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“You’re not doing it right at all.” Kinias shook his head. “Ye Yun has already started organizing mobile airborne troops on the front lines.”

"To put it bluntly, it means that Steelpeli is not equipped with MS and is replaced with infantry... In order to carry out railway patrols, MS alone is definitely not enough. This guy is probably hating himself for having such a mouth!" Ye Ning laughed very happily. Ye Yun really dug his own pit and jumped into it, and he already knew it the moment he opened his mouth.

In the entire Federation, who is currently the most idle and capable force, and also capable of global mobile deployment? Hmm... it seems to be only Ye Yun's 13th Mobile Force! Then Ye Yun submitted a report requesting the expansion of the infantry, and the Federation Army approved it instantly, and even generously gave Ye Yun a base that he couldn't complain about.

Baikonur!

Ye Yun felt as if he had been deeply schemed against.

Of course, for Ye Ning, or more precisely, for the Ye family, the Sakhalin family, and the Mas family, the steel artery proposed by Ye Yun was an incredibly wonderful fact! The original disadvantage of being deep inland, which, while not easy to attack, was also unsuitable for large-scale transportation, and that suddenly disappeared.

Anyway, with shipping also failing elsewhere, the suddenly revived steel artery's starting point... was actually in the Sichuan Basin. This can only be described as a coincidence, a coincidence that made Ye Ning sigh that his younger brother really knew how to pick a place. So Ye Ning didn't mind spending money and effort to help his younger brother repair his place. After all, as a powerful figure in the Federation Army who actually controlled two bases, it would be too embarrassing for him to live in ruins.

"Miss Ye Ning! A communication from headquarters." Ye Ning's secretary walked to her side and said softly, her eyes almost shining with a pious light!

"The Federation Army is causing trouble again?" Ye Ning said with a headache. The Federation Army wants everything, and the logistics officers are urging them every day, causing a big commotion on average every three days.

"No, it's Miss Bazhou who wants to schedule a time with you," the secretary said softly. This news wasn't too surprising. Now, apart from the 180 Heavy Cannon, Ye's Heavy Industry had almost no cooperation with Bazhou after making two wrong choices in a row.

"Mi Lai?" Ye Ning looked at the secretary nodding and felt somewhat speechless.

"Go see her. I'll go with you; after all, I helped a lot at the beginning."

"Yes, that's right, that's why I have a headache."

Chapter 139 Mi Lai. Eight Continents of Eight Continents

"Sorry, Mi Lai, I've kept you waiting!" Ye Ning shrugged as she looked at the girl sitting in the room. They had a good relationship. Of course, the reason Ye Ning was on good terms with her was that she regarded her as her sister-in-law at a certain stage. After all, there weren't many girls of the same generation who were on good terms with Ye Yun.

However, Ye Ning seems to have never been right when it comes to her younger brother's romantic relationships. At first, she watched Ye Yun and Sera fight and thought that the bickering couple was nice, and that the house wouldn't be so quiet. Then she thought that the childhood sweetheart, the well-bred young lady Mi Lai Bazhou, was also great, and that a harmonious couple supporting each other for a lifetime would be wonderful!

This haphazard matchmaking continued until Ye Ning saw Ye Yun embracing Aina and kissing her passionately one day...

Ha, my brother and I have completely fallen victim to your Sakhalin family.

“It’s alright, Sister Ning. I just wanted to find some peace and quiet here.” Miley Bazhou raised her cup to Ye Ning. “The coffee is good. It seems that Ye Yun’s coffee plantation has produced some excellent coffee beans this year? Mr. Kinias, it’s been a long time since I last greeted you.”

"..." Kinias simply nodded without saying much. Apart from the Ye siblings, he didn't have the habit of contacting others much. He was relatively familiar with Mila Bazhou, and she was indeed the one who helped the boss at the beginning.

"Yes, these are for our own people. If you like, you can take a few cans with you later." Ye Ning smiled at Mi Lai. "However, that brat Ye Yun didn't give us any this year... sorry." Seeing Mi Lai's expression darken, Ye Ning sighed and changed the subject. "I've already asked the kitchen to make arrangements. Shall we eat together later?"

