Gundam UC Hunting Time

Sure enough, a moment later, the news came from the other side.

"The vanguard of Armored Grenadier Company C has been wiped out, and there should still be small Federation forces nearby."

"Damn Federalists! Find them and wipe them out!"

"Yes! An MS has been dispatched."

His subordinate hurriedly replied, and Schmidt was about to ask about the situation of the surrounded Federal Army technical experimental unit when suddenly, a shrill report came through the communication channel.

"Major! All three aircraft of the Wolverine squad that were on the flank cover mission have been taken out!"

"What!?"

The channel was quiet for a few seconds, then erupted in excitement.

"When?! What happened?!"

Schmidt frowned and remained silent, looking at the electronic map, when suddenly a bold guess came to him.

Could it be the Black Death has arrived?!

Their mission was a 'fishing operation' based on this intelligence. Of course, if they couldn't catch any fish, they would break through the battle line and attack the Reibill flagship in the base, recreating the feat of the Black Triad. To this end, Mark Bey specially strengthened the strength of their troops.

"Attention everyone! A big fish has come in! Find it! Kill it!"

Having given the order, Schmidt maneuvered the machine to slightly extend its head, searching for the target's possible location based on the trajectory it had left behind.

At the same time, the subordinates who heard that the target had been caught also became excited.

"If we can take down that guy, we should be able to advance two levels, right?"

"Isn't that oversimplifying things?"

"Hmph, what does this guy from outer space know about ground warfare? Let me teach him a lesson with my new mech."

However, some cautious advisors offered their advice.

"Should we send armored infantry up first to check the situation?"

Schmidt said while searching, "There's no need for that. The enemy is a mobile suit (MS), which armored infantry can't catch up with. Besides, Hans is right, they just came down from Earth, and both their bodies and mobile suits are not in good condition. This is a rare opportunity that we can't let go. Squad A and Squad B, continue to surround and suppress the Federation's MS squad. The rest of you, prepare for battle!"

Soon, the two Zeon mobile suits that went to scout arrived near the shelling location in large strides. They stopped at the corner, but because they were eager to make a contribution, they rushed too fast and even collided, causing the building to collapse. Immediately, the Zaku in front peeked out to observe, but its pink monocular eye swept across the area and all it saw were scattered debris and horrifying shell craters.

"No target MS detected."

"Be careful, it should be nearby. Fire smoke screens and conduct a forced reconnaissance. Remember, once you spot the target, don't linger in combat; lure it out from behind cover!"

Major Schmidt warned in a communications that he was also conducting a full-scale search and ordered the armored units to fire flares.

Soon, new flares were launched, illuminating the surrounding area. The MS that came to investigate threw out smoke grenades. After the smoke screen spread, one of them jumped out after a countdown to observe, while the other knelt down and leaned out to provide cover, ready to fire at any time.

Major Schmidt's eyes were fixed on his subordinate's aircraft as it leaped up and moved, until a missile suddenly flew out of the building next to him and headed straight for his subordinate's aircraft.

"They're Federation anti-MS infantry!?"

He was taken aback and doubted that he had guessed wrong.

The wire-guided missile circled around and pursued the landing Zaku. The Zaku pilot, though startled, was prepared and immediately adjusted the thruster angle, maneuvering the machine sideways behind a nearby building. The pursuing missile was too fast for the pilot to maneuver, hitting the building and causing a small explosion. Immediately afterward, another machine providing cover fired fiercely at the building from which the missile had been launched.

"Tsk... I guessed wrong after all..."

Schmidt looked away unhappily and returned his gaze to the electronic map.

The goal is definitely to get in, but it shouldn't be in that location.

Behind the building, Lin Xingyuan was also greatly surprised to see the Zaku crashing into him.

He contacted the nearby anti-MS squad and set up the trap with them, intending to hide and catch them off guard. Unexpectedly, the fish jumped directly into the pot.

"You're really lucky."

He whistled merrily, and under the stunned gaze of the Zaku pilot, with lightning speed, he maneuvered the machine's arm forward, grabbed the Zaku's "pig nose," and then pulled it sharply backward. The Zaku, which had jumped in, immediately lost its balance and fell to the ground. Lin Xingyuan seized the opportunity to aim the machine gun at its back and pull the trigger.

"Four machines!"

bang bang bang-

With a dull bang, the Zaku's torso was pierced from front to back, killing the pilot instantly.

Just then, an explosion came from the side. Lin Xingyuan turned his head and saw members of the Federation Army's anti-MS team rushing out of the smoke and dust from the explosion through the window next to him, waving their flashlights to attract Lin Xingyuan's attention and reporting the new enemy situation.

