Gundam, but from the Ground Alliance to the Human Alliance to the out-of-control servitor

"...Guncannon, Guntank is ready to attack."

But at this moment, Platinum noticed that on the side of the ship, beside the gravel melted by the hot particle beam drawn from the sky, there was a pair of explosive fireballs that were different; they were caused by live ammunition.

Continuing to allocate part of the computing power to maintain the exchange of fire with the Zanzibar class in the air, the close-defense turrets at various positions on the White Base were raised, and the comprehensive optical cameras installed on them scanned the surrounding ground. This was Platinum watching.

Another round of live shelling landed. This time, although it still did not land on the White Base's ship, it was not far behind. With the visibility around the White Base, it was difficult for Platinum to accurately track the trajectory of the shells, but she could be sure that this It's definitely not the Zanzibar-class ship from the sky.

'There are enemy reinforcements on the ground... Are they relying on the light beam of the Mega particle beam emitted by our ship to push back our position?Solve the Zanzibar class first...'

"Miss Platinum! It's the enemy's MS, coming from the ground!"

Even Platinum's image recognition software had not yet completely matched the blurry outline that gradually emerged in the wind and sand with the shape of the mobile suit. Sera Mars pointed to the porthole on the side of the bridge and shouted first.

"Is it that direction? I know, I will guide Guntank and Guncannon to fight them."

"How are Captain Blade and Amuro doing?"

Sera seemed to have heard that Gundam was still not ready to attack, and couldn't sit still. She stood up and asked Platinum; but Platinum just shook his head.

"It may take a while."

"Then I'll go to Gnaku and have a look." After saying that, Sera hurriedly walked out of the bridge.

At this moment, Bai Jin finally distinguished the blue tiger, approaching the white base with two Zakus.

'Is the Zanzibar class just a guise to attract attention?It's really a generous move, and Karma may not have such courage; the mobile suit approaches from the ground... This kind of firepower should also include a Gallup-class marine boat. This is not a force that can have the final say. '

Shirogane analyzed expressionlessly. At the same time, the close-in defense artillery groups on the ship, which had been renovated and resupplied and regained their combat power, also turned and aimed at the direction in which the enemy mobile suits were attacking.

The White Base's hull swayed. There must have been an MS doing visual calibration, but it was hit by a direct fire shot from the Gallup-class that was still hidden out of sight. However, this light marine craft that focused on maneuverability was carrying The twin-mounted 240mm artillery is undoubtedly a heavy artillery for ground troops——

But for the giant ship White Base, which is hundreds of meters long, it is not easy to penetrate the weak points of the hull shell. It is also possible to blow up a few insignificant cabins with a few kilograms of charge in the armor-piercing bullet warhead. Bear it.

"Be careful with the enemy's cyan machine. It's very difficult to fight against Amuro."

Because Amuro was still in a mood, Sergeant Ryu Jose, who was driving the Guntank with Hayato Kobayashi, reminded Kobayashi, the gunner of the Guntank, and Kai, who was driving the Guncannon.

"Is it a powerful enemy that even Amuro couldn't defeat? I understand."

"Oh, Sergeant Dragon, let's play more conservatively. Just like last time, rely on the White Base's close-in defense cannon to contain the enemy, and then drag the Gundam out and kill them with a few swipes."

"The enemy's marines are still shelling! We must at least confirm the location of their mothership. Otherwise, facing the enemies from across the mountain, the White Base will only be beaten without being able to fight back. Move forward!"

Although Kai was still mumbling dejected sarcastic remarks, Guncannon's shooting while moving was much more proficient than when he first stepped onto the battlefield.

Although both Guncannon and Guntank were fire support machines, under the intensive fire from the close-range anti-aircraft guns controlled by Platinum from the rear, the three Zeon MS MS not far away were beaten up and down, and a Zaku immediately jumped up and down. Destroyed by artillery fire from an unidentifiable source;

The other two mobile suits of the Zeon Army could only rely on the undulations of the terrain as cover, and were unable to get close for a while; including the blue tiger, it seemed that they were unable to perform as well as they could in fighting Amuro for several rounds before. strength--

'Are we still going to play the same trick as jumping gangs in the end? '

Platinum suddenly received signal feedback that the close-in defense gun on the bottom deck had lost contact.

Directly below the White Base, due to the large-scale sand blowing caused by the suspended engine not far from the ground, it can be regarded as a blind spot; at this time, it can also be regarded as a high-mobility camera's close-range anti-gun sighting system, which is facing The direction of the Zeon Army MS;

So several armored personnel carriers, which were much smaller in comparison and were painted in the desert-style camouflage of the local Zeon army without any fancy, quickly approached the white base from the other side.

