When the fleet returned to Orb, various large spotlights stood at the edge of the port and even the coastline. The entire port and surroundings were illuminated by countless headlights like daylight. Various people wearing Orb Army military uniforms and Akatsuki Works uniforms were also busy in such an environment.
In addition to the people, the chaos and dilapidation of the port and its surroundings are also moving. The originally neat and majestic Military Port can hardly be seen as it was at this time. There are cracked gravel everywhere, big holes hit by powerful firepower, and there is not a single building in the entire port. It's good. No shipyard can continue to be used. On the side of the port facing the sea, it is like a huge port wreckage created by a huge explosion. The entire place illuminated by the light is also full of MS fragments, large and small, and most of them belong to Orb.
What was more conspicuous was naturally surrounded by soldiers. Many Akatsuki Works members surrounded two Destroy Gundams that seemed to be in good condition but had completely lost their ability to move and could only lie half on the ground and lying on the ground.
At this time, the situation at the military port made it impossible for the Orb fleet and the captured Combined Fleet ships to safely enter the port. Helicopters began to transport back and forth near the ship and the port. Most of them sent the army belonging to Orb to the ship to supervise the prisoners, and then brought the wounded and officers on the Orb ship to land.
Xiao Ran and a series of officers who accompanied the army were also taken to the National Defense Headquarters building as soon as possible. When Xiao Ran stepped off the helicopter, they discovered that there were traces of the battle even in front of Defense Building. You can imagine how critical the situation was at that time.
When Xiao Ran entered the National Defense Headquarters, Main Command Center saw a somewhat unexpected person here, Mina Lund.
Mina Lund was wearing her iconic costume. She stood in the command room and ordered the people inside to issue orders one after another. She seemed to be the protagonist of the command room. After seeing Xiao Ran enter the command room, she walked to generously. In front of Xiao Ran, he said without hesitation, "Sorry, I temporarily took over this place when Orb was attacked, but I think you must thank me, otherwise Orb may have become a ruin."
"Thank you." Xiao Ran smiled slightly. He was never stingy about thanking Xiao Ran. Mina did appear with her subordinates at Orb at the critical moment, and then rescued Orb and defeated the three Destroy Gundam. I am afraid that Mina does not really know the true relationship between Cruze, Luo and Xiao Ran. Even without her decision, Cruze and Luo, two people who have been bound by Xiao Ran, will also appear in Orb to rescue Xiao Ran.
But even if you don't know, it doesn't stop Mina from really sincerely contributing to Orb and protecting Orb, so Xiao Ran said thank you very willingly, but for Mina, he later took over the general affairs of Command Center, Xiao Ran can probably guess what is going on. After all, Mina is also the orthodox successor of one of the five major families of Orb, and Orb already has an identity that belongs to her, and Xiao Ran has not canceled the identity of the other party.
Based on the situation at that time, Orb's defense line was defeated. As Orb Princess, she also had a special identity and had the title of Shadow God of War. In the military and Akatsuki Works, Mina had a higher evaluation than Cagalli. Naturally, she took over the combat command at that time and led the army to re-stabilize the defense line, so that she could gain more initiative after the war. Because of her special identity, it was understandable that she took over the front line command of a certain line of defense in the command room.
Of course, this is also because Cruze and Luo are here, Xiao Ran knew that Mina appeared in Orb, and did not issue any orders at all. Likewise, Mina did not allow Mina to help Orb.
Although almost half of the current five major families have been killed by Xiao Ran, there is only one Cagalli left in the Asaha family, and he only has an identity and no rights. Ceran Family has all been imprisoned, and the other one and The same is true for the families that Ceran Family is related to. The last family is relatively low-key and has always maintained a neutral and non-meddling attitude. Therefore, it was preserved during the purge of Orb before Xiao Ran.
But the identities of the five major families still exist. It should not be said that they are three major families. The Longde family and the Asaha family are two of them. As for the Ceran Family and another family, they were charged with treason and all their identities were revoked. Their rights and status were imprisoned. They were just waiting for the right time to deal with them.
After Xiao Ran returned to the National Defense Headquarters, that is to say, the defense line Command Authority obtained by Mina was also returned to the hands of Xiao Ran. And Mina carefully told Xiao Ran about his defense layout, without any reservations or bad intentions. He introduced everything to Xiao Ran one by one.
