Chapter 216 The Beginning of the Decisive Battle
Lagramis Fortress withdrew from Earth orbit, and the Federation Fleet seized this opportunity to recapture it without a fight.
At first, Argureas thought that Lagramis Fortress was only forced to retreat to defend the mainland under the pressure of the Federation Fleet. He was still thinking that Yang Hui and Fleet were indeed worrying too much.
But what he didn't expect was that Lagramis Fortress actually stopped in the L2 space domain not far from Earth orbit, strengthened the vigilance of the L2 space domain, and showed a posture of fighting a decisive battle with the Federation Army.
A few days later, the huge second moon appeared in the universe and merged with Lagramis Fortress. Argureas knew that the final decisive battle had come.
"Lieutenant General, Commander, as you expected, VEGAN is really going to fight with us."
At this time, Yang Hui and Fleet had already driven their own bodies to attack, and Argureas could only contact them through remote communication.
"As expected, they have no choice." Fleet said proudly.
"Since you are here, let's end the war once again." Yang Hui smiled, then became very serious, "Please give the order, Admiral Argureas."
"Order!" Argureas also stood up and solemnly ordered Yang Hui, Graham and Yulin, "Dawn Gundam, Flag Gundam and Luna Gundam will leave the main camp, break into the rear of the enemy camp, and destroy the enemy's fortress cannon. Before the mission is completed, there is no need to pay attention to any emergencies."
"Understood." X3
The fortress cannon that can destroy the [Giant Ring] base with one shot is the biggest threat. If the fortress cannon exists all the time, the fleet's deployment will be restricted and it will be difficult to launch an effective attack.
Argureas understands the principle that if you defend too long, you will lose. Before the fortress cannon is destroyed, the Federation can only passively defend and cannot launch an effective attack.
As a decisive battle strategic weapon, it will definitely be under the heavy protection of the enemy. If you want to break through the layers of obstacles and destroy the fortress cannon, only Yang Hui and the other two can do it.
"Commander..."
"Don't call me commander, Argureas. I'm just an ordinary soldier now. Just give me orders."
After being taught many times by Yang Hui, Fleet also put down his stubbornness and pride. He has retired and has no military position. Now he is back in the battle and is no longer the high and mighty commander-in-chief. He can no longer overstep his authority to give orders to the troops.
"Commander... Hehe, order! Fleet Asuno temporarily appointed the acting commander of the [Amanto] Battalion to lead the [Amanto] Battalion to hunt freely. The number one hunting target is the enemy X-Rounder unit!"
"Understood."
After the communication was hung up, Argureas breathed a sigh of relief. He was actually a little afraid that Fleet would not be able to let go of his former glory and act on his own again. He had already written the entire story for this decisive battle and did not want an uncontrollable character to appear, even if this person was his most respected teacher.
"Arthur, have you received the order?" Although he gave up on making his own decisions, Fleet still showed the attitude of a superior in front of Arthur. This has become a habit, and it is impossible to completely change it in a short time.
"Received, father..."
"Call me commander!"
"Yes, commander, I have received the order from the admiral. The [Tianren] brigade is temporarily under your command. Please give the order."
"Humph, Arthur will lead two teams to coordinate D32 and deploy horizontally to coordinate G19. Gerard and Reina will lead three teams from U45 to Z99. The remaining three teams will follow me, Chio, and you too."
"But grandpa..."
After the operation to recapture the Moon Goddess Base was over, Chio's actions were criticized by many people, and even Arthur scolded him.
But Chio is also a descendant of the Asuno family. The firmness and stubbornness engraved in his blood have been inherited by him. Once he has decided on something, he will not be easily shaken.
Finally, there was really no other way, so they could only temporarily transfer Qio to the [Tianren] Brigade and keep him under their care. They didn't ask him to completely change his behavior, but they couldn't let him interfere with the battle of friendly forces.
"Shut up, Qio, this is an order, you are a soldier now!" Fleet scolded. He now felt that he was too doting on Qio and couldn't tell right from wrong, and priorities.
"... I know."
Flitt got Qio's recovery, but it was clear from his appearance that this was not his sincere idea at all. Fleet could only decide to try his best to watch him in the battle and not let him interfere with the battle of friendly forces.
"Let's start!"
VEGAN's troops had also been deployed. When both sides entered the range of each other, the gap between the golden and pink double-number rivers was filled, interweaving into a brilliant and gorgeous picture.
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The Dawn Gundam, the Flag Gundam, and the Luna Gundam formed a single column formation, as the sharp corner of the entire front, piercing into the enemy's truth. The Flag Gundam turned into a red meteor and took the lead, freely switching between MA form and MS form.
The Dawn Gundam was located in the center, with all its floaters deployed, maintaining its relative position with the Flag Gundam and the Luna Gundam, which could not only provide firepower cover for the Flag Gundam but also protect the Luna Gundam from being attacked by the enemy on both sides.
