Gundam, Iron Banner

April buried his head in front of You Bai's chest, although he wanted to appear cheerful, his tone gradually became lower:

"But, after all, I don't have the talent to fight... When I was sitting in the immobilized cockpit, I kept thinking that it would be great if I could die in the arms of Lieutenant You. I am so weak, maybe I am not suitable to be a fighter at all." Let's survive. Well, if only I were a new human..."

Hearing her whisper, You Bai fell into silence.

No matter how full of motherhood and tolerance, April is still a girl in her 20s, and it is reasonable to feel fear and confusion about the battlefield.At the same time, as April himself said, she is not such a powerful fighter, and even if her skills pass the test, her mentality is not qualified.She may not be able to survive the tough battles in the future.

"I see, Lieutenant, stop fighting."

April was taken aback, afraid that he felt that he was afraid of the battlefield, and quickly explained: "Wait! Lieutenant You, I didn't mean—"

You Bai interrupted her by shaking his head, and said softly: "Let's go to Ganquan. It won't be a battlefield in a short time. Before the real war comes, let's live together there first."

Chapter 78: Camouflage

Human wisdom is often used cunningly to escape reality, but in the face of reality, this wisdom is usually not so effective.

In order to get rid of the reality of being a victim of war, people living at the bottom will always try various methods.Or run away; or join the army with the flow and become a member of the oppressive bottom; the rest, they have no choice but to join another army that is against it.

It would be nice to be able to escape the vortex of war, but soldiers don't have that kind of cunning in nature.They live in the gap between life and death, and have no leisure to ponder ethics and reality.

After stepping onto the battlefield, they will always run counter to their original goal and turn into dying in order to survive.

Contrary to those who went to the front with a sense of tension.Before the waves beat over, the people retreating from the rapids looked another way.

Cobatro Bagina didn't know if he was still a qualified fighter. After more than seven years in the front line, he felt that he had fallen into a certain kind of burnout.

Sitting on the shuttle to Ganquan, he observed the starry sky through the gaps in the gauze curtains, feeling a sense of disconnection unconsciously in his heart.

Although it is much more comfortable than being a widow, the time in years is not always easy.

"Seven years..."

Cobatro sighed, and had to put his messy thoughts back in his heart.Now is not the time to fall into a state of depression. I am afraid that I will be very busy after arriving in Ganquan. I have to recharge my batteries before the shuttle enters the port.

The brandy he drank earlier became tingling, he closed his eyes and prepared to rest for a few minutes, when he suddenly felt a certain gaze from a distance, his whole body was jolted up, and the drowsiness disappeared completely.

"This feeling, is it Lala Xin?"

Open the curtains, look over there according to the feeling, the center of sight is the destination of this trip: the colony located in SIDE1, Oasis.

……

For You Bai, Ganquan's military headquarters is not such a sacrosanct place.In fact, this is also the case. He has come and gone here more than once or twice, and many guards have already remembered his face.

However, today the gatekeeper is a strange face.

"Stop, take out your work permit."

As soon as he stepped into the gate, You Bai was caught by the guards.

The guard grabbed the ID he handed out, glanced at it casually, and after confirming that it was him in the photo, he looked away from the ID impatiently.

"Your name is Afrancie? Working in a colonial commune at such a young age... Are you 20 years old?"

"It's my 20th birthday next month." You Bai narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Afrancie was his new name, and his birthday was of course fake.

With Ao Gu's help, You Bai obtained a new household registration status.This is a matter of course. The name "You Bai" has a file in the federal army. If you want to start a new life, you must find a new identity.

Having said that, those who are familiar with him still call him You Bai.

The guard seemed to be very concerned about his current job: "If I remember correctly, you can enter the commune casually, right? Hmph, wunderkind... Who are you looking for? I need to call to confirm."

"I'm talking to Brigadier General Blakes Fla. He contacted me and said there are some work arrangements that need to be discussed."

"Looking for the Commodore..."

The guard was stunned for a moment, his expression changed from cloudy to sunny like a face in a Sichuan opera, he quickly dialed the phone number above, and after confirming, he respectfully handed back his work card with both hands.

"Oh, you said you were looking for the brigadier general! We are now investigating the remnants of Jean's party. If there was any impoliteness just now, I hope you will forgive me, haha... Oh, can you go in? Yes! Of course, please!"

The guard didn't even realize that the cigarette butt between his fingers was almost burnt out, and as he nodded and bowed, the ash fell down, adding another touch to the already messy guard room.

'Are you checking out Jin's remnants again...?Even the remote Oasis is about to move, is it possible that the Federation and Titans will finally have a new move? '

You Bai nodded secretly, ignored the snobbish eyes of the guards, and walked quickly towards the most conspicuous five-story office building inside.

