Macross Empire

"Very good! The performance of the flame phoenix has exceeded my imagination. Just one thought can manipulate the body according to my ideas..." Hongyue Kalian, who was sitting in Li Yuan's arms, said excitedly after listening to Li Yuan's words. I just tested the cosmic body.Then after saying a few words, he came to his senses, and while pressing Li Yuan's mischievous hands, he said coquettishly, "Don't change the subject! What were you guys discussing just now?"

"It's just a fool! I don't know how many lives will be lost because of that fool..."

Regarding Hongyue Kalian's words, before Li Yuan and Leila had time to say it, CC, who helped Li Yuan massage, took the initiative to speak, and explained to Hongyue Kalian in a lazy tone.

"What a fool..." Listening to CC's explanation, Hongyue Kalian froze for a moment, then thought about the exclusive Gundam "Raging Phoenix" she just tested and the Gale-class No. 1 ship that was going to be inspected today, and agreed. .

In the eyes of Hongyue Kalian and other insiders, the actions of Sara, the chairman of the National Defense Committee who now controls PLANT, are indeed a bit stupid.Do you really think that the PLANT and ZAFT forces can control the moon now?Not to mention the Gale-class battleships and Gundams that have been produced now, but the improved TIE fighters, Thunderbird II, Bigelow and other MAs that have been fully refitted by the Moon's United Space Force, as well as the improved Drake-class, The Nelson-class and Agamemnon-class warships are not something that the ZAFT army can take down in one blow, let alone the best expectation of the National Defense Chairman Sara is to take down the moon in one battle...

"Okay, let's not talk about that fool, let's take a look at the new Gale-class battleship!"

Hearing that Hongyue Kalian, CC and even Leila were planning to discuss this topic, Li Yuan shook his head and interrupted the conversation of the three girls, and directly brought the topic back to the main purpose of today's visit.

Regarding Li Yuan's proposal, Hongyue Kalian has no objection, CC is also indifferent, and only Leila is smiling.Afterwards, the group walked out of the lounge and headed towards the battleship factory, completely ignoring the "secret" operation that Sarana was informed of before it even started...

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Li Yuan and his team didn't take the actions of Plant Defense Chairman Sara seriously, but the National Defense Chairman Sara didn't know it, but started to plan the plan and implementation steps of the "Moon Raider" in a serious manner.

Therefore, the ZAFT army's ground forces on the earth have repeatedly launched reconnaissance on the space ports under the joint control of the three major earth ports, Victoria Space Port, Kaohsiung Space Port, and Panama Space Port. And a small amount of high-mobility Zeon also carried out reconnaissance operations on the L4 satellite group and the equator line on the earth, and made a gesture of cooperating with ZAFT's ground forces on the earth to seize the United Earth Spaceport!

At the same time, PLANT and ZAFT spread the news that "the ZAFT army is going to attack the space port" in the United Earth and the moon, and secretly made a final confirmation of the situation of the United Earth Space Force on the moon.

After conducting a series of tactical deception operations, National Defense Chairman Sara determined that the time was ripe, and began to order the ZAFT army to carry out the "Moon Raiders" combat operation!

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On June 70, CE6, after the ZAFT army carried out the reconnaissance and judgment operations of disrupting the earth alliance with multi-strand modified Lorasia-class warships and old-fashioned high-mobility Zeon, normal Zeon, and Xigu MS, they directly Assembled all the Nazca-class warships currently in the ZAFT army, and more than 30% of the modified Lorasia-class warships (installed with large force field shields and peripheral multi-barrel missile launchers), directly attacked the moon's Earth United Universe The army launched a surprise attack!

However, ZAFT's expected surprise attack did not start smoothly. A United Earth Space Force patrol team encountered on the road "coincidentally". When the ZAFT army's surprise attack was still some distance from the moon, it announced The raid that was originally planned was discovered in advance by the Earth United Space Force on the moon.

As a result, faced with this situation, the commander of the ZAFT army, who had no choice but to give up halfway, could only bite the bullet and order the fleet to move on, and soon opened the prelude to what was later called the "Battle on the Moon"...

Chapter 237 Battle of the Moon ([-])

On July 70st, CE7, in the cosmic domain around the moon, there was already a great war coming.

