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

Chapter 92 Despair
"Damn Zeon, come in if you dare!"

Side2 In Ifishu Island, the capital of Hatti, the leisurely scene of two days ago is no longer there. The shops and pedestrians on the streets are gone, and instead, there are military trucks loaded with refugee civilians.

Compared with other colonized satellites, Ifihiu Island was lucky. The nuclear attack and stray bullets did not destroy the main structure of the satellite, and did not even touch the edge.

You should know that at this moment, another satellite not far away from Ifesio Island has been blown into a twisted baguette by a nuclear bomb, and most of the residents living on it have also died.

The brutal acts of the Zeon army even frightened those pro-Zeon factions who had originally hoped for a lucky break. These space residents who thought that the Zeon army was coming to liberate them even prepared banners and flags, waiting for the Zeon celestial soldiers to arrive to welcome the royal army.

But after seeing that the other side ignored any communication and destroyed everything quickly and efficiently, these people could only hide their things silently, and then, under the cover of the federal army and the self-defense force, boarded the truck and fled to the shelter.

In addition to these trucks, a large number of vehicles were requisitioned as vehicles for the defense forces. Although the fleet had been destroyed, there were still many federal troops in the colonial satellite, plus local security forces and police. The high-ranking Hatti officials on Ifesi Island were optimistic that the Zeon army should intend to force them to surrender through ground forces.

In this way, they would have the opportunity to wait for reinforcements to arrive. To this end, the top leaders of Hatti opened the arsenal, recruited the maximum number of militia troops they could, and made a gesture of defending the colonial satellite to the death.

However, the actions of the Zeon people did not go as they expected. Instead, they stopped and waited silently in space. During this period, many ferocious Cyclops landed on the transparent plate on the outer layer of the satellite and looked at the vast land below.

"This is an open colony satellite! What a lucky guy! Damn Earthlings!"

Gaia, sitting in the cockpit, looked at the city shrouded in sunlight and couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"But it doesn't matter. Although I don't know how the big shots above will deal with you, this sun should be your last day of shining!"

Subsequently, a large number of engineering ships that had been painted with the livery of the Zeon Army arrived at Ifishu Island. These ships had once belonged to the colonial commune, but now, the ships and personnel had been taken over by the Zeon Army, and even the crew's families had been taken hostage.

After these engineering ships arrived at Ifishu Island, they immediately began to separate a large number of equipment from the cargo hold. Then, the multifunctional robotic arms of the engineering ships and a group of modified engineering Zaku began to assemble these equipment and install them on one end of the satellite.

Following the satellite to Side 2 was a fully equipped Zeon fleet, the space attack force commanded by Dozle Zabi.

"This is war!"

Standing on the observation bridge of the flagship Melfield, Dozle took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he looked at the devastation everywhere.

He was not a new human, but just looking at the colonial satellites that had been reduced to ruins, he felt as if he was in a sea of ​​blood and corpses, with shrill wails in his ears and an endless sea of ​​blood under his feet.

"This is war!"

After comforting himself again, Dozle opened his eyes. He then turned around, put everything behind him, returned to his command bridge, and quietly looked at the holographic map in front of him.

Until the footsteps sounded again.

"Your Excellency General!"

Rambaral, wearing his pilot uniform, stopped, holding his helmet, and raised his right hand to salute.

"Our army has completed the attack target according to your order!"

"Well done, but it's not time to rest yet. I still need you..."

Before Dozle could finish his words, he was interrupted by Rambaral again.

"So, please forgive me for taking my leave. I will bid farewell to my military duties and return home to enjoy my remaining years!"

"You, are you kidding me, bastard!"

Dozle stood up from his chair and rushed to Lanbaral. His eyes were stretched to one side due to his ferocious expression, and his bloody mouth was spitting saliva.

"Now our army and the federal army are about to start the final decisive battle. You want to leave the army, bastard? What do you think of the army?"

"This isn't the military, this is a group of murderers. This is our crime scene!"

Rambaral fought back fearlessly, even speaking louder than Dozle.

"We used nuclear bombs and naval guns to ruthlessly massacre those innocent civilians here. Aren't they also inhabitants of space?"

"That's just a small price to pay for victory!"

Dozle's confidence was completely drained at this moment, and his voice in refuting Rambaral became quieter.

Then, he shouted again as if looking for an excuse.

"Besides, you also participated in this massacre, didn't you? Don't tell me, your hands are clean!"

Rambaral's body shook violently, and his upright figure slowly hunched over.

"So, next, let's have the mobile suit unit cooperate with us and carry out the next plan!"

