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

Chapter 120 The Cool Old Lady

"Macarius, you plotted against me!"

Feeling the strong threat of death from behind, Char controlled the Zaku Commander to roll forward without thinking. The next second, the armor-piercing shells from the 100mm cannon fell on his previous position.

"He's changed his weapon. He's a veteran!"

Char heard gunshots behind him. Obviously, the Gundam pilot was no rookie. He knew how to switch weapons flexibly to deal with different situations. Just now, on the side of the mountain, there was a barrier blocking the way, so the other party could use beam weapons with confidence. But now, when he was about to enter the city, the other party switched to live ammunition weapons with less collateral damage.

"But I'm not bad either!"

Char seized the opportunity and hid behind the building, then turned around and fired. However, when he pulled the trigger, he found that the opponent's pilot was actually keeping his shield to protect himself.

Most of his 120mm shells were blocked by the enemy's shield.

"Shameless guy, no wonder Brother Krini called you a shameless lolita con!"

Seeing that the other party was about to run away again, Amuro immediately started to mock him in the public channel.

"Ok?"

"Lolicon?"

Char was also surprised when he heard Amuro's voice. He didn't expect that another talented young pilot would appear. Then, after hearing the lolita's words, Char became quite annoyed.

"What do you, a kid whose hair hasn't even fully grown, know?"

Commander Zaku turned and pounced on the Gundam, the heat axe in his hand emitting a dazzling scorching light.

"Understand your perverted habits? Krini is right. You Zeon people have lost the good nature of humanity!"

Amuro controlled the Gundam and swung his beam saber to block Char's heat axe, then raised the shield in his left hand and slapped the Zaku Commander's head monitor.

Char reacted quickly, punching the shield, then took a step back and slashed again. Amuro also blocked skillfully and drew his sword.

The two men slashed at each other several times, but neither could do anything to the other.

And Amuro was still chattering away.

"You also participated in the attack on the colony, right? Did you enjoy killing those people?"

"This is war, I have no choice!"

"What a grand excuse, a grown-up like you. I'm going to correct you!"

Amuro rushed out again, firing the Vulcan cannon on his head to suppress the Zaku commander, while at the same time he stabbed Char's cockpit with the beam saber in his hand diagonally. When Char blocked it, Amuro's left fist suddenly hit the opponent's axe joint.

Char was caught off guard and his arm was deformed by the punch. He could only kick out fiercely, kicking Amuro back, and then used his intact left hand to drop two mobile suit grenades.

In order to protect the building behind him, Amuro could only raise his shield to resist. Char took this opportunity to control the machine to make a few big jumps and instantly disappeared from Amuro's sight.

Afterwards, Char went back into the passage he came from without looking back. He even took the initiative to break the radio silence and called Deren.

"Major Char, what are you doing?"

"Derren, retreat to the asteroid belt immediately, this is a trap!"

Char didn't bother to explain and simply gave the order.

"So are we going to attack the satellite, Major?"

"No, the defenders have a Gundam, it's already powered up, the rest of the team is dead, you're no match for him!"

Char didn't want to see his only means of transportation destroyed. If this Musai was blown up, his life would be in danger!

"There's a Gundam?"

Little did they know that after hearing about the Gundam's presence, Lieutenant Dren lost all courage to continue fighting. During the Battle of Loum, he served on a Papua-class supply ship and had witnessed firsthand how the Gundam fought.

As soon as Char jumped out of the colony satellite, Amuro followed him out. Looking at his limited propellant, Amuro finally chose not to continue chasing him. Instead, he picked up the super bazooka behind him, which already had a rocket in it. Then, Amuro fired it at Char.

"Are all the Federation Army's young pilots monsters?"

Seeing his machine damaged again and even the alarm sounding, Char felt that this world was too unreasonable. He had previously met the equally young True Red Lightning Johnny Ridden on Luna II, but now, an even younger pilot had appeared in the Federation, and this pilot had been fed many tricks by Macharius. He and him were evenly matched in the first battle.

So, Char, who was used to beating up kids, started to feel uncomfortable again.

"The battlefield of Luna II is still suitable for me!"

Controlling his smoking machine, Char flew into the asteroid belt without looking back. He was worried that the Gundam would chase him, but it seemed that the other party had made an emergency move and did not add too much propellant, which allowed him to retreat safely into the safe zone.

On the other side, Lieutenant Deren also successfully relied on the maneuverability of the battleship to shake off the pursuing Salamis. Then, he made a big circle and brought Char back to the battleship.

"Major, you..."

Looking at the Zaku Commander who was beaten so badly, Deren could only smile ugly.

"I'm fine, I just have to go back to Solomon first!"

