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

Chapter 139 The Fall of a Superstar!
Seeing the Yuanzu rushing towards it, the high-mobility Zaku also changed its target without hesitation and fired the remaining ammunition from its rocket launcher at the Yuanzu.

"Shoot it down!"

The Zeon female pilot piloting the highly maneuverable Zaku shouted in her clear, energetic voice.

"Lieutenant Cardina, don't be reckless, that enemy is very strong!"

On a Commander Zaku at the rear, Captain Gillygarde, the captain of the Noisy Fairy Squad, was surprised by the bravery of her impulsive female subordinate. She immediately wanted to help, but as soon as she moved, a Jim with a winged skull symbol blocked her way.

"Don't even think about it!"

This GM was piloted by Nagase Ying. At this moment, the Red Dragon Squadron had already begun a full-scale battle with Lanbarar's men. In the narrow urban environment, most pilots readily revealed their melee weapons and engaged in one-on-one combat with the enemies in front of them.

Seeing his subordinates disappear, Captain Garrett was extremely anxious, but the GM in front of him, which was clearly also piloted by a female pilot, was launching fierce attacks, and the beam saber in its hand was so powerful that Captain Garrett could only parry.

Meanwhile, Amuro controlled the Founder Gundam to make a side jump, dodging the incoming rocket. Amuro then raised his beam rifle, but the High Mobility Zaku was also cunning, using buildings as human shields, which made Amuro somewhat hesitant to attack.

However, Amuro quickly seized an opportunity and detonated the jetpack on the back of the high-mobility Zaku, significantly reducing its speed.

Then, the original Zaku, holding its shield, fired to suppress the enemy while leaping left and right to close the distance between them, while the highly mobile Zaku continuously returned fire with rockets.

Amuro was forced to keep moving after being hit by rockets.

"Wow, so many rockets! Wait a minute!"

Seeing the High Mobility Zaku taking the spare rocket magazine off its shoulder, Amuro had a sudden inspiration and fired another shot. The High Mobility Zaku quickly dodged, avoiding the shot.

Amuro then fired a second shot, activating the head cannon at the same time. The high-mobility Zaku narrowly avoided the second shot, but it had no way to avoid the barrage of 60mm cannon fire.

Then, the pilot of the Gaozaku felt a jolt in the machine, and immediately the machine's control system began to sound an alarm.

"what?"

The female pilot of the high-mobility Zaku then discovered that the exploding ammunition had damaged the right arm of the machine.

Taking advantage of the explosion, Amuro's original form rushed to the vicinity of the High Mobility Zaku.

Unable to use the rocket launcher, the High Mobility Zaku could only use its one hand to pull out the Heat Axe to fight back. Seeing the Gundam rushing towards it, the High Mobility Zaku instinctively slashed horizontally, but Amuro, controlling the Gundam, slid sideways and dodged the slash, getting behind the High Mobility Zaku. Looking at the enemy with his back to him, Amuro stabbed him mercilessly.

Ignoring the enemy's dying cries, Amuro picked up the beam rifle and turned to head back to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Captain Garrett, who couldn't contact her subordinates, was still struggling to hold on with her teammates behind her. Her commander, Zaku, had lost an arm and was only alive because of the help of her teammate.

But even though it was two against one, they were still no match for Nagase Hotaru.

Facing the charging Commander Zaku, Nagase Hotaru decisively thrust her sword horizontally to block the axe. Then, she slammed her right shield into the Commander Zaku's joint. With just this one blow, sparks flew from Commander Zaku's single arm, and even its shape was visibly deformed.

Seeing her captain at a disadvantage, Garrett's subordinate, the ground-based Zaku that had been helping her, immediately stepped forward to try and force GM back. However, Nagase Ying simply delivered a straight kick, striking Garrett's machine. Then, she used the kick to retreat while controlling her GM. At the same time, she changed the beam saber in her hand to a reverse grip. Subsequently, she pierced through the ground-based Zaku with a Swallow Return move.

"No!"

