In the universe, the lonely shuttle quickly moved towards the fleet that was gathering in the distance. After receiving Xiao Ran's message, Dilandar immediately began to mobilize the ZAFT fleet in the universe. He also gathered all the patrol fleets around the earth together. Battleships also converged in the direction of the gathering point from all directions.
After all, twenty-four hours was not a long time. Almost two hours had passed, and the progress of the battleships gathering had not reached the level where they could start the battle. At this time, Aube's fleet on the Pillar of Heaven was also moving towards the same place. Further away, the large fleet led by the ZAFT's large space carrier was also rushing towards the gathering point at full speed. The destination of Xiao Ran's shuttle this time was the large space carrier personally overseen by Dilandar.
As for the Messiah Cosmic Fortress of the Zaft army, because of the tight schedule, they couldn't arrive at the scheduled meeting point before the battle began. Just from the direction of PLANT to the moon, with the mass and speed of Messiah, it would take several days. Therefore, in this battle, the Messiah Cosmic Fortress could only stay in PLANT and not participate in the battle.
Xiao Ran had arranged for all the members of the Silver Hand to enter space within three hours, but this was only so that the team and combat power could be integrated as quickly as possible. However, after a discussion between the ZAFT's military commander and Aube's Mina, due to the necessity of gathering forces, they extended the time for the integration of the team to eight hours, leaving sixteen hours to launch the attack on the moon base on time.
Xiao Ran only found out about this when he arrived at the large space carrier of the ZAFT army and met with Dilandar. But Xiao Ran had no objection to this. Mina's ability in command and battle arrangements was not bad, otherwise she would not have been called the God of Shadow Army. It could be said that Mina had good talent and level in this area. Of course, after experiencing so many worlds, Xiao Ran's ability in this area was not inferior to Mina's. But because of his identity as a participant, although Xiao Ran would use various advantages to reduce the difficulty and trouble of the mission, most of the time, especially when he was sure that he had the upper hand, he preferred to complete the battle by crushing the enemy head-on.
Therefore, Xiao Ran fully understood and understood the arrangements and arrangements of Mina and the ZAFT military commander. Whether it was the limitations of realistic conditions or based on battle arrangements, eight hours of preparation time was indeed not harsh. But in the battle that followed, it was necessary to ensure that the joint lunar base was completely suppressed within ten hours. On this point, Xiao Ran never lacked confidence in crushing the enemy.
Perhaps it would even take less than sixteen hours for Xiao Ran to lead the many participants of the Silver Hand, with the help of Aslan, Kira, Mu, Mayo, Zhen, Rei and a series of other high-level pilots in this world, to directly destroy the joint lunar base and destroy the joint ultimate weapon, Requiem.
Xiao Ran followed Dilandar to the operations command room of the starship. At this time, the operations command room that belonged to the ZAFT was also very busy. The CIC officers with headsets kept talking into their headsets. A group of people in the black and white uniforms of the ZAFT army were also discussing the battle plan around a large table.
It was not until Xiao Ran and Dilandar walked in and were discovered that the entire huge operations conference room suddenly became quiet. Everyone, whether standing or sitting, straightened up and saluted in the direction of Xiao Ran and Dilandar.
After nodding to the people who saluted, Dilandar looked at Xiao Ran with an equally serious face and said, "Lord Xiao Ran, you're a soldier, so you know more about the battle than I do. I'll let someone explain the current situation and the joint defense line to you first. I also hope that Lord Xiao Ran can give some suggestions for everyone's reference."
Xiao Ran nodded and walked to the front of the huge table with Dilandar. He looked at the specific battle diagram with the moon as the core that was projected. Dilandar also nodded to a middle-aged man in a white military uniform beside him. The latter began to speak directly, "Hello, Lord Xiao Ran. According to the information we have received, two hours have passed since the last twenty-four hours."
"At present, the assembly progress of our troops has reached 32%. It will take at least two to three hours to complete the mobilization and convergence of all troops. Aube's fleet has also given a specific time of arrival. There is still an hour left."
"After the two sides converge, our total force will reach 102 warships, including 78 ZAFT warships and 24 Aube warships. In total, the number of MS-class warships that can be deployed is more than 1,000."
"We will integrate and command the troops of both sides within eight hours. For this reason, Prime Minister Mina Lund has left Aube and is on her way to our ship. She should arrive at the same time as Aube's fleet."
"According to the battle plan, we will split into two groups after the battle begins. The first group will attack the joint lunar base directly from the front. Once the two sides are in a battle of attrition, the second group will detour from the side of the moon and seize the opportunity to directly destroy the joint's ultimate weapon, Requiem. Once the Requiem is destroyed, our goal will be achieved. After that, we can avoid direct confrontation with the joint forces and completely eliminate the joint forces with minimal cost."
Xiao Ran didn't nod or shake his head. He crossed one hand in front of his chest and rested his chin on the other hand. He listened to the person next to him while looking at the image displayed on the table. From the image displayed on the screen, the joint fleet was also moving. Judging from the route, they were moving towards the rendezvous point agreed upon by Aube and ZAFT.
Seeing the joint fleet's route, Xiao Ran frowned slightly and turned to look at the person who spoke. The person saw Xiao Ran's eyes and seemed to know what Xiao Ran was thinking. He replied, "The joint fleet has already started moving when we started to converge. These are the two standard joint fleets. The number of warships is uncertain. In the situation where we don't know how much strength the joint forces have now, we and Prime Minister Mina Lund have agreed that before the official battle begins, we should completely wipe out this fleet in one fell swoop to weaken the joint forces."