The Luna Gundam fell behind, and also deployed its floaters to snipe and cover the two machines in front.
The three-day Gundam was like boiling hot oil being thrown into a pot of cold water by the Great European, and it exploded instantly. The dense front of VEGAN collapsed at the first moment of contact. Many enemy planes were penetrated by the beam without any reaction and exploded in the universe.
The three planes did not penetrate and tear the enemy's front horizontally, but turned into arrows to penetrate the entire front in one go.
But what made them feel a little strange was that there were not many MSs in the central front they chose to attack, and the positions of these MSs were very scattered, but close to the two sides, with warships in the center, and no escort MS troops at all, as if... they were deliberately left for them to destroy.
"Something is wrong..." Yu Lin connected the communication between Yang Hui and Graham.
"What did you find?" Yang Hui asked quickly.
"These warships... No, these warships are wrong!
Yulin discovered that although these warships maintained their speed and kept firing, their anti-aircraft firepower was not activated at all after they approached, and they just shot at nothing in front of them.
Seeing this, Yang Hui's memory played in his brain, and he immediately contacted Arugureyas.
"Arugureyas!"
"Lieutenant General..."
"The warships in the center are all drones! The fortress cannon is about to fire!"
"What!?" Arugureyas was startled, and there was no time to confirm, and immediately connected all the troops on the fortress cannon's beam axis.
"All troops evacuate the enemy fortress cannon's beam axis!"
After receiving the order, no one dared to hesitate, and immediately began to disperse up, down, left, and right.
But...
The Lagramis Fortress was startled and lit up with a dazzling flash, and the beam erupted, colliding and refracting back and forth on the fortress's spherical device, and finally gathered at the front...
"Boom~! "
The thick beam of light came with a devastating energy, devouring the fleet on the ray axis.
Although the federal fleet began to disperse in advance, it was still a step too late. The troops originally located in the core area of the ray axis still could not escape the fate of being destroyed and were submerged by the energy tide.
...
"Humph, the Federation must have thought that our fleet was on the ray axis and dared not fire. "Jehart smiled confidently.
"The Digmazen cannon has been fired. "
"Electromagnetic interference has weakened, and the results have been confirmed... The enemy! The enemy only lost 7% of its troops!"
"How is this possible! ?" Not only Jehart, but everyone in the bridge couldn't believe it. It was obviously a perfect operation, why was it so much lower than expected? You know, Jehart can weaken the deployment of the central front, which makes the federal army think that the central front has an opportunity to take advantage of it, and will gather a large force to break through the center.
It was originally expected to directly destroy more than 30% of the enemy's troops, but now...
"The enemy seems to have noticed it in advance, and the troops originally on the ray axis have evaded in advance!"
"Lord Jehart! The Dawn Gundam, Flag Gundam and Luna Gundam were found, all of them are still alive! They are heading quickly towards Lagramis Fortress! "
"What? Did they find it?"
When it was Yang Hui, Gerhardt was not so shocked. After all, Yang Hui himself was a tactical master, and it was understandable that he could see the problem.
"Recharge the Digmazenon cannon, order Zanad's fleet to go to the central front to resist the three Gundams, and be sure to stop them before launching again."
"Yes!"
"Fram, Dor, Dieter, Offa, follow me to attack."
"Yes!" X4
...
The battle outside was in full swing, and Izelkanda, who was sleeping in bed inside the second moon, finally woke up.
"You woke up? How do you feel?" Mrs. Doreen saw that Izelkanda woke up, and she cried with joy, and gently helped Izelkanda sit up.
"Dorin, is there a battle outside...? "Izelkanda felt a slight vibration and asked Mrs. Doreen.
"...Yes, this is Gerhard's decision." Mrs. Doreen nodded.
"Help me...Help me up..."
"You need to rest well now." Seeing Izelkanda trying to get up despite his weakness, she persuaded him.
"There is no...time...Dorin, help me go to Room Zero..."
"Room Zero!" The lady covered her mouth and exclaimed, then her face showed an unbearable look, "Really...do you want to activate them?"
"Well...originally...originally everything I have should be inherited by one of them, but...without complete technology, they have no soul...so...I can only hand over the future of VEGAN to Gerhard..."
Seeing this, the lady couldn't bear it, but she felt Izelkanda's persistence, so she could only support his decision, just like she had supported him without reservation for so many years.
"Dorin..."
"I'm here. "
"Jerhart... although they can't inherit my soul... they can inherit my body and become his right-hand man, and you... Doreen, I hope you will support him, just like you support me..."
"... I will."
"Thank you, Doreen, for all your hard work over the years. I believe that Jerhart... will definitely take you and everyone to Eden."