After listening to Captain Talia explain the situation of the lunar battle, Xiao Ran nodded slightly with a frown. "So, the only real achievement so far has been destroying those two relay points. The frontal assault has produced no substantive results, even with the Silver Hand and the Eternal helping. Even if some of our units manage to push close to Requiem, they can only withdraw helplessly because of enemy firepower and the lack of support. And even if we enter the battle and attack Requiem from the flank, the first thing we'll face will be even more United Forces than predicted, perhaps even attacks from over a dozen Destroy Gundams?"
"That's right."
Captain Talia looked somewhat helpless as well. The forces deployed by the Earth Force had completely exceeded their expectations and estimates. With no Earth Force presence left on Earth, this situation should have been unlikely, yet it had emerged so suddenly. As a result, the Earth Force, with the advantage of terrain, held greater superiority in resisting the Orb-ZAFT alliance, bringing their offensive to a standstill.
However, these additional forces were also the Earth Force's final trump card. The foundation they had accumulated over so many years could not be underestimated. Even though their forces on Earth had been cleared out and most of their original strength had chosen to withdraw, they had still preserved formidable power on the Moon, a place the Earth Force had developed for many years, along with all of their remaining strength in space.
"More than a dozen Destroy Gundams... that number..." Xiao Ran imagined the scene of more than a dozen of those strategic mobile artillery fortresses firing at once, and even he found it somewhat terrifying. As long as those Destroy Gundams firmly protected Requiem, one or two units—even three