CE71.
January 23.
The Republic of East Asia, the outer waters of the space port.
Several naval fleets from different countries are confronting the menacing ZAFT fleet.
Facing the ZAFT fleet, which numbered more than a hundred and had far more warships than our own, these naval warships from various countries seemed very shabby.
This is because the surface combatants they use are all surface combatants that have been eliminated by the navies of major powers in the past. They are much inferior to ZAFT's surface combatants in terms of age and technology.
It can be said that as long as the ZAFT fleet is willing, these dilapidated surface warships are just flower racks that can be easily destroyed.
However, the ZAFT fleet cannot move forward because the countries behind these dilapidated warships are members of the Equator Alliance from the neutral camp.
From the beginning to the present, the Equator Alliance has never intervened in the war between ZAFT and the Alliance. On the contrary, at some levels, the Equator Alliance has maintained contact with PLANT secretly, providing PLANT with material and resource support. Correspondingly,
PLANT also provides food quotas to the Equator Alliance.
Such a relationship gave the ZAFT fleet, which was blocked on the route to the East Asia Republic's space port, a huge headache for a while.
According to the battle plan formulated by ZAFT's headquarters, now is the time to cooperate with ZAFT's airborne troops to launch an attack on the space port of the East Asian Republic.
However, they were stopped by these shabby warships.
"The ships in front should leave the current route immediately. Otherwise, we will take necessary measures to ensure smooth navigation!"
The moment the warning sounded, mobile suits were activated one after another, ready to go and sink these broken warships.
But, in the end, the attack order was not issued.
The order from the PLANT mainland finally forced the ZAFT fleet, which launched a surprise attack from the Oceania Alliance Carpentaria military base, to retreat and return to Carpentaria.
At the same time, the ZAFT airborne troops, which had just entered the planned orbit and were preparing to launch airborne operations, also received a retreat order from the mainland.
For a moment, all the ZAFT troops involved in this operation were confused and puzzled.
"Why should the fleet retreat? We have been preparing for this day for almost half a year!"
In the Supreme Council, under Patrick's watchful eye, the menacing defense committee members took the lead in attacking.
Siegel raised his hand to signal for silence.
"Why should we issue an evacuation order? Because if we launch an attack on the space port of the East Asian Republic, then from that moment on, we will become the enemy of the world."
"What?!"
For a moment, everyone was stunned.
How could he become the enemy of the world when it was clearly just a war with the Alliance?
Siegel sighed and asked someone to put the video message he received not long ago on the big screen used by the Supreme Council.
As the screen flickered, a man with dark skin but sharp eyes appeared.
Patrick remembered that this man was a member of the leadership of a member country of the Equator Alliance.
"President Siegel Klein of PLANT and all members of Congress, good afternoon! We, the Equator Alliance, have always adhered to the concept of neutrality and conducted economic and trade transactions with you in many fields. Both parties have been happy and benefited a lot.
Little results. But it is very regrettable that today, on behalf of the Equator Alliance, I only want to inform you of a piece of news and a decision. We, the Equator Alliance, have no intention of participating in or intervening in the war between PLANT or ZAFT and the Earth Alliance.
However, if ZAFT dares to launch an attack on the Spaceport of the Republic of East Asia, which is responsible for the construction of the orbital elevator-solar power generation system project, we, the Equator Alliance, will immediately announce and stop economic and trade cooperation with you in all fields!"
Then, the picture changes again.
It's a video from the leadership of a small country.
The content is roughly the same as that of the Equator Alliance.
Then, one after another, neutral countries and organizations from all over the world finished playing the video, and everyone fell silent.
Some of the hot-tempered and even tough-minded members of the National Defense Committee fell silent.
The strength of these small countries is not strong, but because these small countries have PLANT in their hands, they have many resources that ZAFT needs to produce mobile suits and battleships.
If these small countries really unite to boycott PLANT and ZAFT, I am afraid that the first ones to wake up from their dreams will be the Atlantic Ocean and the Eurasian Federation.
Even though PLANT has achieved self-sufficiency in many areas of people's livelihood, such as independent food production, PLANT lacks many key resources in the industrial field, making it impossible to achieve large-scale independent production within the country in a short period of time.
It has to be said that this time, many small countries united and jointly issued a warning to PLANT, which was beyond everyone's expectations and hit PLANT and ZAFT's pain points.
In the final analysis, the previous war with the Alliance was able to be fought back and forth, or it was because these small countries were ambiguous. In addition to coping with the pressure of the Earth Alliance, they also maintained exchanges with PLANT and continuously exported the key to the industrial field for PLANT.
resource.
Patrick's face was gloomy and he had no intention of speaking.
He only looked at Siegel.
The latter's expression was also quite gloomy.
Presumably, the joint warnings from many small countries made the Speaker of the Supreme Council feel uncomfortable.
"The operation against the East Asia Republic's space port is now aborted! Next, we should prepare the next round of combat plans while we still have the strength in hand!"
Patrick stood up and revealed his plan.
Siegel looked at Patrick, and the moment his eyes met, he nodded slowly.
"Execute according to the original plan! Next, the Supreme Council should also prepare a memorial ceremony!"
After receiving Siegel's approval, Patrick lowered his head slightly, remained silent for a moment, and turned to leave.
At the next moment, Siegel, who signaled the dissolution of the meeting, also led everyone out of the meeting and walked with Patrick.
Compared to the seriousness in the meeting, the two people walking together in the corridor became a little more relaxed.
Patrick remembered the arrangements for the memorial ceremony and said casually.
"I heard that Lux will serve as the memorial ambassador and go to Junius 7 to hold a memorial ceremony?"
Siegel nodded slightly.
"Yes. This was requested by Lux. Considering her reputation in PLANT, I think this is also a suitable arrangement."
Thinking of the girl who had arranged the wedding with his son Aslan Sara, Patrick's stern face couldn't help but soften a little.
After all, he is also quite satisfied with Lacus Klein.
This is not because she is the only daughter of Siegel, but also because Lux Klein's own character, speech and behavior are all a generous and extremely outstanding girl.
"What a pity! Aslan has already sailed with the fleet. Otherwise, I don't think Aslan would refuse the opportunity to go with Lux."
"I think so too. Maybe there will be another opportunity in the future."
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Chapter completed!