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

Chapter 121 Shout my name loudly!

After the 3rd Division successfully occupied a series of bases on the west coast and successfully opened up landing points, subsequent reinforcements from Grenada also began to land.

A part of the 7th Division stationed on the moon, plus a large number of engineering equipment and technical personnel, arrived on Earth quickly under the command of Mark Bay. This group of troops arrived on Earth as Zeon's resource mining force.

The distance from Side 3 to Earth is too far. Even with the important lunar city of Grenada as a supplement, it is still difficult to meet the daily consumption of the three armies that have landed on Earth.

Although the number of Zeon troops that landed on Earth was not large, less than 200,000 people, in order to ensure the daily needs of these personnel, the Zeon army had already mobilized almost all of its logistical capacity.

In particular, the European Front, which was intending to storm Odessa, was forced to launch an attack on the Volga River defense line of the federal army in the absence of artillery shells and fuel in order to cooperate with the operations of the 3rd Division.

The result is naturally a bloody head.

Although the Third Army, which had reorganized its defenses, failed to surpass the Zeon Army in the number of mobile suits, the artillery support behind it was several times that of the Zeon Army. Under the overwhelming artillery suppression, it lost thousands of people and hundreds of technical equipment within a day.

The areas occupied by the Zeon army actually have no shortage of factories and resources. Especially after occupying California, the local grain-producing areas also fell under their control. Therefore, as long as the local resources can be integrated well, the logistical pressure on the mainland can be greatly reduced.

"Earth, I miss it so much!"

When his feet stepped on the solid ground again, Major General Mark Bay couldn't help but greedily inhale the salty and humid sea breeze.

Behind him stood a group of officers wearing the distinctive uniforms of the President's Guard. These members of the President's Guard were also members of the resource mining force, but what they were going to mine were not minerals or food, but human resources in the areas occupied by the Zeon army.

According to Kycilia's battle plan, the Zeon army should quickly establish pro-Zeon government agencies in the occupied areas and maintain the operation of the war machine by cooperating with the local people.

But the great leader Gihren had no intention of adopting this policy at all, and implemented a cruel but highly effective repressive rule on the inhabitants of the Earth, which he mentioned in his so-called theory of the survival of superior human races in the universe.

Therefore, without waiting for the war situation to stabilize, the Führer's Guard could not wait to enter the Zeon-occupied area, intending to supervise the operation of the resource mining forces while establishing concentration camps to cleanse the local ethnic groups.

The efficiency of his actions also left Macabe dumbfounded. Before he had even sorted out the asset items in the occupied area, a concentration camp directly managed by the Führer's Guard had already been built outside Los Angeles.

Afterwards, a large number of members of the Führer's Guard began to blockade and clear each block one by one. Those adult white males would be put on shuttles and sent to Zeon's homeland to serve as slave laborers, while people of other skin colors would be thrown into concentration camps regardless of gender or age.

After being sent to the concentration camps, these people will be included in the resource collection force, led by members of the Living Dead Army composed of former Federation prisoners of war, space residents stranded in Zeon, and colonial commune personnel, to build various production facilities and mine production resources for the Zeon military.

The black uncles living in the area may not have thought that one day they would live the miserable life that their ancestors talked about, where they would be given 100 cigarettes as soon as they logged in.

While large-scale construction was in full swing in the rear, the Zeon troops in the vanguard were also not idle. Under the guidance of the Federal Army's defense intelligence provided by Lieutenant General Ireland, the troops of the Zeon 3rd Division were frantically attacking the interior of North America. On the fourth day of the operation, they had reached Salt Lake City.

"Die, die!"

Amid the pilot's roar, the heat axe in the hands of a Land Combat Zaku accurately split the chest of a GM.

Jim's body trembled and spewed out large amounts of sparks, then fell powerlessly onto the urban road behind him, and then crushed several ownerless cars.

Amid the beeping of the car alarm, the Land Combat Zaku drew out its axe and crashed into the building in front of it without hesitation.