Seeing her fallen comrade, the beautiful Captain Garrett could only cry out in despair. However, there was no time for her to mourn. After killing her opponent, Nagase Hotaru approached and prepared to give her the final execution.

As Jim raised his military knife, an electric whip suddenly flew out and wrapped around Jim's arm.

Then, Ramball's special-equipped Tiger pounced, its 35mm cannon firing continuously at the GM, while its right-hand electric whip was also energized, ready to finish off its opponent.

Nagase Hotaru, whose hand was entangled while holding the beam saber, decisively released the shield in her left hand and the beam saber in her right hand at the same time. Then, she stepped to the side, caught the hilt of the saber with her left hand again, and then slashed.

The electric whip wrapped around Jim's arm was immediately severed, but at the same time, Ramball rushed to Jim's side. Unable to draw his sword in time, Ramball could only use the external machine gun in his hand as a hammer to smash Jim's head.

Nagase Hotaru's Jim had his head goggles smashed and his monitor damaged, but fortunately she switched to the backup monitor in time. Then she noticed that the Tiger did not continue to attack, but instead dropped a few smoke grenades and then decisively retreated with the damaged commander Zaku.

"Lieutenant Colonel Ramball, thank you for your rescue!"

"It's alright. While you can still move, quickly lead your men to retreat!"

Ramball dropped the deformed 35mm cannon, then picked up a 120mm machine gun that had been dropped by some fallen pilot, and kept watch over the city area.

"retreat?"

"Yes, the operation has failed! Let my troops cover your retreat, you must withdraw!"

"But……"

Captain Garrett managed to straighten her body, still trying to say something, when a beam of light flashed before her eyes.

Then, a hundred meters away, a Noisy Elf Zaku that was fighting Jim was shot through the head. Then, Jim took the opportunity to smash through the headless Zaku's defenses and pierced through the Zaku's body with a knife.

Then, Amuro's original Gundam charged out menacingly, carrying a shield and a rifle.

“That Gundam is a veteran. This is a trap, you know, Captain Garrett? Someone set this trap for me a year ago!”

"Lieutenant Colonel?"

"Let's go now!"

Rambarar then raised his rifle and began firing at the enemy in the distance.

Captain Garrett could only call out to her squadron members to leave the front lines, but very few would respond. Amuro, who was attacking from the right flank of the battlefield, was the first to encounter the mobile suits of the Noisy Fairy Squadron.

Then, the original Gundam transformed into a battlefield reaper. The high-mobility Zaku, which posed the greatest threat to the original Gundam, had all been destroyed, and the remaining ground-based Zaku posed no threat to it at all.

With Amuro's help, the Red Dragon pilots quickly defeated their opponents. Like a snowball rolling downhill, they established a battlefield advantage with the help of the Gundams. Despite being outnumbered, the Red Dragon team now outnumbered Rambalar's Guard Battalion in some areas.

Not a single unit from the Raucous Fairy Squad was able to escape the battlefield. Apart from Captain Garrett, who was rescued at the beginning, the other units were either mercilessly killed by Amuro or perished under the siege of the Federation forces.

Now, the Red Dragons have directly pressed down on Rambaar's Royal Guard from three sides, forcing the latter to continuously compress their defensive line until they can't compress it any further.

Then, the Tigers of the Guards were attacked by artillery fire from the other side of the river.

A federal armored company had somehow crossed the river, circled around to the north bank, and then began direct fire attacks on the enemy on the south bank.

Captain Garrett, who had just retreated, was even hit by a cannonball for running too slowly, but fortunately the backpack on her back took the hit for her.

Then, without looking back, Captain Garrett scrambled and fled towards the designated evacuation point.

The Federation forces didn't pursue the lone machine, after all, there were still bigger fish on the north shore!

"Amuro, how's it going on your end?"

"The enemy has surrounded us, but one of our more powerful cyan special-purpose machines has already taken out three of us!"

"Blue, is it a tiger?"

"Yes!"

"You handle this, but spare the pilot's life!"

"what?"

"I still have a use for that guy, so make sure he's spared. If there are any women with him nearby, keep them alive too!"