After Xiao Ran knew about it, he only made a few modifications to it, basically maintaining his trust in Mina. This trust was also based on what he knew about Mina, and the current contact between Luo and Cruze and Mina. After arranging to quickly repair the port and deal with post-war matters, Xiao Ran did not relax.
Even though it was already midnight, Defense Building and the administrative building were still very busy. Various phone calls came from other countries, including invitations for talks, alliance requests, assistance requests, etc. Many people expressed the hope to speak to Xiao Ran in person, and even waited by the phone for a long time, so Xiao Ran had to leave the National Defense Headquarters and return to his office to answer these calls one by one.
In the morning, Xiao Ran didn't feel tired after not sleeping all night, and Bargyll also appeared in the office with a document. It wasn't until Xiao Ran hung up the phone in his hand that he started talking about the business he came for.
"The specific information about the losses in this battle and the captured joint personnel, ships, and MSs has been released." Bargyll stood in front of Xiao Ran's desk and said to Xiao Ran, "Should I read it to you or should you read it yourself."
Xiao Ran looked at Bargyll, whose face was full of exhaustion, and saw that she might not have gotten much rest since the expedition, so he waved directly to Bargyll, took the document in her hand, and said, "Seeing that you are so tired, okay, you don't have to worry about other things, just go and have a rest."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Bargyll shook his head. "There are still a lot of things to do, and now is not the time to rest."
"Okay, one more of you is not more, one less of you is not more. If all the people from the National Defense Headquarters and the military are like you, what's the use?" Xiao Ran frowned and said, "I order you to put down all the work in your hands and rest immediately."
Bargyll saw Xiao Ran's serious expression and ordered her to rest. After taking a look at Xiao Ran, he nodded helplessly. "I understand, by the way, that person wants to meet you."
"Cruze?" Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, and after seeing Bargyll nodded, he said, "I understand, let him come in, and you can go back and rest directly."
"Yeah."
After Bargyll left, Xiao Ran opened the document in his hand and looked it up. The document only had one content, about the losses and gains of the battle and the subsequent handling. Xiao Ran had only read it for a short time when Cruze, wearing a mask, leisurely walked into Xiao Ran's office.
After seeing Xiao Ran busy dealing with things, Cruze did not bother Xiao Ran directly. Instead, he walked around the entire huge office and nodded his head in appreciation from time to time.
Xiao Ran learned from the documents that in this battle between the sea and Orb's homeland, a total of more than one hundred and twenty Orb MS were shot down and destroyed. The number of pilot casualties reached more than 60%, and most of them were sacrificed during the battle on Orb's homeland.
As for the warships that stayed behind the Orb defense line at that time, they also suffered heavy losses. A total of seventeen warships were sunk in this battle, and five of them were occupied in the battle at sea. Even Xiao Ran and others gained a great advantage in the battle, but Combined Fleet's MS also crossed the line and directly hit the battleship. The total number of casualties exceeded 600, and most of them were injured only a few.
The destruction of the military port and the garrison base also caused certain sacrifices and losses, but the number of casualties was much less than the number of casualties in frontal battles. However, more than a dozen civilians died due to the impact of the war. In addition, some civilians were injured, and dozens of independent residential buildings were destroyed. However, compared to the last Orb invasion, these losses are really nothing.
The subsequent handling of the casualties of those soldiers and civilians alone is very serious and must be dealt with as soon as possible. As for the property losses, it is not so important, and the reconstruction work of the military port has also begun to work overtime, not only Orb Army People from the side have invested in the reconstruction work, and even among the private sector, there are also builders belonging to Orb who have taken the initiative to contribute. At present, it will take at least two days to initially put the military port into use again, and it will take half a month to complete the complete reconstruction.
As for the gains after the battle, a total of more than fifty MS Windams that captured Earth Force were intact, and more than seventy were usable after repairs. In this maritime battle, the coalition invested a total of more than three hundred MSs, but most of them were defeated.
In addition to the ordinary mass-produced Windam, Black Blitz, Green Buster, Blue Duel were captured, and Black Strike with a damage degree of about 60% was captured. There are only Crimson Aegis that is a human stick, Crimson Forbidden that can be used after simple repairs, and two Akatsuki Workss that have been sent to Destroy Gundam for analysis and repair. It can be said that the harvest is rich.