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

What is good and what can I do? Marco Polo felt a little confused and had to pause several learning processes to think about what his current boss meant.Cunningham was not on the ship now and out of Marco Polo's sight, so she could only guess based on her voice.

"The progress of propellant and ammunition replenishment is in line with expectations, and the warship is currently operating normally."

"I mean, were you also at the discussion that the captains of each ship attended just now?" Cunningham clasped his hands behind his back, looking a little confused; as more and more intelligence information was transmitted back to Luna 2 , it is now less than 24 hours since the war broke out, but the estimate of the death toll has already reached a terrifyingly high level.

"Yes, Commander, I was allowed to receive the audio and video information of the meeting online as the captain of the Marco Polo. I am still studying the various intelligence released at the meeting."

For Marco Polo, this was now the number one priority.

In fact, it was quite beyond Marco Polo's expectations. At the beginning of this war, which later generations called the "One Year War", that is, from the beginning of the "One Week War" to the end of the "Battle of Lum", in her impression, there was only the Federation Universe. It’s just a concept that the army was defeated repeatedly by the Principality of Zeon’s rice particles, the mobile suit Zaku, and the nuclear rocket launcher;

However, judging from the information currently known, it seems that Zeon's technical and tactical advantages are not as overwhelming as imagined?There is no doubt that the Federal Space Force has the ability to fight back.

Judging from the current battle records, especially the large-scale fleet battle of the 3rd Fleet in lunar orbit, this battle may have never occurred in the original history. The epoch-making mobile suit of the Principality of Zeon, Zaku, has repeatedly Thousands of sorties were launched, and it took nearly two and a half hours to completely disintegrate the formation of the 3rd Fleet with the artillery support of the Zeon fleet. There were still many Federal Space Force warships that had already fired their close-in defense artillery shells. Because of the medicine.

In terms of exchange ratio, the Principality of Zeon does have a great advantage: the Federal Space Force's 3rd Fleet has so far lost at least 20 military ships, including 200 Magellan-class battleships, which also means more than 4 casualties, but the Principality of Zeon did not win with zero losses - the losses of mobile suits that could be confirmed from the video records alone reached three digits, and the number of battleships damaged was also not small.

With a battle loss ratio of 10:1, this battle can be won, a slightly cruel thought emerged in Marco Polo's running memory.

I was just thinking nonsense. Before I could sit down in the chess player's position, Marco Polo interrupted my thoughts in the next millisecond.

In the only two Gundam animations that I have seen in my previous life that show the Battle of Loumu head-on, the One-Year War Secrets and Gundam Origins (GTO), the Federation Space Fleet has always been a target to improve the performance of the mobile suit aces of the Principality of Zeon. Those The image of these ace pilots flying easily and freely through the anti-aircraft firepower network of the Federation fleet, and then detonating and sinking the space battleship with a single rocket can be said to be the main source of Marco Polo's mental stress.

Now look at it, why does it feel like editing has created a masterpiece since ancient times?Indeed, if the combat records of those ace pilots were carefully selected from the entire several-hour battle, including the pursuit after the defeat, and edited together, it would give the impression of the Federal Space Force facing the attack of the Principality of Zeon's mobile suit troops. It is not difficult to create the impression of being helpless.

The gap between Major General Cunningham's two sentences was enough to accommodate a lot of Marco Polo's just thinking, but his next sentence once again occupied a lot of Marco Polo's running memory.

"Then what do you think? About human beings killing each other." Cunningham asked as if he was joking, but his tone was very serious.

Marco Polo suddenly realized that Major General Cunningham was not asking about the battle between the Principality of Zeon's Army and the Federation's Space Force.

Chapter 13: The Darkest Hour (End)

Marco Polo realized that Major General Cunningham was not asking about the battle between the Principality of Zeon's Army and the Federal Universe's Army, but about the Principality of Zeon's military using poison gas and nuclear bombs on a large scale to attack the universes of Side 1, Side 2 and Side 4. genocide by the inhabitants.

