Chapter 326 The Awakening Lion

"Inform the ZAFT troops in the territorial waters that you are in the territorial waters of the United Emirates of Orb. Tell them to withdraw from our territorial waters immediately. Otherwise, we will regard your provocation as an act of provocation and will use force to expel you. I repeat, withdraw from our territorial waters immediately..."

"Damn it! It's too late!"

Withdraw from the territorial waters immediately? Are you kidding! ?

From where they are now, it will take about ten minutes to withdraw from Orb's territorial waters. Moreover, Orb's escort fleet is guarding their target in the center in such a dignified manner. Isn't this a slap in their face?

"Aslan!"

"... prepare for battle..." Aslan hesitated for a moment, took all the possibilities into consideration, and made a judgment immediately.

"What?"

"Wow? I'm impressed with you, Aslan. You can be so bold."

Izak and Diego agreed with Aslan's decision. They had been unhappy with Orb for a long time, especially since they were discovered by the other party not long after they infiltrated and were secretly expelled. This was like alms, which deeply hurt their pride.

"But this will cause international disputes..." Nicol said worriedly.

"Prepare for battle, they won't let us go!" Aslan didn't want to fight with Orb either.

Aslan is indeed simple, but definitely not stupid!

The expansion of territorial waters was made public in the form of a press conference. This is definitely not a small matter. It stands to reason that a lot of preparations should be made. At least...they would also generate power in advance, otherwise it would be impossible to ignore that their location was exactly within the scope of the new territorial waters.

The timing, location, target...everything was too coincidental!

In the end, Aslan could only come up with one answer-the sleeping lion woke up and had opened its sharp teeth to them, and wanted to use them to announce the awakening of the beast king.

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“ZAFT troops are moving.”

Submarine forces are indeed difficult to detect, but knowing that the ZAFT troops surrounding Orb are submarine forces, would Yang Hui be unprepared? He had already prepared sonar detection methods and had already locked the positions of all ZAFT troops.

“【Stage Operation】 has begun, disperse.”

“Understood.” X3

Exia, Cherubim, and Virtuoso broke away from the formation and rushed to the other three directions. The Dawn Gundam spread its wings and stood on the deck of the Archangel, folding his arms, as if the gods in the sky despised the creatures on the earth.

The Archangel has been trying to connect to the communication of the Dawn Gundam, but Yang Hui did not accept it. From now on, it is not just as simple as escorting the Archangel away from Orb.

【Stage Operation】, let Orb step onto the world stage, take advantage of the Archangel’s departure, and the ZAFT army arranges the fleet to intercept, create an excuse to launch an attack on the ZAFT army, and announce to the world that Orb is no longer a soft persimmon that others can bully at will!

Orb is small, certainly not as good as the Earth Union and PLANT, but it is not at the mercy of others. Anyone who wants to bully Orb should be prepared to have a piece of meat bitten off!

Within the visible distance, the blue sea was polluted by shadows. A total of three Vosgulo-class submarine carriers surfaced, the MS ejection deck was opened, [Dean] and [Gunn] all attacked, and at the same time, Duel, Storm, Thunder and Aegis four aircraft stepped on the aircraft and mixed in the [Dean] formation in the sky.

The battle began, and the non-stop communication was finally connected. Before Malu asked what was going on, Yang Hui directly gave instructions to the Archangel: "The Archangel moves towards Alaska, we will open the way for you, and don't get involved in other things."

"But..."

"Beep ~"

The communication was hung up directly, and Malu and others were still confused. They didn't know what happened at all, but they all knew one thing, that is, Orb's fleet was not as simple as simply escorting them away from Orb.

"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on? When do we attack?" Mu asked the bridge.

The Strike Gundam and the two Sky Kings were ready to attack. They had long been mentally prepared that they would encounter a tough battle if they left Orb, but they had been nervously waiting until now, and there was no order to attack.

"It should be... no need to attack." Malu said helplessly.

"What do you mean?"

Malu smiled bitterly and shook her head, recounting everything that had just happened, and then connected the real-time images of what happened outside to the screens of the three machines.

"This... Haha, it's really a big gift, and I don't know how to repay it." Seeing this, Mu took off his helmet and smiled bitterly with his face covered.

"Orb... joined the battle?" Thor and Kira, who served as the pilots of Sky King No. 2, were both unbelievable, but the bloody facts were in front of them.

Outside the Archangel, [Gun] attacked as the vanguard, and all the torpedoes locked onto Orb's warships. Just when it was about to be launched, the alarm was bright red and the beeping sound kept ringing.

"What...ah~!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Before the torpedo was launched, Orb's warship launched an attack first. Countless anti-submarine missiles fell from the sky, like fish diving into the water, accurately hitting all targets.

The target of the missiles was not only the [Gunn] in the water, but also the [Dean] troops in the air. However, compared to the [Gunn] who were stunned in the water, the [Dean] formation immediately launched a counterattack when the missiles were launched, firing anti-aircraft shrapnel and several guns continuously, knocking down the attacking missiles one by one. Only one or two [Dean] were shot down by the missed missiles.

"Damn Orb! They launched the attack without saying a word..."