The heavily armed Zeon soldiers carried on it also activated the flight packs on their backs, quickly left the personnel carrier and flew towards the White Base;

Some of them went straight to the shell breach of the White Base that had been shot earlier, affecting the shell of the Gnaku and the attack channel. The other part, carrying bombs, rushed towards the various turrets of the White Base that protruded from the outside of the hull.

The armored shell outside the bridge suddenly lowered, blocking the view of the portholes, and the combat siren inside the ship also changed its rhythm, facing Mi Lai Yashu, who was still a little confused. At the same time, the sound was also broadcast through the ship's internal broadcast Sent to various parts of the ship, Bai Jin explained:

"Attention, enemy armed personnel have invaded the interior of the ship through the breach in the Gnaku. All crew members please follow the instructions, collect firearms, and station at the designated passage location. The tactical robot unit has also been activated. Please pay attention to identification."

The 'Cyclops'-type tactical robots passed through the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick and handed over to Platinum's control were lost in the Battle of Seattle, but there are still a considerable number left, and they are currently being stored scattered throughout the ship's hull. In the storage room and even the cleaning room——

Although the finger used to pull the trigger of the tactical robot cannot do very precise work, it can also help with some physical labor on the ship, and the power supply for their operation is considered sufficient for the White Base, which relies on nuclear reactors to generate electricity. Not a burden.

At this time, these literally 'iron-hearted' robots, while the human crew members were still a little panicked and at a loss, had already started to assemble with guns in hand.

"...Invasion from Gnaku, Gundam is still there!"

Hearing the broadcast as well, Amuro, who was already shaken, kicked off the quilt and jumped up.

Chapter 81: Close combat (4)

"Attack! Team [-] and Team [-] will follow me and break in through the breach in the Gnaku. Team Three will paralyze the external weapons of the ship. Team Four will blast through the emergency entrance and exit and go straight to the bridge!"

The infantrymen of the Zeon army used bayonets to cut open the dust-proof cloth blocking the breach in the hull shell, and Lamba Lal was not sitting in his blue-painted tiger at this time. Instead, they led the Zeon Army's infantry commandos directly into the interior of the White Base;

But to be honest, when he left the army, he only had the Zaku to fly, and he didn't have much experience using the Tiger machine.

'Pa, thump thump thump -'

The Zeon Army's armored grenades shut down the individual propellers behind their backs, and their boots stepped heavily on the Gnaku, which was densely covered with various pipelines, and there were many tools and machinery scattered on the ground. Running through the suspended corridor on the second floor;

"Da da da--"

The sound of Zeon soldiers' submachine guns firing, mixed with the harsh sirens still blaring inside the ship, filled people's ears, making people uncontrollably upset; and Lamba Lal also saw Gnar on the White Base. In the warehouse, the Gundam has not yet been activated——

Lamba Lal, who originally believed that he could not defeat the Gundam through MS battle, so he resorted to infantry infiltration tactics, felt an inexplicable regret in his heart at this time;

'If he had known that the only aircraft he was worried about had not attacked; no matter what the reason was, whether it was the ammunition explosion he caused earlier that really hurt the Gundam, or some other reason, then he might have been more efficient by continuing to fly the mobile suit. '

However, the counterattack came faster than expected. The Zeon soldiers who quickly ran forward against the wall took out door-breaking explosives from their bags and were about to place them on the hatch that was locked through the central control system in front. ;

'Didi——'

The light on the locking system suddenly turned from red to green, and the door slid open to both sides.

"Beep beep, encounter enemy infantry, command: annihilate; additional command: reduce internal damage to the hull."

What appeared in front of the Zeon soldiers were more than a dozen tactical robots with square heads and rough looks. The camera indicators on their heads flashed green, which seemed to give people a hint of evil intentions——

"Oh!"

With bulletproof shields fixed on their forearms and shotguns in hand, the 'Cyclops' who were professionally equipped for indoor warfare knocked over the Zeon soldiers blocking the door with one shot and quickly poured out of the passage;

The Zeon soldiers who invaded from here were blocked in the relatively empty Gnaku before they had time to invade deeper passages inside the ship.

The Gnaku itself is the busiest place on the ship, with large charging redundancy and plenty of warehouse space around it. A considerable number of 'Cyclops' have been deployed here, and the Zeon army rushed into the ship from here. Inside the body, it can be said that it was kicked to the iron plate.

The sound of bullets hitting the machinery and walls was endless. The invading Zeon soldiers did not feel the surprise that the successful surprise attack brought to the enemy at all, and fell directly into the cruelty of hand-to-hand combat in the complex space inside the ship. battlefield.

