The third volume of Scarlet 709 is, to put it bluntly, retreat two

"Report, received an encrypted message from the ZAFT Ninth Space Fleet, and after decoding, the content is roughly to inform our fleet to retreat immediately, and the destination is the Virgo Palace mainland, and participate in the upcoming home defense operations. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The ZAFT First Space Fleet, which had been sent to the A meteorite belt before the war, finally received the information from its own fleet, but from the report of the correspondent, whether it was me, Lao, Fan Ke, and Cui Junning, they all found an obvious fact: our fleet was defeated after all. This unfavorable news made us, who were originally talking and laughing, stop talking for a while, and when we looked at each other, we all showed a look of helplessness.

"I knew ......"

Cui Junning's eyes widened, and his delicate round face showed a helpless expression, but he couldn't stop muttering in his mouth. As for what he knew, it didn't seem to be a question anymore, for the answer was revealed in the correspondent's report.

"Hey......"

This time, Fan Ke didn't say anything about Cui Junning, but just sighed deeply.

Lao and I didn't mumble or sigh like Fan Ke and Cui Junning, and after looking at each other, we both lowered our heads and looked at the virtual map in front of us. The picture it displayed was as calm as ever, but we both knew that in the universe, which was about eighty or ninety kilometers away from us, there must have been wreckage all over the place at this time, not only of the Earth Union, but also of my zaft.

"What are you going to do? Strange. ”

After a moment of silence, Law spoke, but I couldn't answer his question for a while, because I couldn't figure out what to do in such a short time.

"According to what the correspondent mentioned, the Ninth and Tenth Space Fleets of ZAFT led by Dusna and Degas are probably already defeated, so Dusna will send us an encrypted message at this time, asking us to withdraw to the Virvir Palace to participate in the next defense operation; Do you have any thoughts on this? Are you going back to war? Or ......"

Law's succinct words didn't draw my eyes off the virtual map, but his last words touched me, and I didn't forget the purpose of my participation in this battle, even though it made me sad, sad, and heartfelt to shed a few crocodile tears.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if the miniature detection drone can be equipped with thrusters, maybe we will be able to observe the universe they are fighting in......"

I didn't answer Law's words directly, but sighed like this, well, although this sentence sounds weird, after all, what we have to discuss now is the question of whether we should withdraw to the Virgen Palace.

But Lao, after listening to my words, his handsome face showed a hint of crying and laughing, and he said in a helpless tone: "Qi, now is not to consider whether the miniature detection drone can be equipped with thrusters, but to consider whether we should retreat." Although Lao actually wanted to cooperate with me, after thinking about it, he thought it was better to get back to the topic, after all, it is very difficult to install thrusters for micro detection drones.

"Unless it's a little bigger......"

Such a thought suddenly popped into Law's mind, and the rather interesting thought made a shallow smile appear on his face, but no one knew whether the 'slightly bigger' in his mind was a few microns or a few millimeters or even a few centimeters.

"Do we have a choice? Aside from withdrawing to the Virgen Shrine for the next defensive operation, it is unlikely that our fleet alone will defeat the United First Space Fleet; Not to mention, by the time we go around behind us and launch a surprise attack, it may have already eaten the 9th and 10th Universe Fleets with their belts, and when the time comes, what can we do with it alone? After all...... Although Jiewu is strong, it is not strong enough to shake cruisers and battleships. ”

The magnetic and pleasant voice echoed in the bridge, making Lao, Fan Ke, and Cui Junning, who heard my words, feel speechless for a while.

"Since it's been decided, then give the order, Your Highness Qi."

After being silent for a while, Law raised his head, his long and narrow light blue eyes like a sword showed a faint smile, he knew that I would definitely make this choice, but ...... The words that followed made Lao involuntarily think of the information related to Jiewu's advanced model that he had seen in the Klein Research Institute.

"It's true that its parameters are good and powerful, but can it really be achieved? Armor ...... that neutralizes live ammunition"

I thought back to that piece of information, that piece of information that I felt was very good and powerful no matter how I looked at it...... If it can really be realized, maybe the cruiser class and the battleship class can only be under its sharp blade**.

There was a faint smile on my handsome face, and when I saw that Fan Ke and Cui Junning both showed signs of approval, I knew that what I had just said had an effect; I still have some understanding of the idea that Fan Ke and Cui Junning want to make contributions, but I don't want to defeat the United First Space Fleet now, otherwise after witnessing the destruction of the colonial satellite, who should the adjuster's anger vent to?

After looking around left and right, and seeing that Lao, Fan Ke, and Cui Junning had nothing to say, I maintained an elegant indifferent smile on my face, slowly lowered my head, and after looking at the virtual map, I said in harmony: "It is about one hundred and twenty kilometers from the A meteorite belt back to the Virvir Palace, and if you sail in cruise mode, it is absolutely impossible to catch up, so ...... We had to take the risk of switching to a long-range sailing mode. ”

Hearing my plan, Lao, Fan Ke, and Cui Junning also nodded in agreement after pondering for a while.

As I said, if you sail in cruise mode, it takes about 18 minutes at full speed (based on the speed of a high-mobility Horned-class battleship) to sail a distance of about 120 kilometers, and about 10 minutes for the entire fleet to break away from the meteorite belt, so it takes about 30 minutes. In the long-range mode, based on the four times the speed of sound of the Child-class light cruisers, it would take only 110 seconds (including acceleration and deceleration time) for the entire fleet to reach the Mai Mai Palace mainland.

Which way is more efficient, at a glance!

"Let's hope we don't encounter too many obstacles on the route......"

Now that he had agreed with my statement, Fan Ke naturally returned to the captain's seat to give the order, but Cui Junning sighed a little melancholy before leaving, as if he had a premonition of the 'misfortune' that was about to happen.

"Don't worry...... We'll definitely catch up. ”

With a sunny smile on his face, Lao stretched out his hand and patted Cui Junning's shoulder, and after saying this with a smile, he stretched out his hand to push Cui Junning to the CIC area.

"Hopefully......"

His expression was still a little melancholy, and even his tone was a little uneasy, but he didn't say anything, and after nodding to Law, he let Law push him backwards towards the CIC area.