D1 tactics. Please give instructions."

Musashi opened his eyes slightly and looked at Kujo Lisa.

While the Arzenal Battalion led by Gil is executing the D1 tactics, the fleet led by Musashi will also take action and launch a stranglehold-style attack in line with the rhythm of the Arzenal Battalion.

"No! No need. The fleet maintains its current tactical position. Alzenal Squadron, stop attacking and prepare to return!"

Kujo Lisa rejects Jill and Musashi's request.

"Understood! Start sending the return signal!"

Musashi didn't feel angry.

From the moment she was appointed as the flagship of the Feiling Fleet, she knew that all combat plans needed to be carried out under the command of Tactical Forecaster Kujo Lisa.

Sergei was responsible for controlling and adjusting many details of the combat plan by the front-line commander.

"Musashi, send a safety signal to the rear, and prepare for the deployment of the sub-level star gate! Have the second, third, and fourth squadrons of the Feiling Fleet prepare to pass through the star gate and arrive at the current combat universe."

After comparing the current situation, Sergei gave the order to move on to the next stage of the combat plan.

The issuance of this order means that the time has come for He Ming's fleet to officially intervene in the civil war in the Axes galaxy.

(End of this chapter)