Chapter 66: The Second Battle of Jachin Due (Part II)

Let us rewind time by fifteen minutes, Jachin Due defense line, near the February City sector.

Due to the Earth Alliance forces fiercely attacking the defense line here, ZAFT headquarters immediately ordered some mobile reserve forces behind the defense line to sortie urgently.

That was the Juur Team led by Yzak Joule.

This former Red Coat Elite of the Kruse Team, after experiencing battles large and small, had obtained the qualification to lead a team independently with the help of his mother, who was a member of the Council at the time.

Likewise, because the Kruse Team had existed in name only after the Battle of Mendel, the former Kruse Team member Shihe was also transferred to the Juur Team.

Upon receiving the emergency sortie order from the National Defense Headquarters, the Juur Team, with Yzak's Duel Gundam and Shihe's Beam CGUE (Modified) as the vanguard, and a large number of new-type MS GuAIZ as the main force, rushed to reinforce the gap in the Jachin Due defense line.

The Juur Team sped along, but upon approaching the gap, they were intercepted by Earth Alliance MS units, which included the three "Niaoren" and Li Boyong's team.

"These guys! Don't even think about doing as you please again!"

Seeing the three "Niaoren," Yzak's head heated up, and he piloted the Duel Gundam and rushed up.

Yzak picked Raider nearby and fired continuously with his beam rifle and railgun.

"What?"

Claude, who was having a great time piloting Raider, suddenly encountered the Duel's attack and hurriedly controlled Raider to transform into MA form, accelerating to break away.

The Duel's firepower all missed, but how could Yzak give up so easily? He fired all five of his missile pods directly at Raider.

Taking advantage of Raider changing direction to dodge the missiles, the Duel drew its beam saber and broke through in a straight line toward Raider.

"Eat my sword!"

The Duel lunged with a slash, looking like it was about to succeed.

Raider suddenly transformed back into MS form, and at the same time threw out its Meteor Breaker, hitting the Duel's right waist.

Although it didn't cause much damage to the Duel, it successfully stopped the Duel's approach.

"Hehe, tricked you."

Claude laughed loudly in Raider's cockpit, seemingly very happy to have toyed with the Duel once.

But before the laughter had faded, Raider was hit by a railgun shot; it turned out that Yzak, while being knocked away, had forcibly controlled the Duel to twist its body and give Raider a shot.

"Hmph, I said I wouldn't let you do as you please!"

Yzak roared, and the Duel rushed up again.

Claude didn't dare to show weakness, piloting Raider to fight the Duel in a tangle.

On the other side, Shihe's Beam CGUE encountered Forbidden, which possessed a beam deflection shield.

The two beam cannons and one beam rifle of the Beam CGUE hit repeatedly, but all the attacks were twisted in trajectory by the deflection shield.

"Damn it... if this continues..."

Seeing that she couldn't achieve results, Shihe simply controlled her machine and rushed up. The Beam CGUE drew its Beam Assault Sword, attempting to destroy Forbidden's deflection shield.

"Heh..."

Forbidden's pilot, Shani, sneered; he hadn't put such cannon fodder in his eyes.

Facing the approaching Beam CGUE (Modified), Forbidden drew its giant scythe and met it.

The two machines crossed; Shihe looked at the half-broken sword in her machine's hand and was slightly stunned. The performance gap between the CGUE and Forbidden was actually this large...

Just while she was stunned, Forbidden had already completed a turn and was approaching the back of the Beam CGUE again.

Shihe reacted and controlled her machine to dodge repeatedly, but was bitten firmly on the tail by Forbidden.

Just as Shihe felt the situation was a bit bad, a string of rockets flew over the Beam CGUE (Modified) and hit Forbidden, which was chasing with great pleasure.

"Bastard!"

Forbidden's TP Armor blocked the damage from the rockets, but the explosion caused by the hit allowed the Beam CGUE to break free from Forbidden's pursuit.

Shani turned his gaze to the direction from which the rockets were fired, and there he saw the Full Armor Dagger, which belonged to the same Archangel as him.

"It's you, you idiot!"

Having lost his prey, Shani was furious and didn't care at all about Li Boyong's status as a friendly force; Forbidden fired twisted beams incessantly at the Full Armor Dagger.

When Li Boyong saved Shihe, he had already prepared for Shani's madness, so facing Forbidden's frantic attacks, he dodged them all.

"A Dagger with this kind of equipment, it's him!"

Shihe looked at the Full Armor Dagger in the distance, which was dodging Forbidden's fire incessantly, and recognized it as Li Boyong's machine. Thinking that he had not hesitated to attack a friendly force to save her, her heart warmed slightly, and then ached slightly.

This ill-fated relationship brought her more pain and pressure as the Alliance used nuclear missiles again.

She was a Coordinator, and also a ZAFT pilot. She hated the Earth Alliance that used nuclear missiles without scruples, and wished she could kill all the invading Alliance forces to avenge her compatriots who died from the nuclear missiles.

But Li Boyong was also a member of the Earth Alliance. As long as the identities and positions of the two did not change, this ill-fated relationship would ultimately have no result.

