Gundam, Gravity Elegy

"You call that thing a bomber..."

"bang bang bang"

Then came another round of missile bombardment, and the missiles falling from the sky once again forced her to dodge.

"Tsk, how could Zeon possibly design something like this..."

"Don't worry, their attack won't last long. Don't forget they're here to resupply."

Within the communications, as Cuvatro's noisy conclusions echoed, reality had already provided its feedback.

'boom'

These guys just dropped straight down from the sky, while those flight ramps called 'bombers' hovered above.

"Hey old man, seeing how hard you're fighting, how about we give you a hand?"

Now, six MS of the same specifications stand on the ground:

"tiger……"

Chapter 56: The Army's Loopholes

2: 40 AM

Lorraine region.

In the early hours of the morning, nature had already blanketed the earth in darkness, and the gloom made the enormous iron bird soaring in the sky reveal the coldness of a war machine:

The Gauss-class aircraft carrier USS Bison—in fact, several hours earlier, a suffocating silence had been echoing within its bridge, and all of this was because of one person:

Commander of the 1st Division: Major General Yuri Keller.

In reality, this situation should be quite rare. As a commander who liked to be close to his subordinates and "share the joy with the people," he always liked to create a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere in the places he was in.

But it seemed that after nightfall, he had completely lost that leisurely mood, like a silent sculpture.

At this moment, no one wanted to disturb the major general. Even the helmsman and radar operator only dared to glance at the chair behind him, which symbolized his status, intentionally or unintentionally.

until……

"Lord Yuri, battle reports have arrived from the Southern Cross."

When Secretary Cynthia's voice rang out, the previously suffocating atmosphere seemed to finally ease.

While the sergeants were panting heavily, Major General Keller finally opened his eyes:

"explain."

"They agreed to join us and cooperate with our tactics, but they just raided a Federal Army unit, so they're going back to base to resupply first."

As she stepped into the bridge, Cynthia spoke softly.

"Is that so? 'Agree' to cooperate, but we still need to return to base for resupply..."

As he pondered the word, Major General Keller's expression inevitably became somewhat strange and stiff:

“If I remember correctly, we should have given them the ‘order’ three hours ago.”

"……Yes."

Then, silence seemed to descend once more, and what finally broke it was the alarm that blared across the bridge.

"Commander, a formation of Federation fighter jets has been spotted ahead, heading this way!"

"Don't be afraid, disperse the Minovsky particles, and then have the accompanying Vansen and Buffalo release their fighter squadrons!"

'Boom'

The flames exploded in the air, illuminating almost everyone on the exposed bridge.

In that light, the secretary saw his commander's increasingly gloomy expression:

"At least, MS was not the decisive factor in this battle."

Although that's what she said, Cynthia could still sense a kind of sadness in it.

Despite being a general of the principality, he felt helpless when facing an action squad with a rank far lower than his own.

The seed of chaos had already been foreshadowed when the Zabi family took hold of the army—the moment Prince Dejin decided not to allow his eldest son to become too powerful, the unified voice had already been completely split.

"Lord Yuri, will we lose because of this?"

"Ok?"

"No, I misspoke."

After regaining her senses, Cynthia couldn't help but shake her head.

Although it was only a fleeting thought, she suddenly realized that the high-spirited duchy army seemed to be full of loopholes.

But what would happen if these things were exploited?

…………

The echoing voice from the internal communication channel made Norris involuntarily close his eyes.

Even though they were reinforcements, he couldn't be happy at all:

"What are you doing?! This is Zeon's base!!"

"It's precisely because you think this way that you haven't been able to get rid of that 'failed product'."

Meeting the seemingly angry voice, Aigerba merely sneered:

"If I remember correctly, this should be the location of the tank depot, right? In the end, these 'tank soldiers' can only blame their own bad luck, can't they?"

"Does your statement qualify you as a commander of a team?!"

At that moment, a certain contradiction seemed to arise between the brown and blue 'kin'.

Although she couldn't hear anything, Shirley could sense something from the eerie silence:

"Although I don't know the specifics, if you Zeonians don't take action..."

In an instant, the pale Ifrit raised the machine gun in her hand.

'Didi Didi'

The intelligence regarding the illumination and lock-on instantly reverberated in the cockpit, and the 'Tigers' reacted swiftly:

"Execute mobile tactics!"

"learn!"

"Very good, the current situation is five against one. Let that 'failure' see the advantages of the 'tiger'!"

“However, Captain Egba, MS combat is different from the tanks you are used to dealing with. We should…”

"Stop making excuses for your incompetence, old man..."

'boom'

Suddenly, the loud explosion cut everything off.

"what?!"

When they came to their senses, the white enemy plane vanished from its spot amidst a loud bang.

"Where did they go?!"

"Captain, in the air!"

"What?! MS can jump that high?!"

When Egba actually pulled up the viewfinder, he only saw a dark shadow rapidly approaching him.

"This kind of thing..."

'bang bang bang'

The machine gun fired instinctively, only to be met with a burst of explosions.

"Oh no..."

Upon seeing this, Aigerba's eyes widened.

"They actually threw the machine gun out like that..."

Almost at the very moment the smoke and dust began to spread, the roar of an engine came from directly above.

Egba instinctively pulled the lever to move away from his spot, but as the brown cyclops landed again, a cruel sound came through the channel:

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

"Wald!"

The screaming master, the machine at the farthest point of the formation, had been pierced by a thermal saber.

"The furthest positions are usually occupied by snipers, but for those of you who have been fighting tanks for a long time, the reaction speed in this position is very slow."

The crimson 'eyes' dimmed, and Ifrit drew her sword immediately. At the same time, the crimson viewfinder quickly scanned the others:

"Not to mention that you're flying a 'new type of aircraft,' it must be tough without weapons."

'boom'

With the rocket engine running, Aigerba could only see the white figure charging toward him with an unreasonable momentum.

At the same time, the thermal saber in his hand was extremely conspicuous.

"hateful……"

'boom'

'boom'

Using his shield to parry the frenzied slashes, Egba instinctively tried to retreat, only to find that the 'failed product' was sticking to him relentlessly.

It might even be faster!

"Damn it, attack it now!"

"Drip drip drip"

The alarm sounded, but Shirley just sneered:

"Just as I thought, you guys seem to know absolutely nothing about 'MS combat'."

Through the communication, the mocking voice echoed clearly in the Tiger's cockpit, and Aigba quickly understood what it meant.

"Jump……"

Just like before, Ifrit simply made a leap-like motion, using the explosive leap from the rocket engines in her legs to quickly move away.

then……

'boom'

The rocket launcher exploded directly on his body.

"asshole……"

Immediately afterwards...

'boom'

The scattering warheads that came from a distance landed directly on the cockpit, blasting open the already crumbling frontal armor.

'boom'

Two loud bangs, and the captain's aircraft crashed to the ground.

"team leader?!"

Realizing the magnitude of his mistake, Danan quickly dropped the rocket launcher and charged forward, brandishing his thermal saber.

But just as the engine was running at full power, what came straight at them was the dark muzzle of a gun.

"This is... a shotgun shell?!"

"boom"

The 197mm caliber shrapnel scattered across the tiger's body, causing the charging machine to lose its balance.

"Damn it, this thing..."

'boom'