UC will eventually reach the stars

It must be said that I underestimated the Zeon army, and those idiots below me thought they were safe in the rear and became completely complacent. If it weren't for Ye Yun's extremely fast reaction speed and his quick issuance of warnings and orders, which allowed many of the Federation Army's bases to prepare, many more bases would have been attacked by the Zeon army without any warning!

However, the staff officers looked at each other in bewilderment. Even with some supplies being urgently transported from the rear, it still couldn't meet the needs of the front line, especially with the preparation for a large-scale deployment of MS operations. The short swords were powerful, but they were very reliant on supplies, so if they wanted to deploy MS operations on a large scale, supplies absolutely could not be lacking.

Ye Yun, who wasn't part of the African Army but was instead under orders from the Earth Federation Army headquarters to assist them in combat, frowned. He didn't know the "strategic intention," but if he thought about it... hmm... the Federation was going to attack the area where Orb was pronounced "Japan"? Huh? Was this true? This would be the first time the Ye family...

But Japan doesn't have the Zeon Army right now, so if it does have the Zeon Army and its strategic position is very important... well, Odessa.

However, before Ye Yun could finish his random thoughts, Major General Merck called out Ye Yun's name, "Ye Yun... what are your thoughts on this?"

"Me?" Ye Yun thought for a moment. "From the current perspective, the Federation's air transport capabilities are very strong, but it's impossible for them to mobilize the entire Federation's transport planes to fill the gap for us. Sea transport is basically unreliable in the short term, and space transport is even less reliable." Ye Yun shrugged. "The only thing left is land transport."

"Land transport..." The group of staff officers exchanged glances, but their eyes quickly hardened. Although it might be exhausting and cause hair loss, it was indeed a good way to break through the bottleneck! "We will communicate with all parties as soon as possible and try to secure enough trucks for land transport..."

"Trucks?" Ye Yun looked at the staff officers with a strange expression, his eyes filled with clear disdain! "Retrieve railway data. Although it's not a war of the same era, in the largest war of the old Western calendar, besides sea transport, the most important mode of transportation was railway transport."

"!" The staff officers were stunned. Yes, at this point in time, UC0079, the demand for railway transportation among all of humanity was very low. Technological development, coupled with the large-scale migration of people from Earth, had led to a structural change in the Earth's transportation capacity demand.

“In the northern Sichuan base area, I saw them using old railways to transport weapons, so I’m going to check if these railway lines can support heavy freight cars! If they can, we just need to find a way to hold the Suez Canal, because that’s the end of the railway line.” Ye Yun pointed to the railway line, starting from a certain university, passing through Kyrgyzstan into Iran, crossing the Arabian Peninsula and reaching the Red Sea coast. Originally, it could go directly to Cairo, but now it’s clear that this section is not in the hands of the Federal Army.

Ha, has the grand ambition of a certain once-great Eastern power really come to this? No wonder the whole of Europe and America went crazy over it back then.

“So…so…” Merck’s eyes narrowed. A railway? This…

"If I remember correctly, when this train was still running on the Eurasian continent, it could carry nearly 3000 tons of supplies at a time." Ye Yun shrugged, already being quite modest. This 55-carriage steel behemoth, 3,000 tons, is not the limit of the train, but the limit of the railway (the level of railway lines varies from country to country).

"Confirm this immediately! I need a checkpoint every 20 kilometers! Quickly!" Merck roared. 3000? Ha, that's more than just a few trains to meet our tactical needs, and if this railway could be restarted…

Oh my god, Zeon army, do you understand how crucial 3000 tons of gold content is? If this 3000 tons is true, the entire Federal Army's strategic course will have to be completely changed! According to data proposed by the German army itself during World War II, to maintain an offensive posture, they needed at least 2500 tons of supplies every day.

Ye Yun was talking about a trip of 3000. Ha... If this isn't strategic transport, what is?

"Go now!" Seeing the staff officers standing there like chickens that had been shot, Merck immediately roared again. The group of staff officers rushed out of the command room in a panic, leaving only Ye Yun and Merck in the huge command room.