"But I have a bad feeling about it!"

Amuro wasn't worried about losing; he just lacked confidence in destroying the opponent's machine without harming it.

"Then it's my turn! You come to the west and take my place!"

"understand!"

Inside the encirclement, Ramball was still wondering why the Federation forces had suddenly stopped their attack, especially why the unstoppable Gundam had suddenly disappeared from the battlefield. He tried to launch a breakout attempt, but as soon as the Royal Guards made a move, they were blocked back by the Federation forces with concentrated firepower.

The Red Dragon Squadron deployed a shield formation around Lanbalar, set up rocket launchers for mobile suits, and even had paratroopers bombarding the trapped aircraft with howitzers, making it impossible for them to break out.

However, Ramball soon realized why the Gundam had disappeared, because with heavy footsteps, a new Gundam emerged from behind the battle line.

"Hamon, did you see that?"

"I can see it very clearly!"

Hamon, who was also operating the tiger, nodded in agreement.

"The Red Dragon is coming!"

"Ramball, lay down your weapons and surrender!" After appearing on the battlefield, the G3 Gundam did not rush to attack, but instead activated short-frequency communication and broadcast to the surrounded Zeon forces on the public channel.

"Impossible! I'm a soldier!"

"Bullshit warrior, I've never seen such a coward. Your whole family was assassinated by the Zabi family, and you're still working for them. Guess what Artesia will say when she sees you?"

"That was my choice, it had nothing to do with my family, and it had nothing to do with Artesia!"

"Don't you want to know where that person is?"

Ramball then fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Rambaar made his decision.

Give me your sword!

After obtaining the thermal sword from his ally, Rabalal immediately got up and left the cover.

"Listen up, if I fall, you'd better lay down your weapons and surrender!"

After giving these instructions to his few subordinates, Ramball walked out onto the empty street and faced the G3 Gundam.

"Although I'm very curious, since you've said that, he must be doing quite well, so I'm not too worried!"

"Is this your reason for coming to kill me with two swords?"

"A soldier should have a soldier's home, shouldn't he?"

"All right!"

Makarius nodded, then dropped Amuro's rifle, which was now in Amuro's hands.

"Then come on!"

Makarius then drew his twin swords.

I've wanted to hit you for a long time!

After a loud shout, the specially equipped tiger leaped up and swung out both swords at the same time, attempting to dunk on G3.

Marcarius held his mech still, seemingly frozen in fear, until the tiger was about to land, at which point he suddenly lunged forward and slashed horizontally with his left hand.

The thermal sword missed its target, while the beam saber cleanly sliced ​​open one of the tiger's legs.

Then, Macarius maneuvered the machine around, took a step back, and braked sharply. He then swung his right saber down in a reverse grip, sending one of the tiger's arms flying into the air.

"you……"

Lanbarar was about to say something when G3 continued his offensive relentlessly, followed by a downward slash with his left hand and an upward slash with his right. The tiger, who had just landed, was instantly sliced ​​into a machine gun.

"At this moment, God is with me!"

Marcarius sheathed his saber and then grabbed the tiger's head.

He switched the communication to contact mode so that only the two of them could hear his voice.

"Deacon's little darling is still alive and well, just under a different name. I think you've probably heard of him, or even met him. His name is Char Aznable!"

"Nani?"

Before Rambaar could even process his crushing defeat, he heard an even more shocking piece of news.

"Kasbal Decken is Char Aznabul?"

At that moment, he felt like he was kicking himself. He and Xia Ya had met several times!

"No wonder that guy was avoiding me a bit!"

"So, now, what will you choose? Ramball, the shining blue star of the Zeon army? Will you continue to be killed by me as a lackey of the Zabi family, or will you give up your treachery and become an upright man?"

"Oh, by the way! Actually, I still really want to kill you, after all, Ms. Harmon is quite charming!"

"You fart!"

Lanbalar, disregarding the fact that his life was in the other party's hands, angrily cursed, "Damn it, they've got their eyes on my wife too?"
"So you mean you've surrendered?"

