The MS team consisted of three airframes. Their original plan of attacking from the rear was easily resolved by the Minerva, leaving two airframes behind. This also proved the combat capability of the new warship built by the Zaft army, the Minerva. Even if the hull was damaged in many places, it did not affect the normal performance of the airframe.
But of the two Wendams that were destroyed, one exploded in the air, while the other began to fall after being hit by the fire serpents. Coincidentally, the direction and location of the Wendam that was emitting flames happened to be located at the rear of the Minerva's observation deck. In this situation where everyone thought that the Wendam was destroyed and ignored, it fell directly on the observation deck at the rear of the Minerva.
The moment the Wendam landed on the deck, a loud roar accompanied by a strong vibration assaulted the entire Minerva. After the Wendam hit the deck, it became distorted and dislocated and turned into a huge fireball. The explosion directly blew up the observation deck into several pieces. Below the observation deck was one of the main engines and thrusters of the Minerva.
The explosion of the Wendam seemed to have caused a chain reaction, causing a bright flame to burst out of the thrusters and a roar. Then, the hull shook violently again, and flames and thick smoke rose from the tail as the ship began to deviate uncontrollably and began to fall into the sea.
The two consecutive explosions, the first one had already caused the ship to shake violently. Countless people were shaken by the vibration, and the second explosion caused the ship to begin to deviate uncontrollably. In the bridge, Captain Thalia was almost thrown out of his chair. When he heard the ship's controller, who was tightly gripping the armrest and reporting the situation of the warship, his heart almost sank to the bottom.
"The right engine thruster has been destroyed, and the impact of the explosion has spread to the three starboard areas. The ship can no longer maintain the balance of the hull and has begun to fall."
Captain Thalia gripped the armrest of the chair tightly and hurriedly ordered, "Evacuate all personnel in the dangerous areas immediately and block the affected areas. Everyone, prepare to resist the impact. Turn off the left engine, adjust the angle, and land directly on the sea. Use the raised seawater to extinguish the fire. Activate all weapons to disrupt the attack of the MS and force them to retreat!"
"Reporting, Captain, the Luna Maria has fallen into the sea due to the vibration of the hull after the explosion just now. During the fall, it was detected that the airframe was attacked. We can't contact it for the time being."
Mei Ling looked at Captain Thalia and said in an extremely trembling voice. Because of the explosion just now, the Zagu Warrior happened to lose control during the attack and fell into the sea. During the process, the MS seized the opportunity and hit the airframe. After falling into the sea, Mei Ling even noticed a small surge on the surface of the sea, which meant that something had exploded under the sea.
Not only was Mei Ling's voice trembling, but her body was also trembling. She just hugged her arms with a panicked and helpless expression. After hearing Mei Ling's words, Captain Thalia's eyes widened. He turned to look at the panicked and confused Mei Ling, who was hugging her arms tightly and trembling non-stop.
"Continue to contact them. Urge them to come back immediately!" Captain Thalia gritted his teeth and ordered again, "Rem!"
"It's time for battle. If I leave, the Minerva will be defenseless." Rem's calm voice sounded directly in the bridge, as if he was not affected by the uncertain situation of the Luna Maria.
Captain Thalia hammered the armrest of the chair with his hand and said word by word, "Go find her!"
On the other side of the communication channel, there was a moment of silence. "Understood."
Although the Dominion Angel had entered the battlefield, it was completely unaffected by the war. Bakirulu was surprised to see the situation of the Minerva. Then, Mu's frivolous voice sounded in the bridge. "Ah, that warship is really unlucky to have such a problem in such a situation. It seems that stalling to reduce the pressure on them is useless. What should we do now?"
Bakilulu knitted her brows. The Minerva could be said to have fallen into a real crisis. She didn't expect the Minerva to be so unlucky to have suffered such a huge loss because of an MS fighter jet. Bakilulu sighed helplessly as she looked at the Minerva that had plunged into the sea and stirred up high waves. She picked up the communicator that resembled a telephone beside her and sighed helplessly.
Others might not know the situation, but she and Mu definitely knew something. Especially when it came to the issue of the Real Flying Bird, Bucky Lulu knew very well. Although Mayo, who was piloting the Midnight Gundam, seemed relatively calm now, Bucky Lulu could not guarantee that if the pulse Gundam was really in absolute danger, Mayo would still be so calm. Furthermore, there was still Aslan on the Minerva's side. Now that Aubrey and ZAFT were working together, how could they really watch the Minerva fall into danger without doing anything?