"If this news is true, and the railway is still usable, do you know what will happen?" Merck stared intently at the railway lines on the data map, the railway lines that led directly into the heart of Europe, his fingers gripping the virtual control console turning white.

"I will transform into Iron-Blooded Train Hero..." Ye Yun shrugged, clearly not very concerned about this. Although it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, Ye Yun himself was not sure whether this railway, which was probably out of maintenance, could still be used in UC0079. However, Ye Yun was very clear that once the African theater was able to successfully kill Zeon with the help of this railway... then the Zeon forces in Europe would go crazy.

"What's that? It sounds like a baby toy." Merck had grown somewhat used to Ye Yun's unreliability, but he took a deep breath. Ye Yun's mention of railway transportation did indeed offer him an opportunity to fill the gap, and now, all he could do was wait for the results of the inspection of the railway lines. Suddenly relaxing, Major General Merck looked at Ye Yun and asked about the matter, "What's so special about these three new Zeon toys that were discovered?"

"Hmm?" Ye Yun hadn't expected Merck to suddenly change the subject to this. "The assessment... your staff has already given it a very good answer. I'll just offer my perspective." Ye Yun pressed a few buttons on the electronic tactical screen, bringing up several photos—all pictures of the Zeon forces during the three raids—and then retrieved some documents from the Federation's own archives.

"Hmm..." Ye Yun didn't say a word, he just arranged the documents in order, and Major General Merck fell silent instantly.

“You mean, this isn’t an isolated incident?!” Merck frowned as he looked at him.

"General Merck, if I may be so bold, there are probably few in the Federation Army who understand MS performance and application better than me." Ye Yun pointed to several photos, and seeing Major General Merck nod, Ye Yun continued, "In my opinion, the appearance of these MS means that the Zeon army is doomed to lose."

"Oh?!" Major General Merck looked at Ye Yun with surprise, extremely astonished that Ye Yun could make such a judgment. A few mobile suits were enough to determine that the Zeon army was doomed to lose?!

"It's very simple. The appearance of these MS and transport planes signifies the bankruptcy of their original war model and theory. From now on, it's no longer about how they want to fight, but how we want to fight." Ye Yun tapped the table simply. "To put it simply, the newly developed MS is based on MS warfare, which has proven that we have gone from following them to them having to adapt to us."

“Hmm!” Merck nodded. That was an interesting point. His staff focused more on analyzing the technical performance and value of these weapons, their potential production and combat consumption, etc. Their evaluation of the three weapons wasn't very high.

After all, with the extreme cost control of short swords being a precedent, trying to compete on cost-effectiveness is simply a joke.

"We won't lose in a war of attrition!" Merck narrowed his eyes, did a quick calculation, and came to this conclusion. "Our people are even better than theirs; there's no reason for us to lose!"

"So... is it too much to say that the Zeon army is definitely doomed?" Ye Yun said with a smile. "Their biggest mistake was landing their army on Earth, but not committing it all at once. They already had a limited force, and they wasted it like that. Who else but them is going to die?"

"So, you mean you want them to invest more in similar equipment?" Merck smiled and offered Ye Yun a cigarette. Ye Yun took it, took out a lighter, and lit both of their cigarettes.

"Since they want to learn how we use MS... hey, let them learn. This time they've tasted the sweetness of success, which seems to be just a way to hasten their demise."

"Yes!"

Chapter 111 Tim Ray Under Immense Pressure

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" A middle-aged man waved his hands with a serious expression. "Our calculations are correct. We've already reinforced the key joints with Luna Titanium! Even a short sword can't possibly be stronger than ours! V-Combat is the core!"

“…Dr. Ray, this is what actually happened.” On the other end of the phone, a major in the Federal Army frowned. “Federal Headquarters has now suspended prototype production of the RGM79. All fronts are urging us to expedite the process, so we need to concentrate resources on prioritizing it…”

"Operation V is the highest-level project!! Project G is just to provide the Federation with emergency products, only Gundam! As long as Gundam can be mass-produced! Zeon will be crushed!" Tim Ray, the person in charge of Operation V for the Federation, waved his hands, now on the verge of emotional collapse.

