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

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"Beep...beep...gudong, clatter, clatter-"

On the minesweeper at the forefront of the entire landing fleet, the sonar operator suddenly heard an unusual sound.

"This is……"

The young operator covered his over-ear headphones and listened carefully, trying to distinguish the abnormal sounds from the complex voiceprints of the main fleet behind him, and compared them with the characteristics of the Zeon Navy weapons that he had recognized during training - —

"This is the sound of the underwater Gnaku being filled with water and opening the door. It's the underwater mobile suit of the Zeon Army! The freighter is carrying the underwater mobile suit of the Zeon Army and has been dispatched!"

The agent's response was swift, which meant that the warning sound for the start of anti-submarine operations was immediately sounded on all warships in the entire fleet. At the same time, before many army officers could react, the avant-garde escort ships had already opened fire according to the order;

It detonated a dozen seconds later, causing a violent explosion and towering water column to submerge the Zeon Navy's camouflaged mobile suit mothership.

"Lieutenant General Kruger is a camouflaged cargo ship of the Zeon Army, and a mobile suit has been released into the water."

The agent reported the situation to the army officers who were still a little confused. However, due to the vertical arrangement of the entire Federation fleet and the vigilance of the vanguard fleet, the Zeon army camouflaged the position of the freighter and landed several land battleships. There is still a distance of more than 20 kilometers between the troop transport ships.

"Anti-submarine warfare preparations..."

However, although the Pangpan-class land battleship served as the flagship of the landing fleet at this time, the professional naval mission of anti-submarine was obviously not something that the army officers on this bridge could understand, and the agents could only use high-frequency coordinate with the naval escort formation liaison officer on board the ship.

"boom--"

After a flash of Mega particle beam, the bridge of a frigate in the vanguard fleet was shot, and a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

"The George Philip was hit. The enemy's underwater mobile suit is equipped with a Mega particle cannon! The image is confirmed to be... the Demon Crab (MSM-07)!"

The communication channel of the Federation Navy escort formation began to become chaotic. At this time, the Federation Navy fleet's anti-submarine missiles had just taken off, but the Zeon army's underwater MS did not stick to the traditional submarine combat method.

From under the camouflaged cargo ship that was burning with raging flames and beginning to sink, four Demon Crabs were launched. While maintaining a semi-submersible and semi-floating state, they accelerated forward while directly using the Mega Particle Cannon hidden in their wrists. Shooting Union Navy vanguard ships;

The Mega Particle Cannon, driven by a water-cooled high-power fusion reactor, is a great threat to most ships of the Federation Navy.

In addition, it can be determined from the sonar signals that there are six other underwater targets that set off from under the Zeon Army's camouflaged cargo ship. They did not float, but they were also approaching the Federation Army's landing fleet.

"What's going on? Is the problem serious? Will it delay the advancement of the landing fleet?"

Lieutenant General Kruger, who only saw several navy frigates being shot and exploded in the distance ahead, frowned and asked solemnly;

According to the intelligence obtained by the Federation's Alaska Front, Zeon's naval formations deployed in the Seattle area should have been attracted by the Federation Navy's Pacific Combined Fleet to the Hawaiian Islands to prevent the Federation Navy's plan to return to Hawaii.

"The Zeon Army's underwater mobile suit was dropped directly from the camouflaged freighter. There is a high probability that the Zeon Army's submarine was indeed attracted away. However, it is speculated that the Zeon Army's underwater mobile suit that is not under our control still remains on the surface. In Git Bay area, Lieutenant General Kruger.”

The agent said while requesting access to the command system of the Federation Navy escort fleet. Seeing the Federation Navy ship that was still using its bow's small and medium-caliber deck gun to engage the Zeon army's devil crabs, the agent judged that it was impossible. Completely sit back and do nothing.

Lieutenant General Kruger was obviously dissatisfied with the Federation Navy's rude performance at this time. He had also heard a lot about the Federation Navy's battle reports in the past six months. The results of those who destroyed mobile suits in the water of the Zeon army seemed to be various. Anti-submarine patrol aircraft have done a lot;

At this time, among the Federation Army's landing fleet, according to the information that the Zeon Army's submarine fleet was mobilized, several amphibious assault ships capable of carrying fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft were all air superiority fighters and ground support aircraft. configuration.

"Can the Zeon army's underwater mobile suits be directly equipped with mega particle cannons... I don't know if the navy can handle it, but let's also let our army's mobile suit team be dispatched, just to test the power of some of our beam rifles."

