Jack growled in annoyance that the Gaebulg hadn't done more damage and had pulled his own beam rifle when the smoke screen popped. [color=DarkRed]"Damn it!"[/color] Turning his attention, he instead opens fire on the retreating ZAFT forces, making sure to avoid shooting their sudden allies for the time being. The fact that they were already retreating was somewhat odd, though the reasoning for it was unknown. He'd been busy fighting his own battle, so he hadn't had the chance to see how things were progressing across the rest of the battlefield.