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

Chapter 67 Zaku stands tall on the earth!
Although one-third of Side6's territory has fallen into the hands of the enemy, one-third is in a state of uncertainty, and the remaining one-third is in panic, the situation is actually under control.

The newly established country of Lank has no space army and no space battleships, so it is very difficult to conquer the remaining territory. After all, although the Side 6 security forces have little combat power, they still have combat ships such as small space gunboats. They even have the Salamis-class ships sold by the Federation. These ships are the products of the Federal Space Army's armament development plan in the 70s. They have been in service for less than ten years and are still ready to fight.

But with the battleships in hand, the Leah security forces could not fight back. After all, independent organizations could irresponsibly tear the satellite to pieces and run away, but the security forces who were protecting the peace in an area had a lot to consider, and they could not directly use the Mega particle cannons on the battleships to attack the colonial satellites.

If the security forces want to recapture the colonial satellite, they can only find a way to seize the spaceport first, and then send combat troops to land in the spaceport.

The Korank Independence Organization was not completely unprepared. When they started the uprising, they had already set up explosive devices in the colonial satellite spaceport to prevent the security forces from launching a violent attack.

The security forces who had intended to do so immediately abandoned the plan after receiving a warning from the colonial commune.

Now, the only ones who can freely enter and exit the colonial satellites controlled by the Rank Independence Organization are the neutral colonial communes. Their mission is to ensure the normal operation of the colonial satellites. Therefore, the Rank Independence Organization will not stop them, but necessary inspections will still be carried out.

As a result, the situation between the Leah colonial government and the independence organization came to a stalemate. Both sides stopped all actions and began to slowly accumulate strength and wait for each other's subsequent reinforcements.

At this time, it was obvious that the subsequent reinforcements from the Rank Independent Organization were more powerful.

While the Federal Parliament was still debating whether or not to intervene in the Leah colony, more than a dozen heavy transport ships equipped by the Zeon Defense Force had already swaggered through the side6 space area and entered the opponent's spaceport.

"Is this assistance from our Zeon friends?"

Chairman Mark, accompanied by a group of his confidants, stood outside the isolation cabin at the docking station, watching the transport ship slowly entering the port through the huge glass.

At first, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the Zeon people because the military aid they promised was pitifully small. There were no gunboats or warships that he wanted, only a few light weapons and ammunition. Moreover, Zeon had promised to give him a battalion of volunteers, but in the end, only a battalion came.

Chairman Mark even felt that the Zeon people were making fun of him. You know, they are now engaged in a decisive battle that concerns the fate of hundreds of millions of people. What use can a large battalion be?

However, as the huge transport ship's hatch opened, Chairman Mark knew that he had been careless!

The Zeon people really didn't lie to him!

"This, this is?"

Looking at the huge steel warrior walking directly out of the cabin, Chairman Mark tremblingly grabbed the hand of the commander of the Zeon Volunteer Army beside him.

The handsome lieutenant colonel commander named Eric Mansfield from the Führer's Guard, who looked more like a movie star, pushed Chairman Mark away calmly and shook his flowing long hair.

"This is the volunteer army that President Gihren promised us. They're equipped with our most advanced MS-05 Zaku mobile suits. With them here, the Federation's garrison fleet and the colonial government's security forces are nothing more than lambs to the slaughter!"

Lieutenant Colonel Eric introduced Mark in an extremely arrogant tone.

"It's really majestic!"

Mark's previous dissatisfaction was instantly thrown out of the window. He didn't know anything about military affairs, but he also knew that the larger the caliber, the greater the power. The Zeon mobile suits that came out of the transport ship were all equipped with ZMP-47D machine guns. This was a weapon for mobile suits designed and manufactured by Zeon itself. It had a caliber of mm, plus a round magazine filled with rounds of ammunition. For Mark, this was the truth!

"Um, Lieutenant Colonel Eric!"

Mark approached Eric again with an almost flattering attitude.

