Gundam Super G Universe

Chapter 80: The Mantis Catches the Cicada, Waiting for the Yellow Bird Behind (5000)

Red had naturally heard the report from the Archangel's bridge CIC, and instantly felt that something was fishy. The system gave a full 30 merit points for the emergency mission, and it was almost certain that the enemy must be more than just this one.

Moreover, in the original work, the ship that followed the advance team of the Eighth Fleet was the Vesalius, which had returned to PLANT once. How come it was replaced by the Kamov, where Isaac and his three companions were, and another Laurasia-class ship? Are they from the Cruze?
Red certainly wouldn't think that it was his intervention that caused the plot change. Cruze was thrown into prison after his defense at the PLANT Council.

So after returning to the NT-X cockpit, Red asked directly in the team channel

"Mu, do you feel anything special right now?"

Mu felt a little strange when asked by Red, but the next second he realized that Red should be asking Cruze.

Because when they were in private, Mu complained to Red that there was a strange feeling between him and Cruze, and Red even joked that maybe they were born to be together.

So Mu answered seriously:

"I don't feel anything for now, Red, did you notice anything?"

There is no Riddler here, so Red directly stated his guess.
"Yes, it's a big problem. Theoretically, with the speed and performance of the Laurasia class, it should be difficult to follow the Nelson class battleship silently, especially when we have warned them that the enemy may be tracking them. You know, the Laurasia class is better at fire support, not stealth tracking."

The bridge of Red's analysis naturally heard it, and Malu frowned and said
"Red, are you saying that there are other enemies hiding nearby ready to launch a surprise attack?"

Reid nodded directly.

"Yes, in short, it's better to be prepared. There is nothing wrong with the strategy of directly attacking the Loracia class. Even if there is a sneak attack, we can destroy these two battleships before the attacker emerges, so there is no need to worry about the sneak attack.

But just in case, Kira, Mu, don't stray too far from the Archangel after you change into your air suits and attack. Duel, Storm, Thunder and four Jinns, Angie and I can handle it."

Kira and Mu had no objection to Red's order, because the two battles in Artemis Fortress proved that Red had no problem facing at least two Gs. With three Gs, he shouldn't be defeated so quickly.

As for Princess Angelique, she was like a tiger among sheep when she fought Jin En. Four Jin Ens could last for ten minutes even if they exerted their machine performance beyond their level. When she was free, the couple would join forces, and Duel, Storm, and Thunder would have to die here if they didn't retreat.

In fact, Kira and Mu's judgment was not wrong. If Red had awakened his new human ability, he could only show mercy when dealing with two Gs at the same time. If he was surrounded and beaten by three Gs, he would be the one to flee as long as the opponent did not make a fatal mistake.

However, the complete awakening of the new human's abilities and the upgraded driving skills gave Red enough confidence. One against three, it really wasn't a big problem.

After Red ejected the Archangel, he and Angel contacted the target and without saying a word, used two heavy particle beam cannons to separate the Duel, Storm, Thunder and four Jin En equipped with heavy ion beam cannons.

Then Red maneuvered the machine to dodge the heavy particle beam cannons of the two Jinn machines near the edge and released Bit, firing continuously to force the Duel, Storm, and Thunder machines to stay away from Jinn, giving Angie a chance to deal with them alone.

Of course, the Duel, Storm, and Thunder were also very cooperative. Isaac was already furious at this time. Although Red had always been able to fight him and Diego one-on-two before, now he wanted to fight three-on-one. How much did he look down on him?

Moreover, according to the plan, their troops should have attracted all of the Archangel's escort MS. Now only two have come, and the mission has not been completed.

So Yisaac also shouted in the team communication

"Diego, cover me and Nico! Damn Red Isaac, he actually looked down on us! Nico, use your expertise, we must teach him a profound lesson."

Both teammates now agreed with Isaac's words. It would be fine if Red could rely on the mothership or teammates to cover three people, but now, he was fighting three people with no support at all, which showed that he looked down on the three people.

