UC will eventually reach the stars

That's right, the thickest armor means taking the most hits!

"The city clearing is complete... The Air Force is conducting the final bombing of the mountain, and the outer perimeter clearing is nearing completion." Rachel's voice came through the communication, though it was somewhat unclear due to interference from Minovsky particles, but still barely audible. "Squadron 666 has successfully secured the landing platform."

Hearing this, Ye Yun frowned. The bombing had just ended, how could it be under control so soon? Were these guys really so reckless?

"Deploy replenishment packs. After the squads have replenished their supplies, each machine will prepare to launch an attack on the mountain." However, this was not the time for sentimentality. Ye Yun checked his ammunition consumption; he had one magazine left, and his machine's battery was still a little over half full. He definitely needed resupply.

"Understood! The paratroopers are ready and will land simultaneously," Rachel replied.

"...Huh!? Aina! Jump to the left!"

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Chapter Sixty-One Characteristics of New Humans

"Aina! Jump to the left!" The sudden sharp pain in his mind made Ye Yun almost subconsciously operate his short sword, raise his shield, and turn to the side, while reminding Aina.

“!” Aina did not question it, and even subconsciously did as Ye Yun said. Her short sword had also been modified. It could be said to be an experimental modified model of a high-mobility short sword in a certain sense. If a high-mobility backpack were added in the future, it would be a complete high-mobility model. Therefore, it responded to Aina’s operation very quickly.

It's even a little too big...

With Aina's skillful maneuvering, the short sword made a clean left jump and crashed into a building, causing the machine to tilt slightly. However, her long-term training made Aina almost instinctively raise her shield to block herself.

Ye Yun also dodged to the other side, narrowly avoiding a barrage of shells. These shells slammed into a building not far away, and the fierce firepower blew the building away.

"120mm machine gun!" After such a long battle, Ye Yun could easily recognize what kind of equipment attacked him. After all, there really aren't many weapons with such a high rate of fire. If the short sword didn't dodge and took a round head-on, it would be a gamble whether the shield could cover the machine properly.

"Zaku! Zeon MS!" A Dagger was the third one to be hit, and a barrage of shells came flying at it. But because of Ye Yun's shout and because it was the third one to be shot, it had a little time to react! The heavy shield firmly blocked the Dagger's body, once again proving its value with its solid armor. A series of swaying motions, but they were just swaying motions.

Zaku seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, but unfortunately, it failed to achieve any results.

"Aina!" Ye Yun shouted and began to sprint! Following the street he jumped in, he quickly disappeared into the buildings and vanished from the other party's sight.

"Oh!" Aina fired without hesitation at the defensive line where the bullets had just struck, and the other squad's short swords also fired in response. The barrage of bullets swept across the distant area, creating cover.

"It's here after all!" Ye Yun grinned as he looked at the Zaku that was also charging around the corner. Under Ye Yun's control, he swung his short sword without hesitation, sending the shield flying and slamming it into the Zaku's calf. He had learned this from Gao Long; he had no choice but to get beaten up too many times during simulator practice!

Just like the short sword Ye Yun was piloting, the Zaku II was slammed into the ground by the immense force, and the Zaku machine gun he was holding flew out of his hand.

Before the Zaku pilot, whose eyes were glazed over from the slamming of the screen in the cockpit, could recover, Ye Yun's TYPE59 mercilessly fired a shell. The 90mm projectile easily pierced the thin armor plate of the Zaku's propulsion backpack, causing a violent explosion inside the Zaku 2.

Ye Yun didn't rush out, but instead turned to observe. Sure enough, a series of bullets swept across the wall.

"A two-aircraft formation?" Ye Yun didn't know why, but he felt as if he knew. This strange feeling was very obvious when he participated in battles recently. And now, with the enemy standing nearby, it was like a torch lit in the dark, allowing him to sense the enemy's location and... the malice emanating from the torch!

This blatant malice inexplicably irritated Ye Yun, because he had already thrown the shield, and it seemed he couldn't just go out and take the hit head-on with the shield up. So...

Ye Yun narrowed his eyes. This city really wasn't that big, was it? Why charge in headfirst? Flanking and firing from behind was the proper course of action for a qualified battlefield marksman. Ye Yun, controlling his short sword cat, stood up and, with small, quick steps, circled into the cluster of buildings.

