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

Chapter 80 The Roar of the Red Dragon!
On the Zeon flagship Zakaria, Captain Kong Sikang, the fleet commander, sat in the fleet commander's seat admiring the battle results of his battleship.

The Chibey-class is a heavy battleship of Zeon's flagship level, and the Salamis is naturally incomparable. The only ship that can be compared with it is the relatively rare Coral-class heavy cruiser in the Federation Army.

Not to mention, there was a Musai-class cruiser serving as an auxiliary ship next to the Zakaria. With the absolute firepower advantage of two to one, the Zakaria severely damaged the Salamis-class cruiser opposite it with several rounds of precise salvos.

"Wonderful, wonderful, this is what I want to see!"

Looking at the enemy ship that had begun to burn, Colonel Kong Sikang clapped his hands in satisfaction, and the orderly beside him was very considerate and brought the colonel a cup of coffee.

"There's nothing more delicious than drinking coffee while watching an enemy ship explode. Kill him! I don't want to see the Federation Army in front of me again!"

The colonel drank the coffee in one gulp, and then the huge ship under his feet began to tremble slightly. Then, six green particle beams shot out from the two triple-mounted turrets in front and behind the Chibe-class.

Under the colonel's gaze, the particle beam slammed into the side armor of the Salamis like a hot knife cutting through butter.

The azure armor plate quickly melted under the high temperature, and then the particle beam penetrated the hull below and shot out from the other end.

Several huge penetrating wounds appeared on the side armor of the Salamis cruiser, which had lost control. Flames and thick smoke continued to spew out of the wounds. The remaining damage control personnel were desperately launching the few escape pods in an attempt to save the lives of the crew as much as possible before the battleship exploded.

But the energy depot and ammunition storage area, which were surrounded by high temperatures, did not give the survivors this chance at all. First, a series of continuous explosions that shook the hull completely destroyed the battleship's last damage control. Then, after another huge explosion that affected the energy pipelines throughout the ship, the Salamis turned into a dazzling light.

"Well done! Now, even if Commander Dozle wants to hold me responsible for the loss of the battleship when we return to Zeon, he won't have anything to say!"

"This is all thanks to your wise leadership, Commander. Look, the battleships you commanded suffered no losses, but the transport ships assigned to those mobile suits were destroyed. This is all Ogus's fault!"

Looking at the complacent commander, Kong Sikang's adjutant flattered him at the right time.

"Alas, please stop saying that. It's not conducive to unity. Both mobile suits and battleships are important assets of the Principality of Zeon!"

"I understand, but our warships are more important!"

"Yes!"

Colonel Kong Sikang was very satisfied with his adjutant's answer. As the fleet admiral under Dozle, he was very accepting of mobile suits, but the prerequisite was that they had to accept his command.

But Lieutenant Colonel Oggs was not from the same system as him, so naturally, the two sides could not cooperate closely. Especially now, Oggs had lost his transport ship, while he had destroyed the enemy's warship. Colonel Kong Sicong was naturally in a very happy mood.

"Alright, forget about those Federation soldiers. Let's turn around and go help Ogus. It's hard for his mobile suits. They've been running around for so long, but they haven't even sunk a single enemy ship!"

Afterwards, the Chibe-class and the escorting Musai-class began to make an emergency turn, preparing to support the other Musai. Although the latter had the help of the mobile suits led by Ogus, it was three against one after all. One ship had to face three Salamis, and it was already badly damaged at this moment. If it weren't for the poor artillery skills of the Leah Security Forces, this Musai-class might have been sunk!

But now, everything is fine. As long as the Chibey-class arrives at the battlefield, the remaining three Salamis will naturally not be a threat.

Just when the colonel was full of confidence, an urgent call came from Ogus.

"Lieutenant Colonel Ogus, I know you're working hard. Please hold on. Our army has completed the cleanup of the enemy and will be there to support you shortly!"

"Colonel, that's not what I'm talking about. We just lost track of the Federation Army's secret mobile suit. He should be heading for you!"

