Chapter 52: Ripper Edward

On the 23rd, Victoria battlefield, Alliance northern front, central main battlefield.

Li Boyong was directing the maintenance crew to repair his somewhat battered Strike Dagger.

"Is that the guy?"

"Yeah, heard his unit was wiped out several times, but he survived every time..."

"Wow, a living Friendly Fire Reaper, actually transferred to our unit..."

"Shh, keep it down!"

Several ordinary soldiers passed by behind him, deliberately discussing him in a voice Li Boyong could vaguely hear.

Li Boyong endured it, but couldn't help it, turned around, and walked toward the soldiers.

Having rolled and mixed in such a cruel battlefield for so many days and lost so many subordinates, he now had nowhere to vent his pent-up anger.

He had originally thought that in this defensive battle, as long as he led his subordinates to hide well and fight cautiously, he should be able to bring most of them out alive.

Unfortunately, the battlefield was ever-changing. The battle situation did indeed turn into the conservative war of attrition he had predicted, but it was just a pity that the attrition on such a large battlefield was such a huge loss. The 5th MS Composite Brigade he belonged to was just ground down like that.

And Li Boyong, for some reason, became the legendary Friendly Fire Reaper.

He walked toward the soldiers, exuding an aura of malice brought out from a pile of dead bodies, which directly scared the gossiping logistics soldiers.

"You... what do you want to do..."

"Lie... Lieutenant... we didn't mean it..."

The soldiers couldn't even speak clearly, saluted Li Boyong with a guilty conscience, and couldn't even think of resisting.

Just as Li Boyong was planning to vent his anger even if it meant a disciplinary action, the sortie alarm rang throughout the camp, and the entire camp immediately became chaotic, preparing for the sortie.

The soldiers gave Li Boyong a flattering smile and slipped away. Li Boyong had to restrain his malice and board the somewhat battered Strike Dagger.

Starting the Strike Dagger, Li Boyong led the Strike Daggers of his two new subordinates, formed an MS squad, and rushed to the battlefield.

Come to think of it, the unit he was transferred to was called the 3rd MS Special Battalion, which, like the 5th MS Composite Brigade, was also a unit of the Atlantic Federation supporting the Victoria battlefield.

However, unlike the 5th MS Composite Brigade, it was an elite unit equipped with many derivatives of the Dagger, such as Buster Daggers, Duel Daggers, and 105 Daggers, which were not uncommon.

While marching, Li Boyong vaguely saw two Sword Calamities, one orange and one black.

He knew the pilot of the orange one should be the famous Ripper Edward, while he had no impression of the pilot of the black one.

The battle began, and the Alliance started its routine artillery coverage. For a full thirty minutes, the ZAFT forces on the other side couldn't even lift their heads, and then the MS units began to advance, and the counter-artillery fire from ZAFT also began to roar.

Li Boyong's squad was placed on the front line. The four Strike Daggers charged forward against the artillery fire. Not long after they set out, one Strike Dagger was unfortunately hit directly by heavy artillery, and the entire unit's frame was reduced to parts.

"Damn it, did you specifically transfer me here to be cannon fodder?"

Li Boyong cursed, but could only continue to bite the bullet and rush forward.

The artillery fire continued to sound all day. Li Boyong drove his Strike Dagger, rolling and struggling in the quagmire called war, and then, after losing all his subordinates again, he survived alone by sheer luck.

The battle on the 23rd ended, and the Alliance main force advanced 30 kilometers, approaching the final ZAFT defense line.

And Li Boyong, who survived, shot down a CGUE and a ZAUORT in the day's fighting, again receiving the system's reward of three battle merit points.

However, the nickname Friendly Fire Reaper was firmly attached to him.

It was really firm, because this nickname had been officially verified by the system.

Title: Friendly Fire Reaper (In a battle, every time an MS or MA of your unit is shot down, your hit rate and evasion rate will increase slightly.)

Looking at this information that appeared under his character panel, Li Boyong really didn't know whether to cry or laugh at this black humor.

So, what was the Commander skill I learned originally for?

That night, several pilots with good skills, including Li Boyong, were summoned by the commander of the 3rd MS Special Battalion.

In the command post, Li Boyong saw the famous Ripper, who was sitting with the pilots in the unit who were said to have impressive combat records.

On the other side sat several pilots who were still wearing pilot suits, but the style of the pilot suits was a bit different from ordinary pilots. The leader was a young master wearing a dress that was extremely unsuitable for appearing here.

The unit commander hadn't arrived yet, and the two groups of people in the command post seemed to dislike each other, and there was no communication between them, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Li Boyong didn't care about this, so he just found a seat and sat down. As a result, for some reason, it caused a pilot next to him to scream strangely.

"Really, first came a young master from Orb, then some experimental subjects that are no different from those monsters in the sky, and now another Friendly Fire Reaper. Why do the higher-ups keep adding messy things to the unit?"

After he finished shouting, the pilots around him couldn't help but laugh strangely.

Li Boyong looked at them coldly and was too lazy to pay attention to these guys.

However, the so-called Orb young master and experimental subjects aroused his attention. It should refer to the guy in the dress and the guys behind him who were still wearing pilot suits.

He had some impression of that young master, but he couldn't remember his specific character experience. It seemed that he had appeared in the SEED side story, and he had a twin sister, both of whom were Coordinators.

But Orb had only been taken down by the Atlantic Federation a few days ago. How could people from Orb help the Alliance fight the ZAFT forces on this Victoria battlefield?

Treason?

Or saving the country by a curve?

Forget it, don't think about it, anyway, it has nothing to do with him, Li Boyong.

After Li Boyong arrived, a dozen soldiers came in one after another, but they didn't look like pilots, but more like special forces.

Until everyone arrived, there were about twenty people crowded in the command post.

After waiting for a while, the unit commander entered the command post and began to issue orders.

It turned out that they were preparing to organize these summoned elite pilots into a special unit for a single-point breakthrough, rushing directly to the Mass Driver to prevent the ZAFT forces from blowing up the Victoria Mass Driver when they were in a desperate situation.

Li Boyong looked at the commander on the stage silently, complaining in his heart...

Just me, driving a broken Strike Dagger?

Elite pilot?

Are you sure?

Can you change me to a Duel Dagger first for such a dangerous mission?

Or a Buster Dagger would be fine, my shooting attribute is high, it's quite suitable. ===== CHAPTER 53 =====