After the conversation between Cruzet and Xiao Ran, the world was shocked by the battle between Aube and the joint fleet. The joint fleet, which had invested three times the number of troops, had actually lost. On the other hand, Aube, who was the least optimistic, had not developed much in the past two years, and had only produced one new mass-produced machine in the past two years, had actually won in the end. Moreover, he had won with less than one-third of the joint fleet's forces.
In this battle, there were two key points that attracted the most attention. The Midnight Gundam's first appearance in the battle was a rather domineering provocation against the joint fleet during the harassment operation. Not only that, but it even managed to destroy one of the new machines. Under the leadership of the Midnight Gundam, the Midnight Gundam managed to achieve a terrifying result against the joint fleet's superior numbers, destroying more than ten of the joint fleet's battleships and retreating safely.
The second highlight was the Justice Gundam. When the joint fleet launched a counterattack, many people speculated that the Midnight Gundam's beam reflection ability had indeed given the silver machine the upper hand in the previous battle, and the joint fleet's counterattack should have found a way to deal with the Midnight Gundam.
But to everyone's surprise, other than the golden Dawn Gundam, the silver Gundam, which was the absolute main force, did not appear. Instead, it was replaced by a new model that was entirely black in color, similar to the Justice Gundam. This black machine displayed astonishing combat ability after it launched its attack. The kind of hovering weapon that had only appeared once two years ago and had never appeared in the atmosphere after the end of the war appeared again. In a very short period of time, it was unstoppable and destroyed four of the joint fleet's specially-made machines one after another, finally winning the counterattack.
In fact, both the joint fleet and the ZAFT had been researching this kind of hovering weapon that could be used in the atmosphere, especially that strange light particle. Unfortunately, they had not made any progress in the past two years. Without a sample, they could not analyze the light particle, let alone create a hovering weapon that could be used in a gravitational environment. At most, they could only research a backpack of small MAMs that could be used in the atmosphere. Each machine could only carry one or two of them at most, completely unable to display the power of a hovering weapon, nor achieve the flexibility of a hovering weapon in a gravitational environment.
It could be said that in this world, only Xiao Ran could truly use a hovering weapon in the atmosphere and gravitational environment. Many people were very curious about this kind of technology, but no one dared to propose such a technology exchange to Aube or Xiao Ran. Two years ago, Xiao Ran had already shocked and frightened the world, and now, two years later, he would bring a huge change to the world.
Later on, many people who were in contact with Aube knew that the pilot of the Midnight Gundam was Xiao Ran, and the pilot of the Black Justice Gundam was also Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran's power to change the situation of the battle with one man and one machine was feared and worshipped by countless people. In addition to having such a strong individual ability, Xiao Ran's leadership and influence over Aube was definitely at its peak. In addition to having a strong individual, he also had the support of a country that, although currently weak, still had a certain level of foundation. The world's transformation could be said to be right before their eyes.
Before this battle, even if some people knew that Xiao Ran had returned to Aube, they didn't really believe that Xiao Ran could take over Aube again and change the current situation and weakness of Aube in just a few days. However, the reality was out of everyone's expectations. In addition to Xiao Ran's usual strength, the Black Justice Gundam's immense combat power gave him a guarantee of strength.
In addition to the Justice Gundam, Aube's Army also had many mecha of unknown origin in this battle. The silver Midnight Gundam, the silver Dawn Gundam, and as for the Black Savior, Chaos, and Abyss, there were reports that they had appeared, but the mecha of those participants were also unknown. The only thing that could be confirmed was that those mecha had decent combat power.
Xiao Ran's return alone had given Aubrey such a powerful boost in strength in just a few short days. This didn't even include the Pillar of Heaven's Defense, the Pillar of God's Will, and the three different colored and equipped Heretics that Aubrey didn't have much to do with. However, no one knew that the red Heretic only looked similar to the Heretic in appearance, but it was completely different from the red Heretic in both its inner and outer structure. Furthermore, once it displayed its full strength, it would definitely be much more powerful than what it appeared to be.
The failure of this battle showed the world that Aube was about to rise again. It also seemed that Xiao Ran would once again reign supreme like he did two years ago. He would suppress the Alliance and Zaft so much that they wouldn't dare to fight again. Once again, the world would return to the path of peace. It wasn't just some countries and factions. In fact, countless civilians in the world hoped that Xiao Ran would continue to rule Aube. Because only with Xiao Ran ruling Aube, the Alliance and Zaft wouldn't dare to continue to cause trouble.
