Gundam UC Hunting Time

Mse fired again, and Zaku caught up once more. Jung cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do. He could only turn back and once again face the anti-aircraft fire of Zaku and Mse.

Sudden--

The forward turret of Musai suddenly expanded, erupted, and exploded into a dazzling fireball.

The Zaku, which was aiming at the swordfish, immediately turned around, its single pink eye darting about.

"--What's going on?"

Jung also looked at the radar interface in surprise, only to see a rapidly approaching point of light on the screen—by the time he saw it, the other party had already entered the Swordfish's cockpit field of vision.

It was a yellow mobile suit that looked like it had been propelled by two super-heavy missiles.

"Zani!?"

Jung instinctively opened his eyes wide to observe, and saw Zani rushing into the battlefield, separating the two thrusters while holding two rocket launchers and continuing to pour ammunition at Mse.

One rocket after another erupted from the rocket launcher, hurtling towards the Mtsai. Some missed, some hit, and fireballs erupted from the Mtsai's hull, causing it to tilt to one side!

Lin Xingyuan! ?

Isn't that thing still in testing?

At an astonishing speed, Zani rushed past Musai, his figure instantly transforming into a dazzling speck of light and merging into the cosmic background. Jung was still in shock when Captain Zagu, enraged, charged forward again, unleashing a fierce barrage of fire on his swordfish.

Why did it run away again?!

"Hey, what's up?"

[Of course, slow down!]

You guys don't think you can slow down just by doing that, do you? The driver will die!

Even if the pilot can handle it, the machine itself can't.

So Kira Yamato is a real concrete block? He was launched directly into battle using the Strike Force.

Just pretend that physics is different.

Jung hurriedly maneuvered his plane to evade, but due to his momentary distraction, he lost the initiative and was hit by a shell fired by the Zaku, which struck his additional propulsion component. He quickly jettisoned the component that was about to explode, but the Captain Zaku was still very close.

At the critical moment, a blinding line of fire enveloped Zaku, causing him to scramble to avoid it. Jung turned to look and discovered that Zani had returned.

"Antares07? Lin!?"

He initiated a communication, and sure enough, Lin Xingyuan's voice came from the other end.

"Sorry, it took a little time to slow down."

The yellow Zani approached, its weapon already switched to a Zaku machine gun.

"What are you doing here!?"

"Because we are the closest combat unit to you, be careful."

After Lin Xingyuan reminded him to dodge the Zaku's retaliatory shells, Jung immediately gave a warning.

"The mothership is in danger!"

"I know. Leave this to me. You go and support the mothership!"

Lin Xingyuan replied that he had changed the magazine of the machine gun and took the initiative to meet the captain's Zaku, closing the distance between them.

"MS!? From the Federation!? How is that possible!?"

Captain Zaku's pilot was still in shock when he was hit in the torso by a shell fired by Zani. He hurriedly maneuvered his machine to the side and used his shield to defend, but he was still hit and his posture became chaotic!

Lin Xingyuan licked his lips, his mind flashing back to the experiences he had accumulated from playing Gundam games.

It seems... it might actually come in handy!

Seeing Zani deftly dodge, evade, and counterattack under Captain Zagu's fire, Jung found it unbelievable.

Didn't he just learn to drive?

"Can you do it?"

"no problem."

"Ok."

Jung quickly flew away, leaving the battlefield to Lin Xingyuan.

[How come you're so skilled even though it's your first time?]

[Kill the white scholars!]

[But they are indeed very experienced.]

[Isn't that a bit too arrogant? It's just a Tezaku I.]

What do you know? The performance of a mobile suit doesn't determine the outcome of a battle!

As the barrage of comments rolled, Lin Xingyuan had already approached the Captain Zaku. It was a new MS-06C. Knowing the performance differences between the two, he did not engage in a prolonged battle to compare maneuvers. Instead, he made good use of his experience piloting the Swordfish, relying on the energy advantage brought by speed, to break away in one strike. He suddenly flew towards Musai and switched his weapon to a rocket launcher.

[PL isn't working; they're still using Swordfish's experience.]

[Isn't it enough that it works?]

Captain Zagu was indeed shocked and gave chase, but Lin Xingyuan feinted and suddenly did a half somersault, changing his posture headfirst and feetfirst, facing the chasing Zagu head-on. Then, four lines of fire shot out from his strangely shaped head!

"What?!"

There's even a weapon on its head!?

Shells rained down on them, and the captain's Zaku pilot instinctively controlled the shield to defend, unaware that he was falling into Lin Xingyuan's trap!

【ah!】

[It's over]

"It's a good machine, but unfortunately the pilot isn't clever enough."

He steadily set up the rocket launcher and fired the rocket at Captain Zaku. Because both were moving in the same direction and in a straight line at high speed, the rocket hit Zaku almost instantly.

Holy crap! Holy crap!

[First Blood Taken!]

Is this the second one?

[The Zaku pilot clearly lacks experience in mobile suit combat.]

