UC will eventually reach the stars

“Hahaha…” Ye Yun reached out and pinched Aina’s cheek, then hugged her. Aina didn’t resist, but simply hugged Ye Yun back obediently. “Someone always has to step forward to do this. The Maas family’s identity is just right! They have influence, but not that much influence. Whether it’s Zeon or the Federation, they will be willing to give them face, but they won’t think that Sera wants to become the second Daken or Zabi.”

"It's so difficult..." Aina patted Ye Yun's forehead and arm. After confirming her lover's feelings, there was no way Ye Yun could resist Aina, who might not be the strongest in Gundam history, but was definitely a strong competitor for the girlfriend that men dream of. The two had been in a relationship for a long time.

Aina smiled and continued, "But at this point, if Sera really wants to do something, Zeon should support her."

“Not necessarily…” Ye Yun’s voice was somewhat doubtful. “It seems that the Maas family has some incredible secret. According to what my sister investigated, the Maas family moved to Side 5 because they were attacked by Zeon. After I sent Sera from Side 6 to Side 5, the Maas family was attacked again, and it was most likely that this was done by people from Zeon.”

"!" Aina was somewhat stunned. "The Mas family and the Zeon, no, the Zabi family have such a deep hatred? That shouldn't be the case!"

"I don't know. This should be the most important secret of the Maas family. If it weren't for the huge age difference between Sera and Edward, I would have thought that either Kiran Zabi or Kycilia Zabi had a love-hate relationship." Ye Yun said with a smile.

"Stop reading those weird novels, I can't even stand them!" Aina popped out from under Ye Yun's body, poked Ye Yun's chest, and glared at him like an older sister giving a lecture.

"Boss, can we pause our sweet romance for a moment?" Unlike Rachel, who is usually serious about her work, Doris is more than a bit cynical and has a terrible attitude towards creditors.

"What's the matter?" Ye Yun scratched his head. Generally, Rachel and Ye Yun communicated most things. Doris didn't want to have too much to do with this stumbling block in her life.

"Zeon's intelligence has been deciphered!" Doris waved the papers in her hand at Ye Yun, then suddenly pulled her hand back before Ye Yun could take them. "Fee!"

“Those in debt have no right to be picky.” Ye Yun snatched the intelligence from Doris’s hand, glanced at it, and said, “Phew… Money aside, how about the medal?”

"Hmm?" Aina leaned closer to look, puzzled, then looked at Ye Yun with surprise. "Zeon is planning to continue its military campaign? And on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?!"

"Phew... These lunatics, aren't they afraid of all dying from altitude sickness?"

Chapter Thirty: The High-Level Meeting of Zeon

"Foolish wretch! Your actions have caused us to lose nearly a battalion!" Dozru roared angrily, pointing at Kycilia. "Do you know how much this will affect our newly begun landing operation? And you stubbornly insist on committing even more troops, which is already impacting the ongoing battle in Europe!"

"But we also know that Ye's Heavy Industry has already provided the Earth Federation Forces with hundreds of Federation standard mobile suits. If nothing unexpected happens, their factories are continuously supplying more and more to the Federation Forces. If we don't stop them from expanding their production capacity at this time, our advantage will be wiped out in a short time!" Kycilia looked at the fierce-looking Dozru in front of her, her heart filled with anger!

Admittedly, she did make a mistake this time. Even after overestimating the enemy's strength as much as possible, she still underestimated their forces. The enemy actually brought out nearly two large MS combat units in one go. Moreover, the enemy acted quickly and ambushed her troops, causing her troops to suffer heavy losses. If it weren't for the fact that some of the drop points were located relatively far back and were not attacked immediately when the front line was attacked, she could have barely maintained some combat power and repelled the Federation army's pursuing forces later.

What puzzled Kycilia was that the enemy did not launch a large-scale pursuit after the victory. Although this prevented her Zeon army from being further damaged, it also meant that the Zeon army's counterattack yielded very little.

It can only be said that the Federation Army's staff system is excellent, turning Ye Yun's cautious judgment and combat ideas into very specific tactical instructions, and the officers below also flexibly executed these ideas.

