Chapter 272 Post-War Storm

"Yes! Captain, hold on! Have you found the captain's position!?"

"Found it! The nearest friendly forces are Duel, Storm and Thunderbolt!"

"Immediately ask them to recover the captain and Aslan Zala, hurry! What's the situation of our army?"

"All ships are alive! There are 3 remaining aircraft of the Rachni team [Zeen], 1 remaining aircraft of the Bolt team [Zeen]... 0 remaining aircraft of our team..."

"The fleet will form a dense formation, the Rachni team will deploy on the left wing, the Bolt team will defend on the right wing, the MS troops will block the pursuit of the Earth Army, and retreat immediately after recovering the captain and Aslan Zala!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the panicked troops became strict again, and the warships immediately adjusted their direction and moved closer to the Vesalius. The MS troops did not flee in panic anymore, but guarded the front of the fleet. The Duel, Storm and Thunderbolt, which also received the order, immediately went to the designated coordinates, holding the broken Holy Shield and [Xigu] and ran back, not daring to stay at all.

At first, the three were still wondering why the three Exias that had been entangled with them suddenly withdrew. Izak even cursed them for being cowards and asked them to come back for a fair fight.

But after seeing the "miracle" of the Dawn Gundam, all the subsequent curses were blocked in his chest and he dared not speak.

"Hey, what is that? The MS of the Earth Army?" Diego asked terrified.

"Who knows! That kind of monster... That kind of monster... Damn it!" Izak was arrogant and unwilling to admit it, but fear controlled his trembling hands, and he could only resist with a heavy punch.

"Aslan! Are you okay? Aslan!" Nicol was also afraid, but he was more concerned about Aslan's safety and kept calling.

But there was only the "sizzling" electronic noise in the communication.

Finally, after calling countless times, Aslan's weak voice entered everyone's ears.

"Zizi... Ni... Nigo... Zizi... Er..."

"Aslan! Great! Hang on, we'll send you back to Vesalius right away! You must hang on!" Nicol shouted excitedly.

"What a shame!"

"Yizak! Aslan..."

Among the four members of the Red Team, Aslan and Nicol are in the same faction, while Yizak and Diego have a better relationship. They often confront each other, especially Yizak against Aslan. Before graduating from the Military Academy, Aslan had always been suppressing Yizak, which made Yizak very unhappy with Aslan.

Nicol thought Yizak was going to add insult to injury and was ready to scold him back, but the next words stopped Nicol.

"...So you must stay alive! Otherwise, how can you wash away the shame!?"

"That's right, I want to punch you after your injury is healed! You can't just die like this!"

"Yizak, Diego..." Nicol murmured softly and smiled gently.

They are just competitors, but they are also companions, and it is impossible for them not to care about each other's life and death.

Duel, Storm and Thunder returned to Vesalius at the fastest speed. The hangar was empty, so they would not leave just like that. They wanted to see for themselves that Aslan and Cruze had received treatment and that they could leave only after the doctor declared them safe.

The cockpit door had been deformed and could only be opened physically.

After it was opened, everyone was shocked, and the gentlest Nicol even covered his mouth and exclaimed.

Because Aslan and Cruze were in such a miserable state, their driving suits were tattered, and the glass of their masks was broken. At least four or five pieces of debris pierced their skin, and the bright red blood floated in the cockpit.

Fortunately, the cockpit was not broken, otherwise Aslan and Cruze would have died.

"Quick! Send them to the infirmary!"

Everyone carefully helped Aslan and Cruze out of the cockpit, and urgently stopped the bleeding for them and sent them to the infirmary.

…

The sight shifted to the Eighth Fleet. Duane Halberton was the first to come back to his senses and immediately scolded everyone: "What are you doing? We are still fighting!"

Hearing the exclamation, everyone came back to their senses and immediately contacted all friendly forces.

"Commander, the ZAFT fleet has retreated!"

"Okay! Order the entire army not to pursue, the left-wing fleet to deploy to prevent the enemy from turning back halfway, and the others to immediately clean up the battlefield and rescue the survivors!"

"Understood!" XN

One by one, although with the help of Yang Hui and others, the Eighth Fleet's losses were still considerable. One-third of the frigates were sunk, and only one in ten of the MA troops survived.

This was when Yang Hui and others helped the Eighth Fleet to hold back four Gundams and Cruze, the ace pilot.

It was enough to show how weak the Earth Army was in the war, and it also proved that Duane Halberton's suggestion was completely correct!

Only the MS troops can fight against the MS troops!

"Commander..."

At this time, the adjutant came to Duane Halberton's side, called him in a low voice, and signaled the Dawn Gundam and other aircraft outside the ship.

