Gundam, the Gundam journey of a certain glue guy and his mecha girl.

"Major Mu!"

Kira's pupils contracted as he saw Mu in danger. He manipulated Freedom to perform a somersault in the air, narrowly avoiding the bombardment from the nearby Calamity. He then raised his hand and fired a beam rifle at Forbidden, attempting to buy Mu a chance to create distance.

However, when Forbidden brought its two shields together, the beam of light that Freedom fired visibly bent just before it hit Forbidden.

"What is it?"

Mu's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He was almost hit by the curved beam of light, but he managed to dodge it thanks to his superb reflexes.

Kira was equally surprised by the special abilities Forbidden displayed, but his surprise didn't last long, as Stealth and Calamity took advantage of his distraction and attacked again.

Even with Calamity on its back, the Strongman still managed to maintain its maneuverability in the air. The aircraft drew several zigzag lines before repositioning its nose against Freedom's back.

"Gotcha! Let's go on a rampage!"

The beam cannon from Qiangzhu's mouth fired a scorching particle beam toward Freedom, while the Calamity on Qiangzhu's back followed suit, firing a beam toward Freedom as well.

Kira had to refocus all his attention on dealing with the somewhat frenzied theft and calamity.

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At the same time, the Orb Fleet and the surface ships of the 4th Sea Fleet officially engaged in combat.

Due to the neutron jammer, older guided weapons were almost completely ineffective. Furthermore, both sides were operating older ships, and the radars installed on these ships had not yet been upgraded to operate stably in the neutron jammer environment.

Thus, in this era when humanity had already ventured into space, on the waters of Orb, the commanders of both sides unexpectedly adopted the ancient tactic of line-of-sight artillery. The destroyers and frigates of both sides lined up in a single column and sailed in the same direction, firing at each other with their main guns at visual range.

The anti-ship missiles equipped on the ship can only be guided by lasers and can only be effective by continuously illuminating the enemy ship at medium range.

Such combat effectiveness is not much higher than that of bombarding with naval guns.

The battle quickly turned into a war of attrition, but the Orb fleet was far outnumbered by the Atlantic Federation's fleet, and thus the Orb fleet was outnumbered and could not win.

At this time, the Archangel's firepower, which was too abundant for a surface ship, became the pillar that allowed the Orb fleet to continue fighting.

Even without using the Ron Green Positron Cannon, the Archangel could easily sink these old-fashioned surface ships with just the Gottfried Twin Beam Cannon and the Bariant Railgun.

After all, these old-fashioned ships were not designed for close-range artillery warfare. In the era when these ships were active, strong ships and powerful guns were synonymous with backwardness.

The changing battlefield environment has turned these once advanced ships into outdated equipment that can no longer keep up with the times.

At this time, under the command of Bakiruru, the Archangel, with its extremely high shelling accuracy, helped the Orb Fleet suppress the Atlantic Federation Fleet, which had a clear numerical advantage.

Behind the front lines, in the bridge of the flagship of the 4th Naval Fleet, one bad battle report after another came in.

"The Pinckney and John Finn have been sunk! Commander, our surface fleet's casualty rate has exceeded 10%!"

"That damned Archangel."

The fleet commander slammed his fist heavily on the edge of the command post, veins bulging on his neck.

"Where are the Vanguard? Hook all the Vanguards with anti-ship missiles and take down that deserter ship while the enemy's mobile suits are tied down!"

"But, Commander..."

The officer standing nearby, Mi Pai, reported the incident to the fleet commander.

"Our vanguard units have all lost their combat capability, and the returning aircraft are all damaged and need to be repaired before they can be deployed again. We no longer have any air combat power that can be sent out."

A suffocating silence fell over the bridge until a cold snort came from behind the fleet commander.

"It's really ugly."

Azrael walked straight to the communications officer's console, picked up the microphone, and gave orders to Kurot, Shani, and Olga.

"Hey, how long are you three going to keep playing? Hurry up and sink that eyesore Archangel!"

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When Azrael's voice came through the communication channel into the cockpits of the three Allied Gundams, Kurot, Shani, and Olga trembled almost simultaneously, a sense of fear from the depths of their consciousness instantly surging into their brains.

