Chapter 153

"Hmmm! I see! After Mikoto Misaka finished answering, the small monitor in the lower right dimmed.

After settling slightly with Zaft's army for a while, Mikoto Misaka turned the nose of the plane and drove towards a small black dot on the edge of the battlefield under the cover of other teammates. Carrying out orders is the first obligation of a military man.

"It's really a cunning Zaft army, I didn't expect to secretly command it under our noses, but that's the end of it!"

Small Chip ...... Party...... Damn Zaft Army......

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The nerves of the people on board, who had been tense for a day, finally relaxed in the middle of the night, and most of them fell asleep quietly under the night full of explosions and fires, comforting themselves: it was okay, they had passed the most dangerous day, and they would be safer in the dark night at night.

Suddenly, a beam of light that seemed to come from outside the sky struck the rear hull of the transport ship with precision, opening a huge gap in the hull.

Thankfully, the gap did not reach the waterline, so it did not cause fatal damage to the transport. But this beam cannon instantly destroyed the three small lifeboats located in the stern of the ship on the spot.

“……”

Everyone on board was stunned by the sudden attack! After a period of silence, I don't know who made it first, and a loud scream spread throughout the transport, piercing the dark night sky.

For a while, all the people on the ship shouted and ran around in panic. The cries, prayers, and curses were terrifying, and at the same time caused panic among others.

Hiska, who was a very light sleeper and very vigilant, had been protected by Kim, who had a deep sleep but was also vigilant, at the beginning of the crowd riot. Also, the sound of the attack on the hull of the ship was so loud and there was a vibration, as long as anyone was awakened by this movement.

"Look! What is that? ”

Someone finally noticed the orange lightning that had been echoing above the transport.

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the first discoverer, and easily spotted the cat, which looked like it was staring at a big fish. It will tease you, it will deliberately let you go, but it just won't let you go!

"Airlord?! Why is it here? Kim easily recognized the body of the orange lightning in the sky.

"Airlord?" Hiska was stunned for a moment, what was that?

"The Air Overlord is a fighter specially designed by the Earth Union for the Zaft Army, because this is the only air combat weapon that the Earth Union can compete with us at present, so the name is the Air Overlord." Kim frowned, "Why is it here?" This is a fighter that only special motherships are qualified to equip with! ”

Of course, Kim didn't know that this was Mai Trin's exclusive model, and it had nothing to do with the mothership.

It turned out to be a fighter! Heathka, who got the answer, suddenly felt bored, and looked coldly at the passengers who were scurrying around the ship and disturbing his rest, with an impatient face, why did Uncle Ben have to encounter such a troublesome thing.

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The captain of the ship, worthy of being an experienced veteran sailor, immediately turned on the big engine when he spotted the fighter, and the large turbine located under the ship began to spin wildly, and the whole transport ship ejected like a fish.

I've been targeted, and if I don't run, I'll die!

Seeing that the transport ship suddenly sped up and rushed out, the air overlord who was originally spinning in the air also flew in the direction of the transport ship's escape in an instant.

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"Do you choose to flee instead of surrender after being attacked?" Mai Trin muttered softly, convinced that the transport was indeed just as Miss Avril had suspected, and if it wasn't, it was escorting some big man. At that moment, he no longer hesitated, and locked the crosshair of the attack on the transport ship again.

Actually, it's just a gorgeous misunderstanding.

Mai Trin's judgment was based on the fact that the first thought of a transport ship that had no resistance and no important people was to flee but to surrender when it was attacked by intimidation. It is the enemy who flees, and it is the civilian who surrenders.

And as the captain of a retired Zaft veteran, the basis for judgment is that they have been discovered and have no power to resist, so they must escape quickly! Because the United Earth side has always practiced a "no-prisoner policy" in the war! ”

And Mai Trin, who has just joined the Earth Federation and is quite shallow in the world, naturally does not know that although this is not on the table, it is a barbaric policy of fact!

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The orange lightning sent out another beam cannon, instantly shattering everything on the deck, and some of the people scurrying on the deck were unsurprisingly swept into it, vaporized by the impact of photon energy, and disappeared into the air. The beam rays, which were raised to their maximum output, not only shattered the deck, but also the power furnace armor beneath the deck. The sea roared through the pierced breach into the cabin. Spread in all directions.

The only normal voice that could be heard in the panic was the captain's anxious roar: "First mate, what are you doing, why don't you bring the sailors to bring the pump!" ”

Several crew members hurried over with a sizable pump, but it was another bright beam of light that easily connected the sturdy crew with the bow and side of the ship. The water spread even more, and even the hull of the ship began to tilt slightly, which was a precursor to an imminent sinking.

All the refugees knew that there was no hope, but they still crowded in front of the iron-faced captain and asked in unison, "Captain, captain, what should I do?" Where are we now? How far is it from land? Let's figure it out! ”

The captain wanted to say something nice to comfort the frightened people, but the cruelty of reality did not allow him to say a word of nonsense. The retired Zaft soldier said calmly: "There is no way anymore, they are all to the side of the ship, there are two lifeboats, those who can be evacuated should evacuate quickly!" ”

A woman is holding a child and calling out to God, but unfortunately God has something to do today and has no way to respond to her. Most of the rest were silent, and everyone was stunned by the captain's words, but they didn't expect the old captain, who had always been confident, to say such a thing, which proved that there was no hope at all.

Quiescence...... There was endless silence, only the sea still engulfing the crumbling transport ship. The refugees on the ship were silent for a long time, like mass graves in the wilderness, and they looked at the golden lightning in the sky in despair.

There is still a war going on in the distance, and even if most of these refugees know how to swim back to shore, there is no guarantee that they will be able to swim back to shore before they run out of energy! What can be done now...... Only prayers and goodbyes! (To be continued.) )