Chapter 529: Zeon’s next move
The war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, on the Earth’s battlefield in the Middle East, ended with the Federation’s overall victory.
This result not only horrified Zeon, but even the top leaders of the Federation were in disbelief. Especially after receiving the intelligence that a force composed of nine MSs had determined the entire battle situation, it was even more shocking, even if Even Zeon, who relied on the mobile suit the most, thought this was a fantasy.
"What is going on?" Kilian Zabi, who was far away in SIDE-3, called the heads of the Intelligence Department and the General Staff Department, gave them a severe reprimand, and asked them what was going on. , why there was no intelligence and response measures before this.
The oil resources in the Middle East are too important to the Principality of Zeon. The fossil fuels and funds needed for the later war need to be obtained from the Middle East. Now that the Middle East front has been completely defeated, Kilian Zabi’s Earth The invasion plan encountered a major setback.
Moreover, since the mobile suit's debut, whether it was the battle to hunt down Dr. Minovsky, or the Weekly War and the Battle of Rum, the Zeon army has been unstoppable, winning all battles, with high morale, and is ready to occupy the treasure house of Earth in one go. .
The result... The first battle was lost, and the Middle East front that was bound to win was completely defeated. As a result, the blitzkrieg plan fell short, and morale was almost depressed to the freezing point.
If it weren't for the current unrest among Zeon's people, Kilian Zabi would not hesitate to give the two of them a peanut and go underground to bury the soldiers who died in the battle.
"I have received intelligence before. After the Battle of Rum, the Federation saw the power of mobile suits. Admiral Garp unanimously implemented the mobile suit development plan called [Plan V]..." from the Intelligence Department The person in charge lowered his head and reported the report.
“Don’t talk nonsense about what I know, tell me something I don’t know!” Kilian Zabi knew this piece of information. He didn’t pay much attention to it at first. The Federation had already begun developing mobile suits. Lagging behind Zeon, falling behind step by step, Kilian Zabi is confident that before the Federation establishes its own mobile suit force, he can complete his earth invasion plan, capture more than half of the earth's territory, and fill up resources for Zeon. The fatal flaw of shortage.
Therefore, he did not strictly order the Intelligence Department to thoroughly investigate [Project V]. Instead, he handed it over to Dozlu Zabi and asked him to arrange people to investigate and destroy it.
The result...the fact was like a hand, slapping him hard in the face. The Federation was lagging behind the mobile suits developed by Zeon, and just nine units decided the victory or defeat of a large-scale battle line. , if the Federation achieves mass production, what else will Zeon do?
“Yes... After you handed over the investigation task to Lieutenant General Dozulu, the Lieutenant General sent an investigation team headed by Major Char Aznable of [Red Comet]. After many After investigation, it was determined that [Plan V] had been integrated with the previously shelved [SCV-X] plan, and was renamed [Plan V-X], and the location was determined to be carried out on Luna 2..."
"Since it has been OK, why don't you send someone to destroy it?"
"Yes...you are against it..."
"Huh?"
"Uh..." The person in charge of the intelligence department wiped the cold sweat and lowered his head even further.
This matter is really not his fault. When Char sent this information back to Zeon and applied for support, Dozru Zabi personally found Kilian Zabi and requested He allowed himself to take the space fleet to destroy the remaining federal space forces on Luna 2, while sabotaging the progress of the [V-X Project].
But Kilian Zabi rejected it outright, because he was more concerned about the upcoming Earth invasion plan. Compared with the [V-X Plan], a plan that lagged behind theirs, the first landing operation would undoubtedly be more difficult. Much more important.
In fact, Kilian Zabi’s decision is also correct. No one can say how much time and how many troops it will take to capture Luna 2. If it fails, it will give the Federation a chance to breathe. , the [V-X] plan has been completed again. The Federation already had its own MS troops before Zeon began the descent operation. So wouldn’t the descent operation take the initiative to provide meat fillings for dumpling wrappers?
Who knew... a monster like Yang Hui not only successfully developed a new MS in a very short period of time, but was also so powerful.
Kilian Zabi looked at the head of the staff department again. The problem had already occurred. He valued response measures more than accountability.
"What does the General Staff think of this unit?"
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." The person in charge of the General Staff was obviously well prepared, and he also came up with a lot of information when telling the story. Analyzing the materials, "First of all, according to the joint analysis by the technical consultants of Zeonik Corporation and Zmade Corporation's MIP Corporation, the Federation's mobile suit performance is better than the Zaku II in all aspects, including the possession of naval guns mentioned by Major Char in the intelligence. The powerful beam rifle and high-power energy weapons have better mobility, attack power, and defense than the Zaku II. At the same time, they judged that the armor of these MSs are all Gundam alloy α, so It is judged that the cost of manufacturing these MSs must be very high and cannot be mass-produced.”