Dozle had not expected that Char would act so quickly. It took less than ten days from his departure to his return.

However, as the communication was connected, Dozle's smile froze on his face.

"Nani, is the information wrong?"

When Dozle learned that there was another Gundam in Side 7 and that there was an active young pilot, his tall figure suddenly hunched over.

"How could this be?"

Dozle knew that there was really no hope for him to turn the situation around!

He was still hoping that Char would bring good news, but in the end, he failed. On the contrary, on Kycilia's side, because there was an insider lurking in the Federation Army headquarters, the preliminary preparations for the second landing operation went smoothly.

Moreover, on the second day after Char returned to Solomon Fortress, the second landing operation led by the Grenada Fleet began again.

The Zeon fleet first began to spread Minovsky particles in Asia and Europe. At the same time, based on the intelligence provided by the traitor, it avoided the reconnaissance area of ​​the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and then deployed heavy troops to a series of Pacific naval bases of the North American Federation Army in one go.

With the support of the heavy industry of the lunar city of Grenada, the Zeon army troops launching the second offensive operation have replaced a considerable number of land combat Zakus. Even the Tigers participating in the operation have been replaced with YMS-07Bs, which are actually improved models without the annoying left-hand finger cannon.

"Why would the Zeon army attack here?" The newly appointed commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Navy did not expect that one day a steel giant would fall from the sky at his San Diego base.

You know, since the Pacific Fleet was completely wiped out in the Sydney Incident, these naval bases have basically become decorations. Although many sealed warships and retired sailors have been urgently recruited for a second time, the equipment is outdated and the personnel lack coordination, so the fleet's combat effectiveness can basically be said to be non-existent.

The naval headquarters was even forced to withdraw some warships from fleets in other regions before they could barely set up the framework.

And now, everyone is eagerly waiting for the new ship to be launched, but the Zeon people suddenly appear like gods descending from the sky.

The commander of the Pacific Fleet could only ask for help while assembling as many troops as possible to intercept.

The old warships anchored in the port could only fire into the sky in vain, but under the strong interference, the interception effect was greatly reduced. Of the more than 200 HLVs deployed by the Zeon army in the first batch, less than 20 were destroyed in the air.

Then, those HLVs that could not be destroyed simply crashed into various corners of the base.

Immediately afterwards, the hatch opened wide, and the brand new Land Combat Zaku rushed out with a 120 machine gun held high in its hand.

"Open fire, open fire, destroy all movable targets, we don't want any prisoners!"

Amid the roar of gunfire, one Federation warship after another was destroyed by Zaku's rocket launchers before they could even set sail, and the ground forces defending the base were defeated at the first touch.

The only ones who could organize an effective counterattack were the Pacific Fleet's only remaining naval jimmy units.

These mobile suits designed specifically for underwater combat never expected that their first battle would be on land.

"Damn Zeon bastards!"

The commander of the Water Jim was filled with rage as he watched the Zeon army wreaking havoc in every corner of the base. They huddled in the harbor, cooperating with the warships that were not attacked, and barely blocked the Zeon attack.

But it was just barely resisting!

The Zeon army's surprise attack directly disrupted the command system of the Pacific Fleet, forcing all combat forces into a dire situation of dispersed operations. The fleet commander did not even have time to destroy the headquarters' confidential documents before he was carried to the dock by his subordinates, because an HLV had landed outside the headquarters building, and then a land combat Zaku carrying a bazooka emerged from it.

Looking at the building that was close at hand and the Federation flag fluttering on the building, Land Combat Zaku pulled the trigger without any hesitation.

The next second, a huge bullet hole was blown out of the headquarters building, and countless documents, bricks, and even human tissue were blown everywhere.

Looking at the building that had collapsed for more than half, the fleet commander was in tears, because he was probably going to become the fleet commander with the shortest term in the history of the Federation.

After just over an hour of fighting, more than seventy percent of the San Diego base fell under the control of the Zeon Army's 3rd Division. Although there were occasional fierce gunfire exchanges in these areas, for the divided and surrounded Federation Navy forces, death was only a matter of time.

However, many naval forces broke out of the encirclement and arrived at the port. At this moment, most of the remaining warships of the Pacific Fleet had completed their launch and were leaving the port little by little. The gun ports on the warships were still firing continuously at the shore. As long as they kept their distance, the firepower carried by these remaining fleets was enough to inflict heavy damage to the enemy on the shore!
Of course, the premise of all this is that the ocean is really safe!

"Sir, sonar reports an unidentified object approaching in the sea. It's suspected to be a submarine, but it's moving very fast!"

On a destroyer at the front, the captain who was commanding the attack immediately received such a message.

