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

Chapter 343 The Undefeated Myth of the Battlefield!
"Sarah, come and count your sins!"

After firing the missile pods, Makarius almost impatiently turned his machine around, aiming the ready-to-fire particle cannon at the Zeon fleet.

He had originally planned to finish off the Chibe-class ship he had severely damaged, but a Musai-class cruiser, seemingly to demonstrate the courage of the Zeon soldiers, suddenly rose in altitude and used its body to block the Chibe-class ship. For such a heroic act, Makarius naturally had to reward him.

Moreover, the Musai-class warship raised its cannons and unleashed a barrage of bullets at Dendrobium Orchid. Green particle beams pierced the darkness, illuminating the warship's armor and Ma's body.

"Get it on, you bastard!"

The Zeon gunner, his eyes bloodshot, roared as he relentlessly pulled the trigger with the aid of the fire control system, following the trajectory predicted by the computer. But every time the particle beam lit up, the Federation mobile suit would quickly perform a tactical maneuver, causing his attack to miss.

Then, under the watchful eye of the gunner, the MA suddenly raised its main gun after a rapid barrel roll.

Then, a bright beam of particles shot out from the muzzle.

Makarius skillfully maneuvered while firing the cannon, and then the particle beam, like a precise scalpel, sliced ​​through the turret on the top of the Musai-class hull at an angle as easily as a hot knife through butter. After tearing open the turret, the particle beam penetrated deeper into the structure, destroying the internal equipment and the Zeon soldiers in the internal compartments.

With just one strike, the Musai-class ship was completely rendered combat ineffective. Its unique design meant that after being hit in a vital spot by Macarius, the ship essentially lost all its functions.

After firing that first shot, Makarius immediately twisted the hull again to fire a second shot, this time from the towering bridge at the rear. The bridge of the Musai-class was destroyed by this attack. If you looked at the ship from the front, you could see that it had been cut in two from the top, and the unrestrained bulkheads were even swaying slightly.

Makarius's attack also seemed to ignite the ship's ammunition, and just seconds after he finished firing, the Musai-class destroyer exploded cleanly.

The allies on the Chibe-class ships didn't have time to mourn their fallen comrades on the Musai-class ships, because Makarius's next target was them!

"Abandon ship!"

The captain, panting heavily, shouted into the comms that the debris of the Musai-class destroyer was still spreading above them. Not wanting his men to die in vain, he had no choice but to order the ship abandoned.

The Zeon crew members immediately dropped what they were doing and tried to escape to the escape pods as quickly as possible. However, when the first person floated to the hatch, a beam of particles pierced through the midsection of the Chibe-class hull.

The jolt threw him back into the cabin, turning him and the people behind him into bumper cars, bouncing around.

The light inside the cabin had dimmed from a sharp red, leaving only the emergency lighting powered by its own power source. Captain Zeon struggled to climb back to his battle station and was horrified to see that the midsection of the ship had suffered irreparable damage, half of the hull had begun to depressurize, and the keel of the warship had even broken.

"Run, run!"

He roared, grabbed one of his men who was still rolling around on the ground, and charged toward the hatch again, followed by a second attack.

Makarius fired symmetrically from the other side of his attack, directly destroying the main connecting structure of the hull. After that, only a few outer compartments remained connected to the middle of the Chibe-class ship. However, because the rigid connection was lost, the rear thrusters were still running, and the rear of the hull squeezed in directly.

When the crew on the bridge of the Chibe finally managed to escape to the escape pods at the rear of the bridge, they saw an entire steel wall neatly pressing down on them. By the time they scrambled to board the escape pods, the Chibe-class ship had already formed a V-shape.

"Damn it, who's going to kill him?!"

