Gundam, but from the Ground Alliance to the Human Alliance to the out-of-control servitor

This Zaku, whose movements were obviously much more skillful, threw away its useless machine gun, drew out its thermal ax, and took the initiative to approach Santiago.

"Did we hit something?"

Major Albert, who was in CIC, suddenly felt a slight tremor in the hull under his feet.

The fully equipped Zaku I, which weighed less than 70 tons, had an inelastic collision with a space cruiser with a mass of tens of thousands of tons. Guess who was knocked away?

"Don't worry, Commander, they can't do anything to me."

Santiago glanced at the Zaku I, which was lightly 'grazed' by the side of the ship and then bounced away in a spin, and rushed past the Zaku fleet without stopping.

"Been breached, quickly, quickly turn around! Chase..."

Several explosive sparks suddenly bloomed from behind Santiago. When the Zakus turned around and began to advance in the opposite direction, Santiago seized the opportunity of the enemy plane's low-speed movement and opened fire with the newly equipped laser point defense cannon.

At this distance, there is no need to even calculate the movement trend of the enemy aircraft. In an instant, the Zakus closest to Santiago were turned into wreckage in the universe under the irradiation of lasers.

Compared with the fire net composed of live ammunition rapid-fire close-in defense artillery mixed with tracer bullets, the attack of laser point defense artillery is more secretive and unpredictable——

When Santiago opened fire, Zaku, who was locked in, was unable to escape.

As expected, the Principality of Zeon has mobilized its main fleet to the front line to defend the second colonial satellite that is about to descend. Now there are only old-fashioned aircraft guarding the mainland. Do you think you can wait and wait for the Federation fleet to come? !

Seeing that Santiago had broken through the interception of Zeonzagu's troops, Major Albert looked at the growing number of Side 3 colonial satellites in front of him and couldn't hide the excitement on his face;

At this time, his blood was rising and his breathing was thickening unconsciously, but his fingers were firmly on the button that launched the nuclear missile.

"It's now!"

Major Albert pressed the button hard.

The first to be launched were dozens of nano-particle interference bombs from the multi-function launchers on the left and right sides of the ship. They had been programmed in advance and would detonate in sequence on the attack path of the nuclear bombs, interfering with the local air defense facilities of the Principality of Zeon. means of sighting.

Immediately following, ten heavy missiles equipped with nuclear warheads were fired one after another from the bow of Santiago. Under the high muzzle speed brought by Santiago, they accelerated further towards the mainland of the Principality of Zeon. Fly away.

Zaku, who turned around and turned back, was left far behind. Dozens of colonial satellites in front seemed defenseless against the incoming nuclear bombs.

Albert stared closely at the tail flames of the missiles, watching them gradually fly away from Santiago, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

'Not enough, not enough, I want to see nuclear bombs explode above the heads of the Zeon people with my own eyes! '

Albert said to himself.

"Commander, whether to enter the deorbiting orbit, this is the last chance, otherwise we will rush into the middle of the Side 3 colonial satellite group!"

This was the last time Santiago took the initiative to ask Albert. Now there is no guarantee that he can return to Luna 2 after breaking away, but at least there is still a chance to sail to an inhabited orbit.

"No, I have to confirm the effect of the blow with my own eyes."

Major Albert showed no fear.

But the next second when he noticed Santiago beside him, still frowning, his eyes focused into the distance, and the enemy alarm did not stop because the first wave of Zaku was left behind, Albert's My heart is hanging.

"What's wrong?!"

Santiago zoomed in on the monitor screen, "Zion still has reserve troops...still elite."

You could barely see on the display screen that dozens of newly reinforced Zaku IIs were flying out from the depths of the colonial satellite group.

After seeing the blaze of Santiago's missile salvo, they dispersed their formations in a well-trained manner, splitting into more than a dozen small teams to face the missiles launched by Santiago.

'Is it Zeon's capital defense brigade or some Zabi's personal guard? '

Santiago sorts through the information on the hard drive.

The Principality of Zeon’s complex and non-organized military system has caused a lot of trouble for the Federation’s intelligence work - it is difficult to have a table that can count all the combat-capable troops of the Principality of Zeon at a certain time and place. Zeon The principality itself may not even know it clearly.

"Hey - it's too early," Major Albert gritted his teeth unwillingly. He was unwilling to bet on the interception rate of the Zeon army. The loss of any nuclear bomb was an unbearable result in his opinion: "Santiago , can you still continue to accelerate?”

"General Cunningham once told me that if you want to survive, I will do my best to bring you back to Luna 2 alive."

Santiago clearly displayed the status of the ship's hull and the amount of propellant remaining for return on the small screen beside Major Albert's seat, expressing his position silently.

The major paused for a moment, but in the end he ignored the fork in the road and chose to head towards the end of the road at his feet.

"Sorry, please stay with me for a while. We have the last missile left. Santiago, adjust course, overload the engine, target: Zum City, the capital of Zeon."

"As you wish."