"We've prepared a welcoming banquet for the warriors from Zeon, so please come and enjoy it!"

"Forget about the banquet, we are here to fight, not to eat..."

Mark interrupted Lieutenant Colonel Eric before he could finish his words.

"I still have a bottle of 40-year-old wine!"

So, Lieutenant Colonel Eric changed his words decisively.

"We've come a long way, and it's been hard. Furthermore, Leader Kilian taught us not to waste food. So, let's just make do with a few bites!"

"That's right, only when you're well fed and well-drinking can you have the strength to fight!"

Mark has made up his mind. Later at the dinner table, after getting the other party drunk, he will ask more about the Zaku. It would be even better if he could equip his men with such a good thing!
However, Chairman Mark underestimated these soldiers from Zeon's most elite training brigade. He mentioned mobile suits several times at the dinner table, but Eric just laughed it off. In the end, he didn't even get any useful information in return for a bottle of wine that he had treasured for many years and was reluctant to drink even for his daughter's wedding.

After having a good meal and drink, Lieutenant Colonel Eric immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare for the attack. They were to attack the satellites 17 and 23 that were closest to them.

"Well, Lieutenant Colonel, your people have just arrived. They should rest for a while after eating, right?"

"Rest back and let them do some exercise after dinner to help digest the food!"

Then, under Mark's gaze, Eric strode towards a gray mobile suit. While the Zeon pilots were feasting, the maintenance team of the logistics department had completed all the work. Not only did they fill the mobile suit with ammunition, but they also filled it with propellant. Next, the pilots only needed to insert the key to start and they could immediately go into battle.

"Everyone!"

After boarding his gray Zaku, Lieutenant Colonel Eric immediately opened communications for the entire brigade. He was going to conduct pre-war mobilization as usual.

"You are all the elites carefully selected from the entire Zeon army. Therefore, my requirements for you will only be stricter. Destroy the enemy as quickly as possible, and then return here. Do you understand?"

After hearing the unanimous response, Lieutenant Colonel Eric waved his hand.

"Army attack!"

Because the distance between the colony satellites is very close, there is no need for ship transportation. These Zakus can complete the raid with just their own space combat propulsion backpacks.

At Eric's command, the entire brigade, a total of 27 Zaku 1s, started up one after another. Under the pilots of these Zeon elite pilots, they quickly passed through the port's airtight gate, then activated the jet engines on their backs and legs, turned into a stream of light, and disappeared into outer space.

"Sentinel One, what's going on over there?"

"No, I didn't see anything!" Outside Satellite No. 17, a light gray small gunboat of the security forces was carrying out its daily patrol. Although they were already in the war zone, the two pilots in the gunboat did not feel nervous at all. After all, they knew that the rebels did not have the ability to deliver across space!

So, after finishing the call with the dock, the two pilots began to chat about the recent interesting things about the colonial government. After they had chatted for a few sentences, suddenly, the radar of the gunboat showed that an unidentified flying object was approaching.

"what's the situation?"

"Rebels?"

"It shouldn't be. It's moving very fast. It must be an asteroid flying from somewhere!"

"Look, the signal is approaching us! 1,600 meters to go!"

"Wait while I zoom in on the image!"

The pilot sitting in the co-pilot seat immediately zoomed in on the direction of the target captured by the radar. Then, the two were horrified to find that what was flying towards them was not an asteroid, but a huge steel giant!
"Command, Command!"

The pilot hurriedly began to call the dock, but it was too late. The Zaku 1, which was only more than a thousand meters away from them, had raised its mm machine gun and pulled the trigger at the gunboat.

Then, a row of flashing lights silently rushed towards the gunboat that tried to dodge, but the experienced Zeon shooters had already made a predictive shot, so the gunboat plunged into the barrage of 105mm shells.

Then, a silent ball of light flashed in the dark space.

"Sentinel One! Sentinel One?"

The satellite's dock communication tower kept calling the gunboat, but they lost contact before they could respond to the former's calls.