Ye Yun naturally remembers to give his good friends nice things every year, and he basically gives away all the top-quality coffee beans he has every year. As one of his few very close female friends, Mi Lai naturally wouldn't be short of such gifts.

However... the mailing address given to Mila, which is like a cloud, is on Kuru Island in SIDE2 (I don't have any information on this, I just made it up)! Need I say more?

“Okay, your Ye family’s head chef is the biggest reason why I maintain a good relationship with Ye Yun.” Mi Lai naturally knew that Ye Ning couldn’t be touching on her sore spot, but when she changed the subject, her smile was a little bitter.

Although Ba Zhou hadn't made any public announcement, Ye Ning still knew some of the details. After all, Hugh Ba Zhou hadn't appeared for a long time. Judging from Milai's expression, it seemed that things had already been resolved, and even the reason why Ba Zhou had inexplicably started choking them had been explained.

So the moment Ye Ning saw through her, she immediately apologized, since it was indeed reopening old wounds. Seeing that Mi Lai's smile was not pleasant, she got up, sat down next to Mi Lai, comforted her with her arms, and patted her shoulder.

"Ye Yun... fighting on the front lines against Zeon, the equipment you provided has been deployed on a large scale by the Federation Army, and is becoming a key reason for Zeon's defeat." Kinias blew on his coffee, glanced at Ye Ning, and saw a strong hazelnut aroma, which was his third favorite flavor. In any case, all the coffee flavors he liked were discovered by Ye Ning.

“Phew… thank you.” Milley let out a long breath and looked at Kinias, thanking him softly. “I don’t have his and Miss Aina’s courage. They really went to the battlefield and fought for all of humanity. I could only… cowardly run away.” Milley smiled with some shame as she spoke of this, and her eyes even reddened as she spoke.

“There’s nothing cowardly about this.” Kinias shook his head. “You made a contribution too, so why do you feel like you didn’t do anything?” Kinias shook his head. The initial fire control and weapon system of the short sword were basically provided with the help of the girl in front of him and with the tacit approval of Hugh Yasu. Even Ye Yun was able to see Gao Pu directly, so it’s possible that the girl in front of him also helped after learning about it.

“Perhaps I should have been braver back then.” Mi Lai gently wiped her eyes. Ye Yun, with his strong sense of action, had also greatly impressed her back then. It was under Ye Yun’s encouragement that she obtained her licenses for gliders and small transport ships. “But I do have something to say today.”

As she spoke, Mila's expression became extremely complicated. She knew very well that what she was about to say would most likely cost her favors. But those people weren't wrong. After Operation V and Project G had ended the market division, the area had shrunk, and there wasn't enough room for so many people to share the pie. So... they needed to kick some people out.

Because of Hugh Hachisu's death and Milai's lack of experience in business, the Hachisu family experienced large-scale turmoil, lacked strength, and naturally lost its voice. Given Hachisu's size, which originally held a considerable share, kicking him out was, in a sense, the best option.

"So... your family members want to hitch a ride with us now?" Kinias asked casually, getting straight to the point. Good cop, bad cop? How could Kinias possibly be the good cop?

From the moment Mila appeared, Kinias and Ye Ning understood what had happened. Sakhalin had experienced glory and decline in Side 3. He had enjoyed and struggled with these things, which was why he was tricked by Ye Yun into coming to Earth.

Ye Ning was even more direct. If it's just about profit, these are basic business tactics—praising the powerful and belittling the weak. She could even write down the steps to ruin the Bazhou family based on her understanding of Bazhou, gradually dividing and swallowing the huge Bazhou Group through a series of nested business traps!

However, the Ye family wouldn't do something so despicable. The young girl is practically an orphan now, and those relatives who are eyeing her are just humanoid creatures! Besides, they are very good friends, so they'll lend a hand if they can.

“Yes…” Miley’s smile became even uglier. “You really can’t hide anything from me.” Because of Bazhou’s two short-sighted actions, they had offended Ye’s Heavy Industry and Dawn Heavy Machinery, along with the Federation Army, to a great extent. The Federation Army had almost no new weapons development tasks assigned to Bazhou.

After the news that junior officers in the Space Force were secretly using the birthday gifts given by Ye Yun to test Ye's Heavy Industry was exposed, the entire Federation Army Logistics Department began urging Ye's Heavy Industry to solve the problem of ammunition supply for artillery combat equipment and then quickly ship it to the front line!

