Chapter 32: The End of the Battle of Rum
"Or did they escape?" said Dozru, looking at the fleets behind the palace as they continued to move away on the screen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "Ordered to go down, the various MS units should not pursue any more, so as not to cause unnecessary losses, and at the same time ordered them to start cleaning the battlefield, looking for soldiers who are still alive, and to do everything possible to treat them, every soldier is a valuable fighting force, and we cannot abandon our brothers at will." ”
"Yes, the subordinates will go immediately~~" The man standing behind Dozru immediately took the order.
"I didn't expect that the MS troops would have such a powerful power in fleet warfare, but it seems that I underestimated its ability~~" Dozru, who looked into the distance with aimless eyes, muttered in a low voice. Indeed, this time the MS troops were sent to attack the Federation's fleet, in fact, it was not planned in advance, but because when he was beaten by the Federation fleet led by Rebier, he only had the MS troops to use, so he sent out, I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful force to defeat the Federation fleet, plus the arrival of Kycilia, which laid the complete victory of the Jean army.
"It seems that the development plan of MS will be increased in the future, this is the most powerful weapon to change the future battlefield~~" As he spoke, the corners of Dozru's mouth once again showed his extremely ugly smile. As the founder of the Mobile Suit Project, it can be said that the appearance of MS-Zagu was single-handedly created by him, but at that time his purpose was only to develop a weapon that could compete with the Federation and be enough to protect himself, but after this big war, everyone knew that for a long time in the future, it would be MS who would dominate the battlefield. Although this battle also caused great losses to Jean's Zagu, it was nothing compared to the Federation fleet.
At this time, on the way to evacuate the battlefield and return to the Luna-2 base, the remaining fleet no longer had the vigor of the attack at that time, and now it is completely like a lost dog, and all the battleships are damaged, none of them are complete, and the battleships with severe damage can be described as tattered. The phrase "remnants of the defeated army" is not enough to describe their current situation.
Zhao Junyu, who failed to "decapitate", also arrived when he was blocking the withdrawal of the fleet, launched it with a towed cable, and fixed it on the last flagship of the Combined Fleet and the flagship of the Third Fleet, the "Panshi".
When it was confirmed that Jean was not in pursuit, Zhao Junyu, who was hanging on the "Rock", finally breathed a sigh of relief, took off his helmet, sat down on the seat with the whole person, let out a long breath, and said: "Whew~~~~ It's finally over~~~ If I continue to fight, I'm going to explain here~~!
After receiving the order, Harrow immediately got busy, and the so-called emergency treatment is actually to cut off the oil and electricity in the damaged part so that it will not explode. And Zhao Junyu began to close his eyes and recuperate, in this battle, Zhao Junyu's achievements are staggering, MS downed six, the Mulsay cruiser sank one, but to achieve such a result is also a price, his specially customized Swordfish fighter is not much to say, the battle was repaired and replenished once, but this time when he came back, the fighter needed another major repair, and the main thing is that Zhao Junyu's mental consumption is also very huge, he is too tired now, too much need to rest. At this moment, the enemy did not chase after him, and it was safe in a short time, so Zhao Junyu was in the cockpit and fell asleep.
I don't know how much time has passed, but Zhao Junyu, who is still sleeping in his cockpit, seems to hear a voice. “…… Lieutenant, Lieutenant Alexander, wake up, Lieutenant Alexander, it's time for Luna II, please wake up~~Lieutenant~~" A man's voice kept saying in Zhao Junyu's ear, he also seemed to feel that the other party was shaking himself gently, and Zhao Junyu, who was still very tired, opened his eyes with difficulty.
Zhao Junyu rubbed his eyes, which were still a little blurry, and finally saw the surrounding situation clearly, shook his head and said, "I'm actually asleep, have I already arrived at the Luna No. 2 base?" As he spoke, he looked at the maintenance personnel next to him, and at the same time saw the data cable that had been connected to him as the back of the Harrow, and it seemed that they were already exporting the data of the current fighter from the Harrow.
"Yes, it's already at the base, it seems that the lieutenant is very tired, please go take a shower and take a good rest. The maintenance officer said.
"Has all the data of the fighter been exported?"
"Yes, it's done, we'll take care of the rest. As he spoke, the maintenance staff unplugged the data cable that connected to Harrow.