The driver of the Zaku II was clearly unaware that Ye Yun had slipped away. He could hear the roar of a 100mm machine gun firing in the distance, knowing that the enemy was still suppressing his teammates who had just launched an attack. He felt his palms were sweating and his heart was filled with tension.

Without a doubt, the pilot knew he didn't have much time. The enemy's support could arrive at any moment. If the Federation mobile suits attacked from both sides, he would surely die!

Moreover, judging from the other party's reaction just now, he was not one of the ordinary Federal Army pilots who had just completed their training. He might be an ace, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to perform such a smooth combo, such as ambushing, throwing a shield, and firing from behind!

and many more……

The Zeon pilot of the Zaku II suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten something: he had been standing still for too long! If the opponent wasn't a novice, how could he stand still and let him suppress the fire? With almost no teammates flanking him, this situation was extremely dangerous! He immediately decided to retreat a bit, at least to be within his teammates' firing range!

"Thump!" Unfortunately, the moment Zaku took his first step, the heavy impact slammed him hard against the side display screen. His head hit the screen, making him dizzy and disoriented. Before he could recover from the shock, the scorching sword tip pierced the cockpit display screen, and the searing pain engulfed him in an instant! He passed away peacefully, without much pain.

Without a word, Ye Yun drew his electric sword and began to manipulate it. After all, the stinging pain in his mind hadn't subsided, and the torch of malice was still burning fiercely. Sure enough, the next instant, a barrage of bullets swept towards Ye Yun's position. With the aid of the thrusters, Ye Yun's short sword hopped backward, drifting like it was floating on water, and leaped horizontally to the side of the first Zaku II that had been knocked down.

"You're really willing to sacrifice it!" Ye Yun didn't linger in the fight. He raised his hand and fired a burst of shots into the distance with the machine gun in his hand. At the same time, he grabbed his shield and retreated quickly. He could throw away anything but his shield! That's the fate of the short sword! He replaced the nearly empty drum magazine, stuffed the 40-round magazine into the magazine, sneered twice, and once again operated the short sword to disappear into the city.

"Ye Yun!" Aina, piloting her short sword, ran quickly towards Ye Yun, only to find Ye Yun piloting the short sword, dragging a Zaku riddled with bullet holes, heading towards the street. "You took down three in one go?"

"Hmm..." Ye Yun took off his helmet and rubbed his temples. Since just now, that strange feeling had been swirling in his mind. In a sense, it pointed Ye Yun in the direction of the enemy. It was a bit like a X-ray vision cheat, except that this X-ray vision cheat did not provide the map location, so he had to find it himself.

Boss, this system isn't smart enough! When will it unlock the cockpit... I mean, unlock the cockpit?

Ye Yun frowned, seemingly having temporarily lost consciousness, and frowned at his own state.

"What's wrong?" Aina's feminine sensitivity immediately made her realize that Ye Yun didn't seem to be in a very good mood. This was strange, since Ye Yun had just defeated three Zakus, which was a remarkable achievement.

"I wonder how Rita and the other two are doing." Ye Yun looked up. If it were anyone else, Ye Yun definitely wouldn't tell the truth, but with Aina, Ye Yun would tell her everything without reservation. Of course, since they were on a communication channel, there were many things he couldn't say.

Especially because Zeon emphasizes the concept of "Newtypes," in a sense, within the Federation, "Newtypes" represents a kind of political incorrectness...

Ye Yun seems to have awakened under Rita's stimulation, or at least has some of the characteristics of certain new humans!

Ye Yun didn't tell anyone this little secret, but he subtly hinted at it to Aina. After all, Aina had lived in Side 3 before, so she was familiar with the concept of Newtypes and naturally understood what Ye Yun meant! After all, Rita was currently stationed at their headquarters and could almost be considered an unofficial member of the Federation Army.

Of course, the identity used is that of Ye's Heavy Industry, um, Ye Ning illegally employs child labor.jpg.

"Let's regroup the troops." Aina didn't immediately respond to Ye Yun's words, but only offered a suggestion: some things should be discussed privately.

"Okay!" Ye Yun nodded. "This is Ye Yun. Each squad, report your situation."

"Squadron 666 has captured the platform at the entrance to the passage, but we need urgent supplies. We're almost out of ammunition, and there are a lot of annoying little things on the Zeon mountain."

