UC will eventually reach the stars

This made them especially terrified when they heard that Gundam Unit 1 was made entirely of Luna Titanium.

"This cost... should be enough to buy a small squad, no, at least two squads of short swords, right?" Lyra looked up at the Gundam standing there, her eyes filled with doubt.

"It's also equipped with a Mega Particle Beam Rifle and a beam saber." Ye Yun raised an eyebrow at their surprised looks. "Including spare parts and weapons, it's not just a small squad, but a company full of short swords, and they might even have enough money to buy more supply kits for the short swords."

"My God... Is this the result of Operation V? Its combat power is really..." Yazan stared at the mobile suit, his eyes filled with disbelief. A squadron's worth of mobile suits? On the ground, a so-called Dakar battle group's mobile suit configuration is only about a squadron, or even two squads. In other words... the cost of this Gundam is enough to buy an entire Dakar battle group?! Huh?

"You'll probably hear about it in a few days. When I first went into space, I was attacked by the Zeon forces. I piloted this Gundam Unit 1 with Aina and wiped out two of their Musai and six Zaku IIs. I wonder if those Zakus were the latest models." Ye Yun pointed at the Gundam and boasted to Jung and the others.

"..." Everyone was shocked. Two aircraft annihilated a small enemy squad. Although they had hunted down small fleets before, they absolutely could not imagine two aircraft doing this.

“No wonder…” Jung lowered his head and thought for a moment, “For a while, the Zeon army hunted me like madmen. I think they mistook me, who was piloting the Gundam Fighter, for the Gundam Unit 1 that you were piloting.”

"...Is that so? No wonder you have a whole row of kill badges on your fully equipped shortsword shoulder; are you preparing to challenge my ranking?" Ye Yun laughed and punched Jung. Hunting Jung? Or Jung with his artillery combat gear? He's probably just sending him and his squad to their deaths.

"It's alright." Jung didn't say a word about the hardships and dangers involved, after all, even if it was dangerous, it really wasn't half as dangerous as Ye Yun's. Zeon was absolutely serious about killing this guy.

"So you plan to reveal this big treasure as soon as you go out, and with your attraction, the Zeon army will swarm over like madmen, and then all the Zeon soldiers will be terrified in front of the dark Grim Reaper?" Ye Yun's plan was simple. The Zeon army likes to break the battle, so let's fight them too. Then we'll see which side has stronger fighting power.

“This is the top V-Operation specialist of the Federation Army, so naturally he deserves this treatment.” Ye Yun smiled and shrugged. “Moreover, if the Zeon Army has really discovered the news about Side 7, I don’t think they will let this place go either.” Ye Yun said with a smile, “Perhaps, we can go back and launch another ambush then.”

"Oh!" Everyone smiled. If there was one thing Ye Yun left for the Federation Space Force, it probably wasn't the MS training system, but rather the desire and confidence for victory! In the battle in the underground orbit, the Federation Space Force's losses were almost negligible compared to the Zeon forces that were almost completely wiped out!

Most importantly, the entire battle was almost entirely fought by the Earth Federation Forces themselves! Ye Yun and his group merely served as bait!

Now, it's clear that Ye Yun is planning to fish again, and this time, the fish seem to be big enough! Big enough, just like Ye Yun's previous time, to warrant the Zeon army deploying a large force!

If they wipe out another entire Zeon force, then this time, the Zeon army will probably be unable to hold its head high in front of the Federation Space Force.

“I’ll contact other people. Many of them have become MS squad leaders or even company commanders.” Jung narrowed his eyes. “Perhaps… this time we can gather an even more impressive force than before.”

"With too many people, it's easier to be discovered. Perhaps we should think of something else!"

Chapter 162 The Trials Belong to Milai

"Phew... I'm so busy! How does Ye Yun manage to build so many businesses so effortlessly?" Mi Lai slumped onto the table, letting out a long sigh. After all, she was still just a minor, and her tone unconsciously carried a hint of coquetry.

"Because he only takes charge of the beginning and then leaves it to others." Ye Ning said irritably. As the older sister who usually takes the blame for the various businesses her younger brother has started, she really couldn't imagine how he could tinker with batteries, food supplies, and even make spacesuits all at the same time.

Although these industries are indeed doing quite well now, they really took a toll on him back then. Ye Ning felt a headache coming on when he thought about all the messy things that happened during that time. He decided he needed to find Kinias later to complain properly and check on his training progress!

