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

Chapter 136 An Eternal Nightmare

There was no answer, only a silent stare, until a Zaku reacted and suddenly raised its gun. Then, the Zaku pilot found that the G3 was faster than him and had arrived first.

Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger at the location of the enemy's nuclear fusion reactor, and then Macarius piloted the Gundam to jump backward.

Although he wasn't particularly afraid of facing dozens of enemies, the Gundam couldn't withstand the continuous barrage of concentrated firepower at such close range.

The Zaku that was hit immediately exploded, blowing several nearby mobile suits into pieces.

If there were friendly forces nearby, Markarius wouldn't actively attack the power reactor, but since they were all enemies, there was nothing to worry about. After all, the exploding power reactor could take away a few more enemies.

After landing, G3 bounced up again in the next second, and then a series of shells flew past the Gundam's body. In mid-air, Macarius made an emergency change of direction and dodged two rockets by using his jet propulsion.

While dodging, he didn't forget to fire two more shots.

With the explosion of the two Zaku, the G3 Gundam landed and, without any hesitation, sped off to the left.

With the locking alarm beeping, Makarius suddenly slammed on the brakes, turned around and activated the first cannon. In that instant, a series of rockets flying toward him were detonated.

Taking advantage of the explosion's flames, Macarius leaped up again, his beam rifle charging up. As his machine cleared the smoke and dust, he pulled the trigger once more.

Two beams of light pierced through the Zaku cluster once again. Although they did not hit the Mifune, they damaged several Zakus in the process after destroying their own targets.

After landing amidst the smoke and dust, Makarius spread his arms, revealing his body, or more precisely, the disposable missile launchers located on his waist and legs. These externally mounted firepower enhancement devices could carry various types of missiles; Makarius was carrying cluster munitions.

He steered his machine forward, dodging enemy fire as he charged toward the Zakus. Bullets kept hitting the Gundam's body and even its head monitor, but the sporadic fire was blocked by its sturdy armor.

Once the fire control system locked on, more than a dozen missiles took off, their warheads soaring into the sky on high-altitude trajectories. Then, each warhead split into more than a dozen smaller warheads, which then fell toward their targets below.

These bullets are not powerful enough to directly destroy these ground-based Zaku, but they can still cause considerable damage, especially the top-attack, which poses a significant threat to the Zaku's head monitor.

As the whistling sound grew closer, bursts of fire erupted from the Zaku ground combatants that approached Makarius.

"Damn it, the main monitor is damaged!"

"Switch to the backup monitor immediately!"

By the time the Zeon pilots had finished their frantic switching, Macarius had already rushed to the front of the ground-based Zaku.

"asshole!"

Just as the Zaku pilot was about to raise the machine gun, the G3 Gundam, with even greater speed, grabbed the muzzle with its left hand and pushed it into the sky. Then, the beam rifle in its right hand pressed the muzzle directly against the Zaku's body.

"ciao!"

Amidst Makarius's friendly farewell, a purple particle beam pierced through the Zaku. Then, the G3 Gundam lifted up the unfortunate wreckage and charged towards the Zaku swarm.

"Surround him, quick!"

Seeing that the Red Dragon was not leaving but instead launched an attack, the Zaku pilots also shouted and rushed up. It's just a Gundam, watch us overwhelm it with our Zaku!

"You've come at the perfect time! I was just worried you wouldn't be so friendly!"

Although Macarius kept advancing, his attention was always on guard around him. The G3 Gundam suddenly stopped, then turned to the right, and fired its beam rifle again, destroying another Zaku that was trying to sneak up.

Then, Makarius turned to the left and shoved the wreckage in his hand. The next second, a heat axe cleaved the Zaku wreckage in two. The G3 Gundam, having released the Zaku wreckage, had already gripped the shield hanging on its arm again and then smashed it down.

The thermal axe in the hand of a ground-based Zaku was knocked off course by the serrated edge of the shield.

Then, the G3 Gundam neatly mounted its beam rifle on its shield and fired a second shot at the enemy behind the Zaku.

Then, Marcarius, who had suppressed the Zaku to the point of immobility, took a large step back, pulling the Zaku off balance. The Zaku, forced to move along with the Gundam, became a meat shield in Marcarius's hands once again.

