Chapter 265: A Discussion of Peace
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"......" -- this was the first reaction of Andrew and Aisha, two senior officers of the ZAFT Army and their families, after hearing Lux's words, and the two of them looked at Luxs and Li Yuan with wide eyes, completely speechless for a while.
Lux's words were too direct, and Li Yuan's identity as the pilot of the new Shura Gundam in the "X" series of Gundams also attracted the attention of Andrew and Aisha - especially the Desert Tiger, who had experienced the baptism of the Shura Gundam less than 48 hours ago, and had an unforgettable experience of the combat effectiveness of the "X" series of Gundams, which was not at all a level of emphasis compared to the Strike Gundam in the original story!
It is no exaggeration to say that in the minds of Andrew and Aisha, Li Yuan, who is now exposed by Big Pink, can be comparable to the value of all the ships and aircraft of several aircraft carrier fleets of the United States in the main world, and it is also abrupt and no one is sent to the port of the Celestial Empire to wait for receiving.
"Big Pink, you're really too natural......"
Faced with the sudden cold atmosphere, looking at Andrew and Aisha, who were shocked and vigilant and weird expressions in front of them, and then looked at Lux who was unconscious and still smiling, Li Yuan muttered helplessly in his heart.
ββAfter a few days of interaction with the Archangel, Li Yuan has a better understanding of the big pink of Lux Klein, and at least determines that the famous big pink singer in "Gundam SEED" does have some natural tendencies. However, he didn't have much interest in the protagonist Kira Yamato, who was originally interested, but was a little curious about Li Yuan himself, which made Li Yuan a little hesitant to deal with this big pink before landing on Earth.
Now that he heard that Lux Klein revealed his identity as soon as he met with the Desert Tiger, Li Yuan, who had confidence in his heart and knew the natural situation of Big Pink, was not much angry, and simply took the initiative to speak.
"Your Excellency Andrew Bartfield, the Desert Tiger, is Li Yuan, the pilot of the Shura Gundam, and I believe that the previous situation has given us all a general understanding of each other. Still, it's a pleasure to meet Your Excellency!"
After patting Lux on the shoulder and signaling Lux to act with him, Li Yuan sat down directly on the sofa in the center of the reception room, and calmly introduced himself to Andrew and Aisha, who were still in shock.
ββ¦β¦ Hehe, I didn't expect that a big man like His Excellency Li Yuan actually brought Miss Lux to me? It's a pleasure to try my specialty coffee?" Seeing Li Yuan's actions, Andrew, who finally woke up from the shock, looked at Li Yuan with strange eyes, laughed dryly twice, and then sat down in front of Li Yuan and asked.
Seeing the actions of her lover Andrew Barterfield, Aisha, the woman, didn't say anything, and sat down beside the Desert Tiger silently, without taking the initiative to shout at Li Yuan or do anything else.
"Coffee? Ok ......"
Listening to the Desert Tiger's words to ease the atmosphere, Li Yuan would not be stupid enough to refuse, and nodded in agreement.
Then, the Desert Tiger stood up directly, performed the process of grinding the best coffee beans he claimed to have obtained from South American Brazil, and then poured a cup of coffee for Li Yuan, Lux, and Aisha in turn with a mellow coffee pot, and finally poured a cup of coffee in front of him.
"It tastes really good...... Drinking Andrew's all-natural coffee, Li Yuan nodded and gave an evaluation, and then leisurely looked at Andrew and Aisha, who put down the cup after just taking a sip, and said with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth: "Presumably, Mr. Andrew wants to understand why I brought Miss Lux here, right?"
"That's right, Mr. Li Yuan, you and Miss Lux are not ordinary, and now His Excellency the Speaker of PLANT is still busy trying to find Miss Lux. Not to mention your identity and importance, if the United Earth Army higher-ups knew that you were here and were detained or killed by me, they would probably order the Eurasian Federation Army to launch a strong attack on the Mediterranean theater and the African theater at all costs......"