"Squad 08 has taken control of the main road and needs to replenish its energy."

"Squad 09 has completed the pursuit. The enemy's convoy leaving the city has been completely destroyed and needs ammunition resupply."

"Squad 01 has now taken control of the signal station and can send an engineering team to restore it at any time."

"Squad 11 is converging on Squad 01. One aircraft is damaged and ammunition is exhausted."

"Squad 17 is advancing toward the main road and does not need resupply."

"Squad 27 is moving towards the mountainside, looking for an open area suitable for airdrops."

"Squad 33 is guarding the drop point. The location has been sent. Send someone to pick it up in a bit. It seems the Zeon forces have already discovered this place, but it appears they were all wiped out by Colonel Ye Yun's squad on the way. The colonel took on three of them and killed them all. How terrifying!"

"real or fake?!"

After the report ended, the fact that Squad 33 had briefly described Ye Yun's battle caused a sensation throughout the team! Everyone was asking for details.

After making a few simple selections on the panel in front of him, Dagger pulled a small signal flare launcher from his waist and inserted it into the 155mm grenade launcher mounted under the Type 59 (which was actually the barrel of the Type 61 cannon).

"Whoosh!" Two orange signal flares exploded in mid-air.

The remaining Zeon troops in the city were instantly thrown into panic!

Because they also understood the meaning of this signal flare—it was nothing more than the Federation forces' belief that they had essentially taken control of the area!

Because Minovsky particles interfere with radio communications, in order to reduce information distortion during the transmission of some key information, Ye Yun and his team began to use signal flares, a traditional method, on a large scale during the exercise to transmit some key information.

such as:

One red signal: Marking the attack target, those nearby, come quick.

Two red shots: High-value target here, engage quickly!

One red shot, one yellow shot: Enemy troops are assembling and requesting fire support.

One yellow signal: Basic control of the area.

Two yellow warnings: This area requires infantry to clear.

One yellow and one green: Urgent supplies are needed.

One green: Infantry have been cleared, area is safe (usually infantry).

Two greens: Victory in battle (but after the real victory, no one fired the signal flare, they were just bored).

"Signal confirmed, airdrop initiating! Please prepare to receive supplies." Rachel's voice became clearer, probably as the interference from the Minovsky particles began to dissipate.

Previously, in order to provide combat endurance support for the short swords deployed in battle, some replenishment packs were deployed as a supplement in case of need. Ye Yun also specially left a small team to guard these supplies, as well as MS that might go to replenish them.

The additional supplies being delivered now are to provide necessary resupply to all MS, since Ye Yun, for example, has almost run out of ammunition.

Chapter Sixty-Two Interlude

"Battery replacement complete!" Aina operated her short sword, replacing two additional batteries in Ye Yun's short sword, restoring the total power of Ye Yun's short sword to nearly 80%.

The short sword has a total of three batteries installed inside. The main power battery pack is buried deep inside the body, and there are two auxiliary power battery packs that can be manually replaced. According to the current design of the short sword, given enough time, the auxiliary battery packs can even charge the main power battery pack before the auxiliary battery packs can be replaced.

Of course, this method is not as fast as using a dedicated charging vehicle to charge the short sword, but in the battlefield, being able to fully charge it is good enough, so don't expect too much. Simply swapping the batteries and then immediately deploying it into battle is also feasible. Under normal theoretical conditions, two supplementary battery packs can provide approximately 30% of the total energy storage for the entire short sword.

"Thank you very much, Aina, turn around, it's your turn!" Ye Yun said with a smile. As he spoke, Ye Yun used his short sword to take out two power battery packs from his supply pack.

"Boss, although we know you're talking about a short sword, this is still harassment!" Doris, piloting the Media, swirled in the air, teasing Ye Yun with a smile, since Ye Yun's words were indeed quite ambiguous. Sure enough, as soon as Doris finished speaking, a chorus of whistles and screams filled the communication channel.

"What, not enough dog food? Want me to feed you a couple more bites?" Ye Yun chuckled, not minding his subordinate teasing him. After all, his relationship with Aina Sakhalin had long since moved beyond the stage of a public romance; it was very openly displayed to everyone that they were a couple.

