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Chapter Sixty-Five

Battle of Oceania Part Two

Battlefield

All were prepared and Gil gave one last smile, he than looked back at the messengers and knights.

"Attack!" Gil shouted as they raised a different flag this time, and that was the attack flag.

Yzac heard and saw the Flag and smiled, he gave his men the order and they started charging at Athrun's unit.

Dearka saw the flag and gave the order as well, the Catapults released their boulders and the infantry followed by the cavalry moved just a little closer, they stopped and the archers released their arrows.

The heavy armed infantry and cavalry heard that and instantly charged the center heading straight for the King.

Kira saw what they were doing and removed his sword along with all others who saw it. Kira waited and when he saw what they were doing he knew he called the plan right.

"Now!" Kira shouted and the messengers started passing everything around and the horns were sounded.

Athrun saw the messenger and then heard the horns sound all over the battle field and gave the command; he saw the duel heading right for him. Athrun and the Aegis squad prepared to counter attack.

Nicol saw the same thing but when the Buster squad stopped he gave the order to charge.

Mu and the royal guard along with the Strike squad and the regular units prepared to counter attack in the center as they saw the knights charging at him.

Gil watched and had faith his army would be victorious.

Rau smiled as everything was going as he wanted, he saw the units charge and couldn't be happier.

Kira saw the enemy units get closer and he and his knights were waiting.

Center

Kira saw the approaching ZAFT units, there were no main squads but he could tell by observation that they were heavy armed infantry and cavalry, with what he had planned he would be able so slow down the cavalry but it wouldn't really work with the heavy armed infantry. Kira watched as they got closer, all knights had their weapons removed and the royal guard was in perfect position, they were getting a little anxious as they were approaching closer and closer.

Kira kept silent as he watched them approach, he had a knight with a horn ready for his kings commands, it would be difficult to hear the horns through the noise so he had men with flags not to far behind them. Kira watched and watched and when they got to the range he wanted Kira gave the command.

Kira looked at the knight, "Now!" Kira shouted at him.

The man heard his Kings command and blew the horn; a little ways away the man with the flag heard and raised the flag as high as he could.

The royal guard as well as the cavalry units Kira had placed in the front quickly moved into a formation and the hidden archers he had behind the horses let their arrows fly.

The archers got the command and released their arrows.

The ZAFT cavalry was moving so fast, but when they saw the ORB knights move into formation, and spotted the arrows they knew they were in trouble. The cavalry instantly slowed down a little, while others went faster.

Kira saw what they did, and he knew this had to be one of those unprepared units Gil was using for a number advantage. The arrows reached their destination and struck the cavalry hard knocking out about five percent of the horsemen. The heavy infantry took shots as well, but their armor covered a lot of their vital spots, so most only got either an arm or leg wound.

Kira was pleased but the numbers were still great, he gave the order to fire again and the archers did what they were told.

The ZAFT cavalry being disorganized at the moment didn't realize the second wave and were once again struck, this time knocking out another ten percent.

The captain of the cavalry units was getting disgusted.

He looked at his horsemen, "Keep up the charge, we have to get closer!" he shouted out.

The knights did what they were told and kept up the charge.

Kira watched everything that was going on and made the decision for the archers to fall back to safety and cover them from a distance against any joining units that came to assist.

"Prepare to engage!" Kira shouted out.

All knights moved back into another position, and they were ready to counter the ground assault, Kira hoped the formation of bunching up his royal guard would help keep the cavalry from breaking through.

Kira along with his cavalry units would use their horse advantage to keep the units on the ground at bay.

They were nearing the army's position and all were ready to counter their attack.

A little ways back, Mu observed everything, he was getting anxious to help, but Kira didn't call his unit in yet, Mu knew that Kira wanted to get the Strike units strength up as long as possible. Mu didn't agree with this, but he knew it was for the best.

The heavy armed infantry and cavalry were now where Kira could see their eyes and his units moved to engage.

Left Phalanx

As soon as Yzac got that signal he moved his units to quickly engage the Aegis squad, his unit was mostly made up of light armed infantry, heavy armed infantry and small cavalry, as they were experts in short range battle.

All started charging when Yzac gave the command; he knew he had to quickly dispose of this Aegis squad so he could personally move in towards the center to engage the ORB King Personally.

Yzac had the little cavalry they had around him as he led the charge with the infantry and heavy infantry trailing behind, Yzac looked over and saw that they were moving into some sort of formation, but that would not stop him.

Athrun and his Aegis squad saw the Duel squad approaching them, like with the Duel that didn't have much cavalry, and they were used to all kinds of battle, but Athrun knew since he was ordered to engage the Duel squad he made sure they were even and equipped his men with the same as what the Duel would have.

As Athrun saw the charge he looked over at his commander.

"Get them ready, we must hold them at all costs, make sure to match them up, leave the leader to me," Athrun said.

The commander smiled, "As you wish My Lord, we will not fail you," the commander said as he rode off to take command of the heavy armed infantry.

