The damage to the fleet did slow down the speed of Li Boyong's troops in supporting Suez to a certain extent. But from the perspective of battle loss ratio, the price paid by the ZAFT army was too huge.
After simple repairs, Li Boyong's fleet continued northward and sailed towards the Suez stronghold, but the severely damaged cruiser did drag down the overall speed of the fleet.
When Li Boyong's troops arrived at the Suez stronghold, they were three hours later than originally planned.
At this time, ZAFT's troops were already arrayed around the stronghold, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Bridge of USS Jones
The correspondent reported to Li Boyong who was at the command seat: "Colonel, a communication request from the Suez Base Command."
"Put me through." Li Boyong waved.
The next second, the face of the Suez Base Commander appeared on the bridge screen.
"Thank you for coming all the way, Colonel Neo Roanoke." Commander Suez said politely: "Although I really want to give the travel-worn guests a welcoming banquet, but the ZAFT army on the other side who can't wait seems to be too worried. Like give me this chance.”
After a pause, the commander continued: "I have heard of the Phantom Pain for a long time. It is really reassuring to be supported by such an elite force. So, Colonel, can the defense of the valley south of the stronghold be released to your department?"
This old fox, ZAFT has only two roads to attack the Suez stronghold, namely the two river valleys to the south and southwest of the stronghold.
Among them, the valley in the south has a wider and flatter terrain, which can be said to be ZAFT's main attack direction.
Regarding the commander's proposal, Li Boyong said that you are thinking about Taozi.
Of course, the base commander's thoughts were probably not that simple. He probably hoped that Li Boyong would settle for the valley in the southwest and then reluctantly agreed.
In fact, the two river valleys will eventually intersect in front of the stronghold. It is not impossible to only concentrate the troops in front of the stronghold, but that would be too passive strategically.
"I understand the situation. From now on, our army has begun to support the Suez stronghold." Li Boyong stood up and saluted, and then changed his tone, "But unfortunately, our army has independent command authority. This battle I will fight according to my own will.”
"Our unit has just encountered a large-scale ambush by ZAFT forces on the Red Sea. The fleet's condition is not perfect, so the fleet will enter Port Said in the north of the canal for repairs. The only combat power it can provide for the time being is the Archangel. "
"So I suggest that the stronghold troops can set up a defense line at the intersection of the river valley. The Archangel will threaten the ZAFT army coming to attack from the side."
"Hmph, thank you for your proposal, but even if your department cannot provide enough combat power, our department will still deploy defense lines in the two river valleys."
After hearing Li Boyong's answer, the base commander could no longer maintain his gentle expression. He stared at the mask on Li Boyong's head coldly and hung up the communication directly.
"Thank you for the independent command authority, otherwise I would have had to scheming with these losers every time I fought, and I would have wanted to surrender to the enemy and treason." Li Boyong sat back on his command seat and mocked.
It's a bitter sarcasm, but it seems to make sense.
The captain of the Jones made a mental comment, and then asked, "What about our arrangement?"
"As I said just now, the fleet entered Port Said for repairs. Team Windham, Chaos, Abyss, and Forbidden Blue stayed behind. Dadi and I temporarily transferred to the Lord Angel to participate in the defense operations of the stronghold." Li Boyong replied.
"But in this case..."
"Don't worry, if the other party really complains to the military headquarters, it will only bring trouble for itself. And don't forget, the higher-ups specially asked us to come here for support. In fact, they took a fancy to the positron cannon carried on the Lord Angel." Li Boyong explained: "When the last resort comes, I won't worry."
"In that case, I wish the colonel good military fortune." All the officers on the bridge of the USS Jones saluted Li Boyong together.
After all, Li Boyong's decision was based on sympathy for his subordinates to a certain extent.
Everyone needs to understand this love.
Ten minutes later, Li Boyong drove Wendam and Stella's Earth Gundam to transfer to the Main Angel.
Then the Main Angel left the water and took off again, and was positioned at the three o'clock direction of the valley defense line south of the stronghold.
The arrival of the Archangel has put tremendous pressure on the ZAFT army that is preparing to attack.
As a ship of the same type as the famous Archangel in the last war, Zaft also knew the performance of the Archangel clearly.
Within the ZAFT Army headquarters, the commanders of each team also had differences of opinion.
"I suggest suspending the offensive. We failed to stop the support of the Archangel. The offensive is very likely to be frustrated. Under the threat of positron cannons, our army must pay a huge price to break through the valley."
"How can we be timid at this time? Do we have to watch the joint positron fort be built?"
"That is, according to the reports of the ambush force, the enemy support fleet was also seriously damaged in the previous battle, especially the Lord Angel, which was injured by the Lagaolu team. This may not be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. ."
"But now that the Lord Angel has arrived, it means that the positron fort has been built. I think we can consider suspending the offensive. Even if the opponent's support fleet has been stationed here, but looking at the overall situation, it is true that the opponent's important mobile combat power has been contained by our army. here."
"How can it be possible to stay here all the time? When the opponent's positron fort is built, there will naturally be no need for the Main Angel to stay here."
Several people in white and black quarreled in the command communication channel. The captain in white, who temporarily served as the commander-in-chief of the offensive, also had a headache with this situation. Now the ZAFT army is indeed faced with a dilemma.
Everyone's discussion was still going on, but after the views of each race were clearly expressed, their eyes gradually turned to Bai Yi as the temporary commander-in-chief.
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It's almost time to make a decision...
The captain in white, who served as the temporary commander-in-chief, pondered for a while, then stood up from the command seat and said, "Choosing to wait here is certainly a safe strategy, but it is useless for advancing the situation."
"We must open up the channel between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean as soon as possible, and then liberate Europe under the bloody suppression of the United Nations."
"Only in this way can this absurd war farce be brought to an end as soon as possible."
"So, I hope you will join me in conquering the Suez stronghold."
The commander-in-chief has made his words clear, so no matter what opinions he expressed before, the captains will now obey the order.
The ZAFT army begins to launch an offensive!