A squadron-level loss, and one that is mostly repairable, is perfectly acceptable to the Federation Army, and could even be said to be a cause for celebration for Federation Army headquarters.

After all, they destroyed or forced the Zeon forces to abandon nearly 30 mobile suits due to heavy losses. This was a glorious victory, which could greatly stabilize the previously low morale of the Federation forces at the front. The reason was probably something that both Kycilia and Ye Yun could guess. In short, it all boiled down to the same thing: "As long as the short sword is delivered, everything will be fine." It was like trying to quench thirst with a pie in the sky.

"And did you do it?!" Dozle slammed his fist on the table in anger. "Do you know how many Zeon soldiers were killed by the Federation forces because they didn't receive enough MS support?! It's all your fault! An entire battalion! And what was the result?! Now less than a company is able to continue fighting! Kycilia!" In a fit of rage, Dozle crushed the tabletop.

“In this matter, I truly…” Kycilia stared at Dozru with a grim expression, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.

"I believe you should already have some intelligence on the Federation's MS combat capabilities." Gihren tapped the table, interrupting Kycilia's speech. He had no interest in Dozle and Kycilia's argument. Although the current battle situation couldn't be said to be completely in line with the Zeon's plan, it was at least as close to the Zeon's plan as possible. The suppression of North America was already in sight, and although there were some setbacks on the European front, its control was better than that of North America.

After all, North America was teeming with guerrillas and resistance forces, and the Zeon army only had so many troops that they could only say they controlled the major cities—no, it should be said that they only superficially controlled the major cities…

"Please allow my subordinate, Mark Bay, to explain the specific intelligence." Kycilia's expression shifted. Although Dozru's questioning had embarrassed her, Kylian's blunt interruption was also quite awkward. However, Kycilia was well aware that everything she was facing ultimately stemmed from the failure to win on the battlefield. If her strongly advocated airborne operation had successfully defeated the Federation forces and destroyed Ye's Heavy Industries, then the theme of today's meeting would be her proudly boasting about her achievements.

"According to the technical intelligence sent back by our intelligence personnel, this MS that the Federation Army is mass-producing belongs to Project 'G', which was secretly developed by Ye's Heavy Industries. The development time is unknown, but it can be believed that it is closely related to Ye's Heavy Industries' latest industrial robot model, 'Leo'. Fortunately, there is a machine of this model imported from elsewhere in Side 3. According to Zeonic's assessment, its performance is close to that of the MS-04." After obtaining Gihren's permission, Mark Bay stepped forward, bowed slightly, and began to explain, while a lot of information was projected.

"Equivalent to 04? Then this mobile suit's performance is extremely poor? How could it have achieved such results?!" Dozle couldn't help but interrupt, after all, the result of destroying an entire MS unit this time was a bit frightening.

“So… this is the performance of Industrial Rio, not a product of Project G, which was developed based on it.” Mark Bay wasn’t angry and simply explained to Dozru. Dozru nodded and didn’t say anything more.

Dozru was well aware that, as weapons of war, even the difference in combat performance between early and late models was enormous, let alone the current situation.

"Specifically, in terms of performance, according to intelligence, the Federation Army believes that it is similar in performance to our army's current main equipment, the MS06F Zaku II, or rather, each has its own strengths and weaknesses. The biggest point of contention is that this MS is completely electrically powered," Mark Bay said simply.

"Electric?!" Dozru paused for a moment, then burst into loud laughter! "An electric toy, it'll stop working in no time. What are they planning to do in a war? Change the batteries like a toy? Hahahaha..."

“Normally, that’s true, but their cost is much cheaper than the Zaku we use with the Mithril particle reactor, and the manufacturing difficulty is also much lower. In a sense, it’s a cost-effective solution.” Mark Bay looked at Dozru, and even with his good temper, he couldn’t stand being interrupted like this time and time again. “Most importantly, they have a quick battery replacement design. The two MS work together to replace the external auxiliary battery, so the MS can quickly restore its combat endurance.”

“Moreover…” Mark Bay didn’t give Dozle a chance to interrupt, cutting him off before he could, “Most importantly, this MS called GAT-01 Short Sword is not fully completed. The completed version seems to have further equipment to enhance combat endurance.”

