The shining Shoko Toyokawa

Although Garuda is equipped with ten Mega particle cannons, some twin anti-aircraft machine guns, and missile launchers,

These anti-aircraft equipment are okay against ordinary MS, but they have just seen the power of the Agama.

It can quickly shoot down two GMs even with the combined firepower of MS and anti-aircraft.

Now that there is no MS support in the front, the anti-aircraft firepower may not even be able to keep up with her!

The two of them almost subconsciously activated the flight pedals, intending to rush to the front.

"call out!"

But as soon as their flight pedals took off, one of the pilots heard the sound of the diffused particles slowing down due to friction with the atmosphere.

Why didn't the other driver hear it?

Because now, a huge white-hot hole opened up in the cockpit of his companion's aircraft.

"It's a trap!"

The commander's roar on the bridge came through the radio waves.

At this moment, the only remaining driver finally understood what had happened!

Asima, poised to attack the bridge, danced amidst the hail of anti-aircraft fire. With a speed that was jaw-dropping, breathtaking even for conventional fighters, it executed an Immelmann turn, somersaulting like a kite, and charged towards the two High Zakus.

As An pulled the trigger again, the two high-speed missiles turned into fireworks before dawn.

"Everyone, you now have two choices. Either cease fire and surrender immediately, or I will knock out the anti-aircraft firepower one by one, and then you surrender?"

Yasima was like a ghost, circling around Garuda.

As long as there is a slight gap in the anti-aircraft firepower, it will attack from a tricky angle, paralyzing the anti-aircraft turrets and other facilities without causing too much harm to Garuda itself.

"New human, that's a new human!"

Panic spread across the bridge and in the anti-aircraft turrets, which were aware of the situation outside. Another Yashima joined in the intimidation of the crowd. The Garuda, which had already turned the corner and faced the vast sea, suddenly began to reduce the output of its thermonuclear engine.

The 'helmsman' subconsciously glanced at the 'captain' and, seeing that the latter had no objection, he immediately lowered the thrust of the thermonuclear engine to the lowest level and completely stopped the anti-aircraft fire.

At this moment, everything seems to be a foregone conclusion——

"Be careful!" An shouted, and subconsciously controlled Yashima to descend and avoid.

If there were no beams of light streaking across the night sky before dawn,

"Power up, full speed!"

The moment his eyes caught the afterimage of the beam, Garuda's 'Captain' roared and issued an order.

The helmsman subconsciously pushed the engine's output to the limit, and Garuda, which had already shown signs of slowing down and stopping, immediately burst out with tremendous power again!

"hateful!"

Renata looked at the three Yasimas who came to disrupt the situation. Her face was angry and ferocious, but she did not lose her mind.

"Retreat, An! Since the nearby support troops have arrived, it means that their blocking has failed."

"Aren't they just three Asima? Follow Garuda closely and watch me kill them all!"

An turned without hesitation and rode alone towards the three new Yashimas.

she,

People like her who want to change something always seem to end up in a situation where they are outnumbered and outnumbered, which is disadvantageous to them...

Chapter 71: Fragile Life

It was obviously not a wise move to dogfight with three Yashimas whose machines were in much better condition than his own.

In other words, without the advantage of physical performance, fighting one against three is simply courting death.

An was as radical as ever, charging at full speed from the start.

The Yashima team was a little confused, but their shooting speed was not slow.

But because both sides were moving at high speed, the accuracy of their shooting was much worse.

As a result, the two sides approached each other at a very close distance, and no casualties occurred.

"Number Two, you cover me and Number Three. We have the advantage of one against three!"

After that, No. 1 and No. 3 started the "Transformation" in tacit understanding. After 0.5 seconds, the two machines switched from MA mode to MS mode.

A high-power beam rifle, with an axe-shaped ion beam constrained by a force field at the front end.

An also took advantage of this opportunity and switched to MS mode.

But in a hand-to-hand combat, he was fighting one against two, and there was also an MA-formed Yashima harassing and attacking him.

Team leader No. 1 was confident that he could take down the battered Yashima in less than 20 seconds.

This is not because he is arrogant, but it is what should be done according to common sense.

Even an ace pilot, if his machine has no performance advantage, can only defend against two MSs at the same time, and his chances of winning are not very high.

Therefore, the moment the enemy switched into MS form, he was sure of victory!

The reason why he did not send an Asima to support Garuda was that he concluded that the enemy's goal was not to shoot down Garuda, otherwise they would not be able to wait for their support.

When An dodged the shooting, No. 1 and No. 3 worked in unison, attacking An from the left and right.

As old partners, their attacks are not limited to this.

Their attack route cleverly obscured the enemy aircraft's optical instruments, and at the same time, No. 2's MS also switched to MS mode.

Even if their attacks are dodged or blocked, No. 3, who finally attacks by passing over their machines, can still kill the enemy!

"Took it!"

The two machines in the front, one on the left and one on the right, swung their "Beam Tomahawks" at the antique machine with not a single piece of paint left intact.

Seeing that the enemy planes didn't even dodge, the captain felt a little disappointed. They had set up a perfect formation, but now it seemed a bit of a waste of talent.

Suddenly, the enemy moved, but instead of dodging, he moved the two mechanical arms holding the beam battle axe from the original right hand in front and the left hand behind to the left hand in front and the right hand behind.

Theoretically, for MS, there is no difference between these two weapon holding postures.

