Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 645: Hitting the wall (I)

Granada, as the first lunar city built by the People's Revolutionary League, was not only used as the home port of the First Fleet, but also to divert Copernicus' political status. As a result, by chance, due to the vicious assassination of Copernicus, a large number of panicked residents began to flow into Granada.

With the rapid population growth, Granada's civil facilities are also gradually improving, and Mina played a crucial role in this. It was she and her political allies who decided to thoroughly investigate the assassination of the former president. Copernicus Metropolis was forced to give the green light to the departure procedures. Otherwise, an asset investigation alone would be enough to block most of the departures.

Hospitals, universities, and research institutions, the People's Revolutionary League had already planned dedicated spaces when it first established Granada, and even completed preliminary construction in some places. Originally, the People's Revolutionary League planned to gradually migrate people from Earth to enrich the population, but now that Copernicus has left in panic, many facilities have been put into use directly, and there has been no congestion of people at all.

At Romeo 13 Spaceport, the huge Orb Lion was undergoing routine supply and maintenance. In order to fill the vacuum caused by this, Mina also arranged for Londo Bell to temporarily take over the PLANT outer security mission. Considering that the way Kulaitis and the others went was not very glorious, this was also an arrangement made to allow the Council to gradually accept this established fact.

"Colonel, why don't you go and rest?"

Jiang Kelly, who had just finished explaining the maintenance priorities to the maintenance squad, passed by the porthole with two cups of coffee and found Baki Lulu standing there alone. Her tight military uniform outlined her perfect figure, and her short hair reflected her determined eyes. However, as an old partner, Jiang Kelly knew very well that his boss was not as calm as he was before.

"I'll watch for a while, you go and have a rest first."

"Speaking of which, the military's order for your promotion should be announced soon, right? You were promoted from second lieutenant to colonel in five years, and now you are about to enter the ranks of generals. Your biography will be included in future military textbooks."

Jiang Kelly's joke did not bring a smile to Baki Lulu's face. On the contrary, she still frowned, as if someone else was the one who got promoted.

"We are a space fleet. What does a promotion order from the ground mean? It looks like they are trying to bribe me, right?"

Although the military headquarters is indeed on Earth, the promotion and transfer of the space fleet is the sphere of influence of the Asha family. Cagalli is willing to hand over power in order to allow the Celestial Being to land. Now that someone has brought out the "Compass Titans", it is natural for Orb to want to take back this part of the authority.

"So what do you think? Cagalli has been waiting for you for three days. From the fact that she didn't hide the news of Siegfried's coma, it seems that she still treats us as her own people. I know you always hate politics interfering with the military. It was like this in the Atlantic Ocean back then, and it is also like this in the People's Revolutionary League now, but things have already happened, and we need to show our attitude anyway."

In Jiang Kelly's opinion, both he and Baki Lulu owed Siegfried a life, so among the three answers, the first option to be ruled out is to surrender to the political enemy. The only two options left are to remain neutral and to completely side with the Asha family.

"I have already rejected the Major General's appointment."

"so you"

"But soldiers should not be involved in politics. Our mission is to maintain peace and stability at the Lagrange Point. If we show that we are taking sides, I'm afraid it will immediately become the fuse of a civil war."

In the end, Bakilulu gave her own answer. For her, the sense of responsibility of the military uniform would always be greater than personal gratitude. Even if the Asha family wanted to hold her accountable afterwards, the worst that could happen to her would be to hand over the command of the fleet and retire.

Anyway, her life was saved by Siegfried, the flagship was given to her by Orb, and even Bakilulu was ready to commit suicide to apologize, but as a witness who saw the Atlantic Ocean go from prosperity to collapse, she really didn't want to see the People's Revolutionary League, whom she had entrusted with her heart, follow in its footsteps again. "As expected of Natal, this answer is enough."

The familiar female voice made Baki Lulu turn around in surprise. Behind Jiang Kelly, who looked helpless, Cagalli, who was supposed to return to Ptolemy, happened to show up.

"Colonel, I was making gestures to you just now, but you didn't turn around."

The stunned expression quickly turned into calmness. In fact, Baki Lulu had made a neutral decision a long time ago, but due to her friendship with Cagalli, she didn't know how to refuse until Jiang Kelly saw her distress. This time, he took the opportunity of chatting to let her express her thoughts, so now she was more relieved.

"I'm sorry, Representative Asha. I can't let the First Fleet get involved in the civil war. If anything goes wrong with this fleet, the fragile peace between us and the PLANT will be shattered immediately."

As the first fleet with the most complete personnel and the most complete combat power in the universe, it not only undertakes the responsibility of the People's Revolutionary League to monitor PLANT, but also shoulders the task of outer defense of PLANT. This contradictory identity is exactly the true portrayal of the extremely awkward relationship between the Earth and PLANT.

The Orb Lion was able to return to its home port this time because Neo Argama returned to the L4 space domain as a temporary reinforcement. Despite this, Natal still left % of the warships, and the command was temporarily transferred to her other deputy Alexi Omi, instead of Kulatis.

“Has the situation really reached that point?”

After Jiang Kelly handed the coffee to the two women, he suddenly realized that he had missed one serving. However, as he was no longer on combat duty, he did not need this kind of drink to refresh himself for the time being. He simply leaned on the railing and seized the opportunity to learn about the latest information on the ground.

"Before I left, more than one million refugees had gathered at the Nordic border, but Lars still refused to open the border and refused to provide humanitarian aid. Now the other side is trying hard to portray her as the reincarnation of Queen Mary."

"Holding refugees? This is really disgusting."

"But Lars is much better than me. She didn't reject it outright. Instead, she held a vote in the country to let the indigenous people decide whether to accept these refugees. You know, Northern Europe has always been a country with high welfare. Moreover, WWK can probably live forever relying on Jigang. The royal family also has shares in the rail elevator. Lars specially set up a foundation to distribute welfare to the citizens. So there is no need to guess the result. More than 8% of the citizens support their queen's approach, which emphasizes that it is better to die than to die for a friend."

The territory of Scandinavia underwent two expansions in 73. The first expansion was to recover all the old Nordic territories including Norway and Finland. The second expansion was to open up the two directions of Central Europe and Western Europe, thus completing the territorial border with the People's Revolutionary League.

Although the country is a little short of funds for the time being as many investments have not yet started to pay off, its people's living standards are generally still relatively good, making it a standout in the ruined Europe.

"Lars said that if anyone asks for help, the Kingdom of Scandinavia will provide all support except for help. Oh, yes, it was Churchill who first said this. The boomerangs from Europe and Asia always come at the right time."

(End of this chapter)