The proof was that after evading the bombardment, the Doolittle did not retreat. Instead, it slowly adjusted its course and advanced toward the Dominion.
Sazaland planned to use himself as bait to draw the Dominion deeper in, while directing the surrounding escort ships and MS units to outflank it from the sides and tear this audacious Orb warship to pieces.
The Doolittle was inching closer, step by step, to the deadly minefield the Archangel had laid earlier.
Although Natarle's battle plan was proceeding smoothly, the Dominion, tasked with luring in the enemy, had placed itself in extreme danger as a result.
The enemy's attention naturally shifted to the warship that had dared to fire upon their flagship.
The escort ships around the Doolittle immediately swung their guns around and began suppressive fire against the Dominion.
At the same time, many Strike Daggers that had reacted to the potential threat against their flagship broke away from their assault on the Archangel, changed direction, and surged toward the Dominion in a frenzy like sharks scenting blood.
"Valiants, Gottfried main guns! Target the enemy MS units attacking the Dominion! Shoot them down! Fire!"
Inside the Archangel's bridge, Murrue closely monitored the entire battlefield.
Without hesitation, she issued new orders to her fire-control personnel to support their besieged allies.
The Archangel opened fire once more. This time, its targets were no longer enemy warships, but the MS units surrounding the Dominion.
The beams fired by the High-Energy Convergent Beam Cannons carved deadly arcs through space, sweeping precisely across the areas where the enemy MS were most densely concentrated.
Wherever the beams passed, Strike Dagger armor melted and ruptured like paper. Several machines became fireballs in space in an instant, their pilots not even having time to scream.
The Archangel's bombardment successfully hindered the enemy