Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Any reconnaissance reports on the enemy's MS team?"

"Reporting to the general, not yet."

"But according to the returning Swordfish pilots, they encountered a highly capable MS unit that was intercepted, but they were using close-range weapons. It is likely that the Zeon forces also deployed a unit to intercept our fighters."

The military advisor's words did not change Tiam's expression. There were still options. He could command his fleet to engage in a meat grinder with the Zeon AB fleet, which would break the balance of victory that was gradually tilting in Zeon's favor and completely destroy Zeon's space attack fleet, leaving Zeon with only mobile suits but no fleets to use.

However, this also meant losing the fleet formation, which also meant being unable to deal with the enemy's mobile suit units... But because of the large number of fleets, there were still ways to deal with them.

Tiam chose to dismantle the fleet.

"The 30 ships of Task Forces 2, 3, and 6 will be placed under the command of Colonel Wallen and will continue the fleet's air defense guidance operations... The other ships will follow my flagship and turn toward the tail of Space Attack Force A Fleet to join forces with the 1st Fleet to annihilate enemy A Fleet."

"receive."

At this moment, the flagship of Fleet A, the Valkyrie, had been hit in multiple places in the melee, but thanks to its reinforced protective design and the elite helmsman and maintenance team, it was able to survive the carnage.

"General Dozru, the remaining fleet, along with its main force, is approaching and heading in our direction," the military staff officer reported.

"...Fire signal flares to allow MS units to enter the battlefield. The general attack can begin now." Dozle took off his military jacket and threw it on the command chair, revealing the white shirt underneath, bulging from his muscles. He then got up and left the command seat.

"Yes, General?"

"I'm going to escort the flagship; the battle no longer requires my command."

As the signal for the general offensive was given, the space attack force had already launched, with a total of 300 mobile suits starting up. The flashes of the 300 nuclear fusion reactors split into two, with 150 blue beams rushing towards the two battlefields below.

"Enemy attack MS squadron has appeared. All flight squadrons, proceed with the interception according to the pre-arranged plan." Huaken, in charge of air defense, issued the order.

Just then, the Wachner fleet began launching the remaining 200 Swordfish fighters.

After launch, Huaken noticed the beam of light appearing from the airspace below.

This was a fleet of 10 warships, and upon seeing the enemy's formation, Wakken immediately felt a sense of familiarity.

However, the 10 warships seemed to be just the vanguard, with a Zeon fleet consisting of 20 warships and more than 20 cargo ships appearing behind them... Although half of them were supply ships, more than 60 mobile suits were launched from the supply ships.

Half of them flew towards the fighter jets, while the other half joined the attack of the B-class fleet.

With 30 warships, their strength is almost equivalent to that of the current fleet of the Warken.

"The intelligence indicates the formation of a new Space Assault Force." Looking at the scale of the fleet reported by his subordinates, Hua Ken took a deep breath. "Pass on my order: our forces turn and attack the new fleet."

At this point in the Battle of Loum, Zeon has committed all its operational warships in an effort to secure victory.

Meanwhile, on the Federation side, General Reibell's 5th and 6th Fleets were still on their way.

Chapter 70 Whale Fall

MS-06S, the Zaku for Red Commanders, is rapidly traversing the battlefield.

The blood-red monocular camera spun left and right, scrutinizing each Federation warship like a lion choosing its prey on the savanna.

Without warning, it made a lateral right-angle maneuver.

They dodged the specially made fireworks that exploded nearby.

It was an anti-aircraft munition, but the Red Phantom had already accelerated again and escaped the kill zone.

"You're very energetic, so you're the one."

It was a Magellan-class battleship that mistook the dangerous red comet for a target to strike.

That was absolutely the wrong choice.

Red Zaku carried a rocket launcher and moved freely through the gaps in Magellan's anti-aircraft fire network, as if exhausting its prey.

Char quickly found the moment to deliver the fatal blow.

In a flash, the red Zaku swept past Magellan's command tower, and the rockets fired from the missile launcher shattered the main bridge.

But the headless warship was not yet dead; its anti-aircraft fire spewed flames of vengeance at the Red Zaku.

The central command center in Magellan still retains command capabilities.

Char was getting impatient with his prey, which was on the verge of death.

The Red Zaku used another rocket to destroy the anti-aircraft gun turret at the rear of the bridge and circled around to the propulsion unit below the blue light at the stern of the warship.

"Goodbye." Red Zaku pulled the trigger, and the third rocket pierced through Magellan's propulsion system from above, penetrating two thrusters. The collapse of the thruster structure triggered a larger explosion, and the fusion reactor, which had shut down its cooling system, overloaded and transformed into a dazzling "star" in the next moment.

"The ammunition capacity is too small; only three ammunition were used per ship."

