It was very cold in the early morning of the desert, but it was not difficult for the soldiers. Moreover, this time was also the best time to launch an attack.
"How did it go? The legendary Archangel?”
"Yes, sir! There's still no movement!"
Hearing the officer's voice, Martin Da Costa, who was focused on the infrared telescope, immediately looked up. They were observing the Archangel from a sand dune.
A tall and capable man stood beside Da Costa. The desert camouflage military uniform wrapped around his sturdy body, and his tough face was tanned, giving him a unique wild aura.
" Due to the interference of N, the radio waves on the ground are in a mess. She should be sleeping soundly…"
As the man spoke, he raised the cup in his hand to his mouth and took a sip.
"Hmm?"
"Ugh!"
Da Costa saw his commander's expression change. He immediately picked up his binoculars and looked at the white warship.
"What's wrong?"
As he was observing to see if anything unusual had happened, the officer beside him suddenly had a satisfied expression.
"It's nothing. I tried to reduce the amount of mocha beans by five percent this time, and it tasted really good!”
The officer said happily, then turned around and walked down the sand dune. It seemed like the aftertaste of the cup of coffee in his hand made Da Costa, who was about to stand up, almost fall.
This officer had a hobby in private, which was the original brewing of coffee. Although their base was very close to the coffee production area, they didn't have to go to such an extent. Da Costa, who had always treated coffee as a dark and bitter drink, couldn't understand it.
However, the way the officer was enjoying the food in the cup was like a happy child.
"Maybe I should try Sibamoka next time…"
At first glance, this man seemed to be a weirdo who liked to fool around, but he had another face. It was the leading general and combat pilot of Zafte's ground forces, Antriu Barteferut, also known as the Tiger of the Desert.
With a leisurely expression that didn't seem like he was in a battle, Barteferut sipped his coffee and half-hopped down the sand dune. He threw the empty coffee cup casually, and Da Costa caught it in a panic.
Under the moonlight, the sand dunes shone with a pale white light. Huge airframes, helicopters, and jeeps were quietly meandering around, and soldiers were shuttling back and forth between them.
When they saw Barteferut, the soldiers quickly lined up.
He glanced at the team. There were five MSS pilots, more than ten ground crew and helicopter pilots. He nodded.
"Then, the battle against the new Archangel of the Earth Union Army begins now!”
His voice was loud and clear, but his tone was very casual and casual.
"Target, combat strength assessment of the enemy ship and its onboard MSSs!”
Hearing this, a combat pilot asked with a smile.
"Can't you knock it down-?"
"Yes ~"
Bartferut pondered for a moment.
"Sigh, it depends…However, the enemy ship is a treasure that even the Kruze team couldn't deal with. Even if Halbaton's Eighth Fleet was sacrificed, they would still have to land it on Earth. Don't forget that…In principle."
Hearing the captain deliberately add the last sentence, the soldiers all smiled confidently. There was an unwavering sense of unity between the commander and his subordinates.
"Then, I wish you all a safe battle!”
With this order, the soldiers saluted in unison, and Bartferut also raised his hand in return. Da Costa gave the order.
"All aboard!
As soon as he said that, the soldiers immediately scattered in all directions. As they each got into the cockpit of their beloved aircraft, Da Costa was already in the driver's seat of the command vehicle, and Bartferut also sat in it.
"Mmm, if the coffee tastes good, my mood will also improve.”
In an instant, the seemingly carefree man's eyes flashed with a trace of a belligerent light.
"Come on-let's go to war!”
Archangel, bridge.
"The heat dissipation of the ship is done through the black hole exhaust system, so as long as it can hide from infrared detection, it shouldn't be a problem.”
Chaindra explained to Kaziz.
" The radar doesn't work. It's the same on both sides…"
Millie and Dole walked into the bridge.
"We're on duty."
In the driver's seat, Neumerman glanced at them."You're late ~"
" It's a secret!" Millie laughed and sat down.
"Ah ~"
Neumman sighed and smiled. Although they were already soldiers, they were still children. In particular, during the critical moment not long ago, these children did not leave and fought alongside them. This made Neumman and the other adults very touched. As long as it was not a big problem, the adults on the ship would not be too harsh on them. Of course, the beautiful vice-captain was an exception.
"Neutron jammer…How did Zaphte get such a troublesome thing?”
Kaziyi looked at the map on the screen that was filled with red dots of neutron jammers and said in annoyance.
Upon hearing this, Chaindra comforted him,""Sigh, although there are many inconveniences, it's much better than flying nuclear bombs around, right? Although the attack on Eunius 7 did not succeed, if they had retaliated with nuclear bombs, who knew where Earth would have gone!”
Hearing this, Dole couldn't help but shrink back. This was not a comfortable association.
Attacking Junius 7-Due to this incident that almost happened on Valentine's Day, the relationship between Earth and plant was broken.
Later, in order to limit the nuclear capabilities of the Earth Corps, ZAFT shot neutron jammers into every corner of the Earth.
Earth had been retaliated. Due to ZAFT's neutron jammer, all radio waves and nuclear energy on Earth had been rendered ineffective. Thus, ever since the war began, Earth had fallen into a serious energy crisis, and it was still unable to escape from this tragic situation.
But then again, this was just self-inflicted. But even so, humans would not look for problems in themselves to change, whether it was in the AD era or now.
Just as Dole and the others were in a rare mood of depression, the door to the bridge opened and Natalie walked in.
"Are there any abnormalities?"
Upon hearing her question, Chaendra, who had been speaking in a casual tone just a moment ago, hurriedly sat up.
"Yes, everything is normal!"
Nodding, Natalie walked to Neumman and handed him a cup of water.
"Is the distorted data outside the ship out?”
"Yes, sorry to trouble you. Although it was a simple measurement, the stress distortion was still within the acceptable range. The details are-"
As he spoke, he casually let go of the cup as usual.
"Pa da-"
The cup of water fell to the ground.
If they were in space, the cup would only float on its original position. However, they were on Earth now, so the cup naturally fell down due to gravity.
" Second Lieutenant, I still think that we're in zero gravity, but that won't do."
Natalie picked up the cup and glanced at him, saying with a slight reproach.
"Uh, sorry."
Dole and Millie looked at the scene from the side and couldn't help but snicker. However, they were not that far off either. They had been too used to zero gravity recently, so when they wanted to go to the higher floor's communication booth, they always wanted to jump. In the end, they almost bumped into the top of the Cic.
"-the gravitational field isn't even. " It must be the effect of the underground hole…" Natalie muttered to herself as she stared at the monitor.
"What do you mean?"
Dole asked curiously.
"Ah, according to the information before the war, although the exact location is unknown, there are abandoned oil and natural gas extraction wells nearby. In short, there are big pits everywhere underground. This area was a place where accidents could happen anywhere.”
Perhaps it was a mistake, but his tone was a little stiff when he explained to Dole.
Dole's face changed color.
"Ah…Is everything alright here? Could it be that the ground suddenly sank while we were sleeping?”
"Haha, why, it's all right-right?”
Norman smiled and looked up at Natalie. However, the officer did not answer. He just looked away intentionally or unintentionally and drank his drink.
“………”
Norman's smile froze.
"…It should…be fine, right?”
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