"The convoy opens the gap and advances against the ship attack force!"

The scuffle between nearly 300 planes soon filled the sky with a radius of 30 kilometers on Shenen Island.

It doesn't sound like a lot, but for an object flying at high speed in the air, just a few dozen can give the illusion of an innumerable number. In fact, this amount is enough to dazzle even if it is displayed on the radar.

"The advance fleet began to withdraw from the battlefield according to the pre-arranged arrangement, to join the supply fleet, and the follow-up fleet entered the battle column."

After releasing all the carrier-based aircraft, the forward fleet began to turn course.

The Coalition Army did not have an advantage in science and technology, but it was overwhelming in numbers and logistics, so the Coalition Army naturally chose a war of attrition.

It's just that the fleet has just finished turning

"Report! At 9 o'clock, the group of UFOs is approaching the fleet at high speed! ”

"How is this possible? Does the other side still have the strength to launch an attack on the fleet? ”

The captain of the flagship of the first fleet reflexively picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of 9 o'clock, only to see a heavy black shadow in the sky.

"Is this the sub-beast mentioned in the newspaper?"

Although the product of the transitional stage of the development of B-HIME is also the product of high-order materialization, since it is a transitional product, the gap between the unfinished product and the finished product can be imagined. Layla had only heard about it when she was a Type B HIME, and the Combine only knew about this information when it was combined with the small number of mobile units that appeared on Kamiyu's side during several fire reconnaissances.

It's just that no one expected that the number of sub-beasts would be so large.

"Sound the alarm! All the staff are in the first state of battle, prepare for air combat, and release the escort plane! After a slight pause, the captain continued.

"Quickly report to the command that our fleet has encountered an encounter with the enemy's mobile forces!"

"Yes!"

The terrible sound of sirens echoed in the sky above the fleet, and in the face of the group of black shadows in the air, the sky above the fleet was suddenly covered by a barrage of bullets fired from a dense array.

The mosquito-like beast hit by the barrage turned into a cloud of green particles and dissipated into the air as if it had never existed. In the face of the counterattack of the fleet below, most of the airframes still flew forward, leaving only a small part to rush towards the fleet.

Columns of water rose from the sea, mixed with explosive flames rising from the surface of the battleship.

"The Georgia is sinking!"

"The bridge of the war-weariness is broken, and there is no response to contact!"

"The Enterprise sent a report that a large amount of water was flooded on the side side, and the hull level could not be maintained, so it was forced to abandon the ship."

"Damn! Didn't intelligence say that it would not take the initiative to attack targets that would not attack it? The captain slammed his fist into the wall.

It was not against their own fleet that they were attacked, but because the target of these mobile units was obviously the main force of the fleet in the rear, and they were just incidental targets.

At that moment, a praying mantis-looking sub-beast landed heavily on the battleship, and two huge scythes slashed towards the bridge.

At the same time, the sound of sirens connected over the continuous fleet of the sea

Anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, helicopter gunships, and the seeable Knightmare met the sub-beasts.

"Looks like the other party is very angry!"

Although it was taken by surprise, judging by the calm reaction of everyone in the command headquarters of the flagship Avalon, it was not a threat.

"If only that were the case."

If it were just a purely retaliatory counterattack, this would be the most welcome scenario for the Coalition.

The reason why Kamiyu's formation made it difficult for the Combine to say was that he relied on his powerful technological superiority to conduct a thorough battle in a prison city.

If he continues to shrink, the Coalition will only be able to continue to invest small forces in a war of attrition, and no one can say how long the war will be stalemate. And now that Kamiyu has taken the initiative to attack the main force of the fleet, this is an excellent opportunity for the combined forces who are struggling to find fighters to drain Kamiyu's combat power.

"Maybe it's revenge, but I think the real reason might be a change in pattern," he said, as he pointed to the location of Kamine Island on the electronic map.

"Mode?" The officers gathered around.

"I see!"

The staff officers who can go to the flagship are naturally not waste, and someone immediately reacted.

"We have always faced a fortress mode, and our deployment and response methods are based on the fortress strategy, but now it is different, we have to face the same fleet as us."

Unlike surface ships, the Air Fleet needs a considerable amount of space between ships in order to maximize its firepower without accidental damage, especially if the Kamiyu fleet uses a small range of maneuvers.

Similarly, with such a large number of sub-beasts as a mobile force, the combat airspace is magnified several times or even more than ten times.

