Chapter 306: A Comfortable Journey to the Red Sea
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Probably due to the destruction of the Desert Tiger and the Receps, the Archangel did not receive any attack from the Zaft side for nearly two days on the way from the Libyan desert to the Red Sea, and smoothly attacked from the desert to the ocean.
Of course, this is not a strange thing, after all, Zaft is in the control range of the earth, the main force on the North African side is the army led by the Desert Tiger, and the other closest troops to the Archangel are Zaft's main base for operations against the Eurasian Federation in Gibraltar.
Not to mention that the Gibraltar base is still reluctant to make a move in the face of the pressure of the Eurasian Federation, just the loss of almost all mobile forces in North Africa is much more important than a mere Archangel, even if the Gibraltar base can send reinforcements, but it is not surprising that Zaft, who is eager to stabilize the previously occupied territory, ignores the Archangel.
The advantage of this is that the Archangel entered the Red Sea unhindered, and after seeing the long-lost sea, everyone who had been tossed by the cheating climate and harsh environment in the desert for ten days or so were excited, even the soldiers and maintenance personnel who had been trained in formal training were also excited-finally no longer had to face the boring desert with no end in sight.
Even the soldiers and logistics maintenance personnel with military discipline were so excited, not to mention the excitement of Sey, Dore, and Miliaria, if they didn't remember that they were on the warship of the Archangel and Marlou were watching, they would have jumped into the surrounding sea water to experience what it was like to swim in the sea.
"Those who want to see the sea can take turns to relax on the deck, but with the most basic security and personnel! By the way, pass this order to the others on board!"
Looking at the excited crowd, Malu also commanded everyone considerately.
"Great!"
"Miriaria, let's go together in a minute!"
"It's been a long time since I've seen the sea on Earth"
Maliu's order caused a burst of cheers from the bridge, followed by a burst of discussion, but Miliaria and Dole were the most talkative of the crowd, while Sei looked gloomy.
"Second Lieutenant XXX, how's that sonar from Zaft going? Haven't you got it done yet?"
In the midst of the excitement, Lieutenant Bucky Lulu smiled as well, but casually connected to the communication channel in Gnaku.
"Lieutenant Bucky Lulu?! I'm dealing with it now, but it's Zaft's stuff after all, and it's still in the final stages of adjustment."
In Gnaku on the Archangel, an uncle in a repair suit responds to Bucky Lulu's question.
"Oh? Please hurry up, in addition, Major Mu, Second Lieutenant Yamato, and Private Liu Qi are still in Gnaku?"
Instead of asking about the sonar equipment recovered from the Repses, Bucky Lulu asked about the three pilots in Gnaku.
"The second lieutenant is busy debugging that sonar, the major is over here, and the private is now planning to go for a ride on the deck!"
After taking a look at the surroundings, the uncle reported to Bucky Lulu.
"Okay, I got it!"
After getting the answer she wanted to know, Bucky Lulu didn't ask anything more, but simply turned off the communication channel. After two hours, Lieutenant Bucky Lulu left the bridge and went out on deck to watch and relax.
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On a deck platform of the Archangel, Liu Qi, who was lying on the deck, looked at the blue water in front of him in a daze, but his mouth kept opening and closing quietly, as if he was saying something.
If someone can approach Liu Qi's side now, they can hear Liu Qi muttering something incessantly.
"Tut-kira's woman's fate is really good, even his own sister doesn't know his identity, she has a good impression of him, but I don't know how the two of them will have expressions if they know each other's identities? I found out that the people I like are actually my own brother and sister."
"Huh?? Frey actually found out and has come up? Tsk, it's quite open, just change it to a small vest and go into battle with a C cup?! Sure enough, European and American women are developing fast! Fifteen-year-olds have this scale."
"Hey, hey, blonde lion, why did you just leave? Why don't you have a good fight with your opponent, what's the matter with just giving in like this?"
Listening to Liu Qi's tone and words, it was obvious that he was using his mental power to peek/peep at other people's situations again, but there was no one else on this idle deck, and what Liu Qi said would not be heard.
