Chapter 598: Char Calls
From day until night, Xiao Ran led his M1 Astray unit to reinforce four locations in succession, rescuing surrounded Federal Army forces, capturing key Zeon defensive strongholds, sinking Zeon Army land battleships, and defending artillery positions. Every battle ended within an hour. With their powerful machines, decisive fighting style, and utterly overwhelming process, they easily wiped out every target before them.
After a day of fighting, the M1 Astray unit led by Xiao Ran had destroyed two land battleships, captured one important stronghold, and taken down more than two hundred MS. Converted into merits and contributions, Xiao Ran alone accounted for two-fifths of the total. He had personally destroyed both land battleships and more than fifty MS, earning tens of thousands of Merit Points.
The four battles of that day quickly established an invincible reputation for the M1 Astrays within the Federal Army. After learning what the unit had accomplished in a single day, countless Federal Army soldiers felt profound admiration and yearning for them. Xiao Ran's record that day had especially created an ace legend within the Earth Federation that could not be surpassed.
It also pushed the Earth Federation's battle plan forward by a considerable margin. In a real war, especially in such a massive encirclement campaign, it was extremely unlikely that any force would choose a single point to break through and rush deep into Zeon territory before the other units had caught up. So even if Xiao Ran and the others had the ability to charge directly into the heart of Zeon's forces, no one would issue such an order.
Not only could that lead to the assault force being surrounded and swallowed up by the enemy's overwhelming numbers, it would also place tremendous strain on the campaign's encirclement. Advancing steadily while