The shining Shoko Toyokawa

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The changes on the battlefield were always so fast that it was hard to predict. Maya had already prepared to fight to the death with the enemy, but the oncoming MS troops suddenly changed direction and returned to the fleet.

For a moment, the three teams were all a little confused.

"What should we do, Captain Maya? Should we continue the attack now?"

"Hey! Does the other party have any unexpected plans?"

Maya racked her brains but couldn't figure out what the other party meant.

Chapter 57: The battle is over, but Maya's battle has just begun

Failure to send out MS means that the actual controlled area will be compressed, making it difficult to grasp the enemy's movements in the first place, and the risks faced by reconnaissance aircraft will increase infinitely.

If we use the war in the cold weapon era as an analogy, it is like the enemy, despite having several times the military advantage, hiding in the city and not coming out.

Now the thornless MS can go wherever it wants.

"Retreat first,"

In the battle near the Nix colony a few days ago, Maya had already experienced the mixed doubles of the fleet's air defense and mobile suits.

The current strength of Caius is definitely not comparable to the three warships at that time.

"Ugh?"

The others were all a little stunned.

"Captain Maya, are you not going to continue the attack?"

"Our goal has been achieved. Now we just need to focus on breaking through."

After Maya confirmed that the others had received the communication, she asked the two to return to the fleet first to report the breakout, leaving the Maya team and the other two teams to continue to fight on the pretense of cruising.

"As expected,"

Seeing that it had finally come to this, Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although many people were sacrificed, there is no such thing as a war without casualties. Now that we can force the enemy to retreat and defend, it is already a huge victory.

Many people are not afraid of sacrifice, but are afraid that their sacrifice will be meaningless.

"Maya-san, are we really just trying to break through?"

Rencai contacted Maya through a private channel.

Maya was stunned for a moment, then just smiled and didn't say yes or no.

And often, silence is also an answer.

Rencai stared at the fleet whose shadows were barely visible, and was convinced that they would suffer a great loss.

"Is Haruna on the flagship right now?"

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When the Thornless Fleet approached the encirclement of Caius, a brutal space battle began.

The main battleships of both sides in this direction are not only comparable in performance, but also in number.

The MSs of both sides were able to defend within their own air defense circle, but were unable to break through the enemy's air defense circle.

As many conservatives believed, the battlefield suddenly seemed to have returned to the era of big guns and big ships.

On Wuci's side, the only Magellan-class ship led the charge, and the rest of the combat ships were distributed on both wings, forming a high-speed swallow-shaped formation and charging towards the enemy formation.

Caius responded to the Thornless with a powerful horizontal formation.

For a moment, beams of light flew between the two camps, and missiles and shells were as dense as rain.

At this moment, almost everyone focused their attention on the fleet on the opposite side.

On the Caius Fleet side, only the soldiers on duty at the side anti-aircraft turrets noticed the sudden appearance of the golden mobile suit, which was approaching at three times the speed of a normal mobile suit.

"Enemy mobile suits approaching at high speed on the starboard side!"

They immediately fired and reported the intelligence to their superiors, but the situation on the port side was equally urgent.

The captains took some effort to find a mobile suit that could be deployed for support.

This period of time is less than two minutes, but these two minutes are enough to overturn the situation of the battle!

The golden MS attracted firepower, and the other two MS teams were not discovered until they got close enough.

"Took it!"

George shouted, aimed at a Galenbuji, and quickly fired 7 300mm anti-ship rockets from the rocket launcher.

The two temporarily organized reinforcement teams unleashed all their anti-ship firepower in almost 10 seconds.

The two Magellan-class ships with powerful firepower bore the brunt of the attack and took the heaviest beating. Although they did not explode on the spot, they completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Seeing this, the other warships wanted to struggle, but were attacked from both sides and sank a Salamis-class ship. Now they finally chose to retreat.

In the breakout battle, Caius lost two Magellan-class ships and four Salamis-class ships.

But the losses on Wuci's side were also not small. Due to the focus on breaking through the front, one of the three supply ships was destroyed and another was seriously damaged. Now the situation is urgent and repairs are impossible. The only option is to evacuate the crew and "sink".

The only Magellan-class ship was also hit several times and suffered heavy damage.

Two Salami-class ships were sunk, and two were severely damaged and could not continue sailing, so they had to scuttled themselves.

The remaining Salamis class also suffered more or less damage.

This may prove that in space battles, the use of large cannons and large ships has some truth to it. The total number of warships on both sides is similar.

But because Caius had an extra Magellan-class ship, he was suppressing the Thornless before being attacked.

What's even more terrifying is that Caius has at least six fleets like this near this area of ​​the universe.

The mobile suits and pilots who had just finished their battles, before they had time to rest, acted as engineering machinery and rescue machinery.

The crew and necessary supplies of the ship that was about to sink were transferred to other ships.

