The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1772

As the aftermath of the missile detonations subsided, the Scarlet Rose stopped shaking from all of the shockwaves.

Ves opened his eyes and studied the exterior feed from the Scarlet Rose.

The bunker appeared to be in a very bad shape! The potency of the missiles fired by the mechs of the Coalition surpassed that of the missiles fired by the Kravon!

"That’s unfair!"

The enemy not only came prepared, but also better equipped!

That had been clear through the initial appearance of the Terrinac. Unlike Aisling’s bodyguard mechs which were mainly designed to repel opportunistic attacks, the mechs of the Terrinac were fully kitted out for battle.

This reflected in the increased amount of mechs the Terrinac was capable of deploying as well as the quality of their missiles!

Ves waited for another wave of missiles to appear, but none ever arrived. The small CRC strike force didn’t seem to rely too much on missiles.

Of course, the effect of their initial salvos of misiles had been quite potent. After suffering from 160 different missile explosions, the bunker appeared to be a shell of its former self!

A jagged hole had formed at the top which negated virtually all of the frontal protection afforded the mechs inside!

The Kravon and the Selzer both suffered from their extremely close proximity to the detonations. Their surface layer and supplemental Breyer armor plating all featured a significant amount of cracks, indicating that they suffered considerably!

What worried Ves even more was that both mech sustained significant damage to their weapons.

While the gauss cannon and dual-type rifle were robust enough to withstand at least some damage, Ves noted that their telemetry conveyed various warning signals.

He couldn’t afford to stress the weapons any further! Seeing that he had no choice, Ves altered the Kravon and the Selzer’s instructions, causing them to leave the bunker and take up other positions while slowly firing at the approaching mechs.

At least they knew where to fire this time. Since one of the rifleman mechs stopped releasing particles, the other rifleman mech stopped as well.

Just one source of particles was not enough to block out the Scarlet Rose’s sensor systems, especially as the distance between them had closed!

As enemy flew closer and closer, their counterattack intensified. With the Kravon and the Selzer firing their weapons at a much-reduced firing rate, the Coalition mechs came under much less suppression!

Though the shards fired by the Kravon and the laser blasts fired by the Selzer had inflicted a significant toll on the two rifleman mechs, the most threatening mechs still remained intact!

The space knight’s shield happened to have been struck by a missile or two as well, causing most of the shards embedded onto its surface to be blown away.

What was left of the shield was not sufficient to cover the space knight anymore, but that was hardly a problem for the defensive mech! Its sheer bulk and armor was enough to endure the damage outputted by the two ranged mechs.

The striker mech, which had to withstand the sporadic attacks without any shield, all took the damage in stride. Its defensive prowess was just as good as the space knight, so the mech hadn’t lost any functionality even as its surface layers looked awful!

The only mechs that suffered the most happened to be the pair of rifleman mechs. They weren’t as strong in defense as the space knight, had they been able to avoid all of the spread attacks.

Though they were still firing particle beams at the Kravon, their cadence had dropped. Ves flicked his gaze to one of the sensor readouts and noted that the rifleman mechs had heated up considerably!

Though it appeared they came with an excellent heat management system, they had still reached their limit.

If the mechs fired their rifles any faster, they were bound to overheat!

"Still, the damage is done, more or less." Ves muttered.

The Kravon became a sitting duck due to its lack of mobility. Particle beam after particle beam continued to hit the mech even as it flew behind the Scarlet Rose in order to shelter behind her bulk!

At this distance, the accuracy of the ranged fire of both sides increased. Even if they didn’t fire as frequently, the hits kept on coming!

Knowing that there was only a short time left before the enemy melee mechs reached the Scarlet Rose, Ves issued two commands.

First, the Paravin and the Fliskin stopped hiding behind the Scarlet Rose and started take position while firing their secondary armaments.

While neither mechs were very strong at ranged combat, at least they contributed a little bit in making the enemy ranged mechs a little uncomfortable!

Second, the Kravon and the Selzer concentrated all of their remaining firepower on the striker mech!

As a mech type designed to counter melee mechs, Ves dreaded it the most. If its energy projector released plasma or some other potent matter, the Fliskin wouldn’t stand a chance!

For this reason, he did not hesitate to order his two ranged mechs to concentrate their fire on this mech as opposed to the other possible targets!

The enemy rifleman mechs had already expended much of their firepower while the space knight had already lost its shield.

The two light skirmishers remained the biggest threat, but Ves had no way of getting at them as they continued to shelter behind the space knight.

Though the Striker mech already endured a lot of damage, the defensive mech hardly incurred any damage to the internals.

This soon changed as the Kravon started to pound the mech with solid gauss cannon slugs!

Since the range between the two sides had decreased, Ves no longer bothered to chamber the Kravon’s gauss cannon with fragmenting rounds.

Instead, the former artillery mech soon started to fire solid slugs at the striker mech!

As a defensive mech whose bulk rivaled that of the space knight, the striker mech was not very agile. Its evasion pattern wasn’t too impressive, though its ECM system was enough to ensure that most of the slugs missed the mech!

However, even as only 10 percent of the shots hit their mark, the damage dealt was extremely considerable!

The full might of the gauss cannon not only shattered the damaged armor of the striker mech, but also damaged some of its internal components!