"Huh? It's coming."
Suddenly, Liu Qi stopped his words and turned his head to look at the deck door more than ten meters away from him.
"Click-"
Ten seconds later, with a soft sound, the hatch of this deck was opened, and Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, dressed in a white uniform, stepped out of the hatch.
"Natal, I've been waiting for you for a long time, how can I punish you now?"
Bucky Lulu was hugged in her arms as soon as she walked out of the hatch, and when she felt the familiar feeling of hugging herself and Liu Qi's voice, she immediately put her mind at ease, but after feeling the movement of someone's hands and lower body, Bucky Lulu couldn't help but blush, and said a little coquettishly: "Aren't you punishing now?" Ah, it's so itchy."
"It's just normal intimacy after meeting now, but it's not a punishment for being late."
Although Liu Qi doesn't mind prostitution during the day, he won't be so useless that he will let it go after just getting a little cheap.
"What punishment do you say?"
After Bucky Lulu stabilized her body and gasped for a while, she glanced at Liu Qi charmingly and asked a little shyly.
Because of Bucky Lulu's insistence, Liu Qi can only live in bed and can't really go over the clouds with Bucky Lulu, so after some "discussion", Bucky Lulu can only agree to some of the ways proposed by Liu Qi.
"Punishment, let's be like this today" Looking at Bucky Lulu's seductive little mouth, Liu Qi suddenly appeared in a pose that he had done with Nanase Ren and others, and then whispered in Bucky Lulu's ear.
"What? And this?? No way! It's disgusting."
The pure Lieutenant Bucky Lulu obviously couldn't accept Liu Qi's idea, and protested to Liu Qi with a flushed face.
"Huh? Well, that's with "
Liu Qi felt that it was a little difficult for Bucky Lulu to accept it all of a sudden, so he changed to another one.
"Let's try it this night"
Compared with the previous mention of yì, Bucky Lulu felt that Liu Qi's mention was acceptable, so after a little hesitation, she had to agree to Liu Qi's harassment. However, after agreeing, Bucky Lulu touched the two peaks on her chest with her hands from time to time, and couldn't figure out why Liu Qi was so interested in them.
Liu Qi didn't give any explanation for Bucky Lulu's doubts, and covered it up with just a few words, and then the two of them left the deck after enjoying the sea view on the deck for more than half an hour, and returned to the cabin of the Archangel.
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Two days later
On the bridge of the Archangel
Everyone was busy, either testing the Zaft sonar that had just been programmed to use the computer program for Earth Union, or they were busy with the things at hand, and no one paid much attention to the blue sea and white cloud scenery on the screen inside the bridge - at first it was quite exciting to see the sea, but after two or three days in a row to see the exact same sea almost unchanged, the people on the Archangel couldn't help but feel a little aesthetically tired, and even the upper deck relaxation, which was supposed to be a benefit, was not as excited as before, Quan is regarded as a pastime.
"Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, what's wrong? Thinking about something?"
Marlou, who was sitting in the captain's seat, looked at the people below who were doing their jobs and nodded with satisfaction, but when she turned her head to look at the position of Lieutenant Natal Bucky Lulu, the deputy captain, she found that Bucky Lulu was sitting in a chair with a stunned face, as if she was looking like something, and Marlou, who cared about her subordinates, couldn't help but ask Bucky Lulu.
"Huh?! Captain, I、I'm thinking about the risks that the Archangel might encounter when it goes to the Alaska headquarters!!"
Bucky Lulu, who was obviously absent-minded, was asked by Malu like this, and Bucky Lulu, who came back to his senses, hesitated for a moment before pulling out an excuse for the past that he reluctantly said.
"Risk? Didn't we talk about it a few days ago? If the Archangel wants to return to its base in Alaska, it can only take the route of the Red Sea-Indian Ocean-Pacific-Alaska. Is it more dangerous to go to Gibraltar and South America? Still have questions?"
Marlu asked Bucky Lulu in some surprise, looking at the puzzled or puzzled eyes of the others around her, and explained a little about the decision made by the officers of the Archangel when they had just arrived in the Red Sea two days ago - it was not a military secret anyway, but a few of them were not on the bridge at the time and did not know very well.
