Gundam, but from the Ground Alliance to the Human Alliance to the out-of-control servitor

In the panic, the federal soldiers didn't even recognize this officer who rarely appeared on the training ground, and now happened to be wearing only a vest and shorts. They pushed him away: "——Get out of the way, don't stop him. I!"

The officer, who had not yet put on his trousers, was pushed and staggered, falling to the ground;

When he was about to curse, a rocket exploded on an infantry fighting vehicle parked not far from him. The scattered fragments passed over his head. He was so frightened that he hurriedly leaned down and crawled back with his hands and feet very uncoordinated. .

"Is this the Zeon Army mobile suit that the brigade commander said... It is indeed, it's too scary."

The officer trembled as he looked at the vague silhouette of the steel giant and its ominous bloody one-eye in the boundless darkness outside the camp.

After peeling off those seemingly glamorous concepts such as mechanization, informatization, and modularity, the quality of the Federal Army itself was fully exposed in this nighttime emergency.

Three feet of ice is not as cold as a day; the federal army, which has been decaying bit by bit in the days of peace, will not be able to recover from its previous disorganized state even if the war is ignited again.

More than three minutes had passed from the time the first warning signal flare was raised to the first rocket carried by Zaku falling to the ground and exploding, but the Federation Army failed to make good use of this time to prepare for defense.

Chapter 20: Desert Storm (End)

Zaku, who was running, abandoned the external rocket launcher boxes that had been emptied on both sides of his legs, stepped over the wreckage of the newly destroyed federal wheeled tank, and passed his big feet directly over the federal infantry who was struggling to climb out of the tank. stepped on.

"Be careful not to let the federal tanks move!"

Several rounds of illumination bombs fell from the sky, and the dazzling white light covered the entire federal camp. In the darkness outside the edge of the lighting range, 12 Zakus were firing recklessly;

The 120mm Zaku machine gun bullets carrying tracers landed in the federal army camp, triggering a series of explosions that scattered the flesh and blood of the crew members who had not yet had time to board the tanks.

Seeing that Zeon's mobile suits seemed to be targeting vehicle parking lots, some clever Federation soldiers simply thrust their hands into the ground, bringing out some sand and smearing it on their faces;

Then while firing a gun into the night sky, he secretly opened the small door in the corner of the camp's blast wall.

"Sir, I'm going to outflank the Zeon attack!"

With that said, he disappeared into the night outside the camp, allowing the unmanned armored vehicles to be destroyed by Zeon's Zaku.

Obviously, they learned experience from the previous failure of the attack - that is, in the environment of rice particle interference, no matter what orders the commander issued, it seemed that the communication was interfered and not heard.

The captain of the Zaku squadron, carrying a 280mm rocket launcher, put the federal tanks parked neatly in a row into the aiming circle, and watched the frightened federal soldiers in the scope hurriedly climb into the cab of a tank——

Squadron Leader Zaku pulled the trigger, and a rocket dragged a long tail flame and crashed into the body of the Type 61 main battle tank that had just started and moved forward less than half the length of the vehicle.

The ammunition rack that had been refilled 10 minutes ago was instantly detonated. The power of dozens of 155mm caliber shells was superimposed, causing a sparkling mushroom cloud to instantly fly away from the turret of the Type 61 tank. The circle rises.

"The Federal Army...is nothing more than that!"

A bloodthirsty smile appeared on the face of the squadron leader. A few minutes ago, when he first saw the federal army camp under the flares, he was indeed a little surprised and even scared:

The rows of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles parked in front of him did not look like what a battalion-level federal army unit could possess. But now, on his monitor, there were not many in the huge federal army camp. Organize resistance.

The squadron leader's Zaku loaded the magazine of the last rocket grenade and at the same time pulled out the electric ax from his waist.

"Om-"

The electric heating system on the electric ax was activated, giving the ax blade a bright orange light in the dark night.

"All - attack, destroy their will to resist!"