"Do you need to get the fleet back and reorganize the formation?"

"No, that's just right." Schunezel shook his head.

"Let the fleet be in full swing, and order Bismarck, Li Xingke, and Fujitang to fight with all forces from now on!"

"The main fleet of the combined forces began to spread out laterally, advancing in a semi-encircled formation."

Inside the former flagship of the Black Knights, now the command ship of the Special Assault Force, the Ikarugue, Lelouxiu stared intently at the changes on the electronic strategic sand table.

"Shonezel is using the main fleet as bait."

The main fleet of the Coalition forces fought while slowly advancing, pressing the airspace of Kamiyu's fleet, forcing Kamiyu to throw his troops into the frontal battlefield.

"Do you want to act now?" C.C asked.

"No, we're going to have to wait. At present, the main fleet of the Coalition has not yet entered the engagement distance of Kamiyu's fleet, and if we rush out now, we will only be attacked by the concentrated fire of Kamiyu's fleet immediately. That said, I'm sorry for those who are fighting, and if they don't die in our place, this battle can't be sustained. ”

Just as Lelouch said this, Karen's communication popped up.

"Zero, request to strike!"

"Nope." Lelouch's answer was simple and crisp.

"Say no?" Karen was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in a flaming light.

"I'm not a child, don't use this no-sugar tone!"

"How about not saying such childish words? It's obviously a reckless man, so don't command the battle situation without authorization. Luka's voice chimed in.

"What did you say!?" This voice made Karen unusually unhappy.

"After all, why would a Knight of the Round Table from the Bunitanian Empire appear on the territory of our Black Knights!?"

"Please don't quarrel between the two of you, there is no difference between the Black Knights and the Knights of the Round Table of the Bunitanian Empire, we are working together against the same enemy." Suzaku also jumped out and pulled the shelf.

"Suzaku, shut up!"

Regardless of how much damage Suzaku had done to the Black Knights before, in Karen's eyes, the one who was on Luka's side at the moment was the enemy!

"Listen to what Suzaku said, it's better not to say this kind of thing that is not conducive to unity, Karen." Lukka smirked his eyes and shook his index finger at Kalian.

"What did you say!?" If she could reach it, Karen was sure she wouldn't hesitate to break that finger.

"Fabreqing, you don't have to say a word."

"Which side are you on?"

'Drip'

Lelouch did not hesitate to turn off the communication.

In 1725, the sun did not seem to set in the sky over the South Pacific

Galahad swung his greatsword and split the beast in front of him in two.

"Hmph, the high-order materialization in front of this Excalibur is nothing more than that." In the dust particles of the beast's explosion, Bismarck snorted disdainfully.

This greatsword, named Excalibur by the previous emperor Charles himself, is equipped with a strong magnetic restraint system, which was originally used to restrain the high-temperature plasma of atomic nuclei and free electrons to achieve thermonuclear fusion control.

However, the east is not bright and the west is bright, and the weapons experts of the empire use the binding nature of magnetic confinement to free electrons and plasma, bind high-energy particles, repel energy attacks, and forcibly create a melee weapon that can be attacked and defended, which also makes people have to admire their imagination and wisdom.

"You can't pretend you didn't hear it!"

One of the mechs in front of Galahad was split in two.

The clean-cut facet was as smooth as a mirror, and the body that had been cut in half didn't even explode, and just fell into the sea.

"Now it's really all called Excalibur, if King Arthur knew that there was today, maybe he would have cried to death."

The blonde girl in a purple, silver-white robe flicked the sword in her hand casually, and the corner of her eye swept towards Galahad, and her contemptuous eyes seemed to penetrate Bismarck in the cockpit.

"Monica-sama, you're too deep into the enemy line."

"Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I kill Bismarck." Monica's tone was as if the Knight of the First Round Table in front of her was just a rookie who could be trampled to death casually.

"Monica Kurushiewski. Even if you have always known that as a Knight of the Round Table, your allegiance is not to His Majesty the Emperor, but at this time, you still have to resolutely side with Kamiyu? Bismarck turned on the amplification and said to Monica.

"Of course!" Monica replied without hesitation.

"His Royal Highness Kamiyu's wish is my will, even if it is to kill everyone in the world, in fact, the current situation is almost like this"

I'm now playing the role of an accomplice to the Great Demon King of the World, and if you don't think about it carefully, you really don't feel real at all.

