Chapter 1922
The Punishment Fleet, Charge!
Chapter 1922 The Punishment Fleet, Charge!
Gilles Kruger, who was puzzled by the sudden surge in ferocity of the Federation forces inside Border Four, was unaware that another fleet was rapidly approaching from behind his Death Vanguard.
The vanguard of this fleet was a commando unit composed of Amro, Hasavi, Christina, and Huso.
"Optical radar confirms the presence of at least six unidentified warships and a varying number of mobile suits ahead. Additionally, on the other side of the target colony, several Salamis-class cruisers and a small number of mobile suits have appeared, but they have not launched an attack; instead, they appear to be retreating."
Christina's ZETA Gundam Unit 3 received many additional parts with the help of Ernesti, most notably a new radar device developed based on the ideas provided by V Gundam.
"Oh. The new equipment is quite good. It can even detect the activities of the Federation forces on this colony in this environment."
Amuro gave a compliment, but everyone knew that behind that compliment lay more sarcasm.
While their commander, who was supposed to be in charge of the colony, had personally entered the internal battlefield of the colony to gather forces and assist the local federal army in repelling the enemy, the federal officer who was supposed to command the colony's defense instead fled.
"Is that why so many people are coming out to oppose the Federation?"
Hu Su frowned and muttered to himself.
"No. Husso. While that's partly true, it's more that those people have a deep-seated desire to dominate and rule others, and they wish they could enslave others with high-sounding reasons."
Hasavi shook his head and sighed.
"There are indeed people who truly want to change the world and liberate humanity. But they are extremely rare."
"is it?"
Hu Suo pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
"I don't understand! But I know that we must first deal with the enemy and restore peace to this colony!"
"Haha! Hu Suo is right! No matter what high-sounding reasons or inspiring ideals those who started the war may have, what we need to do now is to defeat the enemy!"
Amuro smiled, then said seriously.
"All aircraft, launch your drones and prepare to assault the enemy! Hu Suo, sorry! I'll have to put you in the vanguard!"
"No problem! Captain Amuro! Let me handle this!"
The moment the twelve funnels were fired, Huso's V Gundam accelerated and launched a surprise attack on the Death Vanguard fleet at an extremely fast speed.
In just a few minutes, the Victory Gundam, advancing at full speed, had already broken through the maximum warning zone of this Death Vanguard fleet and entered its maximum attack range first.
"Buzz!"
Three beams of light ripped through the dark void, instantly piercing the propulsion engine of a space destroyer named Zams Nada-class from the Death Vanguard fleet.
(Zhams Nada level)
The next second, the smallest space destroyer in the Death Vanguard fleet was engulfed by an explosion caused by the engine failure, completely igniting the signal for the start of the second phase of this defensive battle.
"Report!! Enemy fleet has appeared behind our fleet!!"
While hastily reporting, CIC exclaimed in surprise with wide eyes.
"It's the Ireland-class cruisers and two Salamis-class refitted cruisers!!"
"What?! An Ireland-class battleship? How is that possible?! Didn't the Earth Federation Forces' Ireland-class ships go to Mars years ago (Note 1)?!"
Gilles Kruger jumped to his feet, his face also filled with disbelief.
Judging from the timeline, the 13th Independent Fleet, which was sent to Mars to suppress the Zeon forces there, shouldn't have been able to return to Earth at this point. However, the Irish-class space battleships in the Earth Federation fleet were all part of this 13th Independent Fleet, participating in the mission to suppress the Zeon forces on Mars!
Why are there other Ireland-class warships here?
Could it be that the Earth Federation Forces have other Irish-class spaceships?
Do not!
wrong.
In the current timeline, the world we live in is not the world Gilles Kruger knows, but rather a world from the past, a world that has experienced multiple dimensional tremors.
Following this line of thought, the appearance of the Irish-class spaceships doesn't seem so surprising.
But why did the Earth Federation Forces react so quickly?
Do not,
Something's wrong! !
From the moment the internal battle line of Border 4 was decisively reversed, the strategic plan set by Death Vanguard seemed to have been blocked by an insurmountable barrier.
"Send the reserves to the front, and notify the MS forces inside Border Four to intensify their attack! We absolutely cannot abandon the Iron Face plan like this!!"
"Yes!!"
At Gilles Kruger's command, the reserve forces that remained in the fleet awaiting orders were dispatched, forming four interception formations to meet the incoming enemy.
"12 mobile suits? They're reserves. Gentlemen, don't let them notice the fleet behind them."
Amuro glanced around and immediately had a plan in mind.
"understand!"
As everyone agreed, Hu Suo was the first to launch the attack.
Huso controlled the V Gundam and, using the standard shield-firing maneuver, locked onto the leading Death Vanguard MS. Several beams shot out in one go, shattering the formation of the fastest Death Vanguard MS.
At the same time, it also drew the opponent's attention to the V Gundam.
"That model of MS? A new MS secretly developed by the Federation Forces?!"
The highly trained Death Vanguard MS pilots constantly observed Huso's movements while dodging the attacks of the V Gundam, in order to judge Huso's strength.
Moreover, the performance level of the V Gundam was vastly different from that of the Jegan, Hevigan, and G Cannon in Frontier 4, leading the Death Vanguard MS pilots who participated in the interception to mistakenly believe that the Earth Federation Forces' lunar fleet had arrived.
Little did they know that the caution shown by these pioneering pilots of death had already been noticed by Amuro, Hathaway, and Christina.
"Huso, well done! Keep them occupied! Mafti, Christina, make your move!"
At Amuro's command, the floating cannons that had been hovering around suddenly activated, rushing towards the other three Death Vanguard MS squads that were accelerating forward while Huso was entangled, trying to find the location of the Judgment Fleet.
Meanwhile, in order to ensure the success of the funnel raid, Amuro, Hathaway, and Christina decisively accelerated, actively exposing their ZETA Gundams to the enemy's radar range and drawing their attention as much as possible.
"Enemy aircraft!! Enemy ambushes!! All aircraft, engage the enemy aircraft immediately!!!"
As soon as the captain of the Death Vanguard MS squad discovered the trace of the ZETA Gundam, he immediately called on his team members to change targets and split up to attack, attempting to capture and kill the ZETA Gundam.
Unfortunately, despite their swift reaction, they fell right into Amuro's little trap from the start.
(Note 1: In UC 120, the 13th Independent Fleet, consisting of three Ireland-class ships (the Alberg, Maitland, and St. Ives), went to Mars to suppress the Martian Zeon forces.)
(End of this chapter)