The Zakus stepped over the blast walls of the federal camp one after another, further compressing the federal army's activity space and attacking every federal army firepower point that was still fighting back.

The Federal Army's fatal rigidity is now causing great trouble for the Federal soldiers who are still willing to fight——

Hundreds of tanks and vehicles are neatly parked in several large parking lots between the camps, with a neat and unobstructed passage separated from the tents for personnel accommodation;

Zeon's mobile suits were divided into three four-machine squads and rushed around the parking lots. While mercilessly shooting any Federation soldiers who wanted to use the tanks, they also launched an initiation attack on the uncontrolled Federation tanks.

At this time, a parked armored vehicle of the Federal Army suddenly started up and crashed crookedly into the burning military tent. It raised the entire tent and covered the turret of the Vulcan cannon, but it still moved towards the tent without slowing down. Gu Chong came.

"Go to hell, monster of the universe!"

Two vehicle-mounted anti-tank missiles were fired, and several local National Guard soldiers got into the armored vehicle that had been abandoned by the regular army, and launched an attack on Zaku in the best way they could think of.

"Hmph, the courage of an ordinary man!"

Zaku's pilot stepped on the pedals, squatted down, and took a step back to avoid the missile; but the launch distance of the missile was too close. The first missile flew over his shoulder shield, and the second missile flew over his shoulder shield. However, it hit Zaku's left arm directly.

"how dare you?!"

Zaku's pilot turned his gun, intending to aim at the federal armored vehicle that was inflicting wounds on his beloved machine, but it had already rushed to Zaku's feet;

The federal armored vehicle's life-threatening blow hit the Zaku's left foot at a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, causing Zaku to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

The Zaku pilot was so angry that he pressed his right palm on the armored vehicle whose front had been smashed. He stood up again and put half of Zaku's weight on it.

There was a heartbreaking sound of metal twisting, and it was not clear whether it came from the frame of the armored vehicle or from Zaku's palm.

However, at this time, about 150 meters behind Zaku, a Type 61 tank that seemed to have been parked there for a long time without moving, as if it had been abandoned by the federal army, suddenly turned its turret.

Two 155mm sabot-piercing projectiles were fired from behind the Zaku one after another, beating the Zaku to its core.

"I really...can't stand it anymore. Start the engine quickly and let the car start moving!"

"Major! Didn't you say that as long as we stay here and stay still, nothing will happen?"

The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the Type 61 tank's tracks stirred up the yellow sand and suddenly jumped forward.

'I [Earth expletive] originally wanted to wait for the stupid guy with the rocket launcher to divert his attention for a moment before joining in the counterattack -' Major Parker stared intently at the command display in front of the commander's seat, ignoring his partner. ;

'——But who would have thought that the friendly forces would be so useless, and the entire brigade would be immediately defeated! '

The two-way stabilization system of the Type 61 tank allows the two main guns to maintain constant pointing even when the vehicle body is bumping and moving forward at high speed; as soon as the indicator light of the automatic loader turned green, Major Parker fired another salvo.

The two shells flew side by side towards Zaku, another aircraft that was turning around a few hundred meters away.

"Unit No. 7 was destroyed!"

"what?"

Zaku, who was shooting at the federal army camp with a machine gun, subconsciously turned around and looked in the direction of Unit 7 - but what caught his eye was the federal army tank whose muzzle was pointing at him in the distance.

"[Side 3 expletive]!"

The muscle memory accumulated in long-term training allowed Zaku's pilot to react with his body while realizing the danger, causing Zaku to tilt his body to the left and fly out in an actively unstable posture.

One of the two armor-piercing bullets pierced Zaku's right shoulder, destroying Zaku's entire right arm, and the other cut off Zaku's head, but Zaku's pilot still survived.

"Pay attention to the vicinity of target No. 3, at the 9 o'clock direction. There are federal tanks starting to counterattack!"

