Machine Lion Roar

The aroma of coffee wafted in the bridge, causing everyone on the bridge to swallow.

"Captain! It's not time for coffee!"

Because the aroma of coffee was too attractive, the young adjutant could not help protesting.

"Oh? Martin. I don't understand! This is to celebrate our successful maiden voyage, isn't it?"

There was a hearty smile on the corner of his mouth, and the tempting aroma of coffee in his hand. He was called the "tiger of the desert", but the man who had been missing for a long time meant something.

"It's not like celebrating the success of the first voyage! Besides, the Eternity has not set sail yet!"

There was a cold sweat on Martin's forehead.

The name of the Desert Tiger is extremely resounding whether it is the unity of the earth or among Zaft.

In order to complete the infiltration this time, and the plan to seize the Eternal, it took a lot of effort for everyone to successfully capture the Eternal.

Now, the plan is only one step away from success.

That is to drive the Eternity away from PLANT’s Zaft base, head to the colonial satellite Mendel, and join Lei Mingkai, Lacus and others.

"Why is it not like this? No matter how rich the wine is, I am not interested. So, I have to celebrate the maiden voyage in my own way. Isn't this OK?"

After the Desert Tiger raised his cup, he looked sideways at the woman sitting on the lower side.

"Aisha. Don't you think so too?"

The woman who was called by the desert tiger turned her head and replied somewhat helplessly:

"Andy. If you do this, once the Eternal is activated, the coffee in the cup will fly everywhere."

Hearing this, the Desert Tiger was taken aback, then burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha! That's true! That's true! The place where Eternity will go next is not a good place to enjoy coffee at will!"

Said so, but the Desert Tiger raised the cup again, toward the large closed gate ahead.

"For our princess! Cheers!"

The bitter, slightly hot black coffee slid into his throat. The Desert Tiger threw the cup and then picked up the microphone on the handle of the chair.

"This is the bridge! This is Captain Andy Baltfield! Now, the ship will be ready for the last! Repeat! The ship will be ready for the final!"

This is an order, and at the same time a secret sign!

The soldiers who followed the Desert Tiger and others infiltrated and seized the key departments of the Eternity raised their guns and drove out all the Zaft soldiers who were not their faction.

Naturally, the internal changes of the Eternal could not be hidden from the control center.

"Eternity! Eternity! What happened to you? Here we saw a lot of soldiers suddenly evacuating Eternity! Eternity! Please reply when you receive it!"

The call from the control center made the Desert Tiger shrug his shoulders, and then nodded towards Aisha.

Aisha understood the communication of the control center.

"This is the Eternal! Now, this ship will make its maiden voyage! Repeat! This ship will make its maiden voyage!"

After a pause, the corners of Aisha's mouth were slightly raised.

"If you can, can I trouble you to open the gates for Eternity? After all, I don't want this port to be temporarily shut down!"

Aisha's words stunned the control center, but the well-trained staff changed the password to open the gate on the spot.

"Captain! The gate code has been changed!"

Martin shouted loudly.

Baltfield sighed slightly, then gave Asia a reproachful look.

Then in the latter's angered eyes of "It's not my fault", he raised his hand and ordered:

"Eternal, activate the main gun! Target, the front gate! Unfortunately, we didn't want to do this, but if we spend it so meaninglessly, we will miss the agreement with the princess and the knight who guards the princess. of!"

At the moment when the instructions were given, the hum of the Eternal's main gun, the beam cannon, in the mechanical use, pointed to the gate that intercepted the Eternal to the vast space.

"Eternal! Please stop all attacks immediately! Please stop all attacks immediately! Otherwise, we will execute all ship personnel on the basis of treason!"

As soon as he saw the beam cannon on the Eternal, the control center suddenly became nervous, and could not help using the most threatening words to try to stop Eternal's behavior.

"Is it the crime of treason? It seems to be very serious! What should I do?"

Baltfield showed a look of embarrassment first, then clapped his palms suddenly.

"Right! The man called the Desert Tiger is already in Zaft's list as "MIA". Then, the current Andy Baltfield is not Zaft, or even PLANT. People! If you count this way, you can’t be convicted of treason!”

"Tsk tut! Martin, are you right?"

Baltfield's set of misconceptions made Lieutenant Martin dumbfounded, but he didn't know how to answer his captain's words.

"Hey. Aisha. It seems that our adjutant Martin still doesn't know how to activate the atmosphere!"

Seeing the adjutant's dumbfounding appearance, Baltfield sighed and said with a serious face:

"Eternal! Main gun! Shoot!"

"Om!"

In the next second, in the desperate eyes of the control center staff, Eternity’s main artillery shot blasted and exploded the gate blocking Eternity in one shot with a close-range bombardment gesture.

The violent explosion not only destroyed the gate, but also plunged the control center into chaos, and only had time to issue a warning to the Wesalis patrolling outside the PLANT.

From the explosion set off inside the port, the Eternal, which tore through the dense smoke, rushed into space without any hindrance, and at the same time showed its own existence without reservation.

Alarms from the control center,

The thick smoke rising from the harbor,

And the strange warship with pink paint,

On the spot, the attention of the Vesalis was attracted.

However, when the Wesalis reacted to the Eternity assault, the Eternity had already escaped the Wesalis' pursuit range with its own high speed performance.

"Captain K. Cruze, are we going to chase?"

The CIC of the Vesalis was stunned and asked subconsciously.

They naturally received the warning from the control center.

But from the current situation, the Vesalis cannot catch up with the Eternal.

"No. The speed of that ship is unmatched by the Vesalis. Even if it is chasing at full power now, it is just a futile look at the shadow of the other party disappearing before her eyes. Leave it to Yakin Du Take care of it!"

