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

The incoming Zaku scattered, and the red Zaku rushed after the Gundam; Major Char, who was pressed tightly against the back of the seat in the cockpit by the sudden acceleration, excitedly rubbed the operating lever the trigger on;

'Have you changed the driver...is there still any improvement? '

Char looked at Gundam, which seemed to have become much more sophisticated in its irregular evasive maneuvers. Although he didn't want to admit it, the subconscious alarm bell in his mind had been sounded.

'However, now that I have beam weapons, I won't let you go this time, Gundam! '

The Commander Zaku driven by Char bypassed two passing Mega particle beams and suddenly stopped without warning. At the same time, he raised his hand and aimed at the Gundam and fired a particle beam.

Amuro's muscle memory from the previous days' training allowed him to immediately raise his shield;

'But...no, you can't rely on the Gundam's armor! '

Such persistence made Amuro adjust the direction of the nozzle of the thruster behind him at the same time, causing the Gundam to suddenly sink; the Mega particle beam powered by the battleship's main gun directly melted through the upper edge of the Gundam's shield, from the Gundam's head Partially wiped.

"The Zeon army actually has mobile suit beam weapons?"

"The distribution of anti-aircraft firepower has been completed. Four enemy Zaku aircraft, two carrying anti-ship rocket launchers, are approaching from above the stern of the ship; the activation of the battleship-level beam was observed! But the location is..."

On the bridge of the White Base, Platinum frowned and spoke unusually fast;

"...It was shot by the crimson Zaku who was fighting with the Gundam."

'Is it because after the attack on Side 7 this time, the White Base that escaped did not have time to destroy all the remaining equipment wreckage that could not be taken away?Or did the Principality of Zeon take out a trial weapon from somewhere? '

Platinum's thinking thread's hardware usage suddenly skyrocketed, and the emergence of MS's mega particle weapons was also quite troublesome for her:

Zaku, which in the past still had to carry various live-fire rocket launchers to carry out attacks, can be inappropriately compared to torpedo planes that historically needed to get within one kilometer of a warship to launch an effective attack;

Although they can use small to fight big and cause damage to the battleship, they will also face high risks brought by the battleship's close firepower network in the process of approaching, and the torpedo fired in this way is still not guaranteed to hit.

But the Mega particle weapon is different. It's like a torpedo machine without a torpedo launcher, but rather a battleship main gun that doesn't reduce its accuracy or armor-piercing capability after some thought.

Nowadays, torpedo planes can hit battleships from a distance of more than ten kilometers. However, at this distance, it is difficult for a battleship to launch a counterattack against torpedo planes that are much smaller than itself and are more agile and flexible.

'Although this situation has been envisioned for a long time, the technology required for countermeasures has not yet been developed...'

Platinum, who had always had a calm and calm expression, suddenly spoke at a faster pace. The contrast was significant. Captain Brad immediately realized the importance of this information;

"What? Does it mean that the Zeon army's mobile suits can also carry mega particle weapons... Tell Amuro to keep an eye on the red Zaku and don't let him get close!"

Captain Brad immediately gave instructions to Sera.

"Understood... Amuro, Amuro! Can you hear me? That Char's Zaku carries a beam weapon, be careful not to get hit!"

"I've known this... love for a long time!"

Amuro's vague reply was transmitted back to the bridge of the White Base.

"Ah... Anyway, Captain Brad asked you to contain Char and protect the White Base!"

"I do!"

Although from the perspective of the White Base, two mobile suits, one red and one white, were swirling and fighting in the space in the distance, with flashes of Mega particle beams flashing between them from time to time. It seemed that the Gundam was not at a disadvantage. ;

If you really want to say it, the Gundam is shooting continuously, just like the crimson Zakuta pressing down on Char; however, Platinum, who must quantify any input intelligence information, can clearly sense that Amuro and Char's battlefield is shifting towards the White Base.

'The two planes are locked in a fight and cannot provide support... Deal with the ordinary Zaku first. '

As an enemy, Char couldn't seem to escape the category of "young and vigorous". In a short period of time, it seemed that he was focusing his energy on how to deal with the Gundam, and it seemed that he never freed up his hands for a while. Launch an attack on the White Base.

Platinum, who was processing tasks in multiple threads and only focused on the winning rate when choosing his strategy, did not let go of Zaku, who was approaching with the original livery of the four machines.

'They are still approaching. So, these four ordinary Zakus are still using live rocket launchers? '

The Zaku piloted by Captain Gold held a 360mm rocket launcher and dived towards the White Base from above. He had also seen the firepower of the White Base when it intercepted missiles launched by friendly cruisers. However,

"I won't be fooled by you again this time!"

Captain Gold, who has been fighting on the front line of the Luna 2 blockade for a long time, knows that the unmanned battleships of the Federation Army circulated in the intelligence are definitely not false;

Some special Federation warships have different performance; while other, normal, fully human-controlled warships have nothing to fear even if their crews are well-trained.

Although it was different from what the instructors who rotated back from the battlefield taught in the training camp, watching Captain Gold's aircraft directly break into the air defense circle of the federal warship, the remaining three Zakus piloted by rookie pilots , couldn't help but follow him.

