Chapter 396 Exposed? Then don’t hide it!

"What's going on?" Malu and Lacus frowned when they saw that the 3rd and 4th mobile fleets of the Earth Army had weakened their attacks and even began to retreat in an orderly manner.

"Notify the MS troops not to pursue and wait and see!" Malu and Lacus immediately ordered. The retreat of the Earth Army fleet was very abnormal. Although they were suppressed, they were not at a disadvantage. As long as they were ruthless, it was possible to break through their blockade.

Moreover, Artemis was destroyed, and the Earth Army fleet should be in a hurry to destroy Genesis. Why did they retreat instead?

At this time, the communicator that Malu had been carrying on her body rang.

"This is it!"

This communicator was given to her by Wang Liumei. It was a secret channel for contacting Duan Halberton. She also planned to contact Duan Halberton after repelling the 3rd and 4th mobile fleets. Unexpectedly, the other party came to her first.

All the messages on this communicator were triple encrypted, and a special decryption code was needed to view the content of the message. Wang Liumei handed it to Malu, and after less than a minute of decryption, Malu saw the content.

"This is it!"

"Captain Lamias, what message did the other party send?" Lacus asked, and Baki Lulu and others were also looking forward to it. They all knew that this communicator was dedicated to contacting Duan Halbottom.

"General Halbottom is now acting as the commander-in-chief of the lunar crater base. He ordered the 3rd and 4th fleets to retreat."

"What?"

"So fast?"

Everyone was surprised. How long has it been? Duan Halbottom has regained power and controlled the lunar crater base? This is impossible, right?

"Is it a trap?" Baki Lulu suspected that the sender was not Duan Halbottom, Duan Halbottom had been exposed, and the communicator had fallen into the hands of others.

"It's possible, but not certain." Malu and Lacus nodded in agreement, but did not deny that this was Duane Halbottom himself. "There is a follow-up to the news. The content says that General Halbottom has guessed Yang Hui's plan to go deep behind enemy lines with a single ship, and he will fully cooperate with Yang Hui's plan."

"What!? This..."

"Cooperate? Did he say how to cooperate?" Lacus asked.

"Yes, he will lead a large force to attack Boyaz Fortress, put on a desperate battle formation to attract ZAFT's attention, and delay more ZAFT troops from interfering with Yang Hui and his men."

"What about the nuclear bomb? Did he say anything about his attitude?" Lacus asked. If this is really a message sent by Duane Halbottom himself, and what he said is true, then cooperating with him is undoubtedly the best choice, but...

Two questions, how to confirm that the sender is Duane Halbottom? What is his attitude towards nuclear bombs?

Especially the latter question, attacking Boyaz Fortress is no problem, but if nuclear bombs are used, then there is no basis for cooperation between them. Both nuclear bombs and Genesis are weapons that should not be used, and the use of nuclear weapons cannot become the norm.

"Yes, he said he has issued an order to ban the use of nuclear bombs."

"...It's not very credible." Baki Lulu shook her head. It's not that she has prejudice against Duan Halberdon. The war has reached this point. The Earth Union and the Earth Army are already standing on the edge of a cliff. If they are not careful, they will fall into an endless abyss.

And nuclear bombs are the sharpest weapons in their hands. Whether it is to deal with their own crisis or win this war, using nuclear bombs is the best choice. Even if Duan Halberdon is not a member of [Blue Cosmos], he will not make the choice of disabling nuclear bombs to reverse the situation. This is a normal consideration from the position of a commander.

"That's right, and even if all this is true, how many people will obey the order issued by His Excellency Halberdon to ban nuclear bombs? The Earth Army Fleet is not a monolithic entity." Lacus reminded, which surprised Malu and Baki Lulu.

That's right, Duane Halbottom's prestige in the Earth Army is not low, but it's only among the lower-level soldiers. The middle-level and high-level officers don't like him very much, otherwise he wouldn't be isolated and semi-confined.

Duane Halbottom is now the acting commander-in-chief, but he has just taken office, and most of the officers below don't like him. How many people will execute his orders? How many people will pretend to obey but disobey? How many people will agree on the surface and then stab him in the back at the critical moment?

"Captain Ramias, I suggest retreating temporarily and letting the Earth Army fleet pass. We will follow closely. Once we find that the Earth Army uses nuclear bombs again, we will stop it." Lacus suggested.

This is the most pertinent choice. If they are the only one, it's okay to drag it out like this. The longer it drags, the better. But now what they lack most is time. They must stabilize the Earth Army fleet as soon as possible, and then find a way to support the White Tiger. So they just need to retreat temporarily and observe the movements of the Earth Army fleet.

The purpose of Archangel and Eternity is to prevent the Earth Fleet from using nuclear bombs again. Now that this purpose has been preliminarily achieved, there is no need to fight the Earth Fleet to the death. As long as the Earth Fleet does not use nuclear bombs, they will not care about the war between the Earth Army and ZAFT, because the most important goal now is nuclear bombs and Genesis. As long as the use of nuclear weapons is prevented, this war will be prevented by more than half.

