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Chapter 237: Battle of the Moon One

On July 1, CE70, the cosmic region around the moon was already in the midst of a great war.

Outside the defensive firepower circle of the joint base on the moon and the earth, the improved Loracia-class battleships and Nazca-class battleships assembled by the ZAFT force in this operation are densely packed in the universe to take an offensive posture. Around the fleet, the Zagu I MS, which no longer needs to be kept secret, is also roaming around the fleet under the control of the pilot.

On the other side, the United Earth Space Force warships, which are much more numerous than the ZAFT Army, are also not to be outdone, and the improved Drake-class battleships, the improved Nelson-class battleships, and the improved Agamemnon-class space carriers are forming in space. THE IMPROVED TITANIUM FIGHTER EQUIPPED WITH TWO 20MM GAUSS ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNS, AND THE THUNDERBIRD II MA WITH SIX 35MM ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNS AND A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED FUSELAGE, MORE THAN 100 LARGE MAS LIKE BIGRO ALSO APPEARED IN THE FLEET, SURPASSING THE OPPOSITE ZAFT ARMY IN TERMS OF NUMBER AND MOMENTUM.

In this case, neither the ZAFT Army nor the United Earth Space Force immediately stepped forward to fight, but first stabilized the formations of the two sides, and then conducted a small-scale forward reconnaissance battle by the Zagu I and improved titanium fighters and the Thunderbird II MA, while the new MS and MA conducted test operations, while trying to reconnoiter the details of the fleets of the two sides.

As a result, in the front-line engagement, both the MS pilots of ZAFT and the MA pilots of the United Universe Force of the Earth were surprised, whether it was the excellent performance of the Zagu I or the improved titanium fighter and the Thunderbird II, which proved the difficulty of the two airframes, and even made the staff officers of both sides have a feeling of gray hair - before the actual battle, the staff officers of both sides can think that their weapons are better than the opponent after being changed/improved.

However, the confrontation between the two sides and the exchange of fire between the strikers did not last long!

When Layla, who was in the lunar base, gave the order to attack first, the confrontation and forward battle that lasted less than half an hour were canceled, and the MS of the ZAFT Army and the MA of the United Space Force of the Earth directly killed the opponent in the direction of the opponent......

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After the "Battle of the Moon" officially began, the MS group of ZAFT and the MA group of the Earth Union took the lead in attacking.

In the universe, Zagu I, which is generally painted green, quickly carried out maneuvering dodge operations, and at the same time, the beam rifle in his hand, the ship-type beam cannon, and the missile launch nest did not hesitate to pour fire on the opposite MA cluster!

This time, the new MA equipped by the United Space Force of the Earth has been severely challenged, in addition to the Bigelow heavy MA, the improved titanium fighter This light MA has a probability of more than 90% whether it is hit by a beam rifle or other weapons. The Thunderbird II medium MA is slightly stronger, at least the survival probability of the beam rifle and missile in the face of Zagu I is still relatively high, and the survival probability of the pilot and the combat effectiveness of the MA are still okay if they are not hit.

IN CONTRAST, BIGELOW'S LARGE MA, WHICH IS TO BE DESCRIBED AS AN "IRON TURTLE SHELL WITH SHARP TEETH", SHOWS STRONG PERFORMANCE AND SURVIVABILITY, UNLESS IT IS DIRECTLY HIT BY A SMALL NUMBER OF 300MM ANTI-SHIP HIGH-ENERGY BEAM CANNONS IN THE ZAGU I CLUSTER, OTHERWISE WHETHER IT IS THE BEAM RIFLE OR MISSILE ON ZAGU I IN ZAFT, IT IS A LITTLE HELPLESS AGAINST THE THICK ARMOR OF BIGRO.