Listening to Li Yuan's words, Aisha and Lux's reactions did not need to be mentioned, and Andrew, the Desert Tiger, looked at Li Yuan with a wry smile, but in addition to self-deprecation, there was also a hint of threat in his words.
"Nope! No, I don't think at least in the case of Desert Tiger and Baladia, at least you won't choose to detain or kill me, after all, that's not what you really think, is it?" Regarding Andrew's implicit threatening words, Li Yuan calmly continued to take a sip of coffee and said with certainty.
Not to mention the clues and information that Li Yuan himself obtained in the "Gundam SEED" anime, even if the Desert Tiger Andrew Barterfield really turned his face, the unlucky one would definitely not be Li Yuan who was confident - if the Desert Tiger really did this, Li Yuan would definitely give the other party a big "surprise"!
"Interesting! Why is Your Excellency Li Yuan so sure that I won't do it? The 'X' Series Gundam is the most powerful individual combat force of the United Earth Forces, and there are many people who want to know its secrets. And as the commander of the Mediterranean Theater and the African Theater of the ZAFT Ground Army, I am the enemy in the middle of the war to His Excellency Li Yuan's words......"
Hearing Li Yuan's words, Andrew's expression also changed, and then he looked at Li Yuan with a curious face and asked.
As the United Earth Army and the ZAFT Army, after the opposing identities between the two sides were picked out by Lux and put on the surface, he was able to fool around without pretending to be stupid. In particular, one of the two sides is the commander of the African Theater and the Mediterranean Theater of the ZAFT Ground Force, and the other is the strongest "X" series Gundam pilot of the United Earth Army.
Then turning his head, Andrew Barterfield was a little curious about what made Li Yuan sit in front of him with a big grin, and openly expressed his attitude towards the senior generals of the ZAFT army.
"As for the hands-on aspect, I don't think I'm unprepared......" Li Yuan gave a more reasonable excuse to Andrew Barterfield's inquiry. And after seeing the posture of the Desert Tiger nodding slightly but shaking his head again, he didn't continue to explain where his confidence was, and said very simply: "In addition, as a Desert Tiger who is already a little tired of war, you don't want to provoke another big war in your heart now, do you?"
Li Yuan's words were like a heavy fire, which made the faces of both Andrew and Aisha change, and even the big pink, who had been quietly by Li Yuan's side after just picking out Li Yuan's identity, let out a soft cry of surprise in surprise, obviously understanding the meaning of Li Yuan's words.
ββ¦β¦ Why are you so sure? You know, I've left behind the lives of many Earth Combine soldiers in this desert, and we've just fought a one-sided slaughter!"
After a few seconds of silence, Andrew, who had calmed down, still said to Li Yuan quietly.
After all, Andrew Flatfield, known as the "Tiger of the Desert", is not a hairy boy who is fooled by people in a sentence or two. Although Li Yuan said the secret in his heart in one mouth, this tiger still would not choose to be brought into Li Yuan's conversation rhythm - of course, it can also be considered that the tiger is not willing to admit defeat casually!
"Hehe, Mr. Andrew, in the Oriental language, I will 'the wise man does not speak dark words'!"
Listening to Andrew Barterfield's answer, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth, and then he directly picked out the topic, "Mr. Andrew, as the theater commander of the ZAFT ground army, do you think that without the cover and containment of enough space forces, the ground forces of the Earth United Forces will be silent for so long, except for the occasional attacks in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Australian battlefield, why haven't you launched a full-scale attack?"
"But what does this have to do with me?" Andrew Bartfield's face became grim for Li Yuan's almost clear words, but he still asked rhetorically without admitting defeat.