"Oh?" Gihren tapped the table, looking at the gleaming data on the panel. "It seems our excellent intelligence officer has once again proven his worth." At this point, Gihren could easily understand the source of this data, and he had no doubt about it. Yes, Zeon had a high-ranking intelligence officer in the Federation Army.

“Yes, although the price is a bit high, it’s worth every penny.” Mark Bay bowed slightly, leaving his words unsaid. Everyone knew who he was referring to, but because both sides had planted a large number of intelligence agents in each other, some things couldn’t be said too bluntly.

"Hmm? Eh? Cough cough..." Dozru looked left and right, and seeing that neither side was going to say anything, he coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment at not knowing anything.

This scene made Kycilia, who was seething with anger, sneer disdainfully. "You brute!"

"That means the Federation Forces have begun to acquire mobile suits with performance comparable to ours. Even if they have some shortcomings in range, the price and quantity will make up for this deficiency." Killian stared at Mark Bay and said coldly. Although it was already quite good that they were able to obtain the short sword and process the data relatively carefully, there was no doubt that if such data had been available earlier, its value would have increased even further, at least worth two squadrons of mobile suits.

“Yes! There are no other problems at the moment.” Mark Bay finished speaking, bowed, and stepped back, returning to stand behind Kycilia.

"...Kycilia, our forces are relatively stretched across multiple fronts, and it's not feasible to launch another large-scale airborne operation specifically targeting this area." Kilian tapped the table lightly, beginning to think and weigh the options quickly.

Kycilia's idea of ​​nipping the danger in the bud is not wrong, and Dozru's statement about the shortage of troops is also a reality. Reality is not a game. Once the cheat code is activated and national funds and resources are locked, all production lines will be allowed to operate at full capacity.

The amount of equipment that Zeon can provide each month is fixed. Even if production capacity is increased on a large scale after the war, the increase will not be dozens of times higher in an instant. The loss of dozens of mobile suits at once is still a very significant loss for Zeon (you can see that when Char entered Side 7, he felt that losing a few Zaku IIs was a huge loss).

“But we can’t let the Earth Federation acquire a large number of mobile suits so easily!” Gihren gave a demanding order. “Any ideas?”

“The retreating troops have now reached an abandoned mining city,” Kycilia said softly. “I will invest some equipment to restore production here, so that the base will be self-sufficient, able to threaten Ye’s Heavy Industries, and support the upcoming operations in Southeast Asia.”

"Hmm, that's a good idea. Go for it, but don't repeat the mistakes of this time. Be careful."

"Great, this is a good opportunity to conduct some tests using the Federation's mobile suits!"

Chapter Thirty-One: The Miracle of the Three Sons

"Hello...excuse me..." A young father looked at the person knocking on the door with a puzzled expression.

"...Hello, I am Lieutenant Gao Long from the Earth Federation Forces MS Experiment Battalion." Gao Long, with a stern face, took out his identification.

"Um... Hello, may I ask..." The young man still looked puzzled. His community consisted mostly of familiar faces, and there were few outsiders. So he looked at the solemn-looking person in front of him with great confusion, especially since the person in front of him was a soldier.

In fact, the reputation of the Federation Army...

Referring to the US military stationed abroad, thank you, it's at most slightly better, at most reaching the discipline of US troops stationed in Japan and South Korea, no more...

So without a doubt, the father in front of him waved to his wife and daughter from behind, signaling them to hurry back to their room.

After the satellite crash turned Sydney into an ocean, Australia's security situation is not quite as chaotic as a war zone, but it is clear to everyone that with widespread fear, many illegal and criminal activities are emerging.

So, what kind of situation would it be if we combined the attributes of a military officer with a bad reputation and a place where public security was starting to deteriorate?

Why do you charge me for eating your melon?

"Panic?" Gao Long looked at his father, noticing his stiff expression. He turned his head slightly, not trying to force a smile to reassure him. He couldn't help it; his face naturally looked somewhat fierce. Last time, he had done so, and a little girl was so frightened that she ran for dozens of meters while crying—quite embarrassing. "Sally, you tell her."

We made a change of personnel. Although Sally in the team was also wearing a Federation military uniform, she was good-looking and naturally easier to talk to.