Dozle didn't care whether Rambaral heard him or not, and just started gesturing on the holographic map.

"Listen carefully! Our army is about to launch the next combat mission. The goal of the operation is to completely destroy the Federation Army's command structure, the Gabro Base in South America!"

"So, we need to install nuclear rockets on Ifesho Island and move it from the Lagrange point to low-Earth orbit. Once we reach this point, we can send the satellite into free fall and completely destroy the Gaburo base!"

"I won't do it!"

"What are you going to do is, what do you say?"

"I said I refused to carry out this order!"

Rambaral felt as if the blood in his body was about to freeze. He suddenly remembered the young man he had met a long time ago and the question he had asked him.

He had foreseen the coming of this massacre two years ago, but he thought the other party was joking at that time. But now, the bloody reality made him suffer.

Rambaral then straightened his back again, staring into Dozle's eyes with bloodshot eyes, and repeated every word again.

"I said, I refuse!"

Then he turned and left, preparing to board the spaceship back to Zeon. At this moment, Rambaral felt that his steps were extremely heavy, and even every step he took exhausted all his strength.

"You son of a bitch, you bastard, you heartless bastard..."

Dozle smashed the computer screen in front of him with a punch, and then because of the stimulation of the electric current, he subconsciously pinched the railing with a palm, deforming it.

"I'm going to court-martial you, you deserter..."

He cursed loudly until Rambaral's figure completely disappeared. Dozle then collapsed back to his seat as if all his strength had been drained.

Rambaral refused to carry out his orders, so would he be willing to do so?
It would be more accurate to say that Dozle was scolding himself rather than Rambaral, because Rambaral still had the courage to refuse, but he had to follow Gillen's orders no matter how painful it was.

"Sir, Lieutenant Colonel Rambaral has already left. Do you want to stop him?"

"Let him go, transfer him back to the reserves!"

For the huge Zeon army, losing a Rambaral means nothing, at most it is just the loss of an elite pilot.

After a moment of depression, Dozle regained his composure and issued new orders.

At this moment, the first device installed on the outside of the satellite by the engineering team has taken shape. It is a huge rocket engine. At this moment, more engines are being installed.

At the same time, a large number of engineering machines were also deployed to the surface of the satellite. These machines then began to lay thermal insulation film on the outer layer of the satellite. This material can help resist the friction of the atmosphere and also reinforce the fragile surface of the colonial satellite.

The residents of Ifesh Island inside the satellite could only look up and watch the Zeon people gradually block their vision. Then, without sunlight, the temperature inside the satellite continued to drop, and the power system was also cut off, forcing the residents to huddle together.

Then, the poison gas boats that had already slaughtered countless billions of people were dispatched again, pouring G2 poison gas into the circulation system of Ifesh Island.

As the cold wind gradually picked up, the residents of the colony satellite fell one by one, and the birds and beasts living in the ecosystem were not spared.

"General, the suppression inside the satellite is complete!"

"General, the satellite engine has been installed!"

"ignition!"

Dozle closed his eyes and gave the order.

Then, a series of engines installed on the outer shell of one end of the satellite flashed with blue ion flames. Then, under the control of the temporarily installed engine room, this huge colonial satellite left its original position little by little, and then, the lunar colony, which was also caught in the war, flew towards the earth.

"The Zeon people are crazy?"

At this moment, most of the space army fleet has been led by Rebil to support the moon. The only ones left on Luna II are the guard fleet and the Fourth Fleet led by Tianm.

"They must be stopped!"

When the war broke out, Admiral King Klini, who was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Space Army, was the supreme commander of Luna II.

When he learned that the Zeon were really going to abandon the colony satellite, he also remembered what Macharius had said to him.

But at this moment, it was no longer the time to praise the other party. King was very decisive and ordered the Fourth Fleet and half of the Guard Fleet to set off, advance out of the Earth's defense circle, and intercept the Dozle Fleet that was escorting the colonial satellite.

"The enemy's target should be Gaburo, or possibly London. No matter where they are, we must stop them!"

"Fill me up with nuclear bombs, take as many as you can!"

Tianm also knew that the matter was of great importance. A huge object that was thirty or forty kilometers long and six kilometers in diameter could not be stopped by the fleet's naval gun firepower. The mega particle cannon had enough penetration, but for such a large satellite, penetration alone was useless. It had to be broken into pieces with a large amount of high-yield explosives. And now, the only thing that could do that was a nuclear bomb!
"Tianmu, and the mobile suits, if necessary, have them enter the satellite and blast it!"

