Afterwards, everyone saw Andy Butterfield and Lux ​​Klein, the former Desert Tigers who were blind in one eye, and some soldiers wearing zaft uniforms who got off the "Eternal". ()

"This is a strange thing to say when we meet for the first time." Andy Baltfield stepped off the boat and said to Mariu in front of him, "I am Andy Baltfield."

"I am Malu-Lamias." Malu raised his hand in a military salute and said solemnly. Then his expression changed, he smiled and said, "But it was really shocking."

"Everyone is, yes, a teenager." Andy Butterfield first said to Malu, then turned to look at Kira who looked guilty and smiled.

"You have a reason to kill me." Kira said seriously after hearing this.

"On the battlefield, everyone has it, and no one has it." Andy closed his eyes and whispered softly.

"Thank you." Kira lowered his head slightly and whispered with a mixture of gratitude and guilt.

Then, the two waves of people chatted in the port for a while, and then each returned to their own battleships and continued their work. Then a little later, Andy Butterfield and Lux, who had completed the personnel placement, came to the Archangel, and joined Orb's Kisaka and Cagalli, as well as Malu and Lux ​​on the Archangel. Mu, Ito Cheng and others discussed current affairs.

"Is the current problem still on the moon? I heard that the Earth Army is constantly sending troops up from the recaptured Victoria." He was wearing a white sleeveless open-breasted windbreaker, with a lavender double-breasted long-sleeved top and a short jumpsuit underneath. Lux, who had long pink hair hanging naturally on the back of her head except for a small part that was braided into a twist and used as a headband to tie up the loose hair, said softly with a serious look on her face.

"They want to launch a general attack on the plant." Ma Liu guessed.

"There are a lot of guys who are determined to do this, for a blue and clean world?" Andy Butterfield said in a teasing tone. After listening to his words, Ma Liu immediately thought of some bad things, and her face became ugly.

"Stop talking." Mu said in a deep voice.

"That's not what I said." Andy Butterfield stated with a shrug.

"Although this is true." Mu sighed helplessly.

"Why are you attacking the adjuster for the sake of the blue and pure world? Although I don't know what the blue and pure world is, but from the perspective of a plant, I can't stand being attacked for such unknown reasons. . But the top management of Plant has long regarded natural people as a stumbling block. Of course, they will defend and counterattack. In order to prevent that thing from happening again, how long will this continue?" Andy Butterfield expressed his philosophy of life. The appearance of home sighed.

"It's such a cruel era." Maru put his hand on Ito Cheng's shoulder, leaned towards him, and said in a heavy tone. Seeing this, Ito Cheng reached out and gently patted the back of Maru's hand on his shoulder, silently comforting him. ()

"But it is us humans who cause it and prevent it. At any time, there are countless people who have the same idea as us and want to create an era that is not as cruel as it is now." Lux turned to look at Kira beside her and smiled. .

"Utopia." Hearing this, Ito Cheng sighed.

"No, I just want to end the war and create a world where everyone can live happily." Hearing Ito Cheng's description, Lacus turned to look at him and explained.

"Well." Ito Cheng shrugged, noncommittal.

Afterwards, after a brief discussion, the leaders of the three ships who determined the future course of action returned to their respective battleships and began various pre-war preparations. Among them, the "Eternal" is a transport ship specially assigned to the two Gundams Zi You and Justice. , so the two aircraft that had been staying in the Archangel were transferred to the "Eternal", leaving only Ito Cheng's Heretic Gundam, Mu's Strike Gundam and Diego's Storm Gundam parked in the Archangel.

In this way, a week passed in a blink of an eye, and it came to July 15th, CE71. On this day, while Ito Cheng was driving the Heretic Gundam to help the "Eternal" replenish ammunition, a rapid alarm sounded in the port where the three ships were staying, and at the same time, the announcement of "all personnel first combat equipment" was immediately heard. appeared in everyone's ears, summoning everyone to return to their respective battleships and prepare to attack.

But at this moment, a violent vibration occurred from the colonial satellite "Mendel", shaking everyone and feeling uncomfortable. Then, when the shaking stopped, the Archangel, which had been prepared, immediately flew out of the port where it was stationed, came into the universe, and flew towards the unknown warship detected by the radar.

