Chapter 728 Archangel! Come forward! (2/4)
While the battle on the uninhabited island began, He Ming, who was escorting the transport fleet, also received a notification from the Polar Star.
"Yes. I understand. If you need support, please notify me immediately. With Dendrobium Orchid's speed, I can get back within half an hour."
Judging from the battle situation reported by the Polar Star, He Ming and Dendrobium Lan's support is not needed for the time being.
Moreover, neither Feng Yun nor Liu Hai agreed to let He Ming rush back to support the uninhabited island.
They are more concerned about whether the transport fleet can reach the uninhabited island safely.
Compared with the current war situation, the safety of transportation routes is more important.
Otherwise, such important combat forces as He Ming and Dendrobium Lan would not have been mobilized to support them.
Just imagine, the sight of Dendrobium orchids like black clouds cruising around the uninhabited island is so oppressive and gives the ZAFT fleet a headache.
There is reason to believe that before ZAFT's Carpentaria base launches an attack, many arrangements and back-ups must have been made for the existence of Dendrobium Orchid.
However, due to the sudden disappearance of the Dendrobium Orchid from the sky over the uninhabited island, ZAFT's preparations were completely in vain.
But because of this, the absence of Dendrobium Orchid will divert some of the energy of ZAFT's side who are uncertain about this, fearing that the elusive Dendrobium Orchid will suddenly appear behind them and start killing people.
"I'm afraid this involvement will soon be discovered by ZAFT's side."
The scene of black cloud-like dendrobium orchids hovering around the transport fleet can be seen by anyone who is interested in approaching this sea area.
What's more, the Carpentaria base will definitely send troops to break up the engagement.
Once the transportation routes are destroyed, construction projects that rely on construction supplies from East Asia for the construction of base islands will inevitably suffer unimaginable impacts.
Therefore, He Ming must ensure the safety of this route.
"Has Adino Orb responded?"
As the shadow cast by the dendrobium orchid passed over the transport fleet, He Ming remembered the reminder from home when he accepted the escort mission.
As a party to the construction project, Orb has agreed to send a fleet to assist and escort the transport fleet.
However, it took some time for Orb to mobilize the fleet and could not arrive in time to join the transport fleet. This was the scene where He Ming and Dendrobium escorted the transport fleet.
"Yes! A few minutes ago, Orb has dispatched an eight-ship convoy consisting mainly of Aegis-class maritime cruisers and supplemented by Kuramigami-class maritime battleships. It is expected that in a few hours, it will arrive in the sea ahead.
Rendezvous with the transport fleet.』
"Are you finally willing to send troops?"
In fact, before deciding to use that uninhabited island as the main body to launch the construction of the base island for the orbital elevator, the East Asian Republic had already sent an invitation to Orb, but Orb never agreed and only provided relevant materials.
and technical personnel to assist in the implementation of the project.
And now, at this point, Orb finally sent their fleet to participate in the escort.
At the same time, the transport fleet seemed to have received the news, and the lead ship at the front of the fleet also sent a message asking if it wanted to speed up to join the escort fleet sent by Orb.
He Ming pondered for a moment and answered in the affirmative.
In addition to Dendrobium, the transport fleet also has an escort fleet composed of two Des Moines-class mobile cruisers and three Fraser-class frigates.
However, it is better to have more troops in the escort fleet.
Under the endlessly turbulent sea surface, the ZAFT submarine carrier, which has been lurking in the surrounding waters and tracking the transport fleet, did exactly what its name suggests. Once it discovered the whereabouts of the transport fleet, it decisively decided to launch a break-up engagement.
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However.
The ZAFT submarine carrier, which secretly sneaked around the transport fleet, immediately noticed the dendrobium that swept across the sky like a black cloud.
"How could it be that damn thing?!"
Looking through the periscope in the distance, he saw the corner of the dendrobium orchid that was entrenched in the sky. The captain of the submarine carrier suddenly felt extremely dizzy.
"Quick! Contact the base and inform the base that target No. 1 appears above the transport fleet! The combat mission has encountered serious obstacles!!"
"yes!"
When this news was transmitted back to Carpentaria, it was also simultaneously transmitted to Cruze's diving fleet.
"Oh? Did that black cloud-like MA actually go to ensure the safety of the transport fleet's route? Humph, it seems that the East Asian side is very afraid of disruption to the transport route."
Cruze sneered a few times, and then his expression became solemn.
"Yitzhak, Diego, it's time for us to attack."
"yes!"
As the waves surged and the waves splashed, the submarine carriers that had been hidden on the side of the battlefield and had never shown any traces surfaced one after another, releasing all the ZAFT MSs that had been watching the battle for a long time and were already burning with fighting spirit.
"Report! A new ZAFT submarine carrier has appeared! Number, 5! MS are being released continuously. The number of MS has exceeded 30!"
On the bridge of the Archangel, the expressions of Malu and Natal Bakiruru suddenly became solemn.
"Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu."
Malu turned back to look at Natal Bakirulu.
"Captain, the Archangel should move forward."
Natal Bakilulu pondered for a moment and made a suggestion.
"good!"
Ma Liu did not hesitate and gave the order decisively.
"Archangel, turn right 3, maximum combat speed, target, enemy submarine carrier!"
"Notify Strike Gundam and the Skymaster team to block the enemy MS and not allow the enemy MS to attack the sand dredger!!"
The actions of the Archangel were noticed by Feng Yun.
"Oh? Act decisively! You are worthy of being the captain who brought the Archangel out of the siege. Lockon, assist the Archangel!"
"learn!"
Lockon responded and turned the gun of the Force Angel Gundam towards the front of the Archangel.
For the Force Angel Gundam, which has long-range sniping capabilities, it's just a matter of moving the muzzle.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
As the beam of light passed by the left and right sides of the Archangel, the two Deans who tried to jointly attack the Archangel from the left and right were penetrated on the spot, turning into gorgeous fireworks.
"Is it that Lockon's sniper? It's really powerful."
Mu Yi, who was driving the Strike Gundam with a cannon-mounted backpack and locked onto the enemy aircraft with a frown on his face, couldn't help but admired when he saw that the target he had been aiming at for a while was shot down by a sniper.
"No! It's just an ordinary sniper attack. Major Mu was so impressed."
Lockon's response made Mu smile helplessly.
He can't do what Lockon can do to defeat the enemy with ease.
However, it is undeniable that with the support of Lockon, the attacks suffered by the Archangel, which went out alone, were greatly reduced, and it was able to devote its main energy to targeting the opponent's submarine carrier.
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Chapter completed!