Of course, these are all best-case scenarios. In order to prevent the worst-case scenario from happening, they can't just leave to chase the White Tiger. They have to become supervisors. If the Earth Army uses nuclear bombs again, they have to step in to stop it.

"Okay, that's it."

Malu and Baji Lulu nodded in agreement with Lux's suggestion. After the Archangel and Eternal recovered all the mobile suits, they turned around and left the battle area, disappearing again.

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On the other side, the White Tiger's journey was not peaceful, bypassing the defense line of Boyaz Fortress at the fastest speed and in the smallest arc, but just when they were about to pass the defense line and penetrate deep into the rear, they were discovered.

"Damn it! Why were you discovered here!?" Cherubim raised his gun and knocked down several [Jean] and [Gates], then turned around and shot down all the missiles flying towards the White Tiger.

"Boaz's defenders expanded the defense line and reconnaissance range... Our plan was exposed!" Tielia's expression was dull, and De Angel fired two cannons, penetrating two Lorathia-class battleships.

"They can't be spies." Setsuna calmly replied. The crew of the White Tiger are all carefully selected people who are absolutely loyal to Orb. It is even less likely that they are people from the Eternal and Archangel who have fought side by side for several times. Now, we have established bonds and trust with each other.

"Old Sara saw through it." Yang Hui said to everyone while controlling the Dawn Gundam to clean up the enemy aircraft directly in front, "The movements of the Eternal and Archangel were noticed by the other party. Old Sara guessed it without seeing us. our plan."

"What to do now? There are more and more enemies!" Luo shouted. It was also his first time to participate in a battle of this scale. He was very nervous. At first, they only found one Nazca-class ship and two Loraciyas. class small fleet.

The White Tiger knew that it had been discovered, so it naturally no longer needed to hide its whereabouts. With full firepower, it quickly eliminated the reconnaissance fleet that discovered them, and headed towards Genesis at full speed.

But before they had advanced far, they encountered ZAFT's fleet again, and they were constantly surrounding them from all directions. Even if they could break through once, they would be surrounded again.

"Emperor! Recalculate the route, use all the energy on the engine, and we will rush over!" Yang Hui immediately made a decision. Their whereabouts have been completely exposed, so they should stop hiding and directly break through ZAFT's attack with the strongest attitude. Frontal blockade, destroy Genesis with all your strength.

"...Understood!" Huang knew that Yang Hui was planning to make a desperate move.

"The whole machine is in contraction formation. Luo, Gai, your machines can't keep up with the speed of the White Tiger. Go and fix the left and right modules and bind them to the White Tiger!"

"Understood!" X6

The Angel Energy, the Gundam Heretic Red Frame, and the Gundam Heretic Blue Frame that originally wandered outside the circle have returned. The Angel Energy, Cherubim, and De Angel are guarding the White Tiger. The Gundam Heretic Red Frame and the Gundam Heretic Blue Frame have arrived at the designated location. position, fixing the body on the White Tiger.

Dawn Gundam's eyes lit up, his golden wings fully opened, and golden light spots violently spurted out, spraying to both sides and directly in front.

The ZAFT army knew how to respond, and frantically poured firepower into the starlight wave, but it could only delay, not stop, let alone repel it.

The golden light point slowly approached, and ZAFT's mobile suits and battleships retreated one after another. While retreating, they tilted their firepower to prevent the bits from approaching. The enemy aircraft that failed to retreat in time were instantly covered with bits, and turned into cosmic objects in the violent explosion. dust.

"It's now!" Although the number of kills was not many, Yang Hui's goal had been achieved, and the path forward had been opened.

"White Tiger, engine ignition! Full speed ahead!"

The main engine burst into dazzling fire, more violently than before. The huge thrust made everyone on the White Tiger suffer the pain of inertia. The White Tiger's speed became faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye it rushed into the road opened by the Dawn Gundam. Then he broke out of the ZAFT army's siege.

The Energizer, Cherubian, and De Angel also ran their engines at full speed, following the pace of the White Tiger while simultaneously clearing out enemy aircraft and ships that were trying to approach.

The Daybreak Gundam maintains the full output of the [X Generator], as the tip of the arrow, fixed at the front, forcing back or defeating all enemy forces that want to block the White Tiger's path, scattering countless starlight along the way, and A dense mass of debris was left behind.

"I can see it!"

After about half an hour of sprinting, everyone was finally able to see the outline of Genesis with the naked eye, but they had to face more enemies at this time.

"Angels of energy, angels of wisdom, and angels of virtue, intersperse and hunt! Shatter the enemy's formation into pieces!"

"Understood!" X3

"The red machine and the blue machine leave the White Tiger. I will open the way for you. The White Tiger breaks into Genesis."

"Understood!" X2

The Angels of Energy, Angels of Cherubim, and Angels of Virtue no longer had the burden of protecting the White Tiger, and instantly transformed into caged tigers, separated in three directions, like three sharp knives inserted into the ZAFT army's formation, stabbing, slashing horizontally, slashing vertically, three or two. In one fell swoop, the ZAFT army's formation was cut into pieces. Countless explosions bloomed and then disappeared in a flash.