Chapter 621
After scheduling the Mechanical Mixed Battalion's departure for the afternoon, Xiao Ran handed Command Authority back to Shima, the captain of the Mechanical Mixed Battalion, who had yet to arrive. He then led the few remaining members of the Astray MS Battalion away from the temporary base built for repairs and search-and-rescue operations in their MS. Naturally, Second Lieutenant Shiro Amada, now considered one of the battalion members, came with them.
Around twenty MS descended from the air roughly ten kilometers away from the Zeon Army base. They gradually approached the base overland. The closer they got, the sparser the dense forest became. Only after they spotted two nearly adjoining mountain peaks in the distance did the MS Unit come to a halt.
One mountain appeared flat-topped, while the other had a sharp peak. The flat-topped mountain was where the Zeon Army base described in the intelligence was located. The other was the mountain Xiao Ran remembered being pierced through by a single shot from Apsalus III.
After comparing their current location and calculating the distance, El-Elf spoke to Xiao Ran over the comm channel. "This distance is about right. Minovsky Particles are interfering with us, but if we get any closer, we'll enter their line of sight."
"We're roughly ten kilometers away. At our speed, we can reach the target and begin the operation in around twenty minutes. I need thirty minutes to infiltrate and assess the Zeon Army's units, then ten minutes for the operation. In one hour, launch an attack on the Zeon Army base on schedule, create chaos, and extract us."
As he spoke, El-Elf sat in his cockpit, removed his helmet, and took an Assault Rifle from behind his seat to inspect it. He then pulled several grenades from who knew where and