Chapter 41: Pacific Ambush Battle (II)

The battle on the sea was still continuing. After losing two artillery Gundams, the ambushing ZAFT side fell into a bitter fight instead.

Li Boyong continued to take Shihe for a "ride." The battle had been going on for a while, and the Belligerent skill began to take effect. He felt that piloting was becoming more and more handy.

The Strike seized the opportunity to change into the Aile Striker on Unit 1. After completing the change in the air, the Strike, under the cover of Unit 1, fought against the Aegis and the Blitz.

Kira's technical progress was very fast, and his operational skills even showed an overwhelming advantage when facing Athrun and the others.

Under the cover of Unit 1, the Strike even suppressed the Aegis and the Blitz.

Seizing an opportunity when the Blitz was hit by Unit 1, the Strike dodged the Aegis's attack and rushed to the vicinity of the Blitz, cutting off the Blitz's right arm with one sword.

The Strike took advantage of the situation to kick the damaged Blitz off the Guul, took over the nest, and entered a mobile shooting battle with the Aegis.

"Actually progressed so fast..."

The Aegis was suppressed, and Athrun was shocked by Kira's progress.

When he couldn't dodge in time, the Aegis's Guul was hit by a shot from the Strike, and Athrun had to detach.

And he let the half-destroyed Guul crash into the Guul snatched by the Strike. Kira saw this and detached, falling back to the deck of the Archangel. The two Guuls crashed in the air.

Relying on the last power to stay in mid-air, Athrun maneuvered the Aegis to transform into MA form and used the Scylla for a lucky shelling. Unfortunately, it didn't hit any targets in the rush, but was almost hit by the Archangel's main gun instead.

The Aegis transformed back into MS form and fell onto a small island nearby.

The two Guuls crashed in the air, and then Li Boyong received the system's mission failure message and was deducted one Battle Merit Point.

Li Boyong: "..............."

Damn, there were five Guuls in total, I only stole one, and you guys just wiped out the rest for me?

Can we still happily do missions?

I only have the last Battle Merit Point left, and you just deducted it all...

Just as he was complaining, the Beam Experimental CGUE behind suddenly drew its beam assault sword and rushed up with an acceleration.

It turned out that Shihe had maintained a high-frequency attack for a long time and had consumed the unit's energy to a relatively low level, so she chose close combat.

Li Boyong hurriedly hid in the clouds, used the change of vision, and slowed down to shake, instead bypassing the back of Shihe, and Unit 2 turned from defense to offense, biting the tail of the CGUE.

"Don't think you'll succeed!"

Shihe hurriedly turned the muzzle of the beam cannons on both shoulders to shoot backward.

"Close call!"

When the muzzle turned, Li Boyong subconsciously shook and dodged it.

"Why can't I hit him!"

Shihe shot backward several times again, but still didn't score a hit.

Her mentality was very irritable. The disadvantage of the war situation was beyond her expectation. Clearly, it was their side ambushing the Archangel, but the teammates besieging the Archangel were in a bad situation, and she couldn't solve a carrier-based unit for a long time.

Or, it was that she didn't want to solve it...

Shihe didn't dare to think more, and could only keep pulling the trigger to eliminate the anxiety in her heart.

"Bad!"

But she forgot the energy situation of the unit. When she pulled the trigger again and the beam cannon didn't fire, she realized it was bad.

Li Boyong behind obviously also realized the energy situation of the CGUE and bit the CGUE more boldly.

"I'm going to be killed!"

After several failed attempts to break away, Shihe closed her eyes in despair.

Sure enough, the instructor at the military academy was right.

It's better not to know about the enemy...

But the attack she imagined didn't come. Instead, the communicator transmitted that guy's voice.

"The unit's energy is not much left, hurry back."

"What do you mean by this!"

Shihe asked back angrily, seeming to want to use this attitude to suppress the strange emotions in her heart.

"If I wanted to shoot you down, then why did I save you in the first place?"

After Li Boyong finished speaking, he maneuvered Unit 2 to detach from the attack position and turned to the main battlefield on the Archangel's side.

On the way, he received a communication from Kira: "Second Lieutenant Li, give me the Sword Striker equipment."

Li Boyong: "Sorry, the Sword Striker component was hit."

"............ Understood."

Kira received Li Boyong's answer and saw that the Aegis was still making its final resistance on the island.

He couldn't understand in his heart why Athrun still insisted on fighting when the situation was already so clear.

He maneuvered the Strike equipped with the Aile Striker to land on that island, drew his beam saber to cut off the Aegis's beam rifle, and issued a communication warning to Athrun: "The outcome is already very obvious, Athrun, retreat!"

Since the Strike also entered the island where the Aegis was, the Archangel stopped its suppressive fire on the Aegis.

"At this point, just shoot!"

Athrun also had his persistence as a ZAFT soldier and wouldn't retreat so easily.

The Aegis ejected the light swords from both hands and rushed towards the Strike, but the continuous slashes were all parried by the Strike. Neither side in the battle noticed that the Blitz, which had activated the Mirage Colloid system, had also quietly touched this island.

At this time, the Aegis, which had been unable to attack for a long time, was knocked to the ground by the Strike with a punch. The Aegis, which had run out of energy, lost the protection of Phase Shift Armor.

Kira, who was afraid that the Archangel would take the opportunity to attack the Aegis, hurriedly maneuvered the Strike to approach the Aegis and block the line of fire to the Aegis.

But Nicol, who was piloting the Blitz, was afraid for Athrun's safety, so he drove the Blitz and rushed up.

"Athrun, retreat quickly, it's dangerous here."

The suddenly appearing Blitz also startled Kira. After letting the Blitz's attack pass, he subconsciously slashed at the Blitz's abdomen with a backhand sword.

"Ah..."

Dazzling light occupied Nicol's vision, followed by a burst of high heat. The console exploded severely, and his hands felt intense pain.

Nicol let out a shrill scream!

After Kira slashed out with one sword, he subconsciously relaxed the hilt. He realized that it was very likely that Athrun's friend was riding on it. He didn't want to lose a companion, so Athrun must be the same.

The beam saber that lost its energy supply couldn't continue to cause more serious damage. The hilt fell to the ground, revealing the Blitz's abdomen, which was already in a miserable state.

"Hey, Nicol, Nicol, answer me quickly!"

Athrun called out continuously in fear, but didn't get any response. The last thing he heard was Nicol's shrill scream.

"Damn it! How could this happen? Hurry over and cover."

At this time, the Duel and Buster that fell into the sea also climbed onto this island. The two Gundams with Phase Shift Armor still operating hurriedly blocked in front of the Blitz.

"Nicol, Nicol, answer me quickly."

Yzak's call also didn't get a response. "Damn it, how could this happen."

"Take the Blitz and retreat, hurry!"

Facing such a predicament, Athrun immediately made a decision. The Buster and Duel, two artillery units, fired wildly to provide cover, and the Aegis took the Blitz and retreated.

"Don't pursue deeply, the Strike's energy is also approaching the danger zone."

Murrue saw this and issued an order. ZAFT forces ambushed here, which meant they had a very accurate grasp of the Archangel's whereabouts. They must break away as soon as possible to avoid more pursuit.

After the Archangel recovered the Strike and two Skygraspers, it broke away from the battlefield. ===== CHAPTER 42 =====