Why would I join the army if I can’t drive a Gundam!

Chapter 100 The Insurmountable Wall
Rebil, who was forcibly lifted up by the guards, wanted to struggle, but the guards did not give him any chance. Four people lifted him up directly, and then, under the watchful eyes of other personnel on the bridge, sent Rebil to the lifeboat.

"Eagle, Commander, I leave your command to you! We will cover your retreat!"

"understand……"

On the Magellan battleship next to the flagship, the captain's eyes were red. He choked for a moment, then raised his right hand towards the chief of staff on the screen.

"salute!"

"Major Macharius, you can retreat now and protect the Commander!"

"I can still fight, Chief of Staff. Please move the rest of the crew!"

"My child, I am an old man from the old times. There is no place for me on the ship of the New World. Excellent pilots like you must survive. The future of the Federation depends on young people like you!"

Watching the escape ship slowly ignite and start to separate from the Anankai bit by bit, Macharius could only obey orders. He took out his beam rifle, aimed at the rice furnace position of the Zaku wreckage in front of him and pulled the trigger, causing a chain reaction explosion. Using the light produced by the explosion as cover, he quickly escaped from the entanglement of the Zeon mobile suits.

As he approached the Eagle battleship nearby, he happened to see a Zaku with a familiar marking flying out from behind the Anankai.

"Char!"

"Macarius?"

Char hadn't expected that he would meet Macharius here again, especially since his Zaku was carrying a bazooka.

"Lend me your tube, young master of the Deacon family!"

Macharius raised his beam rifle and spoke politely over the short communication.

"No problem, but aren't you worried? The Federation is going to lose!"

"The Federation may lose, but the Zabi family will definitely not win. So, when are you ready to take over?"

"What do you mean?"

Xia frowned, feeling that the other party seemed to be plotting against him again!
"You'll know when the time comes!"

Macharius said with a smile.

Char threw his bazooka over, and then handed over a magazine of nuclear warheads.

"Don't tell me you want to blow up Dozle's flagship!"

"It depends. Oh, by the way, Char, let me warn you, that old woman Kycilia has always been after your body!"

Macharius shook the muzzle of his gun, signaling the other party to leave.

"Oh, by the way, I left a surprise for you at Side7!"

Seeing Char leave, Macharius did not forget to add a sentence.

"surprise?"

Char wanted to ask what it was, but saw that the latter had disappeared.

The nuclear bomb tube extorted from Char naturally cannot be used directly by the Gundam, because the fire control of the bazooka is incompatible with the Gundam system. This means that Macharius cannot aim directly with the body's fire control, and can only use the bazooka's sight to aim in a straight line.

Using it in this way will greatly reduce the accuracy and range of the tube. After all, a well-tempered body without any cheats can't compare to a casually made computer.

Carrying the barrel on his shoulder, Macharius pushed forward at full speed and soon caught up with Rebil's escape boat. Under the cover of the flagship's firepower, the escape boat did not attract much attention.

It was not until the escape ship passed the protection range of the Anankai that it was discovered by the besieging Zeon army in the distance.

Although they didn't know what was on the ship, the Zeon army swooped in like bloodthirsty flies.

“Thanks for the rocket!”

Macharius stood directly and rudely on the top deck of the spaceship, scaring everyone sitting inside.

"This kid, drive steadily, he's aiming!"

With such a stable platform to support him, Macharius fired all the rockets in the chamber in one breath. Just as the confused Zeon pilots rushed forward, several light explosions blocked their vision.

"That guy's using a nuclear bomb!"

"Avoid, bypass, bypass!"

Because they were scattered, Macharius' attack only blew up a dozen Zakus that were close to him, but this was enough to frighten the remaining Zeon pilots. Some Zeon pilots tried to retaliate with nuclear warheads, but were reprimanded by their commander.

"There might be an important person on that ship. You must capture him alive!"

"But the other party is a red dragon!"

"Won't you use up all his ammunition?"

The commander's words caused all the pilots to fall into silence.

"No, we are being suppressed by the Anankai's artillery fire and can't escape!"

