On the other side, Kira, who was piloting the Strike Gundam, also discovered that the Archangel was in danger, but whenever he wanted to operate Strike Gundam to return for rescue, the Aegis Gundam opposite him would stop him one step ahead.

, to prevent him from returning to the Archangel. Just as the two aircraft were entangled in a stalemate, several laser beams suddenly shot over, and then the Duel Gundam appeared near the two aircraft and launched an attack on the Strike Gundam.

Attack continuously.

Without the assistance of the Duel Gundam, the remaining Storm Gundam and Thunder Gundam were still able to suppress the situation, but in the end they were no longer as strong as before and were hit by the artillery operated by Ito Cheng and the cannonballs fired from the Archangel.

Several times, if it were not for the protection of the PS armor, I believe they would have succumbed to this intensive attack.

At this time, near the Nazca-class battleship, the Ma driven by Mulla Flag was lurking and gliding, approaching the Nazca-class battleship ahead at a constant speed. Then the Nazca-class battleship adjusted its direction and calibrated its main gun.

Suddenly appeared from below the Nazca-class battleship. Four auxiliary weapon boxes immediately spread out from the rear part of the MA's fuselage, and together with the linear gun under the MA's nose, they launched an attack on the Nazca-class battleship.

With some carelessness, even if the Nazca-class battleship responded in time, the MA driven by Mu still destroyed the auxiliary engine on the right side. Then when the battleship vibrated and the position shifted, the MA was used

The emergency retainer attached to it shot through an outer wall of the Nazca-class battleship, turned around and flew back towards the Archangel at high speed.

At this time, after discovering from the radar that Mula Flag's battle was successful, Malu immediately gave the order to recharge the positron cannon and launched it immediately after charging.

Two scarlet energy beams with blue electric light on the outer layer were once again ejected from the front legs of the Archangel, annihilating countless meteorites and garbage along the way, and hit the left wing of the Nazca-class battleship that made hasty evasive maneuvers.

, leaving a huge wound on it.

"Send a return signal to the Strike Gundam, and the Archangel heads towards the Artemis Fortress at maximum speed." After confirming that the Nazca-class battleship directly in front of the road had been damaged and had deviated from the route, Malu immediately shouted urgently.

commanded.

Then pink, white, and green flares representing the retreat signal were launched from the Archangel. Kira, who was in the middle of the battle, was notified to return to the Archangel as soon as possible.

However, the Duel Gundam, the opponent of Strike, did not want to let it go so easily. It still clung to the Strike Gundam and fought with it. Then, the Storm Gundam came to join them after receiving the order to retreat.

After discovering that the Duel Gundam was still in combat status, he immediately joined the battle and launched a siege against the attack with Duel.

Just like that. Under the attack of Duel and Storm Gundam, the low energy of Strike Gundam quickly ran out, and the PS armor without energy supply immediately faded away from the surface of Strike Gundam's body.

, turned into a gray appearance.

Just when Kira thought he was going to die and the Duel Gundam would definitely cut through the attack, the body of the Holy Shield Gundam, which had been watching in a soy sauce manner, suddenly changed. It quickly changed from its original human form to something like one without four tentacles.

The squid shape suddenly made a move to grab the fuselage of the Strike Gundam before the Duel Gundam was about to cut off the Strike Gundam. It dodged the Duel Gundam's attack and flew towards the direction of the Nazca-class battleship at high speed.

"Kira!" Mirialia exclaimed.

"Captured." "Strike Gundam was captured by Aegis Gundam." "Phase transfer armor failed." The radar monitoring, combat control officer, and CIC communication control in the Archangel battleship said urgently one after another.

"Notify Captain Flagg. Ask him to try his best to rescue the Strike Gundam from the opponent's hands." Just when the others didn't know what to do, Ito Cheng immediately arranged it according to the method in the original work. "Captain Lamias

, ask the maintenance team to prepare a cannon-mounted backpack, eject it through the launch port, and change gear in the universe."

"What!" Maru and Baki Lulu both looked at Ito Cheng in shock and exclaimed.

"Didi didi" At this moment, Mulla Flag's communication request came from the communication channel, and the content on it was almost the same as Ito Cheng's. Seeing this, Bucky Lulu and Maru looked at each other.

, immediately agreed and started preparing as Ito Cheng said.

Just as the preparations on the Archangel were completed, Murafrag over there drove the horse and rushed to the vicinity of the Holy Shield Gundam. He launched an attack on it. The intensive and precise attacks made the Holy Shield Gundam unable to move.

Without letting go of the Strike in his hand, he transformed into a human again and fought back against the horse driven by Mu. After regaining his freedom, the Strike Gundam paused on the spot and immediately rushed towards the position of the Archangel.