"understand!"

At this moment, Admiral King Klini felt that he was absolutely right to support Rebil's military reform. Although Tianm only had one bombardment battleship in the reorganized fleet, he also had twelve Nelson-class ships that had not yet been organized into the space army. These twelve Nelsons, according to the maximum carrying capacity, can carry ninety-six mobile suits. Together with the additional ten Columbus-class ships, all of the more than one hundred and twenty GMs currently owned by Luna II can be deployed.

"Well, Mr. Chief of Staff, is it all right for me to borrow Macharius for the night?"

"It's okay, I'll leave him to you!"

"As ordered!"

Just one hour after discovering that the colony satellite began to move, the reinforced Fourth Fleet completed all preparations and left the Luna II base.

After the entire fleet completed the formation, it started to fight at maximum speed. This caused great damage to the warships' engines and increased the consumption of stored propellant, but at this critical moment, there was no time to take care of these things.

After eleven hours of full-speed propulsion, the huge colonial satellite came within the detection range of the Fourth Fleet.

"Can you calculate where the Zeon fleet plans to attack?" "Sir, the computer estimates that the crash site is Jaburo!"

"What a calculation, Dozle!"

Tianm couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, which was his usual habit when thinking.

"Order the fleet to stop advancing and rest for thirty minutes!"

Tianm thought for a moment and gave the order.

The Fourth Fleet advanced at full speed for a very long distance, so it was necessary to conduct a simple inspection of the warship systems. After all, even if the entire fleet fought to the last soldier, it could not retreat. This was necessary to ensure that the weapons and equipment did not fail!
Dozle, who was commanding from the flagship Melfield, also knew of the arrival of the Federation Army.

"Luckily we started the battle early!"

Looking at the silhouette of the new Federation battleship captured from afar, Dozle sighed.

"Do you know which fleet it is?"

"Image comparison in progress, confirming the enemy flagship is the Titan, the Fourth Fleet!"

"The Fourth Fleet, Tianm's forces?"

Dozle breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't Rebil who came, he wouldn't panic. Of course, even if Rebil came, he would just be a little more stressed. After all, his fleet already had a secret weapon.

"Release Minovsky particles, deploy an attacking formation, and maintain a steady speed. Tianm's fleet is weaker than ours. No need for tactics, just charge forward with open arms!"

Afterwards, the Zeon fleet, which had been closely attached to both sides of the satellite, quickly spread out its formation, with the newly improved Musai as the vanguard, and then pressed forward towards the Fourth Fleet.

"The enemy fleet's course remains unchanged!"

"Deploy an interception formation, charge all ships' main guns!"

"The enemy dispersed Minovsky particles and released mobile suits at the same time!"

"Mobile Suit?"

Tianm snorted coldly.

"When we don't have one?"

"Order the mobile suit units to attack and release the Swordfish Squadron. Also, activate the fleet broadcast!"

Macharius was currently on the Nelson, the lead ship of the Nelson-class light aircraft carrier. In addition to him, the other seven members of the Red Dragon Team were also on this ship.

Next to Macharius's Gundam, there were three GMs standing in a neat row.

“Beep~~”

A sharp naval whistle suddenly resounded throughout every corner of the fleet. All the crew members who heard the whistle shut their mouths and waited quietly.

After a while, the patrol was over.

"All members of the Fourth Fleet, this is Vice Admiral Tianm!"

"A few days ago, we officially entered a state of war with the Principality of Zeon. The Zeon army ruthlessly invaded the three space satellite areas of Side 1, Side 2, and Side 4. We have lost all contact with the three colonies, and similarly, our fleet stationed there has fallen silent!"

"And now, the Zeon military is preparing to use a colony satellite as a weapon and drop it on Earth!"

"In the past, you have all proven your loyalty, bravery, and wisdom, but now, I must ask you to give more. Today, we will fight to the last man. Billions of our compatriots on Earth are in danger, and we are the only force that can stop the Zeon army. The situation we face allows no illusions!"

"So, we will not give up a single inch of land, nor will we surrender. We will win the final victory, because we must win. That way, when forty years from now, your loved ones ask you what you did during the battle to intercept the colony, you can proudly look them in the eye and tell them, I held the line!"

"To all the men and women of the Fourth Fleet, I am honored to serve with you. I wish you good luck!"

"Did you hear that? Move the fucking hell!"

Under the scolding of the chief maintenance officer, the maintenance personnel in orange space suits quickly completed the final preparations for the aircraft.

