Mecha and Knife

"The airdrop box is in place, this time it was not destroyed."

The Galaxy Squad, who was alone in the occupied area of ​​the empire, finally successfully received their supplies, when the Federation dropped the seventh airdrop box.

Although covered by dust storms, the area they penetrated into the enemy-occupied area at this time is very large, exceeding 10,000 square kilometers, but the empire's layout in this area is too sufficient. Various interference instruments, detection equipment and anti-aircraft weapons As if they don't want money.

Whenever the Galaxy Squad calls for support, there is a high chance of being discovered by the Empire, and they will conduct indiscriminate, full-coverage interception.

Fortunately, the mobility of the Xinghe team is very strong, and the Federation spares no effort in supporting them.

"On your marks."

There is no need to go into details about the arrangements for everyone, the worst is the Galaxy Squad composed of ace mech fighters, and after the airdrop boxes are in place, they will perform their duties.

National soldier-level mechas equipped with nuclear fusion reactors do not need to be recharged, or they are scattered in the investigation position, or are ready to support the investigation position at any time.

All the general-level mechas were all close to the airdrop box, forming a simple bunker with huge bodies, waiting for Ji Xinghe to replace the nuclear fuel cells for them.

Although they all have the ability to replace nuclear fuel cells by themselves, they are in an enemy-occupied area that may be bombarded by artillery fire at any time. Only Ji Xinghe, who is wearing individual exoskeleton armor, can guarantee safety.

And compared to the speed at which they replaced the nuclear fuel cells, Ji Xinghe, the most famous mechanic in the Federation, was naturally faster.

That is, when the cockpit hatch of the Overlord A was opened, and Ji Xinghe jumped out wearing the individual exoskeleton armor, the ace mecha fighters of the three independent regiments realized that Ji Xinghe was driving the Overlord A. He has been wearing relatively bulky individual exoskeleton armor.

"I'm stupid!"

The exclamations were natural and endless.

Ji Xinghe had already taken out the nuclear fuel cell he needed from the automatically opened airdrop box, but he did not take out the corresponding professional tools as people expected.

After wearing the individual exoskeleton armor, Ji Xinghe, who was already over two meters tall, held a nuclear fuel cell the size of an adult's upper body, and appeared in a general-level mecha at lightning speed. beside.

The height difference between the two sides makes the two look like an adult, just like a three-year-old child.

But when a child is only close to an adult, the adult's body feels uncontrollable.

Stab, stab.

The ace mecha warrior in the general-level mecha heard a slight sound, as if it had been attacked by an electromagnetic pulse. But his body is very advanced, it can completely isolate the electromagnetic pulse bomb that explodes close to his face.

Then there was an endless clicking sound, and the protective armor of the mecha seemed to be pinched by an invisible big hand, and it automatically extended, revealing one of the key positions of the mecha.

"I'm stupid!"

When the exclamation sounded again, the other mecha fighters who were also able to see this scene uttered the exact same exclamation again.

"Is this the use of Qi to remove the armor? It must be the use of Qi to remove the armor, right? My God, it is really possible to remove the armor directly. I thought..."

"Thought it could only interfere with the normal mobility of the mech? I thought so before."

"If it's just interference, it won't be called disarming with qi."

After a few conversations, the installation of the new nuclear fuel cell was completed, and the automatically extended energy chamber was closed again. The whole process looks like this general-level mech with such a design.

But in fact, no.

In order to ensure the defense capability of the body, based on the principle of Occam's razor, whether it is the design or manufacture of the mecha, it must follow the concept of "don't increase the entity if it is not necessary".

Just like a car, those durable cars are rarely equipped with a large number of intelligent electronic components. Compared with the original mechanical components, although there is also a risk of damage, it is relatively much lower.

Of course, with the development of science and technology, the cars on Azure Star already use a lot of electronic components, and they can still go off-road. But the mecha is different. The attacks that the mecha needs to withstand are impossible for a car to encounter no matter how off-road it is.

The mecha that does not automatically open the energy chamber seems to have such a function, which only shows that Ji Xinghe's understanding of mechas, as well as his ability to "remove the armor with air", has reached a level for mechas. , as in the degree of the Creator.

The second general-level mecha was already in place ahead of time, standing next to the airdrop box. The mecha that had been replaced with nuclear fuel cells did not evacuate, but was always ready to serve as a bunker/shield on the periphery.

The current Xinghe team has a total of twenty-five mechas, and thirteen need to replace the nuclear fuel cells. Even Ji Xinghe needs some time.

