[Help!] Distress! This is the USS Alaska, asking for rescue!! 】

[The ship has lost power!] Repeat, the ship has lost power! 】

【——！ Stop him! 】

[Ah——————!! 】

[Alaska confirmed sinking, repeat, Alaska confirmed sinking, confirmed that the main reactor exploded, oh my God, they're finished————]

【Warning! Confirm to tell the approaching object - it's yellow! 】

[It's coming at us, fire, all the guns are fired!] 】

[This is the Carl Gustav, now request help from all friendly forces in the airspace, we are under heavy attack, request fire support!] 】

[The details of the designated target have been uploaded to the support network, repeated, the ship requests all friendly forces within range of the target to provide fire support to the ship!] 】

[Don't let him come near us-]

How many battleships are there? The officers and men of the Union Army were already a little numb.

For the officers and soldiers of the Federation who believe that modern warfare is by no means a stage for individual heroes, if someone had told them before that they could defeat a fleet by one person, they would definitely regard him as an idiot, how could such a monster exist in the world, this is a relatively scientific plane after all.

And now, such a monster appeared alive in front of their eyes.

Of course, the so-called monster in their eyes is none other than Lei Guang.

In the eyes of these Federation officers and soldiers, who had been carried away by anxiety and fear, the thunder light was like an unstoppable giant monster that would kill anyone who saw it, leaving behind fire and wreckage wherever he passed.

In essence, Lear's output is far less exaggerated than imagined, he does continue to tear through the defense of the Federation warships as the spearhead of the troops, but in fact, it is still the troops under his command who are the main force of the attack, but there are not many people who can realize this, the erratic, attacking like a swift wind and thunder yellow body, even in the eyes of some senior officers of the Federal Army, began to become terrifying.

Piercing through the dense defenses of the First Fleet, and forcing the Second Fleet to disband and flee in all directions (in their eyes), because of this successive great victories, Lear's troops have now changed from a temporary, hot-blooded rabble to a morale-locking and willing to obey orders, and for the soldiers, the fear of the Federation Army that existed before the war has completely disappeared, or even entered the other extreme - the extreme contempt for the Union Army's combat power.

If Lear were a woman, then he would be like a woman who held high the banner and led the people to victory.

Although it's actually a man.

Lear's troops in a loose formation were like a dark cloud constantly devouring the Union warships, Lear commanded the troops to constantly squeeze the Federation fleet, and on the other hand, he sank a battleship from time to time, and it was precisely because the troops on this side maintained good command that the later Lear forces attacked more smoothly than the other side.

Lei Guang constantly interspersed and wandered between the retreating Federation warships, the frequency of his attacks was not high, compared to those recruits who would not be able to help but vent all their ammunition to an inconsequential battery, Lear's battle was more similar to some kind of cold gun, compared with the black triple star that was not very well equipped, Lei Guang's overwhelming performance advantage, just like wearing the 90 level major version of the god costume in advance in the 60-level upper limit of the major version, the Federation Army whose formation had been disbanded finally did not have any weapons that could stop Lear, can only withstand his unilateral ravage.

The battle of Lei Guang is mostly incompatible with words such as gorgeous and elegant in Lear's unintentional situation, and if it is to be described, it is probably more appropriate to use it as swift and deadly.

The combination of high-speed movement and targeted attacks on lethal areas is not known to be like when fighting the MS, but at least it is certain that it is a very suitable fighting style for the ship.

While passing a Magellan-class that had been forced to fall by Lear's forces, Lear confirmed that its ship's name, Shinano, was not Rebill's flagship, the Annake.

【Shooting!】 Shoot!! Don't let that monster rush over! 】

I don't know how many people have said these things, but there is no one who can get in the way of Lear at the moment.

“！！”

The tactical nuclear bomb shot by Thunder Light hit the core area of this battleship, and this battleship, which was dealt with by ordinary pilots and required several squads to kill, was blown into countless fragments, many of which in turn hit the outer armor of Thunderlight, wiping out a little white mark on the yellow-black paint paint.

If you count the USS Missouri and the USS Magellan, which were previously defeated in the battle with the Second Fleet, Lear's personal sinking number has reached nine at this moment, and among the MS troops of the Zeon Army who sink one battleship even if they are elite, and two are even aces, they dare not say that they are firmly in the first place, but they are certainly a strong contender for the first place.

