Gundam, Gravity Elegy

She seemed a little unhappy.

"Is that so..."

Gao Ren could only offer a helpless, bitter smile in response.

Even if you're unhappy...

He wanted to get up, but a weariness that seemed to surge from the depths of his being held him firmly in the cabin seat.

"Ms. Lutz, could you please get me those medications?"

"Those things shouldn't be used now, at least not now."

"However, in terms of timing, it's about time."

'Beep beep beep beep'

As if to verify what the boy had said, the monotonous communication echoed inside the cockpit.

After gently clicking, the voice of their team's trustworthy 'little squirrel' came through:

"Lieutenant, a large number of abnormally dissipating particles and heat sources have been detected directly ahead."

"reason?"

"It's probably the latest M-type warhead."

Upon hearing this, Gao Ren's eyes widened.

"Minovsky bomb, huh—"

…………

"The launch tubes are loaded with M-type warheads, and the close-in weapon system is switched to optical lock-on."

'Boom'

On the African front, amidst the roar of exploding bombs, a full-blown chaos erupted.

First, Zanzibar launched a direct, all-around air-to-ground bombardment, and its bottom hatch, which was almost identical to that of Gawu, became a drop port for large bombs.

At the same time, directly in front, three Gallup-class land battleships attacked from different directions, forming a formidable firepower line with the mobile suits they carried.

Even though everyone has complained that the firepower of this warship is just a mess, when the thermonuclear jet cushion speeds across the yellow sand, the huge side gun muzzles still cause a lot of trouble.

"Tsk, is there really no way to stop this?!"

Before we knew it, the sun seemed to have risen completely over the other side of the horizon.

However, under the brilliance of nature, the relatively outdated fire control system of the old-style tanks was simply no match for the high-speed land-based warships.

And more importantly—

“biu”

The high-energy beam that descended from the sky swept away the row of artillery vehicles, completely tearing them apart.

"Beam weapon——"

The shimmering light startled the Basques.

More importantly, it wasn't like the air-to-ground suppression cluster guns used in Gauz.

When he looked up from the bridge, he could easily see the heavy figure stepping on the D.D. bomber.

“That Zaku… no, in terms of design, it’s completely different from the Zaku.”

However, it seems pointless to dwell on the model number now.

Importantly, the aircraft carried two rocket launchers that were not actually firing live ammunition on its shoulders.

"Individual soldier equipment..."

'Zizzi'

"And it can fire in rapid succession?!"

'biu'

Just as they were stunned, two more light cannons rained down from the sky. Two Zaku helicopters, each wielding the same type of weapon, stomped over Dede and roared past, tearing apart the outer defenses with the most primal violence and devouring the ground-to-air anti-aircraft firepower.

"Sir, Zeon has clearly deployed individual beam weapons."

"But it doesn't matter. The power of that weapon is less than that of similar weapons developed by the Federation, and its 'ammunition capacity' should not be high, otherwise they wouldn't need to carry two for each person."

High in the sky, three figures were visible to the naked eye, swaying left and right. The recoil from the large beam rocket launcher was obviously not low.

"In this situation, we just need to maintain this level of anti-aircraft barrage—"

'boom'

Suddenly, a brief burst of light exploded out.

"The anti-aircraft guns on the left side have all been destroyed!"

"This is... radiation?!"

After glancing at the slash-like wounds on the Heavy Fork-class, Jamitov simply stared in the direction from which the beam of light had come.

That wasn't the warship's main gun—it was simply a matter of visual inspection, through optical sensors, that revealed the silhouette of the motor cruiser.

At the outer hatch of Zanzibar, the Zaku discarded its completely melted and broken sniper rifle and then took out a second one.

"Tsk, that height is completely uncounterable—"

"Sir, the Zeonians have arrived!"

'boom'

Seizing the moment when the machine gun barrage was delayed, the Cyclops, riding on the pedals, roared past and broke directly into the true firing range.

'Zzzzzzz'

From three directions, three beam cannons seemed poised to fire, and the crisis inside the bridge had reached its limit.

"M warhead, fire!"

'boom'

The moment the beam cannon was fired, the explosion echoed directly across the bridge.

Immediately afterwards, a high concentration of smoke swept in, almost completely engulfing the warship, and the ever-spreading dense fog of particles could even cause misjudgment.