"Kill them!"

Izak and Diego were completely furious, and were about to rush out of the [Dean] formation and crush the Orb fleet, but Aslan stopped them in time.

"Don't rush too far ahead!"

"Get out of the way! Aslan!"

"Don't mistake our opponents... Disperse!"

Pink beams came in succession, but fortunately the three machines reacted quickly, otherwise they would have been hit.

But after dispersing, the shooting of the Dawn Gundam did not stop. Two beam submachine guns fired in succession, and dense beams rained into the [Dean] formation, exploding four or five gorgeous fireworks in an instant.

The Dawn Gundam spread its wings, the flames shone, and it flapped its wings and leaped, turning into a meteor dancing in the air, and the golden light once again brought the divine judgment.

"Go, bit."

"Be careful! That's coming!"

Seeing the familiar golden light, the emotion called fear surged in his heart. Duel, Storm, Thunder and Aegis, as well as all the [Dean] quickly retreated and dispersed, pulling away from the Dawn Gundam.

But, is [Dean] alone qualified to compete with the Dawn Gundam in speed? And it was the Dawn Gundam equipped with a nuclear engine and full firepower.

Elegantly shuttled through the intertwined firepower network, the golden light ends flew everywhere, and just passing by, several [Dean] became sieves and then exploded.

"Damn! Ah~!!!"

Fear reached its peak, and the outbreak could bring endless courage. The Duel Gundam emptied all its ammunition in an instant, drew its sword and charged towards the Dawn.

The pink beam sword slashed the golden wall formed by bit, and the collision of energy brought real aftermath.

The Dawn Gundam was unmoved, just slightly turned its head to look at the Duel Gundam, its wings flying, swinging the Duel Gundam away, and the pink sword tip was about to pierce the Duel Gundam's armor.

"Izak!"

At this time, the Thunderbolt Gundam rushed out from the side, pushed the Duel Gundam away, and let the sharp sword tip pierce his right shoulder.

With a twist of his wrist and a raise, the Thunderbolt Gundam's right arm was completely broken.

"Nigel!"

The Storm Gundam's cover shot arrived, and the Dawn Gundam immediately protected its wings in front of it. The light of bit resisted the crazy fire suppression. The golden light balls continued to explode, and the huge impact force took the Dawn Gundam back.

The Aegis Gundam took the opportunity to come to the side of the Thunderbolt Gundam and protected it to retreat. The Duel Gundam on the other side also came to its senses and followed suit.

"Retreat!"

"Aslan..."

"We have no chance of winning! Retreat!"

Thinking that he had the experience of surviving a near-death experience, Aslan was confident that he would not be killed by the Dawn Gundam again. If the four machines of the Sarah team maintained a good formation and implemented fire suppression on the Dawn Gundam, there was a chance to defeat it.

But reality shattered his plan. Izak's recklessness not only destroyed the formation and lost the opportunity, but also caused the Thunderbolt Gundam to lose an arm, and the most important arm.

Most of the Thunderbolt Gundam's weapons are on the right arm. Without the right arm, the claw-shaped anchor of the left arm [Wolf Chain] can't restrict the Dawn Gundam at all.

The only way now is to retreat. As long as they withdraw from Orb's territorial waters, they will be safe.

"Damn it! I must kill it today!"

Izak was relentless, and the Thunderbolt Gundam held the Duel Gundam tightly with its remaining arm.

"Let me go! Nicol! I want..."

"Be careful! It's coming!"

While the three were entangled and retreating, the fire suppression of the Storm Gundam weakened, and the Dawn Gundam launched a new charge, rushing towards the three machines like a meteor.

"Athrun! Izak! Diego! You retreat! I'll hold it back!"

"Nigel..."

Ignoring Asrun's obstruction, the Thunderbolt Gundam has launched a reverse charge, and the claw-shaped anchor is fired. As soon as it approaches the Dawn Gundam, it is cut in half.

But the Thunderbolt Gundam did not give up. The gentle Nicol burst out with unparalleled courage and determination. Regardless of Bit's attack on the Thunderbolt Gundam, he came to the front of the Dawn Gundam in the dense explosion with the cover of his vision. His only remaining hand grabbed the head of the Dawn Gundam, and the fire behind him burst into the seabed with the Dawn Gundam.

Three, two, one, boom~!

An explosion occurred in the water.

"Nigel!"

"Are you... kidding?"

"Damn it!!!!!!"

The world seemed to be quiet. The Dawn Gundam and the Thunderbolt Gundam fell into the water. In the huge explosion, no one knew who would win or lose, and the life and death of both of them was uncertain.

Izak was extremely angry. It was because of him that Nicol had come to this point. He wanted revenge and killed all the Orb fleet present!

But the Storm Gundam held the Duel Gundam tightly and retreated with it and the Aegis Gundam.

"Let me go! Diego! Let me go!"

"Don't let Nicol's sacrifice go to waste!"

A sharp shout broke Izak's madness. He could only curse and knock on the operating table with tears of regret.

The three aircraft retreated, and the few [Dean] struggled to block the pouring of missiles and cover the evacuation of the three motherships.