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

Chapter 250 Mental Zaku

"Quickly, quickly, block them, block them!"

Doni was still being dragged away by his men like a dead dog. He had suffered severe shock damage when the Zaku tank was destroyed, and now he was dizzy and nauseous.

Unlike their retreat in the opposite direction, large numbers of monk soldiers were surging up the base's upper levels like a tide, attempting to block the Federal Army troops entering the base.

The essence accumulated by the Order after the war was on full display at this moment. The assembled mobile suits painstakingly collected by the junk collectors, the Magella tanks bought from the black market, and the light infantry weapons previously provided by the Federation were now being operated by a large number of fearless monks, unleashing their boundless fury on the Federation army led by Macarius.

Faced with wave after wave of monk soldiers, Makarius even felt as if he had returned to Abavakong.

At this moment, he was controlling NT1, standing at the intersection of the high-level base, with enemies pouring in from both his left and right sides.

Makarius raised his rifle and pulled the trigger at a Zani that was peeking out on his left. With his precise bursts of fire, the Zani didn't even have time to raise its gun before it twitched and fell down.

After taking down the Zani, Makarius quickly switched firing modes and fired two special sticky grenades.

After Zani fell, a Majera tank attempted to launch a sneak attack while Gundam was reloading. However, just as the driver launched the turret, two sticky grenades flew over, one of which landed squarely on the Majera's turret.

"Damn it, land now!"

Seeing the warhead begin to flash an ominous red light, the tank commander inside the turret could only try to open the hatch and escape. But just as he jumped off the turret and limped to the ground, the grenade exploded, and the shrapnel instantly engulfed the entire crew.

As Makarius repelled the enemy that appeared on his left, two assembled "glue tigers" in the corridor to his right charged towards him, each wielding an electric whip and a heat blade.

Without even glancing at the enemy on his right, Makarius skillfully reloaded the MG79 after it had run out of ammunition, then extended his right hand horizontally and pulled the trigger.

The roaring MG79 machine gun emptied its entire magazine in full-automatic mode, and then the last grenade from the triple grenade launcher whistled out.

At this moment, the first Tiger had already been riddled with wounds from the barrage of high-speed armor-piercing rounds, and even one of its legs had been destroyed, causing the machine to lose its balance and fall to the ground.

His comrade behind him naturally chose to leap over the incapacitated ally and caught the grenade that was launched into the air!

"Nani?"

Inside the cockpit, a Japanese-American monk soldier stared wide-eyed at the large explosive bomb stuck to the outside of the cockpit.

"Was this also part of your calculations?"

Subsequently, a violent explosion occurred in the cockpit of the Tiger, and the jet of the armor-piercing grenade accurately penetrated the high-tensile steel and entered the cockpit.

Although the explosion left only a small crater in the armor, with a hole the size of a thumb in the center, the pilot of this Tiger had gone forever to his beautiful dream heaven. The jet had penetrated the cockpit and pierced him to the core.

"Going back to Abaoakong isn't such a bad thing, at least my K/D ratio will be higher!"

With that, Makarius loaded a new magazine and continued firing at the enemies peeking out from both sides. His targets weren't just the armored vehicles, but also a group of monks carrying rocket launchers and jetpacks. However, these monks weren't dressed lightly, still wearing their baggy space combat suits, so Makarius didn't let these brave guys get too close. He switched his grenades to airburst mode and, like shooting birds, blasted them into oblivion.

"Sir, the assault team is assembled!"

"Then let's take action!"

Soon, as the subsequent Federal Army troops were assembled, Makarius no longer chose to hold his ground, but instead stepped aside and let these Jims clear the way.

The Dragon Squad's Gilai and the Door Panel GMs went into battle again, pushing out of the passage under the cover of Gundam and Sniper GM. The monks opposite them were obviously still attacking, and then the two sides met in this narrow passage.

"go ahead!"

Without mercy or advice, the line of Jims neatly erected their shields in front, with Gilai providing heavy fire support from behind. The column pressed forward against the enemy. A few stubborn Zanis tried to break through the shields, but they were quickly reduced to burning wreckage by the MG79's barrage.

