Chapter 244 Departed from the Orbit
Ironically, the collapse of [Heliopolis] has become the cessation of the battle. The Strike Gundam and the Aegis Gundam, which were facing each other, were collapsing to create a powerful force. The air currents pulled it into the universe, and the Archangel suffered unimaginable tremors like a cruise ship facing a storm.
The storm subsided and the vibrations calmed down. After checking each system of the Archangel, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, Bucky Lulu urgently called Strike Gundam, because it is the only result of [Plan G], and it is also the strength of whether the Archangel can safely escape the pursuit of the ZAFT army.
"X105 attack, please answer...X105 attack, can you hear me? Please answer! X105 attack, please answer..."
No matter how anxiously Baji Lulu called, Kira turned a deaf ear. His mind was already blank. Looking at the ruins in front of him, he could not believe that this was his home, let alone accept the destruction of [Heliopolis]. In his own hands.
"[Heliopolis]...disintegrated! How could..."
Not only Kira, but also everyone on the Archangel, all had dull eyes. Looking at everything in front of me, it is difficult to accept.
"So easily... so fragile..." Mu said to himself.
The battle between the Earth Army and ZAFT must be far more intense than this. It is not that no colonial satellites were destroyed in the war, but the situation is completely different from [Heliopolis], and... This was also the first time for everyone present to witness the collapse of a colonial satellite.
"X105 Strike, Amid the collapse of Polis, he kept calling out to Strike Gundam and Kira.
"ZiZi...this is the X105 attack...ZiZi...I am Kira."
"Huh~" After receiving the reply, Bucky Lulu finally relaxed. In one breath, "Are you okay?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell our position?"
"Yes."
"Then let's return. Can we come back?"
"Yes."
< br>The communication was interrupted. Kira looked at the collapsed [Heliopolis], worried about his parents, and returned to the Archangel. However, on the way back, he received an emergency distress signal.
"That's! The escape boat of [Heliopolis]."
...
After confirming Kira's safety, everyone on the bridge began to discuss the next way forward. .
"Then what should we do next?" Mu asked.
"This ship is still in battle, can it capture the movement of the ZAFT ship?" Malu asked the radar personnel.
"No, there are too many heat sources in the wreckage, so whether it is radar or heat detection..."
"..." Ma Liu was silent. Now they are blind and deaf, and they have no control over the surrounding situation. .
"But the other side should be the same, do you think there will be pursuers?" Mu asked Ma Liu.
"Whether there is or not, we should be prepared for this... However, if we are attacked now, we will definitely lose..."
"That's right." To Malu In conclusion, Mu could only admit reluctantly, because their current situation is so severe, "We only have that precious Striker and my tattered Zero left. With the staffing on the ship, I'm afraid we won't be able to go into battle." .”
"Hmm..."
"Can the maximum combat speed be enough to get rid of them? Isn't the speed of this ship quite high?" Mu asked.
"The local Nazca class are also high-speed battleships. There is no guarantee that they will be able to get rid of them..."
"How about surrendering obediently?"
"Hey ?”
"This is also a way..."
"How is this possible?"
"Just kidding..."
Muke had no intention of surrendering. He and Kru The bad relationship between Ze and Ze is not shallow. For some reason, Mu Neng could feel that Cruze had some obsession and hatred for him. If he surrendered... he might be the first person to die.
Mu just saw that the atmosphere on the bridge was too gloomy and that Malu was indecisive and unable to make a decision, so he wanted to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere, but right at the beginning, he was interrupted by Bucky Lulu.
"What did you say? Wait a minute! Who approved you to do this?"
"Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, what happened?" Malu asked quickly. The situation was serious, and Malu didn't know any details. Don't dare to miss it.
“The raid returned, but he also brought an escape boat back.” Baji Luluhui reported.
"Eh?"
"What's going on?" Yang Hui asked proactively. Although he knew what happened, the people in the escape boat were citizens of Orb, so he had to worry After a while, Kira will definitely take this escape boat back to the Archangel. Instead of letting Kira be hated by everyone because of his arbitrary actions, it is better to let himself be the middleman to make everything smoother. "Kira reported that the propeller of the escape boat was broken and it was drifting around, so she picked it up, but the Archangel is currently in battle, accepting refugees and so on..."
"Then, on behalf of Orb, I formally make a request to the returning ship to temporarily accept the refugees, Captain Lamias." Yang Hui said seriously to Ma Liu.
"What a fool! The rescue ship will be here soon..."
"I approved."
Mariu interrupted Bakki Lulu's argument , directly approved Yang Hui’s request.
"Captain?"
"I don't know when the rescue ship will arrive. If I give up, it is very likely to drift to a place where the rescue ship cannot be found. And I don't want to waste it arguing about this kind of thing now. Time, hurry up and take it in." Malu explained to Bakki Lulu.
This can be regarded as a kind of atonement. After all, [Heliopolis] collapsed because of them.
