"Then if there is a battle, can you escape at the fastest speed? This is a very good high-speed ship." Mu said at the side.

"The enemy also has a high-speed Nazca-class ship. There is no guarantee whether they can escape." Upon hearing Mu's question, Ma Liu turned to look at him and said with a serious expression.

"Then surrender obediently?" Mu said softly, then looked at the surprised Ma Liu and chuckled, "This is actually a way."

"What did you say?" Before Ma Liu could refute, Bucky Lulu, who had just fallen silent over there, said loudly with suppressed anger, "Wait a minute, who approved this kind of thing?"

"Second Lieutenant Bakilulu, what's wrong?" Malu asked, confused by Bakilulu's mood.

"The Strike Gundam has returned, but it's also coming back with a lifeboat." Baki Lulu looked up and reported to Malu.

"What do you mean by disapproval? Its propeller is damaged and it is drifting. Why give up? There are evacuees inside, why don't you ignore it?" Kira's disbelieving voice came from the communication channel inside the ship.

"The rescue ship will be here soon. The Archangel is currently in battle, so how can it be free to receive refugees?" Bakki Lulu retorted.

"Forget it, permission." Malu was currently having a headache about the Archangel's next trip. There was no time to waste here listening to the quarrel between Bucky Lulu and Kira, and he frowned and whispered.

"Captain." Bucky Lulu looked at Malu in surprise and shouted in a low voice.

"Don't waste time on this kind of thing now, recycle it as soon as possible." Ma Liu first explained to Bucky Lulu in a low voice. Then he ordered loudly.

"I understand, Captain." Now that Malu, as the captain, has given the order, even though Bucky Lulu, as a subordinate, may not agree with her psychologically, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, so she immediately gave Malu a military salute and said .

"It seems that you did a good job switching roles." Ito Cheng floated aside and said to Maru, who was sitting in the captain's position and let out a long breath. Then he turned to look at the wreckage of Heliopolis on the screen and said, "But there is not much time left. Take advantage of the chaos and escape like I said. Or surrender obediently like Mu said. You must choose one now." Make a decision."

"Hey, hey, don't tell me that I look like a capitulator." Hearing Ito Cheng's words. Mu protested from the side.

"I understand." Malu said in a deep voice, "Although the current situation is more dangerous, I have no intention of surrendering. This ship and Strike Gundam must not be handed over to Zaft. We must bring them safely no matter what. Return to Atlantic Federation headquarters."

"Captain, I propose to go to the Artemis Military Fortress." At this time, Bucky Lulu, who had completed the command of the Strike Gundam's containment, floated to Malu's side after hearing her decision and said.

"Artemis? It's the military fortress of Eurasia." Malu confirmed.

"Do you mean the Artemis Fortress with the umbrella?" Mu asked doubtfully. \u003cThe space navigation map that switched out said, "According to the route of this ship, that is the place where it is easiest to contact friendly forces."

"But there is no identification signal from friendly forces on this ship, and on Eurasia's side..." Malu expressed his worries. Although Malu and the others and Artemis Fortress are both military organizations affiliated with the Earth United, their respective affiliations are fundamentally different. The 5th Special Division where Malu and the others are from, as well as the 7th and 8th fleets where Ito Cheng and Mu are located, are all from the Atlantic Federation, and the Artemis Fortress is indeed affiliated with the Eurasian Federation, and the two sides have been fighting since the AD era. Just keep each other's secrets in mind. Even now, they have never stopped playing dirty tricks on each other. If they let the Archangel fly there according to what Bucky Lulu said, it would be no different from giving cooked meat to hungry dogs.

"Of course I know very well that the Archangel and Strike Gundam are the top secrets of our Atlantic Federation. But even if we choose the route to the moon, it is difficult to imagine that we can reach the destination smoothly without encountering a battle on the way. We are in a hurry for unfinished material supplies. When we set out, the first and most important thing we need is supplies." Bakki Lulu explained.

