Gundam, Iron Banner

"Because the captain doesn't want you to get hurt," a familiar female voice came from the door, and when he turned around, it was indeed April who came in. "The captain hopes that everyone can return from the battlefield safely rather than reaping the results of the battle."

"Lieutenant?"

"I heard that you're in the infirmary, so I'll come over to see you sometime." April had a smile on his face, but You Bai somehow felt a little alienation in the smile.

Although April is nominally the pilot, she spends more time on the "Aswin" preparing the airframe for her teammates.Repairing machinery is her personal hobby, and the "Hazel Preparatory Machine" driven by You Bai was adjusted and maintained by her. "Hazel's standby machine" was seriously injured, and it was not easy for her to be able to spare time.

She put a plate of suspected fruit food on the bedside table, dragged a stool and sat down beside the bed.

"Don't be angry with the captain, he's doing it for your own good. After all, he brought you into the army with his own hands. It's normal to be strict."

"Lieutenant, I'm not so childish..." You Bai sighed helplessly

"Oh? What you said doesn't match the expression on your face," April pursed his lips into a smile, "Is the captain telling you to feel the atmosphere of the battle? Who told you to go directly to a direct battle with others."

"But that enemy plane has already touched the 'Aswin'?"

"So you don't understand the situation. There is a second team on the ship. Isn't it easy to clean up a 'Big Devil'?"

Hearing this, You Bai choked for breath, he only thought of this now, it seems that he was really superfluous, and the dissatisfaction with the captain in his heart dissipated.

"Speaking of which, why did the captain recruit me into the army? The procedures are very troublesome, isn't the new human being so valuable?"

"That's just one aspect,"

Apple paused, "The more important thing is that he admires people like you. 'It would be a pity if a person like him who can shine in a desperate situation doesn't join the army!' The original words of the captain are as follows Said."

You Bai smiled wryly: "It's too much, I'm not such a powerful person..."

"It's serious, Second Lieutenant You."

April took out a toothpick, picked up a piece of unidentifiable fruit, and brought it to You Bai's mouth, "Come on, ah~"

"I'm just sore muscles, not to the point where I need to be fed—uh!!"

In the middle of the speech, April stuffed the fruit into Youbai's throat quickly with his eyes and hands, and his strength made him a little stronger, almost choking him to death. Youbai coughed several times before he recovered.

"Lieutenant!"

April covered her mouth and snickered: "Sorry, sorry, I can't help but want to play tricks on prudish people."

"The character is really bad."

"Second Lieutenant You doesn't give up too much. He obviously likes to listen to others' praise, but he insists on pretending to be humble. Girls nowadays don't like this type of man."

"Hey, could it be that your favorability for me has decreased?"

"Hmm! On the contrary, it's a plus point for me to pretend to be mature. The little boy who is brave is cute. After all, I have passed the age where I can be called a girl, and my taste has changed from before. .”

You Bai reached out and twirled a piece of fruit, chewing and said, "Isn't the lieutenant only 25 years old?"

April's face darkened abruptly.Seeing her like this, he knew he had said something wrong.

"Second Lieutenant You is very good at inquiring about women's privacy."

"Carl mentioned it when they were chatting with Eliard!" At this critical moment, he decided to throw out his talkative colleague as a scapegoat.

"It seems that some people are not clean up."

"!!"

You Bai stared at his nose, his nose at his heart, lowered his head and chewed the pulp made of unknown ingredients, while praying for Karl in his heart, hoping that he would not be beaten too badly.

The two fell into a brief silence at the same time.

You Bai focused on the half-bitten fruit in his hand, while April stared at the ceiling in a daze.About three or four seconds later, You Bai asked without raising his head: "In the interrogation room before, Lieutenant, did you continue to question? What did the prisoner say?"

"Um……"

April was slow to react.After staying there for half a second, she shook her head without answering, murmured "have a good rest", and then silently exited the room.

Just by looking at her attitude, You Bai knew that April should pry the prisoner's mouth open, but he couldn't tell himself the information he got.

This is expected.If there is any bad news about the army, of course, as a recruit, he has no authority to know.

You Bai lay back, put his hands behind his head, and murmured: "I'm so concerned, the more secrets you can't tell, the more curious you are."

With a little regret, he fell asleep.

Chapter No.16: Stable

In the next two months, You Bai's body quickly recovered, and he started real MS training.

Unlike the gentle guidance he imagined, he didn't know how spartan April was as an instructor until the training started.Even if the gesture of holding the joystick is not standard, you will be punished for additional physical training, let alone other aspects.

From aiming and shooting, to how to control the strength of stepping on the accelerator, April's guidance is really considerate.

Thanks to her careful teaching, You Bai's basic skills have become more and more solid, and the use of beam rifles has become more and more proficient.Although the accuracy is still not comparable to that of Eliard and Karl, it is considered qualified as a soldier.

