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

Chapter 25 The attack failed!

When the Zeon army was in chaos because of entering the minefield, Red Dragon No. 2 and No. 3 poked their big heads out from behind the hillside less than a thousand meters in front of them.

"This is Red Dragon Two, data transmission has been synchronized, you can open fire!"

As the ultimate trump card of the Earth Federation's ground vehicles, the Type 61 tank actually has quite a lot of interesting functions, such as satellite-guided precision strikes, or the ability to shoot and guide at the same time. It's a pity that the protagonist of this world is not a tank, but fortunately, at least for now, the era of mobile suits has not yet arrived. Red Dragon No. and No. opened the independent locking channel located above the turret, which is specially used to guide teammates' firepower strikes and will not conflict with the fire control system. In this way, Red Dragon No. can still fire freely when guiding the attack.

"I see. I can see the enemy too!"

Yudin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, knew as soon as he heard it that his boss had started to say his weird quotes again.

The fire control system of Red Dragon No. 150 completed the lock through guidance, and then a mm marking bomb flew out of the smoke and hit a Zeon infantry fighting vehicle.

"Anti-tank team! Target enemy tanks!"

Several Zeon infantry fire teams carrying shoulder-fired rocket launchers equipped with magazines struggled to cross the barbed wire and tried to attack Red Dragon No. 2, but they then found that several of them had stepped on mines. The soldiers who did not step on the mines finally rushed to the launch position, but machine gun bullets were fired in the smoke and pinned them to the ground.

Fortunately, after suffering heavy casualties, a bazooka operator took advantage of the opportunity created by his companion's sacrifice and finally fired anti-tank ammunition, but it only left a mark on the turret of Red Dragon II. The Zeon students could see for themselves that the attack had no effect at all without the referee even needing to see it.

But when he took careful aim and prepared to fire the second shot, Red Dragon No. 2 actually retreated.

He could only watch helplessly as the opponent left only a little bit of his scalp behind the hillside to guide his teammates' fire.

"This is awesome, just like that time in Siberia!"

Sitting in the battle room, Macharius couldn't stop grinning as he watched the fire control lock onto another Zeon vehicle that was providing cover for the infantry in front of the minefield.

"Yes, we got behind the Third Battalion and made them our target!"

"Infantry fighting vehicle, eleven o'clock, its turret is turning towards us!"

After the Zeon released the smoke, the driver Yudin seemed to become the most leisurely one. He no longer needed to bother moving the vehicle, he just needed to indicate the target to Macharius.

Then, the Zeon infantry fighting vehicle that had just randomly fired a few shells into the smoke was hit and had to withdraw from the exercise.

"Twelve o'clock, Zeon crawler transport, it looks like it's tangled in barbed wire and can't move!"

"See, destroyed!"

At this moment, Yudin's eyes were like the eyes of judgment of God. Whatever he saw, the next second, Macharius would shoot the spear of judgment, Kungunir, at it and destroy it.

Under the continuous attacks of the Federation tanks, the Zeon troops in front of the minefield were having a miserable time. They could only continuously release smoke to cover the engineers and clear the way.

After losing nearly one-fifth of their vehicles, the Zeon army's engineers finally managed to open several passages for the attacking forces through the messy minefield.

"Okay, charge forward and fight the federal army, and we will win!"

The SS commander was ecstatic upon hearing the news of the passage opening. At that moment, he transformed into a sprinter. With his weapon in hand, he was the first to rush forward, even leaving the infantry fighting vehicles behind.

"Lord Karma, this is the first victory I offer you!"

Then, he heard the long-lost sound of artillery fire!

During the previous sniper attack, Macharius had strictly limited the tank team's firing rate, requiring them to fire in single-barrel mode. This had the advantage of reducing barrel wear and tear and confusing the Zeon forces. However, once the Zeon forces opened the passage, this restriction was lifted.

The SS commander led several of his subordinates and rushed through the passage when two 150mm shells flew over his head.

When he turned around, he saw that the infantry fighting vehicle that had just driven out of the passage was hit. Although the driver tried his best to drive the car to the side and try to make way for his teammates behind him, the second tank that opened fire destroyed the teammate's car behind him again.

"The passage is blocked, back up, back up!"

"Red Dragon No. 3, No. 4, the rest is up to you!"

"Fire is underway!"

It was a standard head-and-tail attack tactic. All the vehicles in front and behind the Zeon troops passing through this channel were destroyed, and the remaining vehicles were stuck in the middle and unable to move.

"John!"

After attacking the Zeon forces in this passage, Macharius immediately called out to his allies on the radio, and he didn't even bother to call out their code names.

But John didn't care.

"Got it, leave it to us!"

Afterwards, the tank team turned to another gap, and the Zeon troops in this gap were handed over to the hungry infantry brothers.

"Fire!"

At the command, a large number of round heads that were almost the same color as the mud suddenly emerged from the originally empty trenches and bunkers. The federal infantrymen took great pains to hide themselves. They covered the cloth strips wrapped around their helmets with mud. From a distance, they looked no different from rotten grass balls in the swamp.

Then, the sounds of firing from the M299 machine guns, M76 automatic rifles, and Queen missile launchers became a magnificent chorus.

"Gap No. 1, the enemy can't advance!"

"Gap No. 2, the enemy can't advance!"

"Gap No. 3, the enemy can't advance!"

The Zeon engineers had spent a lot of effort to open three roads, but now all three roads were blocked, and the muzzles of the Type 61 tanks, firing at full speed, had even begun to turn red.

"Retreat, mortars, full fire, cover them!"

After receiving Karma's order, the mortar unit in the rear immediately threw smoke bombs as much as possible into the center of the battlefield to create a barrier for friendly forces, and the Zeon vehicles trapped in the passage also released smoke. At this moment, the sound of gunfire stopped.

"They retreated!"

"Yeah, retreat!"

Macharius listened to the sound of the engine going away, then nodded. He opened the battle room, stuck his head out to smell the strong smell of gunpowder outside, and then looked into the distance.

"So what are you going to do next, Char?"

(End of this chapter)