Chapter 244: Deviated From the Track

Ironically, the collapse of Heliopolis brought a halt to the battle. The Strike Gundam and Aegis Gundam, which were confronting each other, were pulled into the universe by the powerful airflow generated by the collapse, and the Archangel was also pulled into the universe. Cruise ships facing storms often experience unimaginable tremors.

The storm subsided and the vibrations calmed down. After checking all the systems of the Archangel, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, Bucky Lulu urgently called Strike Gundam, because it is the only result of [Plan G], and it is also the strength of whether the Archangel can safely escape the pursuit of the ZAFT army.

"X105 attack, please answer...X105 attack, can you hear me? Please answer! X105 attack, please answer..."

No matter how anxiously Baji Lulu called, Kira turned a deaf ear. His mind was already blank. Looking at the ruins in front of him, he could not believe that this was his home, let alone accept the destruction of [Heliopolis]. In his own hands.

"[Heliopolis]...disintegrated! How could..."

Not only Kira, but also everyone on the Archangel looked at everything in front of them with dull eyes, unable to accept it.

"It's so easy... to be so fragile..." Mu said to himself.

The battle between the Earth Army and ZAFT is definitely far more intense than this, and it is not that no colonial satellites were destroyed in the war, but the situation is completely different from [Heliopolis], and... this is also the case for everyone present. Witnessing the collapse of a colonial satellite for the first time.

"X105 Assault, X105 Assault, Kira Yamato! If you heard...if you're okay, just answer me!"

Bucky Lulu's iron-blooded demeanor did not let her be immersed in the collapse of [Heliopolis], and persisted in calling Strike Gundam and Kira.

"Zizi... This is X105 Strike... Zizi... I am Kira."

"Huh~" After receiving the reply, Bucky Lulu finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you okay?"

"yes."

"Can you tell where we are?"

"able."

"Then let's return. Can we come back?"

"able."

Communication was interrupted. Kira looked at the collapsed [Heliopolis], worried about his parents, and returned to the Archangel. However, on the way back, he received an emergency distress signal.

"That's it! The escape boat of [Heliopolis]."

…

After confirming Kira's safety, everyone on the bridge began to discuss the next step.

"Then what should we do next?" Mu asked.

"This ship is still in battle, can it capture the movement of the ZAFT ship?" Malu asked the radar personnel.

"No, there are too many heat sources in the wreckage, so whether it is radar or heat detection..."

"..." Ma Liu was silent. Now they are blind and deaf, unable to control the surrounding situation at all.

"But the other side should be the same, do you think there will be pursuers?" Mu asked Ma Liu.

"Whether there is or not, we should be prepared for this... However, if we are attacked now, we will definitely lose..."

"That's right." Regarding Ma Liu's conclusion, Mu Ye could only admit reluctantly, because their current situation was so severe, "We only have that precious Strike Force and my shabby Zero Type left. With the personnel on board, I’m afraid we won’t be able to go into battle.”

"Um……"

"Can the maximum combat speed be enough to get rid of them? Isn't the speed of this ship quite high?" Mu asked.

"The local Nazca class are also high-speed battleships. There is no guarantee that they will be able to get rid of them..."

"Then why don't you just surrender?"

"Eh?"

"This is also a way..."

"How can this be?"

"Kidding……"

Mu Ke has no intention of surrendering. The bad relationship between him and Cruze is quite deep. For some reason, Mu can feel that Cruze has some kind of obsession and hatred for him. If he surrenders... he may be the first A dead person.

Mu just saw that the atmosphere on the bridge was too gloomy and that Malu was indecisive and unable to make a decision, so he wanted to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere, but he was interrupted by Bucky Lulu at the beginning.

"What did you say? Wait a minute! Who gave you permission to do this?"

"Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, what happened?" Ma Liu asked quickly. The situation was serious, and Ma Liu did not dare to miss any details.

"The raid returned, but he also brought back an escape boat." Bucki Luluhui reported.

"Eh?"

"What's going on?" Yang Hui asked proactively. Although he knew what happened, the people in the escape boat were citizens of Orb. He had to worry about it. Furthermore, Kira would definitely take the escape boat back to the continent. Angel number, instead of letting Kira be hated by everyone because of his arbitrary actions, it is better for him to be the middleman and make everything smoother.

"Kira reported that the escape boat's propeller was broken and was drifting around, so it was picked up, but the Archangel is currently in battle, accepting refugees and so on..."

"Then, on behalf of Orb, I formally make a request to the returning ship to temporarily accept the refugees, Captain Lamias." Yang Hui said seriously to Ma Liu.

"What a fool! The rescue ship will be here soon..."

"I approve."

Ma Liu interrupted Baji Lulu's argument and directly approved Yang Hui's request.

"captain?"

"We don't know when the rescue ship will arrive. If we give up, it is very likely to drift to a place where the rescue ship can't find it. And I don't want to waste time arguing about this kind of thing. Let's hurry up and take it in." Malu explained to Bakilulu.

