The fleet brought by the Second Archangel and Minerva made its entrance. Just as the United Forces reacted and hurriedly deployed troops to intercept them, it gave them an enormous surprise. Countless missiles flew from the warships, passed over the MS, and exploded directly ahead of and amid the intercepting forces.
The tiny missiles erupted with tremendous power. Every explosion produced a searing, sun-bright fireball that lasted only an instant. The fireballs hovered above the moon, illuminating its surface as brightly as day. The Earth Force MS swallowed by them were melted into slag in an instant, vanishing completely from the world.
These mass-produced mecha of the United Forces did not possess the Point Defense System of Variable Fighters, nor did they have things like the PS Armor and VPS Armor found on specially designed machines. The moment the high-explosive missiles detonated, the scorching energy simply devoured every MS caught within range, leaving them no chance to escape.
The countless missiles caught the United Forces completely off guard. The blaze and shadows created by their explosions seemed to make the entire battlefield darker, freezing it for a moment. But immediately afterward, the Orb and ZAFT allied forces on the frontal battlefield attacked with even greater ferocity, as though injected with stimulants. The arrival of reinforcements greatly boosted their morale. Although that wave of missiles had not actually destroyed that many enemies, the impossible-to-ignore brilliance made everyone who saw it believe that countless people had been wiped out.
Moreover, the Second Archangel and Minerva had appeared from the flank and launched their attack, relieving some of the pressure on the frontal forces. With higher morale and reduced pressure, their combat capabilities grew stronger, and their coordination improved as well. For a time, this seemingly explosive surge in combat power dealt the