Chapter 168 The Reappearance of the Evil Ghost in the Smoke

"Tactical link established!"

Through the laser communication device on the all-terrain vehicle, Lilith successfully completed the link with the airdropped Zealot and activated a "thinking clone" already installed inside the machine.

This "thinking clone", which is an airborne combat auxiliary AI, immediately took over the control of the Zealot after being activated.

The air friction generated by the current altitude and speed has no effect on the HCP's external armor.

So Lilith directly controlled the machine to level, and adjusted the airborne radar to the ground search mode, quickly locating Amber's position and the position of the pursuers behind him.

At the same time, the electromagnetic reconnection cannon on the rear weapon rack was also deployed.

This mission, considering that when it is in danger and has to fight, it is mainly fought in the atmosphere.

So there is no heavy particle cannon on the back weapon rack of the machine, but a combination of electromagnetic reconnection cannon + heavy particle cannon + plasma heavy sword.

The two mechanical arms of the machine are also the classic combination of electromagnetic rifle + laminated armor shield used by HCP.

The power and speed of the charged particle cannon do allow it to achieve instant "point and hit" in the atmosphere.

However, the electromagnetic reconnection cannon can use a variety of different warheads, and is still superior in terms of comprehensiveness and functionality.

In addition, surface combat in the atmosphere is affected by the curvature of the planet, and the visual combat distance is not infinite.

Based on the common ground combat altitude of HCP, including the altitude when hovering for a short time, the visual combat distance is also shortened to within a few kilometers to more than ten kilometers.

In this case, the initial velocity of the electromagnetic reconnection cannon is sufficient for use.

At this moment, the electromagnetic reconnection cannon of the fanatics is already flashing with blue light caused by arcs, and several terminal-sensitive bombs have been loaded in the bomb bay.

The infrared characteristics of the five HCPs on the ground that are in high-speed pursuit are too obvious.

Although they have discovered the uninvited guest descending at high speed above their heads, and have identified it as a dangerous target after failing to identify friendly forces.

But facing Amber, who is already "close at hand", these HCP pilots who want to make meritorious deeds still don't want to slow down their speed.

"Strong magnetic field reaction detected! Dangerous targets in the air launch high-speed units, number 5, judged to be electromagnetic reconnection gun shooting! Pay attention to avoidance and defense!"

In the cockpits of these dragon knights, the combat auxiliary AIs warned the pilots almost at the same time.

At this time, the straight-line distance between the fanatics in the air and these dragon knights has reached 35 kilometers at the shortest. According to the initial velocity of the electromagnetic reconnection gun used by HCP, it is less than ten seconds.

Under Lilith's control, although the electromagnetic reconnection gun of the fanatics is a continuous fire, it still constantly fine-tunes the muzzle direction in the interval between firing, so that the ammunition flies to different targets.

Amber, who was speeding, soon heard several explosions behind her.

If these HCP pilots turned on the deflection force field in time according to the combat regulations, although it would cause a decrease in the pursuit speed, at least the body would not be damaged.

If they were too greedy and did not turn on the deflection force field.

Although they would not be killed directly by this small terminal-sensitive warhead, it would be inevitable that the "pieces of debris" on the external armor would be washed off.

In just a moment, the Zealot in midair flashed again.

This round of continuous shooting fired a series of non-lethal functional ammunition, mainly anti-infrared smoke and exploded metal foil strips.

After completing this last round of cover shooting, Lilith controlled the Zealot to put away the electromagnetic reconnection gun, and at the same time adjusted the plasma propulsion array to the maximum negative angle, and the thrust was fully opened.

In the intense blue light accompanied by smoke and dust, the pilots whose vision was temporarily blocked only heard a loud bang.

"Attention, everyone, the target has landed!"

In the voice of the temporary combat commander through quantum encryption communication, the five HCPs slowed down at the same time.

The HCP that just fell from the sky has shown extremely high body posture control and shooting skills, and it is very likely that it is a pilot from an elite unit.

The two guys in the team who did not turn on the deflection force field, at this moment, the main monitor on the head of the body and some external sensors were damaged.

In this case, they had to put away their contempt for this "many-to-one battle" in their hearts and increase their vigilance.

"Inverted V formation, approach carefully, and each of you should pay attention to cover your teammates on the side!"

The five dragon knights shrank their formation, set up their shields, and extended their electromagnetic rifles to the front of the deflection force field.

"Dongdongdongdong."

As they approached, the body's microphone also captured a series of noises.

After comparing the characteristics in the database, the combat auxiliary AI made a judgment of "multi-functional throwing device" within 0.1 seconds.

And this time, the AI's judgment was not wrong.

When the five dragon knights passed through the first layer of anti-infrared smoke, what was seen in the cockpit of Quan Zhoutian was still a large piece of anti-infrared smoke.

"Are you trying to play close combat?"

The pilot, who was the temporary commander, frowned. With the vision blocked, both sides could only fight honestly on the ground.

If you rashly advance into the air, you will only "hang meat" and then be shot down by the opponent's long-range firepower like a bird.

Just as this thought flashed through the smoke, a roar of advancing arrays suddenly came from the smoke.

Then a steel giant with a red light on its head rushed out from a weird angle.

The plasma sword, glowing with blue light, bypassed the deflection field and easily inserted into the back of a dragon knight.

The sharp sword blade even penetrated directly from the front armor of the cockpit.

Without thinking too much, the pilot inside had been reduced to ashes under the plasma blade.

"Five o'clock! Enemy attack!"

The remaining four dragon knights opened fire immediately with their electromagnetic rifles.

But this cunning Zealot used the body of their teammates to avoid most of the high-speed rod penetrations and escape.

The high-speed penetrating rod that luckily hit the machine body was also blocked by the deflection force field and the laminated armor shield.

When the HCP disappeared in the smoke again, the HCP pilots also had cold sweat falling on their foreheads.

"Adjust the formation to a diamond formation and help teammates protect their back weaknesses!"

The temporary commander quickly issued instructions again, although they were only relatively mechanical orders issued in accordance with combat doctrine.

But for these already panicked pilots, it can be regarded as pointing out the next step.

On the other side, Amber, who hid the machine body in the smoke again, turned her head and glanced at Isabel on the temporary seat on the right.

The heavy-duty hydraulic suit originally attached to this fanatic was currently being worn on her body.

Amber herself wore nothing, but connected the body's control operating system to herself through emergency mode.

But even so, the battle just now made Isabel, who had not undergone many body modification surgeries, feel a sense of discomfort.

"Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine. I just accelerated a little too fast."

Isabel took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to vomit inside her body.

Although she has also received training in high overload, the high overload that HCP constantly pulls out in ground combat is really hard for most people to handle.

In other words, Amber's current body has been modified in terms of muscles, bones, and cardiopulmonary function.

Otherwise, there is no way to achieve this traditional achievement of "flying a Gundam in a physical body".

"Hold on, we'll make a few more sneak attacks and then we'll retreat to the city."

"Okay! Bo~"

Isabel leaned her head over and kissed Amber on the face, with an encouraging smile on her face.

"Come on, Amber!"

Ho ho ho, today is the six o’clock time that I haven’t seen in a long time~