"This isn't about who's important or not. We prepared the V Operation production line from the very beginning, and then what? The MS you designed can't even run properly! Forget about high-intensity combat! Do you intend for our MS pilots to fight the Zeon forces in these defective products? Or to walk slowly like an old lady taking a stroll in the street?" Clearly, this wasn't the first time they'd argued, and it had been going on for quite some time today. The Federation Army's logistics major was also losing his patience.

"After inspecting the broken parts, send me the data, and I'll take care of it!" Tim Ray said through gritted teeth. He had been under pressure from all sides lately, whether it was the Federation Army or certain desperate forces.

And so we waited and waited...

Project G has emerged...

Waiting and waiting...

Short swords are being mass-produced...

Still waiting?

The backpack system and the Short Sword 105 are now being mass-produced!

The 13th Mobile Force's air-jump operations have become a nightmare for the Zeon forces!

The Federation Army has already started using V-Operation technology to make deals with Ye's Heavy Industry and Dawn Heavy Machinery Manufacturing!

Still waiting?

Forget about drinking the soup! If this continues, we won't even have a chance to smell it!

This isn't just a small amount of profit! It's like taking a bite of the cake and instantly becoming a super conglomerate!! Too many people are green with envy watching Ye's Heavy Industry and Shuguang Heavy Machinery devour the profits, and they're practically ready to take high-performance explosives and blow them up with Ye Ning!!

This situation placed immense pressure on Tim Ray, nearly crushing this talented middle-aged man. Ultimately, he had to succumb to this pressure, beginning the design of the V-Operation production model before the RX-78 was fully completed and tested.

Although some data on the finished short sword from Project G was consulted, whether due to the leader's disdain or overconfidence, this consultation was likely just a cursory glance, without any detailed research. The result...

The short sword's ability to quickly determine its nature stems from the data accumulated by Kinias through dozens of iterations of industrial robots. From the moment it entered the market, Leo practically crushed all other industrial robots on the market.

Even before the official modification of the short sword, Ye Yun and Kinias created the GAT-00 military-grade Leo for final data collection, which is why the short sword was able to debut in such excellent condition. Even so, small-scale iterations and system version updates never stopped. It could be said that the difference between the initial model of the short sword and the short sword that just rolled off the production line at the Dawn Heavy Machinery manufacturing plant was roughly equivalent to the difference between a 4050 and a 4050TI.

However, Tim Ray didn't have this entire database. Before he chose to carefully study the G Project data, certain hidden dangers of the RGM-79 GM were, in a sense, already established. But he was under too much pressure; these people simply couldn't wait for Tim Ray to leisurely advance Operation V!

They're vying for orders, quotas, and the percentage of mobile suits in the Earth Federation Forces—this practically determines the future technological path the Earth Federation Forces will take! They certainly don't believe that Ye's Heavy Industries' Nine-Tailed Fox, with such a significant first-mover advantage, would leave them any chance whatsoever!

With MS becoming the main weapon in the foreseeable future, and driven by the immense fear of being completely eliminated from this huge market, these people have become reckless! It can be said that under their instigation and impetus, Timree finally hesitated repeatedly, but had no choice but to send the preliminary experimental design of the RGM79, which was not yet fully mature, to the Earth Federation Forces headquarters.

However, even Tim Ray probably didn't expect that after the initial blueprints were completed, the Federation immediately began trial production of two machines. In just the first stage of testing, the sprint, stop and sprint maneuvers directly broke Jim's leg. Although the other machine did not break, after testing, it also showed deformation of key structural components, and damage was already imminent.

"...Dr. Ray, the Federation's patience is not unlimited. Operation V is important, but Project G is also excellent! The latest intelligence has been sent to you. The Zeon forces have begun upgrading their MS units. You should understand how urgent the situation is for the Federation right now! You're not wasting your time, you're wasting the lives of soldiers on the front lines!" The lieutenant colonel hung up the phone in a huff.

