Chapter Eighty-Six: Airborne in the Pacific
The power of the explosion of the small Mie nuclear furnace acts on the battleship, and it may only push the battleship one or two hundred meters away, but the resulting deviation will cause the battleship to deviate from the original target location by hundreds or even thousands of kilometers when it falls to the earth.
Of course, if you don't want this to happen, the white base can also use the ship's power to adjust the orbit.
But how to make adjustments?
The dinghy that guided the descent of the white base had already been wrecked. The members of the White Base had no experience of descending to Earth at all, and they were unable to re-orbit the ship's hull based on the data provided by the computer. If you force them to do this, they will send you a warship to Antarctica.
No way, that's what a newbie can do.
Moreover, this is done in a normal, non-fluctuating environment. As for the moment, this is simply impossible, because the fluctuations of the war make it impossible for them to make relevant calculations.
In their words, it was scary enough to deal with Zagu who suddenly appeared in front of them from time to time, and where could they have the spare energy to think about so many things about controlling the ship?
This also seemed understandable, since just outside the bridge where they were, fierce battles continued less than a kilometer from the battleship.
The tracer rounds of the Zagu machine gun and the red particles of the beam rifle staggered in the air, mixed with shadows of the mechs flying around.
"Strike at enemy warships as the first element!" was the order given by Major Char.
This order is now being perfectly executed by Jean's soldiers.
Despite the loss of Will's Zagu, Des and Collins refused to give up. They had no reason to give up, and after knowing the horror of the Federation soldiers, they were full of admiration for Char, who single-handedly relied on Zagu to drag down the Federation Army.
"The major is still trying, how can we give up?" they persisted, and continued.
Collins wielded Zagu's machine gun and fired at the swift meteors.
But it didn't work.
The white meteor slid to the left with a "boom", forming an evasive action at an angle of almost 90 degrees. Collins tried to keep Zagu facing the enemy as much as possible, but he only turned an angle in space when the mech whizzed to the side.
"Damn...... Is there such a big gap in performance? I finally understand the sorrow faced by the pilots of the Federation's fighter planes. Collins shook his head, still refusing to give up using his already somewhat inconvenient mech to intercept enemies who might pose a threat to Des.
He knew that Des was now rushing towards the white battleship with Zagu rocket launchers.
"Let's hope he succeeds!" Collins wished.
That's all he can do with Des. And, of course, the white guy who did his best to contain him.
As for the rest, he can only hope for good luck for Des.
"Anyway, that guy's luck has always been good!" Collins thought, "Actually, it's not just luck, it's curve maneuvering, and from what happened just now, he seems to have mastered it in the first place." So......"
Collins vaguely remembered that a humanoid point of light had twisted its trajectory and headed underneath the belly of the white battleship—he knew it was Des.
In fact, Collins was right.
At this point, Des did swim under the belly of the battleship. There are fewer cannons here, and with his technical level, the march is still very smooth.
However, the armor of the belly of the ship was strengthened, and the machine guns and bazookas were ineffective.
So Des could only ascend along the side to the vicinity of the bridge. He planned to fire the magnetic strap of the main engine after destroying the bridge with his cannon. These two parts are the most vulnerable parts, and they are more than enough for a bazooka.
As a result, Zaguna's dark green figure once again appeared in front of everyone on the bridge. This time, he raised the bazooka in his hand.
"What...... It's like this again!" Brad retreated again in embarrassment, and as he retreated, he instinctively shouted, "Avoid, avoid!"
It was obviously a little late, but Milley turned the rudder - even if it didn't work.
The trigger was pulled in the hands of the cyclops and was soon going backwards.
But at this moment, the white mobile suit who was supposed to confront Collins didn't know how to smell it, and slid directly in front of Dess's scope.
"What? ......" Des was startled, and then turned his fright into anger: "You dare to look down on me like this." ”
Zagu quickly turned his head, and the rocket that was supposed to be fired at the bridge of the White Fortress was fired directly at Yuan Hao.
"Boom!" the rockets exploded. At such a distance, Des's rockets certainly didn't miss, but Yuan Hao's spearhead raised his shield the moment the rockets hit. It was as if he had expected all of this.