"excuse me."

You Bai knocked on the door of the office on the top floor, and after receiving a response, he opened the door and restrained his footsteps to enter.

Inside sat two blond men.

In the middle of the room, behind the desk is Brigadier General Blakes who brought You Bai over.He is five or sixty years old, with blond hair mixed with sporadic white, and a rough face with beards, a typical upright soldier.

And another...

In fact, from the moment he entered the door, You Bai's eyes had been on the man.

Even indoors, the man was wearing a pair of big sunglasses that could cover half of his face. Judging from the lower half of his face that was not covered by the sunglasses, he looked very upright, like a western style that often appeared in movies. handsome man.

But compared to his appearance, his unique sense of presence exudes more attention.

Perhaps it was due to the resonance among the new humans, You Bai immediately understood the essence of this person, and also recognized this person's identity.

"I'm super, Char!"

Even Yu Bai, who has never watched Gundam animations, has heard of Char's name. One of the protagonists of the UC era, the son of Jean Daken, the founder of the Principality of Jean, and the famous red comet during the One Year War.How could he not be shocked by the sudden appearance of such a legendary figure?

Blakes Fla didn't expect him to see through Xia's identity at a glance, and he thought he was surprised by the appearance of other people in the office, and said with a smile:

"Lieutenant You Bai is here? Let me introduce you. This is Captain Cobatro Bagina. He is a good friend I met a few years ago and is also the backbone of our Aogu. You can call him Cobatro."

After finishing speaking, he said to Covatro: "This young man is called You Bai. He used to be an officer of Titans. Later, he agreed with our philosophy and joined Aogu. His skills in driving mobile suits are very good, and he is a talent worth looking forward to." .”

"Is it worth looking forward to...?"

Xia Ya, whose pseudonym was Cobatro, laughed, and said in a low and magnetic voice, "I see, it reminds me of a friend from the past."

He used the accent on the word "expectation", which seemed to contain some special emotion.

Blakes ignored these, took out two identical documents from under the table, and handed them to You Bai and Cobatro respectively: "There is news from Captain Hanken that the new pilot assigned by the Titans will arrive today. Cyan Oasis."

"Cyan Oasis, I remember it was in SIDE-7?"

"That's right, Titans seems to be building new mobile suits there, I think it's worth attacking."

Chapter 79: Argama

Attacking the cyan oasis?

Hearing this, You Bai's mind froze slightly, and he took his attention away from Xia's body.

It was September 0085 when he betrayed Titans, and now it is March 9, a year and a half has passed.For such a long time, there has been no major friction between the forces of the two sides. It seems that there is some kind of tacit understanding, waiting for a certain moment to come.

Today, that moment has come.

Since the cyan oasis is going to be stormed, it means that Brax and Augustus are ready for a full-scale war, and the war sweeping the entire globe is finally about to start again.

Taking a deep breath, You Bai tried his best to calm down his agitated emotions. He was about to say something when he suddenly heard Cobatro say:

"Titans is so eager to summon the pilot, maybe they were planning to launch an attack?"

You Bai suddenly remembered what the guard said just now, that he is now hunting down the remnants of Jean.Now that I think about it, it is still unknown what kind of people they want to arrest.

Blakes nodded and said: "This is also the reason why I plan to do it. No matter what, there is nothing wrong with seizing the opportunity. Just like playing chess, it is more beneficial to go first."

Cobatro lowered his voice: "Since we want to seize the opportunity, is Ganquan's secrecy reliable? Just now when I entered the port, I caught a glimpse of a warship that looks like the 'White Base'. It should not belong to the Federation, right? If discovered by Titans..."

The White Base is a famous ship during the One Year War, carrying Amuro Ray, the strongest driver of the Federation, and his car Gundam.Shaar suffered more than one loss on this ship, no wonder he cared so much about the appearance of the new ship.

Blakes waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Ganquan's federal soldiers are all rich and rich, so how can they have any anti-espionage capabilities? As for the ship, it was originally built secretly under the name of the Earth Federation Army. The money was paid by Melanie. Hugh Cabane took the lead; for the rest, I embezzled the funds for the shuttle to and from Jupiter, and I have always been confused about this, and even if there is a leak of information, it will not be found out for a while."

"Melanie...Anaheim?"

"That's right. In fact, the president himself gave the name of the ship. I originally wanted to call it 'White Base II'."

Cobatro said in his heart that the taste of the name was really not good, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Then what is it called now?"

"Agama. Seems like a Sanskrit, Hindu and Buddhist word? I don't quite understand that."

"Melanie's romanticism at work?"

"It is precisely because he has romanticism that he will help us. Thank you anyway."

"War merchants have nothing to thank."