The order volume quickly surpassed that of the high mobility backpack land combat version, with an initial order of 300 sets coming in. They even tried to force Ye's Heavy Industries to promise a delivery deadline of one month.

Ye Ning: Damn it! Where did I get a production line for artillery equipment?!

Federal Armaments Bureau: You knew that?!

After all, the prospect of MS genuinely possessing battleship-class heavy firepower was incredibly tempting for the Federation forces.

"It's not easy to come all this way, give me some hope." Ye Ning winked at Kinias, a double act, they had to play along.

"..." Kinias tapped the table, and Milai across from him looked up, his hand trembling slightly as he grasped Ye Ning's hand, his nervousness obvious.

“Two urgent matters that Bazhou can handle.” Kinias didn’t hesitate for long. He had no interest in playing the extreme pressure game; that would be bullying the young girl. “First, the Zeon army’s new MS are equipped with shields as standard equipment. These shields are not effectively penetrated by either the Federation’s current 90mm or 100mm machine guns.”

"Ah... do we need to develop a new type of machine gun?" Milai was a little confused, but quickly realized that if it really was about developing a new machine gun, then the increasingly large market for main weapons... seemed to be enough for Bazhou to handle!

“So this is my initial plan…” Kinias pulled up a blueprint, “Install an electromagnetic coil accelerator on the front half of the TYPE59 to increase the muzzle velocity of the projectile. I’ll send you the specific design requirements in a bit. Bazhou can handle it. With how many Type 59 machine guns there are now, there are at least 30% of the orders. This technology shouldn’t be difficult for you Bazhou, and you can solve it quickly.”

"Okay!" Miley understood; this kind of quick money was what her family liked.

"The other one is the underwater weapon system of the backpack system. We need support from Bazhou, and we can even give you the entire share of underwater MS. Dawn can even provide the parts so that you can package a special underwater short sword model." Kinias said very frankly, "You have almost paid back the favor you owe Ye Yun."

In fact, the reason why Kinias would push out the naval version of the short sword and hand it over to the Eight Continents for production is not hard to understand. On the one hand, this thing almost requires a completely independent design, which is very different from the standard short sword and would almost require a separate production line. On the other hand, with the Federation Navy completely overturned, the order volume must be very low.

Therefore, for Ye's and Shuguang, it's more profitable to focus on developing regular short swords, Short Sword 105, and various backpacks than to tinker with underwater short swords. However, Bazhou sees it differently. Even if it's just assembling individual parts, wouldn't you say that's a mobile suit production line? Doesn't that count as entering the mobile suit arena?

“…” Milai’s lips twitched. Just as Aina had said, there was no way to expect her brother to speak properly.

"That's too extreme. I always thought Mi Lai would be my brother's girlfriend." Ye Ning patted Mi Lai's hand with a smile. This round of husband-and-wife double-teaming left Mi Lai a little bewildered...

"..." Kinias squinted at Ye Ning, "Listen to what you're saying. You'd better know who your brother's girlfriend is."

"However, Mi Lai, it's not that your sister doesn't want to help you. But you can't keep asking us to help you with business matters. Have you thought about what to do next?"

“…Sister Ning, I knew it. You wanted Bazhou too, didn’t you?” Mi Lai wasn’t angry. Bazhou had anticipated this before they came. Getting on board Project G wouldn’t be easy. Ye’s Nine-Tailed Fox wouldn’t give any benefits unless they got their hands on something.

"Tsk tsk, who wouldn't want that!" Ye Ning didn't hide it. The girl was quite insightful, which was really good. No wonder she was the sister-in-law he had once thought highly of.

“Look! They offered 10% of the shares, but I personally hold 5%, and if you include what I inherited from my father, it will be about 28%.” Mi Lai placed several documents on the table.

"...We were almost at the point of gaining controlling interest." Ye Ning stared at Mi Lai in astonishment. He wanted a piece of the pie, but controlling Bazhou... he might have been tempted, but he knew he'd choke on it. However, it wouldn't be right to miss such a good opportunity. "Could you explain why?"

