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

Chapter 81 The Fall of the Ace
"Commander Kong Sikang!"

"The Scalia was blown up!"

On the Musai-class cruiser Varen, who witnessed all this, the Zeon officers and soldiers didn't even have time to recover from this incredible news before the Federation machine with the red dragon printed on its shoulder pounced on them.

At this moment, the Musai-class light cruiser did not have any close-range defense turrets. Looking at the Federation mobile suits that had flown in front of them and were only a few inches away from the bridge, the Zeon officers and soldiers on the Musai-class had no idea what to do.

Macharius looked at the Musai-class, which did not move at all, and placed the large hand of the machine on the deck of the Musai before switching the communication to the public channel.

"So, will you continue to be Zabi's lackeys and be defeated by me, or will you lay down your weapons and reform yourself?"

His voice then echoed throughout the bridge of the Musai-class ship.

"Is this a Federation Army pilot?"

"From the sound of her voice, she looks very young!"

"Sir?"

The Zeon crew members on the bridge all looked towards the captain's seat.

The captain was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was still surprised by the voice of the federal pilot until Macharius repeated it again, and then he reacted.

"We surrender!"

Although the Zabi family's righteousness attracted countless Zeon people to sacrifice for it like moths to a flame, there were also people who were not interested. In fact, there were quite a lot of these people, but they did not dare to show up due to the high-pressure environment.

"Then, remove the battleship's fire control and shut down the engines. If you want to do something fancy, that's fine too. It doesn't matter. The universe is big, and there's plenty of room to lie down!"

Then, the crew heard a bang, and then the black mobile suit swaggered out of the sight of the Zeon officers and soldiers on the bridge and rushed towards the battlefield on the other side.

"Sir, should we give him a shot?"

"Are you sure you can kill him?"

The captain glanced unhappily at the subordinate who made this suggestion.

The latter shook his head, and then ate a big bite.

The captain used his spinning punch to knock the opponent's military cap away.

"Don't shout if you're not sure. If you want to die, just jump out of the airlock. Don't drag others with you!"

The captain rubbed his fists and said this.

Afterwards, the Musaizhen obediently followed Macharius' instructions, shut down the engine, disarmed, and stopped there waiting.

"What are the Scalia and Valen doing? Why haven't they sent reinforcements yet?"

On the other side of the battlefield, the only remaining Musai-class ship was out of ammunition and food. Three Salamis ships launched a brutal and violent attack on it with naval guns and missiles, blowing up half of the Musai-class's engines, damaging the segmented escape capsule in the front of the ship, and destroying two gun emplacements.

It could be said that at this moment, the Musai was dead, with more than one-third of the crew either evaporated by artillery fire or flown into space, and the remaining two-thirds had to stick to their posts amidst the toxic smoke and flames.

Looking at the battleship that had no hope left, Lieutenant Colonel Ogus, who was driving the Zaku, couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Lieutenant Colonel Ogus!"

"Captain Boris, can you still hold on?"

"It's over, Commander. I just received a message from the Valen!"

The Zeon captain, his head wrapped in a blood-soaked bandage, leaned against the railing of the captain's seat with difficulty and spoke word by word.

"The Scalia has been destroyed, the Valen has surrendered, and now, we are the only ones left!"

"how is this possible?"

"It's the Federation's mobile suit you mentioned. They destroyed Scalia's bridge and blew up the external fuel tanks. Commander Kong Sikang was killed in the battle!"

Just as Oggs was about to say something, the communication with the Musai-class was interrupted. He looked up and saw a spaceship slowly disintegrating not far away. Missiles from the Federation Army kept bombarding the wreckage of the Musai-class.

"Sir?"

"What do we do now?"

"Retreat to the colony first..."

"Listen, retreat to the colony immediately!"

Seeing the Federation fleet turning to deploy into battle formation towards them, Ogus was like his butt was on fire, urging the several Zeon pilots around him to run towards the colonial satellite. Several Zakus threw away the weapons such as rocket launchers in their hands and disappeared in a flash.

"These annoying flies!"

