The countless fragments produced by the Heliopolis explosion were densely distributed in the surrounding annular space of hundreds of kilometers, seriously interfering with the detection capabilities of the warship radar.
With the technology mastered by humans in this world, it is impossible to distinguish the enemy's battleships and mobile suits from the space junk.
Therefore, the captain of Archangel, Murrue, decisively adopted silent tactics, completely turning off the active radar illumination and engine, hiding himself among tens of millions of large debris.
After all, she will never take any risks until the Strike and Allen machines have completed their rest and can attack again.
Similarly, the ZAFT battleship on the other side also entered a silent state, waiting patiently for the prey to jump out on its own.
You must know that Archangel set sail in a hurry, and the supplies and fuel it carried were simply not comparable to the ZAFT Army, which maintained a first-level combat status.
If it is a protracted war or a war of attrition, Law·Lu·Cruze can guarantee that the person who wins the final victory must be himself.
However, he was not idle during the patience competition. Instead, he summoned his red-clad elites to the combat conference room and said in a slightly playful tone, "There are nine mobile suits, four of which are Zeon carrying D-type equipment, four are the latest models snatched from the Earth Alliance, and one is a special experimental model awarded by the Supreme Council. Such a powerful and overwhelming advantage, how can we do anything? Can't defeat just two MSs of the opponent. Who can tell me, is this because the enemy is too powerful or you are too incompetent? Especially you, Aslan, Diego, Yitzhak, and Nigel. Our red queen has obviously held back the opponent's trump card, but you failed to kill the Assault and Archangel. Not only that! The final explosion of the colonial satellite also caused the destruction of all four of our Zeon."
"I'm sorry! This is all my fault." Athrun lowered his head in shame.
Because when he attacked Archangel, all he could think about was that his childhood friend Kira was on that ship, so he couldn't kill him at all.
"No! Captain! This is all my fault! I was too careless and underestimated the enemy. As a result, I was almost killed by the opponent's terrifying speed and reaction." Diego also stepped forward to share the responsibility.
If his first few shots hadn't all been deflected, and he was suppressed by Allen at close range, Duel Gundam wouldn't have had to risk abandoning the formation and rush to the rescue.
"Captain Rau Le Creuset! I swear! Next time I will pull that damn bastard out of the cockpit and cut him into pieces! I will use blood and death to wash away the shame he left me." Yzak covered the left face and left hand of Entangle with naked and undisguised hatred in his eyes.
"Yzak, the doctor said your burn is very serious, you should go and rest quickly." Nicol comforted in a low voice.
But Yzak didn't appreciate it. He pushed his teammates away and roared angrily, "Rest? Look at my face! Do you think I can sleep now? Just thinking about that guy's smug expression, I feel like every cell in my body is boiling and burning. The severe pain seems to remind me of two words at all times - revenge!"
"Enough! If you have any emotions, you can go to the enemy, but don't vent it on your companions like a mad dog."
Sakura, who remained silent, raised her hand and patted away Yzak's hand that was grabbing Nicol's shoulder.
Having grown up under the unique education of Allen, she hates this kind of incompetent rage.
"Cut!"
Seeing that it was "Red Queen" who made the move, Yzak swallowed his anger and humiliation.
Although he is a person who is very prone to extremes and emotions, he also understands that he should not vent his anger on irrelevant people.
Law Lu Cruze keenly captured the fierce reaction of the young man after being injured. He subconsciously pursed his lips and revealed an extremely uncomfortable smile. He pretended to zoom in on the battle scene of Allen and asked in an uncertain tone, "Sakura, you are currently the only one who can fight with this mysterious machine and draw a tie. Tell me, what do you think of the enemy's strength?"
"He is undoubtedly a monster-level opponent!" Sakura answered without thinking.
Because in this world, except Artoria, no one understands how terrifying Allen is better than her.
Even if he is limited to a huge mobile suit with backward technology, Allen still has the combat power to destroy a huge fleet with one person.
