Gundam UC Hunting Time

The next moment, an excessive beam of light suddenly shot out from the nose of the Biglo, and as the pilot made slight adjustments to the fuselage, it lashed out like a whip, cutting through everything in its path.

"What kind of damn power is this..."

Io turned pale with fright and hurriedly dodged. Lin Xingyuan maneuvered his machine to descend, almost narrowly avoiding the beam of light, and became increasingly anxious.

This can't go on!

One of the iron balls, which had been kept at a distance, launched a wire-guided missile. However, due to the great distance, Bigro had already shifted its position before being hit, accelerating explosively and giving the missile no chance to strike! Other specially equipped iron balls were also attacking, but the shells that were powerful enough to destroy the Zaku were only enough to tickle Bigro.

Let alone waiting for the enemy to run out of fuel, at this rate, we might run out of ammunition even sooner!

We must find a way!

Lin Xingyuan forced himself to calm down, his eyes scanning his surroundings for an opportunity. Then, perhaps it was his eagle eye and luck that worked, and he suddenly spotted the rocket launcher left behind by the Zaku that had been shot down earlier. He immediately went up and grabbed it.

"Listen, Io! I'll create an opportunity for you! Get close and take it out with rockets, you still have seven, right?"

"Will it work!?"

Io had gotten used to the rhythm by now, but he was still a little unsure—not about Lin Xingyuan, but about the iron ball he was piloting.

"You think it's possible? No way! Who do you think I am?!"

With the specially equipped iron ball supporting the Zaku rocket launcher, Lin Xingyuan declared victory.

Oh, and the tail beam.

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Chapter Sixty-Five: Tadpoles Hunt Biglo

As a mobile fortress designed for anti-ship warfare, Bigelow's only weapons are the Mega Particle Cannon and large anti-ship missiles. Now that the anti-ship missiles are exhausted, Bigelow is left with only the Mega Particle Cannon and two mechanical claws.

"Keep this position and don't let them catch up! Wait for my signal, then you're out!"

"If I die, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

"Disrespectful to your superior! After the battle, you'll be locked up in solitary confinement!"

While exchanging words with Io, Lin Xingyuan steadily set up the rocket launcher. He took a deep breath and focused on sensing the killing intent of the 'Bigro' pilot during the countdown. With his enhanced perception skills, he could sense it, and combined with the countdown estimation, the accuracy was enough to take a gamble.

Then--

"Now!"

The enemy aircraft, which was engaged in dogfighting, suddenly began to maintain stable flight. This was a clear signal. Before it opened its nose shield and prepared to launch, Lin Xingyuan keenly sensed the pilot's intention to fire. He immediately pulled the trigger repeatedly, firing rockets and issuing a warning at the same time!

"Ahhh!"

Entrusting his life to Lin Xingyuan, Io immediately disregarded everything, rolled, and swiftly changed course. The next second, Bigelow fired the Mega Particle Cannon, its beam illuminating the entire space, almost grazing Io's back, giving him a fright. Immediately afterward, of the three rockets fired by Lin Xingyuan, two missed due to miscalculation and recoil, but one still accurately struck Bigelow's top cooling vent!

boom--

With the explosion, a fireball burst from Bigelow's back, and the machine tilted violently as the beam slid directly to an unrelated location.

[Hit!]

The comments section was filled with jubilation, but that wasn't enough!

Lin Xingyuan knew that given Bigro's armor thickness and size, it would take at least several shots to completely destroy it. So, the second after firing the rocket launcher, he maneuvered the special iron ball at full speed, heading straight for Bigro, while simultaneously using a laser to send out a universal communication signal to taunt it.

really--

The explosion threw Bigelow off balance, but the pilot quickly regained control and also located the culprit.

'Toying with your prey is the work of a third-rate driver. Let me be your opponent!'

It was like a tadpole provoking a crab—utterly courting death! The Biglo pilot, having read the laser signal, was furious. He abandoned the Io machine and charged straight at Lin Xingyuan's special iron ball, intending to tear this overconfident fellow to pieces!

The two sides quickly closed in, and the specially equipped iron ball aimed a rocket launcher at Bigelow.

Hearing the aiming warning, Bigelow's pilot showed no fear. He simply swayed his aircraft from side to side, not giving the rocket an easy chance to aim. However, Lin Xingyuan did not use his observation and eagle-eye skills. It wasn't until the two were close enough to be dangerously close, and Bigelow swung its giant claws to grab the iron ball and crush it, that he first pressed the launch button on the rocket anchor and simultaneously stepped on the propulsion pedal.