"Lieutenant Hugues Courand's Marine Jim Team? Got it, they will attack with an experimental beam sniper rifle."

After planning such a large-scale landing operation, Lieutenant General Kruger naturally cleaned up his assets in the Alaska Front, brought the best and latest equipment, and devoted all of it to this operation;

Among them are a batch of land combat mobile suits that Lieutenant General Kruger applied for through all possible means. The Federal Army used the related technologies developed by the V Project to mass-produce them first.

The Pangpan-class battleship is just like the literal meaning of its class name. The top of the hull and even the top of the bridge have a very wide platform, and the structural strength is enough to support mobile suits standing directly on it to fight.

As the captain of the squad, Marine Jim holds a rather large beam rifle in his chest. There is a thick and long cable on the butt of the gun connected to the Pangpan-class battleship, which draws power from the ship to launch the Mega particle beam.

Marine Jim quickly jumped to the front deck of the Pangpan-class battleship, which was already more than 50 meters above the water level, and steadily raised the beam sniper rifle;

At the same time, the fire control data transmitted back from the navy ship in front, coupled with the atmospheric data and ship longitudinal and roll corrections handed over by the agent, Land Combat Jim did not do more aiming, and aimed at the magic crab that emerged from the water. Pull the trigger repeatedly.

The beam sniper rifle connected to the battleship for power supply can be much more heroic than the beam rifle of the Gundam, which is very careful about its ammunition load.

At the same time, the anti-submarine missile of the federal navy ship in the distance finally fell. After using the rocket engine to quickly approach from the air, a small torpedo loaded on the missile warhead directly entered the water, chasing the 2-machine Magic Crab that retracted underwater when the situation was bad. And go.

At the same time, dozens of huge water columns exploded evenly in front of the Federation fleet, like a wall of water across the direction of the Zeon mobile suit in the water;

This is an agent coordinating four army battleships. After correcting the detonation time of the shells, they also joined in blocking the Zeon army's mobile suits in the water. After the battleship's large-caliber shells entered the water, they were no less powerful than depth charges. , the delivery speed is even faster.

The water depth of about 100 meters in the Juan de Fuca Channel undoubtedly greatly restricted the maneuverability of Zeon military mobile suits in the water. When a series of loud noises in the water gradually subsided, the sonar operator of the Federation Navy discovered:

There were still seven voiceprint signals of Zeon mobile suits in the water, followed by more than a dozen Federation force sound-guided torpedoes, escaping away from the Federation fleet.

"It's troublesome."

Lieutenant General Kruger said concisely and concisely; although he did not understand the navy's tactics very well, he could still see from the sonar display that the torpedo's voiceprint signal was clearly located farther away from the Zeon underwater MS. Come farther and farther.

"One minesweeper in the naval escort formation was severely damaged and had to be abandoned, and two frigates were damaged and unable to continue participating in the operation; a tank landing ship in the landing fleet was also sunk."

The agent also confirmed the exchange of losses between the two sides with the Navy. The Federation Navy successfully repelled the Zeon army's sneak attack.

'Indeed, as long as they are not destroyed, these Zeon underwater mobile suits can continue to harass the Federation's fleet.Or find trouble with the federal landing formations that spread out to both sides of the bank. This is a big trouble for the federal army that is eager to pounce on Seattle. '

Another batch of anti-submarine missiles took off from the Federation Navy ship and flew in the direction where the Zeon MSs escaped, but the agent did not have much expectations for this:

A very embarrassing point for the Federation Navy is that it cannot catch up with the supercavitating torpedoes of mobile suits in the water of the Zeon Navy. Due to the huge noise they generate, it is difficult to use sonar to track them, and most of the time they can only hit in a straight line;

As for serious sound-guided torpedoes, they are not as powerful as the Zeon MSs equipped with fusion reactors for propulsion. They cannot catch up with the speed in the water, so they can only use large-scale and intensive drops in the hope of chasing and intercepting them, covering the avoidance of the MSs in the water. area.

When the Zeon water mobile suits were moving forward at full speed, the annoying voiceprint signal was swaying dozens of kilometers in front of the Federation fleet, but the Federation navy didn't have much to do with them at this time;

Because the escort ships participating in this operation also had to perform enemy attack missions, they also carried a large number of ground-attack cruise missiles in the missile silos. They fired many of them before the official landing began, and the number of anti-submarine missiles they carried was very limited.

