Chapter 382: The Minions of the White Tiger!

The Eternal and the White Tiger attacked in succession, and were about to follow Yang Hui's instructions to sink the Archangel together with the Archangel, but the MS troops on alert outside discovered the traces of the ZAFT fleet in the port on the other side of Sadli one step ahead, so they did not besiege the Archangel together with the Archangel.

"12 Nazca-class ships!?" After hearing the information sent back by the reconnaissance team, everyone was dumbfounded and became nervous. Although the White Tiger and the Eternal are both the most advanced warships, the Eternal is only a support ship. Although its firepower is not inferior to the Nazca-class, it is still far behind the White Tiger. Two to twelve, the enemy has several times more MS than them, and there is no way to relax.

"It seems that the Speaker really doesn't intend to let us go." As a veteran of the battlefield, Andre Bartfield couldn't help sweating when he saw such a large pursuit force.

"Andy, what should we do?" Aisha Trein asked proactively. If Yang Hui and others had not left, the pursuit fleet would not be a concern, but the trump cards were gone, and the number of MS left was too small. Even if they were all elites and could stop the enemy MS forces, they would suffer heavy losses.

"Damn it, there are no usable machines on this ship." Andre Bartfield cursed. The hangar of the Eternal only had two positions, which were prepared for the Freedom Gundam and the Justice Gundam, so there were no extra MSs, and the M1 Heretic on the Orb side had no spare machines, which made the two elite pilots helpless.

"Captain, can the Meteor system be used?" Lacus asked.

The Meteor system is a tactical support weapon module developed by the ZAFT Army. [METEOR] is the abbreviation of "Mobile suit Embedded Tactical Enforcer". It is an armed support platform developed specifically for the two nuclear-powered MS of ZGMFF-X10A Freedom Gundam. After being equipped with this platform, the two machines, which have excellent performance, can obtain firepower comparable to that of battleships or even fortresses.

The Meteor system has an independent power system. When not in use, the Meteor system will be installed at the bow position of the FFMH-Y101 Eternity and serve as the defensive artillery of the Eternity.

When docking with the Justice Gundam or the Freedom Gundam, energy can also be obtained from the nuclear power reactors on the two machines. In terms of armament, the Meteor system is equipped with two 120cm high-energy beam cannons, two high-energy beam cannons, two MA-X200 beam swords that are powerful enough to cut through warships, and 77 60cm [Hedgehog] anti-ship missile launchers. It is also equipped with a multiple locking system that can help the machine lock multiple targets at the same time and fire at the same time, giving the machine the ability to fight against the entire fleet alone.

When the Eternal left ZAFT, the Meteor system set at the bow was not completed, and the final debugging has not been completed until now. If the Meteor system can be used, the firepower of the Eternal will be increased by one level.

"Not yet, it will take another hour to complete the final adjustment."

"..." Lacus also felt the crisis, and her jade-white eyebrows frowned.

"Lacus, Captain Bartfield." At this time, the White Tiger received a communication, and the figure of the emperor appeared on the screen of the Eternal.

"Emperor." Seeing the appearance of Emperor, Lacus's frown loosened. That's right, Yang Hui and the others were not there, but Emperor was still there, the Chief of Staff of Orb, the world's leading intelligence forecaster.

"The Eternal is behind the White Tiger, 500 meters away, Blue Zone 14, Mark 13α. The White Tiger will open a gap for the Eternal, and the Eternal will take the MS troops to wait for an opportunity to break through."

"How can this be!?"

"Are you going to let us escape alone?"

"Chief of Staff!?"

Before Lacus spoke, the other people on the Eternal were unhappy. They had just joined together not long ago, gave up everything they had, and prepared to do something big together. As a result, they had not started yet, and they had to escape in disgrace. How could they accept this?

There were also the elite pilots who had followed them from Orb to the universe, and they also could not accept Emperor's arrangement. All of them knew that this mission was a life-or-death mission, and they all volunteered to participate and had long been prepared to sacrifice. Now in such a critical moment, Emperor actually asked them to abandon the White Tiger and escape, which was absolutely impossible to agree to.

"No chance?" Lacus asked Huang seriously.

"Yes, the chance to break the deadlock lies with Yang Hui and his men." Huang replied. The number of ZAFT fleets is indeed large, but not so large that it is despairing. As long as Yang Hui or the three of Setsuna, Lyle, and Tieria, or the four of Kira, Aslan, Diego, and Nicol, any three of them come to support, she will be able to stabilize the situation and minimize the losses.

"Then we will stay." Lacus said to Huang seriously, with the words "cannot be refused" written on her face, "The White Tiger is more important than the Eternal, and the White Tiger cannot be sunk here, and I believe in him, he will definitely be able to come back in time."

"...Okay." Seeing that Lacus was so determined, Huang stopped persuading her and began to deploy again, "MS troops will attack urgently, green machines, gold machines, and red machines, after the first wave of firepower coverage of this ship, assault the enemy MS troops and disrupt their formation."

