Gundam Super G Universe

Chapter 9: The Heist from ZAFT
Red had a good life in the past three days, thanks to the escort work for the grain trade between the New Misrchi Republic and the surrounding satellites. The Scarlet Wings Mercenary Group also gained some reputation in the L3 Colonial Satellite Cluster area.

More importantly, thanks to those thoughtful colonial satellites, he finally gathered the G coins needed to build a United Flag-style E-Carbon Steel, and could even build an additional brand new Mobius.

Moreover, his own small treasury also had a lot more funds. Although he only kept less than 10% and gave the rest to Anqi to replenish the national treasury, it was still a number that he had never dared to imagine when he was a private.

It's a pity that it is really difficult to transport materials from the earth to the universe now. Those smugglers have raised the prices a hundred times. Only a fool would take those ordinary items with sky-high prices from them during this period.

But happy days always come to an end. With the defeat of the Eurasian Union in the Casablanca Sea, ZAFT's Gibraltar base was officially built, and the Mediterranean Sea was invaded by ZAFT. The Eurasian Federation could only rely on a large number of coastal defense projects to resist the joint attack of ZAFT's water MS Gern and air combat MS Dean.

At this time, ZAFT's highest command had already decided to move south from northern Africa.

Because Africa has always been a relatively backward region on the earth, but it is rich in resources and has a high value for occupation.

Moreover, in the eyes of ZAFT's highest command, as long as PLANT completely takes over Africa and develops a complete industry based on it, it can even consider conquering the entire earth.

In fact, it can be seen here that some people in ZAFT's command center have become arrogant, because the war against the Earth suffered some losses except for the Victoria offensive and defensive battle launched at the beginning when the neutron jammer was not deployed.

Afterwards, under the influence of the neutron jammer, the Earth Federation's army was like dough, at the mercy of its own will, and could only rely on its huge numbers to launch limited counterattacks.

Especially in the beginning, the Earth Federation had not yet adapted to wars without the assistance of radar and wireless facilities. A large number of high-precision guided weapons were scrapped, and they could only drag out a lot of old tanks, helicopters, and fighter planes from the warehouse to make up the numbers. The loss ratio of both sides once reached more than 1:10.

This makes the current ZAFT command look down on the Earth Federation Army, and some even say "If we had known that the Earth Federation was so weak, we should have started a war long ago."

However, no matter how confident ZAFT was, the reality was that the problem remained unchanged. Before conquering North Africa, it was still short of food.

Food certainly cannot grow out of thin air. The Oceania Alliance just provided a large wave of food more than a month ago, and the troops on Earth have been able to survive until now thanks to this wave of food.

But simply taking Gibraltar is not enough to replenish the food needed later. The countries on the Eurasian Federation side around the Mediterranean are all armed to the teeth, and a forceful attack is not wise.

As for the Mediterranean side close to Africa, they are all poor guys, and you won’t get much food even if you squeeze them dry.

Therefore, ZAFT is ready to attack the Suez Canal in order to completely block the Mediterranean economic circle and cut off the Earth Federation's ground route to the African continent.

At the same time, on the moon, the troops in the ZAFT-LORENTZ crater were also preparing to launch a decisive battle against the Earth Federation's Third Fleet at the Ptolemy Base.

The war on two fronts and the expansion of the strategic plan caused ZAFT to expand its military again. As a result, there were fewer people engaged in production and the demand for food increased again.

So ZAFT really set its sights on those neutral colonies in the universe. However, the order from PLANT was to find a way to buy food from these colonies. Robbery, coercion, etc. were not allowed.

But in actual operations, ZAFT's officers also understood what flexible operation meant and what it meant to be away from military orders.

Of course, ZAFT did not dare to forcefully buy all the food, causing a large number of people in the colony to starve to death. At most, they used some tough tactics to buy things. For example, warships blocked the door, gun tests were conducted against the wall, and "exercises" were conducted inside the satellite. Therefore, the most active New Misrchi Republic was placed on the table of the commander of the Fifth Space Region military base where ZAFT's L3 colony satellite cluster was located.

Honestly speaking, compared to the fierce fighting between the Earth Union and ZAFT in other universes, the Fifth Universe is much more peaceful. This may be because there are only some low-level mining industrial satellites here and there, which can be replaced by many places, so its strategic value is relatively low.

ZAFT's military base here only has five Lorasia-class battleships stationed there. It is more of a large outpost than a military base.

But after the food-buying mission, the commander here felt that he was in sight of promotion this time. The New Mislchi Republic had food, and this was known to the entire L3 colonial satellite cluster.

The commander here planned to use courtesy before force, and first sent a five-member diplomatic team to the New Mislchi Republic by shuttle to discuss the purchase of grain.

So Red met these diplomats in the airport conference room of the colonial satellite.

As soon as he entered the conference room, Reid felt the same aura as himself on these diplomats. These people were not diplomats at all, but soldiers. However, they were all around 40 years old, and they should be senior military officers.

When Red arrived, Angie had already chatted with them for a while, but judging from Angie's expression, the chat was probably not very pleasant. This princess with a violent gene obviously wanted to punch someone.

But Red soon understood why Angie wanted to beat someone up. He had just sat down and hadn't even introduced himself when the leader on the other side said bluntly:

"Mr. Red, my name is Stefano Greco. Princess Angelique said that she only provided a seller for the food of this colony satellite, and everything else was handled by you. She doesn't know the details. Is this true?"

Red was a little speechless. These people really didn't act. They were straight to the point, as soldiers usually are. However, this mutual shirking of responsibility was originally agreed upon by Red and Angie, so he didn't bother with them and replied:

"Please forgive me for keeping this a secret. This is the most important confidential information. After all, at this time, food is more valuable than gold."

Stefano Greco didn't hesitate. It was normal for Red not to reveal the source of the goods, so he said directly
"I understand, but I would like to ask you to provide a batch of food to our ZAFT. Of course, we will pay you according to the PLANT market price."

When Red heard this, he frowned. These people really had no sincerity at all. PLANT market price? The price of one pound of their food on the black market was calculated by grain. After all, PLANT had to ensure the normal life of local residents, and they could not raise the food price too much even if they lost money.

But for Red, this price is almost the same as saying "I want to rob you" openly.

So Red was not polite. Anyway, one of the Earth Union and ZAFT would fight him, so he chose ZAFT and refused directly.
"Mr. Greco, unfortunately, I cannot sell food to you. Previously, we sold food to those colonies that did not clearly stand on the same side. After all, we are a neutral country. If we sell food to you today, the Earth Union will come after us. My subsequent channels for buying food on Earth will also be directly cut off. So, I'm sorry."

Red's words were very decisive, and the other party's face suddenly darkened. Stefano Greco said with a hint of threat:

"Haha, you are afraid of the Earth Union, but you are not afraid of us, ZAFT? Or do you think that we can't do anything to you just because you are a neutral country? Young man, let me warn you, in this world, you can only say no to others if you have the strength."

(End of this chapter)