The shining Shoko Toyokawa

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At an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, Major Isabella was also making preparations for the battle.

"Listen carefully, Lieutenant Legrand, Lieutenant Aoki, our primary target is still Garuda. Even if we cannot recapture Garuda, we can force Wuci to abandon the attack."

Major Isabella felt a little uneasy, but she was not worried that Hina would disobey her orders.

But I can't say for sure about Letter Legrand.

In the battle with Wu Ci a few days ago, this young driver lost his sister.

Logically speaking, such a person is not suitable to participate in this battle.

Although fighting spirit is important, if a person is dominated by hatred, then based on Major Isabella's experience, he (she) will most likely be approached by death soon.

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"retreat!"

When Maya was about to engage in a firefight with Caius's Gozaku, she confirmed that there was an unknown heat source in the sky and there was no sign of it descending, so she immediately decided to retreat and reunite with Garuda.

They were not very far from Garuda, so it was still not too late for them to rush back.

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"hateful!"

After receiving the report from the Gaozagu troops below, Major Isabella was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

According to her plan, the two Gaozaku teams below should have engaged in a firefight with the enemy on the Thornless rear wing a few minutes ago.

In that case, who would pay attention to a few weak infrared signals during a battle?

Even if they noticed it, after the battle, when the troops were at a disadvantage,

It's not that easy to retreat.

Major Isabella didn't intend to kill them. As long as her team was close enough to Garuda,

The troops with no rear wing can't just sit there and watch.

But just because these guys below were a little slow, the plan to raid Garuda is now half-ruined!

"Hold them back! Cooperate with Gozaku and kill them all!"

Once this elite team below joins up with Garuda, it will be difficult to force Wuci to give up the attack or to capture Garuda.

Major Isabella immediately chose to retreat and settle for the second best option. She didn't know if she could capture Garuda by killing this team here, but she could definitely force the Thornless Vanguard to give up the attack.

After the last fight, she had an accurate understanding of the opponent's strength.

Frankly speaking, in terms of MS driving skills, the other party is indeed better than them.

However, the victory or failure of SM battles depends not only on the pilot's skills, but also on the performance of the machine.

In the atmosphere, Asima's 'air combat' capability is much stronger than their MS.

Combined with the two high-Zagu teams below, they definitely have an absolute advantage.

Moreover, through the communication, Major Isabella also knew that the golden Hyaku-Shiki and Gundam were there.

The former is the vehicle of the Thornless leader Xia Isabella, and the latter is their trump card. If this team can be killed, the Thornless will have no soldiers left.

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"What should we do, Captain Maya?!"

Ash's voice was a little panicked, "Team Yashima is coming for us!"

Since there are two machines on a single flight platform, the flying speed of the High Zaku is slower than that of Maya and the others.

But the central lifting body aircraft like the Yashima, at a higher altitude, completely outclassed the second generation MS such as the Hyakushiki and Gundam.

They directly gave up their height and swooped down to attack the Maya team. They could definitely stop the Maya team and form a pincer attack on them together with the two Gaozaku teams.

Notifying the last team left on Garuda to come for support was also not feasible.

Let's not talk about whether there will be a surprise attack on Garuda by Caius's MS troops after they leave.

Even if they came, without Garuda's firepower to contain the enemy, they would still be at a disadvantage...

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Everyone will think and no one will rush forward foolishly.

Maya, who wanted to find out the enemy's battle deployment in time, made a mistake, that is, she underestimated the speed and decisiveness of the enemy's reaction.

Maya gritted her teeth, contacted Garuda and the team protecting it, and issued a crazy order -

"Garuda turns around and rendezvouses with us!"

It is said that people often make a mistake in order to make up for the previous mistake.

Maya didn't know if she had also fallen into such a vicious circle.

But now, in order not to affect the offensive on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait defense line ahead, there is no spare MS for her to deploy.

If they were shot down, the battle ahead would almost certainly be lost in order to defend Garuda.

Now Maya can only gamble,

Bet, the intelligence said; it was true that Caius had no intention of shooting down Garuda.

Garuda is an important part of Caius's Earth Sphere Strategy. With it, he can be dispatched to any location in the world at any time to strike at the "extreme remnants of the old era".

This will reduce the standing forces in areas where the situation is not so tense, saving a lot of military expenses.

If the first Garuda is lost, it will definitely be a huge blow to Caius's strategy.

No one in Caius's local armed forces, especially the bigwigs, wanted to be the first to stand out.

You ordered the downing of Garuda. Are you too bold and don't want your own troops to be reduced?

Although everyone knows this, it is still crazy to call your own 'retreat' to the 'front line'.

It would be fine if we won, but if we lost, the troops on the front line wouldn't even have time to return to support, and their "home" would be gone.

