The shining Shoko Toyokawa

The final right of interpretation lies with the Lieutenant General.

As long as there is no blame from above, it is acceptable to accidentally involve dozens of people in the battle.

But blaming the higher-ups for the death of a foreign leader in battle is unacceptable, and the lieutenant general can then easily shift the blame to Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya.

"Wait a moment, Lieutenant Colonel," the Lieutenant General stopped her just as she was about to run towards the white wooden horse. "Because the content of this operation is quite sensitive, we will send an observation officer to accompany Penelope..."

Before the lieutenant colonel could finish his words, there was a loud bang. Outside the warehouse door, a helicopter that had just taken off suddenly had a "fireball" on its fuselage and fell to the ground in a spin. Obviously, it had been hit by a missile.

"Enemy attack!"

Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya was the first to react. He shouted and immediately ran towards Penelope.

The Lieutenant General was a bit slow, but the female observer behind him was not slow at all.

But she had barely taken two steps when she was suddenly bumped into by a petite soldier. Just as she was trying to steady herself, she felt her thigh suddenly go numb and she fell to the ground. Her throat was in excruciating pain for some reason.

She immediately recognized that the female soldier was the pilot who came here to escort the Gundam.

The lieutenant colonel of the military police subconsciously wanted to shout a warning.

But what he finally emitted were only a few gurgling sounds as the air in his lungs squeezed out of his throat.

It was not until now that she realized that when she collided with the petite female soldier, not only her legs were attacked, but even her throat was not spared.

The lieutenant colonel of the military police felt aggrieved. She was not a person with connections and believed that she would not lose to most male soldiers in a fight. However, just now her attention was all on Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya, which gave others an opportunity to take advantage of her.

But in this situation, anyone who is not blind will know that something is wrong.

What's more, it was the Lieutenant General who was not far from the military police officer. But just as he was about to ask the soldiers in the warehouse to stop him, Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya boarded Penelope and was suddenly thrown to the ground.

Explosions continued to be heard outside the warehouse. The man pressed on the lieutenant general's back and pressed a pistol against his waist from a hidden angle.

"Lieutenant General, be careful!"

He poked the lieutenant general's waist with his pistol, but said with concern, "Lieutenant General, are you okay?!"

The lieutenant general was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he did not dare to act rashly.

It wasn't until he saw that Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya had already started to ascend the plank road and was about to reach Penelope that he roared angrily: "Hurry up and stop her. Don't let anyone else, ah..."

Before he could finish his words, he screamed. With the unique sound of a silencer, the man on top of him fired directly.

The surrounding soldiers finally recovered from the explosion and realized that their general had been kidnapped. They pointed their guns at the man who was pressing on the general.

They were concerned about the general and their comrades around them and did not shoot immediately, but the man holding the general hostage obviously had no such concerns.

He did not try to pull up the tall and strong general to use as a shield, but instead aimed his gun at the soldiers in front and fired. The soldiers in front fell to the ground or looked for cover to fight back, not noticing that two figures on the plank road were running towards Penelope's cockpit at a very fast speed.

"hateful!"

Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya ran up the stairs and threw the pilot suit and helmet in his hands towards Mia, who was a few steps behind him.

The latter did not dodge, but protected his head with both hands, and directly knocked off the helmet and chased after him.

It was she who had just "plotted against" the military police lieutenant colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya was not surprised by this. This just verified her guess that what the people of Ji'an wanted was definitely more than just a little bit of aid from the Democratic Party!

But what she didn't expect was that even though she had already run ahead, she was caught up by Mia so quickly.

"Is it because of that bad woman that I've become weak?!"

Chapter 188: The Girl's Choice, the Real Purpose of the Ji'an People

Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya only had time to close the cockpit door before Mia, who was following closely behind, put a gun to his head.

"I've already told you, Lieutenant Colonel," Mia said proudly, "I'm here to kill you."

"!!!"

The lieutenant colonel gritted his teeth and quickly activated Penelope.

On the full screen, the man who had finally kidnapped the lieutenant general and created the opportunity for them had been shot to death.

