Chapter 1883
A Corner of the Battlefield
Chapter 1883 A Corner of the Battlefield
Apart from the Punishment Army members led by He Ming, who had participated in the operation to snipe Dr. Hell, the Earth Federation forces present, as well as the troops from the floating continent, were all awestruck by the sight of the Milky Way cascading down from the heavens.
The beams of light that bombarded down from space were continuous, constantly creating deafening explosions in the vast BETA army that filled the human field of vision. They swept away the large individuals, such as the Assault and Interceptor BETAs, that were trying to accelerate their assault on the human alliance's defensive lines. Only the small individuals, whose attack value was not high, managed to escape this calamity.
"Attention all units. Once small individuals enter effective kill range, all units may attack freely. MS units shall remain on alert and wait for this round of orbital bombardment to end."
After seeing that Magellan's battleship fleet's orbital bombardment had almost severed the BETA's front and rear lines, He Ming immediately ordered all units to annihilate the BETA salient, which had lost its support.
"Yes!"
There were no objections from the human alliance, and they immediately carried out the order.
In an instant, as those small individuals that had managed to escape the orbital bombardment approached the human defenses with their claws outstretched, they were instantly pulverized by a whistling barrage of bullets.
"Well done, Your Majesty!"
Having changed into tactical gear, Gao Hai quickly handed the new magazine to the young emperor.
The young emperor, pale with fright at the sight of a soldier-level BETA he had personally shot and killed, trembled as he removed the empty magazine. He then picked up another magazine, slowly adjusted his breathing, listened to the soldiers firing around him, and watched their focused and fearless expressions. With a sudden grit of his teeth, he loaded a new magazine and, like those soldiers, continued hunting down small individual BETAs that approached the defensive line.
Gao Hai, who was standing guard nearby, became increasingly alarmed as he watched.
When did the young emperor, who was once locked in the palace and deceived or intimidated by eunuchs with sweet words, become so strong and frightening?
Was it after meeting that Colonel Ming?
Or perhaps after arriving at the northern defense line?
Or perhaps even earlier, when he secretly decided to lure the young emperor to the northern defense line?
Gao Hai didn't know, and couldn't understand, but no matter what, whatever kind of existence this young emperor would become, he, the eunuch who had followed him all the way on the battlefield, was destined to be the young emperor's most loyal confidant.
Having this much is enough.
Gao Hai quietly laid out more magazines and thoughtfully placed the collected grenades in a place that was most easily accessible to the young emperor, thereby adding some assistance to the young emperor's battle achievements.
Seeing this, Li Xingke, who was not far away, hesitated several times before turning around and returning to his KMF—the cockpit of the Divine Tiger.
After this battle, Li Xingke, the most outstanding among the many young generals of the floating continent, finally understood.
The new KMF developed by the floating continent is simply no match for the mass-produced GM II currently in service with the Earth Federation Forces. He believes that after the decisive battle is over, this young emperor, who is fearless and has thrown himself into the battle, will order the floating continent to abandon its original KMF development path and, with the support of the technical team sent by the Earth Federation Forces, develop their own MS path.
As for KMF, including the Divine Tiger, it returned to its original purpose: to assist in the recovery of industries such as land development and construction, and to help more new cities rise again on this land ravaged by BETA.
"Gentlemen! Now that His Majesty the Emperor has bravely faced danger and thrown himself into this decisive battle, we, as soldiers guarding our nation, must fight with all our might, until we die! All for His Majesty the Emperor! All for this land we protect!!"
The moment the Divine Tiger was activated, Li Xingke's shout, which embodied his will, resounded throughout the entire arena, causing all the KMF troops from the floating continent to transform into fearless berserkers. They rushed out of the defense line like lightning, using flying grappling hooks or wielding their swords to create waves of blood storms among the small individual BETA clusters.
The frenzied fighting and the bloody scene of turning the enemy to shreds did not frighten the MS units that had not yet been deployed; on the contrary, it made the MS units that had not yet received the order to attack even more eager to try.
Even Asuka, who was crouching behind the defensive line and waiting in vain for Heming's order to attack, couldn't help but send a message asking.
"Colonel, isn't it my turn to go on stage yet?"
As Asuka watched Kamiko fight frantically among the enemy troops, his entire body drenched in BETA's blood, her fighting spirit soared even higher.
"No need to rush. Unit 2's opponent is not those ants. Your and Unit 2's prey should be much larger and more worthy of your all-out battle."
He Ming smiled slightly and spoke reassuringly.
Should EVA Unit-02 be involved in the operation to exterminate small individual BETAs?
That's literally like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—a serious waste of resources.
Not only did they not deploy EVA Unit-02, but even Ren remained in the cockpit of the Master Gundam, meditating and resting with his eyes closed, completely unhurried, a stark contrast to the eager Asuka. "Asuka, after this battle, go and train with Ren for a while!"
On a whim, He Ming made a request.
"Huh? Why?"
Asuka paused for a moment, then asked in return.
"Consider it as a way to improve your fighting skills! You should have a good understanding of Ren's close-quarters combat techniques."
"···"
Asuka paused for a moment, a hint of reluctance rising in her heart, but she had to admit that Ren's close combat skills had indeed exceeded her expectations. In the end, she nodded silently.
"All right!"
As the two were talking, a sharp whistling sound came from high above, as if an object was speeding across the sky. When they looked up, they found that it was an orbital drop pod dropped by the fleet in geosynchronous orbit.
However, these drop pods are not the elliptical drop pods used to load mobile suits; instead, they are mainly spindle-shaped, resembling the weapon section of a missile.
Sure enough, as these shuttle-shaped missiles, traveling at several Mach 9, were about to reach the rear of the BETA army, they all exploded, revealing cluster bombs with menacing claws as their supports rolled.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
However, before these cluster munitions could be launched, lasers from behind BETA flashed continuously, destroying the missile drop pods from the geosynchronous orbit one by one.
Looking at the sparks blooming high in the sky, He Ming felt no regret or frustration.
Because BETA's actions at this moment are exactly in line with He Ming's tactical predictions.
"Boom!"
Behind the BETA army, which had been split into two parts by the Magellan battleship fleet's orbital bombardment, three enormous, mountain-like figures slowly descended to the ground, surrounded by even more BETA.
Upon seeing the three enormous figures, Asuka became even more excited, while Ren, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes as well.
He Ming then handed over battlefield command to Gisele Albert, the captain of the heavy fork-class land battleship Nicosia, and entered the cockpit of the Banshee Gundam.
"Asuka, you're in charge of the super-heavy beam-class on the left. Ren, you're in charge of the right, and after you take down the target, don't wait for reinforcements to join you; act freely as you see fit!"
"Huh? What about me? Colonel, I can take care of that ugly monster in a short time too!"
Asuka was immediately displeased when she heard that Ren could move around freely.
"Once Unit 2 is no longer limited by power and can move freely, I will move freely with you."
He Ming retorted with a single sentence, and Asuka immediately deflated.
Upon seeing this, He Ming shouted.
"Don't think too much! Focus on the battle!! Mission begins!"
(End of this chapter)