Kluzer, who was recalled to the mainland for a while, felt that it was great to be able to stay in PLANT at this moment.

I thought I missed the Freedom Gundam, but in reality, I saw the Eternal escape from PLANT!

If he didn't guess wrong, Eternal's next move should converge with Freedom Gundam.

By then, Patrick Sara should be unable to sit still.

Then, it also represents Cruzer's opportunity.

Without mentioning what kind of plan Kluzer had on his side, the fact that the Eternal escaped from PLANT at full speed was enough to surprise Zaft.

Especially the Zaft army on the Yakin Duwei line of defense, they never expected that they would face enemies from their homeland.

Judging from the emergency order issued by the PLANT Ministry of Defense Committee, the Eternal has been on Zaft's kill list.

Did not persuade to surrender,

You don’t have to persuade you to surrender,

As long as any Zaft army on the Yakin Duvy line discovers the Eternal, they can launch an attack for no reason until the Eternal is sunk.

"Andy! There is movement in Yakin Duwei's defense line! One Xigu, 19 Jinen, and a total of 20 mobile suits participated in the interception of Eternal. In addition, from the heat pattern and speed, the opponent seems to be carrying heavy equipment."

Aisha stared at the screen in front of her, and told Baltfield to know the data detected by the radar and her own guess.

"Well! This is inevitable. If it were me, I am afraid I would not be able to watch the Eternal swagger through the Yakin Duvy line of defense! So, this will be the last obstacle to rendezvous with our Princess! , A first-level combat state! Air combat! Start!"

Clearly aware of the situation facing the Eternal,

Also know the actions that must be taken at this moment,

Baltfield gave an attack order without hesitation.

As a result, the beam cannon that exploded at the port gate was raised again.

This time, its goal is to carry MS troops with heavy equipment enough to destroy the Eternal.

"There is no need to lock the target, as long as the approximate range is enough! The main gun of the Eternal is not a small water gun!"

"Main gun! Launch!"

The dazzling light erupted from the bow of the Eternity.

In the blink of an eye, the light that split the darkness pierced through the MS troops that had outflanked the Eternal in a half-moon queue.

In the next second, four bright sparks lit up in the darkness.

one strike,

Eternity’s second blow ended with the fall of four Jin En.

"This shelling...all the members! Disperse!"

The blockbuster Eternity shocked the pilot of the Xigu.

"Captain! Eternal left and right are surrounded by Jin En!"

"Don't panic! The attack begins! Air-to-air missiles, launch! Don't miss any MS attacks! We can't make any difference in the dowry of Her Royal Highness!"

"Eh?!"

The adjutant was stunned again!

"Martin! Focus! Now is not the time to get distracted!"

While sighing, Asia also reminded Martin not to get distracted.

Anti-aircraft missiles continuously vacated from the launch slot to intercept all the heavy missiles launched by Jin En.

But even if the Eternal’s air-to-air missile interception efficiency is so powerful, what it faces is from Yakin Duwei, an elite from the front line fortresses against the United Earth Forces.

How to encircle and suppress warships is already commonplace for these elites.

Even if what they are trying to kill at this moment is the new battleship Eternal from Zaft's latest development.

Under the command of Balterfield, the Eternal not only launched anti-aircraft missiles at full force, but also activated the automatic Vulcan cannon for medium and short-range defenses, supplementing Eternal's air defense interception net as much as possible.

However, as mentioned earlier, the elite pilots of Yakin Duvy are very proficient in how to hunt down a warship with excellent air defense performance.

I saw two attacking teams composed of six Jinen and eight Jinen attacking the Eternal in a wave-like attack.

The first wave of attacks dominated by six Jinn aircrafts did not care that their own attacks could cause damage to the Eternal, so they poured all the heavy equipment they carried toward the Eternal in one go.

The purpose of this is to consume Eternity’s short-term firepower reserves, thereby causing Eternity’s firepower density to drop, so that it can attack with the second wave of Jinn.

Such a coordinated attack is effective.

That coordinated wave attack made Eternity overwhelmed, and the dense air defense firepower net revealed a fatal flaw.

A flaw that allows King's heavy missile to directly hit the Eternal propulsion engine.

"Captain! The Eternal has no time to evade the attack!!"

"Everyone! Fully resist the impact!!"

Faced with the threat of rushing straight to the Eternity’s propulsion engine, neither Eternity nor Baltfield had any other way but to choose the most inferior and passive choice.

but,

There is always a way out!

At the moment when those few missiles were about to hit the Eternal, the colorful light appeared out of thin air, shooting down all the missiles on the Eternal like an interception net.

Then, a stream of color lit up in the endless darkness.

An afterimage blooming with brilliant wings of light.

In just a short time, the afterimage appeared between Eternal and Jin En's troops.

"Huh!"

There seemed to be a sound of thunder in the sky, attracting Balterfield's mind, and sending the Jin En troops chasing around the Eternal into the abyss of endless darkness.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Behind the Eternal that successfully escaped from the siege, a dazzling flower bloomed to see him off.

"Uh...we got rid of the enemy?"

Martin, who recovered from the brilliant sparks, was a little confused.

"Yes! The Eternity has run out of Yakin Duwei's line of defense."

Baltfield breathed a sigh of relief, and then glanced at Aisha.

"It seems that we were saved by the knight again."

"knight?!"

Martin was taken aback, then quickly tapped a few times on the keyboard, then looked at the information displayed on the screen.

"Freedom Gundam?! How come, isn't Freedom Gundam that amazing speed? It turns into streamer!"

"Martin! Nothing is absolute! It seems that we have missed some wonderful things."

Butterfield showed a slight smile, looked at the face that appeared on the screen, and said hello.

"Yo! Long time no see! The knight who guards the princess!"

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