"yes……"

Lieutenant General Kruger pondered for a moment and began to weigh countermeasures in his mind;

The air-cushion suspension movement of land battleships does not depend on whether they are on the water or on land. However, there are still a large number of young men from the army who are still on various transport ships and cannot fight on the water. So he turned to ask:

"Agent, how is the progress of our landing force on the south bank now?"

"The Zeon garrison at the entrance to the waterway has been cleared and is advancing westward in synchronization with the fleet. The leading force has now arrived in Port Angeles and is fighting the Zeon army there."

The agent slightly changed the perspective and projected the observation image of the frontline automated intelligent control Type 61 tank onto the small screen on the side of the bridge:

In the picture, the Type 61 tank seems to be parked at the corner of a street, hidden behind a wall;

On the other side of the street, several federal infantrymen were lying on the ground, and a civilian in plainclothes was also lying there, pointing in the distance, as if he was actually saying something to the federal soldiers;

The infantry of the federal army nodded and began to fire continuously at a house a few hundred meters away, indicating the target for the Type 61 tank that was rotating the turret; and the window on the second floor of the house facing this direction could also be seen. The general-purpose machine gun set up by the Zeon army spit out tongues of fire.

The Type 61 tank started up and suddenly rushed out of the corner of the street. Then, there was a flash of bright light, and a burst of black smoke from the muzzle swept through the camera, and the house just far away had collapsed in the explosion.

The federal infantry waved this way, then jumped up, hunched over and rushed towards the next bunker.

When clearing out Zeon soldiers hiding in houses in coastal towns, it still needs to rely on the close cooperation of armored forces, infantry and naval gun support to complete;

As for the Zeon garrison along the coast, although their strength and equipment are very limited, their fighting will has not been bad so far. There has not yet been a case of the formation surrendering its weapons. They continue to rely on buildings to resist, forcing The Union Army went 'steadily' to clear them.

"This still doesn't work. The nearby towns and cities are heavily built. It's too slow to push them all the way ashore. Order the Marine Jim team to stay on alert and let our army's battleships take the lead."

Lieutenant General Kruger stared at the control area that was constantly refreshing on the sand table and said in a deep voice;

"The air-cushion chassis of the Pangpan-class battleship can indeed reduce the damage that torpedoes and mines may cause to a great extent. It also has armor protection itself, but after all, it also carries your army headquarters..."

Seeing that Lieutenant General Kruger seemed to want to imitate the navy of the past, where the flagship took the lead in charging, the agent had to give a reminder;

The design concept of the Pangpan class is different after all, and now she still carries the instruction to ensure the life safety of the commander of her unit at critical moments.

The Ogas system is not obsessed with the victory of this city or one place.

"At least it's much better than those tin cans in the Navy that rely entirely on active defense. Every minute of delay means one more variable. Going forward, I want to see the port of Seattle within two hours!"

Chapter 56: Unstoppable (2)

"parking--"

Facing the trench that the Zeon engineers hastily dug to cut off the road, as well as the dozens of small pits that looked like they had been dug out and then refilled, and you could guess what was buried in them, La Captain Fayette decisively chose a more conservative strategy on the command and operation screen.

The further he advanced, the more clearly he could feel that the Zeon army's defensive preparations were becoming more adequate;

From a collective perspective, he is not worried about the success of the entire combat operation. After all, a large number of friendly forces are still at sea, constantly bypassing the blocking line set up by the Zeon army on land, and landing from their rear. ;

But from his personal point of view, if he was delayed for too long on the road and all the friendly forces landed directly in Seattle, and he was still slowly wasting away with the Zeon army here, then he would have to reward him based on his merits after the war. How shabby.

"It is recommended to contact the attached mechanized infantry to confirm the depth and width of the trench, and call the engineering troops to conduct demining operations."

"How much time will [Earth expletive] take? And for engineers, you have to contact the Marine Corps."

While Captain Lafayette was replying to the options given by the intelligent command system, he stretched out his finger to slide the tactical map back and forth, scanning the surrounding friendly units, thinking about how to quickly pass through the Zeon army's minefield.

"Call the fleet artillery strike again, and set the target directly to the minefield in front of you. It should pass this time, right? You have rejected me once."

"The artillery and mine clearance mission plan has been created and the application is being submitted... It cannot be decided at the moment. You have been automatically added to the task list waiting sequence. Your support application may be approved or rejected based on the development of the war situation."

The agent who was paying attention to the actions of the Zeon military's underwater MS troops checked the position of Captain Lafayette's troops, and then compared it with the estimated progress in the schedule;

It was immediately judged that the current advancement mission had been exceeded, and the support priority of this unit was automatically lowered.

