Chapter 731
After the Storm
Chapter 731 After the Storm (Wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!)
The news of the fall of Panama shocked the entire human world.
While the world's attention was attracted by the base island construction project launched by the East Asian Republic and the ZAFT attack on the project, and people were speculating on who the final winner would be, the first to fall was the Panama base on the other side of the ocean.
This result caught everyone off guard, and they were all secretly lamenting ZAFT's ruthlessness.
Because, in the battle on the uninhabited island, not only did the ZAFT side fail to successfully break through the defense line, but it paid a huge price, losing several submarine motherships, a large number of MS troops and thousands of ZAFT soldiers whose whereabouts were unknown.
But these costs became meaningful the moment Panama fell.
"Damn it!! These damn adjusters!!!"
The young man swept away all the documents on the desk, and his angry roar resounded throughout the room.
"President Azrael. We are so sorry! This was our negligence!"
Standing in front of the table, the man in the Earth Alliance uniform spoke with some fear.
Although the angry young man in front of him was not a member of the Earth United Army, he was the president of the radical faction Blue Cosmos within the Earth United Army - Murta Azrael.
"No! This is not your problem."
Murta Azrael waved his hands, tried to calm himself down, and sneered a few times.
"This is because the Adjusters are too cunning. We had already used that ship as bait and sent it to East Asia, letting those wild dogs of ZAFT hunt it. But we didn't expect that in the end, those wild dogs of ZAFT would feint and seize our Panama. Humph! What a good calculation!"
Murta Azrael snorted.
"What do the councillors say?"
"The councillors are discussing that if Panama cannot be recaptured quickly, then they will try to seek help from East Asia, and even use Kaguya in Orb as a way."
"East Asia?"
Murtagh Azrael chuckled.
"That country is currently building a solar power generation system! I'm afraid they don't have the spare capacity to allow others to use their mass accelerator. Moreover, the solar power generation system cannot be tampered with without permission."
As he spoke, Murta Azrael let out a long sigh.
"It would be great if I could meet that Lieutenant Colonel He Ming! A natural person who can design a solar power generation system, well, is indeed qualified to be one of the leaders of our Blue Cosmos."
Murta Azrael couldn't help but feel regretful when he recalled the regret he had missed with He Ming at the Alaska headquarters.
If Murta Azrael had known at that time that He Ming had taken out this solar power generation system that was enough to change human history during the battle of Nova, he would never have allowed He Ming to take over.
Murta Azrael's fingers gradually tapped on the tabletop, as if he was playing a musical instrument.
As the frequency of his fingers tapping became faster and faster, his mind became more active.
"Well, I heard that He Ming and that someone had a conflict with the guards of the experimental base in a town near the Alaska headquarters?"
"Yes. At that time, Lieutenant Colonel He Ming and Lieutenant Natal Bakilulu were crossing the ice field back to the Alaska headquarters after the plane crash. On the way, they encountered one of the experimental subjects who escaped from the experimental base."
"An escaped experimental subject? You're lucky!"
Murtagh Azrael exclaimed in admiration.
"So, what about the test subjects in the same base?"
"Those who resisted fiercely have been dealt with. The rest are undergoing adaptive training."
"MS? Is that the data sent back by that ship?"
Murta Azrael narrowed his eyes slightly. After the Eighth Fleet successfully reunited with the Archangel, the Archangel did follow Halberton's orders and transmitted the combat data of the Archangel and the Strike Gundam since Heliopolis back to the Alaska headquarters.
The intention, of course, is to let the top leaders of the Earth Alliance see the potential of Plan G.
But unfortunately, this intention has become the fighting power of Blue Cosmos.
After hesitating for a moment, Murta Azrael stood up.
"Boss, what are you doing?"
"I'll go to the meeting. If we let those congressmen sit there and discuss, I'm afraid they won't be able to come to a conclusion until ZAFT brings its fleet to the gates of its Alaska headquarters."
"Moreover, if possible, this may be an opportunity. An opportunity for me to meet Lieutenant Colonel He."
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"Is this a battle to divert attention?"
After the battle, He Ming, Sergei, Lockon and Salamantini gathered together to discuss the previous battle.
"Yes. I didn't expect that ZAFT had planned to include our island and Panama together from the very beginning."
He Mingjiang unfolded in front of his companions the communication signals that Arduino had scanned and intercepted, as well as the abnormal number of landing capsules and the landing trajectory.
"From the retrospective review, ZAFT did not intend to put all its forces on this island from the beginning. Otherwise, why did the orbital airborne troops hanging over our heads hold back?"
“But those guys were hanging around on the track all day and really fooled everybody.”
Lockon spread his hands and shrugged.
"That's true. But it is undeniable that if our fleet failed to stop the fleet sent by Carpentaria, I'm afraid those orbital airborne troops would fall directly on our heads instead of attacking the Panama base."
Salamantini raised her hand and swiped across the projection screen a few times, freezing the map at the coordinates of Alaska.
"After the fall of Panama, I'm afraid ZAFT's next target will be the Alaska headquarters."
"If it's the Alaska headquarters, the Earth Federation will probably ask us for reinforcements."
He Ming frowned.
If this is the case, the Alaska headquarters may become a trap.
A trap that doesn't distinguish between friend and foe.
What's more, now that Panama was captured several months earlier than the original timeline, many incidents may arise.
While everyone was discussing, the communication from the bridge rang and Feng Yun's voice was also heard.
"Lieutenant Colonel He, news has come from home. The Earth Union Headquarters has requested that our country participate in the consultation meeting with Orb."
"Negotiation?"
He Ming's expression changed slightly.
"Kaguya Accelerator?!"
"Yes. According to the news from the country, the Alaska headquarters originally wanted to requisition our accelerator, but after proposing it, they voluntarily gave up the idea and instead asked us to participate in the consultation meeting with Orb."
"What a good plan! However, Orb will not allow their Kaguya Accelerator to be used to transport troops to the Earth Alliance and participate in the war with ZAFT."
(End of this chapter)