"Monster? You mean... we can basically conclude that the driver is Coordinators?" Law Lu Cruze instantly grasped the most critical point.
Sakura nodded seriously. "Yes! The technology used by his machine and his own talent are already superior to most of our ace pilots. If my machine hadn't been equipped with jet devices on its limbs, which can suddenly increase the speed and power of its movements, I'm afraid that in the first round I lost. If you look closely at the battle video, you can clearly see that I can barely dodge, parry, and block most of the time. This is not because I don't want to fight back, but because the signal transmission speed of the opponent's body is much higher than mine, not to mention the other bodies."
"Then I can't understand it even more. Why would such an outstanding Coordinators choose Naturals's side instead of his compatriots? Isn't Bloody Valentine Incident enough for him to see Earth Alliance's true face clearly?" Law Lu Cruze asked with a frown.
"Sorry, I'm just a soldier and don't know what the other person is thinking. Maybe... he's just a lunatic who thinks this is funny?" Sakura responded half-truthfully.
In fact, her words already imply that Allen is not a person who can be speculated with common sense.
It's a pity that Law·Lu·Cruze didn't realize the hidden subtext and said with a pun, "Madman? Maybe you are right. The most indispensable things in this world are geniuses and madmen..."
"Captain, what should we do next?" Yzak asked impatiently.
"We don't do anything. We'll wait for all the MSs in the hangar to be repaired. I believe the other party has the same plan. If nothing else, they will launch a jamming bomb first after their MSs are repaired. We will not evacuate in the opposite direction until our battleships start to pursue. But no matter how they escape, they will eventually go to Moon base. That is the last base camp of the Earth Alliance in the universe, and other places are already within our sphere of influence as ZAFT Army."
Law Lu Cruze is indeed a tactical genius. He can clearly analyze Archangel's motives, goals and possible choices in just a few minutes.
This is why, in the original plot, he was always able to bite Archangel's butt, and even if he escaped for a moment, he could quickly lock him again.
At the same time, on the other side of Archangel, there was a quarrel because someone took over a civilian escape capsule with damaged equipment without permission.
"Kira·Yamato! Tell me, what are you thinking in your head? We are a battleship! And it is a new type of battleship that is fighting ZAFT Army! There is a lot of top-secret information from the military inside!" Nataru·Bucky Lululu reprimanded in a stern tone.
"But... but the equipment of that escape capsule is broken. If you wait for rescue, you will probably die in the cold universe." Kira stammered to defend himself.
I don't know if it was the guidance of fate or a joke of the God of Mischief.
He had obviously given up driving Strike, but he still accidentally discovered a damaged escape capsule very close to Archangel.
And one of the people in this escape capsule is Frey Alusta.
Taking advantage of the convenience of adjusting the parameters of Strike Gundam, Kira secretly opened the side hatch while others were not paying attention, and pulled the rescue capsule back bit by bit through the steel cable shot by the electromagnetic catapult.
By the time others found out, it was already too late.
A large number of Heliopolis refugees have already walked out of the damaged rescue cabins, looking confused and waiting for their fate to arrange for them.
"But this is not the reason for you to take them on the ship without authorization. Remember, you are only a civilian now and have no right to make any decisions for Archangel. The most important thing is that we cannot protect ourselves now. You brought the refugees to Archangel may not save them, but may also harm them. Once the battleship is caught up by the ZAFT Army, the enemy will not care whether there are civilians on the ship, but will destroy it mercilessly. By then, these civilians will die because of your kindness."
After saying this, Nataru·Bucky Lululu immediately turned around and left angrily.
Ignorance, willfulness, and no concept of the cruelty of war!
In the eyes of this female officer, Kira, Strike's replacement driver, was a complete troublemaker.
I have to say that people are really realistic sometimes.
If it weren't for the appearance of Allen and Teresa, Kira must be the only driver of Strike at this moment.
