Chapter 14: First Coming to the Battlefield
After temporarily appeased the rioters on the battleship, Brad quickly returned to the bridge.
"Renas, why are you here?" Sera looked at the red-haired girl standing in her work position in surprise.
"Miss Serra." Renas consciously gave up her position. Although she wanted to explain, she looked at Lieutenant Liete who was sitting in the captain's position and choked back what she wanted to say.
Sierra put on her headphones and said to Lenas: "Go back quickly, it's too dangerous here."
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As he said that, Lenas was about to leave the bridge.
"Prepare the missile, lock the target and launch it." Brad immediately issued an order, "The anti-aircraft artillery is turned on, so don't let the Gene's fighter have a chance to attack."
"It's an anti-aircraft gun and a missile, and there are not enough people." Hayato Kobayashi responded with complaining.
Brad shouted majestically: "Anyway, prepare the missile first. The other fighters of the Gene army have not yet entered the range. Let's take another missile first."
"Understand." Kobayashi Hayato responded.
Lieutenant Liete, who seemed to have heard the conversation between Brad and Hayato Kobayashi and realized the unequal status of the warship, immediately shouted to Lenas who was about to leave: "You, go and control the anti-aircraft artillery."
"What?" Everyone who knew Renas on the bridge was stunned.
Lenas stood at a loss. The anti-aircraft guns were different from communication soldiers, but they were more likely to be attacked than bridges.
"Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!" Lieutenant Liete continued to shout.
"Wait a minute." Mile, as the helmsman, said dissatisfied, "She is just a folk person, and she is so young, so don't be too hard."
"That's right." Sera also temporarily put down her work.
"What kind of civilian?" Lieutenant Liete felt the dissatisfaction of the crew, but he relied on his military rank to be higher than them and mustered up the courage to say, "She is wearing a military uniform and has been exposed to the equipment of this ship. I will now temporarily recruit her into the army with the authority of the Federal Lieutenant."
"Please wait!" Even Captain Brad couldn't stand it anymore when it came to Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant's ruthlessness.
"Blade, do you even object?" Lieutenant Liete asked with fearlessness. In his eyes, Brad, who was born in a military academy, should understand the seriousness of the matter and make a correct judgment.
As the only regular army among the crew members and Brad, who exists as the leader, although he was indignant and even had the urge to punch Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieute, his reason finally defeated his dissatisfaction.
He turned his head, shook his head at Serra, Mile and others, then walked to Lenas and said, "I'm sorry. Although you may not want to, it does not allow it in the military law. You can only be recruited into the army."
"Captain Brad..." Mile and Serra shouted in surprise in unison.
Lieutenant Liete smiled proudly. He thought that Brad's performance not only met his own requirements, but also invisibly improved his authority on the ship.
However, Lieutenant Liete was soon disappointed.
Brad continued, "But, considering your age, you don't have to accept the order you just did. Okay, go!"
Lieutenant Liete said angrily: "Blade, what are you doing?" He could not tolerate his authority being trampled upon. Even if he was not an officer on the ship, he would definitely not allow a person with a lower rank than himself to modify the orders issued by him.
Brad turned his head and looked at Lieutenant Liete seriously, saying, "Lieutenant Liete, I am the acting captain of this ship."
"You..." Lieutenant Liete could not believe that the young officer in front of him who was a military academy preparatory a few days ago would actually speak like this, but he had no choice. In addition to military rank, the rank is also very important in the army. He, who is not affiliated with this warship, was just patient at this time.
"You wait! When I arrive at the federal military base, I will report to my superiors at this time." Lieutenant Liete gritted his teeth angrily, and he was determined not to let Bled go.
Serra and Mile looked at Brad with admiration, both of whom were convinced by the captain who was not much older than them.
Lenas was not indifferent to what happened in the bridge. She didn't want to continue to embarrass the scene because of herself, so she said, "I understand, I'll go and control the anti-aircraft gun."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and ran away, leaving only Brad and others looking at her back in surprise.
There was not much danger in this battle, at least in the eyes of Brad and others who had experienced difficulties. Gene just dispatched fighter jets, and the attack was just tentative.
Amro successfully returned under the cover of the firepower of the warship and took the Gundam to attack. He soon used a beam gun to destroy the fighter jets that were besieged in the battleship. It seemed that when Gundam was dispatched, the remaining troops of the Gene army retreated wisely.
As an anti-aircraft artillery operator, Lenas went to the battlefield for the first time. After simply getting familiar with the operation of the anti-aircraft artillery, she launched an attack according to the order.
Fear and nervousness were the only memory of Lenas, who had left the console, for the first time he had gone to the battlefield.
"It's okay! Lenas." Sera ran to Lenas and asked with concern, Fra and Mile were also beside her.
Renas's face was obviously bad, but she still forced herself to do so and said with a smile: "I'm fine, thank you!"
Serra, Fra and Mile had already seen clues on Lenas's face, but when she saw her acting so strong, she couldn't help but feel moved.
"If I had persisted at that time..." Sera regretted, but at this time it was useless.
"I'm sorry!" Sera apologized silently in her heart.
Lenas did not have the mood or energy to talk to them at this time, but he had no excuse to leave, so he had to stay barely. Suddenly, she remembered the folk riots she had heard of before and asked curiously: "By the way, how are those folk riots?" Lenas' memory seemed to be Captain Brad to take people to deal with it, but there was no further text.
Fra said in dismay: "Although they have been comforted for the time being, their request has not been relaxed. They even went to the bridge to sit quietly and demonstrate during the battle."
"So that's how it is!" Renas couldn't help but worry. These folks can still remain calm and not act excessively, but their number is more than the federal army on the warships. Since they can break into the bridge once, there will be a second time. What if they take the opportunity to occupy the bridge during the next battle?
Renas thought that she had become a federal soldier and knew that if she was captured by Gene's army, she would be treated as prisoners, so she was afraid of those restless folks.
Chapter completed!