A journey through the Gundam world

I don’t know if Fleur did it intentionally or unintentionally, she even told him the specific address of her home.

He responded to the message saying that he was relieved after learning that the other party was safe. He said that the Archangel was now entering combat mode and he was about to attack.

Then, without waiting for Fleur to reply to the message, she turned off her phone.

And Fleur, who was lying on the bed at home, received the news from Alex.

He smiled at first, but after seeing what he said next, he jumped up from the bed.

But when she contacted him again, she was reminded that the other party had turned off his phone.

So Fleur hurriedly turned on the computer and searched for news about the Archangel.

Soon she saw reports about the Atlantic Federation's new warships invading the neutral Equatorial Alliance.

"Equatorial Union?"

She looked up the location on the Pigeon Gugu map.

It was discovered that this was the front line of the battle between the Union Army and ZAFT.

Combined with what Alex said, she couldn't help but feel worried again.

It's not just Alex who's worried, but also everyone else on the ship.

Although she also understood that if it weren't for Kira, she wouldn't be alive now.

But her father's words and deeds made her still have a lot of resistance to adjusters.

The inner struggle made Fleur wonder what she should do.

"Archangel...everyone...Captain Alex."

She murmured to herself, looking out the window at the dawn of a new day.

At the same time, tens of thousands of kilometers away in the Sulu Sea, the Third Fleet entered the night and was attacked by the ZAFT army's underwater mobile suit troops.

The first was a saturation attack of missiles fired from outside the detection range. Without entering the interference range, the Arkansas-class air defense cruiser also fired back with missiles.

However, as the distance between the two sides shortened, the Third Fleet, which gradually entered the interference range, could only rely on close-in firepower to intercept the incoming missiles.

Judging from the direction in which the missiles are flying, it can be judged that at least three submarine carriers are launching attacks around them.

While the Third Fleet was busy intercepting the incoming missile group, the MS troops approaching from underwater also launched an attack.

"The enemy was found underwater, it's Gern! Number 9, this is... an unknown type of MS, quantity 3! Torpedoes are coming!"

At the same time as the sonar operator reported, there were explosions on warships from both directions on the left and right of the fleet.

Although Gern is not good at close combat, it doesn't matter whether he has close combat ability or not when attacking an enemy like a battleship that doesn't know how to engage in close combat at all.

The torpedo salvo attack launched from both sides of the fleet was carried out in a pincer attack and achieved rapid results.

Two Des Moines -class cruisers and two Fraser -class cruisers flanking the fleet were torpedoed.

Des Moines relied on its large tonnage and good sinking resistance to barely hold on, struggling on the sea. Although a fire broke out, the damage control was still trying its best to rescue the battleship.

The small Fraser class is not so lucky. They are located at the outermost side of the fleet and are responsible for security missions.

To put it bluntly, it is used as a target, so it hits the largest number of torpedoes.

Soon the two frigates of more than a thousand tons disappeared on the dark sea.

Only a handful of sailors who did not sink with the battleship were left struggling on the sea.

Under them, a huge underwater mobile suit was quietly passing by and pounced on the remaining battleships.

However, their sacrifice was not in vain. Other warships in the fleet that had bought time also began to counterattack underwater.

"Rocket depth charge, launch!"

At the sound of the order, the anti-submarine rockets on each battleship were shot out like a goddess scattering flowers.

After falling into the water, a large number of explosions were created underwater. The shock wave squeezed the shell of the MS, and the resulting noise interfered with both the enemy and ourselves equally.

"Homing torpedo launch!"

Immediately afterwards, the anti-submarine homing torpedoes launched by each warship passed through the interference air curtain caused by the rocket depth bomb. After the seeker re-locked the target, it rushed towards the approaching underwater mobile suit fleet.

Upon noticing that the torpedo was approaching, Gern immediately slowed down, straightened his upper body, and fired with the phonon cannon on his chest to intercept it.

And the arms are flipped forward, and the torpedoes in the 7-unit 533mm torpedo launcher on the outside are also fired to intercept incoming anti-submarine torpedoes.

Under the interception of phonon cannons and torpedoes, many anti-submarine torpedoes were hit and exploded.

The resulting large number of bubbles and noise once again interfered with the sonar on both sides.

However, the underwater MS not only has excellent maneuverability, but also has good detection equipment.

ZAFT's underwater MS uses a peripheral potential sensor developed to imitate the shark's peripheral nervous system, the ampullae of Lorenz, and has excellent detection capabilities in the water.

Therefore, although this wave of underwater torpedo attacks was massive, ZAFT only lost two Gerns.

The remaining underwater MS escaped this wave of attacks, penetrated the defense network, and penetrated deep into the fleet.

And they quickly discovered their main target, the Spengler-class aircraft carrier, and the Archangel next to it.

"Target found! It's an aircraft carrier and one with long legs!"

The mission of the underwater mobile suit unit is very clear. Use the darkness to kill the enemy's most threatening targets.

There is no doubt that aircraft carriers that serve as command centers and have air strike capabilities are the most threatening targets.

Beyond that, it’s the Archangel.

