Chapter 24: Breakthrough

The turning point Li Boyong was waiting for soon arrived. The Buster's shelling of the Archangel accidentally broke the cables that entangled the Archangel, helping the Archangel break free.

After breaking free, the Archangel cooperated with Mula Flaga's Sky Grasper and beat the Desert Tiger's mothership until it couldn't take care of itself. Facing the Lesseps, which had completely lost power and lost most of its armament, the Desert Tiger had to issue an abandon ship order to his subordinates.

At the same time, the duel between the LaGOWE and the Strike also reached its final moment.

Having shot down five BuCUEs since the start of the battle and having been fighting the LaGOWE until now, the Strike's energy was finally exhausted.

And the LaGOWE's damage situation was not optimistic. When the Strike's Phase Shift Armor turned gray-white due to low energy, the Desert Tiger decisively maneuvered the LaGOWE to fight for its life.

Facing this most dangerous moment, Kira Yamato triggered the SEED ability again. His pupils turned gray like death.

Before the LaGOWE's head beam saber could hit him, he gave the LaGOWE a fatal blow with his last Armor Schneider.

The disappearance of the LaGOWE's signal dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the detachment still fighting to the death.

This Petrie-class was carrying out a desperate assault on the Archangel, determined to die to create an opportunity for its teammates.

As a result, the battle situation changed rapidly. The main forces of the LaGOWE and the Lesseps were quickly defeated, leaving only the detachment struggling to support.

"Fight it out, rush up to avenge the Captain, all ships fire at full power, aim at the Archangel."

The Petrie-class Captain gritted his teeth and issued the final assault order. At this time, retreating would only bring shame to the ZAFT forces.

"Not leaving?"

Li Boyong also realized the Petrie-class's intention. With respect for the enemy's courage, he maneuvered the Sky Grasper to dive down again.

Because the enemy ship's firepower was all concentrated on the Archangel, Li Boyong sensed an opportunity, so this dive attack was very resolute. After continuously using the main gun and missiles to bombard, he used the Ship-Slicing Blade to give the enemy bridge a fatal blow.

"Yaha, this is much easier to use."

Li Boyong looked at the huge damage caused by the Ship-Slicing Blade and expressed that it was truly fragrant.

After the bridge was destroyed, the enemy ship's control was clearly lost. The original assault course toward the Archangel gradually deviated, and then it crashed into a sand dune, stopping its advance.

"Issue a surrender notice."

The victory was set. Murrue Ramius didn't want to see any more senseless sacrifices.

"Understood."

Natarle Badgiruel also agreed with this point of view and issued a surrender notice to the ZAFT forces.

But the enemy ship's resistance did not end. The gun turrets that could still operate were still firing, and the last Zauort on the deck also jumped down and rushed toward the Archangel.

"It seems the Desert Tiger is quite beloved by his subordinates."

Li Boyong felt some emotion, but since the enemy made a choice in the face of the surrender notice, he had no choice but to fulfill his opponent.

"Start with the ones that can still move."

He maneuvered the machine to turn, circling behind the Zauort. That Zauort didn't look back and was still rushing toward the Archangel.

The Sky Grasper lowered its altitude and began to accelerate. When passing above the Zauort, it ejected the Ship-Slicing Blade, and the enemy machine in the middle of the assault was split in two.

"Still resisting?"

After breaking the Zauort, Li Boyong turned. The enemy ship, which had lost power, the bridge, and most of the gun turrets, and was even having internal explosions, was still firing, without any intention of surrendering.

Li Boyong had a moment of hesitation. This scene was a bit too tragic.

But he finally pulled the trigger. He was a soldier after all, and he had long been prepared to deprive the enemy of their lives.

Unit 2's attack triggered the Petrie-class's secondary explosion. The enemy ship turned into fragments filling the sky in a huge explosion, scattered in the desert, and was finally gradually covered by the wind and sand.

At this point, after a hard battle, the Archangel defeated the Desert Tiger entrenched in this land and opened the channel to the Red Sea.

The battle ended, and Li Boyong prepared to pilot the Sky Grasper to return.

But when he was about to approach the Archangel, he received a warning from Madok.

"Hey, you brat, hurry up and put away that Ship-Slicing Blade! Do you want to split the deck in half?"

Li Boyong: "???"

He looked with the fuselage camera and found that it was really true. Such a large beam Ship-Slicing Blade was standing vertically on the lower right of the machine. No wonder Madok's voice became...

Li Boyong tried to put away the Ship-Slicing Blade, but the System had no response, and the System didn't prompt any abnormalities either. He circled the Archangel three times and couldn't find a way. On that side, the recovery work for the Strike and Unit 1 had been completed.

Li Boyong was helpless: "No, still can't put it away."

Using a Sword Striker for a fighter jet is really a pit. Although I found it fragrant once, it's not fragrant now............

Madok hinted slowly: "It's probably because the impact during use caused the connection structure to deform."

Li Boyong was anxious and interrupted: "Chotto matte, I don't want to hear technical analysis now. The fuel is about to run out. I apply to eject the Sword Striker equipment."

Mula Flaga, who had nothing to do, grabbed the communicator: "Don't be anxious. It's too much trouble to let the Strike sortie again to pick up the equipment. I have a way here. If you trust me, try it."

"Tell me."

"If you trust my method, I'll use the Valiant to shoot off your Ship-Slicing Blade, so you can land safely. As for the broken equipment, you don't need to pick it up."

Mula Flaga's tone was full of schadenfreude, and he laughed as he spoke halfway. He now felt from the bottom of his heart that it was great not to choose the Sword Striker.

"Get lost!"

Li Boyong only wanted to hit someone when he heard this. Damn it, you have nothing to do and you're teasing me. If your hand shakes, won't you shoot me away?

"Major, stop stimulating him." Madok took back the communicator: "Second Lieutenant, eject the Sword Striker equipment and land, but please mark the landing point."

"Understood."

Li Boyong maneuvered the System to eject the Sword Striker equipment, marked the landing point, and returned to the Archangel's hangar.

Landing steadily on the deck, Li Boyong climbed out of the Sky Grasper's cockpit with a headache. It seems he often has small accidents when returning and landing.

He dismissed Mula Flaga, who came over to tease him, in a few words and hid in a corner to check the System's mission.

【Mission】

Sink one Petrie-class land battleship. (Completed, obtained 5 Battle Merit Points)

Sigh...

In this cold world, only the System's rewards can warm the heart.

Li Boyong felt much more comfortable and then began to check if the System had any extra functions.

Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to the character attribute panel, a new panel appeared, which was the skill panel Li Boyong had been looking forward to for a long time.

Although this skill panel was still blank, Li Boyong was still as happy as a two-hundred-pound child.

How does that saying go?

Mission is cool for a moment, always mission always cool. ===== CHAPTER 25 =====