But at this moment, the small gunboat had been turned into a twisted ball of space junk by the shells, floating in the vast black space.

The Zaku 1 that killed the opponent did not slow down at all, but turned into a stream of light and flew towards the satellite's dock.

"what is that?"

Satellite No. 17 was completely unprepared for the Zeon army's surprise attack. Some workers who were still working outside the satellite saw faint spots of light in space. They initially thought they were starlight, but the spots of light then grew larger at an astonishing speed until they became clearly visible to the naked eye.

"What a weird thing!"

The workers watched in horror as huge steel giants passed by them and rushed straight into the dock's channel. Then, the weapons in the giants' hands began to flash.

"Hahahaha, come and eat the bullets!"

The Zeon pilots paid no attention to the spaceship still in the channel, and directly controlled the Zaku 1 to charge inside while firing at the channel control center.

Then, the explosion caused by the shells turned the channel into a mess. The dispatch center, communication antennas, and all the equipment placed outside or separated from space by a wall were all sent into the sky.

Those staff members who were still in the channel also suffered unexpected disasters. The aftermath of the explosion easily tore their space suits apart, and then the boundless darkness swallowed them up.

After hearing the explosion, the security forces guarding outside the spaceport knew that it was an enemy attack, so they quickly took action and prepared to stop the enemy outside the dock.

But when the soldiers rushed into the dock against the flow of people with weapons in hand, they found that the enemies they were facing were not flesh and blood, but tall steel warriors.

"Fire!"

Although they didn't understand what the enemy was doing, the soldiers subconsciously attacked the invaders. However, the automatic rifles in their hands hit the Zaku's ultra-high-tensile steel armor and couldn't even scratch off the paint.

"Here comes the little bug help!"

Looking at the defenders who were still firing with terrified expressions on their faces, the Zeon pilots of Zaku 1 just found it funny. Then, they raised their machine guns and poured fire on the soldiers.

It was just a short burst of fire, and the port passage was covered in flames. Then, the dozens of soldiers who had been there just disappeared, leaving only steel torn by the explosion and burning wires.

After quickly suppressing or massacring the defenders at the dock, the Zeon Volunteer Army began to assault the interior of the satellite, striving to annihilate all resistance as quickly as possible.

A team of three Zakus had just rushed out of the dock and landed on the inner wall area of ​​the satellite below them, when they collided head-on with a team of defenders in vehicles.

"Kill them!"

The leading Zaku raised his machine gun and pulled the trigger. Then, the row of vehicles and the soldiers on them who had no time to dodge were all blown into the sky.

After the explosion, a remaining jeep rushed out from the flames. The only defending soldiers left in the car were the bloody driver and the machine gunner in the back seat. Although the vehicle was badly damaged and the driver was covered in blood, he did not hesitate at all. He stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and charged towards the Zaku.

The machine gunner in the back seat kept spewing blood from his mouth, but his hands were still tightly holding the machine gun, pouring bullets onto the Zaku's head monitor.

"Ants!"

Looking at the opponent's reckless charge, a Zaku was about to raise its gun to fire a follow-up shot, but the captain's machine blocked its range of fire.

"Don't waste ammunition!"

The Zaku pilot heard the captain's reprimand, and then saw the captain raise his big foot and step on the jeep. Then, large amounts of crimson flowed out from the gap between the Zaku's feet and the ground.

Unstoppable and unstoppable, the security forces of Satellite No. 17 lost almost eighty percent of their troops in less than ten minutes. In front of Zeon's mobile suits, these light infantry were no different from ants.

Those defenders who managed to survive could only throw away their weapons in despair, then kneel on the ground, begging these steel giants to spare their lives.

The last scene they saw before they knelt on the ground and banged their heads against the ground was a Zaku smashing the base building of the security forces, crushing the flagpole flying in front of the building, and finally, stepping heavily on the fallen federal flag.

　Wrong, the Zaku 1 is equipped with a ZMP-47D 105mm machine gun, not a 120mm pom-pom cannon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)