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

Chapter 21 Give the Zeon People a Little Earth Shock!

"Bayonets, attack, attack!"

After Macharius's pincer attack was closed, the Federal Army's infantry poured into the Zeon Army's position like a tide, followed by the sound of rifle fire one after another.

The Federation Army cadets, formed into battle formations, cleared the entire Zeon Army position in a short time. In fact, they just rushed into the trenches and fired at targets in various positions.

Finally, the red flag flying in the center of the position was taken down and the blue flag was raised high, indicating that the position had completely changed hands.

At this time, the federal army cadets finally had a short break.

You have to know that they had not slept all night and had not eaten breakfast. Although they got off the car after arriving at the attack area, there were still several thousand meters from the attack area to the Zeon position. It was not easy to sprint long distances while carrying combat equipment.

So, after the order was given, all the students except the sentry sat down on the ground without any hesitation.

"Get up, get up, and find a dry place to sit!"

As the infantry commander, John naturally could not rest at this time. He had to arrange his subordinates and discuss with the appointed non-commissioned officers about restoring the position defense.

At this time, he couldn't help but want to scold the directorate. They should have had an air-cushion truck equipped with the Queen's heavy anti-tank missiles, but the directorate wouldn't let them move it. Otherwise, with that thing, they would be much easier in both attack and defense.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

"It's okay, better than you guys! At least we don't have to get wet in the rain!"

John, covered in mud, had just finished the task at hand when he heard the roar of a tank. He looked up and saw the colorful Red Dragon No. 1, which was covered in green juice from leaves and mud, driving into the temporary camp.

"Want some cookies?"

"You'd better put away your rations! Try ours!"

"I chose the wrong major!"

John looked at the big bag of rations thrown to him by the other party, and without hesitation, he took out the candy inside and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It's too late to regret now!"

"Yeah, after the exercises and back to Earth, I have to report to the combat unit!"

"Which unit?"

"44th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Europe!"

"Yeah! It's a pretty good unit! But when we have to leave for Odessa, we have to be careful!"

"what?"

John was puzzled, but when he saw Macharius turned around and started installing a awning on the tank, he didn't ask the reason.

After a simple meal, the Federation Army cadets, having regained a lot of strength, immediately began to repair the defensive positions. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Zeon Army, most of the defensive positions they built were not damaged. The soldiers only needed to make some minor repairs before they could move in. However, the outer barbed wire and minefields were not so good.

The supplies carried by the federal army contained a lot of barbed wire, but very few mines, not even enough to fill the gaps in the roads they had blasted open.

"How about we just block one place?"

"What if the other party tries other passages?"

"If I had known earlier that we would have taken a smaller path when we attacked!"

"Isn't this your fault? You guys were the ones having the most fun fighting when using detonating cord!"

"You're useless!"

"Well, I have a question!"

During the battle meeting, Macharius, who was sitting on a tank, asked, "You haven't finished your combat rations yet!"

"No, are you hungry?"

Several infantry officers immediately offered tribute to the armored soldier.

"No, isn't this thing also made of iron?"

Macharius grabbed a can of pineapple pork and shook it, then said.

"Yeah, this is just a drill anyway, there's no rule that this thing has to be a mine!"

Someone patted his head as if he suddenly realized something, and was about to collect cans to bury them, but was stopped by John again.

"You're just going to bury these cans?"

"yes?"

"Open it and eat it. Don't waste food!"

So, the generals in the directorate saw that the federal army cadets were having a meeting, but suddenly they started having a dinner together, and this time it was mandatory.

The infantrymen were forced by the non-commissioned officers to eat all kinds of canned food as quickly as possible. Then, these cans were collected and buried outside the position together with the mines.

"What does this mean? Burying the cans as mines?"

"No, it's not about burying cans as landmines; it's about burying landmines!"

"But wait, I get it!"

Dozlu suddenly realized that it didn't matter whether it was a mine or not. What mattered was that they had buried suspected mines, so the attacking party had to be careful!
"Oops!"

Dozle reacted and then thought of another thing. The mines he buried on the flank of the position were still there. The federal army did not trigger these mines, so now, the trap that hindered the federal army has become a barrier to protect them.

For a moment, Dozle really wanted to send someone to inform his brother, but he finally chose to keep quiet. Only by suffering losses in exercises can people learn from their mistakes. He can protect his brother for a while, but not forever!
While the Federation Army was urgently deploying its defenses, the Zeon cadets had also assembled.

"It seems that the plan of the people above has failed!"

Char, who also stayed awake all night, checked the time. Less than two hours had passed from the end of the exercise to the time they began to assemble.

According to the plan, they could have waited until noon, when the heavy rain would stop and the light would be brighter, more suitable for artillery operations.

"Brother Dozle underestimated the enemy!"

Kalmazabi’s years in the military academy were not wasted, and it was easy for him to conclude that the plan had failed.

"Don't be nervous. There's nothing to be afraid of with the Federation Army. They have fewer people than us, no firepower support, and aren't even familiar with the geographical environment. If they were able to capture the position so quickly, we'll definitely be even faster!"

Char could see that the young master was actually still very nervous. Although his breathing seemed calm, his trembling hands betrayed him.

"You'll help me, right, Char?"

"Of course I will, Karma. You are our leader. If I don't help you, who else can I help?"

Afterwards, the huge convoy belonging to the Zeon Military Academy quickly drove out of the campus and entered the training ground. Although they were slightly prepared, the emergency dispatch still caused many accidents to occur on the road. The most serious one was that a wheeled armored vehicle skidded and drove into the pond. Karma had to leave a team of people and several armored vehicles to tow out the armored vehicle with half of its front end stuck in the pond.

"Damn it, how did those federal soldiers do it!"

Looking at another truck in front of him that had to be pushed by infantrymen because of skidding, Kalma, who was sitting in the cab, suddenly began to panic again.

(End of this chapter)