“These people are really short of money lately for various reasons. They hold a lot of shares. How to solve this is up to you, Sister Ning.” Mi Lai smiled and shook her head. She was being groomed as a successor, and many of her connections, including Ye Yun, were formed during this process. So Mi Lai could see clearly the current situation of the Bazhou family. Everyone saw her as a target. She couldn’t win, so why fight a battle she couldn’t win?

"As for why, they're in contact with certain people on the moon. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll have a hard time withstanding the pressure, so rather than waiting until the end to have to sign, it's better to get some benefits from Sister Ning." Mi Lai still smiled very naturally, without saying much about who "they" were or who "certain people" were.

"Hmm... I'll help you set up a company specifically to handle some of the precision machining for Ye's Heavy Industries. Don't worry about the initial business; a large portion of the warship modification kit processing business will be delegated to you. Ye Yun and I will personally contribute equipment, each holding a 30% stake. This is a personal gift and has nothing to do with the acquisition," Ye Ning said with a smile. "Oh, by the way, we were just discussing bringing in a top technical expert. How about we put him here with you?"

"...This is the best I could get." Mi Lai said with a smile. Although it was a cold exchange of interests, she had to admit that Ye Ning was much better than those so-called relatives who wanted to devour her whole.

They provided the money, the technology, the orders, and even the production equipment, production lines, and trained workers! Moreover, it was in a familiar industry, and the connections inherited from his father could be put to good use in the future.

Of course, most importantly, this is Milai's own Bazhou! Starting with a huge amount of money from selling Bazhou shares, Milai doesn't think she will keep losing! The future Bazhou will still be Bazhou, no, even stronger than it is now.

"Well then, it's a pleasure to cooperate, Mi Lai... Ba Zhou!" Ye Ning took the initiative to get the wine and pour it into glasses, and then the three of them clinked their glasses together.

"It was a pleasure working with you, Ms. Ye Ning and Mr. Kinias Sakhalin."

Chapter 140 Encounter: Outpost No. 14

"This is Station 14. The radar shows you've entered the area. Buddy, it's lunchtime. Should we prepare some food for you?" The voice coming through the communicator sounded somewhat tired. After all, with a large number of people migrating to space, the cities along the former steel arteries were basically abandoned. So for these unfortunate guys at the fixed outposts on the ground, besides watching black bears baring their teeth, all they did every day was greet these patrol teams passing by in the sky.

"No need, we'll eat at the large station on the 18th. We won't fight with you for your pitiful rations." Seeing that the identification code sent from the ground had passed the system verification, the pilot didn't say much and greeted the paratroopers who were playing cards behind him.

“Okay.” Station 14 didn’t pay much attention and decided to proceed without hesitation.

“His accent is wrong. Commander Ye Yun has assigned people from Dongda University to this line. Their accents are not like this…” A second lieutenant in an army uniform with a scar on his face whispered in the pilot’s ear, “Report a mechanical malfunction and let us go down and take a look.”

"Okay." The pilot nodded. Whether the group behind him was just bored or overly cautious, it wasn't a big problem for him; such a situation was within his expectations.

After flying forward for some distance, as it approached Station 15, it suddenly dropped several hundred meters in altitude. The pilot then very naturally reported a temporary malfunction and landed for repairs.

No one doubted it. After all, as one of the results of Operation V, it was normal for the Steel Peli, which had just begun to be deployed on a large scale, to have some minor problems from time to time. If there were no accidents, another Steel Peli would fly over to pick up the patrolmen in about three hours. If the Steel Peli could not be repaired on the field, it would be moved to a nearby outpost.

"Be back in three hours," the pilot said quickly. "Lieutenant Leved."

"How long will it take for the nearby MS squadron to jump over?" Leved nodded, while simultaneously applying face paint to his face and asking a simple question about the pilot's condition.

"The fastest was eight minutes, the other team was 19 minutes, of course, this is just a rough estimate." The pilot stepped aside to show the officer the data link.

"Okay!" The officer nodded, turned around and jumped into the electric jeep next to him. Four or five jeeps equipped with anti-MS heavy missiles followed.

"Alright, next we'll just..." The captain was about to say something when his expression suddenly froze. A large flock of birds suddenly took flight from the ground not far away. The captain glanced down at the instrument panel and quickly confirmed one thing, "There's no Minovsky particle interference yet. With long-range communication on, let's go out!"