After all, the two colleagues are all Titans who have been selected in a serious manner, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one-in-a-million masters.In particular, Carl's position is still a sniper, and You Bai really can't compare with him in shooting.

Shooting is still a trivial matter, and more importantly, You Bai's posture control over mobile suits is not as rough as before.After learning to use the small nozzles in the body to perform slewing movements, he will no longer be injured by operating the mobile suit. On this point, April said that he has made rapid progress.

Under the "gentle" education of the female instructor, You Bai spent the past two months very fulfilling and enjoyable.

In addition, the universe is even more calm and peaceful, and the number of times the "Aswin" encountered the remnants of Zeon has been greatly reduced.Occasionally, I encountered some miscellaneous fish, but they were quickly repelled by my companions.So much so that in these two months, You Bai never attacked once.It is exactly what Captain Murphy said before, "You are not allowed to go on the plane until you have finished training".

For a few moments, You Bai actually had the illusion of peace in the world.

The only fly in the ointment is that You Bai still doesn't know what kind of shadow is lurking behind the attack on SIDE1 that day.

A captive named Senior Martha has been sent to Earth.She will be brought to court as a remnant of Jean and as a member of the former Kycilia direct team to accept the trial and sanctions from the Earth Federation.After thinking about it, everyone knows that her crime is quite serious, and it is inevitable that she will be shot.Calculating the time, the court may already be held by now.

It was Chief Basque Ohm who gave the order to transfer the prisoners.

He is the number two figure of Titans, and his status is quite high. He was even in charge of the founding speech of Titans back then.With such big figures involved, You Bai felt that he might not have the chance to know the whole picture of that matter.

In this regard, while he felt regretful, he also felt a strange kind of rejoicing in his heart.One thing more is worse than one thing less. Exploring the truth is out of a sense of responsibility and curiosity. If you can be forced to give up, it may not be a bad thing.The world of adults is not so friendly, blindly pursuing the truth will only put yourself in a bad situation.

As for how things will ferment, that's beyond what an ordinary person like me can predict.

At least for now, it is still a stable daily life, which is enough.

You Bai sincerely hopes that the days of peace can last forever.But the sky is not as good as people want, and changes always come very suddenly.

On February 0085, 2, the calm was broken.

……

"I heard that a distress signal has been received, is it true?" You Bai sat in the cockpit, asked the machine through the communication while asking the machine to perform a self-check.

"Yes! About 8 minutes ago, a friendly signal was received in the space ahead. Please confirm the coordinates and act with caution." A girl's face appeared on the screen, and it belonged to the ship's communicator Kate Rose.

Kate Rose is a lovely-looking young woman with wavy hair and the rank of Ensign.I heard that she is a junior of April when he was in the military academy, and she is probably a few years older than You Bai.Although she has a cheerful personality, the glasses on the bridge of her nose give her a wonderful mature charm, but it's a pity that You Bai can't appreciate the glasses girl.

After receiving her reply, You Bai frowned slightly: "Isn't it a trap?"

"No, probably not."

It was Captain Wes Murphy who answered him, with distress on his face, "Before Jinping Island said that they would send the additional equipment for 'Hazel', and the scheduled date is today. It's really troublesome, originally I They said they went to Jinping Island to pick it up, but they just disagreed..."

You Bai nodded silently. Since the captain had made a judgment, he probably didn't run away.At the same time, he prayed in his heart that his allies would last until rescue arrived.

The preparations for the attack were soon over. After You Bai said loudly "Attack", he jumped into the universe, and quickly headed to the location of the distress signal with his teammates.

On the way, Carl put his MS left hand on the shoulder of Youbai's body, and jokingly said by means of contact communication: "The training just ended yesterday, right? How do you feel about the long-lost real machine operation?"

You Bai thought for a while: "I deeply realized how bad my operation was before."

"Chatting is prohibited during combat!" Captain Murphy reprimanded the two of them who were aware of their whispering, "Be serious, we're going to contact you soon!"

"Yes Yes!"

As soon as You Bai and the two answered, they heard Eliard, the forward scout, report loudly in the channel: "The transport plane has been found, and there are mobile suits near the target location. It is a Jim-type body!"

"Jim? Where's the identification signal?"

"No identification signal received!"

After receiving the information from Eliard, Captain Murphy clicked his tongue, and the expression on the screen suddenly became ugly.

You Bai didn't quite understand what this meant. Just as he was about to ask a question, Carl explained a step ahead: "Second Lieutenant You, there is no identification signal to indicate that it is a captive aircraft. Don't keep your hands on 'Jim' later, the one sitting on it is the enemy!"

"...!"

You Bai suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the channel was heavy, and immediately nodded vigorously, "Understood!"