"First Knight Bismarck Waldstein, I will keep this remaining eye of yours as a medal."

"Humph! Savage woman! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Excalibur collided with Monica's greatsword, and the electric sparks jumped on impact, and then Galahad was bounced out.

"I see, it is indeed qualified to be rampant."

I've seen many footage of Layla's battle with Bradley, but the power between man and the steel machine definitely wins, and this concept is not deeply appreciated unless you face it in person. What's more, Monica herself is known for her natural weirdness

"But!"

Bismarck's left eyelid, which had been sewn on, opened suddenly.

The First Knight, who had long been thought to be blind in his left eye, now has the mark of a bird unique to Geass abilities in his left eye.

"Feel honored! This ability has only been used when Mariana-sama was used! ”

Galahad's fingertips connected to the cable flew out continuously, and Bismarck's attacks were very predictable, each one appearing exactly on Monica's flight trajectory.

"My actions were foreseen?"

Unlike piloting the airframe, controlling the flight of the dance suit is completely controlled by one's own will, which is as natural as walking, and does not require too much consideration of energy maneuvering, so it is extremely difficult to continuously pre-read Monica's flight trajectory.

But Bismarck did it, not once or twice by chance, but with a series of attacks.

Each of Galahad's swift minions happened to appear in Monica's flight trajectory, and if it weren't for her small target and quick reaction, it would have been dangerous for a while. Monica believes that if she still drove the Knightmare, she would have been caught several times by the Galahad Flying Swallow minions.

"My Geass ability is to foresee the future!"

"Foreseeing the future? Don't laugh."

Monica smiled disdainfully, Kamiyu had said that Geass did not have abilities that could be used outside of humans. Bismarck's vision of the future should be similar to that of the Geass capable man named Mao, who can hear the voices of others, reading other people's brain waves, and then presenting the results of the calculation in front of him in the form of a graph.

This kind of prediction of the future is more appropriate to call prediction, and the time to speculate about the future will never be long, otherwise she will not rely on reflexes to dodge under the continuous attacks. Judging by the barrage of attacks just now, Bismarck could not have predicted more than 3 seconds into the future.

"However, it seems to be a bit endless."

Monica stopped, no longer dodging.

"Stopped?"

Monica was truly stopped, both visually and Geass was showing that Monica was not moving.

"Did you give up?"

Bismarck himself did not believe this, because this strange behavior made him very uneasy.

"Then let's go on the road with peace of mind!"

Bismarck cautiously did not choose his most proud melee combat, and the small hadron cannon on Galahad's leg burst into flames.

'Boom'

The powerful bullet hit Monica and exploded in the air, sending smoke and dust from the explosion in the air.

At that moment, the smoke and dust were swept away from the middle, and a flash of light rushed in front of Galahad's body in an instant.

"Smoke and dust!?" The guarded Bismarck was not unhappy, and the holy sword Excalibur had already slashed towards the flash.

"Sure enough, it's 2 seconds" Monica's purple sword slashed upwards towards the slashed Excalibur, and the sword slashed across Excalibur, drawing an elegant arc as Monica's body rotated, cutting through Galahad from bottom to top.

"The name of the First Knight, Bismarck, you can also afford it."

Monica flicked her broadsword and never looked at Bismarck's Galahad again. It was only then that the arc light around Monica's body gradually faded away.

"It's a pity that we're not on the same level anymore!"

Galahad was split in two along with the Excalibur, and a large amount of blood fell into the sea with the body.

A ray of light pierced through the battlefield and headed straight for Monica.

"Monica-sama!"

Under the eager shouts of the guards subordinates, Monica turned around and blocked with her big sword.

"Layla Marukar?"

The face in front of her made Monica smile mockingly.

"Do you know what the hell you're doing?" Layla asked.

"Of course, isn't it just destroying the world~" Monica replied in a joking tone.

"Tell me the truth!" Layla said incredulously.

"I really can't stand it, don't you believe it now?"

Monica only thought it was too funny, Kamiyu had ruined more than 10 big cities so far, and there were still people who doubted it at this time. This woman, unexpectedly 'stupid'

"Then I'll call him and ask for clarification!"

At this moment, rumbling artillery fire rang out one after another, and the density of fire of the combined fleet suddenly became fierce. Artillery, missiles, and beams of light flew in one direction.