"What do you want to say?" Duan Halbottom looked at him unkindly.

"You have seen this kind of power. If we can master it..."

"No! [Tianren] is a mercenary organization, not belonging to the Earth Army. They just helped us repel a powerful enemy, and we attacked our friendly forces. If this gets out, where will the face of the Earth Army be? Where will the face of the Atlantic Federation be? Where will the face of the Eighth Fleet be!?" Duan Halbottom scolded sternly, and in his heart he had already sentenced this man to "death penalty".

I really don’t know what’s in his head! ? He attacked his benefactor in public. Did he want to throw the pride of the Earth Army to the ground and trample on it? Do you know how many forces will be completely disappointed with the Earth Army by doing this? Or even move closer to PLANT?

Moreover, do you dare to attack Yang Hui? Do you believe that the next second after Aobu finds out, he will immediately form an alliance with ZAFT and turn around to deal with the Earth Army? That is the object that all the member countries of the Earth Union are fighting for. You pushed Orb to the enemy. Have you ever thought about how the top leaders of the Union will deal with us?

Moreover...

“Now there are only our people here. As long as we strictly order everyone to shut up, can’t we...”

“Where are the ZAFT Army? Have they gone far?”

“This...”

“Can you guarantee that what happened to the ZAFT Army just now will not happen to us again?”

“...”

The adjutant shut up. He really couldn’t guarantee it. The bad idea he proposed was full of loopholes.

Especially the last one, which made the adjutant feel deeply scared. The situation of the Dawn Gundam is indeed very likely to not repeat the "miracle" just now, but they can’t confirm it.

If they can't confirm, they dare not take action, just like ZAFT still has enough troops to fight the Eighth Fleet again, but they dare not gamble!

Neither side dares to gamble. Anyone who has seen the "miracle" with their own eyes does not want the "holy judgment" to fall on them.

There is another sentence Duan Halbottom did not say, that is, the Dawn is high to the current position of the four aircraft, right in front of the Menelaos, and the muzzles of the Cherubim and the Angel of Deity are still facing them. If we want to do something bad to them, the other party will raise their hands and shoot us and we will be gone!

"What about the Archangel?" Duan Halbottom asked. The Archangel is the key and no mistakes are allowed.

"It has successfully entered the atmosphere! But according to calculations, there is a deviation in the landing position!"

"How can it be... the predicted position!? North Africa... ZAFT's occupied area!"

"Damn it! In the end, it is still..." Duan Halbottom was very unwilling. Even at this point, the Archangel still failed to safely arrive in the territory of the Earth Army and had to continue to wander.

"Fortunately, the data of Archangel and Strike have been recorded. As long as they are sent back to the lunar headquarters or Alaska..."

"Do they not care?" Duane Halbottom stared at the adjutant coldly and questioned.

"I dare not, but..."

"Enough! There is no point in saying all this now. Rescue the survivors first, and then return to the lunar base to rest."

"Yes..."

"Okay, let's take a rest too. I'm really old. This level of fighting is too tiring."

"But the rescue work."

"Leave it to the young people. Hey, Clint!"

"Here!"

"Leave it to you. Report to me directly if you have anything."

"Yes!"

After that, regardless of the adjutant's attitude, he pushed him out of the bridge of the Menelaos.

Originally, as the fleet commander, he wanted to rest, and the work should be handed over to his adjutant to complete, but now he just wants to kick this adjutant out of his fleet, so it is impossible to give him the opportunity to take power again.

He pushed the adjutant back to his room, locked the door of the room under the pretext of ordering him to have a good rest, and used the commander's authority to change the password, and even found two personal soldiers to guard his door.

In this way, Duan Halberton returned to his room with peace of mind.

But he did not rest, but immediately contacted [Tianren] through a private communication line, firstly to express his gratitude to them and promised some remuneration, after all, the other party's current identity is a mercenary; secondly... he also wanted to issue a new commission.

"We have other things to deal with and cannot accept the commission."

As expected, his commission was rejected. No matter what their current identities are, four unknown and powerful machines have been exposed, and both forces will send many people to find their traces. After all, the combat power shown by the Dawn Gundam is too terrible. This kind of power has only two choices: master it or destroy it. It is impossible to wander outside.

So they must have a lot of things to deal with.

But after all the bad times come good times, [Tianren] did not accept Duan Halberton's commission, but gave him a good suggestion.

"I recommend you to contact [Giant Serpent's Tail], contact number: XXXXXXXXX, just say it was recommended by us."

"Okay!"

After receiving this suggestion, Duane Halbottom's originally somewhat desperate mood instantly changed. [Giant Serpent's Tail] is very famous. Although he has only heard of it, he can get his recommendation and recognition, which will definitely help him.