“Well, continue”
"This is the result of the technical department's analysis of the MS itself. Although these MS are better than the Zaku II, they cannot be mass-produced and do not pose much of a threat to us. The real threat lies in the pilots who fly them. ”
“Pilot? ”
“Yes, pilot, Commander, you also know that the more excellent the performance of the aircraft, it also tests the pilot’s ability. An ace pilot You can bring out 100% or even 200% of the machine's performance, and then..." During the report, he called up several video records of the survivors of the Middle East front, "... These are the only few video records, Commander, please take a look."
"Well..."
Part of these videos are of the second team led by Travis performing guerrilla tactics and supporting friendly forces on the battlefield. Records, and part of them are video records of the first team. Most of them are Yang Hui's Unit 1, but others also appear.
If everyone else only surprised Kilian Zabi that the Federation actually had such excellent mobile suit pilots, then Yang Hui's performance was nothing short of frightening to Kilian Zabi.
"Who is the pilot of this aircraft?" Killian Zabi asked, pointing to Yang Hui's No. 1 aircraft.
“I don’t know, I just know that this MS team belongs to the 12th Independent Technical Force and is a unit directly under Ray Bill. We have researchers from the original [V Plan] and [SCV-X Plan] list, but we haven’t investigated the list of pilots yet,” the head of the Intelligence Department responded promptly.
"Check! This person's identity must be found out!" "Follow your orders."
"Then what?" Kilian Zabi looked at the head of the staff department again.
"So our judgment on this force is two points, extremely dangerous, but not fatal."
"Well...continue."
"Extreme danger lies in Two points, one is the combat effectiveness it shows. Just nine mobile suits can reverse the victory or defeat of the Middle East front. Then other fronts also face the same threat. Moreover, if it has the opportunity to expand, for us, it will It will become fatal.
Not fatal judgment... After all, they only have nine stations. Even if we don't have the air control of the earth now, the transportation of MS on the earth is still a huge problem, relying on [Media] As for the transport aircraft, we only need to extend the front line and delay their support, and end the battle before they arrive in the theater, then they will be useless.”
"Ta~ta~ta~..." After listening to the answer given by the staff, Killian Zabi tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat, thinking about the next strategy.
“Tell Kycelia that within three days, I will hear news of the fall of Odessa.”
“Yes.”
“And Gionik, Zmade and MIP, since Zaku II can no longer meet the needs of the battlefield, they can start preparing for a new MS competition."
"Yes"
"And you." As he said that, Kilian Zabi looked at the head of the intelligence department with a stern look, "investigate all the people in this unit for me, and then..."
"Yes !" Needless to say, he knew what to do. War is inherently dirty. In many cases, dirty methods are more direct and effective.
"Well..." After thinking for a while, he asked his secretary, "How are the preparations for the second batch of airborne troops?"
"They are ready and ready to go at any time. Start."
"Order Dozlu to immediately launch the second descent operation, targeting the North American continent."
"Yes."
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On the other side, the Federation, after achieving a comprehensive victory on the Middle East front, Ray Bill went to the Middle East front in person and attended the celebration banquet. Yang Hui and the others deserved too much credit this time. It's so big that some people above are trying to use their brains.
Isn’t this? As soon as he got off the plane, Ray Bill heard that Yang Hui almost killed a brigade of gendarmerie.
“You brat, can’t you just calm down a little bit?” Ray Bill scolded angrily.
"It's not my fault, General Rebir, you have to fight back, right?"
"But you went too far." The people from the gendarmerie who came this time actually had no intention of doing anything to Yang Hui and the others. What, just take them away temporarily, and then let the people above take the credit and then let them go.
This kind of moth can just use the name of Ray Bill and drive it away. Who knows that Yang Hui did not use the name of Ray Bill and just did it himself. Several Heretic Gundams were activated directly, Vulcan cannons and beam rifles. , Gatling Vulcan cannons, and rocket launchers were aimed at them from a high position, scaring them so much that they almost peed their pants and fled in a hurry before Yang Hui's raised hand fell.
This is really not to scare them. If these people are ignorant, Yang Hui will really kill them. There is no need to mention how notorious the federal political department and military police are.
So the friendly troops were not frightened by Yang Hui, but instead clapped their hands and applauded.
"This is a problem that you and General Gepu need to worry about. General Rebir, since he didn't do it well, I can only do it for you." Yang Hui shrugged and said.
"Okay, I already know who the people behind are, and this time I have a chance to clean up a group of people."
"That's good, otherwise this will happen next time If a blind person comes to trouble me, I might actually do it for him.”
(End of this chapter)