The lieutenant colonel increased the power of the nuclear fusion reactor. When the Milovsky aircraft was running, with a sound like a monster's low roar, the hundred-ton steel giant broke free from all restraints in an instant and broke through the dome of the warehouse!

The lieutenant colonel's vision suddenly broadened.

Under the leaden sky, the snow was getting heavier, and the warships in the cemetery that were still able to float were bobbing in the waves covered with pale foam.

"If you're here to kill me, do it quickly..." The lieutenant colonel didn't even look at Mia, but stared straight ahead. "Otherwise, please hold on tight, because the ride might be a bit bumpy."

Amid the sounds of the torque motor, external flight armor, and movable mechanisms operating, the giant instantly transformed into a giant steel dragon.

Seeing Penelope take off, the firepower attacking the warehouse suddenly stopped. Obviously, these people did not intend to use mortars to shoot down the fifth generation mobile suit.

All they did was to make Penelope fly into the air.

To be precise, it was to allow Mia to enter the cockpit of Penelope and control Lieutenant Commander Chihaya.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Both the Democrats and the Republicans regard each other as their biggest enemy.

However, they did not realize that the Gian forces had long been dissatisfied and just regarded America as a nail in the Middle East.

There were people in both parties who were wary of the people of Ji'an, but faced with this huge trap that both parties could see was the real hope of their sworn enemy, they still took the bait.

All of this, from the very beginning, was fueled by Ji'an.

They had long been infiltrated by the people of Ji'an and become like a sieve.

But what does this have to do with Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya...

She activated the laser grid system, pushing the output of the nuclear fusion reactor to its limit.

The hundred-ton steel dragon flew out like an arrow and soared into the sky in an instant!

It takes only 20 minutes to drive from the rebellious port to this warship graveyard.

"Hell is coming next!"

…………

In the audience seats at the port terminal, the Republican faction has completely taken control of the situation.

At this moment, Brigadier General Calvin was worried.

Half an hour ago, he learned that Penelope's driver had been kidnapped, and he knew that he had made the wrong choice again.

To be precise, it was a mistake for him to choose to get involved in this matter.

Since he couldn't let his men shoot everyone, his only hope now was that the people he sent to the white wooden horse could get the hostages back in time.

Although he was not sure whether the hostage was on the white wooden horse, that was just Naomi Misora's opinion, but even if he could not find the person, as long as he took back control of the white wooden horse, the situation could still be salvaged.

'God, please!'

Just as he was praying in secret, the roar of the steel monster came from the clouds.

It came from far away at a very fast speed, and before people could react, it rushed down from the clouds like a meteorite, just like a giant dragon breathing dragon breath falling from the sky in a fantasy movie!

But its speed was much faster than the dragon. It took only a moment from breaking through the clouds to swinging its mechanical arm to 'ignite' the beam saber.

Most MS pilots only heard the warning and were searching for the enemy planes in the heavy snow. They didn't even react immediately when the giant steel dragon arrived.

A young driver felt the world spinning around her. In the intense feeling of weightlessness, she saw on the main screen that the legs of her car were standing abruptly on the snow, and the broken part of the car gradually turned from white to red hot.

"Enemy attack!!!"

His expression went from confusion to shock, and then to disbelief.

He was defeated before he even saw the enemy.

Some drivers are much luckier.

"damn it!"

A pilot who was farther away saw the giant steel dragon descending from the sky and instantly cut off the limbs of two of his own Zakus.

Before he had time to feel fear, driven by anger, he pulled out the demon's electric axe, pushed the power of the air cushion Mercedes-Benz system to the limit, and killed the steel dragon.

The electric axe was instantly heated to a white-hot state. The driver of the Great Demon did not lose his mind. He launched the attack because the Iron Dragon was facing away from him and attacking the MS that was closer to it.

But even so, the closer he got, the more frightened he became.

Big! Much bigger than an ordinary mobile suit!

This was his first impression after approaching. Compared with the Iron Dragon, the 18-meter-tall demon was like a kindergarten child.

"It doesn't matter. Such a large machine must not be agile enough!"

He encouraged himself, and with the help of AI, he controlled the mechanical arm to hold the electric axe tightly and chopped it towards the back of the steel dragon.

