Chapter 365: Dead by Dawn (Part II)
"How's it going on the Black Storm side?"
Staff Officer Gonto, who was anxiously awaiting the results, asked the intelligence correspondent again, his words full of impatience, and he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Sabo Rika's combat efficiency.
"Yes, Captain Saeki sent a message saying, 'Everything is going well in the battle, don't worry.'"
Seeing that his boss was upset, the correspondent hurriedly presented the information that Sabo Rika had just sent.
"Hmph, if it really goes well, it's long over!"
Turning his nose up at this cookie-cutter report, Ran Gondo seemed to have to wait for nothing but to vent his dissatisfaction like this, which made him realize exactly what it means to live like a year.
The so-called blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.
While Staff Officer Gondo was waiting for the results of the front-line battle, the correspondent received another piece of information, but it was not a battle report from Sabo Rika.
"Staff, staff!"
After a curry glance at the information, the communicator's face turned a little pale, which made Gondo's staff officer aware that something was wrong.
"Panic what! Tell me what's going on! ”
Staff Officer Gonto's shouting and scolding woke up the nervous correspondent, and he stammered the battle report he had just received.
"Yes, yes! The security personnel in front sent urgent information, and the mirror puppet in the square suddenly began to move, as if they wanted to leave, and the troops in front asked for permission to attack! ”
It was obviously the first time that the correspondent had left the rear to participate in the battle, and he was extremely nervous in the face of the upcoming battle.
Staff Officer Gonto, who saw all this, only felt helpless for a while.
Had it not been for the failure of the two police chiefs to agree to this operation, most of the combatants would not have been able to mobilize their manpower, and these civilian personnel, who were supposed to provide intelligence communications in the rear, would not have been involved in this operation.
However, in the face of the battle reports and requests for permission to attack sent by the troops at the front, Staff Officer Gondo was a lot more relieved.
Through the information provided by Takeru Ito, it is known that the 'Asmantis' special race has the characteristics of an integrated mindset, and it is a race that can truly eliminate internal strife and unite with the outside world.
Based on this information, it is not difficult to deduce that if Operation Dawn begins, the mirror puppets in the square who have received the news will definitely rush to support.
This was all planned, and it was not an unexpected situation, which made Staff Officer Gondo, who was taken aback by the correspondent's startled reaction, a little relieved.
"Inform the forward troops, if the Mirror Doll intends to leave, allow them to attack immediately, and be sure to stop it from leaving!"
After pondering for a moment, Staff Officer Gondo nodded and granted the request of the troops ahead, this is also one of the inevitable battles, there is no reason to back down at such a time.
"Yes..."
Hearing the order of Gondo's staff officer, the communicator looked even more nervous, and hurriedly conveyed the order.
Staff Officer Gondo looked distraught, and simply walked out of the temporary command room and looked in the direction of the square, waiting for it to become a battlefield where the war was about to start.
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Return to the main battlefield of Operation Dawn.
On the sea surface of Tokyo Bay, various fighters circled and bombed eleven mirror puppets that appeared from the crystal city, and it is not difficult to see from the fact that a large number of crystal fragments fall into the sea from time to time, and the TPC combat team still has the upper hand in the battle.
The eleven mirror puppets are no longer as glamorous as they first appeared, and their broken shells and mutilated limbs show the one-sided situation of the battle, but for some reason, it is always difficult to knock them all down in one go.
To be precise, not a single Mirror Shadow has been knocked down so far.
At this time, a mirror puppet that was bombarded by a flying eagle missile and almost lost its combat ability was crumbling in the air, but just as a victory phantom wanted to increase its strength to knock it down, pieces of crystals quickly flew out of the crystal city, making up for the broken mirror puppet's hands and feet, and the missing parts of its body were also made up as much as possible.
In the blink of an eye, the originally crumbling mirror puppet stabilized its body again and counterattacked, and the Victory Phantom, which was about to take advantage of the victory and pursue, was almost knocked down, and was shocked into a cold sweat and couldn't help but feel a little deflated.
"Damn, it's like this again..."
Reika Zobari also discovered this thrilling scene of her subordinates, or that she had never left her Black Storm team or even the improvised aircraft except for the target mirror puppet in addition to the target mirror puppet.