Maya is responsible for another heavy task——

Collect the remains of those who died in battle on our side.

This is a job that tests one's psychological quality. There are dozens or even hundreds of crew members on a Salamis-class ship.

The bodies found in the twisted wreckage that still retained a high temperature,

Either they were burned to charcoal by the instantaneous high temperature, or most of their bodies disappeared...

No one knew what Maya was thinking when she took the initiative to take over this task. During these urgent ten minutes, she did not say a word.

Time is up,

The palms of the two mechanical arms were covered in blood, and the golden mobile suit, stained with blood, stood on the deck of the Agama when the hull was pried open. The pilot said nothing.

"Is the battle finally over?"

Xiaozhi's words seemed to wake Maya up.

She looked back and saw stars twinkling behind the fleet. That was Caius's fleet, the light and heat ejected from its thermonuclear engines.

They obviously would not give up the suppression of Wuci just because of a little setback.

Maya's battle is not over yet, it can even be said that it has just begun.

"Captain Jeanne,"

Maya asked the communicator to pass the communication to the captain.

"I understand. All ships, spread out into search formation!"

But before she could begin to say anything, Jeanne already knew what she was going to do.

After the ships were far enough away from the Argama, Maya thanked Jeanna and drove the Hyaku Shiki to the rear of the Argama.

"Right now, the Agama is implementing a communications control. All personnel are prohibited from any form of communication for an indefinite period of time!"

After Jeana gave this order, Hyakushiki jumped off the Agama.

It's strange to use the word "leap" to describe MS. Although many MS can jump, they mostly rely on jet packs or posture control nozzle output.

But now the Hyaku-Shiki seemed to have run out of propellant, and none of it was used throughout the entire process. Or perhaps it was used, but it was the mode with the least thrust. Even on the deck of the Argama, no obvious light could be seen.

Xiaozhi looked at the deck, but still couldn't see Metas. A flash of lightning seemed to flash through his mind.

She finally understood why Maya named it Operation Artemis before the battle began.

Chapter 58: A Node That Changed the Course of History

The Thornless Fleet gradually drifted away,

Maya did not fly far away, but flew directly towards the fleet that was destroyed in the battle just now.

Now it has deviated greatly from the original plan.

Although the girl was very good at observing the surrounding situation, she was a novice after all.

Maya wasn't sure if she could react and reunite with him.

But fate finally favored her once.

The orange Metas, equipped with a heavy giant Mega particle cannon, followed from a distance where the ship's silhouette could barely be seen, and soon flew to the area where the two fleets had fought.

"Subaru, this way, come here!"

After confirming the identity of the mobile suit, Chara sent a message to the girl from the Magellan-class wreckage that floated in the infrared instrument like the sun.

"Captain Maya!"

Subaru, who was on the communication line, was so excited that he almost cried, "The universe is so scary!"

The universe may not be scary, what is scary is being alone in it.

The mission Maya assigned to Subaru was theoretically the safest.

There was no need to charge into battle with them, nor to defend the fleet and engage in a firefight with Caius's MS.

Instead, it follows the Thornless Fleet from a distance. If something goes wrong and it is discovered, it uses a power stronger than that of the High Zaku to escape.

But this is only in theory.

"Subaru, it's really hard for you to hold on until now."

Maya's smile was so gentle it was deadly. "Leave it to me from now on."

Hyakushiki took the giant Mega Particle Cannon from Metas and deployed it.

Due to the limited output of the 100-type nuclear fusion reactor, it is not designed to connect to the energy interface of the giant Mega particle cannon.

Therefore, another machine must be powered by a power tube, and the experimental machine Metas has just such a function.

When Maya was at East Asia Heavy Industry, she disliked Metas because East Asia Heavy Industry could not provide Wu Ci with the giant Mega Particle Cannon within the deadline.

This is the only giant Mega Particle Cannon for MS in the world, secretly provided by the Sk Electronic Technology Group.

Under ideal circumstances, it has the power to severely damage the Magellan class with one blow.

Its attack range far exceeds that of previous MS anti-fleet weapons, and it is a divine weapon for asymmetric warfare in the Universal Century.

"Thank you, Chuhua."

Maya thanked them in her heart and hid in the shadows behind the wreckage of the Magellan class with Metas.

Artemis is the goddess of moonlight and hunting, between Gaia (Earth) and the Moon.

The hunter has made preparations. Now it depends on whether the prey will pass by.

This may be a 'hunt' that can change the course of history.

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"What a useless idiot! He was told to sink all of the Stingless's supply ships, but he failed to do so and ended up losing so many ships."

Kate Douglas's face was gloomy.

"But they lost two supply ships and several warships were damaged. They'll definitely go to the Aurora Colony. That's where that idiot comes in handy..."

"Vincent, although you are a brave captain, you should blame your weak father!"