Chapter 1613: Outmaneuvered?
(I'm taking tomorrow off, just letting you know in advance.)
"Woooooo—Woooooo—"
Before dawn had fully broken, continuous alarms suddenly rang out aboard the Ptolemaios, Danner's Son, Yamato, Arkham, and La Rams, reaching the ears of everyone who had been asleep or was still awake.
In Yamato's Captain's Room, which had originally been Juzo Okita's quarters, Xiao Ran opened his eyes the instant the alarm sounded. He sprang from the bed, strode to the room's only table, and picked up the telephone resting on it.
"What happened?"
Kodai Susumu's slightly anxious voice came through the line. "New Zeon forces have appeared in Daka City and are currently breaking through the Federation's defenses. But Daka City never sounded an alarm, nor were any civilians evacuated. The whole city is already in complete chaos."
Xiao Ran frowned slightly. "Don't panic. Contact the other captains immediately. I'll be on the bridge at once."
After hanging up, Xiao Ran rubbed his face hard, grabbed his coat, put on his shoes, and hurried out of the Captain's Room. On his way to the bridge, he saw crew members everywhere jolting awake from their sleep and rushing to their stations without even having time to straighten themselves up.
Before long, Xiao Ran entered Yamato's bridge. Other than him, all bridge personnel had already arrived. After nodding to everyone, he sat directly in the seat that had originally belonged to Juzo Okita and now barely belonged to Acting Captain Sanada.
The moment he sat down, a massive screen descended before him, and the other captains appeared on it one after another.
"You should all know the situation by now. New Zeon has begun its attack on Daka City." After seeing the people on the screen nod, Xiao Ran continued, "But I need to know Daka