If Wu Ci's previous victory had not been so dazzling, the technical officers on the bridge would probably have simply pretended not to have received such an order.

But even though Garuda had already begun to turn around, in a short period of time, it was still unable to change the situation where the Mayan team was outnumbered.

What's even worse is that this time, the enemy's MS combat performance is even better than theirs.

Xiaozhi is almost numb,

There is a saying that paratroopers are born to be surrounded.

She felt that Wu Ci was the same, always having to fight against enemies that were several times larger than his own.

"Don't die, me!"

After making up her mind, she tried her best to control her breathing rhythm to avoid causing physical discomfort due to excessive breathing.

There's no point in yelling.

No matter how loud you shout, you can't avoid the unavoidable beam, and it's even more impossible to hit an enemy you're not aiming at.

"Continue flying at full speed, get close to Garuda, and try to delay direct combat."

Although the Gao Zaku's nuclear fusion engine's output was too shameful, it dragged down the weapon system.

But the firepower of 6 High Zakus cannot be underestimated.

When beams and shells pass by the machine not far away, anyone would feel nervous.

Even more terrible were the three Yashimas that were about to enter the attack range.

Ordinary MS in the atmosphere are not only less flexible than it, but also have a much larger area to be hit than a machine like the Yasima.

The larger the area affected by the bullet, the greater the probability of being hit.

What's even worse is that ordinary aircraft need to use flight pedals to move in the air.

The flight pedals are not as flexible as the MS, and the area they are vulnerable to bullets is even larger than the MS.

Once the flight pedals are destroyed, the MS will quickly lose its ability to move in the air in a heavy gravity environment, relying solely on the propellant in the body.

"Don't be attached to the flight pedals. If you feel like it's no longer working, give it up."

Before entering the distance to confront Yashima, all Maya could do was give this order.

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'Fool…'

Hina placed the Gundam in the crosshairs, waiting to enter the optimal attack distance.

Of the three mobile suits in Maya's squad, the Gundam is definitely the biggest threat to Asima.

It's not that its performance is far better than that of the Shibuya or the Maserati, but that its driver is too sharp.

and so…

Of course, you have to aim and shoot at it,

Even if Hina knew that the person sitting inside was her former friend...

"No... that's not right. If we kill that woman who bewitched Renai, the nightmare will be over!"

At the last moment, Hina switched her target to Hyakushiki.

Major Isabella and Letter Legrand both aimed at the Gundam.

The former is because Gundam poses the greatest threat, while the latter is because of hatred.

"Die! Gundam!"

The three-man team, upon entering the 'ideal firing range', pulled the trigger almost simultaneously.

The same thing happened to the Maya team below.

At this distance, shotgun rockets are not very effective. Not only are they slow in flight, but even if they hit, it is difficult to cause fatal damage to Yashima. Therefore, the three of them used "beam" weapons.

But Yashima had no choice. The only long-range weapon he could use was the beam cannon, and he could only rely on his fists in close combat.

"hateful!"

Before she pulled the trigger, Jina realized that two of the three men were aiming at her.

One of them was so murderous and full of hatred that she could only give up her accurate shooting and control the Gundam to avoid it.

But she still has a chance!

In the MA form, Yashima only has one attack window.

They couldn't just stupidly rush towards him, otherwise they would be targets over such a long distance, so like the last battle, they had to pull up and convert the diving speed into height again.

And Rencai's chance came at that moment!

Chapter 112: You Die... Or I Die

"Is that where it is?"

As soon as Asima was pulled up, Renai manipulated the machine to twist its waist and coordinate with the mechanical arm to aim at their flight path.

Using the data from the previous battle, the 'technical officers' and Xiao Zhirencai had optimized the program based on Yashima's characteristics, which played a very crucial role at this moment.

Jina unleashed the only two beams left in her beam rifle.

The first shot missed, but the second shot hit. A Yashima's tail thruster lost some of its thrust instantly, and it was visibly left behind by the other two aircraft.

"not good!"

Just as Hina narrowly avoided the beam, she discovered that Letter Legrand's machine had been hit.

"That idiot did it again..."

"Hina, turn around and cover him!"

Just when she was at a loss, Major Isabella made a decision in an instant.

"One minute, less than a minute, Gao Zagu will be here. We can't give them a chance to breathe. Even if it has to be hand-to-hand combat, we will kill them this time!"

"I understand, Major!"

Hina responded, and the two Yashimas, one on the left and one on the right, began to turn simultaneously.

With the support of the vector nozzle and the central lifting body structure, the two aircraft completed a 180-degree turn in less than five seconds.

At such a speed, turning around so quickly is unimaginable for the manned aircraft of the old times.