Why would I join the army if I can’t drive a Gundam!

Chapter 119 Kicked to the Iron Plate
"Good morning, Amuro-kun!"

"Good morning to you too!"

Although the war is still going on, places like schools in non-war zones are also operating normally. After all, war will always end one day, but learning has no end.

Therefore, Amuro still went to school as usual with his schoolbag, completed his homework properly every day, and also taught himself a lot of more advanced professional knowledge in private.

As he learns more and more about Mobile Suit, Amuro also feels the insufficiency of his knowledge. As a little boy, he has a big wish: one day in the future, he will be able to design a Gundam himself.

Dr. Timley was naturally very happy about his son's wish. After all, he was a career-oriented strongman. Now his son was driving a mobile suit he built and was determined to be his successor. There was hope for the family's revitalization. Dr. Timley was even thinking about his own fame a hundred years from now and whether he could surpass that of his teacher, Dr. Minovsky.

Of course, these are still very far away for Amuro. At this moment, he is still studying hard in school, preparing to join the Federal Army as a technical officer as the top student in the school when he graduates.

Amuro has even decided which unit he will serve in: he will join the Red Dragons when the time comes.

With the ringing of a bell, the morning class finally came to an end. Amuro immediately prepared to go to lunch with his friends. However, just as everyone walked out of the classroom, suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded throughout the satellite.

"what?"

Kathy Ting, who was talking to people around her about a beautiful new nurse at the satellite, raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

"Isn't this an air raid alarm? What happened?"

"Amuro, aren't you a soldier? Don't you have any emergency notices?"

“I’m just driving an excavator!”

Amuro emphasized this and then shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either, because his emergency communication was not connected, which meant that the situation was not very urgent.

Of course, this lack of urgency is only for Amuro. After the alarm sounded, the residents of Side 7 began to pack their luggage and run to the escape pods and spaceports as if they were facing a great enemy.

Since the First Week War, Side 7 has conducted many drills. After all, everyone is afraid that the Zeon people will blow up their satellites as well. You know, various videos of those satellites being destroyed have been played back and forth countless times in the media, and even various simple space suits and oxygen packs have become necessities for the lives of space residents.

However, the crowd heading to the spaceport was soon persuaded to return by security forces and the federal army.

"Don't panic, everyone. The enemy only has one ship. The Federation fleet has already been dispatched. We will defend the safety of the satellite to the death!"

Of course, even if the Federation Army did not persuade them, these residents would still come back, because the port simply does not have so many evacuation ships. When the Zeon Army attacked the colonial satellite, they also destroyed countless civilian ships and the booming space transportation industry. Now, only some supply ships from Side 7 or Earth occasionally come to the port of Side 6.

The people who had originally wanted to hide in the school's exclusive escape pod saw that the situation did not seem so urgent, so they all ran to the rooftop and watched the excitement while eating.

And Kathydin was very capable and took out a radio, hacked into the military's public channel, and listened to the live broadcast.

"That guy's leaving!"

"Keep chasing. Don't let him get close to the colony. Everyone, your families are up there!"

Although the Federation Army stationed at Side 7 only had three Salamis, at this moment, they were determined to fight to the death. The tragic state of the previous colonial satellite was still fresh in the minds of these soldiers. Even with the Antarctic Treaty, they did not dare to gamble on the moral level of the Zeon Army.

Therefore, the Falumeru, commanded by Lieutenant Deren, felt extremely difficult at this moment.

"These federal troops are crazy! They're even overloading their engines in pursuit of us!"

"That's great, go on and lead them away!"

Lieutenant Deren looked at the beams of light that occasionally passed by the sides of the warship, and he was worried for himself. The federal army's response was beyond their ability to react.

Following Char's orders, he suddenly appeared, pretended to attack the satellite, and took an attacking stance. The next second, the Federation's warships rushed out of the port, and even used their own bodies to block Falmeru's shooting line.

If Char had not ordered him to lead away the federal army, Deren would really want to fight the federal army. After all, with these elite troops on the ship, he was confident that he could destroy a Salamis in the first round of shooting.

But then, he still faithfully carried out Char's orders. The Falmer fired a few random shots into space and then began to retreat, while the Federation warships chased after it like mad dogs.

"Everything should be going well with Major Char!"

Deren thought so, and then ordered the power cabin to speed up again to increase the distance between them and the federal warship.