However, the improved MA of the Earth Union also gave Zagu I of the ZAFT Army a bit of a headache, and the Zagu I, which was compressed into a dense formation, was much stronger in defense than Jean and Xigu, but Zagu I's force field defense was limited after all, and now in the face of the improved MA attack of the Earth Union, there are unlucky eggs that are broken from time to time and turn into fireworks.

On the battlefield, the three 20MM Gauss electromagnetic guns and two missile launchers on the improved titanium fighter with the largest number are certainly not weak in firepower, but they are still inferior to the Thunderbird II and Bigro. At least if the improved titanium fighter is 1VS1 with Zagu I, most of the dead will definitely be improved titanium fighters. However, now on the battlefield that has become dense, the improved titanium fighter has really fulfilled the situation of cannon fodder fighters -- eighty percent of the MAs lost by the United Space Force of the Earth are light MAs that are simple to pilot, easy to produce and maintain, and not weak in firepower.

On the battlefield, Thunderbird II and Zagu I basically meet in a narrow way, and the brave wins, depending on whether the force field shield on the MS is broken or the armor of the Thunderbird II can't withstand it, and then the unlucky guy in it turns into a fireball.

Bigelow's words, except for the two MAs that were unlucky enough to be hit by Zagu I's hand-held high-energy beam cannons, which turned into fireballs in the universe, the other Bigelows basically performed a group of three as arrows, and then the Thunderbird II and improved titanium fighters acted as wings, and then carried out a quick assault Zagu I and divided the combat steps of annihilation!

ALTHOUGH THIS TACTIC, WHICH SHONE IN THE FIRST YAJIN DUWE BATTLE LAST TIME, WAS A LITTLE SLUGGISH IN THE FACE OF ZAGU I, WHICH WAS NEWLY EQUIPPED BY THE ZAFT ARMY, BUT IN THE FACE OF THE THICK-SKINNED AND THICK-SKINNED BIGRO 150MM SHIP BEAM CANNON AND 50MM GAUSS ELECTROMAGNETIC CANNON, ZAGU I STILL CAN'T HAVE A CERTAIN COMBAT ADVANTAGE LIKE THE IMPROVED TITANIUM FIGHTER AND THUNDERBIRD II.

Now if you roughly estimate on the battlefield, a Zagu I is basically exchanged for three to seven improved titanium fighters and Thunderbird II, while Bigelow's words are completely in luck and luck, and one will be shot down by the ZAFT army!

Although the United Space Force of the Earth suffered a little from this exchange ratio, but the commander of the ZAFT Army still couldn't stand this MS and MA exchange ratio, which was much faster and better than the first Yakin-Duwey battle - how many people were there in total? This exchange ratio, even if the ZAFT army is all spelled out, it will not be able to win the moon!

"Order the Zagu I MS in the battlefield to retreat, the main formation composed of Nazca-class battleships to step forward and attack, and the Loracia-class battleships are scattered on both flanks and outflanked! It is necessary to break the MA group and battleship formation of the United Universe Force of the Earth!!"

Looking at the report that more than 400 Zagu I units have been lost, the supreme commander of the ZAFT, located in a Nazca-class battleship, finally could not stand this brutal war of attrition and chose the plan of opening the situation with new warships.

There's no way, PLANT really can't afford this kind of attrition war that can kill thousands of people in an hour, and as the commander of the ZAFT Army, he also knows the intention of Sarah, the chairman of the National Defense Commission, not to directly fight the elite forces on hand with the Earth United Space Force, but to try to win at a small cost!

But the current situation on the battlefield is not as good as expected, and the performance of the Zagu I MS is much stronger than that of Jean and Xigu, but it does not form a breakthrough in the MA of the Earth United Space Force, but a war of attrition. Seeing the current situation, the commander of the ZAFT Army could not make the choice of retreating immediately, and could only bet on the victory of the NASCAR-class space battleship and the improved Lorazia-class battleship.