On the other side of the building, two Federal GMs were blocking the intersection on the right with their YF100 machine guns in a defensive posture. An aggressive Zaku and two unlucky Majla tanks had fallen there.

At this moment, there was a Land Combat Zaku behind a building at the intersection, using a 120 machine gun to attract Jim's attention.

The two GMs that were fighting with the Zaku did not expect that a Zaku would suddenly rush out of the building in front of them. The second GM was knocked to the ground by the Zaku that rushed in. Then, the Zaku attacked the fallen GM frantically with its left fist and right axe.

Just as the first GM was about to turn around when it realized that its friendly forces were in trouble, the Zaku at the intersection rushed out, roaring with the 120 machine gun in its hand, and shot the first GM to death.

Before the two Zakus could complete the fusion, two GMs and a Type 61 appeared at the next intersection.

The two GMs quickly moved forward, firing their YF100 machine guns at full power, sending sparks flying from the two Zakus. But just as the Zakus were falling with smoke and the GMs they had destroyed, another Tiger appeared from nowhere behind the Type 61 tank, and the thermal sword in its hand pierced the tank cleanly.

When Jim turned around to attack, the Tiger jumped to another intersection and quickly escaped Jim's pursuit.

However, when this Tiger wanted to launch a sneak attack on the Federation Army Jim on another battlefield hundreds of meters away, three Queen wire-guided missiles flew out from a nearby high-rise building. The Tiger was caught off guard and was hit hard by these three missiles. It collapsed to the ground powerlessly and was then killed by Jim with a beam saber.

Although the federal army had gathered a division of ground forces in Salt Lake City and had nearly two hundred Jim tanks to assist, it was still retreating under the fierce attack of the Third Division.

In just half a day, half of the city had fallen, and it seemed only a matter of time before the remaining half fell.

"What did you say? West Valley was lost? Then hold on to Tallisville!"

"I don't want to hear the casualty figures. I only want Tallisville! A large number of civilians are still being evacuated from there. If they lose it, they're doomed. You need reinforcements. If you don't, you have to defend it to the last man and even the last mobile suit!"

On the high ground southeast of the city, Colonel Taylor, commander of the 4th Armored Division of the Federal Army and serving as the regional commander, roared angrily into the microphone.

His division was also an elite force under the North American Command, but it performed extremely poorly in the battle in the city. On the one hand, it was because the interference of rice grains seriously hindered the tactical coordination of the federal army, and on the other hand, it was because of the fleeing civilians on the main roads of the city.

During the battle, the Federation Army had to take civilians and buildings into consideration and did not dare to fight freely. However, the Zeon Army had no such concerns at all. Whether it was the mobile suits or the armored forces, they were completely unconcerned.

Countless civilians died under their artillery fire, and the Zeon pilots were accustomed to fighting on their own, which allowed them to freely move around the city and attack the Federation Army troops who had to defend the main roads.

Moreover, the Zeon commander deliberately instructed his troops to attack the Federation Army's defense line along with the civilians, which made the situation of the 4th Division even more precarious.

"How long will it take for our reinforcements to arrive?"

After giving orders to his troops, Colonel Taylor turned around and asked the staff officer beside him.

"We can't contact headquarters, but the 29th Division in the north did send us a regiment. We don't know when it will arrive, and they need to take a detour via Highway 84!"

"What about the 124th Brigade in the south?"

"They are also engaged in a fierce battle with the Zeon forces!"

"hateful!"

Commander Taylor could only pound his fist on the table in front of him to vent his anger.

He didn't understand why the Zeon army was able to cleverly break through the weak defense areas of the front defenders and even find many secret supply warehouses of the Federation Army to replenish their own consumption.

After all, being able to do this is no longer a simple leak.

But now, the colonel had no time to think about those things. He could only hope that his troops could hold off the enemy and buy time for the deployment of the Cheyenne Mountain base behind him. Just as the colonel was still thinking about where he could find some troops to supplement the urban defense line, he suddenly heard the whistling of large-caliber artillery shells piercing the air.

"boom!"

As the earth-shaking tremors struck, two huge columns of smoke rose from the direction of the city's main roads.

