"The Orb government is going to respond!"
Mirialia's nervous voice sounded on the bridge. Cagalli and others who were impatiently waiting immediately looked at her and saw her operating the instruments quickly.
"I let it play straight."
After a while, a lazy and unique male voice sounded inside the ship.
【――I am replying here on behalf of the Orb government――】
It was Yuna's voice.
Cagalli held her breath, waiting to hear him announce Orb's decision.
[Your fleet once again requested the extradition of Lodo Jibril. However, after a close review by our country, we have determined that this person is not found in our territory. We also ask you not to wantonly smear our country. 】
Hearing this unexpectedly stupid answer.
Cagalli thought for a moment that she heard wrong.
With this attitude, those who didn’t know better thought you were sending troops to surround the other party!
[At the same time, our country deeply regrets your behavior of using force to intimidate a sovereign country and clearly infringing on our dignity. 】
Yuna continued in a condescending tone: [Therefore, our country requires your fleet to withdraw immediately. 】
Orb's statement ended here.
"this……!"
Amagi, who was sitting behind Cagalli, was so surprised that he couldn't even speak.
"Is this Orb's official answer? That he is not in the country...?"
Cagalli clenched her trembling hands and let cold sweat flow down her back.
Even if you are perfunctory, it depends on the occasion. The other party is not a child.
The fleet's guns are already at the tip of its nose, how can it still be so stubborn? Where do you get the confidence to be so crazy?
During the previous war, the Archangel also hid in Orb's country, and his father Uzmi also responded to ZAFT with a similar answer.
But what is different from the current situation is that the country was not threatened by force at that time, and Orb was still a neutral country and not hostile to PLANT.
"Under such circumstances, do they think the other party can accept this kind of argument?"
Thinking of this, Cagalli realized that Yuna probably didn't understand the situation in front of her at all.
These days, all he does in the country is gossip and criticize Cagalli.
Those remarks sounded reasonable, and Cagalli herself felt that she was not reliable.
But it is easy to criticize others.
How much power can words that sound correct on the surface, but are not well thought out and not made sincerely, have?
Back to the present, even if this answer is true, there is no clear evidence to prove it, and it is impossible for the other party to withdraw its troops obediently.
You must know that Zaft had already submitted an extradition application last time, and the other party had given Orb ample preparation time. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was doing everything he could.
Now the other party obviously doesn't want to wait any longer, and the army is coming. How are you still perfunctory like this?
There must always be a good reason for the enemy to withdraw his raised fist.
Una doesn't know that the world is not all perfect.
Cagalli dares to say that ZAFT will definitely launch an attack now.
Thinking of this, she felt despair draining her strength.
My country is under attack again!
"It seems that there is no other way."
After hearing Orb's answer, Durandal snorted: "At this point, we don't have to deal with this farce anymore. Since the other party is only responding to this matter, I decided to uphold justice and my sincere wish for peace and confront them. in the end!"
Of course, to everyone's ears, Orb's answer was nothing more than an excuse.
Durandal severely criticized Orb at the officers in front of him, and ordered: "Attack the entire army and drag Lodo Jibril out of Orb!"
As a result, this decision was immediately communicated to the fleet on standby in the Orb waters.
[Furious combat starts. 】
At the command post of the flagship submarine USS St. Helens, the combat operation order letter was opened, and alarms sounded immediately inside each ship.
[Issuing a red alert, issuing a red alert. 】
[Confirm attack target points - Sailan Mansion on Orb Island, National Defense Headquarters, Orb Executive Yuan...]
On the strategy panel, the attack destinations of Obben Island and Yuneng Qilu lit up with red dots.
The commander once again reiterated to each ship: "Although our military's target is Lodo Jibril, there is no need to show mercy to the Orb government authorities who colluded with LOGOS. All troops must destroy or capture the target alive as quickly as possible, and try their best to Casualties in the urban area and civilians are kept to a minimum!”
There was a hint of anger in his tone towards the Orb government, which harbored enemies and always lied to them.