"Have you reached this distance?" Monica naturally understood what that meant.

"Monica-sama!" Several members of the guards rushed to Monica's side, but Monica raised her hand to stop her.

"Bismarck, the commander of this fleet, is dead, and you have taken advantage of the chaos to completely disrupt the right flank of the Combine."

"Yes" The group glanced at Monica and Layla, and finally dispersed.

After seeing the group leave, Monica raised her sword and pointed it at Layla.

"Let the chapter of the battle between the B-type HIME be written from now on."

"Finally within attack range?"

Although the battle had only begun in earnest, Karnon's mood had finally lightened a little.

"Report that the commander of the right flank, Bismarck Waldstein, has been killed."

"That Bismarck!?"

The first knight of the Empire, in the minds of all Imperial soldiers, the person who is least likely to die on the battlefield is dead.

"How did you die?" Schunezel asked with a solemn face.

"It was Monica Monica Kurushevsky who killed him."

"Is it another Type B HIME?" It seems that the future direction of the weapons system will be completely changed, of course, provided that the combined forces win.

"Now the right flank fleet is in disarray."

"Order the Ninth Knight, Nonet, to take over Bismarck's command of the right flank fleet, and tell her to temporarily withdraw the fleet and reorganize it into battle."

As he spoke, a dense array of beams of light swept across Avalon's side screen, followed by a series of explosions from the Combine's ships.

"Counterattack of the enemy fleet"

"It's almost time." Schunezel muttered.

At the same time, under the surface of the sea between the combined fleet and the Camillo fleet.

"Operation Seventh begins!" Lelouch ordered decisively.

"Understood! Operation No. 7 begins, the fleet accelerates!! ”

"The turtledove is starting to float! This fleet will break directly into the island of Shenen, this is a just war, and we must eliminate the culprits who caused all this tragedy, and draw a sign of the end of the war. ”

"It's been a long time!" Kalian's voice and expression as she sat in the cockpit were full of irrepressible excitement.

"All units are equipped with combat configurations, and they will attack as soon as they ascend!"

"Ikaruga, the charge of the hadron diffusion heavy artillery begins, and as soon as it surfaces, it opens fire to clear a safe passage for the fleet."

"Float!"

There was a rough wave on the sea, and the black bow was the first to rush out of the water, followed by four battleships.

"The fleet is composed of various forces, and it has been successfully lifted into the air!"

"That's how many!?" Under the water, they have only judged the situation based on the tactical sand table and battle reports since the launch, and when they surfaced, everyone in the bridge was suddenly stunned by the dense shadows in front of them.

"Hadron Spread Heavy Artillery Fire!"

The hadron diffusion cannon on both sides of the Turtledove pierced through the sub-beast's array, and one by one the brilliant green light exploded, turning into countless particles and dissipating.

Immediately after, the deck above the Ikaruga spread, and a red and a pink fighter plane slowly rose from the lifting platform. To be precise, it looks like a fighter plane, but it is very peculiar and has no main wings.

"Karen, don't be reckless! This little monster is not something you can tame. Lukka teased in the comm as he started the engine.

"Is that more than to see who has fallen?" Not to be outdone, Karen retorted.

"Stupid, this time should be the comparison of who can survive, right?" Lukka put away his indecent attitude.

"Karen, you must live."

"Huh?"

By the time Karen was stunned, Lukka had cut off the communication.

"Energy Wing Activation! All systems are normal. ”

The bare wings of the two fighters stretched out two bright red wings.

The Energy Wing Backpack was originally designed to allow the Knightmare to move quickly and overcome most difficult terrains, but this idea would have been carried on without the invincible combination of Lancelot and Suzaku Tsuki, the ancestors of the Flying Knightmare. As a result, it seems that the whole world has begun to become superstitious that the flying Knightmare can replace the fighter and gain air supremacy.

It's a pity that not everyone is a Shumu Suzaku, and not everyone can use the next-generation special equipment that burns money, and the main force of the combined force is still the fifth-generation machine. Only a few people still remember the demeanor of those two variable-form fighters in the offensive and defensive battles of Kyushu more than a year ago.

Among these people are some of the brightest researchers in the Empire and the Black Knights

"VF-X, Valkyrie, Luke Calder."

"VF-X, Valkyrie, Red Moon Karenine."

"Attack!"

Two red rays rose from the turtledove.