Because the driver does not really use his two hands to control the two mechanical arms of the MS,

But this is only in theory. Almost most drivers are accustomed to using the right robotic arm as the main robotic arm.

Because when they learn to drive MS, the default program of MS is like this, and since most people are used to using their right hand as their dominant hand, this design is more in line with most people's intuition.

The two machines in the front used their right robotic arms as the main manipulators.

In this posture, it is natural to chop from the right to the left.

This is of course not a problem in a 1 on 1 battle, or it is not a big problem.

However, in a 2-on-1 situation, and the opponent uses the right robotic arm as the dominant hand and slashes from right to left,

The trajectory of the two swords changed from the original X shape that was very likely to collide, to a ∥ shape when viewed from above.

This was nothing, as the speed of the two swordsmen was still about the same.

But what if the opponent reacts quickly enough and can maneuver to the left side of the two of them within a short distance?

The answer is that the two enemies that An needed to fight at the same time became one!

This is to block the enemy with the enemy. If another MS wants to attack An, it will swing its battle axe and attack its teammate on the left.

When it comes to one-on-one close-range knife fights, An has never been afraid of anyone!

Yashima, who looked like he was about to be scrapped, was one step faster. At the moment when the two machines crossed each other, with one axe, the newly appeared Yashima turned into a "convertible".

"team leader!"

Number Three saw it clearly and was furious.

Adjust the direction of the machine and attack An.

"Go to hell!"

He confirmed that the enemy had not discovered his whereabouts, or even if they had, it was too late.

The beam axe slashed towards the 'antique' Yashima, as if to split it in half from head to toe!

An didn't have any fancy moves. She seemed to have sensed No. 3's attack long ago. As her machine accelerated forward,

In a posture that was absolutely ineffective in cold weapon combat, he raised his arms and stabbed with the thermal axe.

"not good!"

The structure of MS determines that they are faster in moving forward than in moving backward, and easier in climbing than in descending.

Even if a normal pilot noticed it at this moment, he could only raise his beam weapon to block the slash of No. 3, and because of the gravitational potential energy, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.

But 'An' is definitely not an ordinary person.

The beam axe was not very useful, it was just a makeshift one. As she moved up to close the distance with the enemy as if she was going to commit suicide,

In an instant, it cut open, or rather melted, the enemy Yashima's abdomen to the crotch. The mechanical structure and circuits under the armor were dissolved and evaporated, turning into a white-hot liquid that looked like blood.

An controlled the aircraft to continue rising. The next moment, the body of the third aircraft exploded and the shock wave swept over. The aircraft felt as if it was pushed hard from behind and rose rapidly in the violent airflow.

"Didn't you dodge?"

As soon as the airflow subsided a little, An manipulated Yashima, whose joints were creaking in protest, to turn around and investigate the situation.

When the flames faded and the violent air returned to calm, two falling shadows appeared on the screen.

It is impossible for the nuclear fusion reactor No. 3 to have such a large amount of debris.

Time was urgent, and An didn't care whether No. 2 was alive or not. He controlled Yashima to transform into the ma form again and flew towards Garuda, which had already taken off.

A few minutes later, the two Yashimas joined together and once again used the "truth" to "convince" the people on Garuda.

The agent who was observing the situation on the shore saw that Garuda was heading in the predetermined direction and immediately fired three red flares into the sky.

The long-awaited communication personnel immediately used optical cables to contact the transmitter station thousands of miles away.

The transmitter successfully captured Garuda's information, encrypted it, and sent it into space.

Jeanne, exhausted both physically and mentally, stood up excitedly upon hearing the news and told Maya.

There is no doubt that the landing location of Wu Ci will change from the crisis-ridden Singapore Port to the rendezvous with the Garuda class.

At this time, Maya didn't know that the one who took the Garuda level was the pink-haired girl, and she didn't know that they would meet again soon.

…………

"Antheus is dead..."

Over the Black Sea, dawn gradually breaks through the junction of sea and sky.

The morning sun shone on the two Yashimas, and the whole world seemed to become warm all of a sudden.

An looked ahead at the giant steel bird, shining brightly in the morning mist and casting a large shadow, and whispered comfortingly, "At least his death was not in vain."

Along the way, An has lost count of how many people he has comforted with this sentence.

Life is such a fragile thing...

Chapter 72: New Love and Old Love

"Odessa?"

The atmosphere in the meeting room was somewhat dull.

Captain Makarov broke the silence.

"This place is really full of disasters..."

"Don't worry, Captain Makarov, we will try our best to limit the battlefield to the sea."

Jeanna paused after speaking, and seeing that no one had any other opinions, she finally made the decision, "Our fleet will continue the feint attack to cover the landing troops. After they reunite with Garuda, we will find an opportunity to attack Caius' headquarters.

We, on the other hand, are hidden in orbit on the dark side of the Earth, ready to support them at any time."

"Everyone, the situation in Garuda is urgent, we have to speed up!"

Everyone else returned to their posts, leaving Maya alone.

"This is the situation. We need to send two or three teams to Odessa. Captain Maya, who do you think would be suitable to go with you?"

"Nina and Subaru, form a team with me,"

No longer needing to confront the fleet in Earth orbit head-on, Momoka and Subaru, who were in charge of using the giant Mega Particle Cannon, had to stay behind to defend the Thornless battleship.