The pilot who reacted quickly immediately shouted on the communication.

Then, more pilots began to roar, and some even cried out in pain, as if they were hit by shrapnel.

So, the Zeon commander could only watch as the escape ship, under the cover of Macharius, successfully approached Magellan in the distance and quickly completed the boarding.

"First Fleet, forward!"

After confirming that Rebil had successfully reached the Eagle, the First Fleet split up again. The small group consisting of the Eagle, two other Magellans in good condition, and six Salamis that were also not seriously damaged began to slow down. The remaining warships of the First Fleet formed a battle line formation, surrounded the paralyzed Anankai, and continued to exchange fire with the Zeon fleet.

The small team took this opportunity to use the countless debris on the battlefield to quickly turn around and begin evacuating towards Luna II.

"Stop them!"

"Stop them!"

The same order was shouted simultaneously by Dozle and the Chief of Staff, and the Zeon fleet and mobile suits immediately tried to split up, bypass the obstruction of the remnants of the First Fleet, and pursue the evacuating warships.

But then, the remaining warships of the First Fleet all changed direction and lined up horizontally, like a wall blocking the Zeon army.

Immediately afterwards, the hoarse voice of the chief of staff was heard in the communication channel, and he was humming the military song of the Space Force softly.

Then, more and more harmonies sounded, finally converging into a big chorus.

The chorus was accompanied by bright beams of light, missiles with long smoke trails, and continuous flashes of light.

"Fire, fire! It doesn't matter if the barrel melts. We'll fire every round we can!"

The Anankai, which had been paralyzed and unable to move, had lost unified control. The gunners could only fight on their own at their gun positions. The continuous emission of compressed particle beams made the gun barrels turn red, but even so, the gunners did not stop, but continued to shoot.

Even as they fired, they strained their throats to follow the chorus on the channel in tuneless songs, until the barrels melted and the turrets were destroyed.

Afterwards, after conducting fourteen rounds of rapid fire and firing all of its anti-ship missiles, the Anankai destroyed a Chibei-class ship and damaged a Gwakin-class ship, and turned into a large piece of wreckage floating in space.

The desperate resistance of the remaining forces of the First Fleet successfully bought time for the Eagle to escape from the battlefield. At this moment, the Zeon mobile suits scattered in various corners of the battlefield were not large enough to stop the evacuating detachments. Even the traveling Salamis took the time to rescue thousands of space officers and soldiers who failed to escape from the battlefield in time.

"Sir, the First Fleet has been silenced!"

"I see!"

Rebil, sitting in the captain's seat, lowered his head and spoke in a sad tone.

Just as the squad was about to leave the battlefield, several bright green particle beams brushed past the Eagle's armor and flew into the distance.

"The enemy fleet is accelerating in pursuit!"

"Confirmed to be accompanied by two Gwakin-class ships!"

"We've eaten up the First Fleet, and you still don't think it's enough!"

The captain of the Eagle looked at the aggressive Zeon fleet behind him and immediately connected the communication.

"Draken, Speed..."

Before the captain could finish his words, the two Magellan-class ships had already begun to turn.

"Commander, it is an honor to serve under you. Please cheer up and take care of yourself!"

Afterwards, the crews of the two Magellans, under the command of the captain, launched a counterattack towards the Zeon fleet behind them with a fearless attitude.

The dense firepower of the Zeon army instantly overwhelmed the Magellan's counterattack, but the two Magellans did not hesitate at all. The armor was torn, the turrets were melted, and the bridges were penetrated, but nothing could stop their charge.

The first Magellan-class ship was already badly damaged halfway through the charge, and there was no intact armor left on the hull, because the armor melted by the particle beam melted and flowed out, then solidified into particles in space. Until finally, the battleship could no longer move forward, and the engine completely lost energy supply and stopped.

The second Magellan, with the cover of friendly forces, forcibly approached the Zeon fleet, and finally, launched a death charge directly towards Gwakin.

"Fire, fire, destroy him, destroy him!"

Captain Gwakin roared, and at the same time looked in despair at the wreckage of the battleship, which was almost turned into a wreck, coming towards him under the propulsion of the engine, until another round of salvos from the battleship came, and the Magellan finally exploded only a few hundred meters away from Gwakin.