Nuclear fusion fireballs that were detonated in advance appeared from time to time in front of and on both sides of San Diego. The traditional weapons platform based on chemical rocket missiles is indeed difficult to fulfill the important task of strategic deterrence in space.

But the flash of the nuclear explosion just covered Santiago's advance. Like a comet, she rushed between the colonial satellites of Side 3 and headed straight for Zim City, which was surrounded in the center.

The turrets on the colonial satellite used to deal with meteorites and space debris opened fire, and the Mega particle beams passed around the Santiago ship from time to time - if they had been effective, the Principality of Zeon would not have destroyed Side 1,2, 4 and [-] so easily. .

In the end, all that stood before Santiago and Zim City were a few mobile suits that appeared out of nowhere.

'Tail Flame... seems to be different from Zaku. Is it a new experimental model? '

Santiago squinted his eyes. The four mobile suits were pointing straight towards her bow. This direction was indeed not easy to use all her anti-aircraft firepower.

"Rush over and ignore them!"

Major Albert's eyes were red at this time, and the only thing left in his eyes was the city of Zim, which was getting closer and closer. He had an sworn hatred for the destruction of his country and his species, and was the home of the Zabi family.

When they were close to the last few kilometers, both sides opened fire at the same time. The bullets from the MS machine guns hit the empty missile launch tubes on the bow of the Santiago ship, but Santiago's laser cannons actually burned through three of them. MS cockpit.

"Over to you, Captain Duval."

"I will handle it."

The secret passage in Santiago is not good, the approach rate is too high!

A distance of several kilometers was covered in one second, and the remaining MS took advantage of the interference of the sighting system by the wreckage of the friendly aircraft and the flames of the explosion, and crashed into the bow of Santiago from the front without dodging!

At the last moment, the camera on the bow of the ship stood firm and transmitted the image taken before the impact to the center of the San Diego. 'It turned out to be Zida (EMS-04).'

This is the prototype that once competed with Zaku as the main mobile suit of the Principality of Zeon. It has a more powerful engine than Zaku, but it is really famous for the explosion of the fusion reactor that occurred when this model was running at full power during the test. .

Although it has undergone modifications, the foundation of the Salamis-class cruiser is far less solid than the hull of the Magellan-class battleship. As Zida accelerated beyond the limit, it crashed into the hull of the Santiago, and then crashed out from the starboard side, detonating the explosion. Its own micro fusion reactor——

Santiago's hull was almost torn in two by the violent explosion, pushing her away from the impact track leading to Zim City. However, with the blessing of high speed, Zida's sacrificial impact was not enough to completely stop her body. Down;

The out-of-control Santiago allowed Zim City to escape, but eventually crashed into Mahal, a nearby Side 3 site not far away, at a terminal speed of several kilometers per second.

[Albert died in combat mission and was awarded posthumous title of colonel]

[The destruction of Santiago, the impact is being confirmed... No adverse effects on other individuals were observed, and information communication remained smooth at the last time point before the operation was stopped]

[Verification... is successful and can be used next time]

About a day later, the Principality of Zeon passed its representatives on Earth for the first time since the war began. Lieutenant General Macbey conveyed this message:

'I hope that we can sit down and negotiate with the Earth Federation calmly and with restraint to find practical ways to resolve bilateral relations.'

Chapter 56: Not quite toilet paper

"Killian, look at what you did!"

In the secret meeting hall of the Zabi family, Prince Dejin Zabi rarely became angry, facing his eldest son, who is also the current commander-in-chief of the Principality of Zeon.

The young Prince of Zeon was tortured in the Federation's raid half a day ago. In less than 10 minutes, he was forcibly carried onto the emergency evacuation subway and sent to the 'Great Dejin' in the port. The battleships evacuated.

Then the prince gasped and finally sat in the throne reserved for him on the battleship, waiting for the engine to warm up and leave the port;

Finally, news came. Five minutes ago, the incoming Federation cruiser was pushed away from the impact track with Zim City by the collision of several experimental mobile suits.

In other words, if a heroic Zeon warrior hadn't sacrificed himself at the last moment to block the Federation's crazy suicide attack, as the leader of a country, he might have had to explain this in an unclear way.

What made him even more frightened was that when he was sitting on the 'Great Dejin' in fear to calm down, he still remembered to ask:

"Where is my son Kilian? Has he escaped?"

As a result, he found out after asking that his good eldest son Kilian Zabi happened to go to inspect Abavakong, which was being fortified, that day, and the federal cruiser broke in from the direction of Abavakong. Side3's!

Lao Dejin's lifelong experience in political struggle, as well as the understanding he accumulated over decades of getting along with his eldest son Kilian, could not help but make him think too much.

"This is truly a tragedy, father. The shameless Federation carried out a sneak attack on our non-military targets in Side 3, causing a large number of civilian casualties!"

After the attack, in the name of organizing local troops to prepare for further federal raids, Kilian Zabi was unwilling to return to Zim City, the capital city that was almost hit by a nuclear attack. He simply stayed in Abavakong and participated in the meeting remotely. .

At this time, this man had a righteous look on his face, angrily denounced the despicability of the Federation, and did not seem to reflect at all on what he had done.