The shield gear was the first to turn on Des's rocket launcher, but due to the impact of the explosion, the fuselage of the spearhead also shook a little, but it quickly reacted under Yuan Hao's control. It then raises the beam rifle into the aiming program.
"Isn't it okay?" Des gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger again, and at that moment, he saw the beam rifle in the other MS's hand also glow at the same time.
Perhaps it was really by accident that the beam pierced the rocket fired by Des, evaporating the cannon and slashing through Des's Zagu's left shoulder.
The particles that spread around the beam pierced the shield on his left shoulder through countless small holes that were invisible to the naked eye, and the shield burned and disintegrated.
"Bastard!" Des sadly recovered from the jolt, and then he saw the white guy rushing towards him, and behind him Collins Zagu was speeding towards him.
"Very well! In that case, let's give him a two-sided attack!" Dess quickly decided.
At this time, he saw the white guy approaching at a rapid pace, and his eighteen-meter body suddenly enlarged, and Des clearly saw that the shield in the other party's hand was already in a half-destroyed state.
Obviously, the rocket he fired himself was not unharmed.
During the rush, the white mobile suit fired another shot, but Des managed to dodge it in his own body.
And at the moment of dodging, he saw the white mobile suit holding the half-destroyed shield of his left hand suddenly touch his waist. After that, a flash of light!
An arc of light lifted from the body's waist and swept swiftly towards Des's chest.
"It's a beam with a knife!" Des remembered what Char had said about the "magic weapon" that belonged to this level of mobile suit.
"It's so similar. Looking at the blade coming towards him, he felt a cold chill on his face.
At this time, Zagu's front screen has been adjusted to reduce the light according to the light source.
On the dim screen, he could vaguely see the white mobile suit's eyes flash, as if he was smiling.
"Are you laughing at me?" said Des.
Zagu is not equipped with a beam knife. But Des had seen something similar. It was at the test site of the Plus Magic Mobile Suit a little over a month ago, and this new model that has not yet been mass-produced was equipped with a beam blade.
When the mobile suit holds the handle of the knife and turns on the energy source of the main engine, it can launch a particle beam about ten meters long, that is, the blade.
However, at that time, the beam of the Great Demon was still difficult to control the spread of particles, and the blade was too wide, so it was still some way from being truly practical.
"There's still a gap!" Dess sighed.
He saw that the white mobile suit in front of him not only had a beam with a knife, but also the tip of the knife was as sharp as a Western sword.
It's already killed!
Desperately in a critical situation, Des grabbed the electric axe hanging from Zagu's waist and retreated.
The Electric Axe is also a weapon developed for hand-to-hand combat, but compared to the Beam Knife, the Electric Axe is a toy at best.
However, this is better than nothing.
"It's coming!" Dess raised his axe and met it.
But at that moment, he saw the white guy's posture nozzle suddenly glow with white flames—the guy rushing towards him suddenly stopped.
And then......
"Bang ......" Des was hit hard.
His Zagu couldn't help but jerk back. And when he recovered from his dizziness, he saw the miserable appearance of the Collins machine in front of him being cut in half by the enemy.
"Collins......" Des shouted.
But in response to him were two small white balls of light. The ball of light quickly dissipated, and countless fine slags floated where Collins was, but there was no Collins anymore. Because his body had been vaporized and evaporated the moment the lightsaber swept by, turning into the nothingness of the universe.
"Bastard...... I'm going to kill you!" Dess manipulated Zagu to rush towards the front Yuan Hao.
At this moment, he just wanted to chop the guy in front of him who killed Collins with an axe.
However......
It's just something to take for granted. At the moment when he pounced on the axe, the beam dagger under the soldier's left arm suddenly lit up with bright red light, and he couldn't help but hold Des's axe, pulling his axe-holding hand away, and then stabbing out the lightsaber on his right hand.
That's it.
Des didn't even have time to wail and was vaporized like his comrades—something that might have been the norm in cosmic warfare.
With Des killed, the looming crisis of the White Fortress was resolved.
At this time, the huge body of the white base had already begun to descend from orbit. The red color caused by the friction accumulated in the belly of the battleship, and the huge hull began to tremble inexorably, making everyone's hearts rise involuntarily.