I have to say, putting aside the prejudice against SUPER-GUTS, as a commander and boss, Reika Zorobo is extremely good.
Not long after the battle began, she realized that Crystal City acted as a supply depot for the mirror puppets, but although the mirror puppets were usually sluggish, once she wanted to concentrate her firepower to destroy the crystal city first, these sluggish mirror puppets would uncharacteristically burst out, and more than half of the fighters of the third team were caught off guard in this outbreak and had to make a forced landing.
Although only a small part of the combat power was lost, it still had an impact on the overall bombing formation, and Sabora Rika had to temporarily transfer some fighters from each team to make up for the combat power of the third team, otherwise the third team, which was seriously short of personnel during the rotation and replenishment, would likely be completely wiped out in the hands of the mirror puppet...
But it didn't go well to try to defeat the mirror puppets first, not to mention the endless supply of the crystal city as a supply station, just the speed at which these mirror puppets evolved in battle also made her feel more stressed.
Yes, Reika Zobari calls the change of the Mirror Doll 'Evolution'.
From what she had observed, the Mirror Puppets had initially been extremely sluggish and useless in the face of heavily armed and well-coordinated fighter formations, but in less than an hour, they had begun to become more and more difficult to deal with.
Often, a single attack can destroy the arm of a mirror puppet, and when it is fully resupplied and repaired, it will take more time and energy to hit its arm than the last time, this kind of leapfrog change in combat awareness, in addition to 'evolution', Zobarika really doesn't want to classify them as amazingly learning...
And the most tricky thing is that after this period of continuous fighting, the mental condition of the drivers began to gradually decline, and the difficulty in concentrating made the battle more and more stalemate, which is also the main reason why Sabo Rika is anxious.
Staff Officer Gondo gave her only two hours before dawn to carry out the battle.
That is, it must be completed before 7 o'clock in the morning, which is a dead order, and it is also the limit of time that Gondo's staff can fight.
This is due to pressure from two officers within the police department itself.
Without the permission of the two chiefs of the police department, Staff Officer Gondo secretly withdrew all the personnel under his command who could be mobilized and secretly carried out this operation, and if he could succeed, he could naturally achieve the predetermined result of cutting first and then playing with the acquiescence of the director of Fukami, so that the two chiefs of the police department had nothing to say, but in case it failed...
Then it's not just Staff Officer Gondo who will be punished, but all the personnel involved in the operation tonight will not be spared...
And most of the combat units are already concentrated here, and there is no way to have any more support, so they can only complete the most important step in the plan-
Completely destroy Crystal City.
Thinking of this, Zobo Lijia gritted her teeth and sent the cookie-cutter report back again, and at the same time telegraphed all the combatants to change the battle plan.
"Each plane, each of the eight fighters will tow a mirror puppet, and the rest of the units will be assembled into three detachments, and they will work with me to annihilate the three mirror puppets!"
Rika Zobo almost gritted her teeth and said such an arrangement, with the current ability of the mirror puppet, it is almost impossible to entangle it alone, but she has no better way.
Knowing what this operation means to all mankind, she has already prepared for the worst, even if it costs the lives of everyone present, to complete this mission desperately.
This is a mission that cannot be failed for humans!
[Understood, the Alpha and Gamma will do their best to hold off the two Mirror Puppets, and I wish you success in your battle.] ]
The communication was from the Alpha, much to the consternation of Saborika.
After a moment of silence, Zobo Rika took a deep look at the Alpha and Gamma, which were already heading towards their respective targets, and connected the communication between the two planes.
"Then please."
[Captain Zobo too, we'll try to delay the Mirror Puppet's actions as much as possible.] ]
"No, that's not what it meant."
[Huh?] ]
"Don't die."
Reika Sabo would never have thought that she would speak to a member of SUPER-GUTS in such a tone, but at this time she didn't feel anything wrong.
"Please."
Before Koda Kazura could respond, Reika Sabo had already hung up the communication, and the cold gaze in her eyes replaced the previous sadness.
Holding the joystick tightly, Zobo Rika stared at the prey she had listed as the first to be defeated, and the Victory Phantom sped away under her control.
Whether it's the Mirror Puppet or the Crystal City, you must fall!
Just today...
Yes, there is!
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