Archangel, hangar.
Li Boyong conveyed the order to the maintenance squad to load live ammunition into the Air King.
"Now?" Sergeant Maddock was a little puzzled. "The debugging of the Air King has not been completed yet. It still needs to be debugged with the assault equipment."
Li Boyong: "Put that aside for now. Now the priority is to ensure that the machine body can attack. Otherwise, even if it can be replaced with assault equipment, it will be meaningless if it attacks. Don't forget that this is on the enemy's territory. This belongs to the major." Order, don’t complain.”
"I understand. Let's start working. Quickly replace the two Skymasters with live ammunition!"
Although he was still a little bit murmuring in his heart, Sergeant Maddock still started to carry out the order wholeheartedly.
While working in the maintenance team, Li Boyong once again hid in the simulation cabin to become as familiar with the operation of the Air King as possible.
Originally, he went to Kira again and wanted him to set up the ground settings for the attack in advance, so as to avoid being bullied by Baku once the attack landed on the desert.
As a result, this guy didn't know whether he was immersed in Fleur's gentle land or something, but he made an excuse of being unwell, saying that he would get it done as soon as he recovered, and then hid in the room.
In this regard, Li Boyong was helpless. The young man had just won the favor of the goddess, and he was probably a little happy and reluctant to miss his childhood.
Not wanting to estrange the relationship with Kira over trivial matters, Li Boyong gave up trying to convince Kira.
It's okay to let him suffer a little when the time comes. Anyway, he has a unique skill that can quickly change the settings of the machine in battle.
It's really painful to say it. Look at the protagonists of other mecha animations. They are all students who have never touched a gun. After getting on a Gundam or the protagonist's mecha, they either read the manual, rewrite the settings themselves, or can On the verge of death, he went berserk. Anyway, he was able to do it right on the spot, and he still used it like a thief.
It's different for a miscellaneous soldier like me. To switch to a new machine body, you need to train in various ways to become familiar with various operations as soon as possible.
The pilot who had made a temporary guest appearance in MA before was able to survive such a battlefield. To be honest, he was lucky.
But he can't guarantee that he will have this kind of luck in the next battle, especially the next battle.
Although the opponent is no longer the Gundam with PS armor, Andrew Barutfield and his men, who has the title of Desert Tiger, are definitely opponents that cannot be underestimated. He must try his best to ensure that the battle situation is favorable to the Archangel and avoid some Unexpected circumstances occur.
Fortunately, the next one to drive was the Air King, and he was able to get back to his own job, and he felt a little more at ease.
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That night, the ZAFT army's probing attack came as scheduled.
First covered by missiles, the Archangel's Vulcan battery fired and shot down the incoming missiles.
Immediately afterwards, the ZAFT Army's armed helicopter group took advantage of the undulating terrain of the desert and began to harass the Archangel with fire.
"Release my attack quickly!"
Kira, who had just been rescued from the gentle village, requested to fight with an unprecedented toughness during the attack.
When Fleur handed her over to him, he swore to protect Fleur.
However, his request for a fight was interrupted by Li Boyong, "Don't worry, the situation outside is unclear. Let me and the Major's Air King go out to check the situation first."
"But..." Kira was interrupted and immediately wanted to refute, but Baji Lulu agreed with Li Boyong.
With her extremely high military literacy, she knew that it was not a good idea to launch an attack easily when the situation was unclear.
"I also agree, dispatch the two Sky Kings first." Captain Ma Liu gave the order and agreed with Li Boyong's point of view.
Soon, the hatch of the Archangel opened, and Li Boyong's Air King took off from the ejection deck, followed closely by Uncle Mu's plane.
"Oh? Do you want to send out fighter planes for reconnaissance first?"
The Desert Tiger, who was hiding in the dunes and observing secretly, said casually, "It seems that the commanders of the Earth Army are not all idiots."
Adjutant Dagusta on the side asked: "The attack has not yet begun, what should we do now?"
The experienced tiger made an instant decision, "There is no other way. The helicopter troops will be withdrawn first, and a Baku will be dispatched to deal with the fighter jets, and then Let Lesser Buss bombard the Archangel to put a little pressure on the Archangel to force a strong attack. Wait for the strong attack." After coming out, the rest of Baku surrounded and attacked them."
Since the attack was not launched immediately, there was no need to insist on ambush for the attack, otherwise the helicopter troops would be completely wiped out by the fighter jets.
"Understood!" Adjutant Dagusta immediately conveyed Tiger's order to his subordinates.
Under Tiger's orders, ZAFT forces began to respond.
The artillery fire from the main ship 20 kilometers behind forced the Archangel to take off to avoid it and prepare for a strong attack.
While the armed helicopter group was retreating, a Baku lurking behind the shadow of the sand dunes began to attack the Air Overlord. Fortunately, Li Boyong was mentally prepared and easily avoided the rail gun's fire.
After escaping the attack, Li Boyong went straight to the area where Baku appeared and marked out all the Baku who were in ambush.
"It's Baku!"
Naturally, the Archangel also received this timely information and did not let the attack after the sortie fall in the center of the Baku ambush circle.
Although the battle situation was not said to be unfavorable to the ZAFT army, the arranged ambush failed to work, which made Tiger a little unhappy. "Tsk, it was discovered. It is useless to continue the ambush. Let the Baku team launch an attack in advance." ."
The four Bakus in ambush had to launch an attack in advance, which caused the gun-mounted assault driven by Kira to fall into a heavy siege before it landed.
The artillery attack relied on the fire support of the Archangel, which prevented the incoming Baku from forming an encirclement.
"Fortunately, Second Lieutenant Li's opinion was adopted."
Captain Ma Liu in the bridge was relieved when he saw this. If he had launched a direct attack just now, the situation of the attack now would probably be very bad.
CIC's Baji Lulu said: "However, the situation is still not optimistic. It is difficult to achieve results in a force attack against Baku. If this continues, sooner or later the energy will be exhausted."
The fact is, as Bakirulu said, Kira has been using Karma Fire Pulse Cannon to attack Baku, but without any results.
Another attack failed, and Kira felt a trace of regret in his heart, "Damn it, if I had known, I would have listened to Second Lieutenant Li and changed the machine settings first."
Just when the situation was getting a little anxious, Li Boyong handed the Baku to Uncle Mu and drove the Air King back to support the attack.
"Quickly find an opportunity to change the settings, and I will force Baku away."
"learn!"
Kira was overjoyed and quickly found an opportunity to jump back and stay away from Baku.
Li Boyong, on the other hand, used firepower from above to block all Baku who wanted to approach and attack.
It has to be said that even if the Air King is not equipped with strike components, its firepower far exceeds that of ordinary fighters.
Four Vulcan cannons, two beam cannons, one large-caliber main gun, plus two missile launch bays, this firepower configuration is enough to pose a threat to Baku.
With the support of Li Boyong, Kira quickly set up the movement program for the assault on the desert terrain.
Tiger, who was secretly observing the battle situation, keenly noticed the changes in the attack at the first time, and a bad premonition came to his heart.