Following the four reckless Zakus, they only made a small dodge maneuver before rushing straight into the range of the White Base's anti-aircraft firepower. Platinum's risk assessment of these Zakus suddenly dropped. class.

'It seems that the level of Zaku pilots that Xiaya added this time is not very good. '

Seeing Zaku, who seemed to have learned nothing from friendly combat experience, rushing over, Platinum repeated his old trick, first firing a round of anti-air missiles from the vertical launch module on the rear deck;

At the same time, while Zaku's attention was attracted by the missile, she quietly turned the anti-aircraft turret, but did not rush to fire.

Captain Gold felt that he was in excellent condition now.

"Useless, useless!"

His Zaku drew several sharp bends back and forth in the air, easily escaping the lock of the incoming missile, and plunged into the smoke dragged out by the missile;

"In order to avenge the sinking of the mothership, I dare to bluff with you and scare this uncle. Look at me..."

Captain Gold's Zaku broke through the smoke screen and saw the close-in defense guns with dazzling muzzle flashes, as well as countless light spots like a torrential rain coming towards them.

"My [Zeon accented expletive] is indeed a trap!"

The familiar feeling caused Captain Gold to pull the operating lever sharply and forcefully twist it to the left. At the same time, he did not even use the anti-ship rocket launcher as the only long-range weapon of the aircraft, and pushed it in the opposite direction of the evasive maneuver.

The sparking Zaku rolled, dragging black smoke, passed by the starboard side of the White Base, and rushed down.

'For pure live-ammunition weapons, the hit rate is actually a bit worse. '

Platinum glanced at Zaku, who rushed into the air defense circle at the first moment, but showed that he could still avoid it at the last moment, and stopped paying attention;

'But you are already a dead man. '

"Huh...hey, can the machine still move? I know that that hairless boy named Xia has no accurate words in his mouth."

Captain Gold expertly tapped on the small keyboard in the cockpit a few times, quickly scanned the damage reports of each module of the aircraft body, and had an idea in his mind.

"There is still 75% of the thrust left, which is barely enough. However, seeing that I lost the rocket launcher, you will no longer pay attention to it? Haha, Zaku is not a machine that will simply give up!"

The temperature at the bottom of the White Base's hull, which was rapidly descending into the atmosphere, was rising with the gradually rising density of the atmosphere, and the turrets used for air defense had to retract back into the hull.

As if in a daze, Captain Gold stared closely at the white base passing above, and controlled Zaku to draw out the lit electric axe.

"Whether it is a real unmanned warship or not, I will still sink it to show you!!"

Captain Gold pushed the throttle all the way and rushed towards the White Base——

No, the distance between Zaku and the White Base seemed to be getting farther and farther.

"Wait, move, Zaku, why don't you move?"

Unfortunately, even if all equipment is discarded and only the minimum amount of propellant is carried, Zaku's thrust is still not enough to offset the gravity of the machine itself;

After Captain Gold dived down from a high orbit and then accelerated in the opposite direction in an attempt to turn back, his Zaku had fallen irretrievably into the gravity well.

"I...I can't hit it!"

The rookie pilot Jie Qiu anxiously fired another rocket; however, before the rocket could fly very far, it was detonated in front of him by the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of the white base ship.

"Captain Gold...and Krona have also been shot down. Quickly keep your distance and be careful to maintain the orbital altitude!"

Another Zaku carrying a machine gun kept firing at the White Base; however, at this distance, the White Base did not look more than the size of a leaf, and the anti-aircraft firepower points on the hull were even smaller. .

The inexperienced rookie Zaku pilot was naturally unable to suppress the White Base's anti-air firepower with a machine gun.

'After all, the design did not consider combat during the descent into the atmosphere. '

In fact, Platinum is also somewhat dissatisfied with the current results; the operational proficiency of the two Zakus is different from that of the more bulky Zaku IIC type capable of launching nuclear rockets during the Hart battle at the beginning of the war. The Zeon pilots are one level worse;

However, the White Base, which was descending at this time, had begun to vibrate slightly due to friction with the surrounding thin atmosphere. The hull was no longer a stable shooting platform, which had a considerable negative impact on the fire control accuracy of the anti-aircraft artillery.

"Keep the anti-air barrage and suppress the remaining two Zakus!"

Captain Blade commanded excitedly, seemingly unaware of this;

However, considering that this young captain, who has been tortured many times by completely unskilled crew members, must have witnessed for the first time that the anti-aircraft firepower of a battleship can shoot down the incoming Zaku, Shirogane did not care about him. .

"The White Base continues to descend, Captain Blade. It is not far from the critical altitude where the ship will enter a completely closed state."

Platinum warned; Amuro's Gundam above was still fighting with Char.

"Misstep... Even though it is a beam weapon, is there any difference between beam weapons?"

With rich driving experience and equally good talent, Char can still rely on Zaku, whose performance is much worse, to compete with Amuro's Gundam, but this time, he can't do it so easily;

"The beam rocket launcher... is too bulky, and its rate of fire is not as good as the Federation's beam rifle; its power... it can't even hit anyone, so what's the point of talking about its power?"