No matter how big a mistake he made, Nataru·Bucky Lululu would not be as angry and annoyed as he is now.
On the contrary, she still has to comfort and accommodate the other person.
But when better alternatives became available, poor Kira immediately became the object of disgust and disgust.
Watching Nataru·Bucky Lululu's back gradually disappearing, Allen, who was repairing his body, immediately patted the young man on the shoulder from behind. "I just reminded you, you can't take anything for granted, but you must consider the consequences clearly, otherwise it will be easy to do bad things with good intentions. Look, are you getting scolded now?"
"Mr. Allen, I'm sorry. I just wanted to save them at the time and didn't think too much about it." Kira lowered his head listlessly.
Since ZAFT Army invaded Heliopolis, he has suffered more than one blow, and he is probably about to lose confidence in himself.
Allen smiled and comforted, "Okay, relax, don't be so sullen. Who hasn't made mistakes when they were young? The problem is that you have to learn to learn from your mistakes instead of falling twice in the same place. Both If you don't want to get involved in the war, then wait until you reach a safe place and transfer to civil aviation equipment to take refuge in the neutral country Orb. Although I think it will only be a matter of time before Orb gets involved in the war."
"Huh? Really? Orb will also be involved in the war?" Frey Alusta also came over at some point.
Of course, she is not the "scheming bitch" who died after her father died, but is still a naive, willful little princess who doesn't understand the world.
"Haha, I already answered this question a few months ago." Allen responded meaningfully.
Frey Alusta blinked blankly, obviously not understanding.
However, I have personally experienced the invasion of the ZAFT Army, the explosion of Heliopolis, witnessed and driven Kira, who developed war weapons for the Earth Alliance from Dawn Company, and this time I finally understood.
His face became very ugly, his hands clenched into fists, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you think ZAFT Army will use this incident as an excuse to start a war and attack Orb's homeland on Earth?"
"No! ZAFT Army has now achieved its goal, and even accidentally destroyed the colonial satellite during the battle. They have no reason to continue to entangle with Orb, a nominally neutral country. On the contrary, it will be Earth Alliance who will attack Orb." Allen gave the answer in a slightly playful tone.
"This... how is this possible? Orb overtly and secretly helped Earth Alliance develop a new type of battleship and aircraft! Shouldn't the two parties be allies?" Kira opened his mouth wide as if he couldn't believe what he heard.
"Ally?" Allen sneered and shook his head. "Don't be ridiculous! Have you ever heard of a saying that as long as your loyalty is not absolute, you are absolutely disloyal? It is the easiest person to be hated at any time if you are in two boats. To maintain neutrality, you need strong military support. Orb Although the military strength is not bad, it is not as good as Earth Alliance and ZAFT Army Compared with, he is just a slightly stronger ant. What's more, this incident exposed that Lion of Orb——Uzummi Yura Asha is not as clean as outsiders thought. He, like other politicians, will conduct some unknown dirty transactions in private."
Such an explosive prediction immediately made Kira fall into silence.
He could not imagine that if one day even Orb was forced to be involved in a war, where would he go?
In other words, where can I take myself in and give myself a so-called "home"?
As Coordinators, Kira will suffer strong discrimination, exclusion, and even physical persecution in most countries on the planet, so they cannot be accepted by mainstream society at all.
But similarly, he doesn't want to go to the country founded by Coordinators - P. L. A. N. T., put on military uniform and become a soldier with blood on his hands like his friend Athrun.
Originally the neutral country Orb was a good choice.
But now it seems that the so-called neutrality is nothing more than a joke.
The deep black sky filled with colonial satellite debris before our eyes is the best proof.
"Don't worry, you still have enough time to think before you reach the moon, and then make the choice you think is right."
Having said that, Allen ignored this young man who was at a crossroads in his life and returned to the steel frame to repair the broken neural networks.
You know this is not an easy job.
Especially when the choice of materials is very limited.