After receiving the order conveyed by the commander of the ZAFT Army, the Zagu I MS group in front began to fight and retreat, while the Nazca-class space battleships and the improved Lorazia-class space battleships also carried out operations, starting to slowly advance on the battlefield in a goose-shaped formation, trying to split the MA group and battleships of the Earth United Space Force and break them individually......

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At the same time, the Earth Union was located at the base of the Moon.

"Order the Sixth and Seventh Fleets on both flanks to meet the attack, and the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Fleets and MA clusters of this formation will follow and press, preparing for a head-on decisive battle with the ZAFT Army!" After seeing the actions of the ZAFT Army, Layla, who was in the command room of a Gale-class battleship, did not hesitate to give the order for a decisive battle to the Combined Forces Space Fleet outside.

Well, Leila, who knows the scale and general combat effectiveness data of the ZAFT Army's operation, of course understands that the five space fleets and the MA cluster are definitely not enough, and even if the ZAFT Army can be forced back, it will definitely be greatly damaged. However, most of the Drake-class and Nelson-class members on the fleet outside are blue cosmos elements who have been temporarily recruited as cannon fodder, and most of the previous United Earth Space Force elites and members who were subdued by Layla are in the new fleet......

"What happened to the First Fleet's other Gale-class ships and attached ships?" After giving the order to send the improvised Blue Cosmos Men outside to their deaths, Layla turned to the communications staff and asked.

"Report, the First Fleet is all ready for battle!"

Hearing the question of the "Valkyrie" he longed for, the combat staff officer who was originally a native of the "Gundam SEED" world replied to Layla very respectfully.

"Very good......" After Lu (Crab), who was satisfied with this answer, showed a smile, Layla ignored the combat staff officer who was fascinated by her unintentional smile, turned her head and looked at Li Yuan and C.C behind her, and then directly opened the light screen in front of her, and asked directly to the red moon Kalian who was wearing a driving suit and helmet in the light screen: "Kalian, how is it?" Are you ready over there?"

"It's ready! My Flame Phoenix, White Light Knight, and Black Dream Demon are all ready!"

Hearing Layla's inquiry, Karen of Red Moon, who had already ascended her Gundam, replied very dryly.

"Very good! So, let's wait for the best time......"

Nodding satisfactorily to Red Moon Karen's answer, Layla talked to Red Moon Karene for a few words, then turned off the light screen and looked at the situation in front of her that had already begun to exchange fire between space battleships, and began to wait silently......

Chapter 238: Battle of the Moon II

Not to mention that Layla is hiding her killer weapon and waiting for the best time, and the battlefield has now entered a white-hot level!

After the commander of the ZAFT Force ordered the battleship formation to be dispatched, the Earth United Space Force formation that was ordered by Leila also pressed up, and the two sides directly increased from the previous MS and MA battles to the extent that the battleship formations fought each other.

Almost in a few minutes, when the Zagu I cluster of the ZAFT army retreated to the main formation and the two wings, the MA cluster of the Earth Union was directly killed, but soon the MA cluster found that the space battleship that attacked the ZAFT army did not hit the iron coffin like the last Yajin Duwei battle, but directly hit the barbed steel walnut!

After the first battle of Yakin-Duwey, the improved Loracia-class space battleship, which was re-estimated by the PLANT staff and refurbished 24 hours a day, was the first to collide with the MA group united with the Earth.

AFTER THE MODIFIED DESIGN, THE IMPROVED LORASIA-CLASS BATTLESHIP HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED WITH A LARGE FORCE FIELD SHIELD DEVICE PROTECTION, A 350MM TWIN-MOUNTED MAIN GUN TURRET, A 120MM BEAM TWIN-MOUNTED SECONDARY GUN TURRET X8, AND MISSILE LAUNCH TUBES X6 ARMAMENT. Although the overall performance and improvement potential cannot be compared with the ZAFT Force's new warship Nazca-class, it is much stronger than the improved old warship of the United Universe Force on the other side. In particular, its own survivability and resistance to the MA cluster are far from being as easy as the MA pilots of the United Universe Force of the Earth expected.