However, the team members are not very worried about safety issues. Although there are shells coming from time to time, the accuracy is too low due to the dust storm. Most of them fall outside their line of sight. There is a buffer distance of more than 200 meters , the power can hardly affect their mechs.

As for Ji Xinghe, who is wearing individual exoskeleton armor, there is no need to worry.

While waiting, a new news came from the honeycomb communication module launched by the Federation, which shocked everyone in the Xinghe team, including the three apes. It was the battle of Jirong Xinyue.

She defeated/captured five Imperial Prince Armors one against five.

"It's a really good fight."

An ace mecha fighter from the Bald Eagle Independence Regiment praised him, and then said in a regretful tone: "Better than me, I'm not even sure that I can beat Duke A, let alone Prince A."

Jackson said in a voice of relief: "Don't underestimate yourself, your mecha is not as powerful as the champion's. If you also have a national soldier's mecha, with your operation level and combat awareness level, you can fight against the prince of the empire."

"A state-level mecha." The tone of the ace mecha fighter was even more helpless: "I am driving a general-level mecha, which is at the same level as the Imperial Duke's, and it has the blessing of neural link technology, but I have no ability to defeat the Duke alone. A, then when facing the Guards Battalion, you will be sure of two-on-one, boss, where do you think I am wrong?"

This is indeed a problem.

In addition to the three sub-galaxy-level mecha fighters of Han Li, Jackson, and Rovich, the three independent regiments also have eleven ace mecha fighters, two of whom died in the previous battle, and one of them died in the previous battle. The mech was seriously damaged, and the remaining eight members were all in the Xinghe team at this time, and they all had such confusion.

This kind of confusion was not obvious before, because mecha warriors like Jackson, the head of the Bald Eagle Independent Regiment, had only defeated three Duke Armors before, and it was normal for them not to be able to guarantee victory.

But in today's battle, I saw with my own eyes that Zuo Hand, Wang Kang and others of the Independent Regiment, driving a general armor of the same level as them, had the ability to kill the Duke armor alone, and their confusion was even deeper. When you can't spit fast.

Just now, under the leadership of Ji Xinghe, I have been rushing and detouring, and I have no time to talk about this issue, but this time, after a long detour, I finally got a rest time, and it is very likely that there will be more intense and dangerous battles next , it is natural to ask clearly.

What if the strength can be improved?

Rovich said aloud: "It's a matter of coordination. We have not conducted ace-level coordination training before, nor have we participated in actual combat. Therefore, in the previous battle against the Guards Battalion, our strength was not as independent. They performed so perfectly in the team. No, it should be said that they performed at a super level."

This answer is obviously not satisfactory to the eight ace mecha fighters of the three independent regiments. Even if they have more experience in cooperating with each other, they can naturally display stronger combat effectiveness in team battles, but the personal abilities displayed during the battle are not. Can't fake it.

When fighting side by side, they can all see it, so there is a question: why is the gap so obvious when they are also ace mecha fighters?

"It's also because of your lack of confidence." Jackson added and replied, "It's like Ji Rong Xinyue's battle. Have you ever thought that she can win?"

"Ah, this is different, that...that..."

"Zhou Tian Xing Dou Dazheng." Su Chuanyun was like a roundworm in a person's stomach, and said a name that made others think it was a second-grade name.

"Zhou Tian Xingdou formation? Okay. Colonel Jirong Xinyue has this formation. We don't know about it. We must not have confidence in her. After all, she is the five princes."

Jackson asked again: "From your point of view, how likely do you think that Zhou Tian's big star formation will create two opportunities for her to single out?"

"..."

"What do you think, if you were driving the champion, what chance do you have to lure them to the position where the big formation is?"

"..."

"Ji Rong Xinyue's battle plan, until the moment of success, the success rate is very low." Jackson said seriously: "If it were me, I might not be able to implement it, because the risk is too great. But she But she executed it without any hesitation. Although there are some other factors in it, I think the most important factor is that she is confident enough. This is the difference between having strong confidence, in short - confidence is the pinnacle. "

Han Li frowned, and added: "Don't be blindly confident, you still have to combine your own actual situation. In the future, if you have the opportunity, you can conduct battle training with the ape team of the independent regiment."

This is a more euphemistic way of saying it. A large part of the reason why the combat power of Zuo Shuo and others is stronger is that the independent regiment has a team of apes who use imperial combat skills as a training partner, and they are absolute masters in mech warfare.

Six Ears has a special status. If he didn't have the strength of apes, how could he be included in the anti-Galaxy team, and he was driving the Earl A, which only the Earl of the Empire was qualified to drive before? The same is true for Ying Luoqi and Prisoner Xiyan. If you really want to compare their mech operation levels, the left hand of the independent group, Wang Kang and others do not have an advantage.

