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

Chapter 44 The situation escalates

"And you forgot about those guys!"

What Eugen was talking about was naturally the Zeon Military Academy, which was located in the Guardian District like the garrison. The school currently has more than a thousand people. Compared with the garrison, it is naturally nothing. But if all the combat troops and fleets of the garrison set out to carry out the martial law mission in Zim City.

Then the second-line personnel and a small number of gendarmerie troops left at the garrison are not enough.

"Okay, let's do as you say, Yodel, immediately!"

It's not that Eugen hadn't thought about leaving some people behind, but the problem was that he really couldn't leave them. There were too many places in Zim City that had to be guarded by the Federal Army, especially many businesses. These guys were able to do business in Zeon, and they must have had some connections with officials in the Federation. So, these guys privately called Eugen's command post directly, forcing him to decide to lead the team to hide in Zim City himself.

However, with Macharius around, Eugen felt that there seemed to be no need for this. He felt that if he could load Red Dragon No. 1 with ammunition, it would not be difficult for the other party to destroy the Zeon Military Academy alone.

"Then you too, go to the armory and get some live ammunition. I'll have the tank inspected again to make sure there's nothing wrong!"

Then, everyone in the Red Dragon Team was called to the ammunition depot at a command.

"Holy crap, live ammunition?"

Yudin was shocked when he saw the shells with information such as the ammunition type written on the shells being delivered to him by the transport truck.

Although they fire artillery every day during exercises, the number of times they see live ammunition is still very few. Apart from the necessary live-fire shooting every year, they basically have never used this thing. In normal training, they use training bullets that have almost the same properties as live ammunition except for lethality.

"Are we going to Zim City too?"

"No, I'm on combat duty in the Guardian Bandi!"

Macharius said without looking up, he was currently checking information with the ammunition depot manager.

A Type 61 tank has 150 rounds of ammunition. This mm gun can fire a variety of shells, such as ordinary armor-piercing shells, grenades, etc. It can also fire special ammunition such as gun-launched missiles and satellite-guided shells.

However, due to the environmental problems inside the colonial satellite, satellite-guided munitions could not be used. In addition, artillery-launched missiles were expensive and could not be used easily. Therefore, they loaded some conventional ammunition into the artillery basket of the automatic loader.

Moreover, unlike in games, real tanks are always equipped with full ammunition or even a few extra rounds, and the proportion of armor-piercing and high-explosive shells in the types of shells will be higher, while the number of armor-piercing shells will be much smaller. After all, tank crews have to deal with multiple tasks rather than facing a single tank battle.

In addition to artillery shells, the tank's two 7.62mm coaxial machine guns, the 13.2mm heavy machine gun operated by the commander, and the spare m299 light machine gun also require sufficient ammunition.

Likewise, the crew must carry self-defense weapons, considering the possibility that if a problem occurs with the tank, the crew will have to abandon the vehicle.

"But boss, you give me the feeling that you are going to fight!"

"Because this is also a good opportunity to train you. I've already told the Chief of Staff that the Red Dragon Squad will choose their own advantageous positions when performing combat readiness duties. So, after moving the ammunition and rations, everyone, set out and follow me to find an ambush site!"

Macharius looked at his men. He really hoped that they could all survive the war. For this reason, he had been tormenting these people severely when they first entered school. But now, he felt that he did not seem to have trained them enough.

"You've been a little impatient lately!"

When everyone started busy moving the shells, Andre came to him with a cigarette in his mouth, and then was punched hard in the face by the ammunition depot manager.

"I'm very sorry!" Andre apologized quickly. It was all Macharius' fault. He had gotten used to smoking when they talked before, and now he fell back into his old habit just when he wanted to chat for a few minutes!

"Yeah, because there's no time!"

Macharius took out a pistol from the weapons box nearby, examined it, and then said.

"There's going to be a war!"

"Yeah, it's not just you, the brothers feel the same way. But there's no need to be so anxious. Even if the sky falls, we still have big guys like your grandfather to hold it up!"

"I know, but I just..."

Macharius's usual eloquence was now utterly futile.

"So, there's no need to rush. If something is destined to happen, you won't be able to stop it with your current strength. Just do the things at hand first!"

"You're still as good at comforting people as always! Even though it's useless, thanks, brother!"

"You're welcome. Then go move the ammunition. You always use the excuse of looking at the list to avoid working, but this time I'll take care of it!"

While the Red Dragons were preparing, the forty-eight hours given by the federal government passed quickly, but there was no response from Zeon. As a result, the federal garrison, which had already been prepared, quickly boarded the transport ship and landed in Zim City.

Commander Eugen did not want to go too far, so the first infantry company to enter Zim City did not carry live ammunition. Instead, they were equipped with riot shotguns that fired tear gas and bean bag bullets. Their armored vehicles were also equipped with high-pressure water cannons and sonic transmitters.

Although these equipment are not as deterrent as firearms, they are enough to force back Zeon civilians.

"The federal army is here, we are saved!"

Outside a federal facility closest to the port, thousands of Zeon were surrounding the wall and throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails inside. Then, they heard a stern warning coming from a loudspeaker.

When the Zeon people turned around, they found dozens of Federation soldiers armed to the teeth approaching under the cover of armored vehicles.

For some reason, these Zeon civilians even turned around and charged towards the Federation Army, followed by the sound of crackling gunfire.

Under the volley of shotgun fire, rubber bullets and tear gas quickly hit the Zeon team. Dozens of unlucky guys immediately ran back screaming, while more people tried to stay where they were to resist the irritating gas produced by the tear gas. But when they finally took a breath, the high-pressure water cannon came at them.

The water stream fired by this water cannon is used to put out fires inside the colony. The water flow is fast and fierce. The Zeon people are like dominoes being pushed over and over by the water flow. The weapons such as Molotov cocktails in their hands are also washed away to who knows where.

Therefore, these Zeon people could only flee the scene in a scattered manner and wait for an opportunity to regroup.

"The tactics are effective, let's keep moving forward!"

　Some of the things in this book are my own designs, such as the Type 61 spare ammunition. I looked at the design diagram and saw that there were more than rounds on the outside of the loader and another circle on the inside. I added the numbers below and deduced a rough number. Don't take it as an official design.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)