“Help him!”

Seeing that the Zaku had been used as a human shield and had taken several bursts of their own ammunition, the remaining Zeon pilots became increasingly anxious. The two Zakus desperately tried to flank them from both sides, but Macarius was also retreating in sync with them.

The Zaku pilot, unable to get around it, could only try to jump over it. But as soon as he jumped, Macarius suddenly stopped and then swung the Zaku to the left.

The Zaku, used as a human shield, was thrown towards the friendly soldiers who jumped over, while his gun was pointed at the Zaku on the other side.

"No!"

"Kill him, kill him!"

Seeing their ally being pierced once again, the pilots of the two Zaku mobile suits to the left of the G3 Gundam could only rush forward in grief and anger. However, the G3 Gundam did not turn its gun barrel; it simply twisted its shield. Then, two anti-mobile suit rockets, glowing with fire, were fired one after the other.

"careful!"

The Zaku pilot, who was being used as a human shield, gritted his teeth and stepped forward, using his own machine to catch two rockets, taking the bullets for his teammate and trying to buy them an opportunity to attack.

"Very brave, but useless!"

Marcarius kept suppressing the distant enemy with his right hand, while his left hand swung the shield back to his arm and then drew his beam saber.

Zaku charged forward, wielding its heat axe. In the next second, during the struggle between the saber and the heat axe, Zaku was easily deflected due to a lack of force. Then, the beam saber slashed down, striking Zaku at a 45-degree angle from head to abdomen.

Then, the Zaku, having lost control, dropped its heat axe to the ground, countless sparks flying out along with oil and other liquids. Meanwhile, the G3 Gundam turned around, sheathed its sword, and threw its shield out again.

As the G3 Gundam turned around, the Zaku, spewing sparks, collapsed helplessly to the ground and exploded violently the next second.

Amidst the dazzling flames, the G3 Gundam, like a war god emerging from the flames, slowly raised its head.

"continue!"

With the thrusters roaring once more, the G3 Gundam charged at the Zeon army group again. After taking four bullets with its shield, Macarius approached the Zaku behind it once more.

The Luna Titanium alloy shield, reinforced with a double layer, was no longer able to withstand the continuous attacks. Therefore, Markarius simply used it as a throwing weapon, hurling it at the Zaku closest to him. Then, he pulled the trigger of his beam rifle again. With only a few bullets remaining, the dual-barreled beam rifle fired another particle beam, piercing the shield and shattering the Zaku behind it.

The whistling 120mm rounds slammed into the Gundam's chest, creating a huge burst of fire. Without any cover, Macarius simply threw his beam rifle out again as if it were a weapon.

The next second, the flying beam rifle completed its charge and automatically fired, destroying two more unfortunate Zakus. Meanwhile, Macarius controlled his machine to dodge while locking onto the thrown beam rifle with his head cannon. After a short burst, the beam rifle, with four rounds of ammunition remaining, exploded again like a grenade.

Amidst the blinding light, the G3 Gundam had already drawn its two beam sabers and launched a sneak attack while the Zeon Zaku's visibility was limited by the explosion of its rifle.

Before the first Zaku could even turn its gun, the beam pierced its torso diagonally from its shoulder. Then, Macarius pulled the trigger again, suppressing the second Zaku with the head cannon while his beam saber pierced the Zaku's cockpit from the front.

After taking down the two Zaku, the G3 Gundam leaped up onto the second Zaku and then kicked the third Zaku.

Caught off guard, the Zaku was kicked to the ground, and before the pilot could struggle to get up, the beam saber stabbed down again.

At this moment, Macarius was facing a dozen or so Zakus. He had exhausted all his ammunition and had only two beam sabers left, but the Zaku pilots were trembling and dared not fire again.

Until g3 suddenly took a step forward.

"Ah!"

A Zaku pilot screamed and dropped his weapon, then turned his machine around and began to flee.

Meanwhile, Makarius continued to accelerate and sprint. Subsequently, more and more Zaku pilots, frightened by him, chose to flee, until finally, only one Zaku remained standing in front of him.

"I'll fight you!"