Looking at the fleeing Zeon mobile suits, the Federation warships behind them stamped their feet in anger, because the latter were located on the same plane as the colonial satellite and the fleet. If the fleet opened fire, whether it could hit the Zaku was one thing, but the colonial satellite would definitely suffer.

The latter had already been affected by stray bullets in the previous battle. Now, the engineers of the colonial commune fought back and began to patch up the colonial satellite on the battlefield full of unexploded ordnance and various debris.

"Where's the Swordfish Squadron? Let them attack!"

"Swordfish Squadron has returned to the Columbus class to rest and restock ammunition!"

"These flies run so fast!"

While Captain Salamis was gritting his teeth, a dark shadow suddenly flew past the battle bridge.

"what is that?"

"enemy?"

"This is a mobile suit from our 130th Armored Training Regiment, codenamed Red Dragon!"

"That's okay!"

The captain of Salamis then breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his seat.

"Let that guy handle it!"

The captain already knew about Macharius's recent battle record: sinking two enemy ships and capturing one. He would never dream of doing such a thing. At most, he would try to be a substitute first mate on the Magellan.

The other party completed these two tasks in less than an hour. People are really different. Even the captain was thinking about changing his career to drive a mobile suit!
Macharius's pursuit was quickly noticed by the retreating Zeon mobile suits. After all, the opponent's murderous look was too obvious.

"Just one mobile suit, the Federation Army is really looking down on us!"

"Shut up, that guy is the one who took out the Scalia!"

The Zeon pilots had no reliable information about Macharius's prototype Gundam. The only thing they knew was the red dragon logo on its shoulder.

"You guys retreat, leave this to me!"

Ogus also saw Macharius approaching rapidly. He threw away the rocket launcher that had run out of ammunition and loaded a new full magazine into the machine gun.

"I'll stop him!"

"Sir?"

Upon hearing this, the other Zeon pilots requested to stay.

"Listen, your precious combat experience is an invaluable asset to Zeon, so right now, you should strive to survive!"

"But!"

"go!"

A Zeon pilot could only control his Zaku and leave, but before leaving, he did not forget to hand over his spare magazine to Ogus.

"Then let me see the strength of the Federation pilots!"

After obtaining enough spare ammunition from friendly forces, Ogus controlled the Zaku and launched a counterattack towards Macharius.

"coming!"

When he was still at a considerable distance from the Zaku, Macharius's superhuman reflexes were triggered again. He subconsciously flipped the machine over and then dodged a row of 105mm ammunition.

"so far?"

At this moment, the two were nearly five kilometers apart. At this distance, pilots who could carry out such precise point-fire strikes were extremely rare in the entire world, so Macharius quickly thought of someone.

"Again?"

Relying on sufficient ammunition, Lieutenant Colonel Ogus simply began to consume Macharius from a long distance.

Macharius, who had just completed the maneuver, raised his shield the next second to protect the upper body of the machine.

Then, a burst of metal sparks burst out on the milk dragon shield.

"Then try this!"

Although a distance of five kilometers was not a problem for the YF100 machine gun, he did not carry much ammunition, and it was meaningless to use it for long-distance consumption. So, Macharius put the machine gun back into the holster and took off the super rocket launcher on his back.

"I saw you!"

Four rockets were fired one after another, and then he threw the empty rocket tube away again.

"I have to trouble the maintenance squad again!" Lieutenant Colonel Ogus also saw the incoming rockets. He tried to perform tactical evasion, but after rolling a large circle in space, he found that the opponent had predicted his evasion and directly locked his movement with the first three rockets, so that no matter what he did, he could not avoid the explosion range of the fourth rocket.

The lieutenant colonel could only remove the shoulder shield on his right arm to protect his torso.

With a striking flash of fire, the Zaku, with many scratches on its body, grasped the tattered shoulder shield in its hand, and at the same time pulled out the 105 machine gun again and fired at its target.

"No wonder they call it a one-hit kill! His marksmanship is so good! Shame on Char! The Zeon army has such a master, but instead of going to Earth to find his loli mother, he chose to learn from her!"