The rocket-propelled anchor head shot straight at Bigelow, hitting its giant claw. Under the force, it hooked back and secured itself. Immediately, the steel cable tightened due to the claw's swing, pulling the specially equipped iron ball, which was also advancing in tactical maneuver, into the air. The iron ball swung like a yo-yo, avoiding the claw, drawing a line across Bigelow's upper body, and then swung directly behind it!

"What!?"

The pilot turned his head in astonishment, and Bigelow's pink single eye followed the trajectory of the special iron ball, looking back, but there was no way to stop it - it was born for anti-ship purposes and had no close-in weaponry!

It's now!

When Bigro's massive body filled the specially equipped iron ball's field of vision, Lin Xingyuan decisively launched the last rocket and cut the steel cable at the same time. The iron ball, now without traction, immediately began to spin out of control, but Lin Xingyuan's mission was already complete.

"boom--"

An explosion occurred, and Bigelow was severely injured once again. Amidst the dizzying spin, Lin Xingyuan, inside the iron sphere, sent instructions to the Io machine.

"Io! Make your move!"

"Hahaha! You don't need to tell me!"

Zani chased after Bigro at breakneck speed, while Io laughed and fired the remaining seven rockets at Bigro!

The dense barrage of rockets kissed Bigelow's rear end in the blink of an eye, followed by a violent explosion. Bigelow's thrusters exploded, and like a rotting crab thrown into a frying pan, its shell burst open, spewing smoke and fire, it wobbled and crashed into the wreckage in front of it before finally coming to a stop.

Meanwhile, Lin Xingyuan spent a great deal of effort to correct the posture of the special iron ball. He suppressed his nausea and looked at the enemy plane until he confirmed that it was completely destroyed before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The driver is still alive!"

The Io aircraft, which was approaching the target, sent a message. Lin Xingyuan followed in surprise and quickly spotted the pilot who emerged from the aircraft and surrendered.

[Huh? Could this guy be from 0083?]

[The one who got pinched to death by a giant lobster?]

[His name was Cortl. During the One Year War, he served as the pilot of MA-05 Bigelow. After the war, Cortl joined Sima Karahau's fleet and participated in Operation Stardust in 83. He wanted to take over MA-06 Val Valo on the moon, but they refused and he was cut in half.]

The viewers in the live chat recognized the driver's identity, but it didn't matter to Lin Xingyuan.

"Just say we don't accept surrender, and tell him to die!"

He was furious because two trainees had died, and he was speaking very rudely. But no sooner had he finished speaking than a murderous intent suddenly struck him. He reflexively turned around, searching for the enemy.

"What's wrong?" Io asked, puzzled.

"...Attention all aircraft, there are still enemies!"

With only two specially equipped iron spheres in sight and no enemy aircraft in sight, Lin Xingyuan frowned and suddenly thought of a possibility.

“The enemy planes couldn’t have been flying alone; there must be other people with them nearby! Tell the prisoner that as long as he reveals the location of the mothership, we will abide by the Geneva Convention and provide him with ample food and a warm bed.”

"learn!"

Io, a Side 4 native, harbored no goodwill towards Zeon. He immediately manipulated Zani's mechanical arm to seize the surrendered Kurtel and interrogated him with a cold, menacing voice. Kurtel clearly didn't want to be turned into mincemeat and readily revealed the mothership's location. Five minutes later, Lin Xingyuan and his subordinates surrounded the Yodonheim-class ships, who were still unaware of the situation.

[Oh! It's a ship from the 603rd Technical Experiment Unit!]

[Only three of these ships were ever built, right? Which one is this?]

Is it the same ship that the Zeon female officer who was a fanatical idol of Gihren rode in?

I think that woman is quite cute and adorable.

[There are still Zeon remnants?! Damn GM, tell PL to kill that woman! I'll give you a spicy snack!]

As an experimental support ship converted from a civilian transport vessel, the Yutonheim-class was armed with only one MEGA particle cannon and four twin-barreled machine guns. It would be difficult to deal with even a special-purpose iron ball, let alone mobile suits. Io detonated the ship's MEGA particle cannon with a single fly-by, completely ignoring the machine guns.

When the muzzle of the 120mm cannon was pressed against the bridge, the crew of the Jotunheim-class quickly and wisely chose to surrender. Lin Xingyuan maneuvered a specially equipped iron ball across the side of the ship and saw the name of the Jotunheim on the surface of the hull. A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

It turned out to be that very ship.

Tsk tsk, it's precisely because of these kinds of plot developments that this game is so interesting.

