The battlefield was filled with the thunderous roar of artillery. Flying stones erupted everywhere across the ground as the Zeon Army's armored forces, air forces, and MS Unit worked closely together to pin down the six MS piloted by Xiao Ran and the others within the encirclement. Ninety-millimeter rounds, missiles, and shells howled in from the sky and every direction like a raging storm. The complete firepower coverage was so dense it seemed to peel away a layer of earth, blanketing the ground in a hazy yellow cloud of dust dozens of meters high.
The Zeon Army had no intention of engaging the six Astrays in close combat. Every MS weaved through the battlefield at high speed, constantly changing position, while tanks, Missile Launchers, and aircraft farther away poured fire over the area occupied by the six Astrays. Combined with the MS forming the main body of the encirclement, they truly managed to suppress the six Astrays within the ring for the moment, leaving them unable to force their way into the air.
Xiao Ran piloted the Black Astray and used its four Gatling guns to shoot down another wave of incoming missiles. But against the shells fired by the armored division's tanks, he could only evade. Fortunately, the flying backpacks mounted behind their machines allowed all six units to make rapid, short-distance glides over the ground, now riddled with craters, even under such dense firepower.
But the barrage was simply too terrifyingly dense. Even though all six were among the finest pilots, attacks they had no way to evade still came head-on from time to time. Even with PS Armor, no one wanted to use it to withstand those attacks directly. PS Armor might endure them, but it had its own limits, and the armor itself could suffer metal