Chapter 350: Abandoning the Dawn
PS: The two-in-one chapter, there is no one in the back
Handed over the solar furnace, GN-X, drones and other materials to Lux, Xiao Ran can be regarded as solving another matter. Giving things to Lux is completely different from handing them over to Law, giving them to Luo is to brush up on favorability, to bring Luo back to Prometheus, and handing it to Lux is to pave the way for more things in the future, even if there is no chance to come back to this world later, but at least it can give Lux, Kira, and Orb the power to protect themselves.
It can be regarded as repaying Kira for protecting herself in the first place, and Orb supports the favor she owes.
At present, the hiding place of the Archangel and other warships is in a gravel belt in the universe, after several warships counted the materials in short supply, the complex environment of the gravel belt also caused the information to be unable to be effectively conveyed at all, so whether it was to pass the information out, or to find a safe path for the transport ship of the waste merchant union to come, Xiao Ran had to drive the lightning shield to attack, and it was the ship that protected Luo and their recycling house to leave together.
Waste recyclers have their own communication methods and channels, and in some cases even need a special code, this communication method is the same as the military's communication, naturally it is impossible for people outside the waste dealers union to know, it is not difficult to contact the headquarters of the waste dealers' union, but at the same time as contacting the headquarters of the waste dealers' union, they can tell their own needs and not be known by people of other forces that the waste dealers' union is actually supporting Orb's combined fleet, Then you need to contact a waste merchant like them to do it yourself.
Protect the Recycling House ship leaving. There were also Graham and Nalo, plus a total of four airframes piloted by Xiao Ran, hanging so far behind the ship in the recovery house. It wasn't until they sailed out of the gravel belt that they didn't find any traces of the existence of the Earth Army, and after sending the ship of the recovery house away without any danger, Xiao Ran and the others watched from a distance as the ship left the original way and returned to the Archangel.
Before the ship of the recovery house left, Luo also connected the communication on the lightning shield, first said hello, and then said: "It's okay to get to this place, the front is no longer the jurisdiction of the Earth Army." There will be no Earth Army. See you in three days, don't worry, I'll definitely ship the things here. ”
"Be careful." Xiao Ran nodded.
Three days. It was the time when Luo and Xiao Ran made an appointment to meet again, and it was also the time for Luo to go back and forth to the Universe Branch of the Waste Merchant Union, and the time for the Waste Merchant Union to prepare and transport materials, and to agree on the place to meet again. Exactly where they are now separated. Although the process of escorting the ship over just now did not encounter any Earth Army. But no one can say clearly what the situation will be after three days, just in case, it is necessary for Xiao Ran to bring someone over to greet him.
If Luo and their ship happened to meet the Earth Army when they came back, and were asked to inspect it, it would be very bad news for Luo and them, after all, by that time, all the ships were loaded with military supplies, and the Earth Army would never let them go easily, and if Luo didn't let people inspect them according to the requirements of the Earth Army. It will also be attacked by the Earth Army, which is tense and controlled by Blue Cosmos.
But now. If there is nothing on their ship, the Earth Army will not be able to inspect anything, and it will not be too embarrassed to waste the ship.
Xiao Ran's main task when they came over at that time was to take the lead in attacking the discovered Earth Army when they discovered the Earth Army, attract the Earth Army patrol fleet that might appear, and then let Luo and them take advantage of the chaos to leave.
Waiting for the four bodies to return towards the Archangel, the enemy that they didn't meet when they came out was bumped into on the way back, and a reconnaissance team composed of four short swords was patrolling and investigating on the route where Xiao Ran and the others went back at this time, but fortunately, the lightning shield, MK-II and the pitch-black heresy were all turned on by the solar furnace, and there was no heat source under the dense density of GN particles, so it was Xiao Ran who discovered the existence of the enemy first.
The lightning shield and other bodies slowly leaned against the edge of a huge gravel, watching the four short swords attack at will, large or small, and the direction of those short swords was exactly towards the area where the archangel was located, if you move at full speed at the speed of the short sword, you can break into the hiding place of the archangel and other battleships in half an hour at most, and something the size of a battleship, or the situation of four battleships, you don't need to get too close to it to be discovered.
Nalo watched the four short swords on the screen slowly leave, hesitated for a moment, and then asked aloud, "Sir, do you want to shoot them down?" If they go any further, they may find a place where the battleship is anchored. ”
Xiao Ran frowned, and did not answer yes or no, but asked Graham: "Graham, what do you think?" ”
Graham groaned and said: "Once the enemy attacks, the other side will definitely attract attention if there is one less reconnaissance team, and if you calculate the direction of this team's advance, sooner or later you will also guess where our warship is hiding." ”
"And it's not meaningless for these people to break these gravels, this is originally a gravel belt, the gravel is bigger than the battleship, the smallest one is one meter or two meters, there are not many routes for the battleship to move forward, when we come in, we all slow down and come in slowly, that is, several battleships have been more or less damaged because of the impact of the gravel, and that is the relationship that our route at that time was cleaned up."
"This was originally a route for warships to move, and the route we took into the gravel belt was almost the same, but after their random attack, the line was full of large and small rubble, and our warships had no way to pass here at high speed, if they encountered an attack by the MS cluster in such a situation, they would either be attacked or hit the gravel, and the damage to the battleship would be very great."
"What I'm worried about now is not that the battleship will be discovered, but that if it is found now, it will be a big deal to fight and continue to escape." Graham frowned and said, "But if there is more than one team like the one just now, then the other party has arranged such a team to attack the gravel everywhere in the gravel belt." In this way, our warships are almost completely blocked in this gravel belt, and we have no right to refuse what the other party wants to do at that time. ”
"The other party did it. The commotion caused must be not small, and I think that Captain Bucky Lulu should have already discovered and made corresponding arrangements, so I suggest that I take a detour to rush back first and see the situation over there before making a decision, after all, it is not possible to clean up the rubble belt in such a large area in a short period of time. ”
After Graham finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Ran, who looked at Xiao Ran with a pensive face. said with some admiration: "But speaking of which, this commander on the other side is really powerful, among the people I know." Probably only Miss Huang can compete with the commander of the Earth Army. ”
"Commander...... It must be the commander on the Lord Angel number. Xiao Ran frowned tightly and muttered: "But when did a commander of this level appear in the Earth Army, this shouldn't be, if there is really such a powerful commander." It doesn't make sense in the original plot. Regardless of the main story, he has never even shown his face, who is this guy? ”
Seeing Xiao Ran pondering, Graham also shouted again: "Sir? We don't have much time. ”
"Oooh." Xiao Ran raised his head and nodded, and said, "Then according to what you said, let's take a detour back first." ”
The solar furnaces behind the three bodies lit up at the same time, spewing out countless GN particles, instantly bringing the bodies to an extremely high speed, shuttling through the rubble as quickly as meteors. Bypassing the few short swords that had just been found in front of him, he rushed in the direction of the Archangel and other battleships as fast as he could.
But ten minutes. It took so much time to complete the distance that the short sword would take half an hour to complete, and it took so much time to go around a long circle, although it was a bit of a hurry in such a complicated place, but there was no problem with the skills of the three of them.
After the three machines entered the Archangel Gnaku, Xiao Ran hurried to the bridge of the Archangel, while Nalo and Graham took advantage of this time to rest and solve their personal physiological problems, eat and drink, and prepare for the next battle that may happen again.
As soon as Xiao Ran entered the bridge, he saw Ma Liu, who was eager, and before Xiao Ran could speak, Ma Liu took the lead in saying: "The reconnaissance team sent out has found traces of the MS operations of the Earth Army, and is crushing large gravel along the way. ”
"I already know this, and the other party's purpose should be to seal us in this gravel belt." Xiao Ran waved his hand, pointed to the screen and motioned for Milia to connect to the communication of the other warships, and said to Malu, "Is there a solution to the problem now?" ”
"We've discussed it before, and Bucky Lulu's opinion is to get out of here immediately." Marlu sighed and said: "But after leaving here, where can we go, and the Dawn is under repair, because the replacement of the outer armor has also removed a lot of parts, and there is no ability to sail long distances, if we leave now, we can only abandon the Dawn here, and use the other three warships to receive the MS and personnel of the Dawn." ”
Xiao Ran sat in the position of the deputy captain with a helpless expression, and waited until the communication was connected, Xiao Ran looked up at the screen: "Now that the Earth Army is cleaning up the gravel belt, you should all know about it, do you have any opinions now?" ”
Before the others could speak, Bucky Lulu was the first to speak: "My opinion is to abandon the Aurora and leave here immediately before the Earth Army completely blocks us, once the route is completely locked, then we will become a live target for the Earth Army, if the other party launches a nuclear bomb like us, we can't even find a place to hide, either hit the huge debris and self-destruct, or disappear with the nuclear bomb." ”
"And if a nuclear bomb explodes in such an environment, it will expand the destructive power of the nuclear bomb unlimitedly, and if it is not directly hit by the nuclear bomb, it will also be shot down by countless rubble."
Andrew also nodded solemnly: "I agree with Captain Bucky Lulu's opinion, immediately evacuate here and find other places to relocate, as for the lost Dawn, there is no way." ”
Kisaka also nodded on the side and said, "Judging from our current situation, the Eternity is still empty, and the MS and personnel of the Dawning can let the Eternity come and take it, and I agree to leave immediately." ”
Xiao Ran knocked on the handrail. If he evacuated here, he would have to abandon the Dawn, and the loss of a Dawning battleship would be big or small for Xiao Ran. At the big point, it was the loss of a gun battery with huge firepower, and at the small level, it was the loss of a carrier ship that could carry more MS, which suddenly made Xiao Ran frown a little.
"Hey, time is pressing, what are you thinking!" Cagalli looked at Xiao Ran in deep thought, and suddenly shouted dissatisfiedly: "Hurry up and make a decision for me!" ”
Xiao Ran raised his head and glanced at Cagalli, and asked in a deep voice, "Can you be sure that the other party's MS was sent from that direction?" ”
Bucky Lulu nodded, "You can determine the approximate area." Based on the information gathered by the investigators I dispatched, it is surmised that the path of the other party's MS should be like this. ”
After Bucky Lulu finished speaking, a current star field map popped up in the corner of the big screen that Xiao Ran was looking at. Several flashing dotted lines are marked on it, and a large red dotted circle is drawn on the other side of the dotted line.
"I know you want to take someone to assault the opponent's main ship, but I don't recommend it, I've thought of it as a solution to the situation. But the problem is what you want to get. I want it, and the other side definitely wants it, so it's very likely that the other side's warship has already left that area. ”
"Bucky Lulu......" Xiao Ran looked at Marlu again and asked, "As far as you know, does the Atlantic Federation have such a powerful commander?" ”
Marlu frowned, then shook her head and said, "If it was before, I think General Halbarton should be able to do this, but now I really don't know. ”
Bucky Lulu also shook her head, "No. As far as I know, the other party is so direct. Decisive, even fast-paced command style, I've never heard of anyone like that. ”
Speaking of this, Bucky Lulu's face showed a hint of hesitation: "But what really surprised me was that the other party knew us to the point of knowing everything, and had made very confident arrangements before us, causing the Dawn to suffer a heavy blow, and this time, it was like making sure that we were hiding in the gravel belt, and then sent someone to clean up the gravel belt and seal our retreat, but I feel that the other party's command is very strangely familiar." ”
The Eternal Lux's brow furrowed for a moment, then showed a contemplative expression, and suddenly said, "Then who will be the person who knows us best?" If we think about it this way, maybe we can find a better way. ”
Cagalli on the Pheasant propped her head and began to think: "The person who knows us best? The members of the Archangel I know are all on the Archangel, and there are not many people who know anything about our Pheasant, and the Eternity is even more impossible. ”
"Not really." Lux smiled at Cagalli on the screen and said, "What if the person who knows us best is replaced by the person who knows us best?" ”
Lux's words suddenly caused a wave in the bridges of the four warships, and almost everyone's faces changed, followed by a speechless silence and heaviness.
Xiao Ran patted his forehead with a headache and said with a wry smile: "Malu, Bucky Lulu, did you have a physical examination when you were in Alaska, and then draw blood or something?" ”
Bucky Lulu and Malu glanced at each other through the screen, and both of them had shocked expressions in their eyes at the same time, and they also nodded silently at the same time.
"It's not just a physical examination...... Bucky Lulu gritted his teeth and said, "And we were also checked and questioned in faith, allowing us to provide the most detailed report, and all the video materials in the Archangel were collected, although we had been prepared for a long time, weakened Kira's existence and importance, and also deleted things about Kira in advance, but I didn't expect it to be like this in the end!" Damn it! ”
"I now understand why I feel controlled everywhere, why the other person knows us so well, and why that familiarity is." Bucky Lulu felt very terrible and shocked at the thought that he might be copied, and the thought of someone who was exactly the same as herself, with the same body being fiddled by those who didn't know what it was, only felt anger burning, and her body began to tremble with anger.
Not only Bucky Lulu, but also Marlu showed a panicked look, and unconsciously hugged his hand to his chest and glanced at Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran just smiled bitterly at this time, but he didn't expect to get Bucky Lulu over, but the Earth Army may still get another Bucky Lulu to be the captain of the Lord Angel, is this Bucky Lulu's fate, or the inertia of the development of the plot of this world.
Perhaps noticing Maliu's eyes on him, Xiao Ran turned his head to look at it, and glanced at Malu comfortingly before he spoke: "Lux's speculation is not impossible, hey, if the commander in that battleship is really another Bucky Lulu, the other party will indeed know us very well, Bucky Lulu, if it were you, how likely do you think it would be if I led someone to attack." ”
"Nope." Bucky Lulu gritted her teeth and said, "I will leave as soon as I finish dropping the MS, and I will place a blast mine on the periphery of the gravel belt, and ambush the MS troops, as long as you pass, you will fall into a carefully prepared trap." ”
"Huh......" Xiao Ran exhaled lightly, stood up and said, "Since this is the case, I order, abandon the Dawn and retreat immediately!" (To be continued......)