Meanwhile, just below the volcano base, in the underwater tunnel that had already been blasted open, with one explosion after another, the tunnel, which had been blocked by rubble, was finally shattered by the explosions.

Then, a special-type Gundam with a blue glow in front of it emerged from the dark seabed, accompanied by dozens of Water GMs.

Then, large patches of foam appeared at the underwater entrance of the Nanyang Alliance, making the several water guards stationed there nervous.

These are just water-based mobile suits with underwater propulsion devices installed on the back of their shoulders. They are not dedicated naval combat mobile suits. They are fine for underwater patrols, but when it comes to combat, they are no different from sea turtles. Therefore, the water-based mobile suits guarding the entrance did not even dare to go underwater to investigate. They could only wait for the commander to give them orders.

"Whatever's in the water, fire! Damn it!"

With Elder Doni's fall, the command structure of the monk army also broke down. The instructions these water monks received were quite vague, but they were the only thing they could do!
Subsequently, the monks at the underwater passage gathered more troops, and a dozen or so water tanks stood on the port, unleashing a barrage of fire at the churning seawater.

Machine guns, rocket launchers, and even anti-mobile grenades and anti-submarine depth charges used by the Nanyang Alliance itself—in short, all sorts of weapons and ammunition were brutally fired into the sea, creating towering waves.

After several minutes of firing, the monks, feeling that they might be safe, stopped shooting. Then, the pilot of a mobile suit maneuvered the machine closer to the sea to check the situation.

At that moment, the waves surged again, and then a Gundam with a black, yellow and white paint scheme suddenly emerged from the sea.

"Surprise! You son of a bitch!"

Lieutenant Éo Fleming, who had been submerged in the sea for most of the day, swiftly pulled the trigger, destroying a Zani standing on the shore. Immediately following his action, more seawater churned, and within seconds, one after another, Aqua GMs emerged from the water. Then, the Zani, still checking the surface, was caught off guard and dragged into the water by a beam pickaxe thrown by an Aqua GM. Many more Aqua GMs followed Atlas ashore, engaging the garrison in fierce combat.

Faced with overwhelming numbers, the Nanyang Alliance's defenders were no match for the Federation's underwater offensive. Soon, the last Zani was pierced by the Atlas Gundam and fell helplessly to the ground.

"Reporting to command, our unit has captured the port and is now advancing upwards!"

"Good, good, good. Keep a good pace and don't be too hasty. Be aware of any hidden tricks the enemy might have. If you encounter a tough enemy, don't rush to fight. Wait until the Red Dragon arrives, understand?"

"understand!"

Although the Federation's pincer attack had taken shape, the monks of the South Seas Alliance were also launching a near-suicidal, fanatical counterattack, which made progress on Io's side somewhat difficult. The Atlas Gundam had a limited number of ammunition, and it could not hit the enemy's vitals with the same precision as the Macarius.

So, Atlas, having run out of ammunition, had to stop and wait for resupply. While Io was resupplying, he suddenly saw a base plan in the corner.

"Lieutenant, we're here, right?"

Io held up the blueprints and spoke to the commander of the Water Jim Squadron beside him.

"Yeah, wait, if we're here, then what about this wall?"

Discovering that they only needed to blow up a single wall to bypass the enemy's heavily fortified positions and reach the enemy's rear, Io and Commander Water Jim were extremely excited. After all, according to the plan, they would meet up with Macarius at the South Pacific Alliance Mobile Suit Factory in the center of the base, but now they could even advance further into the area above the base, which meant taking down Macarius's mission objective.

"Dry!"

The naval pilots were naturally more than willing to take food from the infamous Red Dragon. Subsequently, a large amount of explosives were piled up behind the walls of their base. Then, Io raised the electromagnetic cannon from a great distance!
boom!
With a deafening explosion, a large section of the base's walls and even the ceiling collapsed. In the collapsed ruins, there was a Zani that was clearly unaware of the situation. He was trying to get up from the rubble when Io used his beam saber to pierce through Zani's cockpit.