But even with this result, Lear's worries have not been alleviated.

He still has not discovered the location of the Annak, the general flagship of the Federal Army, and Reybil's order to transfer the flagship is only circulated within the Union Army, so Lear naturally does not know the current situation of the Annak and Raybil's whereabouts.

Although the reason why Hope did not find out was that the Annark had been evacuated to a safe position, Lear also understood that it was obviously foolish to pin his hopes on this, and he could only command his troops to keep pressing the Federation forces while searching for the location of the Annark.

If only the real battlefield, like a video game, would mark the enemy boss with a highlight.

This sounds like the feeling of a video game waster who can't tell the difference between a game and a reality, like a fool who subconsciously wants to find a save point when faced with a difficult choice.

But that's Lear's true feeling, if he can't know the location of the enemy leader, at least he can know whether he is alive or dead.

Just as he was feeling more and more uneasy, a piece of news came that completely shattered his uneasiness.

The news shattered his uneasiness and plunged him into a moment of despair.

[This is the black triple star!] 】

[We have sunk the Annak, the flagship of the Federation Army!] 】

[This is our victory, long live the Duchy of Zeon!] Long live General Cecilia Zabi!! 】

It took Lear a few seconds to realize what had happened, and during that time, Thunderlight maintained a rigid and predictable trajectory, and if someone had fired a Mega particle cannon at him at this time, the book might have ended at the 500,000-word mark.

However, it is not known whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, and the God who created this story obviously did not want to end so early.

All Lear felt was that his skin was getting hot.

One can imagine the series of consequences that Reybil's death will cause.

Without a leader and becoming a headless snake, the Federation Space Army, let alone counterattack, whether it can maintain its existence in the universe is a huge problem.

With such a tragic defeat, does the G3, which has been greatly discouraged, still have the confidence to resist in the face of protests and hostility from various member countries?

If the Confederation had given up its resistance and won such a great victory, how far would Zeon's momentum have skyrocketed?

The remnants of the cosmic colonies will be fully integrated, and Zeon will be in its heyday, and while Lear doesn't think the integration process will go smoothly, and an independent government like SIDE6 will resist merging with Zeon, victory will give Zeon a great advantage, and the people will believe that Zeon is on the right path, and those who are sacrificed will be taken for granted.

The existence of the revolutionary soil among such a people will be reduced to a limit, and the efforts to establish and expand the revolutionary organization will be made within a few decades, and not many people will be willing to give their lives to the revolution until the people have exhausted the dividends of the war, and they will be more willing to believe in the improvement within Zeon than to be so disillusioned as to be willing to overturn everything.

In that case, how many people in the philosophical society will be shaken now?

How many people would be willing to believe in Zeon's ideals, after all, the philosophical society has only one great ideal, and Zeon has already given the answer called victory, the comrades of the philosophical society will feel the necessity of the revolution and will devote themselves to it, if there is a better choice, they will naturally make changes, after all, let the people get a better life is the goal, and the revolution is only a means, like Lear, who are willing to pay all the costs to adhere to the revolution, even in the philosophical society is not many.

If that's the case。。。。。。。 Lear's hand gripping the lever couldn't help but exert force.

No, it doesn't make sense to think about this now.

Lear forced himself to concentrate and began to think of ways to deal with the situation.

It's just that the Anak was sunk, and the survival of Reybir himself is unknown, as the commander-in-chief of the Federal Space Force, his safety is undoubtedly the first consideration of the Federal Army, even if Anak sinks, as long as he does not die on the spot, the possibility of Reybier's survival still exists.

That's right....... The immediate priority now is to confirm Rebil's survival and whereabouts.

"Aina," Lear said to Aina, who was always following the Thunderlight, "how much ammo do you have there?" ”

[Huh? 】

The sudden question made Aina hesitate slightly.

【。。。。。。。 In terms of ammunition, there is one round of rocket artillery left, and one disc of Zagu machine guns. 】

The battle is coming to an end, and the Federation Army is on the verge of collapse, but the state of the Zeon Army is also very bad, and Aina, who is by Lear's side and mainly supports rather than the main combat force, has been consumed to this point, so you can imagine the state of Zeon's MS troops.

"Give me all the ammunition."