As for why he chose to take this route instead of going directly to Gibraltar and going directly to Europe under the joint control of the earth, or detouring to South America to return to Alaska, the former Eurasian Federation's history in the Artemis Fortress has already been remembered by everyone, not to mention how to break through the Zaft heavy blockade line at the base in Gibraltar, even if it can reach the area controlled by the Eurasian Federation, there will be no good results - people are estimated to be fine, However, the Archangel and the Strike Gundam are estimated to be directly swallowed by the people of the Eurasian Federation and taken as their own, which is absolutely impossible for Maliu, Bucky Lulu and others to accept.
As for the latter, it is the most unreliable to take the detour of the Federation of Oceania to South America, Oceania and South America are currently under the control of Zaft, and it is expected that the longest time to encounter this road is not to mention, the enemies of Oceania and South America alone are a headache for the Archangel - the ammunition reserves on the Archangel have dropped from full load to 70% after fighting the Desert Tiger, and it is expected that at most after two large-scale battles with Zaft, the Archangel will have to sing an empty city plan, What's worse is that there is basically no chance to replenish ammunition for the next voyage, and the ammunition on the Archangel has to be spared.
In contrast, the Archangel takes the Red Sea-Indian Ocean-Pacific-Alaska route, which is much more reliable, at least as long as it breaks through the defense line of the Oceania Federation occupied by Zaft and the enemies that may be encountered on the ocean, it can reach the Alaska base smoothly, compared to the other two roads, this route has the highest success rate and the greatest possibility of realization!
Of course, this success rate and realization may be based on the above two unreliable routes, what problems will be encountered and whether they can succeed, including Ma Liu, Mu and others in their own hearts are not absolutely sure.
Now listening to Bucky Lulu's words, Malu, who was already a little nervous, immediately became a little anxious, and asked Bucky Lulu directly.
"Captain, it's like this! According to the intelligence of our army's previous battles with Zaft, Zaft's underwater troops are very active, and I am afraid that we will encounter those Zaft's underwater troops along the way!"
Bucky Lulu, who had finally calmed down, looked at Malu and said with a straight face.
"Zaft's underwater forces do have a good chance of encountering them all the way through this, especially after the battle with the Desert Tigers."
Malu listened to Bucky Lulu's words, pondered for a moment, and nodded in agreement with Bucky Lulu's judgment.
If the reputation of the Archangel on the Zaft side of the Earth was not very loud before, after the Desert Tiger, the captain of the white coat of Zaft's great achievements in North Africa (Andrew Barterfield's rank in the Zaft, but the captain does not emphasize that the captain must wear a white uniform on the Earth), the Archangel's reputation within the Zaft on the Earth has definitely increased a lot.
And it is impossible for Zaft not to discover the whereabouts of the Archangel along the way, and it is almost a sure thing that the Archangel who takes the ocean route will encounter the underwater troops specially set up by Zaft in order to target the marine environment and combat on the earth, and the difference is how many enemies it will encounter.
"So Captain! I'll raise the alert level on the Archangel as soon as we leave the Red Sea, and be ready to fight at any time!!"
Bucky Lulu, who was originally just a reason to cover up her gaffe, is now more and more comfortable to say, and she finds that her reason seems to be a real possibility, so Bucky Lulu used her professional knowledge to sort out the various situations that the Archangel may encounter next, and proposed her own proposal to Marlu, who was thinking.
"Good! Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, I've decided to adopt this build of yours!!"
Marlue's vision and judgment are still there, although she may be a little indecisive when directing battles on the Archangel, but the correct advice put forward by Bucky Lulu can still be adopted in time, so she said directly to Bucky Lulu when she thought about it.
"Yes! Captain!!"
Bucky Lulu answered the order and saluted Maliu before sitting down, but Bucky Lulu couldn't help but rub the pair of plump peaks on his chest when he breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel more and more resentful of someone.