"I know." After hearing the supplies, Ma Liu also sighed with a headache. He raised his right hand and put a fist on his cheek. Said with eyes closed.

"I believe Eurasia can also understand our current situation. Now we must try to avoid fighting, enter Artemis for supplies, and then get in touch with the Lunar Headquarters. I think this is the most practical strategy at present." Bucky Lulu Finally concluded.

"Artemis, I hope it will progress according to our ideas." Mu also said uncertainly.

"I think things will not go as you said." Hearing their words of placing their hopes on uncertain friendly forces, Ito Cheng said in a positive tone.

"But this is the only way it can be done now." Although Malu knew that Ito Cheng was telling the truth, Malu had no choice but to agree to Bakki Lulu's proposal when there was no other choice.

"Everyone is in position, the bait is ready, and at the same time as launching, the main engine is ejected in order to correct the course to Artemis. In order to prevent being discovered midway, it will switch to inertial navigation. The second combat equipment is to turn the hull in the shortest time. Done..." Now that he had made the decision, Malu immediately commanded with the aura of a captain.

Immediately, Ito Cheng and Baki Lulu floated back to the artillery operating table and sat down. Others also began to get busy following Ma Liu's orders. A moment later, with Bucky Lulu's "she", the cabin of the Archangel immediately shook violently. Driven by the six propellers at the tail, it quickly changed direction and applied the initial power, and then shut down. The main engine stalked towards Artemis.

"The course correction is complete." After a moment, Arnold Neumann, the helmsman of the Archangel, said.

"Everyone changes to the third combat equipment and pays attention to the surrounding situation." After receiving the confirmation, Ma Liu immediately ordered loudly. Then as soon as the order was finished, his body immediately relaxed and he leaned back against the back of the captain's chair and let out a breath.

"I'm going to see how my ma is doing." Mu-la-Flag, who was sitting on the chair in front, got up from his seat after making sure that the Archangel entered stealth and was okay for the time being, and floated out of the bridge. Go, he said.

"Then I'll go back and rest." Ito Cheng also pressed on the chair at this time and floated up.

"Captain Ito Cheng." Bucky Lulu called to Ito Cheng who was about to float out.

"Huh?" Ito Cheng put one hand on the side. He stopped and looked at Bucky Lulu with a puzzled expression.

"Captain Ito Cheng, you have seen the current situation. The Archangel is very short of manpower, so I hope you can take on the responsibility of an officer and manage things on the battleship." Bucky Lulu looked at Ito Cheng. He said with a serious face.

"You mean to let me manage the people outside?" Ito Cheng said with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course not, lower-level officers will naturally be responsible for that kind of lock-up." Bucky Lulu denied, and then continued, "I mean, during the battle, Captain, you can come to the bridge and become a fire control officer. ."

"I know." Ito Cheng looked at Bucky Lulu up and down and suddenly smiled, "But you are really a competent soldier, and I didn't notice it just now, Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, you are still very beautiful. Well."

"Captain!" It was probably the first time that Bucky Lulu was praised in person by a young man who was also a soldier. Two blushes immediately appeared on his cheeks and he shouted loudly.

"Hahahaha." Ito Cheng laughed, put his hand on the wall, and quickly floated out of the bridge.

"What are you looking at?" After Ito Cheng left the bridge. Bucky Lulu immediately noticed that the other men in the bridge were looking at her, and yelled at them with some embarrassment.

After a day and a half of silent stealth, one could vaguely see from the bridge of the Archangel with the naked eye, hanging in the universe, completely covered and protected by irregular polygonal masks composed of countless triangular masks. While at Artemis Fortress, a large heat source suddenly appeared on the Archangel's thermal radar.

"Enemy traces were found. Enemy traces were found. All personnel were first equipped for combat. Those with military status immediately took their respective positions..." A rapid alarm sounded immediately throughout the battleship.

"It seems that we are near Artemis. We can collect the information on the light wave shield and compare it with the radiation waves studied by Lloyd and Lakshatta to see if they are the same thing." In the room assigned to Ito Cheng. Ito Cheng used alchemy to create water and took a nice hot bath. Then he changed into the Earth Army uniform again and thought to himself as he walked out of the room and walked to the bridge.

