It has been several days since ZAFT's second attack.

During this period of temporary peace, both sides sent scattered and orderly reconnaissance forces to collect intelligence against each other. During this period, many small-scale encounters also occurred. Although both sides each achieved success during this period of conflicts from time to time, from the perspective of the results of the battle, these were just appetizers before the war.

Meng Heran, the commander-in-chief of the East Asian Federation Space Fleet stationed at the Nova Star, naturally knew the intention of ZAFT gathering around the Nova Star. There is no doubt that in the first two test offensives, all the aggressive ZAFT troops were defeated by the joint forces of the Nova Star. Therefore, the most urgent idea of ​​the ZAFT fleet at the moment should be to understand the reality of the Nova Star and the Nova Star as soon as possible.

However, when Meng Heran saw through the intention of the ZAFT fleet and proposed to restrict the operation of three test aircraft before the war started, he encountered He Wuming's opposition. Although Meng Heran was disgraced on the spot, he was still a qualified commander. After listening to He Wuming's explanation, Meng Heran finally decided to follow He Wuming's suggestion that the operation of the No. 1 aircraft will proceed as usual, and the operation of the No. 2 aircraft will be cut in half, while the No. 3 aircraft will remain on the temporary mothership as it was, waiting for the moment when the war came before waiting for the opportunity to go out.

The reason why He Moming arranged this way was because he didn't want the maximum range and shooting frequency of the No. 2 aircraft to be exposed to the man's eyes. Although the man might have obtained some clues from the previous two battles, He Moming still wanted to push back the exposure as much as possible. The No. 3 aircraft, which had not appeared from the beginning, was still waiting for an opportunity to go out in Gnaku as always.

As for the No. 1 aircraft, He Moming felt that nothing was wrong. I believe that in the previous battle, part of the performance of the No. 1 aircraft, which faced the MS troops facing the ZAFT, should have been learned by the enemy. After all, even if most of the pilots died in the face of He Moming, there might be some reconnaissance aircraft cruising on the edge of this battlefield. So, based on the above considerations, He Moming simply showed the full performance of the No. 1 aircraft in front of the enemy and also hit the opponent's morale.

With frequent attacks over the past few days, He Inexplicably drove the No. 1 aircraft and led several hunting teams composed of Mobius Zero to continuously attack, clearing out the reconnaissance Jean team near the airspace near the No. 1 aircraft. Under He Inexplicably piloted by He Inexplicably, this temporary hunting team continued to achieve results. In just a few days, the No. 1 aircraft driven by He Inexplicably was called "White Ghost" by ZAFT's Gene pilots. The elusive maneuvering method and accurate and deadly shooting, these factors almost make almost any ZAFT pilot lose all his fighting spirit very quickly when facing the No. 1 aircraft.

"It's so miserable!" Kruze has sighed like this for the second time since he came to the airspace near Nova Star. He shook the documents in his hand and said, "Yatis, withdraw all the MS troops! If this continues, it will be meaningless."

"Uh? Captain. Will you continue to spy on the intelligence?" Yatishi asked subconsciously.

"Well. If this continues, it will be meaningless. Judging from the current situation, the Earth United, which is stationed in the Nova Star, has hidden the mysterious body with sniping ability." Kruze held his chin with his left hand and crossed his legs and said slowly: "Since we arrived at the assembly airspace and sent a reconnaissance team, the body with long-range sniping ability that appeared in the previous second battle has not appeared much. Instead, it is another MS equipped with standard armed forces."

Yatishi was silent for a moment and said, "That is, the Earth United hid the ace?"

"Yes. Ace! I'm afraid the Earth United on the Nova has hidden the mysterious body with long-range sniping capabilities. In order to launch a fatal blow in the next battle," Kruze said slowly tapping the document with his right finger.

"But they only have two MSs. No matter how mysterious they are, the performance of one of them has been known to us now. Although it is excellent, as long as we can spend a lot of effort to entangle it, the remaining small planes are not to be afraid." Yatishi was very confident in his own Jean troops.

After Kruze glanced at Yatishi, who was confident about the upcoming new star offensive and defensive battle, he smiled and stopped talking.

