Chapter 13: Low Orbit Battle (Part 3)

Above Earth, this small-scale battle between the ZAFT forces and the Alliance Space Force was still going on.

In the face of the decisive combat power of the four high-performance machines, the Eighth Fleet's Mobius MAs were shot down one by one, and warships were continuously sunk. Even the Menelaus, as the flagship, had to go forward to fight.

The situation was unfavorable, and the Archangel began to enter the landing operation.

On the other side, Li Boyong had just taken a chance to shoot down a GINN and was planning to continue returning to the vicinity of the Menelaus, when he ran into the Buster Gundam piloted by Dearka.

Li Boyong's face turned pale, but he didn't hesitate, and the Mobius switched to defensive maneuvers.

Damn it, since transmigrating, the thing I've done most in every battle is defensive maneuvers. I'm almost becoming a stunt pilot.

The Buster Gundam fired a burst of shots as soon as they met. Li Boyong tried his best to dodge it.

"Tch, annoying fly."

Dearka saw that several attacks missed, and became a bit impatient, "Clearly a natural grunt, just die obediently, wasting my ammunition."

The Buster Gundam used the six-tube missile pod on its shoulder, three missiles flew toward Li Boyong, and the beam rifle in its hand also aimed at the Mobius in evasion.

Li Boyong hurriedly approached the anti-aircraft zone of a Nelson. The Vulcan Cannon group of the Nelson was very cooperative and shot down the incoming missiles for Li Boyong, allowing him to dodge the Buster's pursuit. However, this Nelson-class became the Buster's new target.

"Tch, how dare you ruin my good deed, then taste this."

The Buster merged the beam rifles in both hands, and the large-caliber beam cannon fired a shot at the Nelson, directly penetrating the Nelson-class hull. Li Boyong, who was planning to bypass the Nelson and launch a counterattack on the Buster, was almost grazed by the penetrating beam.

Hiss...

The death that brushed past made Li Boyong, who was planning to counterattack, hesitate for a moment.

Continuing to entangle with the Buster is really not a wise move.

Now is not the time to be stubborn. He didn't intend to sell his life for the Alliance, and the Buster is not an enemy he can deal with alone.

Li Boyong gritted his teeth and pulled the control stick, very honestly turning his target to a GINN that was planning to attack the Menelaus.

That was a GINN equipped with a Special Heavy Particle Cannon. The pilot should be an old bird, dodging the anti-aircraft fire of the Menelaus all the way, and circling to the rear and bottom of the Menelaus, where the firepower was the weakest.

Just when he was winning and planning to attack the warship's engine, Li Boyong, who was behind the oriole, sneak-attacked the opponent's back with a Railgun, and the two maneuver wings fell off with the explosion of the shelling.

Facing this GINN that lost its mobility in a short time, Li Boyong was planning to take the opponent away directly, but Yzak's Duel Assault Shroud rushed over, followed by the Buster, Aegis, and Blitz.

It turned out that unknowingly, the four high-performance machines had already broken through to the final defense line composed of the Menelaus and several frigates.

The Duel came aggressively, and several shots of the beam rifle forced Li Boyong's Mobius away. The heavily injured GINN took the opportunity to detach from the battle line and return.

Fortunately, the bandaging after Yzak's injury affected the Duel's shooting accuracy, and he didn't put his main target on Li Boyong. Li Boyong dodged several shots and left without looking back. The Duel continued to look for the Strike and didn't chase the Mobius, which was a boring gun target.

"Strike! Strike, get out here!"

Yzak, who piloted the Duel, roared directly on the public channel in the cockpit. He wanted to shoot down the Strike to avenge the scars on his face.

The only response was the attack of several MA carried by the Menelaus. Unfortunately, this level of attack was meaningless to the Duel.

The four began to attack the final defense line, and the escort group composed of Nelson-class and Drake-class also began to counterattack, but in the face of the four high-performance machines' attacks, the escort group's warships suffered heavy losses, and the Mobius combat group was almost wiped out.

At this critical juncture, the Archangel released the Strike and Zero to participate in the battle.

As soon as the Strike sortied, Yzak couldn't wait to rush up with the Duel, looking like he wanted to fight the Strike to the death.

And the Zero picked the Buster, an old opponent, again, and the gun barrel fired continuously, making the powerful Buster unable to attack the warship.

The Zero's attack was quite sharp, and the Buster, which had poor mobility, had already suffered a lot of attacks during the breakthrough of the Eighth Fleet, and its machine capability was already close to the danger zone, so it had to be careful.

"I'll cover."

Li Boyong, who survived, came around in a timely manner, cooperating with the Zero to besiege the Buster.

"Yeah, you kid came really well."

Mu was a bit happy, thinking that Li Boyong basically had no chance of survival in this battle situation, but didn't expect to get help from the other party.

"Barely survived."

Li Boyong complained, and then launched a more violent attack on the Buster, seemingly intending to vent the humiliation of being chased around by the Buster just now.

"Tch, this is really a bit bad."

Dearka felt a bit guilty and was considering whether to retreat temporarily. A Laurasia-class of the ZAFT forces left the rear and launched a desperate raid toward the Archangel, looking like it would sink it even if it hit it.

When passing a Drake-class escort ship, the Laurasia fired with full firepower, directly sinking this half-crippled Drake-class. This desperate and forward-looking posture made the Eighth Fleet panic.

But Halbadon didn't hesitate at all, directly ordering the Menelaus to go forward to intercept, blocking between the Laurasia and the Archangel.

The Laurasia and the Menelaus crossed head-on, and began a tragic close-range shelling battle.

"Don't even think about succeeding!"

Mu immediately abandoned the siege of the Buster and turned to attack the Laurasia that was rushing forward.

The gun barrel and Railgun fired alternately, hitting the Laurasia continuously, but still couldn't stop the Laurasia's desperate posture.

"Hehe, it's not over yet!"

Li Boyong followed closely and vented all the remaining ammunition on the Laurasia.

The Laurasia in the desperate raid gradually deviated from the course, the hull kept exploding, and a moment later it disintegrated in a big explosion, and the fragments turned into meteors embellishing the night sky in the atmosphere.

At this time, Li Boyong noticed that the Archangel had entered the final landing stage, and the Zero was also flying toward the Archangel.

"Come to the Archangel together!" Mu didn't forget to notify Li Boyong, "You can't go back to the Menelaus in this situation, and the situation over there is very bad."

This is exactly what he was waiting for. Li Boyong had been consciously fighting in a place where he could approach the Archangel since the beginning of the battle, just for this plan.

He still tried his best in this battle, and if he dragged on, he would really be buried with the Eighth Fleet.

"Understood."

Li Boyong also piloted the Mobius toward the Archangel.

Together with the Zero, they used the grappling hook and stopped on the decks on the left and right sides respectively.

On the other side, the Strike was entangled by the Duel and could not return to the ship in time.

Fortunately, Kira had a flash of inspiration, used the Duel as a stepping stone to open the distance, and headed toward the Archangel.

The Duel raised its gun and wanted to shoot down the Strike, but was interfered with by a shuttle.

It turned out that the Menelaus, which was on the verge of disintegration in the atmosphere, released a shuttle full of Orb civilians at the last moment.

But the shuttle happened to block the Duel's shooting field of vision. Yzak, in his anger, aimed his gun at the shuttle.

Li Boyong, who had just landed on the Archangel's deck, naturally saw this scene. He knew very well what would happen next, but he had no ability to change it.

I have already tried my best... ===== CHAPTER 14 =====