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Chapter Sixty-Six: The Zeon Army's 'Black Technology'?

Although he was emotionally unwilling to accept Zeon's surrender, prisoners of war could not be killed—mainly for fear of losing face, and also because it was a matter of military discipline—so Lin Xingyuan ultimately restrained his anger.

However, since it was the Jotunheim, it must have test reports on Zeon's technical equipment. Therefore, after the other party identified themselves, he immediately made a demand as the on-site commander: from now on, if the other party deleted or destroyed any technical records, data, or equipment on board, they would not be treated as prisoners of war. This demand effectively deterred the restless crew members, especially Monique Cadillac, the supervisor directly under the Gihren Secretariat.

Subsequently, Lin Xingyuan contacted the mothership and learned that they had not only defeated the enemy's experimental aircraft force, but also captured the enemy mothership. The crew of the Columbus-class were shocked but also excited—it was good to follow Captain Lin; there were always credits to be earned.

Only Bianca was dissatisfied.

"You didn't take me with you again!"

He immediately flew out in a huff, piloting the mech Lin Xingyuan had left on the mothership, and then—

"Whoaaaaah... Why is the control rate setting on this machine so sensitive?! It's impossible to control it!"

Lin Xingyuan has been in a bad mood lately. Seeing his beloved phone being messed with, especially since it was being turned on crookedly and haphazardly, he immediately got angry and gave the reckless Bianca a thorough dressing-down over the phone.

"Go back and put him in solitary confinement for three days!"

Upon hearing the punishment decision, Io immediately became gloating.

"Hahaha, serves him right!"

"What's so funny? You only get six days! And you still have to clean the toilets for a week!"

"Ah! Why!?"

"Because you ignored orders and defied your superior during the battle!"

"Uh……"

"Hehehe, serves him right!"

This time it was Bianca's turn to gloat.

Subsequently, the Columbus-class destroyers dispatched personnel to clean up the battlefield, towing the damaged Bigro and escorting the Yutonheim back to Luna 2 base. After handling various miscellaneous matters, Lin Xingyuan formally submitted a report on the encounter, which included an objective evaluation of Bigro's combat capabilities—in short, utterly incompetent, and better suited to be replaced by four Swordfish, which would be cheaper in all aspects and offer greater tactical flexibility. He also emphasized the Iron Ball's combat capabilities and the necessity of its specialized equipment, striving to secure some benefits for the subsequent pilots and accumulate good karma.

but--

"After all, the Zeon forces were pioneers of mobile suits. Their investment of funds and technology in building these mobile fortresses might actually have some merit?"

"That's true, it's worth exploring."

As expected, the Federation forces are all big-ship, big-gun enthusiasts!

Seeing that the bigwigs above were quite interested in mobile fortresses like Bigelow and seemed to really want to make a version for their own use to see how it would work, Lin Xingyuan made up his mind that he would stay away from that thing from now on no matter what!

Of course, they were very satisfied with the combat capabilities of the special-equipped iron ball and immediately issued an order to prioritize the production of this model. They also formed the 101st Special-Equipped Iron Ball Flight Squadron, centered around the pilots who survived the battle (since it's a single ball, let's call it 0, haha), and prioritized its deployment to Lin Xingyuan's Columbus-class aircraft (mainly because it's the only Columbus-class aircraft left). Meanwhile, the propaganda department obtained new material and ridiculed the Zeon technicians' design plans in the program. They also created several new Zeon jokes based on Monica Cadillac's identity—for example, while the soldiers in front were risking their lives, Gihren in the back was 'enjoying' their wives and daughters. Not only was he driving a silver cloak, but he also sent the women he had grown tired of to various units as supervisors, and the manner of doing so was left to the imagination.

In any case, both sides have no bottom line when it comes to the war of public opinion.

After submitting his report, Lin Xingyuan rushed to the captured Jotunheim, only to receive a rather disappointing result from the engineering technicians conducting the investigation.

Jotunheim didn't have any Zeon advanced technology; it only had ordinary test reports, such as various test reports for MS-05 and MS-06 Zaku I and II, as well as test reports for various related weapons and equipment. Many of these were failures—like the Zda YM. Of course, for the Federation, this information was still quite valuable, as it allowed them to better understand the design thinking of Zeon engineers and the problems they encountered, which was beneficial to their own mobile suit design. But for Lin Xingyuan, who had come with the mindset of visiting a Zeon site to learn about advanced technology, this was simply too boring.

[Isn't this obvious? It's only April, what kind of cutting-edge technology could there be?]