Destroyer Gundam

"What was going on? They launched an attack like this without issuing any warning..."

News of the Earth Alliance military's attack had also reached the colonies, and the Supreme Council urgently convened an emergency meeting.

"They burned down entire cities without distinction, cities that still belonged to Earth! Have they gone mad?!"

The councilors roared in outrage.

The Earth Alliance military's offensive had already destroyed three cities and was still advancing westward.

Every city that had declared its withdrawal from the Eurasian Alliance and stated its former support for the colonies had been attacked without warning. Even the local ZAFT garrisons had not been spared.

However, the councilors' shock was not merely sorrow over their own losses. They were also filled with righteous indignation at the Earth Alliance military's brutality and the horrific casualties it had caused.

The Earth Alliance military accepted no surrenders and massacred ordinary civilians as well. Whether ZAFT soldiers or noncombatants—including the elderly, women, and children—they had not even had time to flee before hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, were burned to death in the flames.

Defense Councilor Riccardo Olf was likewise baffled and furious over the Earth Alliance military's actions.

If they wanted to make an example of someone, one city would have been enough. Then, by putting the flames of that massacre on full display before global media, he believed quite a few cities would have been willing to submit and return to the Alliance camp.

Being rational by nature, they truly could not understand why the Earth Alliance military had gone so far.

No call to surrender, three cities destroyed in lightning-fast succession, and now the fourth was clearly headed for the same fate.

But those cities were inhabited by Naturals—

"The Earth garrison has been almost completely wiped out."

Sensing the