"Then if a battle breaks out, can you escape at the fastest speed? This is a very good high-speed ship, right?" 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 face.

"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 has returned 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 arrive soon. The Archangel is currently in battle, so how can it be free to receive refugees?" Bakki Lulu retorted.

"Forget it, allow it." 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 lower voice.

"Don't waste time on this kind of thing now, recycle it as soon as possible." Malu first explained to Bucky Lulu in a low voice, and then 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 psychologically, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, so she immediately gave Malu a military salute and said

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"It seems that you have done a good job in changing roles." Ito Cheng floated aside and said to Mariu who was sitting in the captain's position and took a long breath. Then he turned to look at Heliopolis on the screen.

"But there is not much time left," Zhanhua said. "Escape in the chaos like I said. Or surrender obediently like Mu said. You must choose one and make a decision now."

"Hey, hey, don't tell me I look like a capitulator." After 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 the headquarters of the Atlantic Federation."

"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? Is it the military fortress of Eurasia?" Malu confirmed.

"Does it mean the Fortress of Artemis with the umbrella?" Mu asked doubtfully.

Baji Lulu first nodded to Mu and answered his doubts, then looked at the space navigation map that was suddenly switched by cic on the screen directly in front of him and said, "According to the route of this ship, that is the easiest place to contact friendly forces."

place."

"But neither G nor this ship has any identification signals from friendly forces, and Eurasia also..." Malyu expressed his worries. Don't look at the fact that Malyu and the Artemis Fortress are all affiliated with the earth.

The military organizations under the joint alliance, but their respective affiliations are fundamentally different. The 5th Special Division where Malu and others are from, and the 7th and 8th Fleets where Ito Cheng and Mu are located are all from the Atlantic Federation, and Artemis

The Si Fortress is indeed affiliated with the Eurasian Federation, and the two sides have been fighting against each other since the AD era. Even now, the conspiracy between them has not been eliminated. If the Archangel is allowed to fly according to what Bucky Lulu said,

Once there, what's the difference between giving cooked meat to a hungry dog?

"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 will reach the destination smoothly without encountering a battle on the way. We will rush to replenish supplies before they are completed.

When we set out, the first and most important thing we need is supplies." Baki Lulu explained.

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

"I believe Eurasia can also understand our current situation. We must try to avoid fighting now, 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 said uncertainly.

"I don't think things will 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 we can do it 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 decoys are prepared, and at the same time the main engine is ejected in order to correct the course to Artemis. In order to prevent being discovered midway, it switches to inertial navigation, the second combat equipment, and the hull steering is completed in the shortest time...

"Now that the decision was made, Malu immediately commanded with the momentum of a captain.

Immediately, Ito Cheng and Bucky Lulu floated back to the artillery console and sat down. Others also began to get busy following Malu's orders. After a while, with Bucky Lulu's "fire"

, the Archangel's cabin immediately shook violently. Driven by the six propellers at the tail, it quickly changed direction and applied initial power, then turned off the main engine and sneaked in the direction of Artemis.

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

"Everyone changes to the third combat equipment, pay attention to the surrounding situation." After receiving the confirmation, Malu immediately ordered loudly. Then as soon as the order was finished, his body immediately relaxed and leaned against the back of the captain's chair.

He took a breath.

"I'm going to see how my ma is doing." Mulla Flag, who was sitting on the chair in front, got up from his seat after confirming that the Archangel had entered stealth and was okay for the time being, and floated out of the bridge.

While saying.

"Then I'll go back and rest." Ito Cheng, who was on the side, 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 held up his side with one hand. He stopped and looked at Bucky Lulu with a puzzled look on his face.

"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 him.

Ito Cheng said with a serious face.

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

"Of course not, junior 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.

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"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 just now that you are very beautiful, Lieutenant Bucky Lulu."

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 and 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 discovered 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, with only the naked eye, one could vaguely see from the bridge of the Archangel the ship 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 siren immediately sounded throughout the entire 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 given 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 towards the bridge.

A moment later, Ito Shige, dressed in military uniform, came to the bridge, and happened to hear Sai and others' request to Maru to enlist in the army to assist in the battle. After a brief discussion with Bakki Lulu, Maru agreed to Sai.

At the request of the four people, they were allowed 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 in answering 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 he didn't intend to ask further. 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 Malu, Bucky Lulu, and Ito Cheng, and flew out of the bridge. Less than a minute after Mu left, Sai, wearing the uniform of a private soldier of the Earth Army,

The four of them 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 own choices.

, and then quickly learned and mastered their jobs under the guidance of helmsman Arnold Neumann, information control Jackie Tennoura, and radar surveillance Romel Parr.

After Sai and the 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. The target is Nazca-level in front."

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

It 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 target Nazca-class battleship is a little far away from the Archangel. It was evaded by the positron beam before it arrived and easily dodged it. Then the Holy Shield Gundam with PS armor painted red came from Nazca

The Ka-class battleship flew out of the launch port and flew towards the Archangel. In response, the Archangel also released the Strike Gundam as its 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 light cannon Barriant, the main component is started to input the target data, hurry up." Baji Lulu immediately issued a series of orders in concise and clear words.

"Human body recognition, this is..." Romel 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. They were put into battle 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?" Ito Cheng, a free artilleryman, frowned and shouted to everyone.

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

"Enemy MS disperse." Romelpal, who also came to his senses, immediately shouted.

"Start preparing to attack, what is cic doing?" Malu ordered loudly.

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

In this way, under Bucky Lulu's methodical command, the Archangel fought with the three Gundams, Thunder, and Storm, which were flying in at extremely fast speeds. Among them, Ito Cheng's performance as the artilleryman was particularly eye-catching, and he was often used to take advantage of it.

The artillery attack forced back the threatening attack posed by the three Gundams...)
Chapter completed!