February 7, CE71, around 11:00 standard time
Although Shiho Hahnenfuss has been feeling a little uneasy since a little while ago;
However, as the two D Equipment Ginn of Heine Westenfluss's senior team attacked again from Gamow, it was time to launch a new offensive against the Earth Alliance's fleet;
Shiho Hahnenfuss forced himself to suppress this unreasonable anxiety and focus on the current battle.
Although the experimental beam weapon completed cooling a few minutes ago, after a brief communication with senior Heine Westenfluss;
Senior Heine Westenfluss, who understood that the cooling gas filling of this experimental beam weapon was relatively complicated, finally suggested waiting for D Equipment Ginn to attack again before organizing a sufficiently powerful offensive.
After all, the Earth Alliance fleet in front of them showed extremely high morale and strong resilience. Instead of fighting randomly, it is better to control the rhythm;
Anyway, the worst case scenario is just waiting for Vesalius, who is older than Creuset Team, to come and share the credit. Neither Heine Westenfluss nor Shiho Hahnenfuss are the kind of people who only value military achievements. There are no so-called 'extreme Zala Faction' members among themselves and their team members.
Under this relatively restrained battle rhythm, the main result of Heine Westenfluss and Shiho Hahnenfuss during this period was to completely silence the two Drake-class Frigate that had been destroyed before;
In addition, the three pre-production models GuAIZ of the Heine Westenfluss team, CGUE and Shiho Hahnenfuss, mainly used their 76mm heavy assault machine guns to cause some damage that did not exceed the scope of small damage to the Drake-class Frigate in front of them.
For the Earth Alliance battleship - even if it is just the Drake-class Frigate, the 76mm heavy assault machine gun is not a very threatening weapon as long as it does not hit the vital point.
The counterattack of the Earth Alliance's fleet was mainly defensive in nature. Since Heine Westenfluss and Shiho Hahnenfuss did not attack desperately, the surviving Drake-class Frigate also restrained from using torpedoes and missiles on a large scale;
Although the dense firepower network of 75mm anti-aircraft guns cross-protected the Earth Alliance battleship's vital points, it only caused a few scratches on the pre-production model GuAIZ of the Shiho Hahnenfuss team.
The Moebius team has always been hiding in the safe area formed by the battleship and its close fire network, and has maneuvered to contain its own mobile suits - mainly Heine Westenfluss and CGUE.
As for the Nelson-class Battleship, the flagship of the Earth Alliance fleet, it reasonably distributed its firepower and formed a certain containment on the nearby Shiho Hahnenfuss machine and the distant Gamow, so that Gamow's support shot only achieved one effective hit.
On the other hand, the fleet of the Earth Alliance not only clearly showed a tendency to move in formation with the wreckage of Junius Seven behind it, but the remaining Drake-class Frigate also completed the rearrangement of their formation during the battle:
Although Drake-class Frigate, whose bridge was destroyed, did not light up the bridge again, it clearly completed the reconstruction of the command system;
With the Drake-class Frigate whose bridge was destroyed, and the other Drake-class Frigate, which was the only ship hit by the 450mm rail gun of Gamow and seriously damaged, they formed the new back side of the box array. The front side of the box array also replenished the four relatively intact Drake-class Frigate ships.
Obviously, taking advantage of the opportunity of Heine Westenfluss and Shiho Hahnenfuss's offensive to slow down, Earth Alliance's fleet has also made preparations to resist the expected new wave of offensive.
"Shiho Hahnenfuss-chan, get ready to start."
"Yes, senior Heine Westenfluss."
As senior Heine Westenfluss sent the short communication that had been agreed upon, Shiho Hahnenfuss piloted the aircraft and began to retreat slightly to reduce the containment of the Earth Alliance's firepower.
As Shiho Hahnenfuss retreated and D Equipment Ginn approached, the firepower on the Earth Alliance's side also quickly became fierce:
The "big sale" of torpedoes and missiles started, forcing senior Heine Westenfluss and his two team members to retreat slightly;
The two damaged Moebius that had retreated before also attacked again from Nelson-class Battleship and joined the team to contain the attack;
Nelson-class Battleship's artillery fire has also been obviously strengthened, many of which are directed at Shiho Hahnenfuss.
Even so, Shiho Hahnenfuss, who had been prepared for a long time, still completed the aiming during the tactical retreat. Since the distance was closer this time, Nelson-class Battleship became the target of Shiho Hahnenfuss - after all, if Gamow can do everything, why must we wait for Creuset Team to clean up the mess?
But in the process of retreating and aiming, the uneasiness Shiho Hahnenfuss had previously felt became more intense;
During the 5-second countdown to the imminent launch of the trial beam weapon, an almost clear omen was formed.
The strong omen overwhelmed Shiho Hahnenfuss's rationality, causing her to make an incredible move.
"Zelman Captain, please evade immediately! Something is coming!"
Faced with Shiho Hahnenfuss's mindless warning, Captain Zelman in the communication screen was stunned for a moment, then quickly thought of something and issued an order in a loud voice that could be heard by Shiho Hahnenfuss.
"Full left rudder, full thrust, execute immediately!"
As for Shiho Hahnenfuss, while contacting Gamow, regardless of the fact that the experimental beam weapon had entered the charging state, he operated the pre-production model GuAIZ to use body maneuvers to forcibly turn 120 degrees in the horizontal direction, and also adjusted its orientation in the vertical direction;
Seeing that the two beams of light seemed to be close to Gamow, who was maneuvering greatly, and shot into the empty space, Shiho Hahnenfuss felt mentally relieved.
At the same time, relevant news also came from the communication with Gamow that had not been cut off.
First comes the radar controller's report.
"There is a small mobile armor-grade heat source approaching at high speed from the rear.
Data comparison... there is an 80% chance that it is Moebius·Type Zero!"
"What!"
Zelman Captain's words were not so much doubted as surprised before he finished speaking;
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by explosions and violent shaking that were clearly visible even to Shiho Hahnenfuss, a report from the war situation control officer came.
"The port side was shot continuously!
The two-mounted 450mm rail gun was hit and exploded. The left side of the hull was seriously damaged, and the genna module below was also hit from the left side!"
Immediately afterwards, the communications control officer brought relevant information.
"The maintenance personnel called, and there is a possibility that the ammunition in the gnar cabin may explode!"
"Eh... damn it!
Let the maintenance personnel evacuate, then immediately separate and abandon the gnar cabin, and the damage control personnel will go to deal with the port side cabin!"
Regarding Captain Zelman's decisive decision, the communications control officer should immediately take orders;
After barely completing the most urgent processing, Captain Zelman immediately contacted Shiho Hahnenfuss.
"Captain Shiho Hahnenfuss, thank you for your timely reminder. Gamow is deeply grateful.
And Gamow's current situation can no longer be attacked. Can you please drive away the enemy planes that attack by surprise?"
While listening to the conversation on the bridge of Gamow, Shiho Hahnenfuss also followed the flash and strange feeling generated by his attack and found the 'culprit' - the 'polished rod' Moebius who was throwing away the only remaining wire-controlled beam cannon and took the opportunity to break away at full speed.
Therefore, when receiving the request from Captain Zelman, even though Shiho Hahnenfuss's own available weapons were temporarily only the 76mm heavy assault machine gun and the Ginn solid heavy sword, Shiho Hahnenfuss still agreed to Captain Zelman's request.
"Leave it to me, Captain Zelman."