After such a failure, they had only managed to destroy a military port, a garrison base, a dozen or so residential buildings, some warships, and some MS. Other than breaking through Aubrey's defense line once, they did not do anything else. Aubrey had used this battle to prove his side's strength. Similarly, Xiao Ran had also used this battle to establish a higher authority and support for his side.
For the Alliance, the emergence of Xiao Ran and the reemergence of Aube was an extremely uncomfortable thing for them. At this time of all-out war with Zaft, having such a powerful and uncontrollable existence on Earth who was sought after by more neutral forces and countries would definitely have a huge impact on their next actions.
As for Aube, even if they were to fight again, the Alliance would have to gather more and more powerful forces, even several times the size of this failed Alliance fleet, to ensure that they would have an advantage in the battle. But for the current Alliance, it was indeed difficult to gather such a huge force in the case of an all-out war with Zaft. They would need more mass-produced aircraft, more battleships, and more elite mecha.
And even if they did gather such a large and powerful fleet to attack Aube, there was no guarantee that Zaft would not choose such a time to appear, take advantage of the Alliance's weakness to attack them, or even take the initiative to attack from the rear during the battle with Aube.
And if their forces were too small, the higher-ups of the Alliance were not sure whether they would be able to gain an advantage in the battle with Aube. Or, like this battle, it would end up as a joke, and add to Aube's fame.
Under such circumstances, the Alliance fell into silence. The group of warmongers in LOGOS were also helpless and angry, but then they came up with a crazier idea that made them happy. They wanted the Alliance to increase military purchases to develop more powerful MS, and the entire World Security Alliance to increase military purchases to purchase more MS. Some people even proposed the idea of using nuclear bombs on Aube.
But this idea was quickly dispelled. As a core member of LOGOS, many people knew that Aube's Xiao Ran was definitely crazier than him. As long as the Alliance dared to use nuclear bombs, that madman would definitely dare to throw more nuclear bombs on the Alliance's head, the Blue Persian Chrysanthemum's head, and even their heads.
In fact, they were thinking too much. If the Alliance really dared to use nuclear bombs, then Xiao Ran would definitely dare to do something even crazier. It would not just be a matter of throwing nuclear bombs. Once a MED bomb was used, any defensive bunker would be useless. Everything would be destroyed under the nothingness created by the MED bomb. Not to mention, he had already done the act of throwing garbage on Earth before. Even if he did it again, he would not have any psychological pressure.
The Alliance and LOGOS were not sure if they could destroy Xiao Ran and his seemingly powerful mecha even if they used nuclear bombs, but the only thing they were sure of was that once Xiao Ran really went crazy and threw nuclear bombs on them, no one would be able to stop him. And the Alliance could not bear the huge pressure to use nuclear bombs on Earth to deal with Aube, a country with a large population of natural people. Otherwise, it would completely violate the original intention of the World Security Alliance. Even if this intention was just a pretense, if the Alliance really dared to use nuclear bombs on Earth, it would probably make many countries that joined the Alliance unhappy. The Alliance was more worried that once they made such a move, whether it was Aube or ZAFT, they would once again drag the world into the vortex of nuclear war. Then, the Alliance would really become the common enemy of the entire world.
Of course, not only was the Alliance aware of this, even Xiao Ran, who was in Aube, knew that no matter what, nuclear bombs were absolutely not allowed on Earth. This was an unspoken rule, so even when the Alliance attacked Aube, Xiao Ran had never considered using large reactive warheads on Earth, let alone large MED warheads, which would have a more serious impact.
Aube's victory, in addition to the Alliance, also made one person very worried. This person was the current speaker of PLNAT, Dilandar. Aube's strength was completely beyond his expectations. Even if ZAFT was very powerful, it would be extremely difficult for them to deal with the current Aube. Aube's increasing strength made Dilandar feel that his plan was getting more and more out of control. Fortunately, although Aube did not agree to the alliance with PLNAT, he did not see ZAFT as an enemy. Instead, he had the same goal as Dilandar, which was to target the Alliance and the World Security Alliance.
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