"The use of this method shows that the Earth Federation is at the end of its rope and is unable to confront us head-on; now we should firmly continue to promote the British plan and let the Federation feel the anger of our cosmic residents..."

Kilian looked at Dozlu, who was also participating in the meeting remotely and was supposed to be on the front line directing the whereabouts of the second colonial satellite. He noticed that his expression was a little strange and avoided his gaze.

Jilian was suspicious, but he didn't show it on his face. He just asked in a businesslike tone:

"Dozuru, how far have you prepared for the second landing of the colonial satellite?"

Dozulu seemed to shrink even more. This man as strong as a gorilla was like an angry little daughter-in-law. He first looked up at his father, Prince Dejin, and then he dared to lower his head and turn to Kilian, not daring to Look at him with straight eyes:

"The work of landing the colonial satellite has been temporarily stopped. I heard that the mainland was attacked, so I hurried back with the main fleet. Now we are halfway..."

"Who told you to do this!"

Killian punched the table and asked sternly:

"Isn't this playing into the Federation's hands?"

"I told him to go back to defense."

Lao Dejin glared at Killian, forcing him to swallow the accusations that followed.

"Side 3 was attacked this time. Three colonial satellites were destroyed, and tens of millions of people were in urgent need of relocation. At this time, the few local military forces suffered heavy losses in the process of intercepting federal nuclear bombs,"

Dejin spoke a little hastily and couldn't help but cough repeatedly. His youngest son Karma, who was listening in, quickly stepped forward and patted the prince's back gently.

"... At this time, if the main fleet cannot appear in front of the people and stabilize the people's hearts, we will be in chaos before the Federation surrenders!"

The nuclear attack, which was extremely inconsistent with the previous propaganda, has actually caused rumors to spread within the Principality of Zeon. As a country with a colony of colonial satellites floating in space as its home country, it is difficult to say that it has any strategic depth——

Once the Federation is allowed to invade Zeon itself, the principality will basically have no choice but to surrender unconditionally.

"Father, what matters at this time is the strategic determination at the national level! The destruction of three of our colonial satellites is certainly a big loss, but if we lose the lunar city and all the Side colonies, the earth itself will also suffer. Is it better to go to the Federation where our colonial satellite crashes?"

Kilian stood up, waved his arms, and faced his relatives in the habitual manner of speaking in front of the nation.

"At this time, the only thing we can do is to continue to carry out Operation Britain firmly and let the Federation surrender first. Then all the losses we have suffered can be repaid tenfold and a hundredfold."

Prince Dejin was so angry that he laughed and spat out word by word:

"Then, will you repay everything to you who is living in the sky above Abava surrounded by the ruins of the shattered Side 3 colony?"

These words were indeed a bit harsh, and even the prince himself regretted saying them. After all, Kilian had considerable influence in both the government and the army at this time.

But as if Kilian didn't hear the prince's anger at all, he picked up several plans from the table, lifted them up and shook them a few times;

"When I heard the news about the Federation's attack on our Zeon homeland, the first thing I thought of was not to shirk responsibility or to pursue fault, but to think about how to fill the loopholes in the homeland's defense and prepare for the Federation's next attack..."

"Before we concentrated all our main forces to fight the Federation fleet in Hart, I heard someone say that 'the mainland's defenses are impregnable and foolproof, and there is no way the Federation can touch the Zeon mainland'."

At this time, Kycelia suddenly interjected in a neutral tone, and then turned to look at the prince:

"I have just confirmed with our negotiating delegation on Earth. Judging from the behavior of the Federation's Foreign Secretary at the negotiating table, he seems to be unaware of this matter."

"So, is it the Federal Space Force's solo act..."

Seeing that his father simply ignored him and turned to talk to Kycelia, Killian gritted his teeth and sat down quietly.

"Yes, father, the current position of the Federation is very inconsistent. I think we should not continue to stimulate the Federation. We should find ways to win over the weak faction in their government and secure the benefits we have won."

Kycilia seemed to have no position of her own at all, and continued following the old prince's train of thought.

"Okay, let's do this first. Once the war starts, the most important thing we should think about is how to end it."

Prince Dejin nodded and decided on the next course of action.

Chapter 57: Not quite toilet paper

As the course of action was finalized, the secret meeting of the Zabi family was coming to an end. At this moment, Kilian suddenly said:

"I heard that the commander-in-chief of the Federal Space Force, Ray Bill, who we captured before, also took the opportunity to escape in the chaos, right?"

Everyone else was stunned, as if they had no idea where this topic came from, but Killian continued talking on his own:

"The secret facility where Ray Bill was held was exposed for some reason. Federal special forces seemed to have sneaked into the vicinity before. Then when the air raid siren sounded and the guards were rushing to find the air raid shelter, they launched an assault..."

With a strange smile on his face, Jilian glanced at everyone present.

"...After coming back to his senses, Ray Bill disappeared without a trace."

"It seems that we need to conduct a major internal review. After officially declaring war with the Federation, some of the wavering losers should also know their last names."