Just as soon as they fought, the Earth United Space Force rushed to the MA clusters on both wings and paid a heavy price!

THE IMPROVED TITANIUM FIGHTERS, THE 20MM AND 35MM GAUSS ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNS AND MISSILES ON THE MA OF THE THUNDERBIRD II COULD NOT REACH THE LARGE FORCE FIELD SHIELDS ON THE IMPROVED LORASIA-CLASS BATTLESHIPS, AND THE DEFENSIVE FIREPOWER ON THE IMPROVED LORASIA-CLASS BATTLESHIPS WAS EXTREMELY FIERCE, AND THEY BEGAN TO POUR FIRE ON THE MA CLUSTER LIKE THE LAST TIME THE YAKIN-DUWEY UNITED EARTH SPACE FORCE BATTLESHIP.

In the face of the defensive firepower network formed by the 120mm beam secondary guns and missiles on the improved Lorazia-class battleships, the improved titanium fighters and the Thunderbird II MA could not get close at all, and they had to turn into fireballs when they were hit by a beam cannon and missiles. And the ability to pose a threat to the improved Lorasia-class battleship Bigelow is under the heavy care of the ZAFT Army's space battleship firepower and Zagu I, and even if it can destroy a ZAFT space battleship, it will pay a very heavy price.

Similarly, the UCOM's MA cluster, which faced the ZAFT Honjin and the NASCAR-class space warships, suffered even greater losses, with a quarter of the UCO's MA cluster being consumed on the battlefield in a matter of minutes, and the result was only the destruction of five improved Lorasia-class warships and hundreds of Zagu I MSs.

Fortunately, at this time, the warships of the Earth United Space Force finally arrived, attracting the space warships of the ZAFT Army to fight, so that the MA cluster, which had suffered heavy losses, finally took a breath.

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"Fire!! The target is the space warship formation of the Earth United !!"

After discovering that the battleship formation of the United Earth Space Force had entered the range of his side, the supreme commander of the ZAFT Army, who looked much better, did not hesitate to give the order.

In fact, without the need for an order from the Supreme Commander of the ZAFT Army, the captains of the ZAFT Army paid attention to each other as soon as the battleships of the United Earth Space Force began to move, and not those MAs of the United Earth Space Force - fools know that no matter how many MAs they fight, they have not directly destroyed a single enemy space battleship.

After the order of the Supreme Commander, the space battleship of the ZAFT Army, which was sure that the opponent had entered the range of its main guns, opened fire without hesitation!

In an instant, more than one-third of the space battleships of the ZAFT army all opened fire, and the crimson beam of the 350mm triple or double beam cannon main gun was like dense lightning, directly clearing out the improved titanium fighters, Thunderbird II MAs and even Bigro that dared to stand in their way, and then plunged into the battleship group of the Earth Union.

Time froze almost instantly, but in the next second, dozens of large fireballs rose up in the universe!!

With just one salvo of main guns, the ZAFT Army's space battleships have the record of sinking 17 improved Drake ships, sinking 5 improved Nelson-class ships, and even one Agamemnon-class space carrier being damaged.

After receiving this blow, which can be called a blindfolded blow, the battleship formation of the United Universe Force of the Earth was a little chaotic, and the blue cosmos elements, who were a little panicked by the firestorm and losses of the battleship, fully showed the panic of the recruits, but finally calmed down under the loud shouts of the captains who were more experienced (referring to training and simulated combat experience), and began to prepare for the relevant matters of counterattacking the enemy in some trembling.

"Don't panic! TMD is now on the battlefield, and if you panic, you will find your own death!! Hurry up and fire on those ZAFT Army ships and destroy those damn ZAFT Space Battleships!!" Under the shouts and control of these captains, all the spaceships in the United Space Force of the Earth that were within range began to fire back at the ZAFT.

