Chapter 1706
First Contact!
Chapter 1706 First Contact!
A formation of more than ten flying treadmills and a Gaplan quickly flew over the mountains and over the town that had been bombed and had a deep crater. Looking at the devastation below, the nerves of the people who had some objections to He Ming's orders tightened.
"Captain Amuro, how about we split into two teams and distract the Fourth Angel from both sides?"
While the two of them were sharing a flight platform, Hasavi opened the squad channel with Amuro.
"Yes, this is the first contingency plan. In addition, if the Fourth Apostle launches a potentially large-scale attack, everyone must retreat immediately and quickly move to a safe distance of at least five kilometers away."
Amro agreed with Hasavi's suggestion and added to it.
Next, He Ming needed to focus all his attention on dealing with the Fourth Apostle's attack and didn't have much time to attend to others, so he handed over command to Amuro.
After several years of reflection following the One Year War, Amro is now very composed and demonstrates outstanding tactical skills.
The above point comes from Rebil's assessment of Amro.
After all, Amuro was able to avoid persecution from the Earth Federation Forces and certain individuals within the Council after the One Year War, all thanks to the protection and arrangements made by the Reibill faction.
"Phoenix, the Psycho Gundam is a huge target. Be careful to keep your distance. If you can't dodge in time, you must find suitable cover immediately to withstand the impact."
When the enormous black shadow that was slowly moving toward the Third Tokyo urban cluster—the Fourth Apostle—appeared in the distance, He Ming immediately gave the signal for everyone to take their positions and gave Murasame a word of advice.
"learn!"
After responding, Murasame immediately searched for a suitable position within the effective firing range to serve as the firing position for the Psycho Gundam.
Fortunately, the area is surrounded by hills, with many small hills that can provide some cover for the Psycho Gundam.
After passing the mountain ahead, the dozen or so flying platforms immediately split into two groups, flying in a zigzag pattern to the left and right, leaving the Banshee Gundams that had jumped off the flying platforms behind.
As the Banshee Gundam slowly landed, its armor unfolded, revealing a psycho-skeleton encased in the armor.
In an instant, the ground began to tremble as the Banshee towered over the car wreckage at her feet. Then, as if compressed by some force, the car wreckage was crushed and the ground cracked into pieces of rubble that flew everywhere.
"What happened?!"
The defense commander, displeased with the intervention of the Punishment Force, remained in the command hall, ready to watch how the Earth Federation Forces fought the Fourth Angel, when he was startled by the sight of the Banshee Gundam.
Gendo Ikari frowned and glanced at Ritsuko Akagi, the head of the technical department on his lower right.
The latter nodded slightly and turned to look at the situation at the radar monitoring station.
"A strong mental fluctuation reaction?"
Ritsuko Akagi frowned immediately upon seeing this.
"Commander, according to the data from the surveillance, this is a strong reaction to a mental fluctuation affecting reality. The mechanism is currently unknown. Based on my judgment, it is very likely caused by some kind of device equipped on that machine."
"Can mental fluctuations affect reality? Is such a thing even possible?"
"Or rather, if Colonel Ming were willing, wouldn't that black mech be able to slice that building in half with a wave of its hand...?"
"Wow!"
"Hiss!" The next second, the Banshee Gundam on the monitor raised the armored BS on her right hand, and a beam of light like a flame swept across from the front, sweeping away the dilapidated building between her and the Fourth Angel, and at the same time creating a violent explosion directly behind the Fourth Angel.
"this···"
The commander of the defense force was stunned on the spot.
The building was not only destroyed by the flame-like beam of light, but it also instantly caused a massive explosion on the back of the Fourth Apostle.
"Did you make it?"
Fuyutsuki Kosuke was also surprised by the Banshee Gundam's performance.
"No. But it should have already attracted the attention of the Fourth Apostle."
As the aftershocks of the explosion dissipated, a mysterious barrier, shimmering with vibrant colors, stood firmly behind the Fourth Apostle.
"An AT field?"
Banshee Gundam lowered the BS weapon on its right hand and folded it back towards its forearm. The BN weapon on its left hand then unfolded, transforming into claws that emitted a low hum.
"All personnel, attack commence!"
In an instant, countless beams of light shot up from all directions and bombarded the Fourth Apostle's AT field one after another.
In the blink of an eye, the surveillance cameras temporarily set up on the surrounding mountaintops were all affected by the constantly flashing beams of light, causing their images to appear somewhat white. In some cases, the surveillance cameras that were closer to the camera could not see anything other than the beams of light.
"Beam weapon."
This scene caused many people to gasp in shock.
Even NERV, which possesses the most cutting-edge technology in the original world, could not equip itself with beam weapons on such a large scale.
Especially from the rear, the beam weapon used by the 40-meter-tall Psycho Gundam almost accounted for the majority of the beam weapon attack power on the battlefield at this moment.
Watching the beams of light blast at the Fourth Apostle, then disperse and sweep across his feet, leaving behind a trail of bullet holes, the three defense commanders exchanged glances and ultimately chose to remain silent.
In terms of restraint and even lethality against the Fourth Apostle, the Punishment Force led by He Ming was indeed more effective than their previous plan of randomly throwing around a bunch of live ammunition, which only created a huge crater but failed to stop the Fourth Apostle.
"Maintain the attack frequency and pay attention to the output changes of the beam rifles. We only need to provide cover, and the main attack will be left to Colonel Ming!"
Amuro kept a close eye on the Fourth Apostle's changes, trying his best to detect any unusual activity in advance.
At the same time, he also focused some attention on the Banshee Gundam to see what He Ming was up to.
"boom!"
As the Banshee Gundam, enveloped in golden light, landed about a hundred meters behind the Fourth Angel, the Fourth Angel, who had been silently enduring the bombardment of numerous GM IIs and Psycho Gundams, slowly turned around and looked at the Banshee Gundam.
Beneath the shattered mask, the mask with its eerie red glow stared intently at the Banshee Gundam, as if it were facing an undeniable enemy.
(End of this chapter)