So, Nigel replied "OK" and activated the mirage system and disappeared.

Diego said nothing. He opened the two 6-barrel missile pods on his shoulders, and fired at the area where NT-350 was located with his 94mm anti-armor shotgun launcher and 1mm high-energy beam rifle.

Diego didn't really aim, because his goal was to suppress Red's attack and give Duel and Thunder a chance to get close, without expecting to shoot down Red by relying on firepower coverage.

Seeing that the three people on the opposite side were obviously cooperating seriously to deal with him, Red smiled slightly. Red took back the storm missiles, Bit controlled the NT-X to perform large-scale irregular maneuvers, and used the Vulcan cannon on the head to detonate several missiles on the way and avoided them all.

As for the beam and shotgun attacks, Diego didn't even aim properly. Did he expect Red to directly control the machine to crash into his attacks?

However, Baofeng's attack was only intended to suppress Red, and now his goal has been achieved. Duel has rushed to the front of the NT-X Gundam and started shooting at Red with a beam rifle.

It's a pity that now Isaac's attack on Red is an open attack. Red knows the timing of each shot clearly, so Red doesn't need to dodge at high speed. He only uses the posture nozzle to move the body in a small range, which makes Isaac's shooting completely become a human body outline, making him so angry that he screamed in the team voice.

Fortunately, Red's attention is not on Isaac now. He did not fight back against his attack. For Red, the invisible Thunder is the real trouble.

If the new human's ability had not been fully awakened, Red would have had a hard time dealing with the mirage system, and he could only dodge it at the moment when Nicol was about to shoot. This was very extreme, and as long as Isaac and Diego pressed harder, Red would easily fall over.

But now with emotional perception, Red could confirm the direction and position of Nicol. So, Red released another Bit and shot a heavy ion beam directly at Nicol's location.

In fact, Red’s actions from Izak and Diego’s perspective are simply a ghost story.

It was such a big machine, and Izak was almost close to the NT-X and shot at it at close range, but he just couldn't hit it, and he missed it by a hair's breadth every time. If it happened once or twice, it could be said that Izak's shooting skills were poor, but it was too strange that he could do this after more than a dozen shots, including Diego who kept shooting from a distance from the back.

Moreover, the NT-X Gundam was originally fighting against the two people, but suddenly released a Bit and swept towards the empty space behind it.

Then, in the area where the beam was attacked, Xunlei suddenly appeared and cancelled the emergency evasion of the Mirage system. However, Nicole still cursed in the communication, "Damn it, are all the MSs of the New Mischi Republic monsters?" which dumbfounded both of them.

You know, after Xunlei activated the Mirage System, even his teammates couldn't determine his location. How did Red know?
However, regardless of what Isaac, Diego, and Nicole thought, Red was very satisfied with the actual effect of his new human ability. This ability was just as cool as turning on the full map perspective plug-in in FPS games, and it was a 360-degree full map plug-in that could prompt the opponent's shooting time in advance.

With his own battlefield experience and driving skills, Isaac, Diego, and Nicole, the three little guys who have not grown up, can only be amused by himself.

However, Red's improvement in ability is not without side effects. Maintaining the ability at a high intensity will rapidly consume his energy. If he uses it for too long, he will easily become mentally confused.

And Red felt the same feeling as when Amuro was driving the RX-78-2. The NT-X's body transmission system couldn't keep up with his operation. There were several times when Red had found the perfect opportunity to counterattack, but missed it because of the delay in the speed of the body system.

It can only be said that the conduction structure of the NT-1 Gundam itself was a semi-finished product, and it was not until the Z generation that a mature body skeleton was developed.

Now NT-X has only caught up with the mobility of B-class machines by relying on magnetic coating technology. But in the B-class, excluding those machines with heavy firepower and heavy armor, this mobility may also be poor. If it weren't for the two Bits to check for deficiencies and the excellent performance of rocket propulsion in short and medium distance advances and escape speeds, this shortcoming might have been exposed earlier. But having said so much, NT-X is still enough to face the Duel, Storm, and Thunder driven by Izak, Diego, and Nicole in the growth stage. And at this time, Anqi has killed three Jinns on the battlefield next to her and is chasing the last one.

