Chapter 53: The Defensive Battle Draws to a Close

On the 24th, the Alliance deliberately slowed down its offensive against the ZAFT forces, putting on a show that they needed to rest for a while before they had the strength to attack again.

In reality, they were preparing for the general offensive on the 25th. The special unit Li Boyong had just joined was the top priority for the battle on the 25th. According to intelligence provided by spies, they were to make a single-point breakthrough at the most vulnerable part of the ZAFT defense line, directly suppress the Victoria Mass Driver and the enemy command post, and prevent any attacks that might destroy the Mass Driver.

Throughout the 24th, the members of this special unit were formulating tactics around this strategic goal. The higher-ups had given a death order to achieve the mission, after all, capturing this Mass Driver was the fundamental purpose of the Alliance launching this Victoria defensive battle.

On the 25th, the Alliance forces suddenly began to launch an offensive, and at the same time, Li Boyong received the system's mission.

【Mission】

Shoot down any five enemy MS units and ensure the special unit successfully suppresses the enemy command post and the integrity of the Mass Driver. (Mission completion reward: five battle merit points and five plot points.)

The arduous mission and generous rewards were worthy of this battle of deep penetration and single-point breakthrough, and also worthy of bringing the Victoria defensive battle to a close.

Thirty minutes after the battle began, the special unit used two Sword Calamities and a squad of Duel Daggers as the vanguard, tearing through the weak points of the ZAFT defense line based on intelligence provided by spies.

The Strike Dagger squad Li Boyong was in followed behind the vanguard squad to provide cover. They didn't encounter any fierce resistance along the way. It seemed the accuracy of the intelligence provided by the spy was extremely high, and the intelligence might have come directly from the enemy command post.

Because the vanguard's combat power was very strong and the ZAFT forces deployed here had low combat power, they were basically wiped out by the leading MS units, and the occasional leaks were solved by Li Boyong.

"Hey, Reaper, leave two prey for me."

Seeing that a GINN leaked by the vanguard was shot down by Li Boyong again, the captain in the squad shouted unceremoniously. This guy was the pilot who screamed strangely at Li Boyong yesterday.

"Don't worry, there will be plenty later."

Just as the captain was clamoring, Li Boyong killed another fish that slipped through the net and replied casually.

Who told him to have a mission?

Fortunately, his attributes were close to Mula Flaga's level, much stronger than these so-called elites in the special unit, so grabbing two heads was not a problem.

"Damn it, is this the attitude you have when talking to your superior?"

The captain became more and more dissatisfied, but he couldn't really do anything to Li Boyong during the operation.

The special unit charged forward all the way until they reached the vicinity of the Mass Driver, only to be stopped by the final defense line temporarily organized by ZAFT.

There were a total of nine ZAFT MS units in the temporary defense line, with models ranging from CGUE to ZAUORT, and many units clearly bore scars that were too late to be repaired.

But it was such a battered MS unit that exuded the momentum of battle-hardened veterans, exerting powerful combat power, firmly and decisively blocking the special unit on the Alliance side.

A ZAUORT occupying a high position fired repeatedly, accurately blowing up two Buster Daggers, pinning the left-wing unit and unable to move, firing artillery with the precision of a sniper rifle.

A CGUE that had lost a propulsion wing and shield charged into the right-wing formation alone with two heavy blades, causing a stir on the right wing.

The vanguard unit, which had been invincible, was dragged down by three high-mobility BuCUEs and two GINNs. These three BuCUEs cooperated tacitly, and under the cover of the two GINNs, they launched mobile attacks like happy wind men, causing great trouble for the vanguard unit.

God knows why three experimental BuCUE units appeared in such a place. Otherwise, the two Sword Calamities with TP armor could have completely ignored the GINN's shooting and killed them. Now, facing the BuCUE's beam cannon, things became tricky.

The last lame reconnaissance GINN and the DINN without wings relied on two rocks to shoot at Li Boyong's squad.

But the most troublesome thing was not these, but the engineering GINN that was approaching the Mass Driver from a distance.

"Hey, hey, what should we do? Our mission is to escort the special unit to suppress the command post, but if there is an engineering GINN, it can be detonated directly from the outside."

The captain complained, facing this unexpected situation, he was a bit at a loss.

As a result, before he finished speaking, he was shot in the cockpit by the reconnaissance GINN.

"Damn it, trash."

Li Boyong cursed, took over the command of the squad, and ordered the other two second lieutenant pilots: "You two cover the special unit to suppress the command post."

No matter what, suppress the enemy command post first to determine the victory, otherwise, God knows what kind of attack this special unit that penetrated deep into the enemy's rear would encounter.

As for the Mass Driver, let's see after solving these two enemy units!

"Understood."

Two Strike Daggers and three armored vehicles full of special forces rushed toward the enemy command post.