At the next moment, a communication suddenly came out from the full-wave communication channel. The female voice in the communication said in a sonorous tone, "This is the Earth Alliance space battleship Archangel. Can the Archangel listen?"

"This ship demands that your ship, which is a defector, surrender immediately and unconditionally. If you do not comply with the order, your ship will be destroyed." After a pause, the female voice, Natal Baji Lulu, continued.

At this time, the distance between the two battleships had been shortened enough to allow a video call, and then Bucky in military uniform appeared on the optical screen on the bridge of the Archangel.

"Long time no see, Captain Lamias." Bucky Lulu greeted.

"Yes." Ma Liu said.

"It's a pity that we meet again in this form." Baji Lulu said in a slightly lower voice.

"Yes." Malu sighed.

"I have heard about what happened in Alaska, but no matter what, please surrender first and then talk to the top military officials. Although my words may not be useful, I will defend you." Bucky Lulu said. I believe you all know the nature of this ship."

"Natal, thank you." Malu thanked her sincerely, and then said in a decisive and crisp voice, "But we can't do this, not only because of the Alaska incident, but also because we have doubts about the Earth Army itself. Therefore, We will not surrender or return."

Just when Bucky Lulu was shocked by Ma Liu's decision, a male voice suddenly appeared on the full-frequency communication channel.

"Hahahaha, what did I think you wanted to do? I really admire you, Captain." The male voice said, "If the problem can be solved by dialogue alone, there will be no war in this world, just because it can't be done Only by understanding do you become an enemy, and then you have to get rid of the enemy.”

"Director Azrael!" Hearing this, Bucky Lulu shouted emotionally.

"Disaster, Forbidden, Strike Gundam Attack." Azrael ignored Bucky Lulu and ordered, and then continued in the communication channel, "The unsinkable ship Archangel, let me end you today. myth."

Following Azrael's words, three of the Earth Army's new Gundams and a dozen mass-produced MSs immediately flew out of the two ejection ports at the front of the Archangel and attacked the Archangel at high speed. Correspondingly, Kira's Free Gundam, Mu's Strike Gundam, and Ito Cheng's Heretic Gundam also flew out of the Archangel and headed towards them. But that's not all yet, the Justice Gundam and Storm Gundam also flew out from the Archangel and met the Earth Army.

"The Heretic Gundam and Strike Gundam support the Archangel." Immediately afterwards, Malu's command sounded from the Heretic Gundam piloted by Ito Cheng.

"I got it." Ito Cheng agreed, and then he drove the Heretic Gundam to hover near the Archangel, and used his beam gun to attack the mass-produced MS of the Earth Army that came up.

You must know that fighting in space is not like on the earth. When emitting laser beams on the earth, you must consider the influence of gravity traction, atmospheric refraction and other factors. Although there are many, they can basically be corrected with human feeling and naked eyes. But it is different in the universe. Due to the cosmic environment, when viewing things, it often causes the visual illusion of "blurry in the distance and clear in the near". It is difficult to judge the specific location of the object. Only those who can quickly determine the location of the object are The real elites on the cosmic battlefield.

Among all the natural combatants in the Gundam world, there are only sixteen who have truly reached elite standards, including Ito Cheng and Mu, and fourteen of them have died in the moon war. The only one Mu who survived the battle was given the title Eagle of Antimion, which shows how rare space warrior elites are. So even though these Earth Army MSs outnumber Ito and the others, they are all useless in a real confrontation, and every one of them is accurate.

However, despite this, after excluding Zi You and Justice Gundam, which are restrained by the three Gundams of Forbidden, Disaster, and Assault, the Earth Army still has a certain advantage in the number of MS, plus Bucky as the captain. Lulu's excellent battleship command skills and the powerful artillery fire of the Archangel, so even with the protection of Ito Cheng and others, the Archangel still suffered a certain degree of trauma.

But just after a long battle, the Strike Gundam, which was fighting the Earth Army's MS, suddenly paused, and then flew away towards "Mendel" without even saying hello.