Even if Bakirulu did not have to waste time asking for instructions from Xiao Ran, she knew that Xiao Ran would definitely ask them to help the Minerva immediately. The current situation did not allow Bakirulu to think too much. Solving the Minerva's predicament decisively was the most important thing to do.
Following Bakirulu's actions, her voice was transmitted to everyone's ears through radio waves. "This is General Aube's Angel. I'm Natalie Bakirulu. I'm here to officially announce to the Zaft Army that the Allied Forces will stop fighting immediately. Our army belongs to the third neutral country and has always been committed to world peace. As the representative of Prime Minister Aube, Xiao Ran, any act of war within the safe range of our ship will be regarded as a serious provocation by our army. If the battle continues, our army will attack the Zaft Army and the Allied Forces indiscriminately."
"I repeat, the Zaft Army and the Allied Forces please stop fighting immediately …"
Bakirulu's words were transmitted to everyone's ears through radio waves. Captain Thalia on the Minerva was also stunned by Bakirulu's words and choice. Although she said that the Allied Forces would attack indiscriminately if the battle did not stop, Captain Thalia understood that she said it to help them.
After hearing Bakirulu's words, Rei, who was in the midst of battle, let out a sigh of relief without anyone knowing. He piloted his Airframe and destroyed a Wendam that was prepared to ignore Bakirulu's words and continue attacking the Minerva. After that, he dropped his weapon and jumped into the sea to search for the Zagu Warrior piloted by Luna Maria.
In the middle of the battlefield, the pilot of the Messiah Gundam, Aslan, was also surprised when he heard Bakilulu's words. However, he immediately gritted his teeth and operated the Gundam to quickly escape from the enemy's encirclement while the enemy was still in a daze. He also said in the communication channel, "Really, don't continue to be entangled. Quickly leave this place."
Rei's eyes were still in a daze and unblinking state, but compared to the expression on his face, his hands and feet were moving quickly and his brain was reacting at a high speed. Even though his head and clothes were soaked in sweat and there was a hint of fatigue between his eyebrows, he did not stop fighting.
Previously, he had used SEED out of anger. Due to his impulsive nature, he had fallen into the Allied Forces' encirclement that was specifically targeted at him. Even Aslan and Heine were pinned down in the middle of it. With three Airframes, they had to deal with enemies that were more than ten times the size of the Ms team. The enemy was only responsible for intercepting them, dodging their attacks from afar and replacing them with another Airframe. This kind of continuous attack method had indeed restricted the three of them for quite some time.
Of course, Aslan and Heine had also defeated some of the enemy's enemies. However, under the tactics that the Allied Forces had specially designed for Rei, the results were quite limited. Other than wasting time to get themselves surrounded, they did not have much effect at all. The Allied Forces had made a lot of preparations for this battle, including the tactics and formations that they had researched for a period of time specifically targeted at ace pilots. This involved many aspects, and it also required a period of cooperation and training to achieve such an effect. Although they were all a group of small fries, and even if they were combined, their strength was not great. However, by relying on this kind of battle strategy, they succeeded in restraining three Airframes with minimal losses. It could be said that this was very impressive.
Aslan's words made Rei come to his senses. He immediately pulled the control stick and drove the Pulse Gundam away quickly. His hands were tightly gripping the control stick on both sides of the control stick because of his incompetence.
ZAFT's side intended to retreat, but the Allied Forces, who had the absolute advantage, would not give up this advantage and their strategic goal just because of Bakirulu's words. After the commander of the Allied Forces reacted, he waved his arms angrily and ordered the troops to continue attacking. He even ordered the entire fleet to move forward and gradually close in on the Angel. The cannons of the battleships were also readjusting their angles, completely ignoring the fact that the Angel was stuck in the middle. They were ready to continue attacking the Minerva that had fallen into the water.
After a short pause, the MS fighters began to rush towards the Pulse Gundam, the Savior Gundam, and the Flame Tiger. The MS fighters that surrounded the Minerva also continued to attack.
After seeing this scene, Mu whistled and said, "Looks like someone doesn't take us seriously."
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