"Understood, Captain."
After solving the matter of Strike Gundam and escape boat, everyone continued to discuss the next action.
"I know the situation is serious now, but I do not intend to surrender, and I will never surrender." Malu said seriously to everyone, "I will never hand over this battleship and Strike Gundam to ZAFT. No matter what, we will, They must bring it safely back to the Atlantic Federation Command."
Baki Lulu expressed her strong agreement with Malu's decision and put forward her own ideas: "Captain, I propose to station in Artemis. "
"Artemis? Is that the military fortress of the Eurasian Federation?"
"Is it [Umbrella Artemis]?"
"Yes." Baji Lulu nodded and explained the reason for this choice to everyone, "According to the current position of this ship, that is a friendly fortress located on the best route."
"But...G and this battleship don't even have friendly force identification signals now. In this case, the Eurasian Federation..." Ma Liu worried.
“The Archangel and the attack are top-secret matters of our Atlantic Federation. Of course I understand this, but if we head directly to the moon, it is impossible not to encounter battles along the way. We have not finished loading the supplies. We need to replenish supplies as soon as possible if we set sail in a hurry."
"I understand this..."
"Let's find another place to replenish supplies," Yang Hui stood up and said at the right time.
"What?" Everyone was stunned. Bucky Lulu was the first to stand up and object, "On the best route to the moon, only Artemis is the closest to us. Going to other friendly bases must be It will deviate from the course, so..."
"I'm not talking about the Earth Army's base, but...here!" As he spoke, Yang Hui marked a location on the map. On the Earth Army's internal combat map, there was nothing here.
"Here? What's there?" Ma Liu frowned slightly and asked Yang Hui.
“This is the space headquarters of the Scrap Recyclers Union. I have contact with the Scrap Recyclers Union and I will definitely get enough supplies...”
“Impossible! Archangel and Strike Gundam is a top-secret matter, how could it be possible for the scrap recyclers to know..."
"Then do you think it will be okay for the Eurasian Federation to know?" Yang Hui faced Bucky Lulu's roar. He wasn't angry, he just glanced at him and said calmly.
"This... the Eurasian Federation is also a part of the earth, it must be..."
"Second Lieutenant Baji Lulu, I heard that you were born into a military family, but I didn't expect to be so naive." Yang Hui sneered and shook his head. He scoffed at Bucky Lulu’s statement.
“What did you say!?”
“What is it like inside the Earth Federation? Do I need to say more? The Atlantic Federation and the Eurasian Federation are the first and largest in the Earth Federation respectively. Don’t you know how fierce the internal struggle is in the second largest country? Oh, you probably don’t know, after all, you are just a second lieutenant now.”
“You!”
"Hey, hey, is this a bit too much?"
Baki Lulu was completely angry. Even Ma Liu and Mu couldn't stand it anymore. They all knew that there were mutual constraints within the Earth Federation, but They didn't know it was so serious, so they all felt that Yang Hui had gone too far.
"You can't pass too much. I know better than you." Yang Hui glanced at everyone calmly. Among the people present, the highest rank was only a captain, and one was a technician and the other was a soldier. They had no contact at all. If you don't get to the core, you don't know how intense the conflict is.
To put it bluntly, if there were no threats from PLANT and ZAFT, the war would still not stop. It would just be that the enemy and ourselves would become the Atlantic Federation and the Eurasian Federation.
The Eurasian Federation has been dissatisfied with its status as the second-largest player in the millennium for a long time, otherwise it would not have directly deducted the Archangel and Strike Gundam in the original plot.
Everyone was even more angry when they saw Yang Hui's attitude at this time, but Mu and Ma Liu, the two highest-ranking people, calmed down and believed Yang Hui's words. Mu was simply considering Yang Hui's identity. He was from Orb's inner circle. People, then there must be more than what they see and come into contact with.
And Mariu needs to know more than Mu, because [Plan G] can only be launched under the insistence of Brigadier General Duane Halbarton because of mutual constraints within the Atlantic Federation. It is only the Atlantic Federation. This is true internally, but what about the entire Earth United?
"Yang Hui, are you sure?"
"Captain!?"
Baki Lulu looked at Ma Liu in disbelief, hoping she would give an explanation. But Ma Liu ignored Bucky Lulu for the time being, but waited for Yang Hui's answer.
"I'm absolutely sure that I have a cooperative relationship with the senior leaders of the scrap recycling dealers' union. As long as I can get the money, I can give you what you want. It's a complete transaction, and..."
With that said, Yang Hui looked at Bucky Lulu and said seriously: "Don't think that just because you are a soldier, you can look down on people. Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, in my eyes, the scrap recyclers who are trying to survive in the universe are better than some Soldiers are more worthy of respect, and they are not fools. They know what to do and what not to do. The scrap recycling dealers union has secret trading relationships with all forces. How can it survive in the cracks of all major forces without any brains? "< br>
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(End of this chapter)