"Please. Zhao Junyu picked up Harrow on the back of the chair, picked up the helmet floating next to him, and left the hangar.
After taking a shower in the locker room and changing his clothes, Zhao Junyu returned to his room, now he doesn't want to think about anything, he doesn't care about anything, he just wants to sleep well, in this chaotic battle, he was lucky to be able to save his life and survive, this time he slept very deeply.
On the third day after the remnants of the Earth Federation's combined fleet returned to the Luna 2, the injured personnel were treated, and the number of fleets and personnel was also counted, while Zhao Junyu finally woke up, and he didn't do anything in the past two days except sleeping, eating, drinking, and Lazar, and today he finally recovered.
In the large conference room, the main people of the base gathered, but this time it was not a celebration, and it was the complete opposite of the high morale before the expedition, and the current hall was full of sadness and low morale. Originally, Zhao Junyu was not qualified to be here, but his identity was different, and he was the only fighter pilot who came back alive from the battlefield, so he was called over by his Uncle Edward Southampton.
At the venue, a man with the rank of major general stood there, talking loudly about the comparison between the situation and the data of this battle, and what he said made the faces of almost all the people present extremely ugly, and it could be said that they wanted to die of shame. Isn't it~~ Even if you add the mobile fleet of Granada on the moon later, the number ratio of the Federation and Jean still has a huge advantage of three to one, and Jean's expansion is a matter of the past few years, but the result~~ If it weren't for the Third Fleet of the Admiral of Southampton and the fact that the Jean Army did not continue to pursue, they might have stayed there, but even so, the losses of the Combined Fleet reached seventy-three percent, and the entire Federation's space fleet could be said to exist in name only.
Seventy-three percent~~ Hearing this loss number, Zhao Junyu shook his head for a while, and thought in his heart, "This is a big trouble, the number of remaining fleets is not much compared to the original warships here, the most important thing is that the enemy's MS ability is too strong, these fleets and those fighters are all combined, at most, it is only to ensure the safety of the Luna No. 2 base, and if the enemy is desperate to attack here, I don't know how long it can last." Thinking of this, he was bitter, in fact, he didn't know that in covering the retreat, he also made a lot of contributions, if it wasn't for him to take the risk of a surprise attack, although it didn't succeed, but it also made Dozru not order his subordinates to pursue with all his might, then the Federation's losses would be more than that.
"I don't know if Daddy knew~~~" Zhao Junyu suddenly felt that something was wrong, and after talking about it for a long time, why didn't he say anything about his father? can't die, but after all, that's what he thinks by himself, and no one dares to guarantee it until he gets the exact news.
“………… In the final analysis, the reason for this defeat is that our federal army is too arrogant~~! In the decades since the establishment of the federal government, because there is no opponent, we have begun to be arrogant and complacent thinking that we can easily defeat any enemy. But this war is a sober telling us that we are not as strong as we imagined, we still have opponents, and our opponents are also extremely powerful, we must clearly recognize this............" Admiral Edward, who was on the rostrum at the moment, was still there talking about these unnutritious words, which made Zhao Junyu angry and funny. Needless to say, the reason for the anger is funny. It was because he knew that his Uncle Edward was also so resistant to the current high-ranking members of the Federation, but this person who resisted them learned their set of unnutritious nonsense in such a way. However, Zhao Junyu still didn't act rashly, he knew that there must be a reason why Uncle Edward didn't say anything about his father, and if he talked too much, it might affect the morale that was already very low.
“………… I believe that in the near future, victory will still belong to our Federation Army~~!Now the meeting is adjourned, everyone go and get busy~~!" After not too much time, Edward ended the meeting. Although Admiral Edward is not particularly good at speaking, but the strong foundation of the Federation is still there, and his main purpose is to inspire the hope of the captains and others of these warships, so that this battle can be fought, although the morale of these people is still not high when they leave, but there are still some fires of hope, which is enough. When almost everyone left, Zhao Junyu was still sitting in his position, and Admiral Edward did not leave, both sides saw each other, and Admiral Edward naturally knew the intentions of this nephew.
"Alas~~" Sighing, Admiral Edward looked around at no other unrelated people, he said, "Alex, I know what you want to ask. This is news that has just come from the Earth Headquarters. John didn't die, but he wasn't doing well, and he was captured. ”
"What~~~?!was caught~~!?" Zhao Junyu stood up in disbelief.