The Archangel relied on its powerful firepower to destroy the Lorasia class ship that was ahead of it. Smoke was coming out of the ship. The Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul ships in the rear were all stunned. Is the Archangel so strong? And what kind of monster did Red Isaac develop? He could easily defeat three G-class ships alone.

However, the good days of the 8th Fleet's advance team and Archangel were over. Suddenly, three large heat sources appeared on the flank of the battlefield. The CIC of Archangel, which was in the fierce battle, immediately notified

"Three large heat sources were found on the flanks, matched with three Nazca-class ships, and the MS team also attacked... Sixteen Jinns, and the Aegis!!"

The CIC report was simply hopeless. With sixteen Gins, the generation gap between the G series and the Gins was far from enough to fight one against ten, and Kira was not using the Freedom Gundam. As for the Green Astray, if he really faced six Gins head-on, Mu would win if he could survive, not to mention that there was also a Holy Shield on the other side.

At this time, Captain Koopman of the Montgomery saw the three Nazca-class ships and so many Jinns, and immediately made a prompt decision and shouted to the Archangel
"Captain Ramírez, leave the battlefield immediately. Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul will cover your rear. Hurry."

As soon as Koopman finished speaking, George Alstad, who was already panicking, stood up and grabbed Koopman and asked in disbelief:

"What? We're the last? We're fighting three Nazca-class ships and sixteen Jinns?"

Koopman looked at George Alstad with disdain, saying that he would not survive today, so he directly retorted.
"What else can we do? The Nelson and Drake classes can't outrun the Nazca class. And even if we abandon the mothership and take the escape ship, we will still have to face the siege of sixteen Jinns. So, isn't it better to let the Archangel go and die standing? Do you still expect the Archangel to cover us? Will ZAFT let us go?"

George Alstar was speechless, and his beloved daughter, Frey, was on the Archangel, so he couldn't say anything about letting the Archangel take the rear. He could only slump back in his seat helplessly.

Fortunately, Red heard all the communications here. Red knew that even if the Archangel turned around and ran away immediately, it would not be able to shake off the pursuers. The three ships Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul could not hold out for more than a few minutes. Running away now would directly weaken their own combat power, and their morale would be gone in an instant.

So Red was not going to play Duel, Storm, and Thunder anymore. He turned on his new human ability to the maximum, and based on the emotions of the three and his own experience, he began to predict the opponent's actions.

Afterwards, Red used the heavy particle beam cannon to force back the storm without hesitation, then took back Bit, activated the rocket retreat and rushed to the duel face to face.

Seeing the NT-X Gundam rushing towards him, Izak was not afraid and directly drew out his beam sword to prepare for close combat, but he also learned from the first time he fought Red. Instead of raising his sword and slashing directly, he first raised his anti-beam shield with his left hand and attacked the NT-X with a shield attack. If Red shot out a balloon again, the balloon would be bounced off by the shield attack, and it would be convenient for him to continue chasing and counterattacking.

However, when Red saw Duel charging at him with his shield raised, he knew that Duel was going to take the blow, so he just smiled slightly and controlled the machine to dodge backwards, and Duel's shield attack missed.

Then, just as Red had predicted, Isaac slashed down with his beam sword in his right hand.

Red was waiting for this moment, and deliberately manipulated the machine to turn around and move behind the duel. However, Red's move was a fake, the purpose was to make Diego feel that his back was facing him.

So Diego barely even thought about it, and as the opportunity was fleeting, he fired several shots at the back of NT-X.

But when the NT-X Gundam got behind the Duel, it casually threw out five camouflage balloons. Storm's enemy detection system was instantly disrupted, and all of Diak's shots hit the camouflage balloons.

At the same time, Red did not attack from behind the duel, but chose to lie down directly and then rocket forward and fire again, instantly creating distance.