The explosion engulfed the steel giant. Lin Xingyuan once again manipulated his mech to turn around and rush towards the already heavily damaged Musai. He circled around to its back, fired a shot at each of its thrusters, then dropped the rockets that had run out of ammunition, switched to the machine guns, and rushed at full speed towards the location of the Columbus-class. His movements were so fast that even the barrage of bullets couldn't keep up with the pace.

[Firing at the thrusters?]

[Is he planning to come back and collect the loot later?]

[Are you addicted to being a garbage collector?]

Upon hearing the news of the mothership's attack, the pilots of the two Zaku aircraft panicked and hastily abandoned the Columbus-class destroyers and turned back. The pilots of the two Swordfish aircraft also turned around and, seeing the enemy retreating, were somewhat puzzled. But before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, Jung sent a communication.

"Attention all aircraft! Lieutenant Lin is engaged in combat with Musei and the captain's aircraft. Do not let them return!"

"what?"

"Lieutenant Lin? That one from just now!?"

Both pilots were startled as they recalled the fleeting meteor, while Jung had already closed in on the two Zaku and fired his missile first.

Chapter Sixteen: The Day I Became an ACE

"The mothership is under attack!? What happened!?"

"Where's the captain? What happened to the captain?"

"How should I know! I can't get in touch with them at all!"

"Never mind that! Getting back to the rescue is the priority!"

The two Zaku tanks, eager to return, were caught off guard. One of them angrily tried to fire back, but its companion stopped it. They covered each other, fighting and retreating at full speed, avoiding any further engagement with Jung.

"What are you doing?! Come and help!"

Seeing that the other two Swordfish did not immediately move forward, Jung couldn't help but curse.

"We're out of missiles! And we're almost out of fuel!"

The two swordfish pilots gave a helpless reply.

"Then hurry up and resupply!"

Jung was helpless; the previous attack had also exhausted his missiles, leaving him with only his machine guns. But if he went back to reload now, allowing the two Zaku to rendezvous with Musai, Lin Xingyuan's situation would definitely be in great danger!

However, being able to attack with only machine guns, and facing two opponents at once, is practically gambling with one's life.

no way!

Jung faced the challenge head-on, and fortunately, one of the drivers decided to risk his life to help, letting another teammate load the ammunition.

"Unit 3, you go load the ammunition, Captain! I'll help you!"

Soon, the two Swordfish, equipped only with 25mm cannons, attacked the two Zaku, preventing them from retreating.

"Are they crazy?!"

Although the mobile suit's armor was strong enough to withstand 25mm cannon fire, the Zaku pilot was still extremely annoyed after being strafed several times. He wanted to retaliate, but found that the Swordfish, now much lighter and lighter after shedding its load, was faster and more agile, and the space was clear and vast enough that it was quite difficult to aim at.

After a long tug-of-war, the pilots of the two Zakus suddenly realized that they were running out of ammunition and had wasted a lot of time! To make matters worse, communications with the mothership were cut off, and flames could be seen in the distance, indicating that it was severely damaged. Meanwhile, the Swordfish that had previously left the battle had reappeared on the battlefield, clearly having replenished its ammunition!

"Damn it! Forget about them!"

Sensing something was wrong, the two machines accelerated further. Just then, the detector detected a new signal approaching, and the system automatically identified the machine type.

Zaku I?

Where did it come from?

Although the appearance of the Zaku I was strange, the Federation did not have mobile suits at this stage, so the two naturally assumed that the reinforcements were allies and were overjoyed.

"Great, they're friendly forces!"

"You're all finished!!"

With sinister grins, they maneuvered their aircraft around, firing at the two persistent Swordfish while simultaneously sending out inquiries.

"Calling for friendly forces. This is MS squad from the Lili Marlene. We are low on ammunition and request your assistance! Repeat—"

In Zani's cockpit, Lin Xingyuan, who was about to fire, heard the call and subconsciously released the trigger. His eyes lit up and a plan came to mind.

He continued to fly closer while giving a response.

"I'd be happy to, please hang in there!"

That's so insidious!

This guy is really wicked!

No way! We want to see some real action and intense battles!

The comments section was filled with messages about Lin Xingyuan.

Just then, a fully-equipped Swordfish sped in, unleashing missiles. The two Zaku scrambled to evade and desperately fought back, ending up in a sorry state. Fortunately, the Zaku I finally arrived, armed with its machine gun, ready to join the battle.

"Thank you so much!"

Although it was strange that the Zaku I was painted a test-grade yellow-green, the drivers of both Zakus were too preoccupied to care and were simply expressing their gratitude profusely. But the next second—

Drop drop-

A warning sounded in the cockpit, and the Zaku pilot, who was locked on, looked surprised. He then saw the Zaku I pointing its gun at him.

"Huh? What?"

He cried out in alarm, and then all the shells fired by the yellow-green Zaku bombarded his aircraft, instantly turning it into a sieve.

"Ahhh-"

The pilot's screams reached the cockpit of another Zaku that was firing with its back to them. The pilot turned around in astonishment and witnessed the yellow-green Zaku I ambushing its teammate.

"You, you bastard—why..."

He was both shocked and furious. He maneuvered his machine to turn around and aim, but it got stuck due to IFF recognition. Just then, the Swordfish turned back and fired missiles again!

boom--