Part 2: The Journey of Helplessness, Chapter 13: Aslan Sarah's Weakness

Right now, I'm in the cockpit of ATTACK.

As a seasoned ace pilot, I spent about one-tenth of my life in the cockpit, but I still had an instinctive dislike for the small space. The so-called standard cockpit is the most cost-effective popular design, everything is practical, the equipment inside is simple to death, and the black paint is not good at all. I've often wondered if I'll have to put a refrigerator, stereo, and, oh yes, massage chairs in the cockpit when I'm qualified to ride a special airframe......

At this time, a serious voice interrupted my speculation, and Second Lieutenant Natal said to me in a serious manner: "Reiser, according to the radar, the enemy has a total of four MS attacks, one of which is the GAT-X303 Aegis that was taken by the enemy, I suggest you go out with Kira......"

"No, I can fix it." I interrupted Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu and fell into deep thought. Holy Aegis? According to Kira, it's the body that Aslan pilots. Alas, it's really annoying, if it weren't for Kira's people falling into the hands of the United Earth Army, I would have just driven the ATTACK to find the Zaft army to confess after surrendering. But it would be against my will to implicate them now, and if they were to be suspected of spies again, according to the temper of the cold-blooded woman of Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, it would be possible to be secretly executed.

There's no way, it's better to send these old soldiers of the Earth United Army away as soon as possible to ask for ease. But speaking of Aslan, I was reminded of something that happened a few months ago......

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C.E.704/20

"Damn." Yitzhak walked out of the simulation training chamber and threw his helmet on the ground.

Diack looked relaxed, took off his helmet and wiped his sweat and said, "Oh, this is the ninth failure this month, and it's still a four-on-one situation, it seems that we are really far from it." ”

I walked to Aslan's simulated cabin and knocked on the hatch and said, "Aslan, come out quickly, you won't lose confidence, haha, this is not the first time you have failed, what is there to be discouraged." ”

The hatch slowly opened, and Aslan's listless figure walked out, and he took off his helmet and said in frustration: "In the past month or so, we have had more than fifty simulated battles with the commander, but we have not won even a single one. If it's a matter of talent, I believe, but every time we go with four of us, and we feel that our skills are improving quickly, but why do we fail every time without exception? ”

I turned to look at Yitzhak, Diack, and Nichol, and asked solemnly, "Do you three think so too?" ”

"yes," the three of them said in unison.

"First of all, I want to say that there is a big gap between the skills of the three of you and mine, but under the premise of a standard body like gold, these gaps cannot be clearly demonstrated. And in the past month or so, you have not only improved your skills very quickly, but also made great progress in your cooperation with each other. With that, Yitzhak snorted with his back to Aslan.

I pretended not to see it and continued, "But why can't you always beat me alone? ”

Nichol was puzzled and said, "Sir, although you have been able to defeat us in the battle since last month, you will also be damaged, and at that time we felt that the time to defeat you was not far off, but why is it that a month later, we can only cause you to suffer so much damage?" ”

"Nichol's words are close to the crux of the matter." I gave him a complimentary look and said, "You have always made a mistake of principle, and I will help you analyze it today." Yitzhak, you say first, how did I defeat you? ”

"I was defeated by the commander going around his back and blasting the cockpit with heavy particles." Yitzhak said with some shame, if it weren't for his hot temper attack today, I wouldn't have been able to get around my back so easily, but more than 20 of the fifty simulated battles have made such low-level mistakes, and it's not an ordinary simple mind.

"Diack, what about you?"

"I was defeated at the beginning when the commander severed my right arm with a heavy slasher, and I was defeated until I was left alone." Diack said with some disbelief, he was very aggrieved that he was successfully attacked by me at the beginning after I suddenly jumped out from behind a meteorite, and did nothing until the end of the battle.

"Nicole, you were shot from a distance by my point, you don't count. Aslan, what about you? ”

"I, I was stabbed into the cockpit during a head-to-head fight with the commander." Aslan was ashamed that he was the only one of them who was defeated by me in a head-to-head duel.

I glanced at the four of them and said solemnly, "Have you noticed that three of the four were killed by me at close range, and two of them were armed with hand-to-hand weapons, what does this mean?" This shows that you are far from me in terms of experience and ingenuity in close combat, especially in hand-to-hand combat. ”

"But sir, when we were at the non-commissioned officer school, the instructor told us that although the MS greatly surpassed the MA and other previous combat machines in terms of flexibility, it was not a weapon suitable for hand-to-hand combat after all. What we need to do is to give full play to the high-speed and mobile combat mode on the basis of the flexibility of the MS, so as to achieve the goal of restraining the enemy. If you are fighting hand-to-hand, the body itself will be under great pressure, and some damage that is inevitable in close combat, such as explosion damage, etc., will cause serious damage to the body in a short period of time, which will greatly shorten the time of the battle. Aslan probably wanted to save a little face, and retorted by saying what the instructor taught word for word.

"The instructor is basically right about what he taught you." I nodded in acknowledgment of Aslan's statement: "But that's just for ordinary soldiers, and it's a bit incomplete for those of you who aspire to be elites, so what I'm going to hand over to you today is some of my personal experience."

Hand-to-hand combat, indeed, is of little use in large-scale battles, especially in battles with ordinary soldiers. But for elite pilots with advanced mechs, hand-to-hand combat is the simplest, quickest, and most powerful of all attacks. Aslan, if you and Yitzhak are in the same battle as Kim, how long will it take to determine the winner if you only use ranged attacks? ”

"I'm afraid it won't be possible until the energy runs out." Aslan replied without hesitation, and Yitzhak nodded in agreement.

"But hand-to-hand combat only takes a split second." I solemnly said, "Admittedly, MS is not suitable for hand-to-hand combat, but you must not ignore it just because it is not suitable. As I often say, as long as it is a rule set by humans, humans can break it. If one day on the battlefield you suddenly encounter a hand-to-hand combat master who has pulled you into a distance, can you blame him for not following the rules?

My skills are quite superior to yours, but it will take at least two or three hours to completely defeat your combination with only long-range attacks, but in hand-to-hand combat, it only takes a few minutes to defeat you. Aslan, don't feel inferior just because you're the only one to be defeated by me head-on. In fact, your skills are the best of the four of you, and I was afraid that it would take too much time to defeat you in the most straightforward way. ”

At this time, Yitzhak snorted unconvinced, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of me............

Shortly after this training, there was a blood-stained banquet, and then I never had a chance to see them again.

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Retracting my thoughts, I thought with great interest, come Aslan Sarah, let me, a former teacher, see how much you have grown in the past six months

"Rayser Rogge. ATTACK, sortie. ”

With a violent thrust, the blue artificial sky came into view, and several small black dots in the depths of the sky quickly approached.