This action was completed in an instant. Diego was blocked by the camouflage balloon that suddenly appeared, and he did not realize that the NT-X was no longer in its original position before he fired.

You have to know that the camouflage balloons also blocked Duel, and don't expect the balloons to block the 94mm high-energy beam rifle. Although the camouflage balloons deflected the muzzle, Duel was not hit directly. But one of Baofeng's beams still hit Duel's right shoulder directly, directly blowing up the entire shoulder structure and destroying one-third of his head. Izak's screams spread throughout the team's communication.

And the story is not over yet, the NT-X Gundam that had already escaped has now rushed under the storm. Diego is still in shock after backstabbing his ally.

Red immediately seized the opportunity and fired a burst of beam rifle fire from below, directly detonating the weapons in Storm's hands, causing Diego to scream in the cockpit.

At this time, Nicol didn't dare to hide and attack anymore. From his point of view, if they continued to hide, Duel and Storm would be shot down.

So Nicole took the initiative to show up, and the three-horn attack shield system on his right arm first fired three [Lance Dart] high-speed armor-piercing bullets at the NT-X, and then extended his beam sword to attack the NT-X Gundam. In this way, he attracted Red's attention and shouted in the communication.

"Yitzhak! Diego! Retreat!"

Red looked at Xunlei's desperate charge and just dodged three [Lance Darts] by moving sideways. Then Bit upgraded to shoulder cannon and fired at Xunlei at half the normal power.

Nicole was unable to change direction and dodge while charging at full speed, and could only raise the three-horn attack shield to withstand the attack.

The result is obvious. Even if the three-horn attack shield has an anti-beam coating, it cannot withstand the heavy particle beam cannon. If Red had not deliberately reduced the power by half, and the PS armor also has a certain defense against beams, Thunder would have melted here on the spot.

But the situation is not much better now. The three-horn attack shield barely withstood the shot and was directly blown up. The Thunder flew back with black smoke.

After doing all this, Red immediately lowered his new human perception. Just now, Red felt like he was playing a soul-like game in his previous life, with a high level of concentration and fighting for hours.

Fortunately, with normal perception, Red could sense that Isaac, Diego, and Nicole were all alive, and their injuries should not be serious, because the three of them were extremely active in spirit. Of course, they were not friendly to him at all, especially Isaac.

However, Red didn't want to bother with them anymore. Seeing that Angie had dealt with four Jinns, he directly interrupted the communication between the Archangel and Montgomery and said:

"The Archangel cannot retreat. Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul cannot hold off sixteen Jinns for even a few minutes. You will only die in vain, and the Archangel will not be able to escape.

Now, the three ships, Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul, immediately formed a three-dimensional air defense battle line with the Archangel as the center. They opened up a barrage of bullets to repel King's attack. Then, all the Mobius carrier-based aircraft were released to attack the intact Loracia-class ship. They didn't need to shoot it down, but just tow it over there.

The Assault and Heretic will cooperate with the four motherships to block Jinn's first wave of attacks, and Angie and I will come back to assist in the defense."

After Red said this, everyone realized that just now, Red defeated Duel, Storm, and Thunder alone. Now from the screen, we can see that the three machines were at least damaged and could only rely on intermittent thrusters to retreat to the intact Loracia class.

Such a victory instantly boosted everyone's enthusiasm. George Alstar stood up instantly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and shouted excitedly
"Listen to Captain Red! You guys don't know how to fight. Colonel Koopman, as the Atlantic Federation's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, I want you to listen to Captain Red!!"

In fact, George Alstar was also very angry. The Atlantic Federation's Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs was not a military position. How could he have the power to order Koopman, a colonel?

But no one really wanted to die, so Koopman ignored George Alstar's screams and ordered:
"Montgomery, Bernard, and Raul, listen to my orders. Form a three-dimensional air defense battle line with the Archangel as the center. At the same time, immediately launch missiles to stop King's attack. Captain Ramias, the three ships including Montgomery will temporarily follow your command."

(End of this chapter)