A moment later, Ito Shige, dressed in military uniform, came to the bridge, just in time to hear Sai and others' request to Maru to enlist in the army to assist in the battle. After a brief discussion with Baji Lulu, Malu agreed to the request of the four Sai Yi and allowed them to join the army specially.

"How is the situation?" Ito Cheng, who stepped into the bridge, walked behind Bucky Lulu and asked aloud.

"It's very bad. We were attacked from both sides." Before Bucky Lulu could turn around and speak, Mu on the side took the lead and answered Ito Cheng's question.

"But Captain Flagg seems to have thought of a way." After Mu finished speaking, Bucky Lulu said.

Hearing this, Ito Cheng cast his eyes on Mu, who shrugged at Ito Cheng and said, "The plan is a bit risky, I hope it will succeed."

"Oh." Ito Cheng saw that Mu didn't mean to say anything and had no intention of asking. He just recalled the plot of the battle in his mind and immediately knew Mu's battle plan.

"I'm going to prepare first." Mu greeted Maru, Bakki Lulu, and Ito Cheng, and flew out of the bridge. Less than a minute after Mu left, four Saiyi people wearing Earth Army private uniforms floated in under the leadership of the information control officer. After a brief greeting with everyone on the bridge, they became trainee soldiers in the four positions of information control, deputy helmsman, radar monitoring and data monitoring according to their choices. Then, under the leadership of helmsman Arnold Neumann, information control Under the guidance of Jackie Tenomura and radar monitor Romel Parr, he quickly learned and mastered his job.

After Sai and the other four were familiar with each other, and the battleship dived forward for a certain distance, Malu ordered, "Everyone is in position, the main engine is started, and the special cannon is fired at the same time, targeting the Nazca class in front."

"Positron cannon, fire!" Then, as the combat commander, Bucky Lulu shouted immediately. Immediately, blue current surged through the two outer layers, and a thick scarlet beam of light erupted from the front end of the Archangel and shot straight into the distance.

Along the way, all meteorites and garbage that blocked its path were exploded and annihilated into dust by the huge power of the positron beam, and disappeared.

It's just that the Nazca-class battleship that was the target was really far away from the Archangel, and it was evaded by the positron beam before it arrived, and it calmly dodged it. Then the Holy Shield Gundam, whose PS armor was painted red, flew out of the launch port of the Nazca-class battleship and flew towards the Archangel. Correspondingly, the Archangel also released the Strike Gundam as the final defense.

At this time, a "didi-dip" radar alarm suddenly sounded in the bridge. As a radar monitor, Romel-Pal immediately said, "There are three heat sources approaching from the rear. The distance is 67, which is ms!"

"Prepare for battle!" Malu ordered in a deep voice.

"The missile launch tube is from No. 13 to No. 24. The energy is increased. The main component of the light cannon Barriant is started to input target data. Hurry up." Bucky Lulu immediately issued a series of orders in concise and clear words.

"Human body recognition, this is..." Romelle Pal looked at the data displayed on the radar and said in shock, "X series, Duel, Thunder, Storm."

As soon as Romel Pal's words came out, everyone except Ito Cheng was shocked. These aircraft were just snatched away not long ago, and they were put into combat by the opponent within forty-eight hours. , what kind of technological strength and speed is this.

"Were all the stolen weapons used in battle?" Malu muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Why are you in a daze? Hurry up and fight. Are you waiting to be sunk by them?" As a free artilleryman, Ito Cheng frowned and shouted to everyone.

"Yes!" After Ito Cheng shouted, Bakki Lulu immediately came back to her senses and responded loudly.

\u003cWhat are you doing? "Ma Liu ordered loudly.

"Aim the laser, missile launch tubes 13 to 18, launch." Bucky Lulu also changed the combat instructions according to the changes in the enemy's forces.

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