It is impossible to say that Andrew Barterfield and other people in the ZAFT army do not see that the situation of the United Earth Army is a little weird, whether it is the United Earth Space Force that has the overall advantage and the United Earth Ground Army, which is supposed to have an overall advantage, if you really want to fully use the ZAFT Army, you can do it at least in CE70. In particular, in the absence of seizing the initiative in the universe, in addition to successfully opening up the Gibraltar base and the African front, the ZAFT army on Earth even relies on the repair of industries in the occupied areas for its own material supply and weapons production.
In the half year from CE70 to just CE71, the counterattack of the Earth United in the Mediterranean Theater and the African Theater also made the Desert Tigers see that something was wrong, a large number of recruits enlisted in the army and the equipment of the Earth United Army, which originally had an absolute advantage in scale, was not inferior to the ZAFT ground army, but why did the battle situation take on the way it is now......
"If I told the Desert Tiger that the United Earth Force is now operating in pursuit of peace, then what does the Desert Tiger think?" Without waiting for Andrew Barterfield to think about the big picture that he didn't want to remember, Li Yuan put down the empty coffee cup in his hand and said a seemingly ridiculous possibility.
Peace? Hundreds of thousands or even millions of lives have died on both sides? It's also for peace???
Although no one spoke, except for the thoughtful Andrew Bartfield, the eyes of both the women Lux and Aisha revealed a bit of dazed and disdainful.
"You may think it's ridiculous, but the tragedy on the colonization moon Julius 7 is really not something that the United Earth side wants to see. And on the side of the Earth Union, I believe you also know about the strength of the blue cosmos and the group behind them. Even if the Earth Union prepares to negotiate peace with PLANT, it is impossible for both sides to calm down and accept the peace proposal after the 'Blood Valentine' tragedy at the Yurius 7 satellite......"
Regarding the situation of the three people in the room, Li Yuan simply said the reason why it seemed to be above board.
In fact, even in the "Gundam SEED" anime, after the "Blood Valentine's Day" incident on the Yurius 7 satellite, the whole PLANT was immersed in the slogans of "revenge" and "war", and even the pacifists led by Siegel Klein, the PLANT Speaker, were of a unified voice and chose to support the ZAFT Army and Sarah, the chairman of the National Defense Commission. It was CE71 years after almost a year of bloody fighting that caused heavy casualties to the tuners of PLANT, and it can be said that the revenge of PLANT was consumed with blood and death.
Li Yuan will not fully explain his identity and actions in "Gundam SEED" to Andrew, Lux, and Aisha, but this reasonable excuse alone can already make the three of them associate and make up for themselves.
"Therefore, in the past half a year, the Earth Union has been cleaning up those blue cosmos diehards inside itself, while upgrading weapons and equipment, but it has not carried out a large-scale offensive against the ZAFT army......"
After listening to Li Yuan's explanation, Andrew Bartfield, who obviously made up his own brain, smiled wryly, looked at Li Yuan, and said without knowing whether to laugh at himself or boast of the unity of the earth.
Hearing Andrew Bartfield's explanation, Lux's slightly natural big pink eyes flickered in surprise, and Aisha's words, not to mention, even blocked one hand in front of his small mouth, stopping the exclamation that contained too much secret and information just heard.
"So, Mr. Andrew, what is your opinion now?" Regarding the reaction of Andrew Barterfield and the three, Li Yuan didn't feel too strange, but continued to ask with a leisurely face.
Although before coming to meet the Desert Tiger, Li Yuan did not rule out the proposal and mentality of the Desert Tiger Andrew Barterfield's brain. But now that they actually met, Li Yuan was not so worried - it was obvious that although the Desert Tiger at this time did not officially join the peace camp of PLANT because of the death of his lover in the original plot of "Gundam SEED". But judging from Andrew's performance and reaction just now, it is estimated that this desert tiger has already had his own judgment and psychological inclination as to why he wants to fight and kill!
"What choice can I have when I hear these secrets?"
In response to Li Yuan's questioning, a wry smile appeared on Andrew's face, who had already completed some episodes in his brain, and his eyes looking at Li Yuan were also full of weirdness and sighs...... (To be continued.) )