Gundam, driving a mass-produced machine will change the world

When the two Garuda-class mobile suits appeared on the battlefield, the Mediars in the sky were like startled birds. Some Mediars even tilted their bodies before reaching their designated positions, dropping the mobile suits they carried into the sky, while turning to try to escape.

However, although the Garuda-class is called an airborne aircraft carrier, its firepower is not weak. It is equipped with twin laser emitters on both sides of its fuselage, as well as missile launchers on its fuselage. Although it cannot cover the entire sky with firepower, the Medians in front of it can be said that they have no power to fight back.

The Garuda-class began clearing out the Titans units in the sky, sweeping through the Media with beams, and launching missiles at the GM II, which had little maneuverability in the air. The few units that successfully landed on the ground were facing Eli, who had found his footing on the outskirts and was taking advantage of the city's terrain to easily stab people in the back.

These two Garuda-class aircraft were brought from the Gabro base by Eli when the Titans and Under Tek had their falling out. They were left at the Augusta base, which was still on the ground, but leaving them there would inevitably lead to their capture by the Titans. So, Karaba launched its final large-scale invasion, attacking military bases across the United States. At the same time, the Under Tek fleet in space also launched a coordinated attack in low Earth orbit to increase the concentration of Minovsky particles to block satellite monitoring.

Ultimately, the Karaba people took the two Garuda-class aircraft to their Arctic base and hid them. Until this time, Kobayashi decisively believed that this battle would be the decisive one, so he gathered his forces early and brought them with the Garuda-class aircraft.

After air superiority shifted to Karaba due to the arrival of the Garuda-class, the mobile suits that subsequently landed, including Rem, Rick Diaz, and others, quickly entered the field, taking over the positions of the original riot control GMs and completely blocking the area around the venue, while working together to wipe out the Titans mobile suits inside.

Even at this point, Calaba did not send ground troops into the Federal Conference venue, but merely set up a perimeter cordon.

"..."

Ronan's expression remained unchanged, and neither did Gop, Martha, and the others in the audience show any signs of smugness. They all understood that this battle had only just begun.

"Now, let's vote on the next draft, the 'Draft on Sanctions Against SIDE3 Agricultural Products.' Let's begin the vote."

Ronan Mathernas was even continuing the meeting. At that moment, he was thinking about his son. Ronan had found his heir at the age of thirty, who, barring unforeseen circumstances, would become another Speaker of the Federal Assembly, Liddell. Ronan had recently been considering strengthening the Mathernas family's influence in the military, and therefore wanted Liddell to join the army in the future.

However, he is unsure whether he will still have the opportunity to plan his child's future.

While Ronan was experiencing a growing sense of unease, Calaba remained vigilant. One Garuda-class aircraft, having deployed all its forces, ascended to leave Washington from the stratosphere. It would also serve as a draw target. Meanwhile, another Garuda-class aircraft maintained a certain altitude, circling. It would act as an early warning aircraft for friendly units within the city, monitoring surrounding movements.

And it quickly caught up with the Titans' latest movements.

"A large number of SFS (flight pedal) signals are approaching from the southwest!"

As the announcement rang out on the channel, Eli punched the nose of a GM II, then raised his beam rifle and aimed it at the cockpit. Soon after, the pilot opened the cockpit himself, stood up with his hands raised, and was captured by the evacuating anti-MS unit members.

At this moment, the riot control GM that Eli was piloting was practically malfunctioning from head to toe. His right arm had been pierced through the joint by a Vulcan cannon when he faced a GM II earlier, and his legs had suffered from excessive stress due to high-intensity turning and jumping, resulting in some internal structural misalignment.

My left arm was relatively intact thanks to the shield, but it was also a bit unresponsive after being punched by the Jim II in front of me.

This makes it impossible to continue fighting...

However, even if they were to switch to other mechs now, new enemies would be arriving one after another.

"Southwest, are they from the Cheyenne Mountain base?"

Cheyenne Mountain Base, a permanent military base that has been in operation since the old days, is the core of the North American Union Army. Its personnel are undoubtedly among the most elite. In other words, it's impossible for Eli to continue piloting this riot control GM in combat.

"Elizabeth, please retreat. Leave the stabilization of the front line to us." Kobayashi's voice rang out in the channel, followed by three Rem units arriving at Eli's side from the street behind. Eli noticed that the Rem serving as the leader's unit had an additional monitor installed under its mask, clearly a specialized unit with enhanced sensor detection range.

Eli didn't try to be brave. After the Rem had set up their positions, he piloted the riot control Jim into walking mode and headed back.

"What is the current situation of the battle?"

After Eli set up the machine's automatic program, he contacted Kobayashi.

"The newly reinforced Titans forces were blocked by Garuda missiles outside the city, but no real damage was caused. The Garuda-class missiles are consumed very quickly, and after this batch is used up, it will be impossible to maintain the suppression."

"Yes, we can let them in to fight if necessary."

Eli spoke, looking at the people displayed on the screen. This was Washington, D.C., and even though it was no longer the capital, it remained one of the most densely populated cities. Although the police had been arranging for people to leave the city since the fighting began, there were still many people fleeing in front of Eli. Perhaps they had no vehicles and had missed public transportation, or perhaps they had lingered too long packing their belongings at home.

Of course, some also took advantage of the chaos to loot and plunder everywhere.

Without exception, everyone who saw Eli's riot control GM felt genuine fear and would hide in the nearest building, casting their gazes from all directions at the wrecked riot control GM.

"Inform the Titans and the civilians in the city to open the bridges and roads to the north for evacuation."

“Well, it’s already being done.”

Kobayashi's voice reassured Eli considerably. Although Eli did not actively provoke the fighting in the Washington area, it is undeniable that his arrival itself contributed to the outbreak of the battle.

Suddenly, a Rem riding an SFS flew overhead. It was a model with a long-range beam rifle. After reaching the designated area, it raised its gun and fired at an Ashima that was diving down from the sky. It burned through the Ashima's armor and turned it into a cloud of fire in the sky.

Cheyenne Mountain Base, as a high-level base, is equipped with the most advanced mobile suits. The main force of the mobile suit unit is composed of Zek-Ziva, with air power from Yashima, as well as Byarlan, which Eli had previously faced. There are even development models of the Guncannon in the rear to maintain firepower. Compared to Rem, which seeks to adapt to different battlefields through equipment changes, it relies more on system-based warfare.

However, correspondingly, once they form a systematic combat system, the combat power they unleash is by no means weak.

The buildings in the southwest of the city have been reduced to ruins due to the fighting between the two sides, and the battle has become a tug-of-war around these ruins.

At this time, the Garuda-class's control of the air was gradually declining. The newly arrived Ashima constantly harassed the Garuda-class, especially targeting its scramjet engines, in an attempt to crash this massive airborne carrier.

The Rem squadron, acting as escort, seemed somewhat outmatched when facing the air-combat-specialized Yashima. Fortunately, the situation on the ground was still favorable to Karaba. However, Eli knew that Grin Wyatt could not stand idly by and watch the Federal Parliament actually finalize the vote of no confidence at this critical moment.

A new enemy is coming soon...

"News has come from the lunar surface—Silver Thunder has been deployed! Its target is Earth!"

Silver Thunder is equipped with the Minovsky flight system. (End of Chapter)