Chapter 1923
Performance Countermeasures from the Future!
Chapter 1923 Performance Countermeasures from the Future!
As the three ZETA Gundams rapidly approached the enemy aircraft in a formation of one above and two below, they suddenly turned and flew off in different directions like scattering flowers, avoiding the enemy aircraft's firing axis. This also caused a moment of surprise to the enemy pilots who had been misled by their previous straight-line charge and thought they could strike in one blow.
"Each of you is responsible for your immediate objective!"
The squad leader of the Death Vanguard reacted extremely quickly. After seeing that his attack, which seemed certain to succeed, had failed, he immediately took action, locking onto a target and giving chase.
In terms of numbers, it's eight against three, meaning each target can be assigned at least two Death Vanguard pilots for pursuit.
Without a doubt, this gives them a significant advantage.
With just the two extra Death Vanguard pilots cooperating with any pursuit squad to quickly eliminate the target, this encounter will inevitably be a victory for the Death Vanguard.
"Took the bait!"
Christina glanced at the enemy marker displayed in the lower left corner of the screen.
Clearly, as she piloted her mobile suit past the enemy formation from the lower left, she was locked onto by three Death Vanguard mobile suits.
Judging from the models, it consists of one Averu S and two Denan Zorn.
"Looks like I've won the jackpot."
They had two more Death Vanguard MS, and they didn't pick anyone else, but they chose Christina.
"Captain Christina. Who can blame you for your amazing charm!"
Amuro smiled and said.
Amuro, unfortunately, had the best luck.
Only a Denan G and a Denan Zorn were relentlessly pursuing them from behind.
"You'd be more accurate to say Captain Amuro, you're incredibly lucky!"
Hasavi sighed helplessly.
Like Christina, he was also pursued by three Death Vanguard mechs.
"Good luck is also part of one's ability."
Amuro laughed and without hesitation, he controlled his ZETA Gundam 1 to perform a series of barrel rolls, dodging the attack from behind. Then, he pulled the nose of the machine sharply, and the entire ZETA Gundam 1 accelerated away from the enemy's line of fire at a right angle of 90 degrees.
"Damn it! Turn around immediately. Third squad, our target is over there!"
The leader of the Death Vanguard squad chasing Amuro shouted, but unfortunately, the communication channel showed signs of interference at that moment.
"Damn it!"
Sensing something was wrong, the squad leader immediately turned his wingman around, attempting to catch up with Amuro's ZETA Gundam Unit 1 again.
However, this was already half a step too late.
Just as Amuro Ray's Zeta Unit 1 completed its right-angle maneuver, Hathaway's Zeta Gundam appeared right in front of him.
The two tacitly staggered apart, then pulled the trigger without hesitation, controlling the floating cannons that had been lurking in the void to launch the first wave of attacks.
The moment the two ZETA Gundams separated, beams of light burst from the muzzles of their beam rifles and also shot out from the muzzles of the floating cannons that had been lurking since the start of the battle, intertwining to form a beam net that caught the enemy off guard, with the target as the endpoint.
To the enemy, this moment felt like an eternity, yet also like a fleeting instant.
Because, at the moment the beam of light shone, their thoughts seemed to pause, yet also seemed to enter a state of high-speed operation.
It wasn't until the beam disappeared and the floating cannons moved away from their current attack position and entered the next wave of attack routes that the Death Vanguard pilots, who had been hit by the beam, realized they had been struck.
"W-what happened?" "BOOM!!!"
Amidst a series of sparks, Amro and Hasavi turned around in unison, heading towards Christina to provide support.
"Sir...Sir! Prepare for the complete annihilation of the first and second squads!! Just now..."
The bridge of the Death Vanguard fleet flagship, the Zams Garr-class, suddenly fell silent.
"Are you kidding me?! In just a few seconds, we lost at least six mobile suits?! How is that possible?!"
Gilles Kruger clenched his fist tightly, slammed it down on the handle, and shouted angrily.
"Investigate this thoroughly right now!!"
Before CIC could respond, a distress signal came from another reserve team.
"Help! Help!! The enemy's mobile suits are beyond our expectations!! Our mobile suits are no match for them!! Help... *snap*..."
Before the distress message could be finished, the image on the screen was completely obscured by the constantly swirling white snowflakes.
The team that sent the distress signal was the Death Vanguard MS squad, which was locked in combat with Huso's V Gundam.
In an effort to buy time, Husso played very conservatively this time.
However, the V Gundam, forged with technology from UC 0153, overwhelmed these old Death Vanguard MS, which attempted to suppress them with the advantages brought by the advanced technology of UC 0123, with overwhelming performance. They were utterly defeated and left in a sorry state.
Originally, at the suggestion of the Ghost Faces, the Death Vanguard accepted that they came from the future and returned to the past, using their overwhelming power to suppress the Earth Federation located in the past timeline, thus fulfilling their mission of "changing" history from its very roots.
However, they did not expect that in this past timeline, there were people from a future even more distant than their own—Houso from UC 0153 and his V Gundam.
Those who seek to suppress all things in the world with technological advantages that surpass the current century are instead suppressed by those from a more distant future with even more advanced technology.
This joke was not funny to the pilots of the Death Vanguard; in fact, it was rather hellish.
Especially when they saw their allies chasing three ZETA Gundams being instantly wiped out by the ZETA Gundams in a way they couldn't understand, their fighting spirit and morale collapsed.
"Let the MS team that returned from inside the colony to rest and regroup go up there!!"
Gilles Kruger gritted his teeth and roared.
"quick!!"
"boom!"
Suddenly, beams of light appeared in the dark void in the distance.
It's artillery fire!!
Gilles Kruger immediately recognized that this was the sound of the Federation fleet, which appeared out of nowhere, launching a decisive artillery barrage after the MS forces gained the upper hand.
"boom!!"
Thick beams of light swept across the depths of the void, immediately triggering violent explosions within the Death Vanguard fleet led by Gilles Kruger.
The bow, sides, and even one unfortunate Zams Nada-class destroyer were hit on the bridge and then pierced through the hull by the subsequent beam of fire, becoming the first kill of the Earth Federation fleet in the artillery barrage!
"All ships, commence fire! Target: enemy fleet!! Ignore engagement range! Unleash maximum firepower!!"
Gilles Kruger's expression shifted several times before he finally gave the order with barely suppressed rage.
"Notify the mobile suit units inside Border Four to return at top speed!! We're withdrawing!!"
(End of this chapter)