"In the water? Those Zeon bastards even built a high-speed submarine?"

Before the captain could utter the anti-submarine combat order, the shrill alarm sounded again.

"Torpedo spotted on the port side, 5000 meters away, approaching at high speed!"

The attack was launched by the Zeon Navy's MSM-03 Battle Crab. These monsters, specially designed for underwater combat and shooting, were a surprise prepared by Kycilia for the Federation Fleet. They were dropped to the seaside by HLV and then directly entered the sea, preparing to attack the Federation Fleet from the front and back with friendly forces on the shore.

These behemoths, nicknamed war crabs, do not move very fast on land, but they can move at a speed of 75 knots in the sea. After arriving at the sea off the base, these underwater machines could not wait to fire the torpedoes they carried at the Federation warships.

The federal fleet was caught off guard and soon some of its warships were hit by torpedoes. The waves caused by the explosion were even as high as a hundred meters. The warships that were hit were in a very miserable state. Some ships were directly blown into two pieces and then quickly sank into the sea.

"Haha, brothers, it's time to make achievements!"

The commander of the War Crab looked at the chaotic federal fleet and rushed forward without hesitation in his machine.

In addition to torpedoes, the battle crab also has fighting claws and a diffusion mega particle cannon on its abdomen, which can be used to destroy the underwater parts of Federation warships with ease.

A war crab looked at the federal battleship in front of it, and immediately raised its fighting claws with a lewd smile. The next second, the battleship's armor was pierced through by the fighting claws like tofu.

Then, the pilot of the battle crab activated the particle cannon on its belly. A thin beam of light shot out from underwater and cut through the armor of the battleship in front of it bit by bit.

"Send out the Water Jim!"

After the outer battleships were attacked by Zeon underwater mobile suits, the Federation's underwater mobile suits immediately jumped off the battleships, and then they fought with the war crabs.

Although these Hydro-GMs lack particle cannons, they do have harpoon guns and ten-barrel missile launchers for underwater combat, as well as beam pickaxes as a close-range supplement.

Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the fighting between the two sides was extremely brutal.

A Battle Crab was determined to kill a cruiser, and then its body was hit by a Water GM with a harpoon gun. The pilot of the Water GM pulled the harpoon, moved his body towards the other party, and then raised the beam pickaxe to pierce the Battle Crab from the back.

But the next second, the fighting claws of another war crab pierced the head of the Water Jim fiercely. At the same time, the particle cannon of the war crab was also charged. Then, the Water Jim and the cruiser on the sea surface exploded with huge waves.

Although both are mobile suits for naval warfare, the Water GM still has many shortcomings compared to the specially designed Battle Crab. Coupled with the lack of combat experience of the pilots, the battle exchanges between the two sides are very ugly, and it often takes the loss of three or four Water GMs to destroy a Battle Crab.

In a short while, a large amount of oil and spare parts surged on the sea surface near the retreating Federal Fleet, most of which were from Water Jim. The high speed of the War Crabs allowed them to easily avoid the long-range attacks of Water Jim.

However, facing the fighting claws and particle cannons of the battle crab, Water Jim had no countermeasures and could only grit his teeth and fight for his life.

After fighting hard for nearly an hour, the Pacific Fleet finally broke out of the encirclement of the battle crabs, but there were only a few warships left. Even the only remaining Himalayan-class aircraft carrier, code-named General Anderson, was beaten to pieces and was now dragging a long smoke trail as it struggled across the sea.

It was riddled with several holes by the Zeon mobile suits, and a large section of its upper deck was blown away by the beam cannon. At this moment, the aircraft carrier had even tilted more than ten degrees, and part of the hull had even sunk into the water.

However, thanks to the efforts of the damage control team, the water ingress into the battleship was curbed. As long as it takes a little more time, the flooded area can be completely filled.

But even after it was filled, the ship was left alone, the Water GM troops it carried were almost wiped out, and the few Swordfish fighters in the cabin were turned into scrap metal by beam cannons.

If the ship had not carried much ammunition and fuel, it would have sunk near the base due to a secondary explosion.

While the Federation fleet was fleeing like a lost dog, the returning war crabs were welcomed by the Zeon army at the San Diego naval base. These aquatic forces, which had cost a lot of money, successfully won a great victory, proving the long-term vision of their developers.

As the Federation Army's crescent-shaped flag and the Federation flag slowly fell to the ground under the scorching flames, a brand new Zeon flag was immediately planted on the ruins of the base building by a Zaku Commander.

Then, the victory report flew to the Zeon headquarters and into Dekin's palace.

"Our army has captured the Federal Army's California base and is now rapidly expanding its victory!"

(End of this chapter)