This can be regarded as a kind of atonement. After all, [Heliopolis] collapsed because of them.

"Understood, Captain."

After solving the problem of the Strike Gundam and the escape boat, everyone continued to discuss the next action.

"I know the situation is serious now, but I don't intend to surrender, and I will never surrender." Maru said to everyone seriously, "I will never hand over this battleship and the Strike Gundam to ZAFT. No matter what, we must bring it back to the Atlantic Federation Command safely."

Baki Lulu agreed with Maru's decision and put forward her own idea: "Captain, I propose to station in Artemis."

"Artemis? That's the military fortress of the Eurasian Federation, right?"

"Is it [Umbrella Artemis]?"

"Yes." Baki Lulu nodded and explained the reason for the choice to everyone, "According to the current position of this ship, there is a friendly fortress located on the best route."

"But... G and this battleship don't even have friendly identification signals now. In this case, the Eurasian Federation..." Maru said worriedly.

"Archangel and Strike are top secrets of the Atlantic Federation. I understand that, but if we go directly to the moon, it is impossible to avoid fighting along the way. We set sail before we have finished loading supplies, and we need to resupply as soon as possible."

"I understand all this..."

"Then let's go to another place to resupply supplies." Yang Hui stood up and said at the right time.

"What?" Everyone was stunned. Baki Lulu was the first to stand up and object. "On the best route to the moon, only Artemis is closest to us. Going to other friendly bases will definitely deviate from the route. In this way..."

"I'm not talking about the Earth Army's base, but... here!" Yang Hui said, marking a location on the map. On the battle map inside the Earth Army, there was nothing here.

"Here? What's there?" Malu frowned and asked Yang Hui.

"This is the space headquarters of the Scrap Recyclers' Union. I have contact with the Scrap Recyclers' Union, so I will definitely get enough supplies..."

"Impossible! Archangel and Strike Gundam are top secrets. How could the Scrap Recyclers know about them..."

"Then do you think it's okay if the Eurasian Federation knows about it?" Facing Baki Lulu's roar, Yang Hui didn't get angry. He just glanced at him and said calmly.

"This... The Eurasian Federation is also part of the Earth, so it must be..."

"Second Lieutenant Baki Lulu, I heard that you were born in a military family, but I didn't expect you to be so naive." Yang Hui sneered and shook his head, sneering at Baki Lulu's statement.

"What did you say!?"

"What is the situation inside the Earth Federation? Do I need to say more? The Atlantic Federation and the Eurasian Federation are the first and second largest countries in the Earth Federation respectively. Don't you know how fierce the internal struggle is? Oh, you may not know, after all, you are now... just a second lieutenant."

"You!"

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't this a bit too much?"

Baki Lulu was completely angry, and even Malu and Mu couldn't stand it. They all knew that there were mutual constraints within the Earth Federation, but they didn't know it was so serious, so they all felt that Yang Hui was a bit too much.

"I know better than you whether it's too much or not." Yang Hui glanced at everyone calmly. Among the people present, the highest rank was only captain, and one was a technician and the other was a rookie. They couldn't get in touch with the core at all, so naturally they didn't know how fierce the conflict was.

To be frank, if there was no threat from PLANT and ZAFT, the war would still not stop, but the enemy and us would become the Atlantic Federation and the Eurasian Federation.

The Eurasian Federation has been dissatisfied with its position as the second-best for a long time, otherwise it would not have directly seized the Archangel and the Strike Gundam in the original plot.

Seeing Yang Hui's attitude at this time, everyone became even more angry, but Mu and Malu, the two people with the highest military ranks, calmed down and believed Yang Hui's words. Mu simply considered Yang Hui's identity. He was a member of the core circle of Orb, so he must have seen and touched more than they did.

And Malu knew more than Mu, because [Plan G] could only be carried out under the will of Brigadier General Duan Halberton because of the mutual constraints within the Atlantic Federation. This is only the case within the Atlantic Federation, so what about the entire Earth Federation?

"Yang Hui, are you sure?"

"Captain!?"

Baki Lulu looked at Malu in disbelief, hoping that she would explain, but Malu ignored Baki Lulu for the time being, and waited for Yang Hui's answer.

"I am absolutely sure. I have a cooperative relationship with the top leaders of the Waste Recycling Union. As long as you can pay, I can give you what you want. It is a complete transaction, and..."

Speaking of this, Yang Hui looked at Bakilulu and said seriously: "Don't think that you can look down on others just because you are a soldier, Lieutenant Bakilulu, in my eyes, the scrap recyclers who are trying to survive in the universe are more respectable than some soldiers, and they are not fools, they know what to do and what not to do; the scrap recyclers' union has secret trading relationships with all forces, can you survive in the cracks between the major forces without a little brain?"

"..."