"For this purpose, we have also specially set up a second rendezvous point." As the person's voice trailed off, the second rendezvous point on the map began to flash and the specific coordinates popped up. Xiao Ran glanced at it and whispered, "Near the moon, huh? Taking advantage of the battle here to launch a frontal assault on the second rendezvous point, the joint forces that have already converged are the remaining three. This risky battle plan is probably proposed by our Prime Minister."
The middle-aged man who spoke nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Yes, this plan was proposed by your Prime Minister Mina Lund, and our ship is not part of the remaining forces. Although there is a certain risk, we all agree to use this plan. After all, we have Lord Xiao Ran, a powerful pilot who can single-handedly change the situation on his own. We also have our super ace, True Flying Bird, Rei Za Baril, and the Goddess of Victory, Minerva. Victory in this battle is indisputable."
Xiao Ran nodded and looked at Dilandal beside him. He said, "It's just two fleets. Although there are a lot of them, it's not impossible to deal with. Help me contact the Aube fleet of the Main Angel and the Pillar of Heaven. Tell them to follow Mina's instructions and launch a frontal assault on the joint forces' fortress. Tell Captain Mary Lamias to exchange duties with Captain Natale Bakirulu after the Main Angel enters the universe and rendezvous."
Dilandal nodded and looked at another person. The person who Dilandal looked at nodded and walked away. He began to contact the Aube side on behalf of Xiao Ran and passed on Xiao Ran's orders.
Xiao Ran turned to look at the map on the table again and said, "The joint forces' combat power is slightly lower than ZAFT's. The other party only sent two fleets to attack. Although they have the purpose of disrupting our deployment and preventing us from rendezvous, have you not considered why they are so confident that they can disrupt us?" "Of course we have considered that.
"Of course, we have considered this. According to our speculations, this fleet is likely to carry a certain number of high-yield nuclear warheads, so the difficulty of this battle is to completely destroy those troops carrying nuclear warheads. And it's not just us here; the troops at the second rendezvous point may also encounter the same problem. We should also take the situation of the joint base launching Requiem in advance into the battle plan, so we have also arranged for your Silver Hand and our ace troops to attack the first intermediary point of Requiem. Once the first intermediary point is destroyed, the threat of Genesis will be reduced by half."
Xiao Ran nodded. As if suddenly thinking of something, he asked, "President Dilandal, how many intermediary points have you destroyed since I reminded you to destroy the intermediary points?"
Dilandal shook his head. "It's very difficult to find an intermediary point in the universe. So far, our army has only found two. We don't know how many intermediary points are scattered around the earth. In short, destroying these two intermediary points won't change the current situation."
"I understand." Xiao Ran exhaled softly. There were now a total of three weapons that could cause large-scale destruction and killing. One was the Requiem that was now under the joint control of the joint forces, the second was the New Genesis of ZAFT's cosmic fortress Messiah, and the third was Xiao Ran's large MED warhead and large reaction warhead.
Currently, ZAFT's Genesis was too far away, and because it was a new version of the Genesis that was specially configured for the cosmic fortress, its power was far less powerful than the Genesis used in the last war. It could not achieve the possibility of attacking the moon base from the direction of Messiah, but it could still pose a huge threat to the fleet.
The two warheads in Xiao Ran's hands could not be used at ultra-long range. It could be said to be the smallest of the three weapons, but its power was not small either. One warhead could destroy an entire fleet, and it could even directly hollow out a part of the moon, completely destroying the joint base and the Requiem.
The Requiem had the longest attack range, the attack diameter was not small, the powerful penetrating and cutting ability, and the ability to change angles and destroy a large fleet, but the charging time was the longest. One attack could directly destroy Aube, and it could also destroy several of PLANT's hourglass colonies. The power and range of this weapon were completely superior to the Genesis.
Among the three weapons, the Requiem represented long-range destructive power, the Genesis represented mid-range destruction, and the two warheads represented close-range nothingness. Due to the differences between the three weapons, it was difficult to determine which of the three weapons was better. However, the MED warhead had the possibility of completely defending against the first two types of attacks.
The small black hole produced by the MED warhead could be used for attack, but of course, it could also be used for defense. Once it detonated in front of the Requiem's attack path, the energy of both the Requiem and the Genesis would be completely absorbed by the black hole. Although the Requiem could destroy Messiah with one shot, Messiah's mobility as a cosmic fortress made it difficult for the Requiem to hit it. The Genesis also had the ability to directly destroy the Requiem at mid-range, and its charging time was shorter than the Requiem's.
After thinking about the three weapons, Xiao Ran sighed. "For the next twenty hours, the Requiem will not be able to be used, and the Genesis will not be able to be used at all. It will take at least a few more hours for the Angel to arrive. Once the battle starts, there is no guarantee that the Angel will arrive on the battlefield. In other words, in the beginning of the battle, except for the joint use of nuclear bombs, the two sides will be in a stalemate. They can only advance based on the number of troops and the strength of their combat power."
"Could it be that this mission was only issued after it was calculated that everything needed to be completed with true strength? If it was the Milky Way Singer … Sigh, at this point, the Main Angel that was originally reserved for certain missions will only become less and less useful as the mission difficulty increases. I'll either have to modify it or give it up. It's better to prepare a small MACROSS class for the team."
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