Under Kayneth's order, the main force that originally went to the small town of Ornbeli to exterminate the so-called "Mafti" organization finally arrived before the zerg monsters broke through the city's central defense line, and immediately launched a defense
Fight back.
In the sea of fire, the city did not know how many people it lost and how much money it lost. The only thing that is known is that after receiving the strength of the main force to return to the rescue, the Davao base still suffered a lot of losses.
.
well-trained soldiers,
armored vehicle,
missile,
Even expensive MS,
All in this sudden human-insect offensive and defensive battle, it became the preliminary estimated damage report in front of Kayneth.
"Send this report back to the headquarters! In addition, the news that several cabinet members were killed in the attack and that the main force was unable to return in time is also reported to the headquarters."
After giving a casual order and letting his subordinates arrange the handover with the headquarters, Kayneth looked at the bloody ruins on the main screen with a gloomy expression.
human corpses,
corpses of monsters,
broken weapons,
damaged MS,
It has almost become the scenery in the city.
Judging from the footage on the screen, the rescue team has begun to clean up the area invaded by the zerg. From time to time, you can hear a burst of rapid gunfire, or the roar of the main gun of an armored vehicle.
Even, inadvertently, Kayneth could hear reports from the MS team from the edge of the city.
So far, this defensive battle has been over.
Kayneth held the riding crop tightly with both hands and looked at his adjutant.
"How's the situation with that guy Ren?"
The reason why the main force was able to return to defend Davao in time was certainly due to Kayneth's own strategic acumen, but in fact, it was also due to the hard work of Gian Barre's troops and others.
Especially Renn, this young pilot who he thought had only excellent ability to test the performance of mobile suits but lacked actual combat ability, actually interrupted the offensive of those terrifying bugs in one fell swoop under extremely anxious circumstances, thereby creating
In order to allow the garrison in Davao to breathe and delay the time for the main force to return to defense.
I am afraid that the young pilot Renn will take the lion's share of this credit.
"Yes! Lieutenant Ren-Aim did not suffer any damage. But it seems that the current situation is not good because he frequently used MS maneuvers that exceeded the carrying capacity of humans during the battle."
"Not very good?"
Kayneth frowned.
He didn't know what happened during Rennes' explosive attack.
Just listening to the adjutant's retelling of the medical reports from the front line, Kayneth had no way of knowing.
"Let's make arrangements so that Ren can return to the base for treatment first. Also, what about Penelope Gundam's condition?"
As one of Davo's elite combat forces, Kayneth is also unwilling to see Penelope Gundam have problems like Ren's.
"Yes! Judging from the preliminary inspection on site, most of the Penelope Gundam was exposed to high-energy beams, which caused damage to the outer armor in many places."
"Just outer armor damage?"
Kayneth was a little surprised.
The high-energy beam irradiation mentioned by the adjutant, even in the Davao base, Kaynes can still see some clues from the city's surveillance images.
There is no doubt that it is a high-energy beam that can rival the power of a battleship's main gun.
Moreover, its principle of action goes beyond Kayneth's understanding of battleship main guns.
It seemed like the damage was caused by a laser rather than a particle beam.
"Yes! During the battle, Lieutenant Lane seemed to have made a series of high-mobility actions, successfully eliminating some abnormal individuals in the Zerg army at the cost of armor damage."
The adjutant nodded and took out a copy of Mohu's image from the folder.
"Commander, this is a preliminary image extracted from the onboard camera system of the Gundam Penelope. What is on the screen are those anomalous individuals that can emit high-energy beams similar to the power of the battleship's main gun."
"Submit this information to the headquarters' staff department. This is their special project."
After Kayneth glanced at the copy of the image of Namo Lake, he lost interest.
Now for Kayneth, the problems caused by the entire city are enough to make him anxious.
Even though he had prepared the means to deal with the aftermath, Kayneth had no extra energy to take care of other things in a short period of time.
Suddenly, Kayneth seemed to remember something.
"Do you have a report from the central hospital?"
Finally, Kaynes remembered that he had placed both Remingkai and Hathaway in the central hospital and sent an elite team to protect them.
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became nervous.
Tonight was a sleepless night for Kayneth, but it was also a sleepless night for the lieutenant.
"Yes, yes!"
The adjutant gritted his teeth and finally spoke out the report he had just received.
"While the battle in the city was basically over, we received a report. It said that the team that was clearing out the remaining zerg in the city discovered the ambulance protected by the elite team sent by our base. From the car and Judging from the scattered objects around and the information obtained after contacting the central hospital, the target persons protected by this elite team are Lei Mingkai and Hathaway Noah."
"However, our people found no trace of Remingkai and Hathaway Noah around."
"Missing?"
Kayneth immediately thought of this possibility.
But judging from the adjutant's expression, the elite team that went to protect the two of them under his order was probably in danger.