Athrun looked at the charging knights and saw that the cavalry they had seemed to be lead by the leader of the unit, Athrun remembered what Kira told him and new he could not underestimate this man.

"Prepare to engage!" Athrun shouted out.

All Aegis members heard the command and removed their weapons ready to counter them.

Athrun glanced over at the center and saw that most of the ZAFT units were charging at him, he knew he would have to finish this as quickly as possible in order to give help to the center.

Athrun looked back at the charging army and he was prepared to engage them, the Aegis knights moved into a v shaped formation that Kira had created in the last battle a few months ago, this would create a trap and once they were in they would close up and attack from both sides leaving them trapped in the center with no escape. Athrun just hoped it would work again.

Right Phalanx

Like with Yzac Dearka heard the order to attack, but unlike Yzac he could not just rush into the enemy ranks, Dearka gave the order to slowly advance into range. They had the slaves push the catapults up just enough and when they were in position, Dearka glanced over at his advancing army.

The small infantry they had heard the order and started advancing with the archers following behind them, the moved up just enough and the infantry stopped in a defensive formation, the archers were a little ways behind them and stopped as well reading their arrows.

Dearka saw all his units in position and joined up with his archers reading his bow, he looked at a few knights behind them and when he saw what the Blitz squad was doing he gave the order to launch.

"Fire!" Dearka shouted.

The archers heard the command and let the arrows fly; the catapult team saw the flag go up from the man standing next to their leader and launched the boulders into the sky.

Dearka knew that if they couldn't take out enough of them then their defensive infantry would be over taken, and they would be destroyed.

After Nicol got the message from Kira he was preparing his units, unlike the rest of the ORB army he would be the one charging, he had no choice, otherwise the Buster squad would pick them apart from the distance.

Nicol saw that the ZAFT army started advancing as well as the Buster squad but they were not moving fast, Nicol figured they were getting into range and he was right.

"My Lord, they are advancing," the commander said.

Nicol looked at him, "I know, prepare the squad, we have to charge as quickly as possible or were done."

The commander nodded his head, "I understand My Lord, we will await your command."

Nicol watched him leave and he looked at his unit, his unit was specially designed for this battle, they needed speed so most were on horses, but that would be a problem however they had no choice as they needed speed, the rest was outfitted in heavy armor, which would give them a little more protection against the attacks of the Buster squad.

Nicol waited for the moment and when he saw the Buster unit stop he gave the order.

"Charge!" Nicol shouted out.

The knights heard it and started charging, the commander took control of the infantry and started leading them in, but he was on horse and that made him more at risk as it would take the infantry longer to reach them.

The cavalry and Nicol charged, and that was when they saw the arrows and catapults get released, Nicol watched as all rode faster, but the arrows hit and they hit hard. The cavalry unit was struck hard and lost a good fifteen percent on one attack, but that was what the Buster squad was known for. The catapults were directed more at the infantry and they took a good hit from the oncoming boulders, knocking out about five percent.

The commander and the infantry didn't let it take over their emotions as they kept marching.

Nicol was glad for his unit's devotion and his cavalry also started the charge again.

Dearka was pleased with the first assault, but when they stared coming on stronger he knew he would have to keep letting them have it.

Dearka looked at the knight next to him, "Inform the boulders to fire at will, as soon as they get it loaded launch it, and have them start adjusting the range." Dearka told him as he didn't wait for a response.

The knight looked at him, "As you wish My Lord," he said as he went straight to the catapult teams.

Dearka looked back at the archers, "Ready arrows," He said as he readied his own weapon and as soon as they were all ready, "Fire again!" he shouted and all archers released their arrows.

Nicol and the rest of the squad had got back into formation and as they were continuing again they saw the next wave coming.

Nicol cursed and they once again rode faster, but the arrows hit hard again, knocking out another twenty percent, Nicol knew they had to get up their fast. The Blitz squad was getting angry as they used that as fuel to ride harder. They started riding again, when Nicol saw the catapults launched once more, and once again it struck the heavy armed infantry.

The commander was getting impatient but they kept going and even picked up the pace.

Dearka smiled as the Buster squad cheered as their second wave struck again, Dearka was pleased, but when he saw them moving even faster, he knew the catapults would not have enough time to reload and it would soon be up to his infantry to hold them back, hoping they could take out the heavy armed cavalry before they joined or it would be all over.

"Fire at will!" Dearka shouted out as all of them started firing whatever they could, but they had no time to aim.

The infantry of the Buster squad removed their weapons and prepared to engage the force approaching.

Nicol and the infantry rode and ran as fast as they could, they hastily approached the infantry and prepared to crush through them.

The commander smiled, as he saw that his Lord was getting through.

"Let's pick up the pace!" he shouted as all heavy armed infantry complied.

The buster squad infantry watched as they approached and hastily started engaging them.

Center

With Gil

Gil watched as his army engaged the enemy units and knew that everything was going according to plan so far, he kept a watchful eye on the center waiting for his chance to ride in.

Rau was smiling wide as he watched as knights were falling and battle was ragging. This was what he wanted and now all he needed to make this perfect was for this foolish Emperor to give the order for the Providence squad to attack.