Although the Duel Gundam and the Storm Gundam pursued the Strike, with the cover of the Archangel and its sharpshooter Ito Shige, the two Gundams could not get close to the Strike and could only watch the Strike Gundam successfully complete

Change their equipment, and then use high-energy linear cannons to shoot at them wildly and without any target.

Finally knowing that nothing could be done, they had to obey the initial retreat order and flew back towards the Nazca-class battleship.

"Huh!" Watching the four Gundams on the screen retreat and leave, Malu let out a long breath, relaxed, and then ordered to everyone, "Recover the horse and attack, and advance towards Artemis at full speed. cic,

Send a stay request to Artemis Fortress."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

"My hands are stiff." Ito Cheng on the side released his hands from the artillery console, stood up and floated to Maru's side, stretching his fingers and muttering to himself. Then he turned to look at Maru and smiled, "This

The battle command this time was good, and I am becoming more and more like a captain. It seems that with you and Bucky Lulu leading me, it seems that returning to Earth is not a luxury."

"Don't make fun of me. I was stunned when the raid was snatched away. If it weren't for your and Captain Flagg's plan, let alone whether the raid could be saved, it would even matter whether this battle could be won.

I'm not sure." Ma Liu shook her head and said softly, knowing herself well.

"Report to Captain, Artemis accepts our ship's request to stay and will send an inspection ship soon." At this time, Cic on the side reported loudly to Malu.

"I understand, thank you." Ma Liu thanked her.

"Inspect the ship?" Ito Cheng repeated.

"What?" Hearing Ito Cheng's repetition, Maru looked up at Ito Cheng and asked in confusion.

"It seems that we have to be prisoners for a while." Ito Cheng smiled at Maru.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Malu frowned slightly, lowered his head and began to think deeply. After a moment, he picked up the internal phone next to the captain's seat and dialed the number of the maintenance squad. He spoke to the maintenance squad leader Kogeromado who answered the call.

Captain Ke Cao said, "Captain Madok Cao, go tell Kira and ask him to put a code lock on Strike Gundam."

"I know." Madoc agreed. Then Ma Liu hung up the phone and ended the short call.

"Ah, the battle just now has exhausted me. I have to go back to my room to rest. You continue." Ito Cheng pretended to move his neck and shoulders and said in a somewhat exaggerated way.

"Don't you see the inspector coming from Artemis?" Maru asked looking at Ito Cheng who was walking towards the door.

"No." Ito Cheng waved his hands and then left the bridge and disappeared behind the sensor door.

More than twenty minutes later, a small transport spacecraft landed from the entrance at the front of the Archangel. Then two men who looked like officers, one tall and one short, walked out of the small spacecraft.

The junior officers of the Archangel there led them down to the bridge, where they met Malura Mias and Natal Baki Lulu, who were neatly and formally dressed.

"Thank you for your hard work." Malu and Baji Lulu gave a military salute to the two officers who walked in and said, "Thank you for accepting our ship's request..."

When Malu and Baji Lulu received the inspectors coming from the Artemis Fortress, the Archangel also turned around and retreated into the Artemis Fortress under the guidance of the fortress's route light.

Artemis Fortress is a fortress built inside a huge meteorite on the border. Its exterior is wrapped and protected by the Eurasian Federation's unique technological light wave defense belt. And because the light wave defense belt not only has a physical defense effect,

It even has strong defensive capabilities against beam weapons, so in the previous battles, it withstood multiple attacks from Zaft without ever missing a beat. It gained a great reputation on the battlefield and was called "

Artemis of the Umbrella"

Just when everyone on the ship thought it was temporarily safe, the Archangel, which had just parked in the Artemis Fortress, was immediately attacked by several specially-equipped MAs and a large number of soldiers wearing space suits and holding weapons.

They were surrounded.

"What do you mean?" Bucky Lulu turned her head sharply to look at the two Artemis Fortress officers beside her, and whispered while suppressing the anger in her heart.

"Major." Although Malu had Ito Cheng's warning in advance and was somewhat mentally prepared for the situation at this time, after witnessing the current situation with his own eyes, Malu, like Baki Lulu, still couldn't accept this kind of situation.

Being stabbed by friendly forces.

"No need to be nervous, please be quiet, Captain Lamias." The major next to Mariu looked at Mariu calmly and said.

Then I saw these soldiers quickly drifting to the landing port of the Archangel. One by one, they broke into the interior of the Archangel through the open landing port. Then they went into groups and dispersed into various passages.

Suppress any possible resistance within the Archangel as quickly as possible...)
Chapter completed!