Terrifying memories from the past surfaced one by one, and then the three machines that were still entangled with the Strike and Freedom changed direction together and rushed toward the Archangel.

"Major, we have to catch up!"

Kira's voice suddenly tightened, and before he finished speaking, freedom was already racing toward forbidden, plundered, and calamity.

"I know!"

With the thrusters turned up to maximum, the Assault Phoenix backpack instantly unleashed its thrust, pressing Mu's body firmly against the seat.

At this moment, Mu no longer cared about conserving the machine's energy, nor whether the beam would be bent by the Forbidden Force. The pulse beam cannon and railgun on his phoenix backpack, along with the beam rifle in his hand, were all aimed at the backs of the three Gundams, and he decisively unleashed all his firepower.

However, Forbidden turned around in time and used his energy deflection shield to block the attack, while the railgun projectiles were rendered ineffective under the protection of his TP armor.

Meanwhile, the faster Freedom took the opportunity to bypass the Forbidden Zone and intercepted the Raptor and Calamity from the side. Two plasma beam cannons flipped out from the wings, and the muzzles were aimed at the Raptor and Calamity under Kira's aim.

But the Plunder reacted quickly. In its MA form, the Plunder made a sharp turn, causing two beams to glide past its wings. The Calamity, which was standing on the Plunder's back, was thrown off by the violent maneuver and crashed heavily onto an Orb destroyer.

"Hey, Kurot, how did you fly?"

"Shut up! Don't you have so many cannons on your machine? Hurry up and shoot that ship down!"

To the horror of the Orb crew, Calamity casually destroyed the destroyer's bridge with its armor-piercing rocket launcher, then unleashed its full firepower on the Archangel.

"I don't want to have those memories again. Sink me, Archangel!"

In an instant, a devastating barrage of beams of various colors mixed with live ammunition was unleashed from the cannons all over the Calamity's body, heading towards the Archangel's exposed port side.

"Enemy mobile suit artillery fire is coming!"

"Avoid!"

"No, we're going to miss it!"

A violent tremor swept across the bridge. Under the bombardment of the Calamity, the Archangel's port armor was pierced in several places. Several anti-aircraft turrets and the port side's Bariant railgun were destroyed, and thick black smoke billowed from the damaged port side.

"Tch, that ship is so tough, but you won't get a second chance!"

The cannons of the Calamity were once again aimed at the Archangel, whose port side, already battered and bruised, could not withstand a second bombardment.

"Bring back the assault and freedom!"

"No, both machines are engaged in combat with enemy mobile suits, it's too late!"

"Have all the strategies been exhausted...?"

Maru sat back down in the captain's seat, her shoulders drooping slightly.

"Captain Maru, you seem to be quite troubled."

A familiar voice came from the communication channel. High above the battlefield, two mobile suits, one blue and one red, that had just broken through the atmosphere, were heading towards the battlefield.

"While I was away, you blue cosmos flowers had a lot of fun!"

Under Raven's control, S Gundam gripped the Elf Beam Cannon tightly in both hands and pointed it from the air at Calamity, who was focused all its attention on the Archangel.

This Elf Beam Cannon is a weapon that Raven improved upon by using the Flame God Ultra-High Pulse Cannon mounted on a backpack.

The size has been reduced, and the beam convergence has been greatly improved. While retaining the terrifying power of the Flame God, the accuracy and flexibility have been greatly improved. In addition, a device for dispersing illusion particles has been installed at the muzzle, which can change the direction of the emitted beam in mid-air, just like the Forbidden One.

Unfortunately, it consumes too much energy and cannot be used for long periods of time on a battery-powered device.

However, with the support of the S-Gundam core engine, this is no longer a problem.

"Fall!"

Raven didn't use El's aim assist. He closed his eyes slightly, casting his senses across the entire battlefield, capturing the most excited and frenzied killing intent.

Red and white beams shot vertically from ten thousand meters above the sky. Olga was completely unaware of the S Gundam's existence. Calamity showed no intention of retreating and maintained its posture of raising its cannon muzzle towards the Archangel.