"Hey, it's the robot unit of the Federation Army. I didn't expect to see it here... looking for cameras and destroying the network switch in the ship!"

Lamba Lal hid behind a relatively sturdy-looking metal console and roared at the top of his lungs. Based on the impression he had just ventured out to observe, he threw another one out and opened the safety in his hand. I pinched the grenade for nearly two seconds——

"boom!"

However, the gunfire from the opposite side did not stop at all, and the "clang" sound of the heavy steel feet on the ground was still approaching.

In the eyes of the Zeon Army in the Central Asian Theater, the Federation's tactical robots are still a relatively new opponent. Most people have only heard of them in the routine intelligence exchanges between theaters, and have never heard of the rest. said;

However, at least Captain Lamba Lal, who led the team, had left the army for more than half a year, but after taking over the task of hunting down the White Base, he still took a responsible and detailed look at the technical and tactical developments of the two armies in the past few days.

"Thumbs up—"

There was a sound like tearing cloth. It was the machine gun team of the Zeon Army infantry reinforcements coming from behind. They set up machine guns at the breach in the hull shell and knocked down several robots that tried to approach. Only then did they barely let Zeon go. The invading infantry were pushed out of the ship.

"This time, we originally considered fighting in a small space inside the ship. Long weapons are difficult to carry, so we used submachine guns as the main equipment. Did we end up here?"

Lamba Lal smiled bitterly. A submachine gun with the same bullets as a pistol was not very good at killing the federal robots. However, Ramba Lal also seized the opportunity of the federal army's robots being temporarily suppressed by friendly machine gun fire. Get out. Get out of the bunker and hide behind the maintenance rack of an MS against the wall.

'It's a pity that the firepower around the Gundam left here is too dense, and the driver's door is closed. It doesn't seem like there is a chance to capture it...'

Some unnecessary thoughts passed through Ramba Lal's mind, but several cameras in the corners of the ceiling of Gnaku were clicked off by the precise shooters of the Zeon Army. He kept working in his hands and directly attached them to the bulkhead next to him. A piece of bomb.

Ramba Lal relied on his experience to confirm that this bulkhead is neither a load-bearing structure nor connected to the hull shell, and should be able to be blown through directly.

"boom--"

"Follow me and continue to attack the ship!"

Lamba Lal took the lead and rushed into the big hole that was blasted in the bulkhead, and rushed into the White Base by a different route; but at this time, the federal military tactical robots occupying the other side of the Gnaku also burst out with firepower. ——

The machine gunner of the Zeon Army was immediately shot in the head and fell out of the ship. The deputy gunner was also suppressed and could not lift his head. Those Zeon Army who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to change bunkers and follow Captain Lal to assault the White Base. Many soldiers fell on the road.

"The enemy infantry blasted the adjacent passage on the left side of the Gnaku and is breaking through the ship along the C-23 passage..."

"The left side? I saw it. Then the enemy's strength here should be weakened. Suppress them, Platinum! The Zeon infantry that penetrates deep into the ship's hull can be dealt with by guarding the upper and lower stairwells between each deck."

Captain Blade also hurried to the vicinity of Gnaku at this time, organized the armed preparations, and began to direct directly on the front line of the firefight, and together they opened fire on the invading Zeon army infantry.

"Understood, but please be safe, Captain Brad."

Just as he was speaking, Captain Blade reached out from the shoulder of the shield-holding tactical robot in front of him and fired with great accuracy, killing a man who was using a personal propeller to try to jump onto the high preparation platform. Zeon Army infantry.

Chapter 82: Close combat (End)

The surveillance cameras in the White Base ship are just ordinary equipment. They were not designed with the need for concealment in mind and were completely exposed. Therefore, wherever the assault team led by Ramba Lal passed by, the camera's field of view was one after another. The earth grew dark;

"Well-trained...but the number of enemies is limited and the situation is falling under control."

The Zanzibar-class mobile cruiser in the sky has begun to fall into the distance with a long tail of smoke and flames, and the long-distance bombardment of the Gallup-class marines hiding out of sight is also due to the White Base's The speed gradually increases and becomes less and less accurate;

However, although the number of infantrymen in this Zeon army was small, Platinum looked at the big hole that was blasted on the ceiling of the corridor through the observation camera lens of the 'Cyclops', and had to start to assess the damage inside the ship;

Although the Zeon army knew almost nothing about the layout and structure of the White Base ship, they relied on the well-prepared explosives and continued to create their own paths by blowing up bulkheads to bypass Platinum's key defenses. Stairs connecting the various decks.

