More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
It has to be said, the Archangel's journey from North Africa across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, then through the Indian Ocean and the Malacca Strait before finally reaching the waters near Orb's territory, had been almost the easiest and most pleasant voyage since it departed Heliopolis.
Especially during the first half, they had suffered virtually no attacks from the ZAFT Army.
Only during the latter half had they encountered an ambush by a submarine warship and more than a dozen Ginns.
But for the Archangel, equipped with high-performance MS and MA units like the Strike and Skygrasper, eliminating them had taken almost no effort, turning them into iron coffins lying silently on the ocean floor.
As for Rau Le Creuset, after landing on the ground, he had not rushed to launch another attack. Instead, he had been secretly planning an unprecedented military operation.
In his view, there was little point in continuing the pursuit of the Archangel.
The reason was simple!
With Sakura, the "Red Queen," unable to overpower Allen, completely destroying the Archangel would require the deployment of at least forty to sixty Ginns of various models, along with heavy missiles capable of striking from extreme range.
And with such a force, they could already launch a full-scale assault on the Earth Alliance's important military facilities.
After careful consideration, Rau Le Creuset submitted a proposal to expand the scale of the war to his political ally, Patrick Zala, who was also Athrun's father.
This directly intensified the conflict between the hawks and doves within the P.L.A.N.T. Supreme Council.
During several routine meetings, Patrick Zala and Chairman Siegfried Klein erupted into the fiercest arguments and clashes in their history.
Rau Le Creuset, who longed