"Thank you!" Taking the coffee cup from Ye Ning's assistant, Mi Lai didn't care about her image anymore. She grabbed the chilled cup and drank it all in one gulp. "Phew! That feels good. Please, make me another latte, half sugar is fine."

"Okay!" Ye Ning's assistant nodded and left. These past few days, Miss Mi Lai had been busy with Ye Ning, especially since she had to deal with the harassment from her relatives at home after finishing her work here.

After all, the relatives offered 10% of the shares because they felt that even if Ye Ning received them, it would be insignificant! They could simply issue new shares to dilute the equity, and Ye Ning's existing shares wouldn't cause any trouble.

But by the time they realized it, lo and behold, Ye's Heavy Industry's shareholding had jumped to 38% in one fell swoop!

Largest single shareholder! Key decision-making!

These relatives practically exploded on the spot.

What the hell? The Ye family has intruded upon our home!?

They angrily confronted Mi Lai, demanding to know why she had sold all the shares she and her father owned. However, when they arrived in Sichuan, they found Mi Lai presiding over the opening ceremony of her own company...

If you still don't understand this, then you are truly both wicked and stupid.

Then, smiling, Mila imitated Ye Ning and placed a technical overview of underwater mobile suits in front of them.

The relatives instantly smiled, thinking that Mi Lai was indeed a descendant of the Eight Continents, and had already made such preparations for the future of the Eight Continents.

Mi Lai smiled. Naturally, she didn't intend to hand over all the technical data at once. Otherwise, given how abstract these guys were, who knows what absurd things they might do? Backstabbing the Ye family would be the least of their worries.

So, they're given the supplies in batches, like cutting rice cakes, keeping them hanging on. Anyway, Mila knows very well that as long as they know there's an opportunity to do MS manufacturing business, especially the kind like now, which theoretically gives them a large slice of the military's pie, these guys will be ecstatic and spontaneously start working to expand their target.

Oh, they might even outsource the "unimportant parts," after all, it's easy to make money with a light asset model!

Mi Lai was confident that she would eventually keep these technologies in her own hands, and her reasons were quite good: she was from Bazhou, so it was like the meat was rotten in her own bowl!

Mi Lai thought there was about a 6% chance that these people would think it was a good idea, as they could control her as long as they controlled the sales channels.

Ha... This really shows they look down on Ye Yun's status in the Federation Army.

What would the Navy's reaction be if Ye Yun were to contact them, given that the Navy is currently on the verge of collapse?

"Sister Ning, how do you still have the energy to keep working?" Mi Lai said with a hint of envy as she looked at Ye Ning, who was busy signing documents.

“Because there are still many things to prepare. The third phase of Project G has already begun, as you know. All the data collection has reached its most critical moment. Whether Ye's Heavy Industry can maintain its current position depends on the outcome of Project G!” Ye Ning closed the documents in front of him. “You also need to get used to the fact that every move will cause changes in the jobs of tens of thousands of people.”

"Sister Ning, stop talking! If you keep going, I'll just have to run away!" Mi Lai slumped onto the table, looking like a salted fish that had lost its will to live. Mi Lai herself didn't know what to say. After all, for her, making the previous decision was already a last-ditch effort to save the Bazhou Group, which her father had worked so hard for his whole life.

However, Mi Lai did not expect to get a better result than she had imagined. With Ye Ning's help, she began to rebuild the Bazhou Group at an extremely fast pace. She was just too busy, so busy that Mi Lai felt like she was hallucinating!

“Little girl…you made your own choice, so there’s nothing to regret. After all, if you want to enjoy wealth and power, you have to put in the hard work to match it,” Ye Ning said with a smile. “Of course, if you want to be as successful as me, you need a smart and excellent boyfriend, and a silly younger brother who loves to cause trouble.”

“Ye Yun is already so outstanding.” Mi Lai patted her face. Ye Ning was right. There was no one to support her anymore. She had to rely on herself for everything.

"My foolish brother will always be my foolish brother." Ye Ning smiled, a smile that was undoubtedly full of affection.

"By the way, Sera Mas has officially announced that they have stopped large-scale grain purchases and have actually achieved self-sufficiency?" Mila Bazhou said with some doubt as he scrolled through the news on his phone and glanced at one of the articles.