Despite the shock and high temperature, Yuan Hao reluctantly returned to the White Fortress, and he got the news: "Gundam has not returned yet." ”
"What's going on?" asked Yuan Hao, puzzled.
"Char has led the Gundam farther away...... Brad spread his hands helplessly.
"Can you inform him to come back?" asked Yuan Hao with concern.
"It's been notified. But whether he can catch up, I don't promise. Brad frowned.
"That's terrible. Yuan Hao sighed, and Yuan Hao's face showed a little anxiety.
"It's not too bad. I've heard...... Gundam has the function of descending into the atmosphere as a single body. As long as he's not too far away from us, then we can find him. Brad was so relieved to Yuan Hao.
"I hope so. Yuan Hao sighed. In front of Brad, he couldn't tell what he was thinking. In fact, in the battle of Fang Cai, he has always not played with all his strength, and he has more soy sauce. He allowed the White Base to be attacked, allowed it to go off course, allowed the Madagascar to sink – and it could be said that he had caused the situation by his own inaction.
The white base deviated from its intended descent trajectory and fell towards an inexplicable place.
"It's in the black barrier area!The friction of the flying wings has intensified, and the temperature has risen sharply...... Ensign, I recommend retracting the wings as soon as possible. Since everything was beyond his power, Yuan Hao could only accept the fact that he got off the fuselage and walked to the bridge, only to step into it and hear the controller loudly report to Brad.
"Then ......" Brad wanted to respond directly to this request, but when he saw Yuan Hao coming in, he suddenly changed his tone: "Colonel, what do you think?"
"Do what you think you need to do...... Brad, I trust your judgment in the operation of the battleship. Yuan Hao smiled and waved his hand. He knew that Brad was asking himself to show himself respect, but he wouldn't turn that respect into wanton nonsense.
"Okay!" Brad saluted Yuan Hao and turned to arrange: "Retract the wings!" Belly of the ship pushes the jet, reduces the descent speed, slows down to Mach 4, and adjusts the angle of the rush. ”
"Understood!" the personnel on the bridge began to operate nervously.
Soon, they reported the situation.
"The hull posture is well controlled, the heat insulation film is deployed normally, and the surface temperature of the battleship has dropped ......"
"Breaking through the middle layer ......"
The wings were deployed again, reducing the ship's speed to Mach 0.9, the power engine switched, and the Minovsky flight engine system was activated. Listening to the relevant situation report, Brad decisively issued a new order: "Raise the heat shield of the bridge." The speed has slowed down to the point where we don't need that thing anymore. ”
"Hmm!" Sarah Maas, who was in charge of the operation, replied and pressed the button.
The steel plate that covered the bridge was raised, and the clear blue sky appeared in front of everyone's eyes. At this moment, their field of vision was incomparably wider, and everyone saw the thick clouds still below the battleship and the sun that had shrunk into a small disk high in the sky.
"Height 18000...... The black barrier effect is gone. Sarah reported again.
"Can you get in touch with Amuro?" asked Yuan Hao.
The disappearance of the black barrier effect means that the electronic devices can work again, in which case the relevant communications should be able to connect again.
"I'm in contact!" Sarah Maas nodded slightly.
She kept calling Amuro and finally got Amuro responding: "I'm three kilometers behind you." Gundam system is good...... I'll bring it back. ”
"Very good!" everyone was very happy to hear the news.
"Get the preparation team ready to take over...... Be sure to give the Gundam a thorough inspection. After rejoicing, Yuan Hao quickly ordered: "Although the Gundam has the ability to break through the atmosphere alone, after all, this is the first time to take an oath, and no one knows what the result will be." In short, it's better to be careful. ”
"Understood!" replied loudly to the on-screen non-commissioned officer.
At this time, as the height of the battleship dropped further, the snow-white clouds had broken through, and a boundless blue below was revealed to everyone's eyes.
"This ...... Is this the sea?"
Yuan Hao was the first to react: "Milai, position yourself and see where we are now?"
"Ah...... Yes!" Milai Bazhou replied loudly, and quickly gave an answer: "Colonel, our current position is in the Pacific Ocean. Specifically...... We are a little closer to the Ogasawara Islands. ”
"Really......? Aren't we very close to Asia?" Yuan Hao muttered quietly, but he was secretly happy in his heart.