"What's going on? Is a battleship firing its main gun?"

"Sir, you have to read this!"

Along with the staff officer's scream, the high-altitude images taken by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft immediately appeared in front of Colonel Taylor.

On the main road of the city not far from the battle area between the two sides, a huge land battleship was seen moving at high speed. There were four huge jet engines on each side of the battleship, and under the battleship was a thick air cushion.

In front of the battleship, two twin turrets were constantly clearing out the remaining federal soldiers on both sides of the main road. The buildings where they lived were constantly collapsing under the artillery fire.

As for the bombardment that fell on the heads of the federal army, it came from the twin main gun turrets at the rear of the battleship.

This behemoth is none other than the Gallop-class land battleship developed by the Zeon army for land warfare. It is powered by a thermonuclear engine and its size of nearly fifty meters allows it to not only serve as a mobile firepower turret, but also accommodate several mobile suits and other ground vehicles.

At this moment, in order to completely destroy the 4th Division's defense line, the Zeon commander rarely sent out this behemoth.

Its first appearance wiped out a GM squad of the 4th Division and killed hundreds of fleeing civilians.

"Concentrate your firepower and stop it!"

"No, the artillery can't reach it!"

"What about the Air Force?"

"It'll take at least fifteen minutes!"

Upon hearing this, Colonel Taylor put on his helmet and picked up an M72 automatic rifle. After seeing his actions, other personnel in the division command headquarters followed suit and picked up their weapons to follow the colonel into the city to block the enemy.

At this moment, a call from friendly forces suddenly came over the radio.

"Calling nearby federal troops, this is the Red Dragon Tactical Battalion. We are entering from the 260 direction, please be aware of the situation!"

"Calling Red Dragon, this is the 4th Armored Division, I'm Colonel Taylor, the division commander. You've arrived just in time!

Colonel Taylor was also very happy when he heard this. He didn't expect that Gabro would send out this troop.

"Sir, we're about to enter the battlefield. Please release a smoke signal to indicate the landing area for our troops. Also, is there anything else that's too difficult to tackle?"

"Yes, Major. The Zeon army has deployed land battleships on the main roads of the city. They pose a great threat to our defenses. Can you find a way to remove them?"

"Land battleship?"

Upon hearing this, Macharius also took over the external camera of the Media transport plane, and then he saw the Gallup-class transport sweeping across the main road like a tornado destroying a parking lot.

"Leave it to me!"

Macharius then connected to Media's communications.

"Lieutenant Matilda, can you drop me directly into this area?"

"This is a war zone, Major!"

"I know, so, can you do it?"

The female lieutenant who served as the captain of Media looked at the smoke-filled battlefield, took a deep breath, and then answered decisively.

"No problem, leave it to me!"

"Thank you very much!"

Then, the Media transport plane where Macharius was suddenly lowered its altitude and began to dive towards the urban area of ​​Salt Lake City.

When entering the airspace above the city, the Zeon army's anti-aircraft artillery exploded around the transport plane, but with her speed and skillful flying skills, Lieutenant Matilda easily avoided the deadly fire net and approached the target area.

Then, the hatch of the Media transport plane opened, and Macharius controlled his Gundam to the door. When the red indicator light turned green, he operated the body and jumped.

"That is?"

The commander of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division on the Gallup class was also shocked when he saw the federal aircraft being dropped at low altitude. He did not expect that a pilot would be so bold as to jump on his face.

However, as the figure of the other party under the parachute became clearer and clearer, the brigade commander's mouth opened wide again.

"Red Dragon!"

"God damn it, move quickly and release the escort team!"

The brigade commander broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't expect that as soon as he appeared on the scene, he would provoke a big guy who he shouldn't have offended.

But how could Macharius in heaven let the other party escape?

Seeing that the distance was almost right, he simply cut the parachute and started the engine to full power.

Then, the Gundam rushed towards the Gallup class like a diving falcon.

"Now, it's time to shout out my name!"

Looking at the Zaku jumping off the battleship, Macharius raised the beam rifle in his hand with a grim smile.

(End of this chapter)