The shield of the prototype Gundam played a great role at this moment. Eighty percent of Oggs' attacks were blocked by it. The remaining scattered bullets were nothing to the Gundam's armor.

Relying on this shield, Macharius was rapidly closing the distance between him and Ogus.

"Want to fight me in close combat?"

Ogus looked at the Gundam's trajectory and immediately made his own judgment.

If he didn't have enough ammunition, he would naturally wait for the other party to get closer, but now, looking at the full ammunition in the storage boxes on his waist and legs, Oggs directly chose to distance himself to the right.

Then, he discovered that the opponent's machine did not turn with him, but instead made a gesture as if it was going to penetrate his left wing.

"Your target isn't me?"

Seeing Macharius pretending to chase the retreating Zaku troops, Ogus suddenly realized what was going on and immediately returned the same way, trying to stop Macharius.

At this moment, the two men were constantly closing the distance, but as the distance got closer, they stopped shooting. Until they were almost face-to-face, Macharius suddenly stretched out his weapon from behind the shield.

Ogers also raised his 105 machine gun, and both of them pulled the trigger almost at the same time.

"You got Fooled!"

When Ogus saw the other party opening fire, he suddenly did a barrel roll, sacrificing his left arm and shield, and consuming Macharius's magazine.

Then he threw the empty machine gun in his hand at Macharius, drew out the thermal axe with his intact right hand, and pounced on him.

"No, you're the one who got fooled!"

The prototype Gundam, which had also taken a lot of 105mm ammunition but fortunately was not seriously damaged, tilted its body and knocked away the flying machine gun with its shoulder. Then, it turned around and showed the armor-piercing grenade in its right hand.

"A child?"

After hearing the response from the public channel, Oggs was shocked, but he still chopped down the thermal axe in his hand. Then, he saw the grenade ready to be launched on the other party's outstretched arm.

With no chance to dodge anymore, he forced the Zaku to bend down, caught the armor-piercing grenade with its head, and then used the thermal axe to chop off the prototype Gundam's right hand.

"Too bad, kid, I won!"

"is it?"

After cutting off the prototype Gundam's right arm, before Ogus could retract his arm, he saw from the secondary monitor that Gundam raised his shield again and pressed it against Zaku's chest.

"goodbye!"

The next second, two rockets were fired simultaneously.

In the original timeline, Brenif Oggs would become the most recognized ace pilot by both sides with 193 aircraft shot down. However, this record was not enough to illustrate his true strength, because he would often give the results that were about to be achieved to new recruits. But even so, no one on either side could reach his level.

But now, the ace nicknamed "One-Hit Kill" and famous for his accurate long-range shooting will no longer have the opportunity to realize his huge potential.

After killing Ogus's Zaku, the remaining troops under his command no longer had any courage to fight. Under the threat of the subsequent Federal Army garrison fleet with Magellan as the core, they all chose to surrender.

The news of this war did not spread throughout the Earth Sphere until after the battle was over. The colonies in the Earth Sphere were not interested in the conflicts between the Republic of Leah and the Ranke Independence Organization. They just wanted to know who won after the bloody battle between the Federation and the Zeon volunteer army.

And when those media ships that swarmed in like flies seeing feces arrived at the space domain, what they saw was a complete Musai-class light cruiser leaving the space domain under the escort of several Salamis.

Looking at the federal army's stationed fleet that blocked the entire space, the outcome of this battle that lasted only two days and one night was self-evident.

In particular, the Principality of Zeon, which should have been the first to raise the banner of opposition to Federation hegemony, has fallen silent at this moment.

In fact, it was not that the Zeon people did not want to stand up, but the tragic defeat of the Zeon volunteer force in the conflict made the entire Principality government feel unbelievable, and a storm was set off in the Principality's political arena.

"waste!"

In the Prince's Palace in Zim City, the capital of Zeon, Gilen Zabi, standing in front of Dekin, raised his right hand and slapped Kycilia and Dozle in front of him hard.

The force was so great and the sound was so loud that it echoed continuously in the empty hall.