Char and his companions left the hangar of the battleship when the Falmer set out to lure the Federation Army defenders. Afterwards, six Zakus, wrapped in camouflage cloth and pretending to be asteroids, drifted towards the colony satellite little by little.

The satellite's scanning system noticed these celestial bodies approaching at high speed, but after the computer determined that the path would not threaten the satellite, it no longer paid attention to them until they entered the blind spot, and then Char operated the Zaku to throw off the camouflage cloth.

"Sir, what should we do if we encounter people from the colonial commune?"

"If you can't help it, don't do it!"

Char glanced at the Zaku behind him and then whispered.

"Our target is the federal army!"

"understand!"

The six Zakus quickly advanced from the blind spot below Blue Noah and landed on the outer wall of the satellite in a short time.

Then, a Zeon pilot quickly left the body and fumbled around on the outer wall of the satellite. Soon, he opened a maintenance hatch that was accessible to one person.

Afterwards, the pilot entered the hatch carrying the blasting equipment. This hatch was only for people to pass through, and the mobile suits had no chance of passing through. However, the outer wall of this part was very weak and could be directly blasted. In this way, the mobile suits could directly enter the passage below the outer wall.

And he needs to enter first to make precise positioning for the blasting.

Soon, fleeting flashes of fire appeared on the outer wall not far from the maintenance passage, which was exactly the explosion location determined by the pilot.

Afterwards, after confirming that the other party had returned to the body, another Zaku stepped forward, removed the explosives on its body, and placed them on the gap that had been blown out previously.

"Prepare to detonate!"

Then, with the detonation of the explosives, a huge gap appeared on the outer wall of the satellite, and the gap in the outer wall was directly connected to the passage below. At this moment, all kinds of messy debris were constantly spraying out of the gap due to the imbalance of air pressure.

"Hurry up, someone here will notice something unusual soon!"

After saying that, Char's Zaku Commander jumped into the passage first.

Although the internal structure of the maintenance passage was quite complicated, there were eye-catching direction signs at the intersection, so Char and the others quickly found the road leading to the interior.

Just as they were advancing inward, the colonial commune, having noticed the cracks in the colony's outer wall, also sent out maintenance personnel, and then the two sides met unexpectedly at the corner of a narrow passage.

"Mobile Suit?"

"This is a Zeon mobile suit!"

The maintenance personnel of the colonial commune recognized the Zaku at a glance. After all, its unique one-eyed shape was so eye-catching.

"Back up, back up, hurry up, we have to notify the federal army!"

Unfortunately, the two dedicated commune maintenance workers never expected that Zaku was faster than them. Their car had just retreated a few meters when Zaku's big feet came down and crushed the two men and the car together.

"Hahaha, still want to run?"

The Zeon pilot turned around triumphantly and looked at the red Zaku behind him.

"Major, I killed their spy!"

"Well done, keep going!"

What else could Char say? He could only encourage the other party. The bloodthirsty nature of these guys had been activated. Forcibly suppressing it would only get him into trouble.

Then, the Zaku cluster continued to advance. The Zeon pilots were very experienced and would destroy the monitoring system wherever they went. However, when they were about to approach the ground, they were still captured by the camera.

"This is a Zeon mobile suit?"

The satellite official who saw the surveillance footage was horrified. He hurriedly picked up the phone and tremblingly passed the message to the garrison command through the internal line.

"What? You said the Zeon mobile suits have already entered the satellite?"

"Yes, they are about to reach the ground!"

"Combat alert, get the first squad out quickly!"

The garrison commander was also trembling. He knew very well how important Side 7 was. If something happened here, the federal army would have to pay countless sacrifices!

"Send a message to Luna II, and order everyone to dress. Side 7 can't be in any danger. Even if we die today, we will defend this place!"

The garrison commander still didn't know the identity of the attacking Zeon forces, but he was prepared for the worst.

At this moment, Amuro also received an urgent call.

"Amuro!"

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"A Zeon mobile suit is infiltrating the satellite. Return to base immediately!"

"Understood!"

Afterwards, Amuro quickly rushed down the building and prepared to return to the base. His friends also heard a few words and realized that something was wrong. They hurriedly followed Amuro down the building and then jumped into his car.

"you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, isn't this an emergency?"

Amuro had no time to chase people away, so he could only step on the accelerator and rush towards the base.

At the same time, accompanied by a violent explosion, a huge crater appeared on the main road of the city. Then, a huge Cyclops poked his head out of the crater.