"How is this possible? Dawn didn't even use Luna Titanium. How could their massive, deadly structure be so much more durable than mine!" Tim Ray quickly pulled up the short sword's design data from his computer.

Unfortunately, GM had a direct comparison target. The Earth Federation Forces headquarters randomly selected two short swords from the basic production models (without mobility enhancement, wrist enhancement, or armor enhancement, just like the initial mass-produced basic model short swords) produced on the production line and performed the same operation.

The result...

The short sword had no problems and completed all the tests. Then it went over to help drag Jim, whose leg was broken, onto the flatbed truck. After the driver got off, he listened to the complaints of the other two drivers.

Although it uses almost the same operating system as the Short Sword, it is several versions older, and many of the operation assistance programs and functions that have become habitual for front-line MS drivers are completely absent.

It copied, but not entirely; isn't that still copying? This is all good stuff modified based on combat experience!

Thanks to the precedent of the RX77 operating system being criticized by testers, the Federation Forces were very decisive and forced Operation V to use the G Project's operating system as well. However, one of the core aspects of Operation V, learning computers, was not contributed by Gao Yun to Kinias, otherwise Operation V would have really had nothing left.

However, Gao Yun never expected that after trying his best to speed up Operation V, the result would be that he would lose face in front of the entire Federation Army high command. Even if your shooting accuracy is poor, I can explain it to you. But what's with breaking your leg while running?!

Gao Yun felt that he needed high blood pressure medication, quick-acting heart medicine, and perhaps even emergency treatment for a stroke!

“Project G left so much redundancy, did they know from the beginning… No, even if we redesign it, it’s too late… That’s it! We can do it this way! Yes! The weight on both sides is about the same, as long as we re-adapt the software… Right, are there any other components that can also…” Tim Ray muttered to himself in his laboratory!

Then, just as the African Army was frantically investigating the Eurasian-African railway artery, the entire Federal Army headquarters in Chabro encountered something that was somewhat unsettling for them.

"Gao Yun... Is the plan feasible?" Gao Pu looked at his subordinate with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, but not much. After all, compared to Ye Yun, this little rascal, there weren't many talents in the entire Federal Army who could be called "outstanding".

This guy doesn't understand scientific research, but his influence is everywhere in the Federation Army's GAT series.

This guy never attended a military academy, but the entire Federation Forces' MS unit training and combat system... well, you can't deny that he built it entirely on his own. He is definitely the core protagonist, and the soldiers he directly led were mostly wild and had a strong desire to fight. As long as you don't lack their supplies, they can fight the Zeon forces to the last magazine.

Putting everything else aside, just look at this round of attacks by the Zeon forces on the African Army. Regardless of the influence of Merk and how Zeon propagandizes things, the fact is that the entire Earth Federation Forces and the African Army regard it as a huge humiliation! They are violently eager to retaliate.

And then what happened? As a video produced by the African theater of operations was played, everyone was stunned by the scene of a Zaku being chased by a Type 61 tank under the setting sun, with a affected female voice calling out, "Brother~ don't run away~".

As the video went viral, nobody cared how much supplies the Zeon army destroyed in the battle; everyone just wanted to know if that 61 tank ever caught up.

Specifically regarding the Afrika Korps, if Merk hadn't intervened, the frontline troops might have already launched a large-scale offensive. However, Merk also made a very significant move: Ye Yun's 13th Independent Mobile Force was deployed to the Suez base. And there have already been some engagements.

Although the Dagger 105 is much more expensive to manufacture than the Dagger, the price is well worth it. Putting aside the fact that the operating system is compatible and the transfer training time and cost are incredibly low, the morale boost alone has already exceeded the expectations of Gap and Rebil, who is about to head to Chabro.

Yes, I don't know if they were inspired by the video of the Type 61 chasing the Zaku, but this time the Federation Army made its own propaganda video.

