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Chapter 775 752 Crusade against Lohengrin

After more than two weeks of sailing, the Minerva arrived in Central Asia, docked on the coast of the Persian Gulf, and arrived at the ZAFT army's Mahamur base. (near present-day Kuwait)

Just as Li Ping and his party were about to disembark, they saw a group of strange military officers standing on the port.

The group arranged their clothes and walked down the gangway one by one.

"Captain of the Minerva, Talia Kuradis."

"Deputy Chief, Arthur Trann."

"The captain of the MS team of the Minerva, Law Lu Cruze."

"Special Forces, Li Ping."

"Same family, Aslanzala." After Li Ping and others saluted, the main officers introduced themselves one by one.

"Li Ping and Aslan Zara..." The leading officer's eyes widened.

"The Red Reaper and that Zara's..." the staff officers behind the base officer whispered earnestly.

"This is really rude. It's been a long journey, Captain Kurades." The leading base officer interrupted the discussion of the staff behind him. "I am the commander of this Mahamur base, Zojim Lando."

"It's okay."

"Coffee is prepared in the base. Everyone, let's have a cup of coffee and take a rest. Although it is a shabby place, coffee beans are good things." Commander Zuojim Lando turned slightly to lead the way.

"You're welcome." Kurades nodded and left with Commander Zojim.

Li Ping followed behind them.

"Speaking of which, the officers near the Mediterranean Sea seem to like to invite everyone to drink coffee." Feeling the somewhat scorching air, Li Ping felt nostalgic.

Having said that, in the past few decades, I seem to have been in the desert when the Archangel accidentally crashed into North Africa.

"Eh? Have you been to this Central Asian region before?" Commander Zojim looked back at Li Ping with great interest.

"No, I'll be in North Africa then."

"Oh, I remembered, you were on the Archangel at that time, and you fought against Captain Andrew Balterfield, didn't you?" Commander Zojim recalled the battle report back then. "At that time, everyone was really terrified. The Desert Tiger himself was defeated by an unknown coalition army."

"At that time, I was also a rookie. To be honest, I survived Captain Balterfield's hands. It was really luck." Li Ping spread his hands and smiled. "At that time, I went to the city to purchase supplies with my companions in the ship. I didn't expect to meet him in casual clothes for a private visit, and he was invited to his base as a guest. I was really scared at that time."

"Oh? And how about his coffee beans?"

"To be honest, the coffee beans there are very good, but the coffee made by Captain Balterfield is not good." Thinking of the strange taste of the coffee brewed by the Desert Tiger, Li Ping had a strange expression on his face.

Isn't brewing coffee the four main steps of grinding into powder, flushing, adding milk, and adding sugar?Why is that tiger able to make the taste so strange?
"Huh? Captain Balterfield... isn't his technique for making coffee bad?" Commander Zojim asked tactfully.

"...how should I put it?" Li Ping couldn't figure out how to describe it. "You say the technology is not good, others can't replicate the taste of his coffee. You say it tastes good... It's not bad for his coffee to be used for torture."

"...That's really more...well, special." Commander Zojim struggled for a while, and said tactfully.

Afterwards, a group of people came to the meeting room of the base, drank coffee, and discussed related matters related to "Operation Lohengrin Gate". This cooperation is the same as the original.

It was still the resistance organization in Karunahan City who asked the ZAFT army to send troops to support, and they provided a secret path that could directly reach the vicinity below the Positron Fort.

Conventional MS cannot pass, but Impulse Gundam can pass in split mode, which is simply a tailor-made operation for Impulse Gundam.

The Mahamur base is almost full, with two land warships, more than [-] mobile suits for deserts such as Baku, Desert Jinn, and Zaut, and more than a dozen Dean for air control.

After confirming the operational outline, and after a brief rest and assembly, the Minerva and the two land warships belonging to the Lando team set sail amid the cheers of the ZAFT army in the base, heading for Karunahan City.

"I'm about to arrive at Point A, and I received the connection signal from the local guide." Meiling Hawke reported to the captain
"Malik, lower the altitude. Arthur, prepare for the lower cargo hatch." Captain Kurades gave instructions. "Meiling, issue a red alert, the MS driver is on standby in the briefing room."

"Yes!"*3
The Minerva slowed down and descended slowly. A large cargo springboard at the bottom of the ship unfolded, fell to the ground and dragged, raising a lot of sand and dust.

Behind the gangway, an open-top jeep accelerated to catch up with the Minerva and drove onto the cargo gangway.

After confirming that the jeep was on board, the cargo hatch ramp was slowly closed, and the Minerva returned to its normal cruising altitude.

"The little girl is good at driving." Li Ping smiled and gave a thumbs up to the little girl driving the jeep.It is also a commendable technique to drive a jeep with a speed of more than 80 kilometers per hour onto the cargo springboard of the battleship, and brake in time before the vehicle accelerates rapidly, throwing it into the speed and passion.

"Hmph~" The little girl raised her chin proudly.

"Then Miss Ge Nilu, please follow me." Li Ping made a gesture of invitation. "Time is running out, we need you to explain the access."

"Well, then let's go quickly."

The two walked to the briefing room, where the department heads and MS team pilots on the Minerva who participated in this battle were waiting here, and the MS pilots of the Lando team also participated in the remote conference mode. Combat briefing.