“Okay, Captain!” Sally stepped forward with a smile, waving to the person in front of her. “Hey! Relax, we’re not here to rob you, nor are we here to recruit you into the army! In fact, it’s unlikely you’d even be able to join our unit. We saw the news, so our battalion commander has some questions he’d like to ask.”

The female soldier smiled and stepped forward, waving as she spoke to the father in front of her, "Oh, by the way, this is a gift he brought out, full of 'sincerity'." As she spoke, Sally handed him an envelope.

Since it was considered a business trip, Ye Yun simply had them use a Media aircraft to transport the entire 09 squad and their equipment over under the guise of a long-range airdrop test.

Yes, the Midia was carrying four Daggers, circling right above them. Two of them in the cabin were even equipped with parachute packs and were in standby mode.

"Uh..." The father took the envelope with a puzzled look, opened it, and saw a thin piece of paper. He took it out and looked at it, and was instantly stunned, "One...one hundred thousand!"

"Hmm!" Sally nodded with a smile. "So, you believe we mean no harm, right?" Sally said with a smile. As Gao Long's subordinates, Ye Yun had already given them some "gifts" after meeting them in Gao Long's troops. In short, Squad 09 was very clear about one thing: follow Captain Gao Long! His boss wouldn't treat them unfairly. So Sally had no objections to today's task.

"...Please come in." The father hesitated for a moment, glanced at the 100,000 yuan check in the envelope, and finally stepped aside to let the two into the house. To be honest, his family wasn't poor, but they weren't rich either. 100,000 yuan was still a significant amount for the family in front of him, especially since he had seen the pistol on Gao Long's waist.

They could have simply used a gun to force them, but instead they handed them a check. This was indeed a "goodwill" that left him with mixed feelings, and he did indeed accept it.

"Hey! Little one, say hello to me, and I'll give you chocolate!" Sally entered the room and glanced around. She immediately spotted the little girl peeking out from the doorway, one of her main targets, Rita Bernal. She smiled and greeted her, trying to coax her with chocolate.

Sally didn't know what was so important about the other person, but since Lieutenant Colonel Ye Yun thought so, then it must be important.

"Excuse me for disturbing you at this time, Mr. Bernal." Gao Long also walked in, naturally extending his hand to shake hands with the embarrassed Rita's father. "Sit down?"

"Uh, yes, please sit down!" Mr. Bernal (whose specific name could not be found) nodded in a flustered manner, and then gestured for Gao Long to sit down at the dining table.

"Okay." Completely unperturbed by her initiative in asking to sit down, she took a few documents from her bag and pushed them towards Mr. Bernal, who was sitting opposite her. "These were prepared for you by Mr. Ye Yun. If you don't mind, you can take a look and then invite the other two families over to see them as well."

"An inspector at the third workshop of Ye's Heavy Industry headquarters?" Mr. Bernal glanced at it, his expression turning puzzled. Ye's Heavy Industry also had a mining company in Australia, and even his family liked to buy things from the commercial center that Ye's Heavy Industry provided for its employees in the next town, because it had a wide variety of goods and the prices weren't too expensive. "This salary... can I ask why? Why are they paying us such a high salary?"

“He wants a ‘miracle’,” Rita Bernal said softly.

Sally, who was squatting in front of her, changed her expression slightly. She was somewhat shocked that this young girl could see things so clearly. To be honest, Sally, as a former pilot, was no fool. In fact, her abilities surpassed those of more than 90% of the people on Earth. So when Ye Yun extended an olive branch, she seized it without hesitation. People always need to plan for their future, and clearly, becoming an employee of Ye's Heavy Industries was a good future.

"What a clever girl!" Sally, who was half-squatting down, handed over the chocolate in her hand. "Would you like to give it a try and give it to your parents?"

"..." Rita turned to look at her father, simply nodded without saying anything, and then reached out to take the chocolate from Sally's hand.

Sally smiled broadly, patted the girl's head, and began praising her for being both beautiful and intelligent! The boss promised them that if they succeeded, Team 09 would get 20 yuan! A few sweet words to appease the girl wouldn't hurt!

"Gulp..." Rita's reaction made Bernal swallow hard and look at his wife.