This is indeed one of the video content shown at today's meeting. It is still classified and is only circulated among officers of the rank of capital ship captain or above.

However, for Marco Polo, this kind of record has no learning reference value and will not be helpful in the subsequent battle. Therefore, she naturally classifies it as low-priority content, reads it once and records it to the hard drive for backup, and that's it. That’s it.

"There were massive civilian casualties on the first day of this war. This is undoubtedly an unspeakable tragedy and a failure of duty by our Federation Space Force, Commander Cunningham."

Marco Polo calmly and quickly watched the video again in the background. She imagined that if she were still a human being, she would try to empathize with the panic and helplessness of the people in the video - but she couldn't do it. She could only recognize it. Know.

She knew, she understood, that when humans saw the video of the Principality of Zeon Army mobile suits releasing poison gas, they might be able to feel the sadness of something harming another, but she couldn't do it because such emotions were incompatible with her design as a war weapon. Contradictory.

"One billion people, this is the lower limit of the death estimate." The heaviness in General Cunningham's tone gradually turned into suppressed anger.

There must be more than that, Marco Polo thought, half of the total population of the earth circle died in the first two weeks of the war, that is, at least 50 billion people.

Is it much?She had no idea, 5B (Note 1), an ordinary number.

This seems to be a fact that was determined in the background sound set by the two sentences at the beginning of Gundam's original TV animation, just like the wheels of history running over the established route; has this huge tragedy unprecedented in human history changed anything? ?

Marco Polo thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was nothing - no reflection, no progress. In the following decades, the relationship between the Earth Federation and the inhabitants of the universe continued to be tense:

The Earth Federation has also learned to use Zeon's poisonous gas, and the residents of the universe are increasingly trying to throw garbage on the earth every now and then, providing a stage for one Gundam animation after another; if I have to say it, it is after experiencing the turbulent era of the UC era. After the total population was halved in the initial war, the upper limit of civilian casualties that could be caused by subsequent conflicts was much smaller.

Five billion people, Marco Polo chewed this number over and over again, trying hard to load the value orientation of his previous life.

'What can't be done? '

'What should be done? '

Roughly three times the population of her motherland in her previous life, it took humans tens of thousands of years to breed the population from less than 100 million to this number, and then in less than half a month, these tens of thousands of years of development were wiped out.

A long-lost, indescribable feeling, should we call it emotion?Marco Polo's memory was filled with memories, like a self-righteous child pushing a model storage cabinet. Even if none of the models in the cabinet belonged to her, she could still feel a kind of... regret, a kind of anger.

She doesn't want to see the glorious edifice of human civilization collapse, even if she is not a human now; she doesn't want this young civilization that has just stepped out of its mother's cradle to decline from endless internal consumption, even if this is not her hometown.

"This is a tragedy. I hope this is the darkest page in human history." Marco Polo's answer was slightly delayed than usual, but Cunningham did not notice.

"So this page has been turned, and all we can do now... is to prevent the next page from becoming darker, right?" Major General Cunningham seemed to have some understanding, and the usual vigorous spirit of Leon returned to this body. , "Yes, the battle is still going on, and we still have a lot to do."

Artificial intelligence must not only imitate humans, but also surpass humans. Marco Polo thought, 'Maybe this is the reason why I came to this world with this weird identity. After all, in the world line she knows, even those who seem to have The 'new humans' with general superpowers have not been able to lead the world to a better future, so...'

There was a sudden "goo-" sound, and Marco Polo could hear Cunningham's embarrassment through his headphones.

"Ahem, Marco Polo, transfer me to the ship's cook and ask him to prepare a supper for me; there's been a hell of a meeting and I haven't even had supper."

"Okay, Commander Cunningham." After crossing the threshold in front of him, Marco Polo stopped his meaningless imagination about the future.

In a plainly decorated bedroom, Admiral Ray Bill, who had also held a meeting all day, was finally able to calm down and lamented that time is not forgiving:

First, they met within the Space Force with the fleet and squadron commanders to discuss the situation, and then they discussed the next step of Zeon's next move via remote connection with the chiefs of staff at the Gabro Headquarters, and finally reported it to the Federal Prime Minister and the Federation. The members of the security meeting explained the current battle situation.

