Chapter 7 Pursuit of Victory
"Let's talk about the performance of the Mobile Squad first. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhu Nan showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Your performance is very good, I hope you can continue to work hard in the future." You are all elites in the details of Mobile Suit combat, and you know more than I do, so I won't point fingers. ”
At this time, he motioned for Catherine to continue. I saw the clerk holding the electronic record book in his hand and began to report a string of data.
"Warrant Officer Fengyu, shot down nine Iron Balls, one MS-A, one MS-D, and participated in the sinking of one Cape-class destroyer, with a total of 14 downs."
"Warrant Officer Abdul, the main attack is to sink a Cape-of-Good Hope-class destroyer, and the number of downs is 5."
"Simon Planetary Warrant Officer, shot down three Iron Balls, one MS-A, participated in the sinking of a Cape-class destroyer, and the number of downs totaled 6."
"Warrant Officer Kubanoy, shot down seven Iron Balls, one MS-C, and participated in the sinking of a Cape-class destroyer, with a total of 10 downs."
"Warrant Officer Shirley, shoot down an iron ball, an MS-B, and participate in the sinking of a Cape-of-Good Hope-class destroyer, with a total of 5 downed."
It was the first time Feng Yu participated in actual combat as a pilot, the first time he had a humanoid mobile suit down, the first time he participated in the attack on a battleship, and he didn't quite understand his number of crashes as high as 14. After Catherine's explanation, it became clear that there is a set of standards for the number of downs in the military merit system of the New Asian Republic Army.
Based on the iron ball, the humanoid mobile suit has two downs, the transport ship has five, the destroyer has ten, and the capital ship has twenty. In this way, the Capesize class, which is worth ten crashes, can be split and calculated based on the different contributions of each person in the mobile team. Abdul, as the main attacker, took half of it alone, while Shirley got two crashes because she was a secondary attacker, and the other three each got one crash.
Since becoming a pilot, it has not been as difficult to obtain crash numbers as iron balls, but such results are rare. On the one hand, the opponent was too weak, and on the other hand, Colonel Zhu Nan's decisive attack caught the opponent by surprise and directly sent the mobile team into the Cape-level R-particle shield. Such a good thing can never be repeated.
On the spot, the ship's logistics officer added a second small silver star to the seniority badge on Fengyu and Kubanoy's chest, and on the side of the maintenance cabin, the maintenance soldier would also paint a second star on their cars.
For pilots, the number of downed stars on their chests and their bodies is a symbol of their glory and strength. It's okay to be in the same squad, once you return to the fleet to fight, hundreds of pilots stand together, and whoever has more stars on his chest will have face, appeal, and right to speak, even more effective than military rank.
Aside, the first task for the MGAS-01 is to find the other ships in the poacher fleet and continue to strike them. But a serious question also arises.
"From this operation, we can find that the Capeon of Good Hope, which originally did not have the ability to carry it, actually launched a standard mobile team. In order to paralyze our intelligence services, the UAC would rather spend a lot of money on the transformation of old warships that do not have the ability to carry them than use new ones. So we can judge that the same is true of the other two destroyers of the poacher fleet. Add to that the five transports each with two Iron Ball squads, and we'll face 10 humanoid mobile suits and 50 Iron Balls. ”
After listening to Colonel Zhu Nan's analysis, everyone put away their previous happy expressions, and their faces became solemn.
At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Junichi Nakajima, the first deputy who was about to take over the command, also spoke, "We won this battle by some luck, and there will be no such luck in the future." I'd suggest asking the Rear Admiral for help, at least two more Night-Star ships, and we'll be able to secure our victory. ”
Zhu Nan glanced at him with disdain, "When we return to the Tianjing Star Domain and bring reinforcements back, how long has it been since this time?" The poacher fleet is already ready, and if they change course, we will have to find a needle in a haystack. ”
"What do you mean by hard work, Captain?" Nakajima pretended not to see the expression on the other party's face, but instead turned his head to look at Feng Yu's side, "Do you really think that they are ace pilots, and one can easily fight a group?" If the ace pilot really drives an ordinary model, I'm afraid he won't be able to do this. If you feel that returning to Tenkyo is too much of a waste of time, you can also consider contacting the local fleet for assistance. ”
"Contact the local fleet?" Zhu Nan's eyes changed immediately, and the hatred in his eyes didn't know if it was aimed at the local army or the first mate in front of him, "Lieutenant colonel, you don't know the contradiction between the local army and the space force, right?" If our newly formed mobile army bows to those local armies in the first battle, what face will there be in the future? ”
Junichi Nakajima shrugged noncommittally, in his position, he didn't dare to argue anything on this issue. In fact, he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and the reason why the mobile army arranged the first battle after becoming an army was in the K star field, and only sent the MGAS-01 ship, was not without the meaning of demonstrating to the local army.
