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

Chapter 27 Counterattack and Response!
Just as Macharius had expected, after a brief rest at noon, the Zeon side quickly adjusted its strategy and began sporadic artillery harassment and personnel infiltration.

"boom!"

"what?"

With a scream, an unlucky sentry was shot in the helmet by a sniper. The scream was not because he was in pain, but because the sentry could not accept it. He had just changed shifts for two minutes and was ambushed and had to withdraw from the exercise. He was heartbroken and could not accept this outcome.

"Stop shouting, where are the enemies?"

The companions in the trench carefully observed the situation outside through a periscope and then asked the sentry.

"Ask me, I'm dead, pighead! Find it yourself!"

The sentry raised his middle finger to his companion, then took off his ammunition and grenade packs and other heavy equipment and threw them to his comrades. He then left the battlefield with his helmet in hand and walked towards the rescue vehicle not far away. In fact, he didn't see where the sniper was.

"I saw it, at three o'clock!"

"Machine gun fire!"

"Da da da"

Soon, the sniper, who had poor concealment skills, was beaten into a pulp by the marking bullets of the M299 machine gun and withdrew from the exercise in dejection.

The Zeon army had a small number of snipers, and none of them were professional snipers. They were all students with good marksmanship. They lacked patience and the ability to identify the enemy, and often opened fire as soon as they saw the target. Therefore, after several one-on-one exchanges, Karma had no choice but to stop the sniper's actions and instead greeted the Federation Army with scattered mortar fire.

Compared to the poor sniper tactics, the Zeon army's use of firepower really gave the Federation Army a headache. The enemy had already figured out the defensive position, so the mortar attack was extremely accurate. Those machine gunners who exposed their positions in the sniper battle were directly hit in the face.

"Can't you find a way to fight back?"

Seeing his men about to raise their hands and retreat in pink from time to time, John became very anxious. If his company continued to fight, there would not be enough people to even squat in the trenches.

"I can't help you!"

The Red Dragons were also plagued by the bombardment. The 120mm mortar's top attack was still very powerful, and the Type 61's upper glacis and turret armor could not withstand it. Therefore, once these parts were hit, they had to go out and guard the water dispenser.

Moreover, the fragments of heavy mortars can also cause damage to key parts such as tracks, and having broken tracks is a big taboo for tanks.

Therefore, the Red Dragon Team had to move their position from time to time to avoid staying too long and being blown up by the opponent.

"If this were on Earth's plains, I could show you a tank-cannon-mortar showdown. If I had satellite-guided munitions, I could even give you a three-pointer. But unfortunately, this is a colony satellite, and it's mountainous!"

Macharius in the tank shook his head regretfully.

"No matter how powerful I am, I can't help you take out those mortars without breaking the rules unless you get the directorate to allow us to attack!"

"Then at least think of a solution!"

"Are there approximate coordinates?"

"It's ready here!"

John then handed over the data tablet in his hand, which showed the approximate position of the enemy artillery, which they had deduced from the sound of the artillery fire and the time it landed.

"Well, the trajectory of the marking bullet is too bad, so I can't use it. But, I can try using the smoke bomb!"

"Okay, okay, if you hit it, I'll take you to the best bar in Texas and introduce you to the hottest girls in Texas!"

"Hey, hey, hey, our boss is underage! I'm going to call the military police!" Andre was responded to by the middle fingers from others. This guy usually smokes and drinks, and he also secretly hides explosive magazines on his bedside table. He was even defrauded of 500 hits because of an online romance at the college. If we talk about leading minors astray, this guy is the one who should be taken to have a chat with the military police!
After getting back into the tank, Macharius immediately began to adjust the elevation of the gun. Because the elevation was not enough, he even asked Yudin to drive the car to a slope and forcibly raise the gun barrel.

"Smoke bomb, reload, distance, 9800!"

Then, the tank's fire control system quickly began to measure the crosswind and wind direction, and then a buzzer sounded indicating that the setting was completed.

"Give it to me!"

Then, the Type 61's main gun roared, and a non-lethal smoke bomb used for exercises rose into the air, drawing a curve in the air.

"call out!"

Karma, who was directing the bombardment of the Zeon army, thought he had misheard. How could he hear the sound of a shell flying over?

But the next second, his expression changed and he started shouting on the radio.

"Bombard, take cover!"

Then, the Zeon army's gunners rushed in all directions. Although it was urgent, their solid training made them habitually assume the standard anti-artillery posture.

Then, a cloud of white smoke exploded less than sixty meters away from the mortar position.

"Demonstration?"

The deputy at the side helped Karma, who was covered in mud, to his feet, and asked in confusion.

“No, this is a blow back against us!”

Karma rubbed the dirt off his hair. Just now, in order to protect him, several of his personal guards had pressed him into the mud. Now, the purple hair that he was so proud of had turned muddy.

"If there weren't restrictions from the directorate, that guy would definitely come out!"

"Opening fire now means they are getting anxious, so stop shooting now!"

"Lord Karma, stop shooting now?"

"Yes, move your position and continue bombing!"

Despite his bewilderment, Karma was smiling happily. He had finally caught the enemy's moment of anxiety. Now, he would take advantage of it and strike back!

"They're getting anxious, but they don't have any equipment to counter us, so we have to keep bombing. Except for the ammunition we saved for the night, we have to fire everything else!"

As for the federal army, after Macharius fired the cannon, everyone stood up and leaned their heads to look into the distance, but unfortunately they saw nothing.

However, the artillery bombardment of the Zeon army suddenly stopped, which made the infantry very happy. If they were not still conducting an exercise, everyone would have rushed over to carry Aruba.

But then, the Zeon people responded with more intense artillery fire, which made everyone flee in panic, and even forced everyone to abandon their depth and squat in the front line to avoid the bombardment.

Even more unlucky was Red Dragon No. 120. A mm mortar shell landed on the left front of the tank. The directorate determined that the tank's tracks were damaged by shrapnel and had to be repaired on the spot.

Therefore, the crew had no choice but to jump out of the tank and start swinging a sledgehammer to remove the damaged parts and replace them with spare track plates.

"It's okay, at least they won't attack before dinner!"

(End of this chapter)