Kycilia's carefully maintained face was immediately swollen and red, and blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.

As for Dozle, since he was a gorilla with thick skin and flesh, his situation was a little better, but not much better. After all, after beating the two people, Killian's face also twisted, and if you look closely, his hands were still shaking slightly.

As for Dekin, he said nothing, but just watched quietly as Kilian slapped his sister and brother in the face, and then he coughed.

Kycilia and Dozlu's heads, which were already lowered, now wanted to shrink back into their necks.

"Kycilia!"

"I'm here, Your Highness!"

"Dozle!"

"At your service, Your Highness!"

"Don't you want to explain?"

The scepter in Dekin's hand slammed hard on the ground, making a dull thud.

"Why did our fleet, built with so much money and equipped with the latest weapons, suffer such heavy losses? We even had one ship, an intact warship, surrender!"

At this moment, Dekin was no less angry than Killian, and looking at his cannibalistic look, you could tell whose child Killian was.

"This is our fault, Father!"

It was impossible to explain to Dozle and Kycilia. Dekin had been out of the army for a long time, and he wouldn't understand even if he was explained. Not to mention, at the moment, what he wanted to hear was not a post-war report summary. Naturally, there would be special staff officers to answer his questions later.

At this moment, Dekin just wanted a reason to vent. After all, Kilian's daily behavior had already made the old man Dekin feel irritated, and his two children actually didn't make him worry at all.

Because of issues of funding and military command, Dozle and Kycilia are basically at loggerheads, and even brought the lawsuit to Dekin, with both sides accusing each other of interfering with Zeon's armaments construction.

This forced Dekin to divide the funds equally between the two of them, which finally settled the dispute between the two sides.

But now, both Dozle's fleet and Kycilia's mobile suits have dealt a heavy blow to Dekin. The battleships that were highly expected to compete with the Federation fleet were beaten badly, and two mobile suit battalions composed of veterans were annihilated. What happened to the huge amount of funds spent every year?
Especially the loss of the fleet. A long time ago, Dekin served as the commander of the Earth Federation Army stationed in the Side 3 colony. He knew more or less about the fleet. He was even on the scene when the first Chibei-class heavy cruiser was shipped.

Although the Principality now has the more powerful Gwakin, this does not mean that the Chibey-class is a common thing. This heavy battleship is still an extremely precious strategic weapon in the hands of the Zeon army!
The amount of Zeon Marks spent to build such a ship is unimaginable. It can be said that this was all saved bit by bit from the mouths of the Zeon people!

"Father, this isn't Dozle and Kycilia's fault. After all, the Earth Federation is much larger than us. It's normal for us to fail!"

"But the price is too high. Do you know what the parliament says?"

"What did you say?"

Killian raised an eyebrow.

"They said that after investing so much energy, it was all for nothing, so they thought it would be better to use the money to improve people's livelihood!"

"So what do you think?"

Kilian just felt that he seemed to have been a little too kind recently, and it was time to let the secret police launch another purge!
"Developing people's livelihood, how could we possibly have a chance to turn around now!"

Dekin sighed. The impact of this failure directly hit his previous ambitions and made him waver in the great vision that Kilian had described.

"Then there's nothing more to say, Father. This failure is a painful lesson for us. Therefore, we should focus our resources on military development!"

"Still want to invest?"

Even De Jin couldn't help but take a breath after hearing these words.

"it is necessary!"

Gillian gave Dozle and Kycilia a cold look, and then the two of them echoed his words.

"Whether it's building new battleships or developing new mobile suits, we need more investment!"

“But where does the money come from?”

"We can mobilize public opinion, raise funds from the public, and also consider raising taxes!"

"Also, we can consider making a deal with the Federation or Side6!"

Killian said very calmly.

"What do you want to do?"

"The Rank Independence Organization, isn't that a very good bargaining chip?"

"You want us to betray our allies? Betray our allies who are on the same side as us?"

"They are not allies. At best, they are just temporary partners. We don't have an unbreakable friendship. As long as the Federation can give a good price, it won't be a big deal to hand them over!"

Killian said.

(End of this chapter)