"Understood!" X2

"Leave it to me."

Barry Ho, Jiang Kelly and Luo answered at the same time. They were the strongest fighters left here. The enemy had several times more people than them. They had no chance of winning in a positional battle. They could only take the initiative. If they waited for the enemy's MS troops to surround them, their MS troops would suffer heavy losses, and even the White Tiger and the Eternal would be in great danger.

"Ashaqi, Mayura, Jiuli, you lead the remaining MS, and Major Flack will go on a global hunt to protect the Eternal."

"Chief of Staff, where is the White Tiger?" asked the three women who were named.

"The firepower of the White Tiger is enough to hold out under the siege of the MS troops until Yang Hui returns. The firepower of the Eternal is insufficient and needs MS defense."

"Understood." X4

"Call the Archangel and inform them of our situation. Ask them to repel the Archangel as soon as possible and come back for help."

"Understood!"

"Mr. Chief of Staff, do you want to ask for help from the Commander-in-Chief?" The captain of the White Tiger asked. Not only him, but everyone on the bridge looked at Huang. In their opinion, the reason why they were so nervous was because Yang Hui was not there, their god of war was not there. As long as Yang Hui came back, all problems would be solved.

"No, the Commander-in-Chief and his men are fighting, don't disturb them." Huang directly rejected the captain's proposal. First, she believed that Yang Hui would be able to defeat the MS troops of the Archangel in time and rush back; second, after Yang Hui's strength was exposed, the Archangel still dared to attack, and must have brought experts to stop Yang Hui. When experts fight, life and death are in a moment, and Yang Hui cannot be distracted at this time.

"But..."

"What? Without the Commander-in-Chief, you won't fight?" Huang asked sternly.

"..." Everyone on the bridge lowered their heads in shame, unable to speak.

"This is a war. The commander-in-chief is powerful, but he is also a human being! Are you going to pin all your hopes for the war on one person?"

"I'm sorry, Chief of Staff." Led by the captain, everyone admitted their mistakes. They were indeed a little inflated, or... blindly worshipped. Every time they saw Yang Hui's invincible posture, they subconsciously thought that Yang Hui was invincible. They only needed to watch Yang Hui show his might.

As a result, once Yang Hui was gone, they panicked and became timid before the battle.

"All personnel, first level combat configuration!"

"Understood! First level combat configuration! [Porcupine Formation] activated, No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 missile launchers loaded with anti-beam missiles, covering coordinates D12 to I87! The rest loaded with giant hammer missiles!"

"[Godfeldt] activated, locked onto the enemy Nazca-class..."

"Preemptive attack, launch!"

"Understood! All missiles launched!"

As the weapon system was fully activated, the White Tiger, a new type of warship that sailed for the first time, showed its ferocious claws to its enemies for the first time. For a moment, the brilliant beams of light cut through the universe and illuminated the darkness.

...

The 12 Nazca-class ships formed a triangle formation of one large and three small, slowly approaching the White Tiger and the Eternal.

The order that Cruze left for Captain Addis was to hold back the White Tiger and the Eternal, and wait for him and Izak to return before launching a full-scale attack, but...

"Unknown battleship?" Captain Addis frowned deeply as he looked at the White Tiger in the video, "Is it a new battleship of the Earth Army?"

"Cannot be confirmed, but it should not be." The deputy captain analyzed, "Long Legs is already the most advanced battleship of the Earth Army in recent years, and it should not be able to develop another main battleship in a short period of time."

"If it is not the Earth Army...then it can only be Orb." Captain Addis concluded that if it is not the Earth Army, nor ZAFT, then only Orb has the ability to develop a battleship on its own, "Damn Orb, saying neutrality, not only secretly formed a MS unit, but also has a space battleship, and still talks about peace?"

"What should we do now?" asked the adjutant.

"Just follow the captain's orders, hold them back, the MS troops will attack, but don't rush over, to prevent the enemy MS troops from attacking our team..."

"Beep beep beep..."

"High energy reaction detected, it's the enemy ship's artillery fire!"

"What!? Evade!"

Without optical images, through the glass of the bridge, you can see with your naked eyes that the thick beam of light cut through the universe and attacked them, and the target was the flagship Vesalius.

Fortunately, the helmsman of the Vesalius was also experienced. After sensing the danger, he turned the rudder sharply and narrowly avoided being directly sunk, but the port side was still rubbed by a beam, causing the armor to melt, and the Heldon on the left was even hit on the starboard side.

"Damn it! MS troops urgently attack! Limit the enemy ship's artillery fire!" Captain Addis was already angry. He had an advantage in manpower and didn't intend to beat you to death, but you still shamelessly gave him face! ?

But reality did not give him more time to be angry, because the attack of the White Tiger was not just a wave of artillery fire.

"Missiles incoming! 60 in number!"

"Fight back! Intercept them all!"