The two looked at each other. They had obviously heard Mr. Bernard mentioning Mrs. 100,000. In addition, going to work at the headquarters of Ye's Heavy Industry would definitely be much better than living in this small town.

"Invite the other two to discuss this?" Gao Long didn't care about this and didn't give them too much time to think about it. He simply asked a question, after all, Ye Yun wanted the "Miracle Trio".

“We…we’ll go right now!” Mrs. Bernal got up and pushed open the door, thinking that her neighbor wouldn’t refuse such a offer!

However, it turned out that Ye Yun's 20 yuan was not so easy to obtain.

"Boss..." Gao Long heard the voice of one of the two pilots who were waiting on the MS.

"Hmm!" Gao Long looked at the three families who were discussing in hushed tones in front of him, and responded without saying much. Sally, who was trying to persuade them, also continued to chime in with her own words.

“A convoy is approaching, and someone just asked us which side we belong to,” Gao Long’s team member said quietly.

"What did you say?" Gao Long stood up. Anyway, Sally had been doing most of the talking, and Gao Long hadn't said much. So his action of standing up surprised the families for a moment, but they didn't stop their own conversation. The team member replied: Their confidentiality level was not high enough, and they had no right to ask.

Unfortunately, the Federation's MS unit isn't exactly top-secret, but it's not a level of secrecy that just anyone can inquire about.

Hearing Gao Long and his team members' conversation, the three families displayed a complex array of expressions. They were so cautious because this unexpected windfall seemed rather strange, and...

I absolutely have to say this: the Federation Army has a fantastic reputation! Seriously!

So even though the contract stated Ye's Heavy Industry, it still made the three leaders very suspicious. After all, once they boarded the plane, they couldn't make many decisions.

Especially Gao Long's words, "You don't need to prepare anything. The 100,000 yuan is your resettlement allowance. You'll have everything you need over there." This sentence, coupled with Gao Long's cold expression, made the adults murmur incessantly, and the three children whispered among themselves.

Gao Long walked to the window and watched as a convoy of cars, headlights flashing, sped toward them without hesitation. In the darkness, the sense of distance was somewhat blurred. Gao Long squinted; it seemed that quite a few people shared Ye Yun's thoughts. He reached for his phone and, in full view of everyone, dialed a number.

"I... Gao Long, um, we have a guest, please check their identity." After saying this, Gao Long received a definite answer. As an important local enterprise, Ye's Heavy Industry could, in a sense, have the local federal police agency do a little favor without breaking the law.

“Okay…” Gao Long hung up the phone and tapped his earpiece. “Thompson, prepare for the airborne training.”

"Playing this big?!" The other party seemed a little hesitant. Although they knew they might encounter some "trouble," MS was now considered a high-level "secret" within the Federation Army. Airdropping it directly could make the matter seem big or small.

"It's better to be prepared than not. Since Ye Yun gave us these, it's for us to use. There's no need to worry about them."

Chapter Thirty-Two: Silencing, Survival

Just as Midia opened the cockpit, preparing to launch one of the 09 squad's short swords, a very strange battle took place in space. The battle was strange because both sides were soldiers of the Zeon army, and both were fighting to the death without holding back.

As the propellant alarm blared sharply in the cockpit, Sima Karahau watched through her monocular camera as the distinctive blue-green painted MS-06S High Mobility Zaku slowly raised its Zaku machine gun. Thirty seconds earlier, her wingman had shielded her from an H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P Zaku rocket launcher fired from this Zaku 2S. That jerk who always liked to provoke her had vanished into cosmic dust in the explosion without a word. Now, floating in the wreckage was only her own MS-06F, its left arm broken and its reactor nearing overheating.

"Surrender, or turn to stardust." Anabel Kado's cold voice echoed through the public channel, the Gihren's SS insignia on his Zaku II S shoulder armor gleaming in the afterglow of the explosion. "Commander-in-Chief Gihren promises you a dignified execution befitting a soldier."

Sima's fingernails dug into the anti-slip rubber of the control stick. She suddenly laughed, a laugh mingled with the static of the communications system, like rusty gears gnawing at each other: "The...decency a soldier should have? Execution? Colonel Kado, you actually talk to me about the execution I should have? Hahaha..."