Outside the defensive firepower circle of the Earth Joint Base on the moon, the improved Lorasia-class warships and Nazca-class warships assembled by the ZAFT army in this operation are densely packed in the universe, posing an offensive posture.And around the fleet, the Zaku Type I MS, which no longer needs to be kept secret, is also wandering around the fleet under the control of the driver.

On the other hand, the warships of the United Earth Space Forces, which are much more numerous than the ZAFT army, are also confronting each other not to be outdone. Improved Drake-class warships, improved Nelson-class warships, and improved Agamemnon-class space carriers are all in space. Formation.The improved TIE fighter equipped with two 20MM Gauss electromagnetic guns is replaced with six 35MM electromagnetic guns and the slightly improved Thunderbird II MA, and there are more than one hundred large MAs like Bigelow. Then it appeared in the fleet, surpassing the ZAFT army on the opposite side in terms of quantity and momentum.

In this case, neither the ZAFT Army nor the Earth United Space Army stepped forward to fight immediately. Instead, they stabilized the formation of both sides first, and then Zaku I, the improved TIE fighter, and the Thunderbird II MA carried out the battle. Small-scale vanguard reconnaissance battle, while the new MS and MA are conducting test operations, while trying to scout the details of the fleets of both sides.

As a result, during the forward battle, both the ZAFT MS pilot and the MA pilot of the United Earth Space Force felt surprised. Whether it was the excellent performance of the Zaku I or the improved Tie Fighter and Thunderbird II, they all proved the degree of difficulty of the two airframes. , It even made the staff officers of both sides feel sad and gray-haired-before the real fight, the staff officers of both sides thought that their weapons would be stronger than their opponents after being replaced/improved.

However, the confrontation between the two sides and the striker scouting for the exchange of fire did not last long!

When Layla in the lunar base gave the order to attack first, the confrontation and striker battle that lasted less than half an hour was cancelled, and the MS of the ZAFT army and the MA of the United Earth Army directly rushed towards the opponent and killed them. past……

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After the "Battle on the Moon" officially started, ZAFT's MS group and Earth's United MA group took the lead in attacking each other.

In space, the Zaku I, which is generally painted green, quickly conducts maneuvering and dodging operations. At the same time, the beam rifle, anti-ship beam gun, and missile launcher in the hand pour firepower on the opposite MA cluster without hesitation!

This time, the new type of MA equipped by the Earth United Space Force has faced severe challenges. In addition to the heavy MA of the Bigelow, the light MA of the improved TIE fighter will directly turn into a ball of fire no matter it is hit by a beam rifle or other weapons. The probability is more than 90%.The Thunderbird II medium-sized MA is slightly stronger, at least the survival probability of Zaku I's beam rifle and missiles is relatively high, and the survival probability of the driver and the combat effectiveness of the MA are still acceptable if the key is not hit.

In contrast, Bigelow, a large MA that can be described as an "iron tortoise shell with sharp teeth", shows strong performance and survivability, unless it is attacked by a small number of 300MM high-energy anti-ships in the Zaku I cluster. The beam cannon hits directly, otherwise, whether it is the beam rifle or the missile on the Zaku I in ZAFT, it will be helpless to Bigero's thick armor.

However, the improved MA of the Earth United also caused Zaku I of the ZAFT army some headaches. Although Zaku I, who was compressed into a dense formation, is much stronger in defense than Jin and Xigu, but the force field of Zaku I After all, the defense has a limit, and now when faced with the improved MA attack of the Earth United, some unlucky ones are broken and turned into fireworks from time to time.

On the battlefield, the three 3mm Gauss electromagnetic guns and two missile launchers on the most numerous improved TIE fighters are of course not weak in firepower, but they are still inferior to the Thunderbird II and Bigelow.At least if the improved TIE fighter is 20VS1 with Zaku I, most of the dead must be the improved TIE fighter.But now on the densely populated battlefield, the improved TIE fighters have truly fulfilled the role of cannon fodder fighters. Eighty percent of the MAs lost by the United Earth Space Force are simple to drive, easy to produce and maintain, and not weak in firepower. The light MA.

On the battlefield, Thunderbird II and Zaku I basically meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. It depends on whether the force field shield on the MS is broken or the Thunderbird II armor can't bear it, and then the unlucky one becomes fireball.

In the case of Bigelow, except that two MAs were unlucky to be hit by the anti-ship high-energy beam cannon held by Zaku I, and turned into fireballs in the universe, the other Bigelows basically performed three sets of arrows. , and then Thunderbird II and improved TIE fighters act as wings, and then conduct a quick assault on Zaku I and split the combat steps of annihilation!