"Major, we seem to be a little off track!"

"How much off?"

“Maybe a few kilometers!”

"It does not matter!"

Char controlled the machine to climb out of the ground, looked at the crowd that was fleeing, and then said.

By the time his team had all climbed out of the ground, the first batch of federal troops who had reacted had already arrived at the scene. "Fire!"

Although they were only light infantry, with only jeeps as their vehicles and not even Queen missiles, these dozens of federal soldiers still began to attack very bravely. The heavy firepower team picked up the recoilless rifle and fired at the Zaku's head, while the machine gun team's M299 was also pouring down a barrage of bullets in an attempt to interfere with the Zaku.

While they were fighting, two heavy machine gun teams had climbed up the tall building and set up the 13.2mm machine guns they were carrying.

"Weak and powerless!"

Faced with this attack that was even worse than a tickle, the Zakus didn't even bother to dodge. Instead, they stood still, raised their 120 machine guns, and began to fight back.

After several bursts of fire, the machine gun team in the building and the recoilless rifles downstairs fell into silence, and several jeeps were overturned by the explosion. At this moment, only a few seriously injured federal soldiers were still squirming on the ground.

Then, a green Zaku, still not satisfied, started to sweep the ground again with the 20mm Gatling gun on its chest, and did not stop until all the wounded were killed.

"Can't these federal troops find me some tough opponents?"

A pilot operating the aircraft punched the building next to him, creating a huge crack in the wall, and then said arrogantly.

"Don't worry, there will be more later!"

“Some of them were hit by you!”

Afterwards, these six Zakus trampled on the road without any hesitation and rushed through the city until they left the city and entered the side of the road leading to the base, where they encountered a large force of the federal army.

It was an interception line consisting of three GM tanks, several Type 61 tanks and several anti-tank teams.

"Hahaha, finally there's an opponent worth fighting!"

Under Char's leadership, Zaku then began a fierce attack on the defense line, and the Federation Army also saw Char's red machine.

"Damn it, it's the Red Comet!"

"Damn Zeon, why would they send this guy here!"

Char's presence also brought considerable pressure to the Federation's mobile suits. Because of the close distance, they could often hear battle reports about the other side. These GM pilots were only of average level, and now seeing Char appear, they were under even greater pressure.

Under the fierce attack of Zaku, the federal army suffered heavy losses and even began to retreat. However, Zaku, with the cover of the city and hills, was not even hit by many bullets.

"Major, can we charge now?"

"Oh, you like hand-to-hand combat? Of course!"

Faced with his men's request to fight, Char had no reason to refuse. He skillfully replaced the magazine of his weapon, then opened fire again, destroying another Type 61 tank.

"Come on!"

Under the fire suppression of teammates, the three Zakus jumped off the hill first and charged towards the retreating Jim.

Relying on their speed advantage, the Zakus piloted by three experienced Zeon pilots easily avoided Jim's shooting, and also dodged several Queen's wire-controlled missiles, and then landed in front of Jim.

"Trash, go to hell!"

The leading Zaku had already pulled out his thermal axe in mid-air, and then chopped it down on Jim who had hurriedly raised his shield. The huge impact made the latter's body stagger, and then Zaku swung the axe again violently.

In just a blink of an eye, Jim's shield was shattered, and his other hand was chopped off before he could draw out the beam saber. Then, as if playing with it, the Zaku began to slash at Jim's cockpit with a light sword, cutting the opponent's armor into pieces.

The pilot could even hear pilot Jim's screams, and then he laughed and chopped the last knife into the cockpit, then kicked Jim's abdomen and used the force to pull out the axe.

On the other side, the second Jim was also beaten so badly that he couldn't fight back at all. The Zaku that was fighting with him first chopped off Jim's monitor with an axe, and the opponent's head shattered into several pieces like a ball and flew out.

Then, the headless Jim was cut in half by the Zaku, and then the pilot did not forget to give the cockpit another blow.

The last remaining GM could only keep retreating, but he was not afraid, but wanted to buy time for the friendly forces in the base. Their team was on alert, so they attacked early, and the remaining mobile suits in the base were still in a shut down state and only started up after the alarm sounded.

Not to mention refueling the propellant, even loading live ammunition would take a considerable amount of time.

"Amuro, you said this is your excavator?"

Looking at the majestic machine that had been driven out of the hangar, the friends who had rushed to the base in the same car with Amuro and were now under protective custody of the military police were dumbfounded.