"Captain! Another one is coming!"

"Received." Lin Xingyuan casually took the rocket launcher hanging on his waist from the Zaku, stepped on the pedal, used the thruster to move quickly, and pulled the trigger the moment the enemy plane appeared in his field of vision.

"Um!?"

The moment the rocket left the barrel, Lin Xingyuan saw the target clearly and discovered that the enemy aircraft was painted blue and had "bull horns" on its shoulders. It was a Guff!

[At this time? MS-07A?]

[Initial mass production model? 】

[They actually deployed such a cutting-edge machine?]

The barrage of comments suddenly became lively, and rockets sped toward the target. Out of respect for the new machine, Lin Xingyuan thought that the other party should be able to avoid it. So, the moment the machine landed, he immediately reversed his maneuver, not giving the other party a chance to know his position.

Meanwhile, in the Zaku at the top of the high-rise, Major Schmidt, who had just turned his attention back to the explosion, was shocked and immediately manipulated his machine to raise the cannon!

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Bonus chapter for the New Year! Thank you for your support!

Chapter 85 The Black Death Inspects the Front Lines (Part 2)

After Zani landed, Lin Xingyuan quickly continued moving, estimating the positions of both sides in his mind. Suddenly, he leaped up again, peering out from the top of the building, and successfully caught his target.

Guf was indeed different from Zaku; he was slightly more maneuverable and actually dodged the previous rocket. Now he was maneuvering in the opposite direction. Lin Xingyuan reacted quickly and fired another rocket, which hit the target this time.

Caught off guard, Guf was thrown into the air by the explosion, his legs instantly destroyed. Lin Xingyuan landed again, maneuvered once more, and prepared to finish off the target. However, as soon as he jumped up and looked up, a warning signal suddenly arose in his mind. He immediately abandoned firing, released the pedals, and the machine, supported entirely by thrust, plummeted instantly. The next second, a tracer shell shot out and hit Zani's shoulder armor!

"That was close! It was the one on the rooftop!?"

Lin Xingyuan immediately determined the opponent's position and glanced at the status display panel. The shoulder joint transmission efficiency had decreased by 15%, which was not a big impact.

You can't stay in the same place.

He moved swiftly, focusing all his attention on predicting the enemy's position. He randomly crouched down and suddenly drifted sideways from behind the building. His first glance caught sight of the previous Guf. It was still able to move, using its thrusters to retreat while continuously firing at the spot where Lin Xingyuan had been hiding. Behind it, another Zaku II was rushing over.

It's better to break one finger than to injure all ten!

Five machines!

[PL is on a killing spree!]

The viewers in the live chat were even more anxious than Lin Xingyuan, and they gave advance notice of the time.

Lin Xingyuan pulled the trigger, firing a rocket. The first shot missed, but the second hit the damaged Guf precisely, engulfing it completely in the explosion. A second Zaku, arriving as backup, immediately fired at Lin Xingyuan's position, but he had already moved behind another building while firing.

"Damn bastard!"

The enemy planes were moving too fast. When they realized they had lost their firing angle, Major Schmidt, the commander, immediately made a tactical maneuver to circle around to another building. But just as he jumped off the building, Lin Xingyuan jumped out again. Meanwhile, the Zaku that had come to provide support earlier landed on the top floor of a low-rise building, its guns pointed in another direction from the building where Lin Xingyuan was hiding—it had made a mistake!

"What a misfortune." Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Lin Xingyuan decisively opened fire, hitting the target squarely. Zagu was shot in the shoulder and thrown off the building by the explosion.

[Six kills!]

[He hit the shoulder. He probably didn't explode, but he's probably unable to fight anymore.]

[They wiped out two squads already? Is ground combat this brutal!?]

I think that's normal; the Zeon pilots on the ground don't have much experience dealing with mobile suits either.

"really……"

Lin Xingyuan had the same feeling. He glanced over and saw three enemy planes moving towards them. The enemy planes also saw him and immediately raised their guns to fire in their direction.

"Did I stir up a hornet's nest?!"

He cursed his bad luck, landed, and quickly maneuvered to the left. As he passed through the building, he glanced again at the enemy plane approaching from the left, confirming its location and distance. After landing, he waited quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly leaped up again, aiming at the expected position, only to find no enemy plane in sight. Realizing something was wrong, he immediately landed and maneuvered in the opposite direction, giving the enemy no chance.

Wow! PL's awareness is top-notch! And his positioning is amazing!

[Yes, that's it. If you miss the first time, give up immediately and find someone else to attack from!]