Among the underwater mobile suit team, there are three mobile suits that are completely different from Guen.

That is the latest UMF-5 Zono put into service.

Chapter 100 All-round attack

This aircraft body is different from Genn, which has a triangular streamlined design overall. Zono's appearance is more rounded and smooth, looking like some kind of crustacean.

Like Genn, in order to ensure the overall pressure-resistant structure, the head is fixed and immovable.

To this end, auxiliary observation equipment has been added to the body, and the single eye on the head also has 360-degree movable capabilities.

This model was developed to compensate for Gurn's lack of close combat capabilities. It was especially developed to address the weakness of Gurn, an amphibious body, which has low combat effectiveness after landing ashore.

The phonon cannon originally equipped by Genn was transferred from the chest to the palm to increase the flexibility of the attack.

The original ordinary MS palms were changed into fighting claws, which greatly enhanced the body's melee combat capabilities.

At the same time, a circle of 12 533mm torpedo launch tubes is installed around the fixed head.

"Team [-], Team [-] follow me."

In the cockpit of one of the Zonos, the bearded Captain Marco Morasim gave orders to the others.

"The others dispersed to intercept the surrounding ships."

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the underwater mobile suit troops dispersed immediately.

Kira and Strike were on duty at this time. As soon as the Archangel sounded the alarm, Strike took action immediately.

He cautiously raised the beam rifle in his hand and aimed at the surrounding water.

But the problem is that these underwater MS have learned the lessons learned during the day and no longer easily poke their heads out.

Kira aimed for a long time, but had no chance to fire because the target was not found at all.

At this time, Mu's Jin En and Heretic had also jumped onto the ship.

"Captain Alex, what should we do if the enemy doesn't show up?"

Kira told him the current situation.

At this time, ships around him were constantly being hit by torpedoes, and the two sides were fighting fiercely, so he was a little anxious.

"Kira, there is a risky way, are you willing to try it?"

When Alex saw this, he knew something had to be done.

Otherwise, tonight's battle will not be easy to resist.

"any solution?"

"Strike has PS armor, which can offset water pressure to a certain extent."

After hearing what he said, Mu and Kira both understood.

"But beam weapons cannot be used underwater. They will explode."

Mu asked.

Kira immediately thought of a way.

"It should be fine to use the sword to fight the backpack without using the beam blade."

But Alex mentioned another way of fighting.

"This time I brought back ZAFT's live ammunition assault rifles and heavy swords. These are at least more flexible than ship-cutting swords."

So, Strike went back to change his clothes, and Kira also took the opportunity to modify Strike's OS to adapt to the underwater combat environment.

Following Alex's instructions, Madek only equipped Strike with a sword fighting backpack. The sword fighting backpack was equipped with an additional power supply battery to increase Strike's battery life.

However, there is no ship-cutting knife installed, and the multi-purpose weapon compartment of the artillery backpack is also equipped on the right shoulder.

In addition to this, Qiang Shang was also given Jin En's heavy sword and assault rifle.

Assault used such mixed equipment, walked to the catapult hatch, and jumped into the sea.

As soon as he got out of the water, Kira saw a Gurn rushing directly into Strike's face!

And Gen's pilot didn't expect that he would bump into an enemy mobile suit here.

Both sides were stunned almost at the same time, but Kira's reaction was faster.

The 120mm anti-ship Vulcan cannon on the right shoulder fired at Gen, who had just raised his arms, at a distance close to his face.

Then he kicked the bullet-riddled aircraft into the deep sea. As Gen, who lost control, gradually fell, the aircraft was gradually flattened by the water pressure, and then exploded in the depths.

He heard an explosion coming from underwater, and the signal of one of his pilots disappeared.

Marco immediately realized that they had an enemy.

"Attention, the long-legged one has sent out his MS."

Soon, they detected a voiceprint signal that did not belong to a friendly aircraft.

"It's the enemy! Fire."

The surrounding MSs immediately used the torpedo launchers on their arms and torso to launch torpedoes at the attack.

Facing the incoming torpedo, Kira calmly fired a barrage with the Vulcan cannon on his head.

After detonating several of the torpedoes and using the explosion to cover the attacking figure, the mobile suit immediately moved.

On the water, Mu said worriedly.

"Is it okay to let Kira go down alone?"

"It should be no problem. After all, I have been training for so long, so self-protection is no problem."

Alex has considerable confidence in Kira, even though he has not experienced the shuttle being shot down in front of his eyes or the temptation of blackening Fleur.

But under his training, Kira is also making continuous progress.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being the strongest adjuster cultivated by Dr. Yuren Hibiki. Many times, Kira can understand it with just a little on-demand reading.

"What about us, are we just going to watch here?"

Not only Mu, Cagalli who was on standby inside the ship also asked.

"Yes, you said you would give me a chance to attack, but now I'm still on standby."

Facing the two questions, Alex shook his head.

"Of course not."

"Cagalli, you are dispatched, carrying a wing backpack, and responsible for searching the nearby waters to confirm the location of the ZAFT mothership. Remember, do not act rashly, and act together with the vanguard fighters."

"Ok."