Do you really think we have no temper after being perfunctory twice in a row?
In response to this order, the combat pilots of each ship got on their MSs and attacked from both sea and air.
The Orb strategy battle begins.
"Unat Emma!"
At this time, the panicked chiefs gathered in the Orb Executive Yuan and asked Unat Sailan Xingshi directly.
"They're attacking! What are you going to do?"
"Didn't you promise that nothing would happen if you replied like that?"
The chiefs cursed one after another.
Those who commanded the Homeland Defense War in the previous war are no longer in the political arena. Most of the leaders who held leadership positions at that time were martyred along with Uzmi, and the rest stepped down after completing their work to show their responsibility.
Most of the people present now are politicians who rely on Sailan or gain status by flattery.
They had never had any opinions, so of course they would just get into a fight and put the blame on Unat.
"Anyway...anyway, let's go to the emergency response center of the air raid shelter first! The National Defense Headquarters puts Yuna in charge!"
Unat was even more panicked than they were.
Since entering politics, his principle of dealing with problems has always been to avoid the more serious issues and to deal with them reluctantly by procrastinating. Unfortunately, this method can only be used in peacetime and is not suitable in emergencies.
In this way, they escaped from the Executive Yuan before others, and the warnings and defensive measures that should have been issued to the people became unimportant.
On the other hand, the chaos in the National Defense Headquarters is getting worse.
"The enemy MS group is deploying! The attack begins!"
The operator saw a large number of light spots approaching and shouted anxiously: "Colonel Sokai! The enemy has begun to attack, but why didn't we receive even an order? Nor did we ask the citizens to evacuate--"
The pilot was on standby on his phone, and the frigate was also waiting for the order to attack. However, the headquarters did not receive any instructions from the Executive Yuan. I wanted to ask officials for clarification, but no one in the Executive Yuan could make the decision.
Colonel Suokai, who was temporarily captured and brought to the headquarters, was so angry that he could only order the operator: "Damn it... keep calling the Executive Yuan!"
Suokai was also struggling, wondering whether he should continue to wait.
If you go out without receiving an order, you are afraid that you will be punished later, and you will not be able to get the guarantee of protecting your home and country.
If only Uzumi-sama was still here—no, it would be great if Cagalli-sama was here!
She had commanded the defense during the previous war, and the soldiers also trusted her.
If she were at home, she should be fully prepared like her father and try to negotiate with the enemy.
"What is Seran doing...!"
Thinking of Unate and Yuna's faces, Suokai couldn't help but groan. Just then the elevator door opened and the dude came out.
"Oh my God, it's true! How could it be like this!"
Yuna Roman Seran walked into the commander's room while scratching his head, and asked Suokai with a look of disbelief:
"I told them that this person is gone, so why are they still attacking us?"
Suokai resisted the urge to punch him and replied coldly: "Because I knew it was a lie!"
Staring at Yuna who was speechless for a moment, Suokai asked him: "Why did the government make such a stupid reply?"
But Yuna became annoyed: "Uh... because in the past when the archangel was—"
"The position and situation back then were different from now!"
It turns out that I just thought it would be fine to follow Uzumi-sama’s method!
Seeing that Yuna didn't understand the situation at all, the officers and soldiers who had expected him to take command seemed to have been poured cold water on them, with coldness in their eyes. However, now was not the time to do so.
"In short, Master Yuna, please give me your instructions!"
Upon hearing Sokai's urging, Yuna yelled hysterically: "Okay, okay! It's so annoying! Well, let's take a defensive posture quickly!"
He blushed, waved his hands and ordered: "Why are you still dazed? The frigate group is dispatched! Start to attack! The MS fleet takes off - don't let those guys attack!"
Listening to his tone, it seemed as if our army was too lazy to respond. Suo Kai was furious, but he could only remain calm.
In short, now Orb can face ZAFT.
However, can they still reverse the decline of latecomers?
Suokai glanced sideways at the supreme commander who only knew how to bluff, and felt gloomy when he thought that he could not even correctly judge the situation.