"I see. 】

Without the slightest hesitation or doubt, the black Zagu handed over the weapon and all the remaining ammunition to Thunderlight.

"Thanks," Lear said after a pause, "you're out of ammo, so 。。。。。。 now ”

He wanted to say that he would return home, but he remembered that the ship carrying Aina's body was the sunken Leipzig, and when he thought of this, he felt his heart tremble and ache again.

Now was not the time to think about this, he didn't know how many times he reminded himself, forcing himself to focus on the battlefield in front of him.

"You can get back, Aina, you don't have to cover me."

[No cover? But....... 】

As a wingman, Aina is quite competent, she can always protect his back just right, and it can even be said that although she and Lear have not experienced a long-term run-in like the black trifecta, they cooperate quite tacitly.

Although Lear has a considerable talent for piloting MS, and does not hesitate to spend time training, he has gradually brought out the results of his training until now, but on the battlefield where artillery is flying, Lear, who is constantly advancing as the spearhead of the army, still encounters many dangers, and if it weren't for Aina's existence, he would never have been so easy even if he was not destroyed.

"It's too dangerous for you to stay on the battlefield without a shooting weapon," Lear explained, "and besides, I'm going to go full speed ahead, and ordinary Zagu can't keep up with the thunder's speed." ”

"So you go back, the battle is nearing its end, don't worry, a battleship that doesn't form a formation can't pose a threat to me."

But even so, why do you 。。。。。。。 】

Aina didn't understand why Lear suddenly broke away from the large army and marched alone, in her opinion, Zeon's victory was decided, as the most important role in this battle, he only needed to sit firmly in the middle army, and the head work naturally belonged to him, what else to do at this time?

There's nothing that would make his attacks more eye-catching, right?

"So be it." Lear, of course, couldn't explain that he was going to make sure that the enemy general survived and escaped, so he had to hang up the communication, but he hesitated for a moment before adding.

"We'll see you later."

With that, he handed over command to his subordinates, and then rushed forward alone.

[Lieutenant? Lieutenant!....... Lear! 】

Lear didn't pay attention to Aina's shouts, and sped away without saying a word.

[Lear——! 】

However, Lei Guang did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and quickly advanced to a place beyond the reach of Aina's body.

As he said, if Lear himself was not ready to fight, the group of Federation warships that had lost their defensive formation would not be able to threaten the thunder light advancing at full speed, and Lear noticed something else.

The Union Army is gradually losing its organization.

This has nothing to do with their retreat, even when they retreated just now, the Federation Army still maintained an orderly organization, the rear, the support, and the retreat, although the order was not orderly, but it could be clearly felt that the officers of the Federation Army were trying their best to maintain the situation.

But this feeling is now slowly disappearing, first the fleet anti-aircraft fire suddenly appeared most of the gaps, although the battleship gun commander quickly adjusted the firepower arrangement to fill the gaps, but this could not save these gaps, and then the fleet marched worse and worse, which also made these gaps be torn bigger and bigger.

It's as if no one controls the actions of these ships anymore, leaving them to take care of themselves.

Slowly, the originally fine anti-aircraft fire like a net turned into several groups of warships gathered together, which ordinary soldiers could not see and said, in the eyes of a professional officer like Lear, who had undergone a course in fire organization, the last line of defense of the Union Army was also empty.

Something happened that he least wanted to see.

Just as he began to have a bad feeling, a miserable-looking battleship appeared in front of him.

What is full of malice is that this battleship, which has been completely destroyed, only one side armor plate and one side armor plate are relatively intact, and on that armor plate, the battleship's gunwald number and name sprayed with white paint can still be distinguished.

Anagkh

It is the honorific number of the goddess of necessity, and it is also the ship of Vice Admiral Rebil, the flagship of the Federation Space Force.

Lear's heart sank, the fact that the main flagship of the Federation Army had sunk had been confirmed, and he could only hope that Rybir did not sink with the ship.

However, in this way, Lear can't help but find himself in an awkward situation, the news that the Annak is the flagship of the Federation Army is the intelligence collected by Cecilia's spies before the war, and now the sinking of the Annak means that Lear has no idea that the ship is Reybier's new flagship, and he cannot determine Reybier's whereabouts.

After all, it is not the same as the naval battles of the Western era, no one in the flagship of the cosmic era will hang the Z-shaped flag on the mast, and purely from the appearance, there are no subtle differences in the Magellan-class with hundreds of warships of the same type, and it is impossible to distinguish them.