Captain Zeon was filled with anguish as he watched his warship, which had gone from a shallow V to a deep V, turn into a wreck. The next second, the escape hull he was on was set ablaze by the aftershocks of the Federation warship's gunfire. It wasn't intentional on the part of the Federation; after all, such a small ship wasn't worth using dozens of naval guns on. The main reason was that the escape hull was in the center of the battlefield and was caught in the crossfire, which was just bad luck.

Although the Zeon captain who roared had turned to ashes along with his men, the presence of Makarius truly made the Zeon army feel a chill down their spines.

"Let's take care of that guy before the main Federation forces arrive!"

A group of powerful warriors, launched from Zeon warships, charged towards the mobile armor (MA) that was emitting a destructive light above them, much like knights charging towards giants in a fairy tale, under the cover of friendly fire.

"Be careful to avoid artillery fire. If you get hit by that thing, you'll be dead without a trace!"

The powerful commander frantically pushed the throttle valve to its maximum setting while shouting into the communication channel.

Their strongmen held their shields and spears in front of them, and the orderly ranks gave them a tragic and heroic appearance.

Then, just like a dragon fighting a knight, Markarius casually unleashed a torrent of particles, and with a mere flick of his wrist, several powerful figures were swiftly and cleanly vaporized.

The torrent of particles grazed past the Zeon mobile suits and then blasted a hole in the side of an unfortunate Zeon warship.

"Damn it, don't underestimate us!"

The strong-willed commander watched as his close allies vanished without a trace in an instant, and felt an unbearable heartache.

Meanwhile, the other skilled pilots shouted about friendship and bonds as they tried to get through the last stretch of distance, only to be hit by a direct shot at close range!
"Aaaaah, you bastard! I'm going to kill you!"

The powerful commander watched helplessly as his entire force was destroyed, leaving only his voice on the squadron's communication channels.

Seeing that he had reached the enemy's front line, the strongman commander immediately fired all of his shield missiles in one go, and pulled the trigger, firing his lance at Macarius repeatedly.

The latter accelerated rapidly the moment he launched the missile, shaking off the row of stinging missiles. As for the strongman's lance beam, Macarius had no intention of dodging it at all, because the particle beam, which was already of average power, was not able to penetrate the GP03D's Gundam Nim alloy armor after being reduced by the I-field.

"Damn it, don't run!" Seeing that the mobile suit seemed to be trying to shake him off, the strongman commander shouted desperately. As if he heard his shout, the mobile suit suddenly changed direction the next second.

"Nani?"

The powerful commander was completely unprepared for this move, and as he was maneuvering at high speed, he could only watch helplessly as his mech crashed headfirst into the long cannon barrel.

"Ah oh!"

The strongman's machine was deformed by the impact at high speed, and the pilot in the cockpit was also knocked off his seat belt by the impact. His helmet was shattered into pieces by the impact, and the pilot was instantly covered in blood.

This was already the least serious injury he had suffered, because the impact had severely damaged the pilot's spine, leaving him unable to control the machine.

Makarius's cannon, however, remained intact. After all, to withstand the immense pressure of firing, this cannon could not possibly be anything less than sturdy.

Seeing the Strongman that he had smashed into a mangled mess, Makarius did not continue firing. Instead, he swung his machine around, like hitting a golf ball, and sent the Strongman flying again.

At this point, Amuro's first wave of mobile suit units finally arrived on the battlefield.

"Ha, boss, your days of hogging everything are over. Now, I'm going to surpass you in aerial combat!"

"Really? If you want one, then let's compare!"

Before Amuro could finish speaking, Makarius once again maneuvered the Dendrobium Orchid to swoop down.

Amuro followed closely behind, and then Nagase Hotaru piloted Macarius's Z Gundam and a whole squadron of Metas Kai. They even acted as transport aircraft, bringing twice the number of riot control GMs by loading and unloading!

Despite being outnumbered, the Federation forces had nothing to fear. All their mobile suits followed closely behind Macarius and Amuro, like tigers descending a mountain.

"Don't be afraid, just stick close to the red dragon and you'll survive! Charge, brothers!"