The ship is the 01 ship, and the squad is the 01 squad, which are all elites in the eyes of Rear Admiral Pank. For the newly formed mobile army, it is impossible for them to have an ace pilot. Every ace pilot is a strategic-level force, and if he pilots a customized model and is equipped with a ship slasher, he can completely sink a battleship independently. Such talents are the treasures cultivated by every army, and they will not let go easily. Even if the mobile army wants to be used, it can only be temporarily seconded from other armies and does not have jurisdiction.
Major General Pan Ke can only dig and train his own ace pilots in his new army, and the MGA01 team is one of the key training targets. The pilots who can stand out from the cannon fodder iron ball are often more powerful than the kind of academic ones who have become pilots. More than eighty percent of ace pilots in various countries are iron ball pilots.
As battleship commanders, Zhu Nan and Junichi Nakajima both knew Pan Ke's intentions, which was to cultivate an elite battleship and train several ace pilots. The difference lies in the different personalities of the two men, the first mate Nakajima is more conservative and hopes to take it step by step and not put the future of the mobile army in danger because of recklessness. And the iron-blooded Zhu Nan believes that the more elite they are, the more they should face difficulties, and if they don't experience the baptism of blood and fire, how can they get ace pilots and ace battleships.
Feng Yu and the others naturally couldn't interject about the sparks between the high-level, after all, they were only low-level officers with the rank of warrant officer, and it was already an honor to be able to attend the meeting, if they didn't know the depth of their words, they could only bring humiliation on themselves.
It's just that he didn't expect Junichi Nakajima to throw the question at him, "As the captain of the MGA01 squad, Warrant Officer Fengyu, you should also have your own judgment, why don't you talk about it." ”
Shirley frowned when she heard this, and looked at him with some concern. The vice-captain Abdul waited with interest for the captain's answer, to see if Fengyu was commensurate with the captain's position in other aspects except for his combat effectiveness. As for the honest Planet Simon and the escaped Kubanoi, they didn't care about the situation at all.
At this time, Feng Yu was just a big boy who had just turned seventeen years old, although he had experienced life and death, he didn't understand people's hearts, so he didn't think much about it, and directly said what was in his heart, "I think the captain's ability to grasp the battle situation is very strong, if we encounter a poacher fleet of the same size again, it shouldn't be a problem to take it." If you encounter double the number of enemy troops, you should not be able to win. ”
Abdul couldn't help but pout after hearing this, thinking to himself, "You are a pilot, what are you doing with the captain's heart?" The standard answer to this question is that the mobile team will obey the Task Force no matter what decision the commander makes. ”
However, Fengyu's answer was fair and impartial, which made Shirley breathe a sigh of relief.
Junichi Nakajima turned his head to look at Colonel Zhu Nan noncommittally, and handed Fengyu's words to the other party to respond.
Zhu Nan naturally thought about these problems of Fengyu, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in this position now, "The reason why we are called a mobile army is to implement the policy of mobile warfare, and if we can fight, we will fight, and if we can't fight, we will dodge." No matter how rich and capable the UAC is, it can't transform planetary-class and fire-class destroyers as fast as we do. First of all, we are already invincible. Anyway, this battle is still fought first! ”
"Since it's your decision, Captain, we'll just carry it out." Junichi Nakajima obviously knew that he had no right to veto the captain's decision, but he could reserve his opinion and express his attitude by acting passively according to orders, and if the next battle was unfavorable, he would not be responsible for the defeat as an opponent.
Hearing him say this, the clerk Catherine's face was a little unhappy, but there was nothing she could do, the battlefield recorder had already recorded all this. The previous proposal of the first mate to ask for help from the local fleet was of course very unreliable, but in principle, it was the most correct choice, once it was brought to the military council for hearing, the contradiction between the space force and the local army could not be talked about, and Junichi Nakajima put himself in an invincible position very beautifully.
It's not that Colonel Zhu Nan can't see Junichi Nakajima's tricks, it's just that his personality is unwilling to twist and turn with the other party. What he pursues is victory, any defeat is unacceptable, if he really loses, it will hit him harder than anything else, and he doesn't care about being defeated afterwards.
If it weren't for the unreliability of the local fleet, asking the other side to send reinforcements would definitely be the most correct choice. But at the moment, the MGAS-01 ship can only fight alone. But as Junan said, the risks they face are not that great. First of all, this is the K star field, which is the rear of the New Asian Republic, and there is a local garrison fleet, and even if the poacher fleet has an absolute advantage, it is impossible to rashly pursue it. Secondly, the speed advantage of the night star is incomparable, unless the other party is a UAC federal comet-class destroyer, the decision to go, it is really not something that ordinary warships can drag.
What is really likely to face danger is the mobile squad that is off the ship to fight.