On the other side, Kira, who was driving the Assault Gundam, also discovered that the Archangel was in danger, but whenever he wanted to control the Assault Gundam and return for rescue, the Aegis Gundam opposite him would kill him first. Block and prevent him from returning to the Archangel. Just when the two aircraft were entangled in a stalemate, several laser beams suddenly fired over, and then the Duel Gundam appeared near the two aircraft, launching a series of attacks against the Strike Gundam.

Without the assistance of the Duel Gundam, although the remaining Storm Gundam and Thunder Gundam could still suppress the situation, they were no longer as strong as before and were hit by the artillery operated by Ito Cheng and the shells fired from the Archangel. They were hit several times. If it weren't for the protection of PS armor, I believe they would have succumbed to the intensive attacks.

At this time, near the Nazca-class battleship, the horse driven by Mu-la-Flag was lurking and gliding, approaching the Nazca-class battleship ahead at a constant speed. Then when the Nazca-class battleship adjusted its direction and calibrated the main gun, it suddenly appeared from below the Nazca-class battleship. Four auxiliary weapon boxes immediately spread out from the tail part of the MA's fuselage, and connected with the line below the MA's nose. The xingguns launched an attack on the Nazca battleship together.

With some carelessness, even though the Nazca-class battleship responded in time, the MA driven by Mu still destroyed the auxiliary engine on the right side. Then when the battleship vibrated and the position shifted, the MA was used The emergency retainer attached to it penetrated an outer wall of the Nazca-class battleship, turned around and flew back towards the Archangel at high speed.

At this time, the successful operation of Mu-la-Flag was discovered from the radar. Malu immediately gave the order to charge the positron cannon, and fired it immediately after charging.

Two scarlet energy beams with blue electric light on the outer layer once again ejected from the front legs of the Archangel, annihilating countless meteorites and garbage along the way, and hit the Nazca-class battleship that made hasty evasive maneuvers. The left wing, left a huge wound on it.

"Send a return signal to the Strike Gundam, and the Archangel heads towards the Artemis Fortress at maximum speed." After confirming that the Nazca-class battleship in front of the road had been damaged and had deviated from the route, Malu immediately hurriedly The voice commanded.

Then pink, white, and green flares representing the retreat signal were fired from the Archangel. Notifying Kira, who was currently fighting, to quickly return to the Archangel.

However, as Strike's opponent, Duel Gundam, he didn't want to let it go so easily. He still clung to Strike Gundam and fought with it. And immediately after. After receiving the order to retreat, the Storm Gundams who came to join together discovered that the Duel Gundams were still fighting, and immediately joined the battle, and together with the Duels launched a siege against the attack.

that's all. Under the attack of Duel and Storm Gundam, the low energy of Strike Gundam quickly ran out, and the PS armor without energy supply immediately faded from the surface of Strike Gundam's body, turning into It looked gray.

Just when Kira thought he was going to die and the Duel Gundam was bound to cut off the attack, the body of the Holy Shield Gundam, which had been watching so much, suddenly changed. It quickly changed from its original human form to one that looked like it was missing four tentacles. The squid shape suddenly made a move to grab the Strike Gundam's fuselage before the Duel Gundam was about to cut off the Strike. It dodged the Duel Gundam's attack and flew towards the direction of the Nazca-class battleship at high speed.

"Kira!" Mirialia exclaimed.

"Captured." "Strike Gundam was captured by Aegis Gundam." "Phase transfer armor failed." The radar monitoring, combat control officer, and CIC communication control in the Archangel battleship said urgently one after another.

"Notify Captain Flagg. Ask him to try his best to rescue the Strike Gundam from the opponent's hands." Just when the others didn't know what to do, Ito Cheng immediately arranged it according to the method in the original work. "Captain Lamias , ask the maintenance team to prepare a cannon-mounted backpack, shoot it out through the launcher, and change the equipment in the universe."

"What!" Maru and Baki Lulu both looked at Ito Cheng in shock and exclaimed.

"Didi didi~" At this moment. A communication request from Mu-La-Flag came from the communication channel, and the content on it was almost identical to Ito Cheng's. Seeing this, Baki Lulu and Maru looked at each other, immediately agreed, and prepared as Ito Cheng said.