"Shiro...Ms. Platinum, the Zeon army has entered the logistics support area on the third deck, and Tower...Sergeant Tamra is fighting them!"

Frau's trembling voice, together with the panic reports of many other crew members, was connected to the communication network inside the ship; now they are allowed to operate various equipment as crew members on the White Base, which is already quite impressive;

But it would be a bit difficult for them to come into close contact with these professions and the Zeon Army infantry who had been fighting on the battlefield on Earth for more than half a year.

"Did he break in through the breach in Area E-2 and then return with a false shot... Frau, hide and protect yourself. Tactical robots are being deployed; Sergeant Tamra is also a formally trained soldier."

Although he is only a cook on the White Base, as a petty officer who has been assigned to the ship from the beginning, he should be able to hold on for a while.

Platinum skillfully added a little emotion to her tone and comforted Frau, but she did not change the current combat deployment because of this. The logistics support area did not have a high priority among the many functional areas on the ship.

"Execution Order: Annihilation."

On the open deck, the Zeon Army's Fourth Assault Team, responsible for breaking into the White Base's superstructure from the outside and directly to the bridge, braved the wind and sand blowing in the face and managed to get around the blind spot of the close-in defense cannon. Only then did we reach the root of the bridge and find the emergency exit;

"Hurry up, get ready to blast!"

"Yes!"

Just as they were standing close to the outer wall of the White Base's superstructure one after another, on guard on both sides of the exit hatch, suddenly,

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta", gunshots rang out like a storm, and the bullets fired from the outside directly knocked down the leading Zeon sergeant holding the detonator.

Although he is the defender, Platinum will not just wait inside the ship for the Zeon army to attack;

More than a dozen 'Cyclops' armed with assault rifles filed out directly from the hidden exit on the side of the ship, used their hooks to climb onto the open deck, and launched a surprise attack from behind the Zeon soldiers.

On the flat deck, the Zeon soldiers who were about to break through the door had no cover and were directly exposed to the merciless guns of the tactical robots who did not know pain.

Under Platinum's remote control command, although there were infantrymen of the Zeon Army still rampaging inside the White Base at this time, they never had the chance to get close to the bridge, engine room, and main station of the ship, even though there was no movement around. Key areas such as turrets;

The Zeon soldiers, who wanted to avoid a head-on confrontation with Platinum's tactical robots as much as possible, kept taking detours and therefore lost the opportunity to quickly control the core position on the ship.

'Based on the maximum combat load that a soldier can carry, how long can you hide on the ship? '

Platinum is gradually reducing the space for the Zeon soldiers who have sneaked into the ship.

In the Gnaku, the mechanical legs of several Cyclops stepped over the scattered blood. They approached with their guns meticulously and fired at the Zeon soldiers who fell to the ground one by one. , confirm the kill;

Some of the other tactical robots got into the gap blasted by Lamba Lal in the inner bulkhead of the Gnaku, blocking the Zeon soldiers' retreat; the other part climbed out directly from the hole in the hull. He took the hull of the ship and continued to clear out the Zeon infantry who were destroying various equipment outside the ship without stopping.

"Captain Brad, are you okay?"

A 'Cyclops' approached Captain Blade, who was sitting blankly in the corner; Platinum Shenli's voice was vaguely discernible, but as a mass-produced machine, the speakers on the 'Cyclops' must be The cheapest one if it meets the requirements, so the sound quality sounds a bit weird.

Brad looked at the blood dripping down his hands and did not reply immediately;

This hand had just been pressed on the bullet wound of a White Base crew member. However, since the safety inside the ship could not be guaranteed now, the ship's doctor followed the large troops and ran to the area around Gnaku, which had just been cleared. He entered the pilot's lounge and was undergoing first aid treatment.

This is not the first time that as a soldier, he has seen blood in battle. On the day he escaped from Side 7, Brad had already seen too many sacrifices, but as a captain, he was under the pressure of command. This was probably the first time I saw undeniable casualties among his subordinates.

"Captain Blade?"

"I...I'm fine, Platinum, report the situation."

"Okay, Captain Brad; Sergeant Amuro has already piloted the Gundam for an emergency attack. It is expected to eliminate the threat of enemy MS outside the ship within 2 minutes, and at the same time wait for opportunities to find the enemy's mothership on the ground..."

Another 'Cyclops' carried an injured crew member and passed in front of Captain Brad; but if he really wanted to speak, the 'Cyclops' looked more seriously injured:

The entire head and shoulders were covered with deep scratches from grenade fragments. The protective outer mirror of the observation camera was also broken into half. One of the robotic arms was also broken and half-stretched. Only some pipelines in the middle were left and the robotic arm was shaking. The ground hangs by the shoulder.