The captain finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the massive warship beneath him get dented and dented by the flying debris from the explosion. But then, he felt a deep sense of shame, as this flawless warship had been ravaged by such a blow at the very moment of victory.

"Chase, keep chasing. Even if they try to escape to Earth, I will catch up and kill them!"

"Draken, Speedy are damaged, and the enemy ships are still pursuing us!"

The combat center soon saw the Zeon fleet following behind them. It was obvious that the latter was determined to kill them all.

"Sir, please transfer to the Aurora!"

The captain of the Eagle calculated the distance. At this moment, if his ship could buy the fleet another thirty minutes, then the Salamis, which was full of wounded and stranded sailors, could successfully evacuate the danger zone.

"Then there's no need for me to..."

Before Rebil could finish his words, a shadow suddenly passed by the bridge window.

"Sir, the Gundam is leaving the fleet, heading towards the enemy's main force!"

"Call this bastard back to me!"

Rebil roared angrily.

"Sir, the other party refuses to respond!"

"Macharius, you little bastard, return home!"

Rebil then took over the communication and roared into the channel.

"It's not my turn for you to cover me yet, come back here immediately!"

But Gundam had already left him far behind.

"Gwakin, Gwakin, where is Gwakin's weakness?"

Macharius counted his remaining ammunition. There were three rounds left in his beam rifle, one magazine left in his YF100, and four nuclear bombs provided by Char. This firepower was obviously not enough to destroy Gwakin!
"If only there were a Magnum!"

Macharius couldn't help but sigh. Currently, the beam weapons used by mobile suits were limited by the power supply and they really couldn't compete with battleships.

Then, the targets he can attack are very limited!

"That's really frustrating. We can only attack the bridge!"

The Gwakin class also has the ability to carry external fuel tanks, but these tanks will be discarded during combat. It is obviously unlikely that Macharius will be able to replicate his previous achievement of sinking the Chibe class.

"Sir, a high-speed target has been detected and is approaching our ship!"

"Is it a missile?"

"No, this speed is slower than a missile. It's a mobile suit!"

"Oh, a mobile suit? Is it here to surrender to our army?"

The captain of Gwakin laughed heartily, evidently finding his own sense of humour quite amusing.

But then, the image captured by the optical lens appeared on the bridge.

Looking at Macharius charging towards them with a Zeon bazooka in hand, a Zeon crew member asked curiously.

"That guy doesn't look like he's here to surrender, does he?"

"Open fire on all ships, kill him!"

Then, it seemed to Macharius that day had come!

The firepower of a single Gwakin-class ship was extremely fierce. More than a dozen mega particle cannons serving as secondary guns overwhelmed his vision, causing a danger warning to light up in Macharius' mind.

At this moment, he could only immerse himself wholeheartedly in the enhanced perception that surpassed that of humans, and then control his body to avoid the incoming artillery fire.

Because of the power of the particle beam, even a body that was touched would be damaged by the residual heat. Macharius's body was very careful, but one of his legs was still affected. Then, without any warning, it melted into ashes.

"The legs are just for decoration, it doesn't matter!"

Although he said so, Macharius was still more careful, but it was still impossible to avoid it completely. Then, most of the shield he was holding in front of him melted, and even the shape of the shield changed from a prismatic to a round shape.

At this moment, he was still one-third of the way into the range!

"Hahaha, boy, you're very brave!"

"Lieutenant Colonel Best?"

Just as Macharius gritted his teeth and continued to move forward, suddenly, a slightly arrogant laugh was heard over the communication.

"I'm here to help you!"

A Swordfish fighter plane covered in ashes and the smell of fireworks rushed down from above Gwakin alone. Half of the fighter plane's wing had disappeared, and even the glass was covered with cracks.

Obviously, this fighter plane also experienced extremely brutal battles.

Lieutenant Colonel McClusky Best gritted his teeth, his bloodshot eyes wide open, staring at the increasingly large artillery position in front of him without even blinking.