"Is Kruse here?" Seeing the action of Strike Gundam, Ito Cheng probably guessed what it was because of, so he didn't pay much attention to it and still stayed near the Archangel, fighting with the Earth Army's MS.

After a pause, the Storm Gundam quickly followed the retreating Strike Gundam and rushed to the rear of "Mendel".

At the same time, the Kusanagi, which had been flying out of the space port of "Mendel" since the beginning of the battle, but was trapped by the space garbage in the surrounding gravel belt, was finally imprisoned on the ship with the unremitting efforts of an M1. The thick steel cables on his body were cut off, he escaped from the trap, and flew towards the battlefield where the Archangel and the Lord Angel were fighting at full speed.

Subsequently, due to the addition of the Kusanagi and the fact that the energy of the three Gundams, Forbidden, Disaster, and Rush, was about to bottom out, the Archangel immediately sent a retreat signal, and then left the battlefield at high speed with the three Gundams returning to the ship. .

Then, having ended the battle, the Archangel and Kusanagi each recovered the dispatched Gundam and returned to the space port of "Mendel" to stop.

Next, there was a long wait of over an hour. Even if the Archangel attacked again, the Strike Gundam, Zi You Gundam and Storm Gundam that went to the rear to investigate still did not come back.

"Please, Ito Cheng." When the battle started again, Maru said solemnly.

"I understand." Ito Cheng nodded with the same serious face, and then flew out of the Archangel in the Heretic Gundam, and together with the Justice Gundam left behind, they met the three Gundams of Forbidden, Disaster, and Rush.

"Aslan, leave the one with cannon-resistant shoulders to me." After arriving at the battlefield, Ito Cheng said in the communication channel.

"Okay." Aslan agreed, then controlled the Justice Gundam and forced back the Forbidden Gundam and the Assault Gundam, separating the Disaster Gundam and the Heretic Gundam.

Seeing that Aslan had completed the interception, Ito Cheng did not hesitate. The propeller behind his back suddenly lit up and he quickly approached the Disaster Gundam. The Disaster Gundam may have thought of what happened on Earth, and immediately gave up its attack on the Justice Gundam, and raised its cannon to fire at the Heretic Gundam.

Four energy beams, either scarlet, bright yellow, or emerald green, were instantly shot out from the muzzles of the Disaster Gundam's shoulders and hands, shooting towards the Heretic Gundam that was flying towards them.

Seeing that the target Heretic Gundam immediately moved sideways to avoid the attack of artillery fire, and at the same time shot backhand towards the Disaster Gundam. The Disaster Gundam's reflexes were also not weak, and it dodged the Heretic's attack with one push and rebounded.

In this way, the two machines faced off in the universe. It's just that the turret-type Disaster Gundam is not as flexible in the universe as the Heretic Gundam, so not long after, Ito Shige, who was still approaching under the bombardment, approached him and shot the gun in his hand with a super close range. Some line cannons exploded.

Then the Heretic Gundam suddenly made a crouch to avoid the bombardment of two scarlet cannon fire from the shoulders of the Disaster Gundam, and then maneuvered its body to violently perform a double tap of the knees and elbows in Muay Thai. The Heretic Gundam's elbows and left knee landed on the Disaster Gundam's chest and head at the same time. Especially the double elbow hit on the head destroyed the Disaster Gundam's body in an instant. The automatic locking system allowed him to rely on his naked eyes to determine the position of the object when launching the laser beam. As for the knee blow to the chest, there was a specially thickened deck to protect the cockpit, so there was not much left. trace.

Ito, who controlled the Heretic Gundam and completed a knee strike in Muay Thai, stepped on the foot plate in vain, causing the propeller behind the Heretic Gundam to suddenly light up, pushing the Heretic Gundam to stand upside down on the Disaster Gundam, and then landed on the Disaster Gundam. behind. Then, the arms that were still bent and tightly grasping the Disaster Gundam's shoulders were retracted, and at the same time, the body was bent down, making a rear projection posture.

Then the Disaster Gundam was thrown like a big toy towards the location of the Forbidden Gundam and the Assault Gundam. At the same time, the Heretic Gundam finished throwing and raised the beam gun in his hand again and flew upside down towards the other two Gundams. The disaster struck.

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