Although enemy pilots have been captured here, the attitudes of the two sides towards the prisoners may not be the same.

The Black Otter team is full of talkative people, neither lynching the captives nor using the captured "warriors" on the battlefield.

But what the remnants of Jean will do is anyone's guess.They even attack civilians so ruthlessly, how can a federal officer fall into their hands?No, the "Jim" of the federal system has been issued.Similar models are fighting each other, quite a feeling of fighting in the same room.

You Bai made up his mind that he must take down that "Jim".

Before everyone actually entered the battlefield, Karl, who was driving a sniper machine, was ready to attack.

The particle beam blasted straight at "Jim", and his beam became the fuse that ignited the battle.

Karl is an excellent sniper, and his sniping has a very high accuracy at this distance.But in many cases, luck on the battlefield is more important than technology.Karl's beam did not directly hit the cockpit of "Jim", but was blocked by the shield hanging on its left hand.

"Tsk! Turned around at such a time? Are you kidding me!"

Carl slapped the screen in frustration. The attack that was supposed to kill him failed in such a funny way, which inevitably made him a little bit depressed.But soon, his optimistic personality took effect again. After adjusting his state, he changed his position and prepared for the next sniper attack.

But the enemy is not a fool, how could he stay in place and be a target?

The Jim wisely hid behind the transport plane. Carl could not snipe at that position, and firing at will would injure friendly troops.

At this time, Eliard, who was the first to investigate, had already rushed into the battlefield. He pulled out his beam saber and ran straight to where "Jim" was.

Looking at the distance between the two sides, You Bai felt that Eliard's round of attack would surely knock him down.

But captain Murphy held the opposite attitude, and he immediately shouted: "Don't rush in!"

Eliard, who was dazzled by the anger, suddenly came to his senses, the body paused for a moment, then reversed and gave up the attack.

Thanks to him waking up in time, the moment he left the forward path, a beam of light flew out from the opposite direction, almost hitting the "high mobility Jim Kai" driven by Eliard.

Seeing this scene, You Bai reacted belatedly.

"Ah... isn't there more than one enemy plane?"

Chapter No.17: Formal Battle

It was only then that You Bai realized that "Jim" and the transport plane were both bait, and they planned to surround the spot for help.

Although it was just a simple tactic, if Captain Murphy hadn't spoken out, the Black Otter team might have lost a member.

At the same time, You Bai also realized that he still had some shortcomings.Although the operating technology has reached the standard, I still don't have a clear enough understanding of the battlefield.This is why I am a team member and Captain Wes Murphy is the captain.

"As expected of a veteran pilot who has experienced a year of war and the Diraz dispute, it is indeed not comparable to a recruit like me."

He couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Not everyone can be the test captain of Titans. Without two brushes, who would dare to let him drive the precious test machine?

It is said that Captain Murphy's first battle was the Solomon Raiders Battle during the One Year War. It was a fairly large-scale battle. As a recruit, he was able to survive the battlefield like a meat grinder. His strength is not to be underestimated. watch for.

The captain really began to become famous, it was during the Diraz dispute in 0083.He shined in that war, shot down many enemy planes, and fought side by side with a MA that looked like a refrigerator.

The accumulation of these experiences has created the current Wes Murphy.

With such a powerful driver as the leader, You Bai felt very at ease.

After reminding Eliard, Captain Murphy immediately rushed into the battlefield, raising his beam rifle to fight with the enemy.

You Bai glanced around the battlefield, and found that other teammates also had corresponding opponents, only "Jim" on the transport plane was left out.

"You think 'Jim' has the worst performance, so give me a practice hand? Well... it's on!"

You Bai is not picky, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, so it is suitable for testing knives.Besides, I haven't had any special coordination training yet, so if I casually participate in team fights, it might have a negative effect.In contrast, it is better to create a one-on-one situation.

He sped straight towards the transport plane, and the "Jim" hiding behind stuck out the main monitor and the right arm holding the light gun, and kept firing towards this side.But for the current You Bai, such a blunt blocking will not work at all.

His speed didn't drop, and he continued to propel laterally by relying on the small nozzles on his shoulders.Just by deflecting the movement in this way, most of the attacks from "Jim" missed, and the sporadic ones that couldn't be avoided were all blocked with the shield.After one round of attack, the opponent didn't even scratch off the outer paint of the "Hazel Prep Machine", just burned a few black holes on the shield.

The distance between the two sides quickly approached, and You Bai finally saw the appearance of the opponent's body clearly, feeling a little surprised in his heart.

"Not the normal 'Jim', but the updated 'Jim II'?"

You Bai frowned slightly, thinking trouble in his heart.

Although no matter from the name or appearance, "Jim II" is just an upgraded version of the miscellaneous soldiers during the One Year War.But You Bai understands that this thing is quite a new product.