Chapter 137: Repelling the Detachment

Fierce beam fire drew trajectories in space, followed by particle streams left after machine maneuvers, dyeing the pitch-black space in red and green colors.

The frontal battle was still fiercely underway, while a detachment composed of GN-Xs had already approached Ptolemaios from another direction.

Sumeragi had long been prepared for the detachment's attack, dispatching the Throne Gundam and the Dynames Gundam equipped with GN Armor to intercept.

"Damn it, is there an MA here too?"

Patrick, responsible for commanding the detachment's attack, was shocked. Information had already come from the frontal battlefield that this large MA's GN Field had amazing defensive power and was very difficult to deal with.

"But, for the Colonel's hot kiss!"

Patrick manipulated the GN-X to launch the first attack. "Little ones, charge for me!"

Red particle beam fire concentrated on the two intercepting Gundams; Lockon saw this and immediately opened the GN Field to top it, providing cover for Shihe.

Shihe took the opportunity to pilot the Throne Gundam to shake off the angle and counterattack from the other side.

Two beams directly hit a GN-X, blowing up the right arm it was using to hold its shield for defense.

Subsequently, Shihe nimbly used debris to dodge the detachment's counterattack and injured another GN-X.

"Got a hand!"

Lockon saw this and expressed appreciation for Shihe's precise shooting.

"I can't lose on my side either!"

"Although I can't perform precise shooting, this thing can win by quantity!"

The GN Armor carrying Dynames began to spew powerful firepower, with one twin-barrel beam cannon plus two single-barrel beam cannons, plus a large number of GN Missiles, throwing them toward the detachment.

"Spread out quickly!"

Patrick ordered while manipulating the machine to dodge.

This was only his third time fighting as a squad leader, and he was not proficient in squad command, unable to command as excellently as Sergei.

However, the pilots who could pilot GN-Xs were all elites among elites, and they had dispersed at the first moment Lockon opened fire, evading this fierce firepower.

"Lockon, your marksmanship is stinky!"

"Lockon, your marksmanship is stinky!"

Haro in the Dynames complained.

A fierce burst of firepower didn't achieve very good results; it seemed it only lightly injured two GN-Xs.

"Shut up, my eye is injured on this side."

Lockon patted Haro lightly, then muttered, "But the enemy's mobility is too good, right?"

A tremor came immediately; this was a sign of the GN Field being hit. Clearly, the dispersed detachment began to counterattack Lockon.

"This is not good."

Lockon frowned, but in this situation, he could only continue to rely on the GN Field to counterattack.

The detachment's firepower was temporarily attracted by Lockon, and Shihe took the opportunity to flash out from behind the debris, lightly injuring another GN-X again.

"Ah, annoying flies; leave the red one to me, you guys surround and attack this MA."

Patrick saw Shihe's cold shots were very sharp, and to avoid continued damage, he piloted his machine to engage the Throne Gundam, creating an environment for his teammates to surround and attack Lockon.

He piloted the GN-X to chase the Throne into the debris pile, engaging in debris combat with Shihe.

It must be said that as an AEU ace pilot, Patrick's reaction speed was indeed excellent, and his performance in debris combat was also quite good.

But unfortunately, he was facing Shihe, who had experienced the Battle of Jachin Due just like Li Boyong.

In that battle, the debris combat experience Shihe accumulated among the battlefield wreckage was no joke.

Soon, Shihe easily suppressed Patrick and achieved hits on the GN-X twice.

If it weren't for the Throne Drei being a support machine with slightly less firepower, Patrick would have been blown up and died by now.

But even so, the situation of the GN-X, which had been hit twice, was also very bad.

"Damn it, if this continues..."

Patrick nervously watched the surroundings, carefully guarding against the beams that might shoot out from nowhere.

Honestly, he already regretted rushing into the debris pile alone.

Suddenly, a beam attacked from the side-rear of the GN-X.

Patrick was startled and hurriedly piloted the machine to barely dodge the shot, but the damaged machine couldn't control its flight posture well.

"Wow!"

The GN-X hit a piece of debris in a comical posture, and the machine subsequently cracked.

"???"

Seeing the enemy hit the debris and seek its own destruction, Shihe was also a bit surprised.

However, since the pursuing enemy was gone, she immediately manipulated the Throne to turn back and provide support to Lockon.

This allowed Patrick, who was piloting half a GN-X, to luckily escape a disaster.

"Lockon, danger."

"Lockon, danger."

Haro kept issuing warnings, and Lockon, who was surrounded, kept manipulating the machine to dodge in the rain of bullets.

"Damn it, with such dense firepower, there are too few opportunities to counterattack."

Facing this siege from all directions, Lockon didn't dare to easily remove the GN Field to counterattack; occasionally seizing the opportunity to launch a round of counterattacks, they were all easily dodged by the enemy.

With his dominant eye injured, his state was indeed too poor.

It was in this situation that Shihe flashed out from the debris pile again, launching an attack from behind the detachment.

"It's this red Gundam again!"

"Attack from behind?"

"Was Patrick finished?"

The detachment wavered in the face of Shihe's flanking attack, and Lockon launched a pincer attack, successfully shooting down a GN-X.

"No, if this continues, we will be wiped out."

"Retreat temporarily."

"It's all Patrick's useless guy's fault."

Facing the unfavorable situation, the detachment began to retreat.

"Damn it, want to leave after causing such a scene?"

Lockon, in poor condition, seemed to have been provoked into a bit of anger; he, who was always calm, actually had the impulse to pursue.

Fortunately, Sumeragi issued the order to stop the pursuit in time.

Lockon recovered a trace of calmness under Sumeragi's order, then analyzed: "Sumeragi, although it took more time than expected, if I go over now, I should still be able to catch up and ambush the enemy fleet with Li Boyong, who is in ambush."

"This..." Sumeragi looked at Lockon, who was obviously very exhausted and panting, feeling very hesitant.

Although she knew that letting Dynames launch a surprise attack on the enemy fleet at this time was a key that could influence the outcome of the battle.

But Lockon's state looked too poor, making her very uneasy.

"Sumeragi, let me go!"

Lockon saw Sumeragi's hesitation and said stubbornly.

"No, leave the fleet side to me."

Shihe intervened in the conversation and asked Sumeragi for battle: "Although the Throne's firepower is insufficient, A-Yong has anti-ship equipment there, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

Honestly, the reason Shihe insisted on this plan was to rendezvous with A-Yong as soon as possible.

After the battle just now, she had a more intuitive understanding of the GN-X's performance advantage over the Flag, and she was now very worried about Li Boyong, who was only piloting the Flag.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you; Lockon, return to continue defending Ptolemaios."

Sumeragi approved Shihe's plan.

Shihe piloted the Throne Drei according to the surprise attack route Lockon was originally going to use, speeding toward the enemy fleet. ===== CHAPTER 138 =====