The DINN popped out to block, Li Boyong fired three shots at it, one hit the rock used as cover, and the other two hit the DINN's shoulder and head respectively. This DINN, which had already lost its wings, completely lost its combat capability.

But the reconnaissance GINN on the other side also seized this opportunity and hit the Strike Dagger's beam rifle with one shot.

"Damn it, fight!"

Li Boyong drew his beam saber and charged toward the reconnaissance GINN with his shield.

The reconnaissance GINN fired five shots in a row, the first four hit the shield, shattering the Strike Dagger's unreliable shield, and the fifth shot directly blew up the Strike Dagger's head.

"WQNMD, let you see the fighting style of a real man!"

The reconnaissance GINN was right in front of him, but the monitor suddenly turned white, and Li Boyong directly opened the cockpit door.

The Strike Dagger lunged forward, and the beam saber stabbed directly into the reconnaissance GINN's cockpit.

Seeing that the enemy unit had a tendency to explode, Li Boyong couldn't care about pulling out the beam saber, and hurriedly manipulated the Strike Dagger to let go and jump away.

When he landed, he happened to land near the vanguard unit.

He looked down at the friendly signal. The vanguard unit had actually lost two Duel Daggers. You know, the pilots of these Duel Daggers were all combat Coordinators, and their strength was close to the Three Shuttles. It seemed that the ZAFT pilots here were also very powerful.

However, ZAFT was not without losses. To solve the two Duel Daggers, they also lost a BuCUE. The BuCUE three-unit formation that was originally like the wind and cooperated tacitly was greatly reduced in power.

"Hey, borrow a weapon."

Ripper Edward was focusing on the battle when he suddenly heard a communication.

He observed the surroundings before seeing a Strike Dagger without a head and with the cockpit door open nearby. The communication also came from this Strike Dagger, which looked very miserable.

He looked at the friendly signal and found that the pilot of this Strike Dagger was the Friendly Fire Reaper that everyone hated.

But... fighting with the cockpit door open without a head monitor?

I like this fighting style!

It's a pity that the weapon interface of the Sword Calamity and the Strike Dagger are different.

"Even if I give it to you, you can't use it. Why don't you try to pick up the equipment of the Duel Dagger?"

Edward suggested, manipulating the Calamity to sweep a BuCUE with the multi-phase energy cannon on his chest, but unfortunately, the opponent jumped away nimbly.

Li Boyong clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and bit the bullet and rushed toward the wreckage of the Duel Dagger.

Edward had a good impression of Li Boyong and took the opportunity to provide fire cover for him.

Under Edward's cover, Li Boyong successfully picked up a... beam saber from the wreckage of the Duel Dagger.

"Damn it, my melee attribute is really low..."

After complaining, Li Boyong drove the Strike Dagger to join the battle of the vanguard unit. He asked Edward: "You rush up and kill the engineering GINN, I will cover you."

Edward looked at the beam saber in the Strike Dagger's hand, and his eyebrows jumped.

Cover?

With this beam saber?

But seeing that the engineering GINN over there had already started working, Edward gritted his teeth and couldn't care about that much.

"Duel Dagger, fire cover me!"

Edward shouted, and the Sword Calamity headed toward the Mass Driver.

The last surviving Duel Dagger used the railgun and beam rifle on its shoulders to suppress the enemies in front of the Sword Calamity.

Two BuCUEs wanted to block Edward, but one was dragged by another Sword Calamity with black and gold trim. Only one BuCUE popped out a beam saber, circled around, and rushed past Edward's back, looking like it was about to cut off the Sword Calamity's leg.

"I said cover means I can cover!"

A Strike Dagger without a head fell from the sky, directly riding on the back of the BuCUE, the beam saber blew up the BuCUE's cockpit, and then rolled away, dodging the BuCUE's explosion.

It turned out that Li Boyong had calculated the position early, letting the Strike Dagger jump high and perform a sword technique from the sky.

However, this action was also very thrilling. In the air, he was almost swept away by two GINNs with machine guns. Li Boyong was lucky, only hit in the knee by one shot.

So after killing this BuCUE, his Strike Dagger was really close to being scrapped and had no combat power at all.

"Thanks, Reaper!"

Edward, who was no longer harassed by the BuCUE, manipulated the Sword Calamity, ignored the two GINNs blocking the way, and jumped with a jet, directly falling next to the engineering GINN. The two heavy blades swung, performing a cross-cut, splitting the engineering GINN into four pieces.

At the same time, the special unit also received news that the command post had been successfully suppressed.

On the 25th, the grand third Victoria defensive battle came to an end with the complete victory of the Alliance.

Our cannon fodder captain Li Boyong used all his strength and finally survived, and also saved up a lot of plot points and battle merit points. ===== CHAPTER 54 =====