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

Chapter 23 We’ll clamp it too!

"Sir, I can still fight!"

Inside a Zeon wheeled armored vehicle that was covered in bruises from being blasted by marking bullets, the commander shouted in frustration.

"Idiot, you're already dead on the battlefield!"

The referee officer spoke sternly in the communication channel.

"Look at your chariot, now, withdraw from the battlefield!"

"Yes!"

The tank commander reluctantly ordered the driver to retreat. This exercise had nothing to do with them. After all, if it were really a war, even an iron rod fired by the 150mm tank gun would be enough to smash the car into scrap metal with its kinetic energy.

Although the five tanks covering them were destroyed almost at the same time, the Zeon trainees conducting fire reconnaissance had no intention of retreating. Under the leadership of their commander, they worked in groups of several people and continued to approach the Federation Army positions using the terrain.

At the same time as the tank was destroyed, the Zeon army's rear responded very quickly. The nine 120mm heavy self-propelled mortars lined up in a row took only a short time to determine the firing data. Then, several smoke bombs were fired in front of Macharius, blocking their vision. After the smoke exploded, the shells fired by the mortars were replaced with marking shells with light pink paint. Like the blue marking shells fired by the Type 61, these shells were also used to simulate live ammunition, and the paint in the shells was more abundant, so the splash range after the explosion was also larger.

"It's useless, just give up!"

Macharius heard the whistling of the cannonballs and gave the order.

"Yudin, the chariot moves forward, Red Dragon No. 4 evades!"

Then, Red Dragon No. 1 roared across the reverse slope and rushed into the smoke.

"The driving is up to you, Yudin!"

Macharius pushed open the door of the fighting compartment above his head, then pulled the M299 machine gun on the commander's machine gun position next to him. When the tank rushed out of the smoke, he pulled the trigger.

Blue marking bullets were fired at the advancing Zeon cadets. The unlucky ones at the front were hit first, and their already dirty uniforms became even uglier.

"Get down, get down!"

The Zeon commander did not expect the enemy to be so fierce. They rushed out from the reverse slope and fired at him. He loudly commanded his subordinates to find cover, but before he could shout a few words, he was targeted by Macharius.

"Da da da"

It was just a short burst of fire, and the commander fell to the ground screaming. Although the marking bullets could not kill people, they would really leave the skin blue and purple when they hit the body. After the commander fell to the ground screaming in pain, several people around him also "died in battle" with him!
An unconvinced Zeon sniper attempted to create a record of single-handedly killing a tank commander, but just as he aimed his gun at Macharius, the latter nimbly retreated into the tank and fired a marking bullet in his direction with the main gun the next second.

Then, the sniper and his beloved rifle all turned into Smurfs, and blue paint covered his body, leaving the unlucky guy in tears. Fortunately, he was also killed, so now he can sit on the ground and wipe the paint off his face bit by bit.

"Retreat, retreat!"

After suffering nearly one-third of casualties, the vanguard of the Zeon army immediately gave up advancing. They lay on the ground, using small hills or other places as cover, and then threw smoke bombs in front of them. After the smoke exploded, the soldiers picked up the "corpses" of the dead and brought them back to their own positions.

Macharius's Red Dragon II calmly released engine smoke amidst the mortar barrage, and then retreated behind the hillside.

"What's the damage?"

"Nine killed, seven seriously injured, we must withdraw from the exercise!"

Char glanced at the military police who were counting data, then answered Karma.

"That bastard!"

Char knew who Karma was talking about. The only one who dared to so brazenly navigate the artillery fire was Makarius Skrini. They had previously disbelieved the information contained in his profile, but now they were convinced he was capable of even more outrageous actions. "I just took another look at the enemy's situation. I think we can try a flanking attack!"

It wasn't for nothing that Char ranked first in the military academy. After the first fire reconnaissance failed, he quickly came up with his own response strategy.

"The enemy's position on the right is suitable for our armored formation to deploy, and it's also high ground. If we take it, we can command the enemy and provide calibration for the mortars!"

"As expected of you, Char. Well done!"

Karma was overjoyed and immediately picked up his helmet and prepared to go into battle himself.

"No, you stay here. Leave the roundabout stuff to me!"

"but……"

"A frontal attack is equally important, Karma. If we want to win, I must have you distract them from the front. Those four tanks must also be watched at all times!"

"alright, I got it!"

"First Company, pack up your gear, let's go!"

Afterwards, Char led a mechanized infantry company and began to detour to the right side of the position. On the way, he saw the tank marks left by Macharius.

"The enemy commander and I actually had the same idea?"

At this moment, Xia Ya suddenly felt a sense of mutual understanding. After all, everyone had the same ideas and wanted to go this way.

"Follow us, we will follow the marks!"

Char even decided to follow the enemy's attack route and defeat the enemy using the enemy's method. This was a great joy!

Then, he couldn't laugh anymore!

"One of your armored vehicles was damaged by a mine, and all personnel were killed!"

The referee's cold voice rang out mercilessly in the communication channel.

Then, Char saw that a tracked troop carrier leading the way in the front stopped and the infantry on the vehicle jumped out cursing.

"Putting mines here?"

"Could this also be part of his calculations?"

Char's eyes widened behind his sunglasses. He had never expected that his men would trigger mines on the tracks left by the enemy. Did the enemy commander even consider this?
"Everyone stop advancing, engineers clear the mines!"

Xia thought he had walked into a dense minefield, but he didn't expect that several engineers had carefully lined up for a long time and found nothing.

"There's only one mine on the road? It must have been an unintentional act by the other party!"

Comforting himself in this way, Char ordered the convoy to continue moving forward. But just after they had gone less than a kilometer, another anti-tank mine was triggered!
"They used long intervals to paralyze me. Sure enough, I'm still inexperienced! This is all due to my youthful mistakes, ruining the lives of innocent young people!"

After sighing helplessly, Char took off his helmet, looked at the map brought by his subordinates, and then gave an order.

"Everyone, abandon the trail and go left!"

(End of this chapter)