Then he soon found that there was no need to tell the difference.

Three friendly identification signals appeared on the radar, and if you looked closely, it was the black triple star, and not far from them, there was the identification signal of most federal forces, and the signal was not that of a warship, but of a small ship such as a shuttle or an engineering boat.

A simple logic connects the dots.

That's what Lear is looking for.

Lear's appearance was coincidentally timed at the moment when Reybill's shuttle had just been hit.

At this moment, Gaia raised his machine gun and was about to pull the trigger.

"Stop!!"

By the time Lear realized it, he had already shouted and shot at the black triple star.

Of course, his attack missed, and it was far from the effective range of the Zagu machine gun, but it still made the black triple star hesitate for a moment, and taking advantage of this gap, the thunder light rushed towards the black triple star that hesitated for a moment at an astonishing high speed.

Of course, this process was not all smooth sailing, and in the face of the situation that his own general was killed, a warship suddenly inserted into the channel of Lei Guang next to him.

The livery on the side of the battleship bears its name, Indianapolis.

It was the Magellan-class battleship that Rybil didn't end up aboard either.

When Reybiel was chased by the Black Triple Star, it was not able to stop the Black Triple Star in time, but at this moment, the Indianapolis, which was trying to turn around and rescue Bell, just intercepted the lightning.

This may be considered lucky, but it is more likely to be unfortunate.

Less in the way!

In order to avoid colliding with Indianapolis, Lear was rather annoyed and adjusted the course to target the battleship first.

Naturally, the Indianapolis could not pose a threat to Thunderlight without friendly cover and was not stable in its own right, and her hull tilted as hard as she could, trying to concentrate more firepower, but as a result, more flaws were revealed, and Lear switched her weapon to a rocket launcher with a single bullet and rushed towards Indianapolis.

The sparse artillery fire only lasted for a moment before losing the target, Lei Guang stepped on the barrel of the Mega particle cannon, and then slashed on the bridge with an axe, the blade of the thermal axe easily split the upper part of the bridge, and the people and equipment inside were swept into space at once.

Immediately, Thunderlight kicked hard, and the nuclear bomb was fired at the moment it was out of range, and Lear continued to move forward without carefully observing the details of the sinking of Indianapolis.

Came to the front of the black trifecta.

———— Dividing Line————

"Your Excellency," a pale-faced officer walked up to Reybier, even at this critical juncture, he did not forget to salute his commander, although the sweaty head had even fogged the helmet of the life jacket, he still saluted meticulously: "I have confirmed the location of our fleet nearby, and now, the Sixth Cruiser Fleet can turn around and rescue, and the Second Battlefleet can be transferred from the front." ”

"Also, our army's fighter wing has not yet been fully contained, and now, at least two squadrons of Swordfish can be drawn to support。。。。。。"

"There's no need for that." Unexpectedly, Reybiel seemed to relax, leaning back in his chair a little tiredly, and he squinted at the yellow Zagu who had just sunk the Indianapolis, not knowing what he was thinking.

Maybe it was the luck of not boarding the battleship.

But his vision was still not confused or cloudy to give up, but his eyes lit up after Lei Guang fired at the black triple star, and the whole person was engrossed in staring ahead.

"But, your Excellency, we must have the warship come and meet you now, and now Zeon only has four mechs, if they are more numerous。。。。。。"

"That's why you can't let the battleship come over," Rebile glanced at the other party lightly, this officer is not stupid, but rather the elite of the elite, so he can have a place in Rebier's officer corps, but the situation where his life is at stake may make him lose his judgment: "Now is the critical moment for our army to evacuate, where do you want to mobilize the fleet?" ”

"Indianapolis has already risked breaking away from the formation to meet us, do you want the battleships that have begun to accelerate to stop and turn back, or do you want the front-line fleet that is fighting hard with Zeon's main force to force it back under artillery fire?"

"We are isolated and forced to let other troops come to the rescue, but we are just sending them to die in vain."

Rebir said coldly.

This is indeed the case, in order to avoid the attack of the Black Triple Star, Rebile ordered the shuttle group carrying his officer corps to skip Indianapolis and go backwards, and in the subsequent chase, now their shuttle is anchored in a very embarrassing position, which is far from the front line, but not close enough to the evacuation fleet that has begun to accelerate, so it is very embarrassing for the Federation fleet to turn back and rescue.

