Gundam UC Hunting Time

In the pilot briefing room, the MS pilots who were playing cards immediately started playing. Incidentally, perhaps because of their +3 luck, Lin Xingyuan was the only one among the group without a card on his face, giving him the air of a gambling saint.

"It's Muse! Muse are catching up from behind! They've already released MS!"

The temporarily assigned communications officer was a male sergeant, and his panicked state was no different from that of the female sergeant.

"What about the distance?"

Lin Xingyuan threw down his cards, jumped up, and asked.

"three hundred!"

"three hundred!?"

"Isn't that very close!?"

Sandas ripped the note off his face and hurriedly put on his pilot's suit, which he had thrown aside. Lin Xingyuan also quickly tidied himself up and was the first to rush out of the briefing room. In the hangar, the red warning lights spun incessantly. The maintenance crew had already started the aircraft. Lin Xingyuan took the PAD handed to him by Sergeant Mei, checked it, and after confirming the aircraft's weapon loading status, climbed into the cockpit, fastening his seatbelt while asking about the battle situation.

Where have the enemy mobile suits arrived?

"It's 210 meters away, still approaching, and moving faster than expected... Is this a red comet!?"

The flustered communications officer looked at the picture and tried to guess, his expression contorted with fear.

"What!?"

"Not again!?"

When Tachibana Kanna and the others, who were boarding the plane, heard the name "Red Comet," they were all stunned for a moment.

"What kind of tragic fate is this?"

Lin Xingyuan was also very surprised, and the barrage of comments was even more uproar.

[Char Aznable returns?]

Could we be being watched?

[Haha, anyone want a cool Char Aznable?]

Char Aznable is indeed popular. The familiar background music started playing in Lin Xingyuan's ears again. While he was speechless, the comments section came to comfort him.

[PL, stay strong! Don't die!]

"..."

"Lin?" Tachibana Kamina asked, her tone revealing her guilt.

"You've come at the perfect time."

Lin Xingyuan gritted his teeth and gripped the control stick tightly, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

"Let him experience the power of the new equipment!"

The hatch opened, and light shone in from the outside, but it couldn't illuminate the matte black Zaku until its single pink eye lit up, asserting its presence.

“Antares squad, let’s go hunt ducks.”

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Chapter Thirty-One: Joni: ?

"I never imagined that one day we would be launching an attack from Zeon's warships."

On the communication channel, Sandas looked around at his surroundings with some discomfort.

"Don't say that. To be honest, you're piloting a Zaku, aren't you?" Tachibana Kanna laughed, then turned to Jung opposite her: "Lieutenant, we'll be relying on you to take care of our butts later."

"..."

Jung had no intention of joking with them; his eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

He failed to catch his prey last time, but this time he's determined to break the record.

With a tremor, Lin Xingyuan's machine took off first, followed by Tachibana and Sandas's machines, and then Jung's machine.

After the four aircraft turned around, Captain Stark personally issued instructions.

"Lieutenant, your most important task is to protect this ship until it reaches Earth orbit. The patrol team is on its way. Please hold on until then."

"receive."

Lin Xingyuan gave a brief reply, and then he and Tachibana went forward, forming a two-unit wave formation to prevent the enemy from rushing straight to Musai in one go.

On the other side—

"what?"

Upon discovering that the other side had also released a mobile suit, Johnny Leiden was both confused and surprised. He tried to zoom in on the image and, with his exceptional eyesight, discovered that the first one was a dark-looking machine, while the one next to it was somewhat unfamiliar.

"Is that a patrol Zaku?"

He knew that the Homeland Defense Force had a reconnaissance Zaku II with a black paint scheme, and now it was teamed up with strange mobile suits. Could the other side really be a secret unit of the attacking force? Was that a specially modified mobile suit?

Did I do something I shouldn't have done?

Just as Johnny was regretting it, suddenly, the alarm blared, and a flash of fire appeared on the front of the unidentified machine on the screen!

Fire!?

attack!?