Sometimes, she had thought about simply forgetting Li Boyong, but this ill-fated relationship, forged between two brushes with death, was not so easy to cut off.

The chaotic battle continued, and the Juur Team, which had rushed to reinforce this defense line, ultimately failed to plug this gap in a short time.

The Peace Maker team passed through this gap in the defense line and fired a large number of nuclear missiles toward PLANT.

"Damn it... didn't make it in time..."

Seeing this, Yzak's eyes were about to split. After a difficult maneuver, he briefly broke free from Raider's entanglement, but the distance to the nuclear missiles flying toward the PLANT satellite cluster was still quite far. He fired a few railgun shots in vain, and then could only wait in despair as PLANT was swallowed by the light of the nuclear missiles.

However, the thing he feared did not happen.

Freedom and Justice, equipped with Meteor equipment, rushed to the area where the nuclear missiles were at high speed.

Facing the large number of nuclear missiles about to hit the PLANT satellite cluster, Kira and Athrun both entered SEED mode simultaneously, using multi-lock systems to aim at all the nuclear missiles. Subsequently, the two machines sprayed fierce firepower, and a large number of beams and missiles accurately hit all the nuclear missiles in flight.

The light of nuclear explosions shone in space again, but when the light of the nuclear explosions gradually weakened, the PLANT satellite cluster, which had been targeted by the nuclear missiles, appeared in everyone's field of vision, safe and sound.

On the Archangel, Niaoren, who had thought the overall situation was settled, looked at the satellite cluster still intact on the screen, his expression as uncomfortable as if he had eaten shit.

He was just about to issue an order for the Peace Maker team's Mobius units to sortie again after resupplying, when the radar operator's report interrupted his intention.

"Behind Jachin, a large unknown object has appeared. This is the optical image observed."

Everyone on the bridge turned their gaze to the screen. Although they didn't know the specific function of that thing, an ominous feeling rose in everyone's hearts.

Even a fool knew that if such a thing appeared at such a time, it must be ZAFT's trump card.

Just as the Genesis behind Jachin broke its Mirage Colloid camouflage, many ZAFT soldiers on the Jachin defense line received notification from the National Defense Headquarters.

The notification stated that Genesis was about to fire on the Alliance fleet, and requested all friendly forces on the beam axis to dodge urgently.

Shihe, who had just been rejoicing that the homeland satellite cluster was safe and sound, became nervous again after reading this notification and hurriedly notified Li Boyong. Since the Battle of Mendel, she had kept the Full Armor Dagger's communication channel on her machine.

And Yzak also notified Athrun at the first opportunity, as a reward for protecting PLANT from nuclear missile attack.

The ZAFT forces were withdrawing for no apparent reason, which left the Alliance somewhat confused. Some guessed it might be related to the large object that suddenly appeared behind Jachin, but no one knew the specific function of that thing.

Li Boyong knew the terrifying power of Genesis, but he couldn't notify the Alliance side.

Not to mention the problem of how to explain it afterwards, just the change in formation after the Alliance learned of this news could potentially change Genesis's firing angle again.

After all, upon receiving Shihe's notification, he had confirmed at the first opportunity that the Archangel in the rear would not be affected by Genesis's firing wave, so it was impossible to risk changing it.

Then, the most important thing next was to hurry up and run away in the Full Armor Dagger!

Damn it, I'm actually within Genesis's firing range!

Although the Gundam world has a famous theory, which is that large long-range weapons never kill named characters.

But Li Boyong didn't dare to test this, so it was better to run far away quickly.

But just at this time, there was a madman following behind me, shooting at me incessantly...

Genesis is about to fire, you little brat, why are you still chasing me?

And you're using twisted beams to block my path forward. Shani, you madman, are you determined to commit suicide with me?

You're not a girl, why?

Li Boyong dodged Forbidden's attacks while running as far out of the firing range as possible. The pressure was immense, and he had to use crazy complaining to relieve his inner tension.

Just as the Full Armor Dagger had moved a little further away from Genesis's firing range, this huge gamma-ray cannon capable of destroying the Earth fired a huge, deep red beam.

This huge, deep red beam pierced through this piece of space with the power of opening heaven and earth, and also pierced through the massive Earth Alliance fleet.

After this deep red beam flow gradually subsided, the Earth Alliance fleet's formation looked shattered.

After the Earth Alliance fleet restored communications, it was confirmed that nearly half of the fleet had disappeared in that world-destroying beam.

In the Full Armor Dagger, Li Boyong, who had finally dodged Genesis at the last critical moment, also breathed a huge sigh of relief. Finally, to break free from Forbidden's entanglement, he decisively used an Evasion Command to escape Genesis's impact range before Genesis fired.

Having escaped a disaster, he secretly rejoiced at his decisiveness, and then discovered with some astonishment that Forbidden's signal had disappeared.

This...

Forbidden was actually shot down by Genesis. If he remembered correctly, none of the three "Niaoren" should have died by Genesis. Now, due to his actions, one of the three "Niaoren," Shani, had actually died in Genesis's first wave of attacks.

While stunned, Li Boyong also felt that some of the plots he was familiar with seemed to be starting to undergo some relatively large changes, and these changes were happening right by his side. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====