Kado remained unmoved by Sima's agonizing laughter; the Zaku machine gun in his MS-06S remained firmly locked on Sima's cockpit. But when he heard what the other said next, his knuckles stiffened almost imperceptibly.

At 7:20 AM on January 3, UC 0079, Gihren Zabi, representing the Principality of Zeon, formally declared war on the Earth Federation government. My Marine Corps MS squadron and I were ordered to suppress the 8th colony satellite of Side-2, Iphishu Island. "Shima's voice suddenly turned unusually cold, as if venom seeped from beneath the ice," she continued, "We received orders that there are a large number of Federation troops inside the satellite, and we need to inject a 'disabling agent' to weaken their combat capabilities and reduce the losses of the landing force..."

Just recalling the moment it happened, Sima felt waves of pain in her stomach. She should have noticed, she should have thought of it!

"When we discovered it was poison gas, we frantically called the fleet commander to inquire about the situation! But all we received were repetitive electronic communications: 'Execute orders as instructed, continue the operation,' and those damned communication records were all remotely deleted by headquarters." Shima's Zaku IIF suddenly sprang to life, its remaining right arm drawing a thermal dagger as it charged towards Kado. "You think we didn't appeal to Vice Admiral Dozru? The team members who went to report it all 'died' on the front lines of Luna II!"

Kado's Zaku II S ignited its thrusters, sidestepped the attack, and casually cleaved open the back thrusters of the Shima mobile suit with his thermal axe. His deep voice carried suppressed rage: "So, unable to prove yourselves, you've sided with the Federation? You're shifting the blame for the massacre of civilians onto Zeon, disgracing the Zeon flag?"

"You are the ones who deserve shame!" Sima's mobile suit spun violently in the explosion, and the electric axe in her Zaku 2F flew from her hand. Using the centrifugal force, she made a near-final, desperate counterattack, hurling a spare magazine at Gato's monitor. "Gihren disguised the gas attack as friendly fire during Operation Britannia, and we, the unsuspecting executors, are branded as butchers! Just like the Earth Federation said, 'for the independence of space dwellers!' The Zabi family is a bunch of liars and executioners!"

A sharp metal shard pierced Sima's right shoulder. In her excruciating pain, she saw a fleeting moment of hesitation in Kado's movements—this elite pilot, Kado, who had been issued an MS06S for his bravery in a series of previous battles! At this moment, the slash had lost its accuracy and had not completely destroyed the propulsion capability of the Zaku 2F piloted by Sima.

"Where's the evidence?" Without hesitation, Kado's Zaku IIS drew its machine gun and fired several short shots. "No records, no orders, just the executioner's confession..."

"Of course not!" Sima made a final struggle, throwing her last MIP-B6 split grenade from her tattered MS-06F.

The two sides were too close, and Cardoye didn't have time to make any more moves. He could only adjust his position and use his shoulder shields to take the hits. However, he did not forget to launch a counterattack. The Zaku machine gun fired in bursts, which were precise and fierce. A long string of 120mm bullets accurately hit the MS06F piloted by Sima.

The Zaku 2F, already at its last gasp, was instantly engulfed by the explosion, but Sima released the control stick. She pressed the full-band communication button, sending her hoarse voice across all receivable channels:

"Tell those bastards waving the flag of the Republic of Zeon... we, the wronged souls, will crawl out of hell on every anniversary of the deaths of gas victims... and only by killing you all can we be saved..."

Sima's 06F crashed into the wreckage of a recently sunk Musai. The explosion flashed across the Musai wreckage, and the words she was about to say came to an abrupt halt.

"Captain Kado!" Several Zaku 2Fs, also belonging to the Gihren Guard, stopped next to Kado's Zaku 2S. More MS units from the Gihren Guard stopped nearby. In the distance, several warships belonging to the Gihren Guard were slowly changing formation, switching from a shelling formation to an anti-aircraft formation.

However, judging from the poor condition of these warships, it was clear that Shima's forces were not easy to defeat. In this pursuit battle, the Giren Guard, known as the elite force of the Zeon army, also paid a heavy price when facing the Shima Squadron, which was burdened with grievances and fighting for survival.