Recently, the arrival of the supporting transport fleet from the headquarters supplemented the combat power lost in the previous two battles, and also brought two Xigu. They were mobile suits with better performance than Gene. From this we can see that the ZAFT headquarters has already cared about the two mysterious MSs. Now that we have sent two Xigus with outstanding combat power, we undoubtedly have a higher and lower mind.

"It seems that the pressure is quite high this time." Although he said that, a smile appeared on the corner of Kruze's mouth. "Yatis, let the team go to my room. I'll wait for them there."

"Understand! Well, captain. I want to ask a question." Yatishi responded and said a little hesitantly.

"Oh? What's the problem?" Kruze paused and asked in front of the chair.

"Captain didn't want to allocate those two Xigus to them, right?" Yatishi said after opening his mouth.

"Well, that's the case. Is there any problem?" Kruze seemed to be surprised by Yatis's question.

"Yes." Yatishi nodded, stood up from the captain's position, walked to Kruze and asked in a low voice: "I have read the information about that team, too. It's a bit suspicious."

After hearing Yatishi's words, Kruze couldn't help but smile. He raised his hand and patted Yatishi's shoulder and said, "Is that so? That's not a problem. They are the best pilots in ZAFT. In order to enable them to exert their combat power, a better configuration of the aircraft is naturally the best choice at the moment, right?"

Due to the silver mask, Yatishi did not see the change in Kruze's eyes, and could only understand the meaning of Kruze from the tone of Kruze. Despite this, Yatishi was unable to distinguish the intention of Kruze assigning the two Xigus to the team. Finally, Yatishi chose to believe Kruze under the influence of the tacit understanding that he had developed for a long time.

Kruze nodded as he chose to believe him as before, and reminded him: "Let them go to my room."

"Yes! Captain Kruze!"

Yatis was moving very quickly, and just after Kruze returned to the room, the knock on the door rang out.

"Come in!" With Kruze's permission, three figures entered one after the automatic door opened and stood in front of Kruze.

Kruze looked up and saw the first thing that came into his sight was a boy with short red hair with a cold face, a hint of murderous eyes, and a sharp aura that was kept thousands of miles away. Kruze paused on the boy's eyes and looked at another boy. No, it should be said to be a man. Unlike the iceberg boy just now, the second person entering the room was a man who looked 25 or 6 years old. He had short black hair, so ordinary that he would not be recognized even if he threw it into the crowd. What's more, in Kruze's feeling, this person's threat was even greater than that of the boy with short red hair.

"This person should pay attention." After making a secret judgment in his heart, Kruze looked at the last figure who came in.

The last person who came in Kruze has mentioned it many times from Yatis. This person is the excellent preparatory clerk mentioned in Yatis who improved Jean's performance by 3% to 5%. She is a woman about 20 years old and has long blue shawl hair. She has a pretty face, a very clean face, and a slightly raised corner of her mouth that makes people feel that this is a person who is optimistic about life.

"Welcome! I am Lauru Kruze. Please sit down!" Kruze nodded and said after retracting his eyes from looking at the three of them.

After the three of them found their own seats to sit down, Kruze said again: "You must know our next actions. We have not configured our bodies before because our bodies are full. Here, I want to say sorry to you."

"No, we understand this very much. Captain Kruze doesn't have to blame himself too much." Sure enough, the average-looking man said first. At that moment, Kruze knew that his judgment was not wrong.

"Thank you for your understanding! In order to make up for this mistake, I decided to allocate the two Xigu capitals I sent from our headquarters a few days ago. I wonder if this compensation will satisfy you?" Kruze nodded thankfully and said slowly.

"Xigu?" The young man with short-haired hair said in a low voice when he heard the name.

"It's really Xigu? It seems that I can prepare the body with my own hands!" The female preparatory officer said with his eyes glowing when he heard that Xigu was about to be assigned to them.

"Is Xigu? Thanks to Captain Kruze for his support!" The average-looking man stood up and saluted.

Kruze smiled and waved his hand and said, "No, no thanks. This is just to complete the task. By the way! Your names?"

"I am Bian Qianhan." The young man with short-haired hair said with slim words like gold.

"I'm Hammer Murphist." The average-looking man smiled.

"I am Alico Pompeii." The female preparatory officer waved happily.
Chapter completed!