Moreover, if you're afraid of teasing like Doris, you've already lost. Because this kind of seemingly "harmless" teasing, or even helpful words, will only make the other person more smug if you back down. So don't back down, confront them head-on! If Doris weren't a woman and hadn't gone too far, Ye Yun would have been dealt with by Aina. Otherwise, Ye Yun would have dragged Doris into it and asked her what would happen if she turned around.

"Tsk tsk!" Sure enough, Doris clicked her tongue twice, marveling at her boss's shamelessness, and then said nothing more.

Meanwhile, Ye Yun had already finished replacing one battery in Aina's short sword. He was taking out the second power battery pack from the back of the short sword Aina was piloting, replacing the battery pack, and putting the two depleted power battery packs into the replenishment pack. He also picked up three magazines and handed them to the short sword Aina was piloting, who had turned around.

Aina took the magazine, replaced the magazine on the TYPE59 90mm machine gun in her hand, and then hung the other two magazines on her lower back in the storage position.

Ye Yun unceremoniously took out a 75-round drum magazine, replaced the nearly empty magazine, and then attached two 40-round magazines to himself, thus completing his resupply. Afterward, he took off his vision synchronization helmet (this design is basically inherited from Industrial Leo, where the content displayed on the screen will rotate slightly with your head. Due to the different basic design, the head of the short sword can rotate at a greater angle, so it can basically meet the combat vision requirements. This design was later adopted by the GM SP developed by Project V), and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Ye Yun pressed the one-button cockpit opening button on his hand, and the display screen in front of him rose up to reveal the open hatch, allowing natural light and air to blow in. He took a deep breath of the air, which smelled of gunpowder, and stepped on a protrusion under the seat to climb out of the cockpit.

To be honest, the cockpit of the MS, at least the Dagger, is not very spacious. It is probably about the same size as the cockpit of a regular fighter jet, or even smaller. After all, there are too many devices in the cockpit, which consume the already limited space. Even if the cockpit designers have used as much ingenuity as possible to combine various functions into this small space, the pilot will still feel quite confined after flying for a long time.

Of course, this ingenuity even includes the "cooling box" where Ye Yun took out two water bags. Although they weren't icy cold to the touch, they were at least cool. Yes, the designers didn't cancel a design by Industrial Leo to please the pilot. Opening the right-hand passenger box revealed a "cooling box" that could roughly hold two 500ml beverage bottles. It wasn't a refrigerator, since this device was connected to the cooling system in the cockpit, not a separate refrigeration system. Its limit was probably only to keep the temperature of the contents of the box at around 14 or 15 degrees Celsius.

But without a doubt, this stuff is served cold!

So this inconspicuous little feature became the most beloved design among Federation pilots. Later, the military even considered removing this "cooling box." Why put anything else in that space? These guys were secretly stuffing beer in there! They were asking for trouble!

However, the plan to cancel the design failed before it even began, due to fierce opposition from the drivers, especially the African Army! They felt they relied on the energy drinks in the cooler to stay alive! "You big shots from the rear actually want to dismantle it? You're asking for it!" (Note 1)

Incidentally, the most popular energy drink is also a sweet and sour one launched by Yeh's Heavy Industry, which tastes a bit like orange juice. The resourceful mechanics at the Beichuan base even invented a simple device that, by simply twisting the cap off the bottle, can directly inject carbon dioxide into the dissolved energy drink. Yes, the energy drink in the water bag has even been turned into soda...

Then this design was quietly promoted by the drivers, including the water bag in Ye Yun's hand, which was this functional beverage jokingly called "Ye's Orange Soda".

Later, the federal procurement officer once put this thing on the purchase order, which confused the salesman at Ye's Heavy Industry who was in charge of the deal. "This thing is not on my product list!" In the end, after figuring out what was going on, Ye Ning very honestly found the mechanic who was working on this gadget, paid a sum of money to buy their patent, and then mass-produced it and sold it to the federal army.

"Aina, catch!" Ye Yun squatted on a small section of the footboard at the cockpit entrance and tossed the water bag in his hand to Aina.

"Oh, you brought this too?" Aina was a little surprised. She stuffed some packaged sandwiches into her side case. Well, anyway, eating cereal bars can replenish calories, but they don't taste very good. Aina made the sandwiches herself, thinking of sharing them with Ye Yun during the breaks in the battle.

Today, Aina is radiating girlfriend charm once again.