"Red Dragons, remember what I said. Maintain your formation, be vigilant, and stick together. We'll see you after the battle. Red Dragon One, over!"

"Roger that, Red Dragon One, I wish you a successful start!"

Sitting in the cockpit, Macharius looked to the side and saw three people in the same cabin with him saluting beside the ejection track.

"Macarius Crinius, Prototype Gundam, attack!"

As the ground crew assumed a deployment posture, the prototype Gundam standing on the catapult began to move rapidly, and then its body ejected from the cabin like an arrow.

After flying into space, Macharius once again felt the breath of death coming towards him, which made him shudder.

But this time, he didn't lose his composure at all, just a tear slipped down the corner of his eye again.

"Rest in peace, everyone!"

Then he pulled the thruster valves to their full extent.

"See, everyone? The Red Dragon is already here. What are you still wasting time on? Explode those damned Zeon bastards!"

"The enemy fleet has released mobile suits, General, they are new mobile suits!"

"I saw!"

Dozle also noticed the GM, which was completely different from the Guncannon. This was the first time he saw a real mobile suit of this type. Although the enemy had only more than a hundred units, less than one-tenth of his own, he still felt a deep sense of crisis.

"Attention all ships, charge your main guns!"

Macharius still led the charge, charging towards the Zeon mobile suit group at three times the speed of the friendly forces behind him.

In response, the Zeon army also launched several high-speed targets, and the opponent's engines drew an extremely obvious light curtain in space.

"That's the High Mobility Zaku?"

Because the distance was too far and he couldn't see clearly at all, Macharius could only roughly guess the model of the other party, but he soon realized that he was wrong!
Because of the several Zeon mobile suits that were attacking him, two of his own exploded first.

"High speed, self-destruction, is this Zida?"

Macharius hadn't expected that the Zeon people would actually deploy this thing on a large scale.

He immediately opened the communication and informed the friendly forces of Zida's brief situation. At the same time, he did not forget to fly towards Zida.

This kind of machine with extreme performance would be very difficult to deal with in the hands of an experienced player, so he had to deal with it first!

After inserting the bazooka back into the weapon slot on his back, Macharius took out the beam rifle from his waist. As an early model, it only had sixteen rounds of ammunition and needed to be recharged after each use. Therefore, the main weapon he carried was the YF100 machine gun, and the beam rifle was suitable for use at this time.

"First!"

Seeing that a Zida had entered the range, Macharius immediately fired a shot.

Then, the Zda controlled by the novice was pierced by the particle beam, and the Saturn engine behind it also exploded.

"what is that?"

The young soldier driving the Zida only saw a flash of light, and then his companion disappeared.

"It's a beam weapon, quickly evade, from the side..."

"Don't be afraid, he's alone, we..."

"The captain is dead, and I am the only one left..."

Beams of light lit up one after another, followed by dazzling flames. In just a few tens of seconds, the six Zda-class missile destroyers at the forefront of the Zeon army lost their signal.

Then, Macharius inserted the beam rifle back into the weapon slot, removed the 380mm bazooka, and then aimed at the approaching Zaku cluster and pulled the trigger.

Then, a dazzling light appeared in the Zaku cluster, engulfing dozens of Zakus.

"Nuclear attack, the Federation Army is also using nuclear bombs!"

The second, the third, the fourth!
Before the Zaku cluster approached the GM in the rear, it had already lost nearly fifty tanks.

"What the hell is that?"

Dozle was also shocked as he looked at the holographic map in front of him. A visible hole had appeared among the dense signals on it.

"It's an enemy mobile suit, attacking our forces with nuclear rockets!"

“Give me the image!”

Soon, the prototype Gundam with an extremely obvious red dragon logo on its shoulder appeared in front of Dozle.

"Red Dragon?"

"Macarius Crinni!"

Dozle never thought that he would meet the other person here.

"Make this machine a priority target. Don't let it get close to the fleet!"

Looking at the three brand new shoot-down marks on the opponent's left shoulder, Dozle couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Where's Char? Where's his team? Send them over and take this guy out!"

Char, who was at the rear of the Zaku cluster, never expected that he would be suddenly entrusted with such an important mission, provided that he did not know about the disappearance of dozens of friendly soldiers and learned more secret information from Karma.

If it were before, he might have considered killing the other party to enhance his own prestige, but now, he just wanted to stay alive and not be troubled by the other party. After all, Macharius knew his secret!

Once the other party died, his identity would be revealed. For a moment, this young man, who had never changed his expression in battles that resulted in the deaths of billions of people, now looked despair.

(End of this chapter)