"Did it work...?"

No, no!

Just as Lilia was about to ask something, Marette's roar echoed through the communication channel.

Once the dense fog had completely dissipated, the anti-aircraft guns had completely changed direction!

"Get out of the way!!"

Chapter 105: The Victory of the Zeon Designer

M-warhead – Another type of weapon, developed by the Federation Forces, presented in missile form as the M-explosive bomb.

The principle is to use the explosion to spread high concentrations of Minovsky particles, instantly increasing the particle concentration in a certain area, thereby causing communication disruption.

This is the first time the Federation has developed a method that is more effective than simply scattering particles, after incorporating the interference properties of Minovsky particles into military considerations.

At the same time, because Minovsky particles themselves form a lattice under high concentration conditions, they exhibit a barrier-like property that deflects and disperses particle beams that have already left the gun barrel before they completely dissipate.

But if beam weapons were used in such a situation...

'boom'

'boom'

The scattered particle beams, upon entering the particle fog, rapidly decayed as if encountering some kind of barrier.

'boom'

Finally, when the remaining part finally made contact with the outer wall of the land warship, all that remained was a negligible impact that couldn't even cause damage.

"Tsk, it's like shooting water with a water gun—"

Marlene merely frowned as she watched the rapidly disintegrating cluster of particles.

What's even more troublesome is that the Federation's firepower-type land battleship launched a counterattack that was far more ferocious than she had imagined!

'Beep beep beep beep'

Under the fire control alarm, she could clearly see the raised gun barrels of the mobile warriors standing on the warship like guards.

"Jim... no, the vast majority are Zani!"

In this situation, individual differences are meaningless; what matters is the close-range defense weapons they wield!

The 100mm caliber, eight-state-made machine gun—naturally, just like the 120mm caliber autocannon commonly used by the Zaku, the Federation's large-caliber machine gun has a certain disadvantage in terms of rate of fire.

However, they have enough numbers to completely compensate for this deficiency!

'Bang bang bang bang bang'

The four 'sunglasses' units opened fire simultaneously, and without even precise aiming, the close-range barrage they created forced back any enemies that dared to approach.

Even...

"what!!"

Shot down!

"Falbet!"

With a cruel roar, the flight ramp of the high-mobility Zaku was directly 'scratched'.

While moving at high speed, the flight pedal with one engine torn off slid directly toward the ground.

"Unable to...control the direction!!"

"Then let's break away, get as far away from the particle fog as possible... sizzle sizzle sizzle."

As the bursting particles continued to spread outward, the intense interference echoing within the communication channel caused Malet to frown.

"In that case—"

'Boom'

The pedals accelerated immediately, propelling him straight into the sky.

"Nord!"

"I saw it—"

In the communications that had become clear again, Jacobius Nord only aimed at the areas that were not yet covered by high concentrations of particles.

The beam of light fired from the barrel, instantly annihilating all of Zani's advancing troops.

Amidst the flames of the bomber's collapse, the highly maneuverable Zaku rapidly adjusted its attitude in mid-air, compressing and accumulating Mega Particles within its built-in fusion reactor in a nearly inverted position.

'boom'

As the Zaku landed, its intense radiance turned the surrounding chariots into wrecked scrap metal.

"Tsk, these Zeon guys are really as tenacious as cockroaches."

"It's alright, that thing has already lost its ability to fly anyway. Continue to maintain anti-aircraft fire. Then, continue to load M warheads into the left and right launch tubes and reflect them in all directions to expand the range."

One instruction after another was uttered by Djamitov, and under the control of the bridge crew, they became parts of the meat grinder known as the battlefield.

'boom'

'bang bang bang'

The two launch tubes continuously scatter high-explosive warheads in all directions, and the clouds of smoke that exploded in the air spread in an instant, covering almost every corner of the main battlefield.

A sweltering wind blew, filling the communication channel with restless static:

"Hey, Faber, can you still hear me?!"

Of course, there will be no response.

“In this situation, I’m afraid only Miss Marlene and I are undisturbed, Major Sangreen.”

Upon hearing Jacobius's response, Marette Sungern's brows furrowed almost together.

Suspended high in the sky, he gazed at the battlefield directly below: