Chapter 255: Overture to the Battle of Orb!
Ten days after the Archangel entered the neutral nation of Orb, on May 25, CE71, the Panamanian offensive and defensive battles broke out. But what is shocking is that it took less than two hours for the ZAFT side to completely take the Panama base, completely annihilating the guarding forces, including the main force of the Atlantic Federation, and destroying the mass accelerator it possessed.
The reason why ZAFT was able to achieve such results was that in addition to the overwhelming superiority of the MS troops over the Earth Army, it was also the powerful power of the new combat weapon Odin Divine Thunder that was invested in this battle.
It's just that with the destruction of Panama's mass accelerator, there are no other mass accelerators in the hands of the Earth Union, which is equivalent to directly cutting off the path of the Earth Union into the universe, trapping them in the Earth, and they can only be bullied by the ZAFT army.
So, in order to change this situation, the Atlantic Federation immediately set its sights on Orb and Victoria Harbour, which also have mass accelerators.
They already had a plan to attack Orb, and now they were more and more determined.
However, the fact that the Atlantic Federation is not interested in Victoria Harbor does not mean that the Eurasian Federation and the East Asian republics will not.
At the moment, their relationship with Orb is deepening, so it doesn't mean that they don't want their own mass accelerator.
Victoria Harbour, although they don't want to attack either, but the situation can't tolerate them.
On June 1, the Atlantic Federation began to appeal to the neutral "United Equatorial Union", "Republic of Scandinavia", and "United Emirate of Obu" and other countries that have maintained neutrality. It's just that the United Earth is using the media and other means to make large-scale propaganda to the public. Privately, however, they demanded that governments join the coalition in an almost intimidating manner.
Thus, when the time reached June 13th, all the other neutral groups except the "United Emirate of Orb" joined the United Earth Organization. Became a protector of the United Earth.
It's not these neutral soft eggs, but the current Atlantic Federation and Blue Cosmos are simply mad dogs, and in this situation, even if they only superficially join, it is better than being bitten by a mad dog directly rushing over and biting them.
But, no matter what, Orb will not give up neutrality.
For the "United Emirate of Orb", which is still stubbornly resisting. The Atlantic Federation issued an ultimatum to lift Uzmi within 48 hours. Ulla. Asghar was immediately dissolved and disarmed from his position.
For already crazy in general. At present, it can be regarded as a militaristic Atlantic Federation, or blue cosmos, and Orb still has no intention of compromising.
So, on the afternoon of the day of the notice. A nationwide evacuation order was issued. Prepare for an impending attack.
"All assembled!" Maliu, who had also received the news that Orb was about to engage the Combined Fleet, thought for a moment before giving orders to the crowd.
Subsequently, both the workers who were outside for repairs and supplies, and the soldiers resting inside the Archangel, all rushed to Gnakune, waiting for instructions from Captain Maliu.
"Now, the main fleet of the Atlantic Federation Army is on its way to Orb." A moment later, Maliu, who walked into Gnaku with Bai Tangjing, Mu, Cagalli, and Ledniel, stood on a makeshift podium made of three ammunition boxes and said with a serious expression.
Forthwith. Some of the soldiers who didn't know the current situation immediately subconsciously let out a low cry.
"If you don't join the Blue Earth Force to fight against PLANT, you will be considered a ZAFT supporter. That's why. Ignoring the exclamations of the soldiers below, Malu continued to explain the reason for the combined fleet's march toward Orb.
The so-called "Blue Earth Army" is a satire on the fact that the Blue Cosmos and the Atlantic Federation still claim to be the United Earth, which is now effectively disbanded.
"What is this!?" One soldier said in surprise.
"The Orb government still wants to maintain a neutral position, although diplomatic efforts are still continuing, but unfortunately, as long as you see the current situation of the Earth Army, I have to say that the possibility of avoiding fighting is very low." "Now Orb has ordered the people of the whole country to evacuate from the city and around the military control facilities, prepare for the upcoming war, and go into a defensive state. So we have to make a choice, now that the Archangel is an escape ship, and our own position is not certain, what should we do in this form? ”
"It's not an order, and I don't have the authority to ask you to do it. If you can't avoid it, the battle starts at 09:00 the day after tomorrow. Should we fight to protect Orb? Or it shouldn't. All of us have to judge for ourselves, so those who wish to take this opportunity to disembark are requested to withdraw from the ship now and take refuge in accordance with the instructions of the Orb government. ”
"Thank you all for following an unreliable captain like me here." At the end of her words, Malu bowed and thanked the soldiers standing in several rows in front of her.
In addition to Maliu's enlightenment and the preparation of the Archangel, Bai Tangjing finally ushered in hope.
The Miracle Gundam has finally been completed, and even though it has not yet been measured, it has reached a level of satisfaction in all aspects.
And, really. Asuka and Mayu. Asuka, the training they conducted has also yielded initial results, and they may be able to catch up with this battle.
The mech developed by Miracle Corporation is not limited to Miracle Gundam, but also other mechas. Some of them are used to support the Orb Army at a low price, and the other part is used to arm Marvel's own stealth troops.
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Five hours after the Earth Union sent an ultimatum, Bai Tangjing, who had received the latest information, shook his head and sighed: "Tsk...... It's a good calculation, the army and its own high-level are left as victims, and the scientific researchers and their families of the Dawning Society are sent to ZAFT, and the families of the high-level are sent to the United Earth side, Uzmi still can't get rid of the concept of betting on both ends? ”
However, he is a good politician. Those who only know how to make a desperate bet are okay, and if they lose, they have no chance of turning over.
Although, the current Orb is much better than the original plot, with the secret support of all parties, plus the weakened Atlantic Federation, the outcome of the war is still undecided.
Even so, it leaves a way back for Orb, so that's where Uzmi's shrewdness lies.
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"It's time!" When he saw that the second hand on his watch had reached 12 o'clock and the hour hand was facing 9 o'clock, Azra Aelul, the chairman of the Blue Cosmos on the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Atlantic Federation, said like a mad dog, "The battle begins!" ”
When the commander in the flagship command room heard the words of the top boss, he immediately gave the battle order!
With this order, the Atlantic Federation fleet, which had already set up a combat formation in the open sea of Orb and had been preparing for a long time, immediately launched an attack, and the missile launch ports on the ships were opened, and then with countless "whooshing" sounds, thousands of small and medium-sized missiles were quickly shot out of the missile launch ports, and these hit rates of more than five kilometers under the effectiveness of the Zaft neutron jammer could only watch God's killing weapons drag a long tail of smoke and fly in the direction of Orb! (To be continued.) )