After the same quite spectacular beam cannon and even long-range missiles were rained down, the losses caused to the ZAFT army were insignificant, and the United Universe Force of the Earth, which was almost three times the number of the opponent, only achieved the result of sinking two warships!

Well, this huge disparity is not due to other reasons, the large force field shield mounted by the ZAFT army on the space battleship has greatly increased the safety of the space battleship. And for these Earth United Space Forces that are attacking now, the modified Drake, Nelson, and even Agamemnon-class Space Carriers rely on their own armor to resist the main guns of the ZAFT Army's space battleships, and the gap between the two warships in this situation is obvious.

After the United Space Force launched a counterattack, the commander of the ZAFT Army did not stop, but took advantage of the superiority of his space warships to order the MS troops to cooperate with the Space Fleet to launch a full-scale attack on the MA and battleship groups of the United Space Force of the Earth, trying to take advantage of the current battlefield advantage to decide the victory in one fell swoop!

The battleships of the ZAFT Army and the Zagu I swarmed fiercely, and the battleship group and MA group of the United Aerospace Force of the Earth were caught in a bitter battle on the battlefield. In addition to the numerical superiority, the United Space Force of the Earth has a slight advantage over the ZAFT Army in the large MA Bigro, and is inferior to the ZAFT Army in other aspects, whether it is warships, medium and light MAs, and even the defensive fire circles of various bases on the moon cannot help the attacking United Space Force of the Earth.

In the face of the unfavorable situation on the battlefield now, the United Space Force of the Earth is still gritting its teeth to support the stability of the entire battle situation, whether it is the blue cosmos elements who refuse to admit defeat to the ZAFT Army composed of adjusters, or the members of the United Space Force of the Earth who are pushed out as a necessary sacrifice, they are all desperately fighting against the ZAFT who sees the hope of victory and is full of momentum.

However, just when the commander of the ZAFT Army thought that victory was now in sight, Layla, who was in the moon base, was finally ready to take a hard hit on the ZAFT Army, which was already entangled......

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Lunar base, located in the command room of the Gale-class 1 battleship painted crimson.

"The First Fleet is all out! ZAFT Army !! in the target battlefield"

Seeing that the ZAFT Army could not resist the temptation of victory, as she expected, launched an attack on the United Earth Space Force's ordered to attack the Blue Cosmos Molecular Space Battleships that had been stuffed with one-third or one-half in the name of "expanding the army" and "bringing the old with the new", Layla finally gave the order to the long-awaited combat staff officers in the command room.

"Yes! Sir!!"

"The First Fleet is all out! The target is those ZAFT army !! in the battlefield"

"All !! dispatch" ……

Listening to the order given by Leila, the combat staff officers who had been waiting for a long time in the command room of the Gale-class No. 1 ship did not hesitate to convey the combat order issued by the supreme commander to the other warship communications officers of the First Fleet.

In just a few tens of seconds, this lunar base, which originally didn't look strange, opened the floodgates for warships to enter and exit. Then, new Drake II and Nelson II warships, which were different from the improved Drake and Nelson classes, and completely different in size and armament, began to take to the skies.

However, surrounded by two or three hundred new Drake II and Nelson II warships, 11 Gale-class space battleships with hull lengths of more than 500 meters, several large-caliber main gun emplacements and other dense weapons, painted red and eye-catching, make people can't help but focus on these 11 behemoths!

"Rush forward! Let those bastards of ZAFT taste our awesomeness !!" In the command room of the new warship, the captains of the warships who had just looked at the battlefield with grievances shouted one after another.

However, it was not these space warships that were the fastest, from the eleven Gale-class space warships and Nelson II warships, the three shining shadows that ejected and the hundreds of Bigelows that ejected out were used as sharp knives, and they were directly inserted into the battlefield where the situation was extremely chaotic at the fastest speed...... (To be continued.) )