"This is for the VT-8 squadron!"

The Swordfish fired its last salvo of missiles, accurately hitting the top of the Gwakin's No. 2 main turret. The explosion instantly tore through the turret's top armor, killing the crew members inside. At the same time, it also cut off the particle cannon's energy storage pipeline, causing a small-scale secondary explosion.

Then, the lieutenant colonel's fighter turned and turned to the front half of the battleship, rushing towards Gwakin's command bridge.

The 25mm machine gun opened fire, and a rain of bullets bombarded the portholes, quickly creating cracks on them.

But even after running out of ammunition, the lieutenant colonel still failed to destroy the portholes of the bridge.

"A good pilot always has one more shell than others!"

The lieutenant colonel suddenly remembered what an old instructor said when he was training on Earth.

Then he pushed the engine to full power, aimed at the porthole, and crashed into it.

At this moment, the lieutenant colonel could even see the terrified expressions on the faces of the Zeon soldiers who were trying to run away in fear through the porthole.

"So, you guys are afraid too!"

Then, a fleeting flash of fire lit up on Gwakin's bridge.

The Swordfish's attack disrupted Gwakin's firepower dispatch, giving Macharius a chance to finally catch his breath. At this moment, his body was in a mess, with one leg missing and his outer armor showing signs of melting to varying degrees. Even the V-shaped antenna on his head was gone, leaving only his round head.

But that's enough!
The Gundam quickly crawled out from under the line of fire, and then raised the bazooka.

The first nuclear warhead accurately hit Gwakin's No. 1 turret. After the explosion, a gap was blown there, and the two gun barrels outside the turret also showed varying degrees of bending.

Then, Macharius aimed at the gap again and fired a shot. The next second, the No. 1 turret was blown up like a fluffy bread, and then the armor on the bow of the battleship was cracked.

Macharius's attack directly caused all the pipelines under the No. 1 turret to explode. The huge explosion instantly tore through the external armor, leaving a shocking scar on the hull.

Just as Macharius was about to fire the third shot, a volley of shells suddenly came from the side. It was a Zaku 1, and judging from the pilot's operation, it was obvious that he was not very skilled.

Macharius controlled the mobile suit to do a backflip, released the bazooka, pulled out the beam rifle, and killed it in an instant. Then, the second mobile suit appeared.

The Zeon pilot was so nervous that he ignored the radar warning and used visual means to search for the target, but at this moment, Macharius was already above his head.

The beam rifle penetrated the Zaku directly from top to bottom. As the wreckage of the opponent floated away, Macharius saw the hangar exit on the hull.

At this moment, the third Zaku was being operated by a temporary guest pilot, moving crookedly towards the exit. He was halfway there when he saw an unfamiliar mobile suit at the exit. The other party's body was ugly, like a melted candy man.

Before the Zeon pilot could react, the last beam pierced through his body and then shot into the hangar.

The particle beam instantly detonated the supplies stored in the hangar and killed dozens of crew members instantly.

Then, Macharius threw away the beam rifle that had run out of ammunition, raised the bazooka, and fired two rounds in a row!
The two nuclear bombs achieved the most perfect killing effect in the closed environment of the hangar. The explosion instantly tore through the internal bulkhead, which was not very strong to begin with, and continued to spread outward until it reached the energy depot at the front.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Macharius and the Zeon fleet behind, this Gwakin-class battleship blossomed!

Just like a flower bud about to bloom, the front end of Gwakin expanded, then tore apart, and finally exploded with a loud bang.

The Zeon officers and soldiers who watched all this were stunned. They never imagined that the Gwakin-class, which was hailed as a national treasure, would have such a tragic scene.

"Stop moving forward!"

Looking at the Gwakin with half of its hull cracked, Dozle collapsed weakly in his seat and sighed.

"The battle is over!"

Afterwards, the Zeon fleet gave up chasing the retreating Federation fleet and returned to the Side 5 space where no living creatures existed. Everywhere they looked, there was endless wreckage, battleships, satellites, mobile suits, and even countless corpses floating quietly in space.

"Everyone, salute the dead!"

(End of this chapter)