The artillery support naturally gave priority to those units that had fallen behind, as well as retaining some of the main guns to guard the underwater MS units that were still in front of the federal landing fleet and did not dare to get too close, but had not yet retreated.

"You might as well just give me a nice word to reject me!"

Captain Lafayette was so angry that he raised his fist and looked around at the hard inner walls of the turret and the various sophisticated computers and communication equipment installed. In the end, he could only hit his thigh.

"Call the nearby mechanized infantry of our army to provide cover; reverse the vehicle and order all the vehicles in the company to reload with grenades, and we will clear the mines ourselves!"

"Understood, the planned route has been generated; it is recommended to retain at least 3 tanks still loaded with armor-piercing bullets to serve as a guard."

"license."

On a two-way two-lane road, 14 Type 61 main battle tanks were arranged in two loose columns. The leading tanks reversed slightly and retreated, while the last few crashed through the guardrails of the road and drove towards both sides of the road. of gentle slope.

Thanks to the excellent design, the main gun of the Type 61 tank mainly equipped by the Federal Army still has a certain depression angle, and the two 155 mm caliber main gun grenades are also very powerful——

It is not impossible to dig out the steep anti-tank trenches of the Zeon army through direct fire, and then directly blast them into a gentle slope together with the laid minefields.

'Let's bet that the Zeon Army's troops are also hastily constructed minefields, so they shouldn't be too cleverly arranged...'

Captain Lafayette was in the commander's command tower, watching the mechanized infantry of the Federal Army that had just caught up from behind. They jumped off the personnel carrier one after another and spread out to look for positions to guard, thinking secretly in his heart.

'However, the main battle tank covered with heavy armor is an unmanned unit, and the bulk of the soldiers facing the enemy's hail of bullets must be our human flesh and blood; alas, I really don't know what to say...'

Sitting in the command vehicle whose armor protection capability has not been reduced at all, and the protection of the front of the turret has even been enhanced by removing the main gun's rotating mechanism, Captain Lafayette is still thinking a little.

"Boom boom-"

More than a dozen Type 61 tanks opened fire in sequence. The high-explosive grenades fired directly hit the ground where the Zeon army had laid minefields. Together with the detonated heavy anti-tank mines, the violent explosion almost created a small tower. mushroom cloud.

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"Damn it, the Federals directly shelled the trap area we set up, and it really didn't stop them!"

Hiding in the attic of a residential building in the distance, the Zeon officer who was looking here with a telescope could not help but curse. Then he held the phone cord, raised the microphone and said to the other side:

"Heavy mortar company, the shelling coordinates were corrected 150 meters from the minefield to the west along the road, and fired 8 rounds at a rapid rate. We can't let this opportunity go!"

"...Please wait a moment, Major. In this case, the results of shelling the federal armored forces are limited, right? It just so happens that I can't wait to try out the new machine body."

At this time, another voice inserted into the communication link of the Zeon garrison here.

"But Lieutenant Koschel, if your department only has one team..."

Due to the enthusiasm for mobile suits within the Zeon army, the commander of the Panzergrenadier Group at this time still remained fully polite to the captain of the mobile suit team who was two ranks below him.

"The combat power of MS units cannot be measured by numbers! What's more, my new machine is different from Zaku!"

"This...then if you cooperate, our artillery will conduct 5 rounds of artillery bombardment and then fire 3 rounds of smoke bombs to cover your assault. How about that?"

"This is good, it will be more conducive for us to engage in close combat, thank you!"

Lieutenant Koschel, who was full of confidence, sat in the cockpit of the new land combat aircraft MS-07 Gouf (Gouf) wearing a camouflage net and half-kneeling in the woods, and rubbed his palms.

This is said to be based on the design of the Marine Zaku (MS-06J), and has made many improvements. It is intended to fully replace the Zaku of the Earth Attack Force. The new model is strengthened for close combat in complex terrain, because the parts The relationship with ammunition specifications that are not completely universal is not common on the front line.

'Although I didn't catch up with the big battle in the universe...but I am also the ace of Zeon's Earth-descendant army. Only this cutting-edge machine is worthy of my technology. '

Lieutenant Koschel, who had destroyed a total of 21 military and armored vehicles, 2 tanks, and destroyed several infantry anti-tank positions, proudly rubbed the brand new joystick in his hand, and then opened the team communication channel:

"Newcomers, are you ready to face fire and death?!"

A tiger with the same red one-eyed steel giant shape as Zaku opened the camouflage net and stood up;

"Yes, Lieutenant!"