Although this tactic, which was brilliant in the first battle of Yakin Duwei last time, was a bit dull in the face of Zaku I, the new equipment of the ZAFT army, but the 150MM against the thick-skinned Bigelow Ship beam cannon and 50MM Gaussian electromagnetic machine gun, Zaku I still cannot have certain combat advantages like the improved TIE fighter and Thunderbird II, and it is fate and luck to escape by chance. Most Zaku I are directly Shielded and torn to shreds.

If it is roughly estimated on the battlefield now, one Zaku I can basically be exchanged for three to seven improved TIE fighters and Thunderbird IIs, while Bigelow’s words are completely out of luck and luck, and will be replaced. The ZAFT army shot down one!

Although the United Earth Space Force is somewhat disadvantaged by this exchange ratio, it is acceptable, but the commander of the ZAFT army still can't stand this kind of MS and MA exchange ratio that is much more diligent and better than the first Yakin Duwei battle—— PLANT How many people are there in total?Even if the ZAFT army is all sold out at this exchange ratio, they will not be able to take down the moon!

"Order the Zaku I-type mobile suits in the battlefield to retreat, the Nazca-class warships will attack forward, and the Lorasia-class warships will spread their wings to outflank! We must destroy the MA group and battleship formation of the Earth United Space Force!!!"

Looking at the report that more than [-] Zaku Is had been lost, the supreme commander of ZAFT in a Nazca-class warship finally couldn't bear this cruel attrition war, and chose to use a new type of warship to open up the situation.

No way, PLANT really can't bear this kind of war of attrition that can kill thousands of people in an hour, and as the commander of the ZAFT army, he also knows the intention of the chairman of the national defense committee, Sara. The idea of ​​the United Earth Cosmic Army directly fighting off, but trying to win at a small price!

But the current situation on the battlefield is not as good as expected at all. Although the performance of the Zaku I-type MS is much stronger than that of Jin and Xigu, it has not formed a breakthrough in the MA of the Earth United Space Force. The situation of the war of attrition.After seeing the current situation, the commander of the ZAFT army could not make the choice to retreat immediately. He could only bet on the victory of the Nazca-class space battleship and the improved Lorasia-class battleship.

After receiving the order from the commander of the ZAFT army, the Zaku I-type MS cluster in front began to fight and retreat, while the Nazca-class space battleship and the improved Lorasia-class space battleship also took action, forming a wild goose formation. Start to slowly advance on the battlefield, trying to divide the MA cluster and battleships of the United Earth Space Force and destroy them one by one...

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At the same time, the Earth Union was located inside the base on the Moon.

"Order the [-]th and [-]th Fleets on the two wings to attack, and the [-]rd, [-]th, and [-]th Fleets and the MA Group to follow and press forward, and prepare for a frontal decisive battle with the ZAFT Army!" After seeing the actions of the ZAFT Army, in one Layla in the command room of a Gale-class battleship gave a decisive battle order to the combined space fleet outside without hesitation.

Well, Leila, who knows the scale of the ZAFT army's operation and the general combat power data, of course understands that five space fleets and MA clusters are definitely not enough. Even if they can force the ZAFT army back, it will definitely hurt their vitality.But most of the Drake class and Nelson class on the fleet outside are blue cosmos elements temporarily recruited as cannon fodder, and most of the former elites of the United Earth Space Force and the members who were accepted by Layla are in the new fleet middle……

"What's the situation with the other Gale-class warships and their associated warships of the First Fleet?" After giving the order to send the temporarily recruited blue cosmos elements to death, Leila turned her head and asked the communication staff officer.

"Report, the First Fleet is fully prepared and ready for battle at any time!"

Hearing the question from the "Valkyrie" I was looking forward to, the combat staff officer who was born as an indigenous resident of the world of "Gundam SEED" was shocked, and replied to Leila very respectfully.

"Very good..." After showing a smile in satisfaction with this answer, Leila ignored the combat staff officer who was fascinated by her unintentional smile, turned her head and looked at Li Yuan and CC behind her, and then Only then did he directly turn on the light screen in front of him, and asked Hongyue Kalian, who was wearing a driving suit and helmet in the light screen, directly: "Karen, how is it? Are you ready?"