"Hey over there, we've got some new short swords that have been issued! They're really good! Oh, what? You're still using Zaku?! Oh, I'm so sorry!" Then there's a fast-paced sequence of short sword 105 using guns, swords, and all sorts of other methods to kill the Zaku. Finally, there's a screen blackout, and then short sword 105 swings its sword to tear through the black curtain, revealing a close-up of a large face.

“We’ve calculated it ourselves this time, and theoretically, doing it this way will be very effective. Not to mention the reduced logistical pressure, the fact that we can quickly deploy RGM79s to the battlefield is already quite good. It’s a pity that the Dagger doesn’t have any beam weapons available.” Gao Yun took a deep breath and subtly gave Project G a piece of his mind.

Gao Yun was extremely grateful. Even though he had made a deal with Ye Ning, the timeframe of the deal meant he wouldn't be able to master the relevant technology so quickly. This meant that V-Combat still had a significant advantage.

However, deep within Ye's Heavy Industry, a massive mega particle cannon, roughly the size of a 180-cannon, had been manufactured and was being packaged, seemingly ready to be sent into space. The cannon barrel was sprayed with the words "Happy Birthday Jung, BY Ye Yun".

"Then let's repair those two damaged GMs immediately. If all goes well, we'll start mass production right away. The pressure in space is immense. Zeon seems to have an idea. At least the GMs still have some value to the Space Forces."

"Yes!"

Chapter 112 Encounter

"Yes, the Federation's Blue Dagger, squad size, yes." Several Zaku tanks quickly retreated, while simultaneously providing cover for each other with their 120mm machine guns, appearing extremely cautious!

This was forced upon them! The production scale of the Dagger 105 is not very large at present. Even the Federation Army headquarters in Chabro is producing it somewhat reluctantly. After all, for them, the most important thing at present is still to provide enough Daggers to the front line, rather than to equip the elite with more powerful mobile suits.

So, Dawn Heavy Machinery mainly manufactured the Short Sword 105 there. The production volume was not too large, so naturally, such a machine could not be deployed on a large scale, and it would not be given to new recruits. It was basically issued to veterans and elites. Since the operating system and the basic color of the machine were basically unchanged, conversion training was almost unnecessary. In the simplest case, after the conversion pilot finished the simulator training, he would drive the Short Sword 105 out for a couple of laps to feel the machine's reaction speed and that was the end of it.

Why so fast...?

Because this guy was attacked, 1v2, and although he was beaten to a pulp, he managed to escape unscathed and severely damaged one of the opponents' machines. If he had gone out in his short sword, he would most likely have been destroyed there. After returning, this guy refused to go back to using his short sword.

Under this powerful alliance, the remaining advantages of the Zeon mobile suit forces began to shrink rapidly... On the ground, who among those prioritized for assignment to the Short Sword 105 pilots hasn't experienced being ambushed and fought head-on by Zeon forces? And they almost always won! So, let's not make jokes about Zeon mobile suits having a close-quarters advantage; they simply can't win in a melee...

Take this 155mm shrapnel grenade!

You bastard, who wants to fight you with a knife? Times have changed!

Now, all the Zeon mobile suit units on various fronts know one thing: as the war progresses, the damned Federation has released a new mobile suit, and what's worse, this new mobile suit is basically very powerful! The pilot is also very powerful!

In other words, seeing this batch of blue-armored short swordsmen, you can bet they're strong! And similar cases have appeared on various fronts to varying degrees, so the blue short swordsmen have become synonymous with the elite of the Federation Army.

"Hey, are you guys being so polite?" Sally looked at the Zeon mobile suits that had immediately become cautious with a speechless expression. "Then I won't hold back! Gri!" Her Dagger 105 immediately raised its shield and charged forward, the movement executed so smoothly!

There's no way around it; this maneuver is practically a mandatory course for every Federation MS pilot! Even during a comparative test at Federation headquarters, the test pilot of the GM subconsciously raised his shield to block the charge when he started sprinting.

This move is required for both short sword and gimmick techniques!