Hearing the veteran's encouraging words to his comrades over the radio, Makarius couldn't help but smile. After all, his comrades were far more reliable than some ace pilot who was forced to take on all the enemies alone!

With them behind him, Makarius felt completely at ease.

"Well then, next up is this one!"

Marcarius stepped on the pedal, maximizing the speed, then switched the weapon menu, changing the secondary weapon to a detonating cord. This was a super-enhanced version of the explosive cord used by ordinary engineers, capable of easily destroying warships.

After Amro absorbed some of the hatred, Dendrobium, like a leaping dragonfly, dodged countless cannon shots and landed beside another Musai-class ship. Then, Macarius pulled the trigger, and the detonation cord was released. Under his control, Dendrobium rolled horizontally and spun around the Musai-class ship.

Then, the detonating cord launcher immediately cut it off from the main body, and then, due to inertia, the detonating cord landed steadily on the hull of the Musai-class ship.

"Run!"

Although the Zeon crew didn't know what the thing was, seeing the Dendrobium orchids that were already far away from them, they knew that it was definitely not a good thing. Then, the detonating cord tightly wrapped around the hull was detonated, and the entire ship was once again reduced to large pieces of wreckage.

The Zeon fleet had largely begun to restore order, as its troop movements were nearing completion. However, the rearguard had been thrown into disarray by Makarius alone, not to mention the continuous artillery fire from the Federation forces. Furthermore, with the arrival of Amuro's troops, Macbeth's plan to revitalize the fleet and engage in a decisive artillery battle with the Federation forces had completely failed.

Because the ships behind it had to bypass the rear guard which was in chaos, but under the Federation's attack, the chaos in the rear guard continued to spread, and it looked like it would affect the central group.

"Send out our Gundams immediately! We can't let them wreak havoc any longer!"

Mark Bay knew that once the Federation's subsequent mobile suits seized the opportunity to break into their fleet, they would be doomed. The Federation fleet would be able to use long-range firepower to pick them off one by one without restraint, while the Zeon fleet would be unable to exert its own firepower due to the combined attack of the Federation mobile suits and the fleet.

Therefore, he could only send the prototype Rickdias into action. As for the most important MA, it was not in a state of combat readiness and was still undergoing maintenance. After all, what kind of good person would let such a large machine be on duty around the clock?
If we want it to be deployed, the Zeon army will have to wait a while longer!
However, the deployment of the prototype Rickdias was clearly too late to save the unfortunate rearguard fleet, because at this moment, Makarius was already engrossed in the battle and unable to extricate himself.

"Go! Take that guy down!"

Waves of Zeon mobile suits roared with the cries of warriors as they charged toward the Dendrobium orchid, only to be reduced to dazzling fireworks.

Macarius even used the detonation cord as a feint, throwing it behind him to lure the Zeon mobile suits into pursuit, then detonating it when they got close. After the detonation cord was used up on the Zeon mobile suits and the warship, he magically produced the two large fighting claws equipped by Dendrobium and the large beam saber capable of cutting through the warship.

Wielding these two large swords, the Dendrobium orchid quickly transformed into another type of reaping machine, approaching its opponent at high speed, crushing it with unparalleled power, and then swiftly escaping after killing it.

Under his and Amuro's rampage, the Zeon rearguard fleet has begun to show signs of collapse. Even though the main force of their allies is still intact behind them, and hundreds of mobile suits are on their way to provide support, they feel completely insecure.

In reality, the presence of friendly forces was merely the last thread holding these Zeon soldiers back to their posts; without them, these Zeon troops might have already begun to rout.

However, these Zeon soldiers never considered where they could escape to at this moment. This terrain was an ambush site carefully selected by Makarius, and it was blocked by defense satellites in both directions. So, even if they wanted to run, they would have to defeat the Federation forces first. But now, it was they who were defeated!

(End of this chapter)