Liu Qi was obviously unaware of Bucky Lulu's grievances in the bridge now, and with a relaxed and happy expression, he was now discussing the issue of the Air Overlord with the people in the logistics department in the Gnaku.
"The Airlord can be equipped with Strike Gundam's artillery combat type, sword combat type, and air combat type equipment, but I found that the use of sword combat type equipment is very demanding, and the air combat type is basically not used, like the major's side, it is very good to use artillery combat type equipment, I want to know if there is a spare "Fire God" high-pulse cannon and auxiliary equipment? I'd like to use it as a standby for Unit 2!"
Liu Qi, who was humming a little song in the morning, was in a happy mood after looking at the Airmaster landline that was very well maintained under the repair squad in the Gnaku, and after thinking about it for a while, he asked the uncle who was the leader of the logistics department on the side.
Although Liu Qi felt that it was very cool to cut the turret with the Gundam's ship chopper, but the problem was that he was now driving the Air Overlord instead of the Strike Gundam, and the ship slasher, which was equipped on the Air Overlord fighter body, wanted to exert its combat effectiveness was completely a test of personal operation skills, in contrast, Liu Qi felt that the "Fire God" high-pulse cannon was more suitable for him to fly the Air Overlord to give full play to his firepower advantage - as for the Air Overlord's mobility advantage, it was completely insufficient in front of the five G series Gundams equipped with PS armor cheats.
Although Liu Qi can play the Airlord with the help of NZT and personal psychic power induction, it is more appropriate to use the "Fire God" in the face of the G-series Gundams that he may encounter next.
"If you want to change to artillery combat equipment, it's true that it's more appropriate to use high-pulse cannons in the face of those G-series Gundams, fortunately, I remember that there were several spare parts for high-pulse cannons when I first carried them, and I'll let people take them out of the reserve later!"
The middle-aged repair uncle listened to Liu Qi, the pilot who became famous in the battle of killing the Desert Tiger a few days ago, and he also wanted to give face, so he frowned and thought for a while, and gave a satisfactory answer.
"Thank you!"
Of course, Liu Qi knew how many supplies there were in the Archangel's warehouse, and even how many spare parts there were in the Strike Gundam, but he couldn't show that he was like a prophet yet, so he could only mention it to the maintenance personnel.
So when the Archangel was about to sail away from the Red Sea, Liu Qi's Airlord was already the same as Mu, in addition to the standard non-attached state, there was also a firepower enhancement form with the "Fire God" artillery type, which Liu Qi was preparing to use to deal with those G series Gundams - in other words, the power of this thing is really not clear to many people against those Gundams with PS armor, and even Liu Qi did not get first-hand simulation data about the high-pulse cannon VSPS armor, But I guess it should be stronger than the two large-caliber cannons, airborne beam cannons and missiles of the Air Lord, right?
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March 3, C.E.71
The third day of the Archangel's entry into the Red Sea
The Archangel had just crossed the narrowest point between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and as soon as the Archangel entered the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean was in sight.
However, the Archangel entered a second-level alert posture directly after entering the Gulf of Aden under the mention of Lieutenant Bucky Lulu yesterday, and at least one of the two Airlords and one Strike Gundam as an air force was on standby in Gnaku at all times.
Liu Qi, who knew the next plot development, of course, competed for the first person on standby, and he even sat directly in the cockpit of the Airlord and was ready to go out at any time.
"All staff level 1 combat readiness! Air-King 2 is ready to attack! The enemy confirms that there are at least two air combat MS - Dean!!"
Accompanied by the sound of battle sirens, Miliaria's slightly hurried voice came from Gnaku's loudspeaker.
"Airmaster 2 is ready to attack!"
Liu Qi, who had to lie on the bed alone yesterday because of Bucky Lulu's refusal, now needs a certain target to put out the fire, so with Liu Qi's somewhat fanatical voice, the standard version of the Air-King No. 2 flew directly into the sky with the open ejection deck, and rushed towards the enemy who was aiming at the Archangel! (To be continued.) If you like this work. You are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendations, monthly passes, and your support. That's what motivates me the most......)