Johnny's pupils contracted, and he reflexively swung the control stick, causing the machine to roll to the side. He then watched helplessly as the shells passed through his previous position and hit his second-in-command not far behind him. This new recruit, who had just been assigned to the machine and admired him greatly, even volunteering to carry his ammunition, was completely caught off guard and his machine was pierced by the barrage of shells, turning into an exploding fireball along with his machine!

"Captain—"

"Brian!"

Was it bad luck? Or was the other side's shooting too accurate?

The screams of his fallen men still echoed in his ears, and cold sweat instantly soaked Johnny's back. Just then, a second wave of shells came crashing down, and Johnny dodged while shouting warnings.

"Kim, Kurapitz! Avoid——!"

"Captain! What's going on!?"

The two men, seasoned veterans, nimbly dodged the incoming shells, but were still somewhat confused about the situation.

"That's the enemy!"

Because he had been on patrol and the intelligence submitted by Char had not yet been shared with the Mobile Attack Force, Johnny was unaware that the Federation already had MS units (not individuals) at this time, and even suspected that the other side was trying to silence him.

He didn't want to die, so the other party could only be an enemy!

"enemy?"

"But...that's an MS?"

The two men were still confused, but with shells coming one after another and more comrades falling, they had no time to think and could only open fire to fight back.

The two sides exchanged fire, rapidly closing the distance. Johnny finally saw the enemy's appearance clearly—it looked a lot like a Zaku, but there were many differences in the details. There were no obvious identifying marks, and the IFF did not react.

Since that's the case—

He aimed the rocket launcher and fired a shot at the black machine in front of him, but his usually invincible shooting skills failed this time—the other side seemed to sense that it had been locked on in advance, and immediately dodged, unleashing a volley of missiles in return.

"Missiles? In this situation?"

Johnny was puzzled, but immediately realized—they hadn't released Minovsky particles! The missile was barely usable!

He hurriedly dodged, but quickly deduced from the missile's trajectory that it wasn't aimed at him, but at his teammate Kim!

"Kim! Watch out!"

Johnny gave an urgent warning, and his longtime partner Keane quickly swerved to avoid the missile, firing fiercely at it before it turned back—he had enough time to do so, and Kulapiz also helped intercept it.

As a next-generation mobile weapon, the Zaku possesses maneuverability unmatched by traditional fighter jets, and missiles pose little threat as long as the distance is appropriate. However, while he was busy dodging and counterattacking, a volley of shells suddenly shot towards his location.

"not good--"

We've been tricked!

Johnny was shocked.

There was no sound in the vacuum, but Johnny clearly saw the process of Kim being hit. First, the shoulder armor with the ram was blown off, then the leg was broken. Although the third tracer bullet missed, these two shots alone greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the Kim machine.

"hateful--!"

Kim cursed loudly in the communication, and Johnny felt his scalp tingle. He immediately moved in front of him to block the beam for his injured teammate, and at the same time fired a second rocket at the machine.

The enemy planes quickly descended, dodging the attack once more. The distance between the two sides closed further, and shells rained down again. Johnny and his crew had to make a sharp turn to avoid the enemy's onslaught. The two enemy planes immediately followed suit, continuing their pursuit while firing continuously.

Damn it! So arrogant!

The shells followed closely behind. Johnny was furious. He dodged the shells, suddenly did a half forward roll, and fired a third rocket at the pursuing enemy plane. The enemy plane immediately evaded, and he immediately fired a fourth rocket!

The rocket flew straight toward the target, and seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the enemy aircraft directly spit out four tongues of fire from the sides of its nose, sweeping down the incoming rocket!

Impressive!

Johnny was secretly alarmed—the Zaku's sensors had a detection radius of about 2900 meters, and its design focused on anti-ship attacks. Furthermore, operating in an environment disrupted by Minovsky particles, it didn't need to worry about missile threats. Therefore, its combat mode relied more on maneuvering and active interception (such as using shields or maneuvering evasion) rather than on dense close-in weapon systems. Yet this person could actually use a combination of hand and brain to actively intercept a rapidly flying rocket!