In the previous horrific scene of purgatory, a battle in which an elite team could easily be destroyed, what could a seriously wounded soldier and a young man do?
Kayneth's mind is constantly analyzing various possibilities.
But Kayneth's sensibility told him that Remingkai and Hathaway would not die because of this.
"When manpower is available, send more manpower to search for their whereabouts."
Finally, Kayneth made this arrangement.
"Yes! Commander."
"etc!"
Just as the adjutant was about to carry out the order, Kayneth suddenly called out to him.
"Inform the local agencies in Davao that, in my capacity and authority as the commander of the federal military base in Davao, I have ordered that in view of the current impact of the Zerg invasion, our Davao base will take over the city to prepare for the second attack of the Zerg army. Invasion. Therefore, please ask the local agencies in Davao to immediately organize manpower, evacuate citizens, and inventory the city's participating materials to prepare for the subsequent military operations of our base."
After Kayneth finished speaking, he paused and added another sentence.
"At the same time, please send this request to the federal headquarters!"
There is no doubt that this will be a direct and forcible takeover of Davao's local requirements by a military base led by Kaynes.
On just his first day in office, he made a request to completely take over the local institutions in Davao under this unexpected situation.
Putting aside Davao, will the Federation alone agree to Kayneth's somewhat unreasonable request?
The adjutant didn't know, the only thing he knew was to do what Kayneth asked.
On just the first day, Kayneth's skill and ability have been verified in this sudden attack.
The sound of the oars moving on the sea surface was heard from time to time.
under the starry sky,
Under the glow of the sky reddened by the burning city,
A raft used by local residents is slowly heading towards the depths of the sea.
On the raft, four figures were sitting directly in front and behind.
A young man wearing a coat and shorts.
Hathaway in deep thought,
Lei Mingkai, who closed his eyes and rested his mind,
And sitting behind Lei Mingkai, Qiqi Andalusia was wearing the coat that Lei Mingkai had found.
The person rowing the oars and driving the raft was the dark-skinned young man wearing a coat.
During the paddling, the boy's eyes sometimes turned between Hathaway, Lei Mingkai, and Qiqi, and sometimes looked at the city in the distance that was engulfed in flames.
More often than not, the young man's eyes were staring at the city engulfed in flames from a distance.
"Are your family members in the city?"
Hathaway, who came back from his meditation, noticed the boy's gaze.
"No. When the attack happened, my family had already boarded the fishing boat and left the city immediately."
The young man shook his head and showed a smile.
As coastal residents who rely on the sea to eat, the boy's family can be said to act quickly.
"Yeah?"
Hathaway was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
But in his heart, he knew how many fish had been caught in offshore fishing grounds across the mainland since the rebellion in UC0093.
Fishermen along the coast are already in a very difficult situation.
But Hathaway was unable to ask the young man in front of him these questions.
"Is this here?"
At this time, Lei Mingkai's figure came from behind.
When the young man heard this, he immediately said loudly.
"Well, this is it. The red-haired elder sister from before said, just let me send you here."
The red-haired big sister.
Undoubtedly, among the Maftis, it was Aimee who was responsible for handling Hassawi.
At the same time, he is also the new mobile engineer in the play who accompanies Hathaway into space and welcomes the arrival of Kochy Gundam.
From the conversation between the young man and Hathaway, it is not difficult to see that it was under Aimee's arrangement that the three people who were able to "take advantage of the chaos" to escape from the protection of the elite team at the Davao base boarded this
A boy's raft.
This is not,
Under the night sky dyed red with fiery red light, there was a faint sound of engines and the sound of waves breaking.
"Coming."
Hathaway raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound.
Sure enough, as soon as a light came on, a yacht slowly changed direction, using the inertia before the engine was shut down to move the small platform behind the boat closer to the raft.
On the platform, the woman whom the boy called the red-haired elder sister stood under the light and waved towards Hathaway and the others.
"Hasavi!"
"Thank you! Aimee."
Hathaway nodded towards the boy, then stood up and grabbed Aimée's right hand.
"Hassawi, who are they?"
Aimee noticed Lei Mingkai and Qiqi following Lei Mingkai.
"This is Lei Mingkai, and she is Kiki Andalusia."
Although there were mishaps in the response plan, overall, Mafti still welcomed back its leader.
Moreover, under Hassawi's temporary decision, Mafti also ushered in new changes.
"Aimee, tell everyone. We have welcomed a new brother and sister."
Lei Mingkai.
On the surface, this man has the identity of the only surviving mobile suit pilot of the 77th Fleet of the Federal Space Front, which makes Hathaway feel mysterious, but under this mystery, the man feels extremely familiar senses. From this moment on, he accepts
At the invitation of Al-Hasavi, he became a member of Mafti.