"Zeon's army is approaching, and now it's better to let the soldiers evacuate the troops they have saved desperately, rather than messing with the Zeon army to save me!"

"Even so, for your safety, the sacrifice is worth it!" However, the officer raised his voice to argue, his expression pale, but still resolute, not for his own life, to urge the other ships to come to the rescue, but for the safe evacuation of Rebil.

"Your Excellency, we can still build another after the battleship sinks, there are enough slipways on the earth, and we can return the fleet to its peak in half a year at most, but if you are not there," he said in a deep breath, loudly, in an almost shouting volume, "If you are gone, who else can we count on to lead us to fight back?" ”

Unbeknownst to him, his generous speech failed to arouse Reybier's approval, and Reybil did not even look back, but kept staring at the MS of the Zeon Army.

"The battleship is not what we want to keep, the crew of the battleship with experience in space battles is the real treasure," Rybier said, "I know my own value, if it is just to get me back, the price of three or five is acceptable." ”

"But the price of letting the evacuated fleet catch up with the troops pursued by the Zeon Army is absolutely unacceptable."

"Do you understand? I have no escape, my identity has been revealed, and the Zeon Army will not let me leave calmly, and they will do whatever it takes to capture me, the Commander-in-Chief of the Space Army, John Abraham Rybil. ”

However, he then said to the officer: "At this point the problem has been solved, and there is no room for changing the answer." ”

"But we don't have the opportunity to turn a bad thing into a good thing," he said, as if evaluating the quality and value of an instrument: "My very existence is a large target, and every Zeon soldier who wants to get this credit will focus on me, which will reduce the pressure on our other ships." ”

"We may be able to withdraw more warships than expected, and it can be considered a waste use," Rebile said, but laughed as if he had thought of something funny: "It's a pity that we don't know the encrypted channel of the Zeon Army, and using the public channel too deliberately may arouse their vigilance, otherwise I would like to make my location publicly public." ”

When he said this, his face did not have a look of self-defeat, but a contemplative expression that only observers and thinkers can have.

"However, in this way, your life is 。。。。。。 safe." The officer said with a slight choked up.

"Well, I'm not going to die," Reybiel said impatiently, "I'm more valuable alive than I'm dead, I'm just a corpse, a gimmick, but I'm alive, whether it's torturing me about the Federais's intelligence, or using me to make deals, it's much more valuable." ”

"But those three mechs really wanted to kill you!"

"It was probably an accident, those three Zeon soldiers probably fought to the point that their brains were congested and they couldn't think," Reybiel said, his attention almost entirely focused on the confrontation between Thunder Light and the Black Triple Star, "Look, isn't there someone coming to save me?" ”

Talking and talking, between the thunder light and the black triple star, but a strange atmosphere slowly appeared, although this is in the silent universe, Lei Bier does not know what they are talking about, but, Lei Guang dropped the exhausted rocket artillery, switched out of the machine gun, and the black triple star also began to be slightly misaligned, making a fighting gesture but could not hide from Lei Bier who was at the scene.

Is this going to be infighting? Rebiel immediately sensed that something was wrong.

If that's the case, he'll be able to get first-hand information even before the Zeon Army.

Then, he showed a look of interest, and he said softly, not knowing if he was saying to the officer beside him: "Concentrate and look." ”

“。。。。。。 What do you say, Your Excellency? The officer asked, confused, his eyes still slightly red and swollen.

"I said, concentrate on it," Rebile repeated, "and that's the first-hand valuable information." ”

"Only snipers can deal with snipers, only fighters can deal with fighters, and in the same way, only fighters can deal with MS。。。。。。 Now it seems that there is only MS. ”

"So we have to have our own MS as well."

"What are the requirements of our MS and how they are going to fight against Zeon's MS, that's first-hand information."

"Take it to heart," Rebir turned his head suddenly, his eyes shining, and the officer couldn't help but take a step back under his gaze: "The Federation's counterattack didn't start with Lunas II or Chabro, and it didn't start at any future day. ”

"The Federation's counterattack has begun from now on."

Rabiel said, smiling bolder than ever, even more fearless and energetic than the Space Force at its peak.