However, even the speed of the Great Demon is not enough in front of the Iron Dragon.

The iron dragon didn't even make any leaps, but climbed vertically as if it had broken free from gravity. In an instant, it had reached a height of hundreds of meters, suspended in the heavy snow.

A beam of sunlight shone through the gap in the dark clouds and shone on the dragon, making its sharp and heavy body shine brightly.

"Penelope..."

Even the driver who was about to fight this steel monster was completely distracted by this scene.

It is like a god, like an alien creature,

Not to mention old antiques like the Big Demon and Land War Zaku, even a third-generation MS like Anxia can't last more than two rounds in its hands.

Penelope's pilot didn't speak, nor did he launch another attack. He just floated silently, like a divine statue that had appeared.

A Zaku pilot belatedly glanced through the monitor. He saw the red-hot remains of the four mechanical arms and legs that had fallen in the snow. He then looked at the giant steel dragon standing in the air.

Fear surged in his heart, causing his body to tremble.

"You're kidding me... fighting a monster like that?!"

He hurriedly opened the cockpit, abandoned the car without any regrets, and fled towards the port for his life.

Someone took the lead, and many people finally reacted.

Some escaped from their own cars, while some brave ones directly drove away in their mobile suits.

The MS troops all started to run away, and most of the infantry immediately began to attack backwards. A small number of people gritted their teeth and directly picked out "lucky" spectators on the spot to use as shields. For a while, the scene was extremely chaotic.

For the soldiers and officers who did not participate in the Battle of the Strait of Hormuz, the glittering demon and the terror of the "iron dragon" were all hearsay, some like urban legends, and some even believed that they were just excuses used to cover up the casualties in the exchange of fire between major powers.

Until such a legend stood before them!

“…We lost,”

Only one large demon plane, still carrying people, remained in place. Brigadier General Calvin's voice came from the public channel, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

Its pilot had already abandoned the plane and left, leaving only Brigadier General Calvin, who couldn't fly an MS, sitting in it in a daze.

"Everyone, we are all American soldiers. This time we are here to reveal the truth, not to engage in terrorist hijacking. There is no point in doing this now. Release the hostages. If you can, run away quickly. No one can protect us."

After saying this in the reserved channel, he closed it, leaving only the public channel.

"Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya, you won... No, to be more precise, the Democratic Party won." The Brigadier General loaded his pistol and pointed it at his temple. "I don't know what benefits they promised you, but there's an old saying in the East: when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. You..."

"No, the Democrats didn't win," Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya said calmly, "You all lost."

Calvin was stunned. It took him a while to realize what Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya meant. "Will the winner... be the Gian?! So that's what's going on... Killian! You son of a bitch!!!"

"That's it, my Lord Brigadier General."

The white wooden horse returned, and Jiren's contrived voice came through the airwaves, "We, the people of Jian, have had enough of you, a bunch of rude and arrogant people. It will be us, the people of Jian, who will dominate Aurora and the world!"

"Killian, are you crazy?! Without the support of America, you are nothing! Even if you have nuclear weapons, how will you deal with the blockade of supplies from the sea?!"

Calvin roared like a lion.

However, no matter how ferocious a lion is, if it is locked in an iron cage and cannot move, and loses its claws and fangs, it is just a bigger cat.

The more irritable Calvin became, the happier Killian's voice became. "Nuclear weapons are just toys. Aren't real super weapons in the sky?"

Kilian's words made Calvin shudder. Even America had never thought of using the Aurora colony in the sky as a mass weapon to threaten the competing powers.

Because if something of this mass falls to the ground, even America, which is halfway around the world away, will suffer a huge impact.

But Gian, these damn extreme racists, are capable of doing even this kind of thing! Calvin had no doubt about it.

Calvin gritted his teeth. He had wanted to die, but now it was no longer America's turn, and it was a matter of who would be the master of the house in the future.

It's about the future of mankind!

'I have to do something, I have to do something!'

Calvin held his head and thought desperately.

The next moment, he turned his gaze to the giant steel dragon floating in the air, Penelope!