Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 639: Mina's Transformation

In December of CE75, the Earth, which was about to usher in the new year, faced an extremely difficult choice. With the official appearance of Londo Bell, Mina led the integrated conservatives to launch a number of investigations and accusations, targeting the radicals who cooperated with Compass.

Likewise, the radicals as the accused would not surrender. Using the South American attack as a starting point, the People's Revolutionary League's ground forces quickly completed a series of integrations and purges. The remaining Atlantic Federal Government, led by the new President Foster, also announced a cessation of resistance, and in exchange obtained amnesty from the People's Revolutionary League government.

After the American continent was nominally incorporated into the territory of the People's Revolutionary League, South America and North America quickly entered a state of confrontation in the Caribbean region. As one of the first member states and also the one most deeply harmed by the Atlantic Ocean, the South American government publicly announced that it could not accept that the "former war criminal" had escaped legal sanctions.

The South American government's confidence in speaking out is nothing more than two reasons. The first is that after the Rio terrorist attack, Mina took the lead and directly airdropped his own people to South America. Anyway, there was the local tyrant Li De in charge there. With the short-lived miracle of GN particles, he had reached certain agreements with most local gangs and native tribes.

You should know that the solar rail elevator near Brazil has completed the construction of the ground platform. As long as the entire project can be completed smoothly, South America will be able to quickly get rid of its dependence on anesthetics, a local specialty.

And as the biggest beneficiary of the orbital elevator, South America can even counter North America through energy security. This kind of anti-Tiangang pie has gradually overwhelmed the opposition and become the mainstream voice in South America.

The second reason is because of the existence of White Whale. Jane Houston dominated the Caribbean Sea with her Magic Crab RF. At the same time, the Panama Canal was also under the remote control of the Fisheries Brigade. It can be said that nearly half of the ground force supplies of the People's Revolutionary League had to depend on Jane's wishes. Once the logistics could not go through the Panama Canal, several major metropolitan areas in North America would immediately face a shortage of supplies.

As the American continent fell into a strange and short-lived peace, the Gibraltar base received a new round of troop reinforcements.

After the fall of the former overlord of the Atlantic Ocean, the bulk of the African continent became the next target of the People's Revolutionary League. Both pro-PLANT countries and countries committed to African independence received invitations to join from the People's Revolutionary League.

The spiral nature of history was clearly revealed at this moment. Four years ago, the Atlantic Federation, then the head of the Earth, issued a "either enemy or friend" notice to all countries in the Earth Sphere on the eve of the counterattack on the universe. What followed was the Scandinavian Kingdom's helpless surrender and Uzmi's tragic death for his country.

Four years later, the dragon-slaying warrior became the new evil dragon. Combined with the increasing number of MSs at the Gibraltar base, the so-called invitation to join seemed like another version of "either enemy or friend". In just four years, the People's Revolutionary League had become what it once hated the most.

The role reversal did not only happen to the People's Revolutionary League. The Sahak family, which was the most opposed to Uzmi's policies at the time, suddenly became the representative of the Conservative Party.

Mina has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the confrontation between South America and North America, and she has also announced plans to build a third orbital elevator, to the west of Lake Victoria on the equator in Africa.

In the original Human Revolutionary League's plan to unify the Earth, the locations of the three orbital elevators were not the result of Hilde's insistence on simply wanting to copy the original.

The first one was chosen to be in the Solomon Islands because it is naturally close to Obu in terms of geographical location. In order to shorten the construction period, Obu even sold its giant offshore platform and the Pillar of Heaven. Currently, the orbital ring connection point at 10,000 kilometers has been completed, and the People's Revolutionary League is making every effort to promote the connection point at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers.

As for the sites for the remaining two rail elevators, Hilde looked around the equator and finally found that the advantages of Panama and Lake Victoria were too prominent. Building rail elevators in these two places would not only restore the energy supply of the metropolitan area nearby, but also use this natural troop transport channel to firmly control the military and political power of the two continents.

Therefore, the original unification plan of the People's Revolutionary League was not as crude as it is now. Instead, it contained a kind of great wisdom that was subtle and silent.

In this world full of neutron jammers, whoever controls energy controls the right to speak. One of the magic weapons that enables PLANT to be independent in the world is actually energy exports and cheap industrial products.

Therefore, in this 1.0 version, Mina plans to use about 10 years to initially assimilate the citizen identity of the two continents, and then use 3-5 years to completely integrate the global sphere.

With 15 years as a buffer, Hilde's interstellar navigation plan will come to fruition. By that time, it will be a natural thing to officially start immigration to Mars and then open up the second home planet of mankind in the solar system. But now, the radicals' brutal actions have not only caused opposition in America, but also made African countries fall into a state of self-precariousness. As the last orbital elevator in the plan, Africa has not even started construction of the base. A chaotic Africa cannot support such a huge engineering support demand.

"There is no such thing as conservative or radical in political stance. Back then, Orb needed the Sahak family to be radical, so I was radical. Now the People's Revolutionary League needs me to be conservative, so I am conservative. You have to remember that the color of politics is colorless. I will be whatever the collective interests behind me need me to be."

In the Orbu government, Mina talked seriously about his experience with Sai and Toshima Maou behind him, but the two looked at each other helplessly, and finally Sai couldn't help but stop his boss.

"Do you think we are Cagalli?"

"You should learn more because it will be useful in the future. Don't be as stubborn as Cagalli back then. You should think that everyone has an invincible backer."

Halfway through her words, Mina immediately realized that she had said something wrong. The news that Siegfried had not yet woken up was only known to a few people. Although Sai and Toya, as her deputies, were also among those who knew about it, it was obvious that Mina was not used to discussing this matter in front of them.

"Any news from the First Fleet?"

"The former Asha representative is still on the Orb Lion and has not returned. I think if we just ask them to remain neutral, Natal should..."

After discovering that Sai had a tendency to be blindly optimistic, Mina decisively waved her hand to interrupt him, "Did I teach you just now in vain? People's attitudes change. Natal has been the commander for more than half a year. No one can guarantee that she is still the Natal who cherishes the old times."

"That's Colonel Bucky Lulu"

"Sai, what are our advantages now?"

"The core technology of the orbital elevator and the support of conservatives."

"In other words, our advantage is time. As long as time goes by, we who control the orbital elevator can become the final winner without doing anything. But at the same time, after Siegfried fell into a coma, we can no longer exert any substantial suppression on the compass. You also know that Londo Bell has suffered several losses during this period. Once Bakilulu chooses to be loyal to her beliefs, the other party will not let us develop leisurely."

"Do they really dare to ignore Siegfried?"

"A hero is not a universal formula. Even if he can quantize his physical body, he still cannot satisfy the needs of everyone in this world. He is a human being, not the universal wish-granting machine in Norse mythology!"

After pausing for a few seconds, Mina looked out the window. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the sea, shining and dazzling like the golden light of Phoenix.

'People always look forward to the emergence of a brave man, but once the brave man kills the evil dragon, whether he likes it or not, people will regard him as the new evil dragon.'

(End of this chapter)