"Just look at the grain prices. They've been stable for a while now. I bet those who bet she'd have to spend huge sums of money to buy grain are crying right now." Ye Ning shook his head. "I have to say, Sera's growth and reaction speed have exceeded the imagination of too many people."

Ye Ning's eyes flashed with a cold light. These guys who were trying to manipulate food prices at this time deserved to die, just like Zeon! While others were doing their best to earn a way to survive for more people, some people thought it was a good opportunity to make money! They wanted to squeeze the last few copper coins out of the refugees in Side 5.

Others might not know, but Ye Ning does. Right now, with the funds in Sera's hands, Sera is absolutely the number one richest woman in the world. Those useless fools on the moon want to compete with her financially? Sera could crush them with money even with her eyes closed and using the most ruthless methods.

The reason Sierra didn't destroy them was that she didn't want to harm the lives of ordinary people. In this era of war, most ordinary people are already struggling to survive. There are already many low-level civilians on the Moon and Side 6 who have fled to Side 5 for refuge due to bankruptcy. If another wave of financial war comes, every single one of these ordinary people will be wiped out.

Because there were so many people, Side 5 had reached its limit. In order to cope with the influx of refugees, Sera and her team had begun to organize large-scale repairs of the space colony satellites on Side 4. Currently, one space colony satellite that could barely restore the life support system had become the repair base. And the person in charge of command and management here was none other than Claudia.

“Sera has become so powerful!” Mila Bazhou also knew Sera. She and Ye Yun were good friends and she had actually fought between them. “The Saintess of the Cosmic Era, the number of refugees under her management must be close to one billion.”

"Not that many, but it's probably over 6 million, and it's increasing every day." Ye Ning put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his temples. "Yeah, you guys all look really impressive! This old guy is almost being surpassed."

“…” Mi Lai suddenly picked up the documents in front of her and stood up.

"What's wrong?" Ye Ning looked at Mi Lai with some curiosity.

"I'll finalize the details of the underwater MS this afternoon, and then talk to the Navy to see if their annual budget still exists." Milley hurriedly walked out. "Tonight I need to check on the production line issue!" After saying these two sentences, Milley's footsteps quickly faded into the distance.

"Miss Mi Lai... she really seems to have been provoked." Ye Ning's assistant collected all the things Ye Ning had signed and looked at Ye Ning with a wry smile.

"...Now, she only has herself." Ye Ning's expression was complicated. She was willing to let Mi Lai go because she saw a certain relative who was pulling Ye Yun and facing a group of relatives who claimed to be doing it for her and her brother's good, but wished they could point at a well and make her jump in like in ancient times.

It really looks like...

Moreover, the choices are almost the same!

As long as I'm alive, I haven't lost!

Even his younger brother, who once had to hide behind him, has earned himself a leading position among the younger generation of officers in the Federation Army after months of fighting and putting out fires everywhere! The younger brother who once needed his protection is now reaching out to help him up.

Ugh, so annoying! My cute and silly little brother is gone! He's become a tall, handsome, and responsible little brother.

Now, the same situation has befallen Mila. Oh, and she's even a little better off than the two siblings, since I can still be her helper, right?

“Help Milai out. We need to arrange a remote video conference with those idiots from the Bazhou family this afternoon. We really should exercise our rights as the major shareholder of the Bazhou Group.” Ye Ning smiled, the nine-tailed fox coiled up, and licked her lips. “After all, Ye Yun has been wanting us to get involved in the warship manufacturing industry for more than a day or two. Heh, once he gets to the end of one track, he just switches to another and crushes others. My brother is definitely not a law-abiding person.”

Hungry! Food!

"Yes! Inform them immediately! Miss Mila, should we tell them about the preparations for the underwater mobile suit?"

“That’s the whetstone that Milei needs; let’s not overstep our bounds.”

"Yes!"

Chapter 163 Your Death Star is Shining!

"Those bastards from the Federation Army!" Dozru roared furiously in the massive command center of Solomon Fortress. There was nothing he could do; this was the fourth or fifth time he had received news of patrol units going missing.

If it was just the MS that was destroyed by the Federation Forces, then it can only mean that the Federation Forces' Luna II aces probably got their hands on some deadly toy and started beating up the Zeon forces before they could even react!