Major Char clenched his teeth subconsciously and stared at the Gundam on the screen, which, like him, was twisting crazily around the crosshairs. To adjust the ballistic direction of the shoulder-mounted beam rocket launcher, the range of movement was larger than that of the beam rifle. Much bigger.

"Tsk...it's almost time. That idiot Gauld still messed up the matter. This time..."

Char maintained his awareness of the entire battlefield, and at the same time twisted another beam from the Gundam, and took the initiative to pull back a little distance.

"Amuro! We are reaching the critical altitude, please return to the ship as soon as possible!"

Sera's voice came from the communicator, which distracted Amuro for a moment. Gundam's movements were also half a beat slower, and he failed to get close to him. The red Zaku, who was moving away, suddenly turned around, raised his hand and fired. .

Chapter 23: The first appearance of glory (3)

"not good!"

Amuro suddenly pulled the operating lever, causing the Gundam to lie down in a forward sliding position; then, he noticed that the Mega particle beam from the beam bazooka carried by Zaku passed through the void - —

It was not aimed at the Gundam.

"Char—!"

Amuro quickly changed his perspective and noticed the black smoke coming from the starboard side of his mothership, the White Base.

On the bridge of the White Base, Milai suddenly grabbed the steering wheel and turned it sharply, instantly releasing Platinum's automatic control; causing the White Base to deflect to the left——

Then, a Mega particle beam streaked across like a meteor, penetrated the balance wing used in the atmosphere on the starboard side of the ship, continued to fly downward, and gradually dissipated in the sea of ​​clouds.

"The starboard side was shot, and we are paying attention to the extent of the damage." Baijinhui reported;

'Mi Lai's reaction... was indeed made before the enemy's beam rocket launcher was observed to be activated. 'Looking at the front of the bridge from behind, Milai barely leaned on the steering pallet to stand firm. Platinum was in the background assessing the capabilities of the 'suspected' new humans;

'Is it a prophecy... or a spiritual perception such as murderous intent? '

For Platinum, there is no quantifiable setting for this magical ability in her memory from her previous life. Now, in her database, she collects stored knowledge from the Earth Federation network——

It can only be said that research like 'telepathy', 'precognition', and 'sixth sense' began long before humans entered the cosmic century, but from beginning to end they were in the fields of science, pseudoscience, and non-science. swing between;

A large number of specious studies, mixed with secret government experiments, and conspiracy theories such as super-technology on the eve of the defeat of the defeated country, are far more misleading than useful for reference for Platinum.

She needs to confirm for herself, the so-called 'NT abilities' - and whether they are really the future of the human race.

The White Base, which had begun to rub against the atmosphere, was shaking violently. The hull lost its stability and was constantly shaking with the oncoming storm ahead.

"Tsk...what is Amuro doing? Haven't you restrained Char?!"

Captain Brad grabbed the armrest of the seat and fixed himself on the captain's seat;

"Platinum, is the hull of the ship damaged?!"

"Amuro! Come back quickly, we are reaching the critical height!"

Serra from behind was also shouting anxiously, mixed with the instability alarm that continued to buzz in the bridge, amplifying the panic in people's hearts.

"The shell on the starboard side of the ship may have been burned through by the Mega particle beam. The external camera angle is limited and cannot be confirmed, but the air tightness in the cabin is still intact. Someone needs to confirm the specific damage from the inside, Captain Brad. "

Bai Jin deliberately raised his voice a little louder and kept his speaking speed unhurried to cover up the panic in the bridge. At the same time, the armor protection cover outside the bridge window was slowly lowered by Bai Jin, temporarily covering it. Look outside the window at the sea of ​​clouds that is getting closer and closer.

"The critical altitude has now been exceeded. Captain Brad, the ship must enter a completely closed atmospheric entry state."

Platinum once again took over the control of the ship's course from Milai; however, there was not much she could do at this time. Most of the attitude adjustment nozzles on the lower part of the ship could no longer be opened, and she could only use the main engine reluctantly. vector nozzles to stabilize the hull,

"Wait, Amuro hasn't..."

Seemingly irritated by the red Zaku's retaliatory behavior, Amuro drove the Gundam and subconsciously chased after him. But when he came to his senses, he was already beyond the limit and could rush back to the white base before entering the critical altitude. number distance.

"Haha, are you still inexperienced after all?"

Major Char flexibly manipulated Zaku to twist the Mega particle beam from the rear Gundam;

He had already decisively abandoned the heavy prototype beam rocket launcher and the empty or incomplete batteries. He threw away the Gundam that still held the shield and beam rifle, and moved closer to follow behind for support. The atmospheric shuttle is near Zimusai.

'When you have another chance to report to Commander Dozuru, please mention the shortcomings of the beam bazooka. '

Char thought this without hesitation, discarding the expensive experimental equipment that Dozru Zabi had worked so hard to obtain from the Zeon mainland.

"Xia...Major...I'll cover you!"

The intermittent voices of his subordinates came from Char's communicator.