Could he really be the ace of the Royal Guard?

He harbored doubts and couldn't help but feel the urge to back out.

Taking advantage of the explosion obscuring the enemy's vision, he reloaded the rocket launcher while moving around, and also checked on his two subordinates, finding that they were also engaged in a fierce battle.

Another unidentified machine relentlessly attacked the damaged Kim, while Kulapiz desperately tried to protect him, managing to keep him from being destroyed on the spot. However, before he could even feel relieved, the alarm sounded again. He glanced at the screen and saw that two more machines were approaching!

Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis struck. Johnny reflexively stepped on the pedal, controlling the Zaku's backward thrusters to perform a short burst of thrust, causing the machine to jump upwards. The next instant, a shell passed through his original position, giving him another fright.

This is bad...

On one side, Johnny was drenched in sweat, while on the other side, Lin Xingyuan was aggressive and relentlessly pursuing him. As soon as he got close to the missile launch distance, he immediately unleashed his full firepower.

Four missiles, guided by Lin Xingyuan's gaze and the trailing wires, chased after the enemy aircraft. The red Zaku maneuvered continuously, then suddenly turned to dodge the missiles, tearing the trailing wires off its tail and causing it to explode out of control. However, this was within Lin Xingyuan's expectations—Char could certainly do such a thing. He switched the machine gun to his left hand, caught the rocket launcher handed to him by the robotic arm with his right, and, based on his intuition, pulled the trigger three times in succession towards the red Zaku ahead!

Rockets were fired one after another, heading towards the maneuvering target, but not directly hitting it. Instead, they exploded prematurely after reaching the predetermined distance, turning into a fierce rain of steel that swept towards the enemy aircraft!

The red Zaku evaded the first two rockets, but was hit squarely by the third, causing its entire body to erupt in dense sparks.

"Damn it! What the hell is that?!"

Inside the red Zaku cockpit, the alarm blared piercingly. The sounds of impact, cutting, and scraping traveled through the armor, seat, pilot suit, and musculoskeletal system to Johnny's brain, causing a brief pause. He thought he was about to die from being shot, but his survival instinct kicked in. His limbs continued to move, and the machine miraculously started moving again!

"I'm not dead!?"

Johnny was incredulous. After the initial joy of surviving, he was filled with utter rage.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Making Enemies (Slightly modified, please refresh)

Was it too weak? Or was it just bad luck?

Seeing that the 'Red Comet' could still move after taking a blast of self-forging fragments, Lin Xingyuan wasn't surprised at all—firstly, it was Char, the 'chosen one'; secondly, the caliber of the Zeon 280mm rocket launcher was still small, and the self-forging fragment rounds it fired had limited destructive power, making it difficult to directly destroy enemy aircraft. So he continued the pursuit without stopping, while simultaneously using his left hand to operate the machine gun.

"Tsk! What a piece of junk!"

The Zaku machine gun was hardly a sophisticated weapon. Its excessive focus on caliber and power resulted in a slow rate of fire and significant recoil. When controlled with one hand, the spread was atrocious. Lin Xingyuan grimaced in dissatisfaction. He watched as the red Zaku swayed left and right, dodging the artillery fire, and then set up a rocket launcher, preparing to block the position again. However, before he could lock on and fire, the red Zaku suddenly stopped and turned back, actively approaching his position!

"Don't underestimate people—"

I am the Crimson Lightning, famous for my guerrilla raids!

Inside the cockpit of the red Zaku, Johnny's eyes widened, burning with rage. He rapidly mounted his rocket launcher and fired at the black Zaku. However, his furious attack had no effect—the rocket wouldn't leave the barrel; it was stuck!

The rocket launcher was destroyed by that attack!?

Johnny immediately realized what the problem was!

To avoid being caught in the blast, he immediately discarded the rocket launcher and went to retrieve the Zaku machine gun hanging on the back of the machine, only to find that the machine was not responding to any commands!

Damn it! I haven't brought that thing with me because I'm always on anti-ship missions!