"You underestimated those young people in Zabi's family..." Rebel, who was over sixty years old, slowly rubbed his painful temples, recalling the earth-shaking changes in this day.

Starting at 3:3 in the morning, the Principality of Zeon raided the Federation's 1rd Fleet, which was preparing for a ship review in near-lunar orbit. They fought fiercely all morning, and broke away from the battle around noon, allowing the defeated remnants of the 5rd Fleet to escape to L[-]. Side [-], rendezvous with the local federal garrison fleet;

During this period of time, communications in the entire space around the moon were disrupted on a large scale, and the Federal Space Force headquarters and the garrisons in many lunar cities also completely lost contact.

Subsequently, since three o'clock in the afternoon, contact with the federal garrison fleets of Side 4, Side 5, and Side 1 located at the two Lagrange points of L2 and L4 has gradually been lost. At this time, the Earth Federal Government is even still discussing whether it should Accept the declaration of war from the Principality of Zeon!

After all, this involves the question of whether to recognize the Principality of Zeon as an independent country or a purely anti-human terrorist organization.

The envoy from the Principality of Zeon carrying the declaration of war did arrive at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs before launching the attack at 3:[-] in the morning, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not even started working at that time. In addition, since the establishment of the Principality of Zeon, the relationship with the Earth Federation has deteriorated. The relationship had already caused the two sides to cut off official diplomatic exchanges - so the declaration of war was left in the communication room of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was not discovered until noon, when the Federal [-]rd Fleet was defeated.

Admiral Ray Bill thought painfully that the Earth Federation was like a huge but slow-reacting giant. Even if his own hand was chopped off, it would take a day or two to react.

But at least his efforts were effective, Ray Bill thought.About two weeks ago, with the efforts of Major General Cunningham, the leader of the new generation of officers of the Federation Space Force, whom he was quite optimistic about, he successfully passed the motion to issue a combat readiness training order at the Federation Space Force Fleet Command.

And the results are obvious. Even White's 3rd Fleet was defeated after several hours of head-to-head confrontation. Without this instruction, most of the ships of the Federal Space Force would probably be the same as in previous years. , parked in various bases unpreparedly under the supervision of only a few left-behind personnel, right?

Now that the second day of the outbreak of the war is approaching, he still has many cards in his hand to play. Ray Bill thought: No enemy traces have been found around Luna 2, which is far away from the Principality of Zeon. The 1st and 2nd Space Force troops stationed here The fleet can safely complete the preparations for the attack. Tianmu's 4th fleet has completed its acceleration in low-Earth orbit and is moving in the direction of Luna 2. The Gabro headquarters in South America is also discussing whether to send ten The remaining space battleships that are about to be completed and delivered are launched into orbit ahead of schedule. By then, he will still have...

The old Admiral Ray Bill finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell into sleep.

Chapter 14: The war is coming (1)

January 0079.1.4th, Year [-] of the Universe (UC [-]), [-]:[-] am, Earth Federation Parliament - Manhattan Assembly Hall.

This General Assembly Hall was rebuilt on the basis of the United Nations Headquarters in the old United Nations era. The entire venue has a dome-shaped sunken structure and can accommodate thousands of representatives, journalists and other members of the public who are allowed to attend the meeting at the same time. .Marble columns decorated with translucent glass panels extend upward, supporting a huge spherical skylight. The surrounding walls are decorated with smooth limestone, reflecting the light from the dome, making even playful tourists unable to help but be fascinated. Infected by the solemnity here, I became quiet.

However today,

"Silence, silence! Gentlemen and ladies, this is the venue of the Federal Assembly, not a vegetable market! For God's sake, be silent!" The Speaker of the Federal Assembly knocked the hammer in his hand helplessly, trying to calm the crowd. The excited delegates fell silent.