"Hmm!" The co-pilot nodded, and after getting off the plane, he called several maintenance workers to leave the Steel Peli. Before leaving, he made sure to close the cabin door and open the engine cover, which looked like it was being repaired from a distance.

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"Did you hear the explosion?" Levy heard the pilot's voice through his headphones while holding binoculars.

"I heard you perfectly. Congratulations on surviving!" Leved smiled, a smirk playing on his lips. This time, Ye Yun had the support of the Federal Army Headquarters, and the three regions of Eurasia and Africa were counting on this vital artery for a helping hand. Therefore, when Ye Yun organized his mobile force, he selected veterans who had fought on the front lines. If you don't even have this much vigilance, then you really have to ask yourself, how did you survive until now?

"You guys ran fast, so there's no need to doubt it anymore. We can basically confirm that the other side is a Zeon attack force!" the pilot said quickly.

"Understood, you all take care."

Leved looked through his binoculars at the outpost's defenses, and curled his lip. The Zeon army really didn't care about the details, actually preparing right inside the base. "Judging from the base's situation, the Zeon army has concentrated quite a few troops... There's no bridge here, and the next train will be arriving soon."

"What, you think you can solve this?" the pilot said irritably.

"No... So, let the MS units begin preparing to move in." Leved admitted very decisively in the communications. Even with only twenty or thirty men and a few light armored vehicles, their attempt to force their way into the Zeon-held outpost was futile...

Ha, Warhammer's armored, super-heavy monster infantry?

The communication was cut off, and a few minutes later, a dense barrage of bullets rained down from the sky. A series of shells took priority on all anti-aircraft equipment. Before an anti-aircraft vehicle equipped with an artillery could even retaliate, four or five shells pierced through its top armor. The huge impact almost made the two vehicles jump.

They certainly didn't have a chance to jump up; when the explosion occurred, the vehicle was blown to pieces due to the internal ammunition detonation.

The Zeon forces were already frantically mobilizing their forces. They knew very well that the Federation forces were descending from the sky, and if they couldn't get their troops out at this moment, they were doomed! The Federation's air-jump tactics had proven countless times to be incredibly lethal during surprise attacks!

Every single person capable of piloting the Federation's best mass-produced MS, the Short Sword 105, and issued the High Mobility Pack (Ground Combat Version), is an elite! Highly skilled and with unwavering fighting spirit! This creates a situation where, once the air jump begins, there's only one possibility: either I destroy your crappy place, or you wipe me all out!

Moreover, the Federation pilots were well aware that their strategy revolved around timing. They aimed to suppress air defenses and destroy hangars before the target could retaliate, then wreak havoc within the base, quickly unleashing a barrage of shells before igniting their thrusters and departing once more.

Often, a single air jump attack is short and intense, lasting no more than ten minutes! And what's interesting is that if there are federal air forces nearby, they will come over on their own and drop bombs on the ground, often heavy bombs that bomb the ground again! Without absolute air superiority and without ground air defenses, you can do whatever you want.

Therefore, if you don't want to be buried alive by the heavy and super-heavy bombs dropped by the Air Force, it's best to fight back successfully from the start.

As rockets swept across the ground, Zeon soldiers were able to brave the explosions and shrapnel as they attempted to rush towards nearby equipment! They had to fight back! Otherwise, they would truly face certain death. The Federation's mobile suits had already arrived, so how far behind would their air force be? This supply line was currently under heavy patrol by them.

"These guys are really lucky, it's our 666th Company!" Leved narrowed his eyes. He felt he had no interest in wasting any more time here. The entire Federation Army probably knew about this unit—an elite force driven mad by Zeon itself, now under Ye Yun's command! "Wow, the madmen of 666, they really are the most ruthless when it comes to killing Zeon, actually using thrusters to target people..."

On the watchtower of this outpost, a soldier carried an anti-tank rocket launcher, seemingly intending to ambush one of the Dagger 105s. But in the next instant, he was horrified to see the Dagger 105's high-mobility backpack thrusters, which were originally running at a low speed, suddenly spew out a long tail flame. The extremely high-temperature tail flame burned him and the top of the outpost's observation post together.

Just watching him, Livid could feel the excruciating burning sensation. Seeing the other party rush out of the outpost and jump off the watchtower, he could only express his understanding, after all, just watching it was painful.