这在之前吉翁军刚刚收到MS-06R1高机动扎古2的时候，也是大规模的投放到月神2前线，趁着地球联邦军对MS-06R1高机动扎古2的性能不适应，狠狠的给地球联邦宇宙军的MS驾驶员们上课！短暂的回到了过去可以轻蔑对待短剑的快乐时光。

The response from Luna 2 was simple: they forcibly dug up a squadron of 105 short swords and high-mobility backpacks from the ground, and the battle quickly turned into a combat mode where they sent out elite troops to hunt down lone small units.

And then, that's when the variables came!

—————3 hours ago—————

"Salamis-class 2, carrier-type 1, cruiser-type 1." With a flash of its crimson single eye, the two Zakus hiding in the wreckage quickly confirmed the number of Federation forces sailing opposite them.

"Looks like they're fishing. They're being very cautious. Oh, there's a big one. The lead one is a heavily armored short sword." Inside the cockpit of the dark brown high-mobility Zaku, a black-haired pilot stretched his body. The battle was about to begin, and he needed to be in top physical condition. Otherwise, when the two sides clashed, stiff hands and feet or even cramps would cause his movements to become distorted, which could really drive a person crazy.

However, the "heavy armor short sword" mentioned here does not refer to Jung's full armor short sword, but rather the short sword 105. This is because the short sword 105 now has an additional layer of explosive reactive armor, making it much heavier and thicker than the ordinary short sword. Therefore, it has gained the title of "heavy armor short sword" among the Zeon forces.

Of course, there are also other names such as "shelled short sword", "ACE short sword", and "backpack short sword", but they basically all refer to the 105 short sword.

The Zeon military generally assumes that piloting the Short Sword doesn't necessarily mean someone isn't skilled, but piloting the Short Sword 105 must have at least 3 kills and be an elite Federation soldier with over 500 hours of actual mobile suit piloting experience (this is the standard for the Space Force; the standard is more lenient on the ground, since there are more Short Sword 105 pilots on the ground).

"So? Take action, or watch them go? Major Hassad (he was demoted one rank because it was still early)" Another partially modified Zaku 2F placed its hand on the shoulder of the dark brown high-mobility Zaku and communicated via internal communication.

"Take care of them quickly, don't leave any potential problems, even if it's fishing... their fishing rod needs to be sturdy enough."

Jabi Hassad gripped the control stick and gently pressed the pedal. He waved to the side, signaling the other team members to join him. A group of Zaku began pushing the wreckage of the warship, which was neither too big nor too small, towards the direction of the Federation warship. After flying a certain distance, the high-mobility Zaku cut off the thrusters and slowly advanced in a gliding manner.

They belong to Kycilia Zabi's Assault Mobile Force. Clearly equipped with the best mobile suits currently available to the Zeon forces, they are confident enough to go toe-to-toe with the Federation forces. Even if the Federation forces want to use a sting operation as they have done countless times before, Jabi Hazard hopes that they are prepared to catch a shark instead.

"Large wreckage is approaching at 3 o'clock." The Salamis-class light cruiser immediately noticed the problem. Although it is not uncommon for wreckage to change the original trajectory, even a small collision can change the direction of these wreckages. For the shipping lanes, the destructive power of these wreckages may be greater than that of ordinary warship firepower!

In a sense, this is why when Sera of Side 5 led the refugees to begin recovering the wreckage of the Channel Wound, neither Zeon nor the Federation kept quiet about their recovery of a large number of high-quality military armor pieces, since these things really posed a huge threat.

"Regardless of whether it is or not, turrets 1 and 3! Aim at the target! Prepare to launch anti-aircraft missiles, prepare for Minovsky particle strong dispersion, and inquire with the Typhon Giant whether the MS is ready to sortie." The captain made preparations for a head-on confrontation almost without any hesitation.

This captain had participated in major battles and fought for over a month in the battle for control of the low Earth orbit. He didn't believe in any damned coincidence! Debris colliding with each other and then just happened to fly towards them?!

Since you're already wrecked, I'll fire two shots at you and force you to change your appearance, no objections, right?

"Fire!" The captain gave the order to fire the moment the cannons in front of him completed their aiming.

"Hey! Scatter! It's the Federation Army veterans! If you can't finish this in 8 minutes, retreat immediately!" They discovered that the enemy wasn't even bothering to verify anything, directly using the Salamis-class 8-inch 10MW weapon for testing!

Jabi Hassad decisively ordered the evacuation of the wreckage and launched an immediate attack.