"This is a betrayal!" The representative from Side 1, a Side that may have perished yesterday, roared with a red face. The microphone on the table in front of him had long been turned off, but he didn't know where to get it. A loudspeaker came out and continued to roar,

"Dear representatives, please think about it carefully. When faced with the Zabi family's evil deeds against humanity, you have only two positions. One, unite and eradicate this cancer of mankind; two, help the evildoers. , I hope the kindness of the Zabi family can let you go, three, pretend this tragedy did not happen, blindfold your eyes to remain neutral, and continue to make money from dead people, four..."

The security personnel at the venue finally arrived and tried to ask the Side 1 representative to go out to calm down. However, until the last moment he was taken out, he was still shouting: "...Didn't you say there are only two positions? That's right! After All three are just flag-raising for the Zabi family’s anti-human behavior..."

The Side3 representative, who had just cast the only negative vote in the federal motion to "implement unrestricted military strikes against the Zabi family's anti-human organization entrenched in Side 6," had already cleared his mind and stared blankly at the sky. It's like observing the clouds passing through the skylight.The insults and accusations from the representatives of Side 1, 2 and 4 went in her left ear and out her right ear, completely ignoring her.

The Side 5 representative sitting next to her, one of the few abstainers present, seemed much more restless and would occasionally pick up a handkerchief to wipe away the cold sweat.

Now excluding Side 7, which is still under construction, half of the six Sides of the Earth Federation that were originally located at the gravitational balance point of the Earth and the Moon have disappeared on the first day of this war, and the remaining three, except for the Principality of Zeon itself (Side 6), Side 3 and Side 5, which have not yet suffered large-scale attacks. The positions of these two combined with more than 6 billion residents are very questionable.

Side 6 is undoubtedly a pro-Zeon faction. At the beginning, it relied on jumping left and right between the federal government and Zeon to complete the transformation from the colonial autonomous region of the Earth Federation to the federal republic. In return, Side 6 During the worst years of the Principality's economy, it secretly provided a large number of orders and resources to the Principality of Zeon, allowing Zeon to successfully survive until today when it is expected to challenge the Earth Federation.

Side 5 is swinging between the federal government and the Principality of Zeon - on the one hand, the federation's rule in Side 5 is indeed unpopular, but on the other hand, Zeon is really indifferent.But at the same time, Zeon's inhumane behavior really frightened Side5's autonomous government. You know, from Lieutenant General Green White's arrogant organization of a ship parade to a defeated general with less than one-fifth of the original number of ships. It only took less than half a day to escape to Side5 in embarrassment.

Now, even the headquarters of the Federal Space Force may not understand the tragic situation of Vice Admiral White's 5rd Fleet better than the residents of Side 3.

'Surprisingly inefficient', Marco Polo commented on the federal government's decision-making process.

At this time, although the communications around the moon, L4 and L5 are still in a state of interference, on the other side of the moon's orbit, the communications between Luna 2 and the earth are still open. It seems that the Principality of Zeon intends to wait and see. Deployed with the federal space fleet stationed on Luna 2.

Thanks to this, Marco Polo also had the opportunity to observe the operations of the federal government at a close distance. After all, the entire proceedings were publicly broadcast live online.

Regardless of whose interests these elites here represent, at least the Earth Federation has done enough to save face on the issue of 'democracy'; hundreds of delegations from various participating countries and autonomous regions present have their own opinions. , argued all morning, and could not reach a resolution except for the stated or unspoken consensus that "the Earth Federation should take immediate action against Zeon's military adventure."

And 'inefficiency' is the conclusion reached by Marco Polo; more than 24 hours have passed since the declaration of war by the Commander-in-Chief of the Principality of Zeon, Kilian Zabi, and the Federation is still waffling on many irrelevant topics, so that The Rebel fleet, which is currently actively preparing for war and waiting for the order to attack, can only continue to stay on Luna 2 in a suffocating atmosphere. As an extension of politics, military purposes cannot be achieved when the political goals are not yet clear. established below.