The Zaku pilot switched out the backup secondary display, bent down, and tried to pick up the Zaku machine gun that fell from his right hand——

At this time, a second lieutenant who had just been assigned to the grassroots level and several soldiers sat on a jeep and quickly approached from the blind spot behind Zaku's butt; and on the back seat of the jeep was a missile reflector tube;

Among the thousands of federal soldiers, there are always a few who can fight.

"Don't miss the opportunity, missile launch!"

An anti-tank missile brought a straight plume of smoke and hit between the two legs of the Zaku. It penetrated through the roots of the legs without armor protection and destroyed the walking transmission system of the Zaku.

Zaku, who wanted to bend down to pick up his weapon, knelt on the ground with his ass open.

"[Side 3 expletive] Federals, look at me..."

The entire lower body was out of control, but Zaku's pilot roared and wanted to make one last push: he opened the propulsion backpack on his back, letting Zaku drag his paralyzed legs and slide on the ground. ;

Pilot Zaku controlled the remaining left hand in his limbs, pulled out the electric ax from his waist, raised it high, and struck the federal army jeep that passed around him with the ax.

But he couldn't reach it. Zaku's arm extended a short ax blade outward. After Zaku's body's maneuverability was severely damaged, it couldn't be called an effective weapon at all.

The federal jeep lightly bypassed Zaku from dozens of meters away and aimed the reloaded anti-tank missile at the front of Zaku's torso and the cockpit.

"Aim for me, open..."

A string of Zaku machine gun bullets swept through the air, instantly submerging the small car in the explosion; another Zaku landed lightly with a jet tail flame of reverse thrust; several rounds of smoke bombs were fired, and the fallen Zaku was Shrouded in ancient masses.

"Sergeant! Can you still open the hatch? Come to me!" (Note 1)

The intact Zaku knelt down on one knee in the smoke screen, stretched out his palms to the ground, picked up the Zaku pilot who had escaped from the destroyed machine body, and lifted it to his chest.

"I owe you once... Federalist, I will remember this grudge!"

The two pilots were temporarily crowded in this cockpit.

"Everyone was a little too scattered. The squadron leader also rushed out by himself. We'd better rendezvous with friendly forces first!"

Zaku jumped up from the smoke screen, fully pushed the throttle valve, and jumped into the air——

As expected, the anti-tank team of the Federal Army had already targeted the smoke screen and was waiting for him to step out of the smoke screen. However, Zaku who jumped out directly from above was beyond their expectations.

"I'm sorry. If I'm to blame, I blame you for not choosing to escape, but for staying and continuing to fight!"

Zaku, who briefly stayed in the air, stared at the federal infantrymen on the ground at a glance, and quickly fired a few short bursts, beating the flesh and blood of those federal soldiers to pieces.

Subsequently, the Zaku fell freely from the air, and only turned on the thrusters again when it was close to the ground to slow down the impact on the feet of the aircraft at the moment of landing.

The moment Zaku landed slightly stiffly, more than a dozen rounds of 61mm armor-piercing projectiles from the Type 155 main battle tank arrived as scheduled.

When the Zaku team suffered losses and fell into panic, more federal soldiers launched tanks and joined the attack on Zaku who had been scattered throughout the huge federal camp.

Unable to avoid it, Zaku, who only paid attention to the federal infantry at his feet when jumping up and ignored the greater threat in the distance, was instantly beaten to pieces by the armor-piercing bullets of the federal tank.

"It's really troublesome. Are there only 7 vehicles that can still move?"

Major Parker hesitated. In the burning federal camp, the few who were still bravely resisting the federal soldiers could not hide the large-scale and chain rout that had already occurred.

Especially after realizing that Zeon's Zaku didn't seem to be interested in the Federation troops fleeing the battlefield, there were even fewer Federation soldiers who dared to pick up their guns and fight back.

Now, after the imminent threat to Zaku, who was attacking in this area of ​​the camp, was resolved, Major Parker, who was unable to use wireless communication, did not even dare to confirm:

If he takes the lead in launching a counterattack against Zaku in other directions, will the unknown comrades on the Type 61 tanks around him follow him?

