Chapter 1917
A Terrifying Experience on the Bridge!
Chapter 1917 A Terrifying Experience on the Bridge!
Everywhere there were terrifying sounds of fighting.
The roar of artillery fire, the sounds of mobile suits moving, and even when Seabook and Cecily, who had met up with their friends, were driving across the bridge, they even saw signs of unidentified mobile suit units flying over the bridge.
"Which army is it?"
Dorothy Moore, with her short blonde hair and green trench coat, had her hair disheveled by the wind and a somber expression on her face.
"Damn it! Didn't they just announce over the loudspeaker that reinforcements had arrived? Why are these unknown guys still causing trouble everywhere?"
"I am indignant," said Arthur Jung, who was wearing overalls and had dark skin.
"Reinforcements? The reinforcements mentioned on the broadcast were just two mobile suits. But the number of enemies attacking this place is far greater than that."
Wearing glasses and a red coat, Sam Elger looked around and sighed.
(Far left, Arthur Jung; middle, Cecily; bottom right, Dorothy Moore; top right, Sam)
"coming!"
Just then, someone shouted, and two Death Vanguard MS squads flew over and below the bridge one after the other, seemingly chasing a target.
Everyone instinctively held their breath and turned their gaze over.
As Cecily shifted her gaze, a sound suddenly rang in her mind.
"Who?"
Cecily murmured.
"There! Quick! It's over there!! Federation mobile suits!"
Arthur squinted and suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the brightly lit area in front of him where sunlight was streaming in.
"It really is a Federation mobile suit! Could it be that they intend to fight the enemy here?!"
Sam gasped, quickly moved his feet, and reached out to pat the panel behind the driver's seat.
"Seabook. Can you go any faster?"
"It won't work! The traffic is too slow right now!"
Seabook also noticed the two sides rapidly approaching each other. If a fight broke out, it would be normal for a stray bullet to break the bridge on the spot.
"No! Maintain the current speed!"
Just then, Cecily suddenly shouted.
"Cecily? What's wrong?"
"Sibock asked quickly."
If he weren't driving, he would have turned around to look and ask what was going on.
"No! I don't know, but if we exceed the current speed, I'm afraid something bad will happen."
Cecily looked around, even raising her hand to tuck the stray hairs behind her ear, trying to listen to the voice that seemed to come from nowhere.
"boom!!"
Suddenly, the explosion burst forth in front of them, and countless fragments flew everywhere. Another MS unit rushed out of the fireball like lightning, quickly locked onto the enemy, and fired barrages of bullets.
A fierce battle erupted on the spot. The deep hum of Jegan's beam rifle firing, followed by the booming of G Cannon's 130mm machine gun, further fueled the emotions of the citizens stuck on the bridge.
In an instant, some timid citizens, or those already under high tension, abandoned their cars without hesitation and ran frantically toward the other side of the bridge.
"Xiao, be careful!!"
As Seabook watched the passenger in the car on the right lane jump off in a panic before the car had even stopped, screaming and running away despite the risk of being hit by the car behind. He couldn't help but frown.
"What on earth are the Federation forces doing?!"
Fortunately, the two sides fighting near the bridge seemed to have an unspoken agreement to avoid getting close to the bridge and prevent it from being hit by stray bullets, and gradually shifted the battlefield to other areas.
As Arthur Jung watched the enemy being lured away by the Federation MS forces, he gradually became puzzled.
"What, what is this? Wasn't the Earth Federation Forces expanding the battlefield? Why does it seem like they're luring the enemy away?"
"No. That's not luring them away!"
Cecily subconsciously shifted her gaze, seemingly searching for something, when Dorothy beside her suddenly exclaimed.
"Quick! Look over there!! There, there looks like a flying shield?!"
"What?! A flying shield?!"
Amidst the calls of "ready" and "positioned" coming from the communication channels used by the Federal Army, He Ming's eyes also saw a communication screen from Lieutenant Berg.
"Colonel Ming, as per your instructions, we have cleared the enemy from several nearby areas. Now, four or five MS units are willing to take your command! In addition, after clearing the enemy on the bridge, we will be able to establish an outpost to retake the satellite port immediately."
"Very good! Then, let's get started!"
"Yes, Colonel Ming!"
With He Ming joining the fray, the Border No. 4 garrison, which should have been crumbling under the fierce onslaught of the Death Vanguard, gradually began to have the opportunity to counterattack.
At first, He Ming used himself and the Banshee Gundam as the framework, along with the newly gathered MS squad, to gradually spread out, attracting and annihilating enemies in various areas. After the Federation forces, which had been fighting hard in the surrounding areas and had even been defeated, gathered together upon hearing the news.
Therefore, after witnessing the presence of this nominal supreme commander, who even personally piloted a mobile suit to charge into battle on the front lines, the Earth Federation forces gathered around gradually developed a strong fighting spirit.
As the saying goes, a bad soldier is just one bad soldier; a bad general makes a bad army.
The moment the battle began, the federal officers on Border No. 4 scattered and fled, causing the entire situation to lose effective overall command, leading to a complete collapse of the battle. However, under the leadership of Colonel Fa Zui Ming, who appeared out of nowhere, the situation was finally turned around.
Even when faced with a mission to lure the enemy where they could die at any moment, these Federation pilots, having witnessed the unparalleled power of He Ming and Banshee Gundam, began to scramble for the mission, fearing that they would fall behind their teammates by even the slightest bit.
Naturally, He Ming did not want to see these Federation pilots, whose fighting spirit had been ignited and whose bloodlust had been awakened, sacrifice themselves.
As the Banshee Gundam rose from its hiding place, the three floating shields hovering around it instantly took off, flying past the left and right sides of the bridge like lightning, immediately locking onto the command MS that was directing the two Death Vanguard MS squads behind it.
“XM-04 Berg Dallas? I hope you’re not the pilot sitting in there, Dorell Rona.”
He Ming's gaze sharpened, and the floating shield, which had already occupied the best offensive position, opened fire.
The high-speed hum of the beam Gatling gun immediately caused nearby citizens to instinctively cover their ears and move away, but they were also startled by the barrage of bullets unleashed by the beam Gatling gun.
In just a moment, the once invincible purple MS Berg Dallas, which commanded the Death Vanguard MS squad, was riddled with holes and rendered unresponsive, crashing heavily into the translucent layer below like a small stone falling into water.
Then, it transformed into a huge ball of flame, which also served as a signal that the ambush had entered its second phase.
(End of this chapter)