Although the three members of the ape team cannot use the neural link technology, they have all received the gift of Ji Xinghe. Not to mention that the mechas they drive are all prince armors, even if they are driving the same general-level mechas as their left hand, If you really want to fight to the death, life and death are unpredictable.

The ace mecha fighters who understood it were thoughtful, and Zuo Shou and others were not dissatisfied, after all, they were telling the truth.

An ace mecha fighter from the Independence Regiment suddenly asked, "Corps Commander, is it possible for us to... Cough, recruit some ape-men?"

This question made the communication channel suddenly quiet down. Both the man and the ape-man were silent, and the latter showed obvious joy on his face when he was silent.

"They are really strong!" said an ace of the Holy Independence Regiment, "I watched the battle replay just now, even if I am driving a mech of the same level, I may not be their opponent."

This also means recruiting ape-men.

It sounds sudden and the timing isn't quite right, but it actually makes sense.

The three independent regiments lost one-third of their mech fighters this time. It is very difficult to replenish elites with the same strength, let alone reinforcements, when they have already been screened from the entire federation. .

But no one wants himself to be weak, and no one wants his comrades to be weak. The decline of overall strength means the decline of personal strength on the battlefield.

Just like what Rovich said just now, the operation level of Zuo Hand and others is actually similar to them, but the combat effectiveness that can be displayed in team combat is obviously superior to them.

Counting on personal combat power to create miracles? There is only one Ji Xinghe in the Xinghe team, and there is also only one Ji Xinghe in the five independent regiments of the Federation.

Perhaps, a Ji Rong Xinyue will be added in the future.

"Qin Tong." Han Li asked aloud, "How about the ones you captured last time?"

"Those are all orangutans." Qin Tong replied without scruples: "We divide the orangutans into two types, one is the imperial orangutan, and the other is the federal orangutan. The former must be killed, and the latter must have a bomb in its head. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are indeed very strong, and almost have the operational level of our super mecha fighters, but it is hard to say in terms of combat awareness, there are differences."

"What about the ape-men?" Jackson asked, "Have you discovered... new ape-men?"

Qin Tong didn't answer this question, and called out by name: "Liu Er, tell me."

Liu Er didn't know what to say, so he called out his names and said, "Ying Luoqi, tell me."

Ying Luoqi said decisively: "Not for the time being. If you want federal orangutans, or even ape-men, I suggest you not to be so ruthless in a battle that is not dangerous. In fact, there are many orangutans in the empire who want to surrender, but they There is no suitable opportunity. If you want to talk about this, you have to talk about the social system of the empire. As you know, the empire is different from the federation. Before us..."

Liu Er frowned and said, "To make a long story short."

"Eh..." Ying Luoqi sneered twice in his heart, but he didn't refute, but said concisely: "I suggest giving priority to war slaves, because war slaves generally have no relatives, and almost no friends. Under the burden, the will to surrender will be more clear. However, after six ears, there are very few war slaves appearing on the battlefield, especially mech fighters. We captured nearly a thousand orangutans last time, only a few dozen War slaves, and before this ratio would be more than a quarter."

Only, orangutans.

Hearing that Ying Luoqi uttered such words without any difference in tone, the people in Xinghe Squad felt very strange, including Qin Tong and others.

Ying Luoqi would not have described the imperial orangutan in this way before.

Is it because Ying Luoqi has seen the dawn of the Federation's victory?

When there is only the last one of the empire's jump base on the alien planet, and the royal guard mecha battalion, the strongest mecha force in the empire, has been wiped out and a large number of duke armors have been confiscated by the federation.

How can people not see the dawn that even apes can see?

During the conversation, the tireless Ji Xinghe finally replaced all the general-level mechs with nuclear fuel cells. At least in terms of the energy of the mecha, the Xinghe team is equivalent to returning to its peak state.

As for the loss of physical and mental energy, although it is impossible to rely on such a little rest time to recover, it is because of that ray of dawn.

They can still fight.

Ji Xinghe, who returned to the cockpit of Bawangjia, learned about the actions of some people from Xingyuekou, who had already returned to Xingyuejia.

As expected.

The decision of Ji Rong Xinyue to bring the main force of the independent regiment to the Gods Mountain Theater for support was originally to trigger these actions.

"Old man." Jackson asked: "After the nuclear explosion, shall we continue to fight?"

Ji Xinghe didn't hesitate.

"beat!"

He didn't say who he hit, it seemed that there was no need to say, and it seemed that he couldn't say it now.