"That's right!" Blakes laughed loudly, clapping his hands, "Speaking of Anaheim, the Gundamium alloy modification plan you submitted has already been used by them on the new mobile suit. Are you interested in taking a look?"

"That would be nice..."

"Lieutenant You Bai, come together, I have prepared your special plane."

You Bai, who had been listening carefully to their conversation, came back to his senses at this moment, nodded, followed behind them, boarded a small boat together, and went to the floating dock.

……

In fact, the appearance of this ship called Argama is not so similar to the white base.In addition to color matching, the similarities are mainly in the structure.There is a bridge in the center of the ship in the front section, two ejection decks for mobile suits extend forward on the left and right sides, and two main engines are embedded in the center of the rear hull.

For more than a year, You Bai has been working in the colonial satellite commune, and has dealt with this ship more than once or twice, but he has no interest in it.

His focus was on the five mobile suits in the hangar.

It was a body with some Zeon body colors.It is also a one-eyed machine, but compared with Zaku, the torso and legs of the new mobile suit are fatter, and it looks like a big monster.The head is not round, as if it was crushed from both sides by someone, and a red rectangular cover is installed on the top.On the whole, the model is very novel, but it is not very good-looking.

Among the five mobile suits, three are black, one is red, and the remaining one is pure white.

"They're called Gamma Gundams. How about it? Isn't it good?" Brigadier General Blakes floated over, patted Yubai on the shoulder and said, "The white one is your special machine."

"... Commodore, do you think they look like Gundams?"

"Although it's not a Gundam face, it's made of Gundam gamma alloy after all."

You Bai was so choked that he couldn't speak.

Why is it named after the material?Karl's "pre-mass-produced Gozagu" is still made of Gundamium alloy!Is Gao Zaku also Gundam?

Fortunately, Cobatro came over to make a solution: "I also feel that using the name of Gundam will feel a bit sorry for the previous generation of Gundam. How about using the code name 'Rick Dias'?"

The brigadier general saw the two of them standing on the side, so he could only wave his hands and said: "All right, all right, anyway, you drove it, you have the final say."

The immediate boss spoke quite frankly, which is why You Bai was happy to work under him.

Cobatello turned his head to look at You Bai, and said with a smile, "I heard they said that there is still some time before departure, how about it, are you interested in using the new body to practice with me? Just treat it as being familiar with the body."

You Bai didn't expect that he would be challenged by Xia Ya one day, but this was exactly what he wanted. Even if the other party didn't tell him, he was still thinking about asking Xia Ya to test his skills.

"I understand, then come and play casually."

Cobatro floated to the side of the cockpit of his body, leaned on the frame and said with a smile: "Are you kidding? As I said earlier, I'm not good at releasing water in mobile suit battles."

"...Want to test my meaning? Go all out, that's not bad."

You Bai got into the cockpit, feeling the brand-new joystick in his hand, and his nervous state of mind immediately calmed down.

In the year and a half since he left the front line, he has never driven any mobile suits, and rarely touches related equipment.Before entering the cockpit, I was still a little apprehensive, worried that my strength would decline due to the vacancy period.

After entering, I realized that my worries were unnecessary.Even though I haven't touched the joystick for so long, after sitting in this position, the familiar feeling still emerges spontaneously, as if I was still driving the MS to gallop the battlefield a second ago, the high feeling is addictive.

"OK! My mentality is fine, my hands are still flexible, in this state, even if Xia Ya is my enemy, I won't be easily defeated!"

The red "Ricdias" ahead has already attacked, seeing it turn into a red comet and fly away, You Bai was quite moved.He manipulated the body to go to the ejection rack, and said loudly: "Rick Dias, attack!"

Chapter 80: Contest

Just entering the universe, You Bai was greeted by a beam of light from afar, aimed directly at the cockpit.

Although he knew that the other party had reduced the power, the killing intent contained in the rays still made people break out in a cold sweat.That sharp will seems to be able to pierce even steel.

"As expected of Char Aznable, this sense of oppression is unusual!"

You Bai manipulated the body to pull it sideways, and the light beam flew past the body without hitting it.

This new body named "Lick Dias" is not equipped with a shield. On the contrary, the weight of the body is much lighter than that of the previous MS. When driving, one can obviously feel a sense of lightness that does not match the heavy shape.

"I see. Is this the wonder of the Gundam γ Alloy? This machine is unexpectedly likable, and it feels quite comfortable to operate."

You Bai thought of the "Hazel" he drove in the Black Otter team. That guy was very heavy, with all kinds of experimental equipment covered on the fuselage, and the control feel was actually pretty bad.In contrast, he prefers "Rick Dias", even though the body here is not good-looking.

"With a body that suits me so well, if I lose casually, I won't be able to lose face..."