Long Fei piloted the Gundam Gp04 Gerbera, breaking through the Shadow Ghost Mercenary Group's defensive line alone. The Gundam GP04 Gerbera carried additional propellant tanks mounted behind it.
With his superb skills, combined with the Gundam GP04 Gerbera's incredible speed and responsiveness, Long Fei fired countless Beam Guns and Beam Cannons while making his solo breakthrough, destroying enemy mobile suits and fighters one after another.
The enemy mobile suits simply could not pursue the Gundam GP04 Gerbera. The difference in speed between them was far too great; it was like a snail chasing a rabbit.
At first, the fighters could barely keep up with the Gundam GP04 Gerbera. But once it activated its additional propellant tanks, they were immediately left far behind.
When Mike, commander of the Shadow Ghost Mercenary Group, saw that the Gundam GP04 Gerbera had already penetrated his fleet, he immediately ordered all warships to lock onto it.
But the Gundam GP04 Gerbera was simply too fast. The warships' turrets could not lock onto it at all.
Mike immediately ordered every warship to fire barrages without locking on. As long as they could stop it from advancing any farther, that would be enough. He also sent requests for reinforcements to the other mercenary groups.
Hampered by the barrage, Long Fei could no longer charge straight ahead. Otherwise, he might be hit. He pressed the button to detach the additional propellant tanks.
Long Fei controlled the Gundam GP04 Gerbera, dodging the wildly fired barrage while attacking at the same time.
Every shot and every blast either struck an enemy warship's bridge at the bow or destroyed one of its turrets, allowing him to continue deeper into the fleet.
The Shadow Ghost Mercenary Group's mobile suits and fighters wanted to rush into their own fleet to stop the Gundam, but they feared friendly fire and could only hold back.
"What the hell are you doing? Shoot that Gundam down already!" Captain Mike roared like a madman.
"Captain, we can't! The enemy Gundam is too fast and agile. The barrages fired by the turrets converted from our civilian spacecraft can't stop it at all. Several converted spacecraft have already been destroyed by the Gundam." The announcer spoke in a voice on the verge of tears.
Captain Mike regretted his decision. Why had he chosen to disguise themselves as pirates and use these converted civilian spacecraft? If they had used their own warships, this would never have happened.
"Have the other three groups responded to the emergency call? Are they coming?"
"No. We're too far away from the other three mercenary groups. Even if they want to come rescue us, they probably won't make it in time."
Just as Captain Mike decided to abandon his subordinates and flee in an escape pod, the announcer screamed, "The enemy Gundam has reached this ship's bow!"
Captain Mike collapsed into his seat in terror, staring helplessly as light gathered in the barrel of the Gundam's Beam Gun—the final image of his life.
News of Captain Mike's death quickly reached not only the bows of the other three mercenary groups' flagships, but also the spacecraft carrying Long Taotian and the others.
"A single Gundam broke into an entire fleet and even took down its flagship? Who would possibly believe something like that?" Taiga shot to his feet from his seat, his face filled with indescribable shock.
Gude and Long Taotian wore equally stunned expressions. Neither of them had expected the Gundam's performance to far exceed their imagination.
Long Taotian swallowed and asked, "Do you have any other mercenary groups you can call over?"
Gude stiffly turned his neck toward Long Taotian and replied, "These groups are already the best mercenary groups this region has to offer. Even if we call in the others, they won't be able to get here anytime soon."
After Long Fei killed Captain Mike, the morale of both sides changed at once. The Skywing Mercenary Group's morale soared.
With Captain Mike dead, the Shadow Ghost Mercenary Group suddenly lost its backbone and fell into complete chaos like headless flies.
Although the other three mercenary groups did not descend into chaos, their morale still dropped sharply, and they were being suppressed by a smaller enemy force.
The Gundam GP04 sped toward the mothership, and Long Fei contacted the captain. "Captain, launch a new set of additional propellant tanks."
"Received, Boss."
Albion 01 launched the additional propellant tanks.
The Gundam GP04 connected with the additional propellant tanks and charged toward the White Rose Mercenary Group's position.
When Meilan received word that the Gundam GP04 was rapidly approaching the flagship she was on, she immediately ordered all mobile suits and fighters to stop it at any cost.
Unfortunately, whether they were mobile suits or fighters, they had the will to intercept it but not the ability to stop it.
Moreover, the enemy still had two Gundams and a large number of Specialized GMs waiting for opportunities to attack, leaving them unable to attend to both ends.
Especially after the Gundam GP04 activated its additional propellant tanks, it left them far behind at once.
Not wanting to follow in Mike's footsteps, Meilan immediately abandoned everyone while they were not paying attention and boarded an escape pod to flee.
The moment Meilan sat down, she immediately gave the order.
Only then did the personnel in the bow command room realize that their commander had abandoned them and fled. Just as they were about to curse, a beam pierced through the bow, triggering a violent explosion.
Meilan felt the flagship being attacked.
"Quickly! Get the escape pod out of the mothership now!"
The intense chain of explosions spread to the hangar.
The explosion swallowed Meilan's escape pod.
"No, no, no, no, no!!!" Meilan let out the final cry of her life.
News of Meilan's mothership being destroyed instantly reached the flagships on both sides.
Kellan, commander of the Storm Mercenary Group, and Fulin, commander of the Killer Whale Mercenary Group, were discussing whether to surrender or retreat. Although the mastermind behind them had issued a death order, who wanted to die?
Whether they retreated or surrendered now, disobeying the mastermind's orders would come at a terrible price afterward.
But that was still better than being killed here. At worst, they could find a way to flee to Earth afterward, change their names, and live in seclusion.
After reaching a decision, the two simultaneously fired retreat signal flares.
The fleets of the two mercenary groups recovered their own forces, ignored the remaining troops of the other two mercenary groups that had lost their commanders, and immediately turned around to retreat.
The Shadow Ghost and White Rose mercenary groups, having lost their commanders, could only fire surrender signal flares.
"They actually dared to surrender and retreat! They actually dared to defy our orders! We'll settle the score with them properly after we return!" Taiga said agitatedly.
Gude frowned deeply.
Long Taotian wore an angry, unwilling expression, his fists clenched tightly. He had originally been brimming with confidence, believing he could definitely capture Long Fei and earn merit for the Long Family, giving his father leverage to compete for the position of the Long Family's next head.
Instead, it ended in failure, and the money had gone down the drain.
At that moment, the door opened, and a bodyguard rushed in to report in a panic, "This is bad! A Skywing Mercenary Group fleet has appeared behind us. There is a Gundam and many GM Mobile Suits!"
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