"Yeah, I used this thing to dig the dirt!"

Amuro, who had urgently changed into a pilot uniform, glanced at his friend beside him and waved his hand.

"This isn't anything to brag about, you don't need to care about it!"

"Hey, this guy is still pretending!"

Several friends could only feel envious and jealous. After all, they had heard of the name of Mobile Suit a long time ago, but they didn't expect that there was someone around them who could drive this thing directly, and what they drove was not an ordinary machine, but the so-called Gundam in the battle report!

"Then you must be careful!"

"Beat them to pieces!"

Because the situation was urgent, Unit 3, codenamed G, was being transported, so Amuro had to drive out his Unit and then refill it with propellant while checking the system.

He had already heard the fierce gunfire outside the base. It was obvious that the defenders were no match for the attacking enemy.

In addition, the previously reported incoming enemy was the Red Comet, so Amuro remembered Macharius' instructions.

"Char is known as a lolicon, huh? I'm not afraid of him!"

Just as the original Gundam was barely filled with enough propellant for action, the base gate exploded. Then, a GM, which was already in a state of disrepair, fell down helplessly in the smoke, with a large hole in its chest that was emitting blue smoke.

Then, a striking red eye appeared in the smoke at the gate, and then, under the rapidly flashing single eye, a huge green body emerged.

"Is this the secret base of the Federation Army? The guards are terrible!"

The Zaku pilot quickly glanced at the chaotic base and was about to burst into laughter, but then his smile got stuck in his throat.

“Ha… Kaka…”

"what happened to you?"

His teammates behind him asked in confusion.

“Heh…high…high…”

"High for what?"

When the second Zaku pilot rushed into the base gate, he finally realized what the other party wanted to say.

"Gundam!"

"Nani?"

Char, who was at the back, shuddered when he heard this, and even subconsciously tried to control the machine to turn around. However, at that moment, he realized that Macharius was not there, so what was he afraid of!
"Don't panic, it's probably just a mecha piloted by an ordinary pilot. Kill him!"

"understand!"

Hearing what Char said, several Zakus plucked up their courage and rushed towards the Gundam, while Char also controlled the machines to quickly catch up.

Looking at the Zeon machines rushing towards him, Amuro was also extremely anxious, but the Gundam's system still had a little progress to complete the inspection, so he could only suppress his excitement and wait.

Then, when Char entered the base, he saw Gundam suddenly raise his right hand and draw the beam saber behind him.

Then, the first Zaku that rushed over was pierced through the cockpit before it could even chop down with the heat axe. After killing the first Zaku, the Gundam nimbly dodged the attack of the second Zaku, then slapped the opponent with a shield, and then swung another sword.

The next second, the Zaku was chopped in half from under the cockpit and fell to the ground.

"Nani?"

The Zeon pilot of the third Zaguri also widened his eyes in disbelief, and then the Gundam's 60mm Gatling cannon hit his face.

"Amuro, the weapons are here!"

A maintenance sergeant of the Federation Army ignored the danger and drove a truck carrying a beam rifle to the foot of the Gundam.

"not good!"

Char hastily raised his machine gun, trying to interrupt the opponent's actions. The shell immediately landed beside the truck, blowing the cockpit into pieces and the maintenance sergeant lost his vital signs.

"Brother Bonard!"

Amuro didn't expect that his negligence would cost the life of someone he knew. He could only grit his teeth, grab the beam rifle, and then pull the trigger under Char's fire.

Char didn't hesitate at all and quickly moved his machine away, but as a result, a Zaku next to him was pierced by the beam.

"Asshole, don't even think about running away!"

Amuro turned his gun around and destroyed the Zaku that he had suppressed with his machine gun, then chased after Char with his shield raised.

"Major, what should we do?"

Seeing his four teammates killed in such a short time, the pilot of the last Zaku was also trembling. He habitually fired a few shots at the Gundam and was about to ask Char for orders.

As a result, when the pilot looked at Char, he saw that he was already turning around and retreating.

"Major?"

"Sorry, but we've failed!"

Char only took a few glances to know that this was a surprise prepared for him by Macharius, so he turned around and ran away without any hesitation.

The Zaku that was left behind also realized it later and wanted to leave, but Amuro had already caught up with him. Then, with a sharp move, he stabbed the beam saber into his cockpit cleanly, ending his life.

"Asshole, don't run!"

(End of this chapter)