Crawling out of the cockpit again in exhaustion, this may be Fengyu's last iron ball battle. www.biquge.info It was only then that he realized that his car looked horribly like the far side of the moon full of craters, and that there were hundreds of fragments from other iron balls embedded in it, each of which carried an indescribable heaviness.

Lao Qiu helped him and looked at Fengyu's iron ball with some headaches, "If you are injured like this, the entire shell has to be replaced, this is not an easy job." Luckily, this trip back was long enough that I could take my time. ”

Then he scanned the battlefield recorder, then opened his mouth wide for a moment before he spoke, "Ten hits counted, if I'm not mistaken, you only participated in two battles and four battles, right?" The cumulative combat time is less than 10 hours. Remember to go to the logistics department and report later. ”

Feng Yu, who had reached ten crashes, was immediately awarded the rank of corporal, and a small star representing the number of crashes was added to the seniority badge on his chest, which made the eyes of every iron ball pilot who noticed this hot. But these are not the key, the most important thing is that he has obtained the qualification to receive humanoid mobile suit training and assessment at the Space Force Advanced Training Base.

Back in the sleeping cabin, Luo Yi sat there alone, and it wasn't until he saw Fengyu that he perked up, "Why is it so late?" I thought you wouldn't come back. ”

"I just went to the logistics department, so I was late." Feng Yu looked at the sleeping pod that had become empty again, how could he not understand how tormented Luo Yi, as the captain, was to never come back after seeing his comrades leave.

Hearing that he went to the logistics department, Luo Yi immediately looked at Fengyu's epaulettes and chest, and was also taken aback, "Good boy!" It's hidden, it's been upgraded so quickly. Now it's time for me to call you sir. ”

The two of them chatted bitterly for a while, and then fell asleep exhausted.

The days that followed were a long journey back, and the morale of the entire fleet was low compared to the high spirits of the time when they came. suffered defeats in two war zones in a row, and although Fengyu was not a commander, he was also very aggrieved in his heart. As long as they are qualified soldiers, they all have a sense of honor and a desire for victory. He has a deep sense of powerlessness, as a grassroots mobile suit pilot, Fengyu's role is quite limited, and the number of more and less one crash basically has no effect on the battle situation.

He desperately wanted to gain more power, a force that could decide the outcome of the battle. If there is such a person who can turn the tide by himself, it is only an ace pilot. The first step to becoming an ace pilot is to obtain the driving qualification of a humanoid mobile suit and become a pilot.

On the way back, he no longer went to strengthen the "overlapping shooting", but entered the pilot mode of the simulator and chose the MA, the standard model of the new Asia, for practice. For him, MA is a body that has never been touched before, and although they are both called mobile suits, the humanoid mobile suit and the iron ball can be said to be two completely different worlds. In addition to the weapon system is connected, the structure of the entire body is completely different, and the bionic joint freedom of the humanoid mobile suit is even higher than that of the human arms and legs, so it is not easy to control it well.

Moreover, on the simulator, you can only choose a humanoid mobile suit under the pilot difficulty, and there is no step-by-step from shallow to deep. Controlling a completely unfamiliar body, Feng Yu was basically killed by concentration as soon as he entered the field, and after an hour, he barely learned to move and dodge, and as for the weapon system that relied on the mechanical arm for aiming, he had no spare energy to try.

But he was not discouraged, and continued to practice on the simulator every day, and gradually found out the way of MA.

The legs of the humanoid mobile suit are basically useless in space combat, mainly to adapt to the needs of surface combat, and the arms are used to better use weapon systems, such as melee combat with metal sabers, and rapid aiming with long-range weapons. These two parts can be practiced separately and without thinking about the coordination of the arms for the time being. So what he really needs to do is the dodge maneuver of the mech and the weapon of one of the arms.

In this way, the driving difficulty of the MA is not much different from that of the iron ball. Step by step, learn one-handed combat with ranged weapons first, and then learn melee weapons when you're proficient. With this mentality, he gradually practiced well on the simulator.

Nearly two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the broken fleet has returned to the DT3 Expeditionary Force airport. And Feng Yu's journey is not over, he and several other Iron Ball pilots who have also achieved ten crashes will set off on a high-speed ship to Xingtianjing, the capital of the New Asian Republic, to prepare for the training and assessment of humanoid mobile suits.

At the airport terminal, Luo Yi gave this young man who had only been his subordinate for half a year a blessed hug, "Come on, brother!" When you return to DT3, I hope that our expeditionary force will have an ace pilot to lead us to retake Taiya WH and avenge our brothers who have been sleeping there! ”

Although the captain is not of high level and has not taught him anything, he is a brother in life and death who has been with him day and night for half a year, no matter whether he can become a pilot in the future, according to the convention, Fengyu will not be able to return to Lananwei 15, and the opportunity for the two to see each other again is quite limited, maybe after retiring, maybe ...... There will be no more time to meet!