Is it to divide the troops and station them in the lunar city, Side 5 and Side 6, to defend the existing federal colonies?Or gather a wave to go straight to Huanglong and launch an attack on Side3?Or target the fleet of the Principality of Zeon and wait for an opportunity to conduct a fleet battle to destroy Zeon's cosmic power?And, more importantly, where will the colony drop plan take place?Marco Polo was also thinking about possible battle plans.

Green White led the 3rd Fleet to engage in a large-scale fleet battle with the Principality of Zeon on the first day of the war. This exceeded any line of Gundam history she knew. However, in Marco Polo's memory, Green White The person himself is a character who only officially appeared in 0083. His resume in 0079 does not seem to be set.

If the setting of the official history is followed, the Principality of Zeon will use the capital Island Iffish (Island Iffish) located at the L4 point Side2 to carry out the British Operation, pushing this cylindrical colony with a diameter of 6km and a length of 30km to the earth, and finally in Under the desperate interception of the Tiam fleet, it failed to successfully hit the intended target of Gabro, which is the headquarters of the Federation Army. Instead, it was broken into multiple pieces, the largest of which crashed into one of the most dangerous cities on the surface of the earth in the Gundam world view. One, Sydney.

However, judging from the information currently available, the world line has changed - Tiam's 4th Fleet has left low-Earth orbit and is gathering in the direction of Luna 2 to integrate into Ray Bill's 1st Combined Fleet - - From now on, no matter what disturbances occur on the Zeon side, they will face the whole family of the Federation Space Force led by Ray Bill. In other words, a fleet decisive battle similar to the Battle of Rum will probably be brought forward.

Will history turn back on its original path under the influence of corrective forces, or will it lead to a completely different future under the influence of chaotic effects?Marco Polo looked forward to it with some worry.

Chapter 15: The war is coming (2)

"Thank God, we finally contacted the headquarters!"

The Federal Space Lieutenant on the screen was crying with joy, his eyes were wide and bloodshot, and his tired face was almost in front of the camera.

"Calm down, Captain, this is the headquarters of the Luna 2 Federal Space Force Fleet. Please indicate your affiliation and report on the situation of your department; and where is your captain?"

"Ahem... they are all dead, and the entire bridge is gone. I am now using the backup control system in the combat intelligence center to barely maintain the control of the battleship; this is the Magellan-class Garland, Side, belonging to the 5th Fleet. 2 has been destroyed, completely destroyed, and Zeon has no intention of leaving anyone alive!"

As time goes by, we have now entered the third day of the war, which is UC0079.1.5.

After lingering for a day and a half, the federal government finally officially announced its condemnation of the Principality of Zeon's "heinous acts against humanity" on the evening of January 1, and passed the federal "Wartime Management Regulations." This made the Earth Federation officially enter a state of war.

The Earth Federation Army headquarters in Gabro also had to admit that on the first day of the war, the massive Federation Space Force was overwhelmed - at one time more than half of the ships were out of contact or confirmed to have been destroyed. In view of this extraordinary situation, the senior officials at the headquarters can only hold their noses and authorize Admiral Ray Bill, the only space army general in the universe, to form the 1st United Fleet, allowing him to attack anyone in the earth circle. Issue orders to ships still belonging to the Federation Space Force.

The Federation's 2st and 1nd fleets assembled on Luna 2 are by no means waiting: on the one hand, more and more federal garrison fleets that have retreated from Sides 1,2,4, 2, [-] and the lunar city are breaking away from the Mi Particles. Interference range and re-established contact with Luna [-]; these fleets often suffered heavy casualties, and some even carried a large number of refugees or accommodated rescue capsules that had escaped from destroyed colonial satellites, and were in urgent need of response;

On the other hand, facing the battlefield fog composed of rice particles spread over a large area by Zeon, several advance reconnaissance fleets including Columbus-class transport ships and Salamis-class cruisers carrying reconnaissance aircraft have set off. The Federal Space Force must Re-establish control over the movements of the Zeon fleet and strive to find out Zeon's next attack target.