Now that such a force had arrived, Leved was no longer worried that the Zeon forces, having just destroyed Gunpelli's mobile suits, might be hiding in the shadows and ambush them. To put it dramatically, Leved thought the enemy had better be careful, lest they be easily counter-attacked by these veterans!

"Boss? Are you watching? We finally managed to get under Commander Ye Yun's command, and we won't get any medals like this..." said the soldier holding the heavy machine gun in the back seat.

"Otherwise? Look, the 666th Squadron's Dagger B has already taken down the Zaku." Two Zaku suddenly leaped up from extremely close range, their 90mm machine guns firing wildly, but the Daggers that raised their shields were almost covered in smoke and fire, and the explosion nearly engulfed both Daggers.

The pilots of those two Zakus emptied almost all their magazines in one go, then watched as the Dagger 105, enveloped in smoke, revealed a look of surprise on their faces. They just watched! Their breathing was heavy…

So many people risked their lives for that one fleeting opportunity! They seized it! Two Zaku machine guns emptied a magazine from their 90mm machine guns! Almost all of them hit their targets!

"Whoosh..." The High Mobility Pack (HMP) land-based version suddenly ignited! The smoke cloud of the explosion was directly broken, and with the surging power provided by the HMP, the two Dagger 105s that had been gliding close to the ground rushed out one after the other. Their bodies were not very noticeable because of the paint, but there was no doubt that after the effectiveness was verified, Ye Yun and his Dagger 105s had fully undergone the modification of explosive reactive armor!

The 90mm shells that the Zaku had emptied their magazines were completely neutralized by the explosive reactive armor. At this point, it was too late for the two Zaku to reload or pull out their electric axes! The crimson longsword pierced straight through their bodies, leaving them no chance to resist!

"Look, it's over! Let's take a short detour. I think Commander Ye Yun will be very interested in how Zeon's grandsons bypassed the outer patrol and surveillance systems to send the MS in." Leved tapped the seat and signaled the driver to start the car. If other things could be hidden, but MS... hey, how can you hide the traces you leave behind!

Chapter 141 Waiting for Orders

“Ye Yun, you misjudged this time. The Zeon army’s large strategic transport planes have become a problem.” Rachel smiled and placed the documents in front of Ye Yun. “If it weren’t for the cautious scouts who called in the MS unit, and it just so happened that a squad from Squadron 666 was overhead, the enemy might have achieved a great success.”

“Yes… I never expected that the commander of the European theater would be so daring as to use such a strategic-level transport aircraft to support the operation of smuggling attack troops. Because it can release Minovsky particles, the air force's radar air defense system is completely unaware of what is happening when the enemy arrives. It is indeed a tactical genius’s idea.” Ye Yun sighed, “Fortunately, the enemy did not expect our patrol density to be this high.”

How could it not be high? In just one day yesterday, three trains departed from Asia and headed to Europe, while one train arrived in Europe and three in Africa. After repeated testing, the Federal Army finally reduced the transport speed to 160 kilometers per hour, but after ruthlessly adding multiple power units, the transport capacity was increased to 1800 tons per trip.

Even so, they discovered that due to years of disrepair, many bridges and sections of railway were in poor condition, forcing them to limit transport capacity. These sections are already under urgent reinforcement by engineering troops, and transport capacity will likely be able to increase in the future.

Therefore, the Earth Federation allowed Ye Yun to organize manpower and equipment for high-intensity patrols. It was precisely for this reason that the Zeon army's sneak attack failed.

"What did the Air Force say? This is the third time they've managed to sneak in," Ye Yun said with a smile. Apart from the time they foolishly crashed into the Suez Air Base's air defense perimeter and Ye Yun managed to take one of their planes away, the other two times they had inflicted considerable damage on the Federation forces.

"They've gone mad. They're going to establish a Minovsky particle monitoring network. Once they detect the concentration of Minovsky particles, they can immediately set off and begin hunting down this big guy." Rachel shrugged. After all, they had been repeatedly humiliated, and the other side had even successfully infiltrated them. This made the Federation Air Force, which claimed to have completely controlled the skies of Earth, feel extremely embarrassed, so naturally they started to go crazy and cause trouble for Zeon.