Just moments before he pulled the trigger, his consciousness vanished in a beam of high-energy light.

The Elf Beam Cannon's extremely high output and near-limit convergence meant that the beam did not lose power even after traveling tens of thousands of meters. The beam entered directly above Calamity's head and shot out from the destroyer wreckage beneath its feet. The scorching high-energy beam instantly vaporized the seawater into water vapor.

Then, in the next moment, the massive figure of Calamity, along with the wreckage of the destroyer beneath its feet, transformed into a swelling orange-red fireball. The shockwave from the explosion temporarily created a vacuum on the sea surface, and a white curtain of water shot into the sky before crashing heavily back onto the sea.

Azrael took in the scene from the bridge of the flagship of the 4th Fleet. His usual composure vanished as he gripped the control panel, staring intently at the mobile suit that appeared from the sky and stormed into the battlefield with great fanfare.

"Director, the energy of the Forcibly Seized and Forbidden Machines has entered a dangerous zone!"

As Azrael listened to his subordinate's report, his expression kept changing. After a moment of silence, he uttered two words.

"retreat."

Author's message

I finished writing the battle sequence in one go, so the update is a bit late. I'm very sorry.

Chapter 76 Kira and Athrun

“Kira…”

“Aslan…”

Freedom and justice stared at each other, and guided by the S Gundam, they slowly landed on a beach in Orb.

With freedom on the left and justice on the right, two boys piloting Gotama descended onto the beach on ropes under the gentle sunset, looking at each other's faces.

Upon seeing Aslan in his ZAFT red driving suit, the surrounding Orb soldiers reflexively raised their rifles.

"Don't be nervous, put the gun down, he's not the enemy."

Raven lowered El from the cockpit of the S Gundam to the ground. He walked up to the soldiers, gently pressed the muzzle of his gun, and drove off with Shinho, leaving time for the two long-separated friends.

The waves kept crashing against the beach, and it was Aslan who first broke the silence.

"Kira, my mission is to reclaim the freedom that is equipped with a nuclear engine and an anti-neutron jammer."

"Then, Aslan, are you my enemy?"

Kira's pupils shimmered with the soft light of the setting sun as he calmly sought an answer from Aslan.

Aslan opened his mouth, remained silent for a while, and finally sighed softly.

"I don't know, but at least for now, I don't mean to be hostile to you."

"I see, thank you, Aslan."

The brown-haired boy gave Aslan a gentle smile, just as always.

Aslan was taken aback by the smile and turned his head away, turning his gaze toward the sea.

"Kira, you're still the same as before, you haven't changed at all."

"Oh, really? I should have improved at least a little, right?"

Kira said in surprise, and the two boys looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

The waves crashed against the beach once more. Aslan looked up at the three Gundams standing on the beach in the setting sun and asked the question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time.

"Kira, why are you going back to the battlefield? Didn't you already disembark when the Archangel arrived in Orb?"

"Back then... actually, I was forced to stay in Orb by Teacher Raven. But I took this opportunity to go to PLANT with Teacher Raven."

“I had a feeling about this when I saw you driving Freedom, and you were indeed in PLANT at that time.”

Kira nodded.

"Aslan's homeland is truly a wonderful place. Those hourglass-shaped colony satellites, just looking at them from the outside, you would never imagine that such beautiful cities are hidden inside. But..."

Kira briefly recalled what he had seen and heard in PLANT.

"Wives who have lost their husbands, mothers who have lost their children, children who have lost their parents... The people there, just like the people on Earth, are suffering because of this war. So I decided that if my power can be used to stop this war... then I will fight."

“Kira…”

Kira's resolute gaze reminded Athrun of Lacus, whom he had seen before setting off.

'ZAFT lost many soldiers in this battle; how much more will we have to pay in this war?'

Lux's voice echoed repeatedly in his mind.

At the same time, another face also surfaced.

Patrick became increasingly paranoid, and now every time they meet, the only topics of conversation between father and son are war and revenge.

'And what am I fighting for?'

Aslan asked himself.

Then, he confided the words that he had kept hidden in his heart for a long time to Kira.

"My mother was in Junius 7 at the time, on Valentine's Day that year."