To reiterate, the shield is the Federation MS's longest health bar!

So what made the Zaku on the other side extremely desperate was that their 120mm machine guns, just like before, were unable to penetrate the opponent's shield. The so-called new 120mm machine gun ammunition (after all, it is a short bullet, and no matter how much potential is explored, the limit of penetration is limited) could only penetrate the armor of the short sword. What did that have to do with the shield of the short sword itself?

"Tsk! Can you please stop... Damn it, boss!" Just as Gerry was about to provide fire support, he saw Gao Long ignite his thrusters and charge straight at the other side.

During the low-altitude dash, Gao Long piloted the Short Sword 105 in a sideways position, suppressing the two Zakus to the side with firepower. The Federation MS pilots' beloved 75-round drum magazine made things rather difficult for the Zakus. After all, with the upgraded armor, if the Zaku's ammunition hit at the wrong angle, even if it hit the Short Sword 105, it would only polish the surface of the armor.

However, the situation was quite different when the 90mm Type 59 machine gun in the hands of the Dagger 105! A Zaku II was shot down on the spot, its leg broken, and it fell to the ground. A Zaku next to it tried to help, but the Gri was already firing at it from the side. The Zaku could only retreat immediately and try to use the terrain to cover its body.

"Aha! I'm an ace now!" With Sally's cheer, the under-barreled 155mm launcher made a loud thud, and then a burst of sparks erupted from the entire surface of the Zaku. The 155mm shrapnel shells instantly washed over the Zaku's surface, and the main monitor exploded in an instant, along with a series of devices on the body!

Because the under-barrel cannon of the Type 59 90mm machine gun was indeed very useful, newly produced Type 59 90mm guns were basically equipped with this simple and practical feature by default. This led to two distinct playstyles: ground-based MS pilots liked to indiscriminately fire 155mm shrapnel rounds, eventually reaching the Federation headquarters and then cursing under their breath!

You guys think your lives as logistics staff are worthless?!

After all, these guys have become obsessed. Whenever they're in a war zone, if they see something they don't like, they'll fire a shrapnel grenade to see what happens. And they often encounter surprises. Sometimes they detonate something, sometimes they see armored vehicles blown to pieces, and sometimes they even kill Zakus that were trying to ambush them. As for the Zakus that tried to jump and attack them, they've been blown back by shrapnel grenades more than once or twice.

As for the Space Force...

Take my Solar Flare!

The Zeon forces in space are almost used to it. Once the Federation mobile suits start to be deployed in large numbers, flashbangs will be flying all over the space, not for any other reason than to obscure your vision! Then a large group of short swords will rush in to attack!

Very good! The Federation Space Force's logistics are also in a panic.

However, there are occasional exceptions. Some clever individuals, when attacked by a large-scale Zeon force, fired a large number of 155mm flashbangs in one go, causing the Zeon forces to mistakenly believe it was a trap, thus allowing them to escape smoothly.

Using small units and transport ships to lure Zeon attack forces in space has become a common tactic for the Federation forces. Therefore, when facing small Federation units, the Zeon forces sometimes have to consider whether they are being used as bait.

War is a treacherous and deceitful affair, and what's cruel is that once a move is made, it's not a matter of regret, but of life or death...

Faced with Sally's close-range grenade, the Zaku's main display was shattered, and its balance was almost instantly disrupted. In the pitch black, the Zaku's pilot, with a look of terror on his face, tried to urgently restore the machine's balance based on his body's senses and the operation of the instruments.

But the next instant, a violent vibration came from the machine, and the roar of an explosion, accompanied by flames, quickly entered the cockpit!

"Haha... Ye's Heavy Industry's new ammunition is pretty good... I didn't see the bullet, I thought the power would be a bit weak." Sally raised the muzzle of her gun, looked at the shattered Zaku body, smiled broadly, and then turned to fire in the other direction to cover Gri's charge. The Federation Space Force's two-on-two coordination was just basic operation on the ground, it's just that a few big shots were playing it particularly well.