He hugged the captain sadly, and silently said in his heart, take care!

There were a total of 13 iron ball pilots who accompanied him, all of whom were from the expeditionary force and under the command of Lieutenant General Kim Tae-eun of the Taiya WH Theater. These pilots, who have achieved ten crashes, are treasures for the New Asian Army. Even if you can't become a pilot, you will become the backbone of the Iron Ball Force.

They will go to the Space Force Advanced Training Base to conduct basic training as pilots, and then triage them according to their suitability. Those who are able to become pilots receive the next stage of training to determine which aircraft they are suitable to fly; Those who are not talented are trained in non-commissioned officer leadership and then assigned to the grassroots level as squadron leaders in the Iron Ball Squadron.

To get from DT3 to Tianjing, you need to pass through four star fields, TD4 to TD1, and the whole journey is nearly 25 light-years. High-speed ships are specially used to transmit information in the post-radar era, without any combat effectiveness, and are also called communication ships. In order to maximize speed, the hull is small in size, but it is equipped with three second-generation jump engines, which can alternate charging and leaping flights, with a jump frequency of every 20 minutes and a speed close to 400 times the speed of light.

A high-speed ship is not a troop carrier, and while pursuing high speed, it must give up some other things, and naturally it will not carry a simulator anymore. Fortunately, this trip from DT3 to Tianjing only took three weeks, and although Fengyu regretted that he could not continue to teach himself to drive a humanoid mobile suit, it did not have much impact.

During this time, these 13 excellent iron ball pilots had a lot of exchanges and shared their battlefield experience with everyone, and they all benefited a lot. Among these iron ball drivers, the one who impressed Fengyu the most was a female pilot - Shirley. Shaw, is a half-breed from the Taiya WH war zone.

In the cosmic age, the mode of space warfare in weightlessness, the difference in the physical conditions of men and women has been greatly weakened. In space, no matter what kind of maneuver the mobile suit pilot makes, there is no g-force effect, and there is basically no physical burden, but more emphasis is placed on a person's mental endurance.

Under such a premise, there are many female drivers, and the only restriction on them is that their mental ability to withstand combat is weaker than that of men, so they only account for about 5% of the total number of drivers. But if you look at it the other way around, women who can withstand the pressure of the battlefield, with the delicacy and sensitivity unique to women, have a much higher probability of eventually becoming pilots than men. In the current situation, the ratio of men to women who have achieved 10 hits is 12:1, which means that the female driver has a higher success rate.

Shirley. Shaw is undoubtedly such an excellent female mobile suit pilot, and in stark contrast to her tough spirit is her feminine appearance. She had long, brown hair that hung down to her back and curled at the ends. Seriously, she is not a big beauty, at best, she is middle-to-top, her facial features are relatively average, there are no watery and seductive eyes, and there are no dimples that make people fall into inextricable places, but they are very coordinated after matching, especially the smile will make people's eyes light up, and instantly raise the evaluation.

And her temperament is also soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and people who are not very familiar with her are easy to mistake her for a soft girl. You must know that most female drivers are female men and are like men, so Shirley is particularly feminine and stands out.

Naturally, Shirley suddenly became the core of this driver's circle. There are certainly many good-looking women in the space fleet, but as the pilots of the mobile suit iron ball known as the iron coffin, as cannon fodder and consumables for space warfare, they are inherently alienated from the personnel of other units of the fleet.

Of course, after the battle of Taiya WH and witnessing the heroism of those five frigates, this estrangement has been weakened to a certain extent. But that's not enough, from a woman's point of view, who wants to have a boyfriend with a death rate of up to four or fifty percent, so at least when it comes to dating between men and women, this deep gap still exists.

It's just that Shirley obviously has some experience in this area, and made it clear to the other drivers at the beginning that she has no intention of finding a boyfriend for the time being, saving herself a lot of trouble. But even so, it was human nature that she couldn't stop others from surrounding her, and Shirley was not surprised and used to this treatment.

In short, with the presence of Shirley, this trip will not be too lonely.

In addition to carrying the 13 pilots, the high-speed ship also returned with Taiya WH's battle report. I don't know what kind of shock the huge loss of an entire fleet will bring to the military leadership. If it weren't for the need to stay in DT3 and reorganize the fleet, Vice Admiral Li Rui and Kim Tae-eun would have planned to return to the capital star in person to report on their duties.

Having lost the forward positions of Taiya WH and half of the troops, the fate that awaits them may be dismissal.