At the door of the briefing room, Deputy Chief Arthur, Aslan, and Cruze were all waiting at the door.

Seeing Li Ping approaching, the three of them greeted slightly and walked into the briefing room.

"All sit down." After Arthur spoke, according to the standard etiquette, all the ZAFT soldiers who stood up and saluted and waited sat down neatly when the officer entered the door. "Now let's talk about the battle of the Karunahan-Lohengrin Gate Raiders. To be honest, this should be a tough battle. Not long ago, the Lando team tried to break through, but as you know, it failed.

As for the detailed content of this battle..."

Arthur looked at the three UACEs inside the ship.

Li Ping looked at Kruzer, Kruzer looked at Li Ping, and Aslan was also looking at Li Ping.

"Two to one, come on." Kruzer pouted his chin.

"Let's do it..." Li Ping stood up, took a pointer, and pointed to the topographic map of the battle area displayed on the wall screen.

"As you can see, if you want to enter the city of Karunahan, this canyon is the only access within a radius of [-] kilometers. Because of the complex terrain nearby, attack methods including cruise missiles and long-range shelling cannot Attack the Positron Fortress built here." Li Ping zoomed out on the map and marked the possible arrival positions of cruise missiles and shelling. "Therefore, theoretically, the only way to defeat this positron fort is to forcibly break through this passage.

However, as long as our army enters this area, we will enter the effective range of the positron cannon.

Even if our troops attack the turret body or the rocks near the turret before the enemy turret attacks, it is mostly ineffective, because this base is equipped with a large MA equipped with positron reflectors, and conventional firepower including positron cannons cannot break through that MA. positron reflector.

I heard that the Minerva also encountered the same type of MA? "

"Ah, yes."

"Although there are problems such as huge blind spots in defense, but with its excellent armor and firepower, this MA is quite difficult to deal with." Li Ping nodded. "However, there is a special line here. Miss Cornell?"

"Hmm..." Miss Ge Nilu took Li Ping's pointer and pointed to the red route drawn in advance on the topographic map. "There is a tunnel here that the locals don't know very well. It is quite narrow and it is difficult for MS to pass through. However, we have found out the specific structure of this tunnel through drone scanning and other means.

The exit of this tunnel is less than 500 meters away from the fort. Although the coalition army closed the exit at the other end, it can be passed through after a little blasting. "

"That's right. Although MS is difficult to pass, Impulse Gundam can pass." Li Ping took the words. "Therefore, the plan for this battle is to attack from the front with the main forces of Kruzer's team and Lando's team, attract the attention of the enemy, and move the MA away from the fort.

Taking advantage of this time, Impulse Gundam passed through the tunnel and directly destroyed the Lohengrin Fort.Do you have any questions? "

"However, with our strength, there should be no problem if we break through head-on, right?" Zhen Fei asked suddenly.

"Now the internal configuration of the enemy's base is still unclear, and our army's several firepower investigations failed to count the enemy's firepower configuration and mobile suit deployment." Li Ping explained. "I can't guarantee that the number of enemy troops will exceed our response limit, so we need tactical assistance. There are tactics that can reduce our casualties. Why use brute force?"

"I see, what about the time?" Zhen Asuka asked again.

"According to the existing data, Lohengrin's charging time is 17 minutes, and the Minerva Adventure will divert the first shot of the enemy turret to buy time for the plan.

So, based on Minerva's battle start time, you'll have a maximum of 17 minutes to get through the tunnel and destroy the battery.

However, you must enter the battle 10 minutes after the start of the battle.

According to the combat simulation, within 10 minutes, the enemy army cannot be completely attracted by us. Only the main body, a beam rifle, and a shield with high pulse rate will be surrounded by the enemy with a high probability.

If it was too late, Lohengrin fired the second shot. I can't predict whether the Minerva will be shot down by the positron cannon, or we will be annihilated by the enemy guards. "

"Is that... the driver with the high pulse rate you mentioned, is this one?" Miss Gornilu asked while pulling the corner of Li Ping's clothes.

"Yes."

"But... can he do it? He's just a child..." Miss Gornilo expressed doubts because of Masuka's youthful appearance.

"What did you say?!" Zhen Asuka frowned again.

"Miss Ge Nilu, although the real bird is young, it is already one of the top guns in our army, and its technology is completely trustworthy." Li Ping's tone was a little harsh.

"But, if you come, shouldn't it be more reliable?"

"No, Miss Gornilo. It's hard for me to explain the specific reason to you, but I can assure you that it is more suitable for the real bird to drive the Impulse Gundam than I am to drive the Impulse Gundam."

"After the last battle, there was chaos in the city. At the same time, a resistance movement broke out in the city. However, it was suppressed by the United Nations, and those who participated in the resistance movement were treated inhumanely." Miss Gornilu Some said tremblingly. "A lot of people died, so...so if it fails this time, the city doesn't know what will happen, so...so, this time, we must take down that fort.

You can do it! "

"Ah, of course I can do it." Zhen Asuka said solemnly as she looked at Miss Gornilu who was holding back her tears.

But Li Ping gave Aslan a look. Aslan understood, he walked out while supporting Miss Genilu who was about to cry.

"Then, this is the end of the briefing, and everyone takes their positions." Li Ping looked at the ZAFT soldiers in the briefing room. "All staff are ready for battle, the battle is expected to start in 15 minutes, hurry up!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)