Char muttered to himself as Red Zaku pulled out its heat axe and slashed a Swordfish fighter that was trying to sneak up from behind.

"Let's just use a heat axe to chop down the bridge."

After saying that, Char continued his search for a target.

For the Red Comet, it means taking down a Magellan-class battleship.

Even slightly less powerful aces, such as the Black Triad, can easily take down a Magellan-class battleship when the three units work together.

The next level of elite pilots need to launch attacks in three-plane teams. One plane is responsible for approaching and attracting anti-aircraft fire, another plane is responsible for disabling anti-aircraft guns in the path of the attack, and only after clearing the attack path can the remaining plane launch an attack on the bridge and command center.

There is a 70% chance of being able to take down a Salamis-class cruiser.

However, the success rate against Magellan-class destroyers is only 20%, and the lower the success rate, the greater the chance of casualties.

They fought against Zeon for some time.

The Federation, having learned from this experience, introduced countermeasures before the Battle of Loum.

Because Zeon's MS squads are capable of attacking from the bottom and rear.

Then, simulated skilled manual gunners were placed inside the 100mm anti-aircraft guns on both sides, thus reducing the success rate of Zeon Zaku's anti-ship attacks during the battle.

Compared to the 1st Fleet, the 2nd Fleet is now in a disorganized formation, while the 3rd Fleet led by Warken still maintains a fairly good formation.

After the 3rd Fleet made contact with Kycilia's assault mobile force, it did not gain much advantage in the artillery battle.

The battle lasted only 2 minutes.

Three Zeon warships were directly hit and disabled or even detonated by the enemy, while only one Federation warship was severely damaged.

The Zeon assault fleet was weaker than the space attack fleet. This battle was their first major engagement.

The 3rd Fleet they faced was an elite force that had been through many battles.

Despite the defeat in the fleet battle, even if the assault forces released their mobile suit units, they were unable to penetrate the Federation's air defense network composed of spherical arrays.

As for the MS forces, the assault troops didn't need to attack the military because they were poaching people... The reason for such a result was simply that they wanted to take down the enemy without getting hurt.

It's not impossible to have a perfect, low-casualty battle; the problem is having more winning cards in your hand.

"Brother, we still need to find a breakthrough."

After watching the game for a long time, Haiwen said to Karma.

"Ah."

Kalmar observed this so-called spherical formation.

The top and bottom are both air defense nets... If you try to force your way through, there will definitely be losses, but this air defense net can't be called an absolute defense.

Compared to Gundam, it is full of loopholes.

"Haiwen, I'll go and cause some chaos. You lie in ambush first."

"Yes."

Karma took a deep breath, taking advantage of the Federation fleet's focus on the front.

They distanced themselves in another direction and then swooped down towards the spherical formation.

Then he turned off the engine and drifted at high speed using only inertia.

Fine-tuning is done using only the nozzle.

Under Alice's powerful control, they not only successfully infiltrated the 3rd Fleet's spherical formation, but also landed on their target: the belly of a Magellan-class ship.

"Alice? According to the Magellanic electrical diagram I got from AE, calibrate it. I'm going to 'snipe' it to detonate its electrical unit."

"receive."

Gundam picked up the anti-ship sniper rifle on its back and, with Alice's calibration, aimed it at a certain spot on Magellan's abdominal armor.

The muzzle was less than 20 meters from the armor... close-range sniping.

The instant the trigger is pulled.

The large cartridge case on the sniper rifle silently ejected into the vacuum.

"Not penetrated?"

"It's okay, a single shot penetrating is a low-probability event anyway."

Karma aimed at the bullet hole and pulled the trigger again.

The sniper bullet penetrated through the bullet hole.

Um?

It hasn't been breached yet? Could there be a problem with the blueprints, or is this Federation Magellan-class destroyer the latest model with modified internal structures?

Karma wanted to pull the trigger a third time.

"Big brother, get away quickly!" Alice shouted the next moment.

He then noticed that the armor Gundam was standing on seemed to have bulged up.

Oops, we went too far.

Having basic engineering knowledge, Karma no longer cared about concealment and activated the machine's power system to escape at maximum combat speed.

The next second, sparks flew from the Magellan-class battleship, followed by a massive explosion that nearly engulfed the Gundam.

Karma broke out in a cold sweat.

"Big brother, you fired too many shots. The sniper bullets went straight into the ammunition depot." Alice then said the second half of the sentence.

It was still a delayed explosion; Karma was speechless.

Meanwhile, Haiwen, who had been waiting for a long time, seized the opportunity when Magellan was sunk, and the Zaku rushed in through the air defense gap.

The weakness of the so-called spherical array lies in this: by surrounding the menacing anti-aircraft guns on the outside, there is basically no anti-aircraft fire threat inside, just like the soft belly of a hedgehog.