Just as the preparations on the Archangel were completed, Mu-La-Flag over there drove the horse and rushed to the vicinity of the Holy Shield Gundam. Launched an attack on it. The intensive and precise attacks forced the Holy Shield Gundam to let go of the strong attack in its hand, and it transformed into a human form again to fight back against the horse driven by Mu. After regaining its freedom, the Strike Gundam paused on the spot and immediately rushed towards the position of the Archangel.

Although the Duel Gundam and Storm Gundam pursued the Strike, with the cover of the Archangel and its sharpshooter Ito Shige, the two Gundams could not get close to the Strike and could only watch the Strike Gundam successfully complete Change clothes, and then use high-energy ray cannons to fire at them wildly and without targets.

Finally knowing that nothing could be done, they had to obey the initial retreat order and flew back towards the Nazca-class battleship.

"Huh!" Watching the four Gundams on the screen retreat and leave, Malu let out a long breath, relaxed, and then ordered to everyone, "Recover, send a stay request to Artemis Fortress."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

"My hands are stiff." Ito Cheng on the side released his hands from the gun control console, stood up and floated to Maru's side, stretching his fingers while muttering to himself. Then he turned to look at Ma Liu and smiled and said, "The battle command this time was good. He is becoming more and more like a captain. It seems that with you and Bucky Lulu leading the way, it seems that returning to Earth is not a luxury."

"Don't make fun of me. I was stunned when the raid was snatched away. If it weren't for your and Captain Flagg's plan, not to mention whether the raid could be saved, it would even matter whether this battle could be won. Not sure." Ma Liu shook her head and said softly, knowing herself well. \u003cReported loudly to Malu.

"I understand, thank you." Ma Liu thanked her.

"Inspect the ship?" Ito Cheng repeated.

"What?" Hearing Ito Cheng's repetition, Maru looked up at Ito Cheng and asked in confusion.

"It seems that we have to be prisoners for a while." Ito Cheng smiled at Maru.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ma Liu frowned slightly and lowered his head in thought. After a while, he picked up the internal phone next to the captain's seat and dialed the number of the maintenance squad. He said to the maintenance squad leader Kojero Maddock Cao who answered the call on the other end, "Captain Maddock Cao, go and tell Kira. Ask him to add a combination lock to Strike Gundam."

"I know." Madoc agreed. Then Ma Liu hung up the phone and ended the short call.

"Ah~, I'm exhausted from the battle just now. I'm going back to my room to rest. You continue." Ito Cheng pretended to move his neck and shoulders and said somewhat exaggeratedly.

"Don't you see the inspector coming from Artemis?" Malu asked looking at Ito Cheng who was walking towards the door.

"No." Ito Cheng waved his hand. Then he left the bridge and disappeared behind the sensor door.

More than twenty minutes later, a small transport spacecraft landed from the entrance at the front of the Archangel. Then two men who looked like officers, one tall and one short, walked out of the small spacecraft. The junior officers of the Archangel there led them down to the bridge and saw Malu Ramias and Natal Baji Lulu, who were neatly and formally dressed.

"Thank you for your hard work." Malu and Baji Lulu gave a military salute to the two officers who walked in and said, "Thank you for accepting our ship's request..."

While Malu and Baji Lulu were receiving the inspectors coming from the Artemis Fortress, the Archangel also turned around and retreated into the Artemis Fortress under the guidance of the fortress's route light.

Artemis Fortress is a fortress built inside a huge meteorite on the border. Its exterior is wrapped and protected by the Eurasian Federation's unique technological light wave defense belt. And because the light wave defense belt not only has a physical defense effect, but also has a strong defense ability against beam weapons, in the previous battles, it has withstood many attacks from Zaft without ever missing a beat. , gained a great reputation on the battlefield, and was called "Artemis of the Umbrella"

Just when everyone on the ship thought it was temporarily safe, the Archangel, which had just parked in the Artemis Fortress, was immediately attacked by several specially-equipped MAs and a large number of soldiers wearing space suits and holding weapons. They were surrounded.

"What do you mean?" Bucky Lulu turned her head sharply to look at the two Artemis Fortress officers beside her, and whispered while suppressing the anger in her heart.

"Major." Although Malu had been warned by Ito Cheng in advance and was somewhat mentally prepared for the situation at this time, after witnessing the current situation with his own eyes, Malu, like Baki Lulu, still couldn't accept this kind of situation. Being stabbed by friendly forces.

"No need to be nervous, please be quiet. Captain Lamias." The major next to Mariu looked at Mariu calmly and said.

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