"What else can I do?"

Ramball sat dejectedly in the cockpit and said helplessly.

"And what about you!"

Marcarius held the head of the special-duty tiger in one hand and raised his saber towards the Zeon mobile suit in front of him with the other.

"I will repeat myself only once: lay down your weapons or die!"

Then, accompanied by a tremor, mobile suit weapons were thrown to the ground. The pilots of the Guards had no choice but to put down their weapons. After all, even the most powerful Rambalar was cut into a machine gun by the enemy with a single dodge. To the Red Dragon, they were just a matter of swinging their swords a few more times.

"Was all of this part of your calculations?"

As Ramball stepped out of his mobile suit, he looked at the Gundam in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Yes, so, so don't be too sad, because most people won't survive!"

"So what do you want me to do?"

"There are many, but let's talk about them after this battle is over!"

Marcarius then summoned Colonel Winster and solemnly handed the prisoner over to him.

"I'll keep a close eye on these guys. Whether we can save a few brothers from dying depends on them!"

"Don't worry, Major, I'll send my entire guard company over right away!"

Although Colonel Winster knew nothing, he knew what to do. He mobilized all the paratroopers who were on standby and surrounded the prisoners of the Guards Battalion in layers.

Of course, since Hamon was a woman, Macarius had Nagase Hotaru keep an eye on her, since her body was damaged and she could take a rest.

Moreover, when Markarius learned that it was Ramball who had done the attack, he said, "You just wait."

Afterwards, Makarius had the pilots of the Red Dragon Squadron switch to the mobile suits of the Guard Squadron, and then ordered the Federation forces stationed on the north side to begin their withdrawal.

This action left the Royal Guard Brigade, who were fighting against them, somewhat puzzled. However, the Royal Guard Brigade soon caught sight of Zeon mobile suits chasing after the Federation forces.

"Did the flanking maneuver succeed?"

Because of the sudden interference from Federation forces' rice grains, Brigade Commander Hyman was unable to confirm with the rear command. After confirming that the mechs in the city were his own, he ordered all his reserves to advance without hesitation.

Subsequently, more than a hundred mobile suits stormed into the town. Upon learning of the Federation army's defeat, the Black Lone Star Squad of the Guard Brigade eagerly took the lead, charging at the very front of the column.

As soon as they entered the town, they found that the Federation troops in front of them had completely retreated, and the sound of gunfire could be heard from the other side of the town. Thinking that the enemy had retreated to that side, the Zeon army began to advance without thinking.

Then, as they arrived at Winnemaca's orbital path, a dense array of Federation aircraft emerged from behind the buildings.

Then, the paratroopers and armored units hidden in the city ruins also rushed out, instantly overwhelming the Zeon mobile suit forces.

The GMs promptly unleashed several salvos with their rocket launchers, sending the front-line Zeon mobile suits sprawling. Just as the rear-line Zeon mobile suits were about to retaliate, Amuro and Macarius burst out from both sides and charged directly into the Zeon horde.

Poor Black Lone Star, Lieutenant Gaia, didn't even wait for Macarius to appear because he mistook Amuro for Macarius and charged towards the original Gundam. Immediately afterwards, Amuro blew half of his mobile suit to pieces with a rocket launcher.

Then, as Amuro, carrying a rocket launcher, passed over the enemy's wreckage, he couldn't help but make a comment.

"That's too reckless! Who would charge straight into the line of fire!"

Although Makarius's trick of deceiving the enemy lacked sophistication, its effect was simple and brutal. In particular, the group of tigers took a detour and appeared behind the Zeon forces. Taking advantage of the Zeon's inattention, they continuously attacked the lone mobile suits. With only a dozen or so mobile suits, they killed twice as many enemies in one fell swoop.

Ultimately, under the watchful eye of Brigadier General Hyman, only a little over forty aircraft were able to safely evacuate the town, and almost all of them were wounded. As for the remaining majority of the force, it naturally became the spoils of war for the Federation Army.

"Damn Karma! Give me back my troops!"

(End of this chapter)