The comments section was filled with suggestions, which coincided with Lin Xingyuan's ideas.

He quickly maneuvered a distance, making sure he wouldn't be caught off guard by the enemy on his left, and immediately called Noel, ordering the tank convoy to fire indiscriminately into the vicinity.

The tanker's artillery fire was extremely rapid; the twin-mounted guns lived up to their reputation for high rate of fire. Shells quickly fell around them, masking the sound of Zani's footsteps. Lin Xingyuan estimated the distance, peered out, and was surprised to find an enemy plane standing on the side of the building—it was probably taking cover from the artillery fire and keeping watch for ambushes, completely unaware that Lin Xingyuan had already moved behind it.

What are we waiting for?

Lin Xingyuan immediately discarded the empty rocket, drew his Zaku Tomahawk, and leaped towards the enemy plane. The enemy pilot was clearly an experienced pilot; he reacted quickly, spotting the approaching Zani, and immediately turned to the side, preparing to fire his cannon.

"too slow!"

Lin Xingyuan shouted and changed tactics. He threw a shield bash, disrupting the enemy plane's posture, and then swung his battle axe, hitting the enemy plane squarely in the chest. But he didn't stop. As the enemy plane staggered to the side, he circled around to its back and delivered another axe blow.

Seven machines!

"It's the sixth machine... the one from before doesn't count."

[Awesome!]

The heavily damaged Zaku collapsed, spraying engine oil and fluid pulse medium. Lin Xingyuan quickly picked up its rocket launcher—this thing had much less recoil than the 180mm cannon and was more suitable for mobile warfare.

A shell suddenly shot in, blasting a nearby fountain into the air. Lin Xingyuan was startled and hurriedly maneuvered his machine to dodge, using the shield to protect the cockpit while turning his head to fire probabilistically at the location from which the shell had come—regardless of whether it hit or not, as long as the shell hit, it would likely be effective.

As expected, the enemy plane's second shot missed, allowing Lin Xingyuan to pinpoint its location. After a quick estimation, he guessed it was the Zaku from the rooftop. He immediately called Noel, requesting fire support over the building, but perhaps due to interference, Noel didn't receive the message immediately.

Left with no other choice, Lin Xingyuan adopted the second plan, turning around and rushing towards the adjacent overpass, using the bridge structure as cover to quickly change his position.

"Damn it! The prey got away! After it!"

On the rooftop, Major Schmidt discovered that the target had disappeared under the overpass and cursed angrily. In just a few minutes of fighting, they had lost nearly seven mobile suits, including a Gouf!

The Black Reaper is indeed terrifying. It seems my previous guess was wrong; he's in excellent condition!

There is absolutely no problem with adapting!

But the more this is the case, the more we must not let it go!

He quickly maneuvered his aircraft to move from that position, while simultaneously contacting other combat units to prepare for their encirclement.

If we don't have enough MS, we'll use tanks. In any case, we must kill him today!

With the buildings on both sides and the bridge providing cover, Lin Xingyuan felt as if he were traveling through a tunnel, which made him feel very safe. He glanced at the remaining propellant and coolant levels and found that after such a long battle, only half of them had been used, which was surprisingly low. Of course, this was also because he had been carefully limiting the use of his mech.

Feeling that it was about time, he stopped the machine and tried to contact Noel, but found that the signal was very poor and he couldn't hear the other party's reply at all. So he stepped out of the cover, and as soon as he peeked out, he saw a Zaku on the bridge not far away, with its back to him and aiming at the northeast direction.

"what?"

He glanced at the electronic map and discovered that he had actually moved to the northeast of the city, close to Delta Squad's location.

So this is the Zeon army surrounding Delta Squad?

How lucky!

He immediately picked up the rocket launcher and fired, but the enemy plane clearly heard the MS moving and jumped up and turned around in fright. As a result, he just managed to dodge the rocket fired by Lin Xingyuan, which was very lucky.

"Tsk!"

With his first shot missing, the enemy plane spotted Zani and hurriedly turned its guns around. Lin Xingyuan simply slammed the pedal to the floor and charged toward the enemy plane, firing rockets while raising his shield with an angle of attack.

The rocket missed again, but it had its effect. The enemy plane abandoned its aim and hurriedly tried to evade, but Lin Xingyuan's shield bash had already come crashing down. The two planes passed each other in the air. One of the enemy plane's legs detached from its body and flew away in a spin, but it still stubbornly turned around and fired at Lin Xingyuan's Zani. Lin Xingyuan changed direction in the air and suddenly disappeared back under the bridge.

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