"Given the current situation, the proper course would be to attack the enemy warships after breaking through their forward forces, disrupting their command structure and throwing them into chaos. But I won't be doing that this time. My purpose is to familiarize you with this type of machine's combat methods, so I'll wipe out every Gamillas unit here and demonstrate this machine's combat capabilities and fighting style as thoroughly as possible."
After coming to an abrupt stop and turning in Fortress Mode, the Variable Fighter transformed back into fighter form and shot toward the Gamillas formation it had just broken through. By now, Xiao Ran's frontal breakthrough had completely pierced Gamillas's attack formation, splitting their fighters into two groups and scattering them apart.
Roughly half of the scattered Gamillas fighters continued flying toward the Burning Legion and the Yamato, launching missiles from a great distance and continuously spewing trails of Fire Snakes.
The other half readjusted their posture and began surrounding and attacking Xiao Ran's machine in dispersed squad-sized groups.
Three machines formed a squad, attacking and charging Xiao Ran from every direction while covering their comrades who circled behind him to get on his tail. Perhaps because the Gamillas military had considerable combat experience, their coordination was remarkably seamless.
If it had been an ordinary fighter, it might truly have been caught by the Gamillas formation and pursued from behind. But the machine Xiao Ran was piloting was no ordinary fighter, and neither was its pilot.
The moment Xiao Ran noticed the situation, his expression did not change in the slightest. He kept the machine in fighter form and charged head-on at the incoming enemy aircraft, unleashing all its firepower. Dense beams and solid rounds instantly tore the Gamillas machines ahead into pieces. The three machines in that squad