But the second before he made up his mind, reinforcements from the Zeon Army appeared.

After cautiously waiting for more than a quarter of an hour and confirming that the federal armored forces were indeed in a state of chaos, Brigadier General Motenko issued an attack order.

He knew very well that the federal troops in front of him did not have as many Motenko as an integrated armored division. How could he dare to let Zaku Squadron attack independently?

When Zaku of this squadron went to pursue the retreating armored forces of the Federal Army, Motenko immediately urged his subordinates to follow;

Even if a large number of the armored personnel carriers equipped by the brigade were lost, those with the vehicles would still have to ride inside the vehicles and those without the vehicles would be outside the trailers; he forcefully pulled the remaining several thousand Zeon infantry to the battlefield.

If the MS unit's night attack worked, he would take advantage of the situation and launch an attack together. As long as the big result of defeating the federal army was correct, then there would be room for explanation for all his mistakes in the process;

If the MS unit got into a tough fight, he would stay put on the periphery and pretend to be a rescuer. This would put the responsibility for the obstruction of the operation on the MS unit captain who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. Anyway, he did dissuade him before setting off.

Now, with the fire support of sparse airborne tanks and armored vehicles, Zeon's infantry jumped over the unguarded trench, scaled the abandoned camp wall, and broke into the federal camp.

The roaring "Zeon Victory!" war cry completely broke down the psychological defense of the Federation army, causing the remaining Federation soldiers to desperately flee to the rear.

"Forget it, since Zeon's entire army is pressing down, I have tried my best. Now I should consider how to preserve a little more strength."

Before Zaku from other directions had time to charge here, Major Parker used the full power of the Type 61 tank, knocked down the camp wall, and escaped from the camp with the remaining federal troops here.

……

"No news about the 17th Armored Brigade yet?"

Lieutenant General Kruger, who was waiting in the headquarters, looked at the agent, whose face suddenly tilted to one side, as if he was talking to someone on the phone, and asked.

"Since the communication with the 1th Armored Brigade was suddenly interrupted an hour ago, we have not received any information about this unit-"

The smiling agent changed the subject.

"But the 89th Motorized Infantry Brigade reported that they had successfully entered Edwards Air Force Base from the north and were demolishing Zeon's ammunition supplies and airdrop pods."

Chapter 21: The Long Night (1)

The 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 89th Army, originally stationed in Bakersfield, at the southern end of California's Central Valley, approached the Edwards Air Force occupied by the Zeon Army from the northwest after a night march of about 2 and a half hours. base.

The maneuver distance was more than 140 kilometers, but for the mechanized troops of the Federal Army who maneuvered along a well-established road network, this was not too far.

When the leading troops of the 89th Motorized Infantry Brigade arrived at the outskirts of the airport at Edwards Air Force Base, they were surprised to find that there were neither friendly forces that were supposed to be in the battle, nor the main force of the Zeon Army Airborne Division reported in intelligence——

The air force base was brightly lit, and Zeon's logistics personnel were busy driving various trailers and forklifts to pile countless supply containers and fuel cans on the empty apron in an orderly manner;

And a large number of airdrop pods and landing craft used in the descent were recovered, transferred collectively, and piled into the warehouse of the aircraft testing facility near the base.

In a huge logistics base under construction like the Zeon Army, all the main forces of the airborne division were dispatched. The Zaku squadron that was originally left as a defensive force had also advanced to the south to support Brigadier General Motenko's mixed brigade. :

At this time, the remaining defense force turned out to be only one military police company.

"Yes! Our troops have retaken the command center of the base. The Zeon army still needs a small number of infantry and logistics troops to resist inside the base facilities, but it is only a matter of time before they are cleared!"

Colonel Nair, commander of the 89th Motorized Infantry Brigade, proudly reported to the Army Headquarters at the command center that changed hands again. As a permanent base for the federal army, its underground optical cable facilities were not damaged by the fighting that broke out on the surface. damaged.

"Congratulations, General Kruger needs this news now."