"Secret Mobile Suit?"

"These are the enemies who destroyed the Dixon. Please be careful!"

“How many people are there on the other side?”

"Only one machine!"

"One?"

Kong Sikang raised his eyebrows and then spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your reminder!"

Then, he hung up the phone and burst into laughter.

"One machine. What? Does that guy think all Zeon ships are the same as Papua?" "Colonel, I think we should be more cautious!"

"Of course I know. Order the gunnery department to prepare for air defense and adjust the radar power to maximum. I don't want my beloved battleship to be soiled by an unknown person!"

"Commander, radar detected a target!"

"He actually came? Where is he?!"

"On our front!"

"Main gun fire! Kill this guy!"

There was no need to look for it specifically. Macharius had never thought of acting stealthily. After circling over the colonial satellite, he immediately increased his speed and launched an attack on the Chibe-class ship head-on.

After sensing his presence, the Chibey class began to charge its main guns without hesitation. At this moment, Macharius once again felt the slight tingling sensation brought by the lightning. This was a warning, a warning of extreme danger!
“But this is what makes it interesting!”

When the dazzling green particle beam almost filled the entire display, Macharius operated the Gundam to perform a super-maneuverable move similar to the Earth's air combat tactics, avoiding the main gun fire of the Chibe class.

"How is this possible? The second round of firing, and the Valen, why didn't they open fire?"

The Varenne is the Musai class next to it. Due to design problems, the power and speed of the main guns of the Musai class will decrease after a long battle, and it may even take 5 to 20 minutes to fire.

At this moment, the main gun of the Varen was out of service and was waiting for the reactor to resume power supply. Fortunately, the missile launch bay of the battleship was still usable. The Musai class immediately fired dozens of anti-aircraft missiles and flew towards the prototype Gundam.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the two Zeon warships, the prototype Gundam operated by Macharius was like a butterfly dancing among the flowers. The missiles approaching him were exploded one by one by the two 60mm Gatling guns.

The opponent moved flexibly in the flames of the explosion and did not suffer any damage at all.

"Kill him, kill him, isn't the main gun fully charged yet?"

At this moment, Kong Sikang finally understood why Oges reminded him. Unfortunately, the second round of bombardment by the Chibei class still missed, and the deviation was even greater than the first round.

"Hurry up and send a message to Lieutenant Colonel Ogus, asking him to come and reinforce!"

"Sir, he's firing!"

"what?"

Kong Sikang turned his head in horror and saw that the mobile suit had fired several rockets at the towering bridge of the Chibei-class ship. The colonel wanted to escape desperately, but he slipped and fell to the ground.

He wanted to get up, but his adjutant was faster. He stepped on the colonel's back and jumped up like a Zaku with thrusters, rushing to the hatch of the bridge.

The next second, the rocket shot through the porthole of the bridge, blowing up the entire bridge.

Then, the mobile suit flew directly past the starboard side of the Chibe-class. At this time, the close-in defense gun deployed in the middle locked the enemy's position, but the latter's speed was only a flash. Apart from firing a rocket, it shuttled to the rear position of the Chibe-class.

The adjutant who had barely escaped death had just climbed up from the porthole. He wanted to cheer for his own wit, but then the Gundam passed by his eyes. Then, the adjutant saw in horror that a rocket hit the spherical fuel tank installed in the middle of the Chibey class.

The next second, a series of violent explosions occurred in the middle of the Chibe class. These external fuel tanks were supposed to be thrown away after use, but the distance from side 3 to side 6 was not far, so naturally not much fuel was used in the fuel tanks and there was no need to throw them away.

Now, the three spherical fuel tanks on each side have become huge bombs, directly breaking the Chibei class into two parts from the hull.

"what is that?"

The Zeon forces on the Musai-class stared with their eyes wide open. They couldn't believe that a fleet flagship was destroyed like this.

"What the hell is that thing!"

"Sir, I saw a red dragon on that guy's shoulder!"

(End of this chapter)