"Hiccup..." Aina opened the water bag and was still taking small sips, while Ye Yun had already gulped down more than half of it in one go. "He's alive again!"

"Hiccup..." As Ye Yun hiccuped, a series of hiccups echoed through the communication channel. Undoubtedly, many people chose to replenish their fluids at this moment. Everyone had sweated a lot during the previous battle, and many MS squad pilots also took turns getting off their planes to relieve themselves.

"Colonel... why don't you just have Ye's Heavy Industries develop a replenishment pack and airdrop food and drinks to us next time!" came the voice of another MS pilot over the communicator. Clearly, this was another pilot with nothing better to do.

"Want me to throw you some ice-cold beer?" Ye Yun's tone was full of teasing.

"Colonel! If you do that, you'll be our second parent!" After a burst of laughter, the drivers were amused. Ye Yun wasn't too arrogant, and occasional jokes were acceptable.

"Wouldn't it be best if Ye's Heavy Industries sent you another wife?" Ye Yun said irritably.

"Oh! Boss, now that you say so, I'm not sleepy anymore!" A group of MS pilots, and even the Media pilots circling in the sky, cheered instantly. Many people on the plane with Rachel and Doris turned around to look at them. After all, Ye Yun's two beautiful and excellent adjutants were the object of many people's attention.

Unfortunately, Doris wasn't interested in people who were both dim-witted and poor. She would often just roll her eyes and not bother to answer. If asked too many questions, she would simply grab Ye Yun's arm. This way, she could reject these idiots on one hand, and on the other hand, she could set a trap for Ye Yun! Anyway, seeing Ye Yun go back to coax Aina with a miserable face would make Doris happy for a long time.

Rachel's reaction was much better—restrained, polite, and a refusal that didn't hurt their pride! As for pushing her too far, probably no one has been able to do that.

"Sure, as long as you manage to survive this war, if you really can't find a job after the war, just come find me at Ye's Heavy Industry." Ye Yun chuckled. Even if his own ambitions were truly over, a hundred or so excellent MS pilots could easily run an engineering company, right? After all, it seemed there would be plenty of places to rebuild after the war, so business wouldn't be bad.

As for finding wives... hehe... guess what's plentiful after the war? Widows!

"Colonel, you must be joking. Once the war is over, as long as the bigwigs in the Earth Federation Forces are thinking straight, you won't be going home to inherit the family business!" Someone spoke the unvarnished truth, which drew a burst of laughter. Everyone agreed that this person was right. Who was it that had brought the Federation Forces such an overwhelming victory?! While other battlefields were still struggling, they were about to uproot the Zeon base!

The entire Federation Forces' MS unit's mixed tactics were developed by them!

War is an elimination tournament!

The god of war will use the cruelest methods to select everyone involved in the war, and those who are truly capable will rise rapidly in the war!

Clearly, among all the frontline commanders of the Earth Federation Forces, their current top commander, Ye Yun, despite having only served for a few months and never having attended a military academy, is capable of winning battles! It should be those guys from the military academy studying Ye Yun's combat skills, not the other way around!

As for the detailed operational planning and such... if Ye Yun did all that work, what would be the point of having those staff officers?! What would be the point of having the junior and mid-level officers on the front lines?! He made the decision to let his subordinates fill in the details! This was exactly the kind of superior the officers below liked!

"Hmph, thank you for your kind words, but now we need to end this battle quickly!" Ye Yun sat on the footrest in front of the cockpit, silently drinking the soda from his water bladder, catching the sandwich Aina tossed to him, and eating it in small bites. "Then we'll rush to the next battlefield! And the one after that! Until complete victory!"

Ye Yun narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint in them. "The Zeon trash slaughtered billions of universe inhabitants, and now they want to repeat what they did in space with impunity all over the Earth? Hmph..." Ye Yun sneered. "Let's take a break and finish the battle today! I don't want to keep those Zeon bastards waiting too long! The Hell Cauldron is waiting for them!"

After saying this, Ye Yun looked up at the entrance to the mining base. Parachutes were opening, indicating that the supplies requested by Squadron 666 had arrived. Meanwhile, the radio was also buzzing with activity, with Federation soldiers cursing angrily.

"Yes! We're here! Kids, wash your necks clean!"

"Yes, you Zeon bastards! We're coming! We're coming soon!"