After they passed through the wall, a large group of enemies were standing with their backs to them in the passage on the other side. Only after hearing the explosion did the monks turn around as if they had been waking up from a dream.

"The Federation forces are here!"

With the walls opened, the Federal Army could now attack the Nanyang Alliance's monk-soldiers from both the front and rear, depending on where Io was located.

Relying on the Atlas's powerful performance, Io quickly coordinated with the Water GM units to eliminate the enemies blocking their way. Afterward, Io and a group of Water GMs, who had awakened to the principle of taking shortcuts, became addicted to it. As long as they could not damage the main structure of the base, they would blow up the way. With this tactic, Io and his team made rapid progress, but the ammunition consumption was a bit high.

But seeing that they were about to enter the factory area, Io abandoned the plan to resupply until they arrived at the core factory of the Nanyang Alliance.

It was a huge factory area covering tens of thousands of square meters, filled with a massive amount of machinery and equipment, with all sorts of cranes and tracks hanging from the ceiling.

"Turn on the lights, and be careful!"

When Io and his team stormed the factory, most of the lights had been turned off, leaving only a few emergency lights casting a weak glow. Once inside, the sounds of fighting outside seemed to have subsided considerably. Io had even expected strong resistance inside the factory, but when the lead squad's Water Jim entered, brandishing his harpoon gun and shining a light, they discovered that there seemed to be no one there at all.

"The Nanyang Alliance has abandoned this place?"

As Io was thinking this, he suddenly turned his mecha around and looked at the production line that had stopped operating. There, he saw the half-frame of a mecha still hanging. At this moment, because of the actions of the Federation mobile suits, the frame hanging in mid-air was swinging back and forth, which looked a bit frightening.

"Didn't you notice?"

"No, it feels like construction has been halted here for a long time!"

As the pilot of a Water Jim spoke, he maneuvered his machine back and forth in the vast factory. Suddenly, he sensed something in a corner to the side, where a large waterproof sheet was draped. At that moment, a cold wind blew by, and the waterproof sheet was still trembling slightly.

So, the pilot of the Water Jim raised his harpoon gun to try to lift the waterproof curtain, and just as his gun muzzle inserted into the curtain and lifted it to reveal a pair of mechanical feet, the thing hidden under the curtain suddenly moved.

"Have……"

The pilot of the Water Jim was about to pull the trigger and shout a warning, but the unknown enemy under the curtain moved faster. He swept the muzzle of the harpoon gun, causing the exploding harpoon to shoot behind him, while his right hand picked up a thermal axe, which melted the curtain and, with a whistling sound, slashed into Jim's side.

"Enemy attack! Unit number three has been destroyed!"

The sound of the harpoon exploding and the disappearance of the teammates' signals enraged the Federation mobile suits in the factory. Subsequently, the group of mobile suits quickly took precautions and began to approach the location where Unit 3 had disappeared. In order to prevent enemy ambushes, a Water GM at the rear was also firing flares as it moved.

But soon, the Federation forces realized that firing flares was useless, because the enemy had no intention of hiding themselves. The shattered head of the Water GM suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of the Federation forces. Following its parabolic trajectory, the Federation forces saw a strange-looking Zaku. It had the appearance of a Zaku 2, but its armor was like those of the Zani, pieced together with glue, and even the colors and specifications were not uniform.

At this moment, this strange-looking Zaku was holding a thermal sword and a thermal axe, standing behind a factory facility and watching the Federation mobile suits.

"You bastard, go to hell!"

Before Io's electromagnetic cannon arrived, its sound preceded it. Accompanied by a cannonball flashing with electricity, it roared towards the Zaku, but the Zaku dodged the electromagnetic cannon's attack by bending over backward, something that no ordinary mobile suit could do.

"asshole!"

Seeing that the electromagnetic cannon was out of ammunition, Io decisively drew his beam saber and strode forward.

"This Zaku must be the spiritual Zaku of the Nanyang Alliance. You all step back, I'll handle it!"

(End of this chapter)