With Kira

The units were fast approaching Kira and his center units, as soon as they were close enough Kira gave the order and the knights moved into formation, the cavalry was fast approaching but were easily intercepted by the formation of the royal guard, swords and weapons clashed as the hand to hand battle started.

Kira watched as his royal guard was keeping the units pretty much in front, and were not letting them through and that would work well to his advantage, he didn't want the Strike unit to engage until absolutely necessary.

Kira looked back at the front and it wasn't long before the heavy armed cavalry was nearing them, Kira looked at his cavalry unit and they would wait no longer, led by Kira they started heading straight for the units.

As soon as they were close enough the cavalry started cutting through the heavy armed infantry, the infantry had the advantage with all their armor, but the cavalry speed was working against that at the moment.

Kira cut through a few units easily, he used his sword to stab right through their open spots in the armor. A few swordsmen started approaching Kira from both sides, Kira moved Tori around to block one mans path and used his sword to hastily stab another knight. After the man fell Kira moved his horse around again, but this time this knight was a little more skilled, the man parried Kira's stab, and swung his sword upwards, Kira saw the slash and moved his body back just enough to evade the slash, after the man missed Kira used the opportunity of his disarray and stabbed right through the mans armor, dropping him instantly. Kira brought his sword back up and looked at more coming, he knew he could not keep wasting strength on these ordinary units, but he had no choice.

Mu was really getting anxious he could tell the other ZAFT units were trying to all attack the King at once, the royal guard was holding their own against the cavalry and almost has all of them down, he could tell they had few losses and that made him relieved, but the issue was with the King, the heavy armed infantry were just ordinary soldiers but they are exhausting to fight, and Mu wanted in that battle bad, he told himself if he wasn't called in soon, he would enter this battle anyway.

The battle raged on in the center but with few for ORB, the archers kept firing at the enemy reinforcements but were limited by making sure not to hit their own men. So far the combined forces of the royal guard and Kira's cavalry seemed to be winning this so far, but Gil wasn't finished with them yet.

Left Phalanx

Athrun wasted no time in ordering the formation, once all knights got wind of what the general had planned, they started moving into formation.

Athrun kept his eyes on the led horsemen, he knew that was the Duel leader, and he would have to be the one to engage him, but for the moment he had to get this formation working. As soon as they were close enough Athrun smiled a little as the units were ready to spring their trap.

Yzac rode in pure hate and rage, but he was still aware of the surrounding army, he noticed that they were starting to move into a formation, and luckily for Athrun that Yzac never seen it.

"My Lord, what are they doing?" a knight asked who was riding with him.

Yzac didn't look at him, "Who cares, just make sure the units are matched up evenly, and I will handle the leader, make sure to get this done fast I want to get to the center as soon as possible."

"As you wish My Lord," the man said as he broke the formation to relay the message to the squad leaders.

They kept going until they reached the inside of Athrun's formation, and they split in half attacking both sides.

Athrun saw them in and ordered his formation to close, the knights relayed the message, and as soon as the Duel squad slit in half, they closed the formation and started attacking from all sides.

The light armed infantry clashed with the other light, and the heavy with the other heavy. Both Athrun and Yzac wanted to get to each other, but there was too much in the way at the moment.

Athrun's second in command was in charge of the infantry units and was starting to engage them along with the heavy and light, swords and spears clashed as it would truly be a sight to see. The units did seem evenly matched and though the Aegis had the correct formation, this could go either way.

Athrun engaged some of the infantry approaching him and was easily able to cut through them, as they proved not that formidable, on the other side Yzac was doing the same but he used his rage and angrily cut through some of the Aegis members, all he saw was the commander on horse heading straight for him, and he wanted him out of the way so he could get to the center.

Right Phalanx

Nicol and the infantry rode and ran as fast as they could, they hastily approached the infantry and prepared to crush through them.

The commander smiled, as he saw that his Lord was getting through.

"Let's pick up the pace!" he shouted as all heavy armed infantry complied.

The Buster squad infantry watched as they approached and hastily started engaging them.

Dearka didn't like what he saw, there were too many left and he knew that it would be a challenge for his units to hold them off.

Nicol and the units approached and they started engaging the infantry, the weapons clashed and they were doing their best to break through. Dearka knew that his catapults were now useless, but he and his archers were now aiming at the Blitz knights approaching and they took some out.

Nicol and his knights were starting to cut through, but the archers were giving them problem, Nicol turned around hoping to find this commander and he smiled as he saw the heavy armed infantry right behind them. The Buster squad infantry started falling back, but it was too late as the combined force of Nicol's cavalry and the commander's heavy armed infantry were cutting right through.

Dearka watched as they broke through and he knew he would have to use his sword, the archers were hastily retreating while firing, the infantry was being over run and Dearka knew he would have to fall back as well, but what he spotted made him draw back his bow one last time, he saw the target aimed a little and fired.

To be continued…

(AN): I hope you liked this chapter; the next part should be up by Monday. Bye for now.