Four or five streaks of light flew out from behind the wreckage pierced by the Salamis-class main gun. But the next instant, Jabi Hassad's pupils shrank. The enemy had actually fired more than a dozen large anti-aircraft missiles. What had they done to deserve this? A group of Zeon Zaku had no choice but to turn around and rush into the wreckage not far away, using the wreckage to dodge the missiles. Fortunately, the missiles soon crashed into the wreckage and exploded.

At this moment, Jabi Hassad was leading his team back towards the Salamis-class warships that were rushing towards them. His reason was being burned by anger. He had actually lost a precious opportunity to take the initiative because of such a small mistake!

According to the simplest statistics, if a small-scale fleet of the Federation forces is encountered and the battle cannot be ended and the fleet withdrawn immediately within 8 minutes, the probability of a reinforcement fleet appearing, or a law enforcement team attempting to set a trap, will increase rapidly. If the other side really has someone preparing to set a trap, then within 15 minutes, either the warships behind will be in trouble, or the troops at the front will be attacked by the enemy's heavy forces.

In short, one of them must die!

The reaction of the Federation's Salamis-class light cruiser made Jabi Hassad's heart sink. This decisive approach of firing directly to confirm the attack showed that the commander had spent a long time around Luna 2 and was very experienced in combat.

"Sound the battle alarm! Launch all anti-aircraft missiles! Use the Mega Particle Cannons to disperse them! Minovsky Particles have strong and rapid dispersion! From now on, enter the anti-MS combat procedure! MS squadrons, accelerate and engage!" The captain's reaction was also quick. The battles near the Luna 2 wreckage or on the asteroid belt not only trained a group of aces for the Zeon forces, but also trained, or rather selected, a group of quick-reacting and highly skilled warship commanders for the Federation forces.

After all, there can't be any weaklings who can survive on such a complex battlefield.

"Those guys really are cunning!" Io Fleming's eyes were fixed on the dark brown high-mobility Zaku that wasn't at the forefront. Io immediately realized something. "Ace?" He raised his hand and fired a series of bursts of fire from his short sword, while simultaneously igniting the thrusters to meet the attack head-on.

Behind him, another Dagger immediately took off and followed Io Fleming. At the same time, two other Daggers that were waiting in the ganaku also took off from the warship. They, along with Io and his wingman, formed two two-plane formations.

They began to engage the Zeon assault forces while providing cover for each other!

After a series of battles, Io Fleming did not become a lone wolf piloting a Gundam in Thunderbolt. Instead, he teamed up with his teammates to hunt down Zeon mobile suits.

He has mastered a whole host of standard squad tactics, including pick-and-roll, decoy maneuvering, alternating fire, and suppressing maneuvers.

However, both Jabi Hassad and his two Zaku, who were not in full squad, were skilled fighters; otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to come to the vicinity of Luna 2 to carry out such a high-risk safari mission.

As a result, although Jabi Hassad and his team had one more Zaku II, Io had warship support.

Although the Zaku managed to fire two rockets at the Salamis-class battleship with its 280mm Zaku rocket launcher, it maintained a serpentine maneuver to avoid potential attacks from mobile suits, and none of the rockets hit its target.

Even so, Io Fleming still cursed and drew his sword to slash at the high-mobility Zaku that was firing rockets. The Zaku's piloting skills were just as good, and he couldn't catch up at all. Instead, Jabi Hassad seized the opportunity and sprayed him with a 90mm machine gun (from the Zaku). However, because of the explosive reactive armor, the 90mm machine gun bullets couldn't penetrate it at all, leaving only a bunch of charred marks.

At that moment, a Zaku II on the side seemed to have seized the opportunity, its thrusters fully activated, and it grabbed an axe and pounced on Io Fleming's Dagger 105.

"Fool! Time's up." Io revealed a sarcastic smile, as the other party hadn't even noticed something at this point.

That's their omen of doom flashing! Eight minutes are up!

A thick stream of mega particles pierced through the Zaku from above, the terrifying torrent of particles almost splitting the Zaku in two.

Chapter 164 Killing

"Phew~ This thing is indeed quite exciting." Jung looked at the Mega Particle Cannon radiating high temperature in his hand, licked his lips, and said that an entire Zaku had been split vertically in two. This was the power of a true artillery-level Mega Particle Cannon.

"Captain, don't worry about it, Colonel Ye Yun has already gone up! Should we go and capture the warships on the side?" Layla asked calmly, carrying a 380 rocket launcher.