Chapter 4: First Battle (Part 2)

"Very good, very good, stay still."

Li Boyong found a good opportunity in the chaotic battle. He aimed his Railgun at the back of a GINN; this was an opportunity he had found with enough patience.

And that GINN was focusing on its target and didn't notice Li Boyong's sneak attack.

"You're really working hard!"

The pilot of the Mobius that was being targeted by the GINN had decent skills and persisted for a long time under the GINN's pursuit, which gave Li Boyong the opportunity.

Li Boyong seized the moment the GINN wanted to fire and pressed the Railgun's firing button. A slight vibration was transmitted to the cockpit through the muzzle.

Then he saw the target GINN's right leg hit, bursting into a ball of fire.

"Damn it, Alliance fly."

The GINN pilot reacted very quickly after being hit, decisively abandoning the target, performing two evasive maneuvers, and avoiding the two Railgun shots Li Boyong fired in pursuit.

"Tch."

Seeing no chance to completely shoot down the target, Li Boyong didn't hesitate at all and turned his direction away from the target.

Seeing this, the target GINN had to give up the intention of turning to pursue Li Boyong and looked for the nearest Mobius, and then that Mobius that had finally escaped a disaster once again entered the GINN pilot's eyes.

"Damn it!" While Li Boyong felt relieved, he couldn't help but curse inwardly. He didn't seize such a good opportunity.

The GINN's armor was a bit tough for the Mobius's firepower. Even if the Railgun hit the torso directly, it would need several consecutive hits to destroy the GINN, and the leg hit just now could only count as a slight injury, which just reduced the opponent's mobility a bit.

The gap in combat power between the two machines was too big!

In the subsequent battle, Li Boyong maintained a style of trying to avoid getting caught in a melee, just firing cold shots and running. It would be best if he could injure the enemy machine; if not, he could also interfere with the enemy's attack.

As an experienced fighter pilot, because his grasp of the combat rhythm in space was okay, he remained calm and never let himself become the enemy's target, and he achieved another result of slightly injuring a GINN.

Two sneak attacks that he was very confident in failed to achieve ideal results. It seems it's not just the gap in machine performance, but even the pilot's ability has a big gap.

Five minutes into the battle, the Aegis, after shooting down three Mobius MAs, tore through the MA defense line and rushed toward the advance team's fleet. Another GINN holding a Special Heavy Particle Cannon followed the Aegis to attack the warships.

The surviving Mobius MAs were already very strenuous just dealing with these three GINNs and had no power to go back to support the warships.

That captain who liked to set up FLAGs was still alive and shouted a few times on the communication channel, trying to reorganize the formation to support the warships, but unfortunately, he couldn't organize it at all on this chaotic battlefield.

Perhaps the surviving MA pilots all had a glimmer of hope in their hearts that the warships could help them share some pressure, so they selectively ignored his orders.

Li Boyong was one of them. He knew very well that in this battle, the Alliance had no chance of winning.

And what he needed to do was to desperately survive, survive until the Archangel came to support, survive until that pink national diva was pulled out as a hostage.

After the battle stopped, enter the Archangel and complete the system's mission.

He never felt that he could lead the advance team to turn the tables. After all, the illusion of "we will counter-kill" is a taboo in life.

Li Boyong made up his mind to survive, but unfortunately, as his teammates were shot down one by one, he inevitably became the enemy's target.

After he slightly injured another GINN, he was approached at high speed by a GINN.

"Ho... Holy crap, don't come over here!"

Li Boyong saw the opponent pull out a ship-slicing blade and kill him, and he was so scared that he couldn't even complain properly.

Now his MA was being accelerated and pursued from behind by the opponent's MS, and he was in the middle of a major turn after completing a sneak attack. His maneuver trajectory was clear, and his speed was slow, which meant he was firmly bitten by the tail, and there was basically no possibility of shaking it off.

Holy crap, am I going to be hacked to death by a grunt's forty-meter big knife today?

While continuing to complain wildly in his heart, Li Boyong's hands didn't slow down. He stopped turning and switched to defensive maneuvers, trying to shake it off.

But he knew very well in his heart that due to the gap in mobility between the two machines, it was difficult to shake off the opponent at this level, and it could only serve the task of delaying time.

"If I want to survive, I might need to gamble on something big!"

Thinking this, a certain rogue operation suddenly flashed through his mind, which was the operation Mula Flaga intended to use when piloting the Moebius Zero against Kruse's CGUE in the anime.

At that time, Mula Flaga, who had lost all his wired gun barrels, faced the approach of the CGUE and overcame the G-force during the maneuver, turning around and trying to give the CGUE pursuing from behind a shot with his muzzle, but unfortunately, his gun barrel was cut off by Kruse with a sword.

Although Mula Flaga failed when he used this move, that was because he was facing an elite among elites like Kruse.

Theoretically speaking, this move was the only counterattack a Mobius could make when being pursued; otherwise, it would need to rely on the fire support of teammates to force the enemy back.

Having made up his mind, Li Boyong performed a major maneuver, briefly leaving the opponent's field of vision, and began to flip.

And the pursuing Coordinator pilot reacted very quickly and instantly realized Li Boyong's escape direction.

"Heh, a mere natural, struggling on his deathbed."

He contemptuously licked his lips and immediately regained the Mobius's tail.

However, what met his eyes was not the tail smoke of the thrusters, but a pitch-black muzzle.

"Eat this!"

Li Boyong roared and pressed the firing button. The 75mm Railgun hit, blowing off a piece of the wing on the opponent's back.

The injured GINN and Mobius brushed past each other, and Li Boyong successfully survived this attack.

Damn it, did I counter-kill?

I was just chanting in my heart not to have the illusion of counter-killing... and this is true?

After brushing past, Li Boyong didn't get greedy and want to finish off the opponent, but continued to accelerate, letting himself have the kinetic energy to shake off the next attack. After all, the operation just now was somewhat similar to a stall-kill in fighter combat. If Li Boyong couldn't recover his speed as soon as possible, he wouldn't even have the ability to use defensive maneuvers to delay time when he was attacked next time.

After a burst of acceleration, just as a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, he received a communication from the fleet behind.

A Drake-class sank under the attack of the Aegis and GINNs, and another had lost its combat and communication capabilities. Now only one Nelson-class was left there holding on, and it was estimated that being sunk was only a matter of time.

Li Boyong felt a chill in his heart. This is too fast.

In the blink of an eye, the signals of two more Mobius MAs disappeared, including that captain who set up a crazy FLAG before the sortie.

Ten minutes into the battle, only Li Boyong's machine was left in the MA unit.

Archangel, why the hell aren't you here yet! ===== CHAPTER 5 =====