Not running away was the last bit of courage for the Zeon pilot, but in terms of hand-to-hand combat skills, he was no match for Macarius. The G3 Gundam simply took a step back and turned around to shake off his attack. Then, the twin beam sabers pierced through the Zaku's arm from behind and sliced ​​it off.

As the Zeon pilot struggled to turn around, the G3 Gundam once again sliced ​​off the Zaku's head from the front, and then delivered a final kick to the mobile suit.

"So, goodbye!"

The next second, the Zeon pilot lying on the ground saw his cockpit begin to melt little by little until the metal was heated to a red-hot color and finally turned into molten iron and flowed down.

His screams lingered on the Zeon military communications channel for dozens of seconds until finally, they turned into a desperate cry and fell silent.

"mom!"

"retreat!"

"Run! That red dragon is a devil! Run!"

Although the 9th Brigade still had a considerable number of mobile suits and armored units, Makarius's swift and decisive assault had instilled despair and fear in the remaining pilots and armored soldiers.

In a very short time, the friendly mobile suits were like lambs to the slaughter, with most of them being mercilessly slaughtered by the enemy, while the enemy's mobile suits did not suffer any fatal damage at all. In particular, the miserable cries of the Zeon pilot who was burned to death by the last one made the pilots feel the same way.

Immediately, the Zaku, which had not yet been involved in close combat, decisively turned around and retreated.

These pilots had lost the courage to continue fighting. Even now, as they controlled their mechs to retreat, they seemed to have become walking corpses, only knowing how to advance blindly. They didn't even avoid the infantrymen of their own side in front of them, but instead trampled them directly.

The chaos caused by the mobile suits further disrupted the infantry and armored forces, especially after Markarius destroyed the Zeon command. Lacking unified command, the Zeon forces immediately fell into chaos, with some retreating and others holding their ground.

However, the troops who were holding out soon realized that if they did not run away, they would be the ones to die a gruesome death, so they had no choice but to abandon their supplies and join the rout.

"Pursue them at full speed, Colonel! Have your men blow the whistle!"

As Makarius piloted his machine forward toward the fleeing Zeon forces, he shouted into the communicator.

Then, a sharp whistle rang out across the sky, and the paratroopers, along with the Federation mobile suits, began a full-scale pursuit, unleashing all kinds of firepower, regardless of whether they could actually hit the Zeon forces.

The Zeon army's retreat was initially under control, with mobile suits and armored units providing cover for the infantry. However, once the G3 Gundam charged ahead, the Zaku fled without looking back.

Thus, the retreat instantly turned into a rout, with all the Zeon troops desperately trying to escape, and the small off-road vehicles even drove off the road and sped away.

Many Zeon infantrymen who didn't even have time to get on the vehicles had to retreat on foot along the road, and various accidents occurred during this time.

At this moment, the Zeon army didn't even dare to look back; everyone was desperately fleeing in the opposite direction.

Then, under Makarius's leadership, the Federation forces chased after them for more than 20 kilometers. During the chase, they saw many Zeon vehicles drive into trenches in their panic, and some poor infantrymen even foamed at the mouth and died on the road while being pursued.

After chasing for more than 20 kilometers, the Federation forces returned to the town to clean up the battlefield. However, the collapse of the Ninth Brigade did not stop. The Zeon pilots even ran all the way to the Third Brigade, which was coming to reinforce them, before being stopped by their allies.

But when they learned that the Third Brigade was also heading to Winnipeg, these soldiers, who had finally managed to calm down, immediately began to lose control.

"No, I won't go. That's hell, and the Red Dragon is a demon from hell!"

Looking at the hysterical soldiers in front of him, the Zeon medical officer who came to take care of them shook his head repeatedly at the people next to him after examining them.

"These guys are finished. Their minds have collapsed. Sending them to the undead army won't help. The only place they can go is a sanatorium!"

"Impossible! These guys won't even have a chance to go to the sanatorium. The Führer's guard will just give each of them one bullet!"

"For them, that might be a relief!"

The medical officer adjusted his glasses; clearly, he was used to this kind of situation!
"So, sir, shall we continue our advance towards Winnipeg?"

"This is an order!"

The brigade commander glanced at the medical officer beside him, then sighed helplessly.

"Then I'll be prepared!"

(End of this chapter)