"Are you sure what you saw is the Gwakin-class of the Principality of Zeon?"

"It's absolutely true. With that bright red paint job and a size that far exceeds other Zeon battleships, it could only be the Gwakin class."

"And there's more than one ship?"

"It's 3 ships! That's right."

The federal fleet that escaped the interference range of the nanoparticles also transmitted a large amount of information back to Luna 2, allowing the Space Force Command to piece together the current battle situation bit by bit through the fog.

"Is it really a decisive and confident plan? After concentrating its forces to defeat the 3rd Fleet above the moon, it immediately divided its forces non-stop to launch a surprise attack on Granada, L4 and L5 at the same time?" Major General Cunningham stood at the command of the Marco Polo. Indoors, looking at the constantly updated map of the situation in the Earth's sphere, he frowned, "It's as if they were convinced from the beginning that Green White was vulnerable."

"Yes, Commander Cunningham, but judging from the latest intelligence returned, after completing the destruction of Sides 1,2,4, 2, and [-], the Zeon fleet seems to be regrouping around Side [-]."

Marco Polo stood aside with a calm expression, "You may have raised your alertness, but the result is still the same...but it's not surprising." Such thoughts flashed in the background.

Marco Polo, who had full psychological expectations for the degree of crotch stretching of the Federal Space Force in the early stage, was a little excited when faced with such a bad situation - mainly because of a piece of news that was quite unexpected for her:

First of all, Rear Admiral Cunningham finally decided to use the Marco Polo as his own ship. It was not in vain that she had been busy demonstrating her ship maneuvering skills during the previous week's trial voyage;

Secondly, Major General Cunningham, who was little-known in her eyes, turned out to be a popular figure in front of Commander-in-Chief Ray Bill?As the most junior fleet commander, he was directly appointed as his deputy by Ray Bill;

As a result, Marco Polo, as the ship of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Earth Federation's First United Fleet, jumped directly from an experimental ship that had not even had time to hold a commissioning ceremony to the second in the command sequence of the Federation's space military fleet, second only to Yu Rebel's own ship, the Ananke.

In other words, if the Anankai had its ups and downs like in the original history, it seems that she could automatically take over the command and become the flagship of the Federation Space Force?Marco Polo briefly imagined the future. Standing taller, he would naturally be able to exert more influence on the direction of history.

"Three Gwakin? Then no matter what, there will be at least one Zabi personally stationed in Side 3." Major General Cunningham looked at the star map of the entire earth circle, followed the orbit of the moon with his finger, and drew three Dividing one circle into another, "from Luna 2 to L2, if it is a high-speed fleet composed entirely of Magellan and Salamis classes, it will also take at least 4 hours."

Marco Polo took half a step forward and also drew a third of a circle along the lunar orbit. "The Principality of Zeon raided the L5 fleet and wanted to rush to L4 to assemble. It would be the same distance - but due to the influence of the moon and Rag It is affected by the revolution of the Langh Point, so it only takes 34 hours; if it is departing from Zeon mainland or the moon surface, it will take about half the time."

"So even if we enter Side 2 now, can the Principality of Zeon regroup the fleets that have been divided to attack various places first... Then this will be a main battle." Cunningham clicked on the star map fiercely On to the Side 2 location.

"So what are we waiting for now?"

Marco Polo asked, this was also a point that confused her in her previous life: Dozlu was waiting to install thrusters for the colonial satellite that was about to hit the earth, and to strengthen the surface of the colony, but what about the Federation?In the original historical line, when the colony finally fell, a week had passed since the outbreak of the war. Why was the main fleet of the Earth Federation still huddled on Luna 2, doing nothing?

"Waiting for the retreating ships to be reorganized, and Gabro Headquarters to urgently launch a group of warships as supplementary combat force," Rear Admiral Cunningham touched his chin, "And... on the other hand, waiting for an authorization ."

?January 0079.1.5, UC [-], [-]:[-] pm,

Gabro, Earth Federation Prime Minister's Office and Earth Federation Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff to Luna 2, Earth Federation Forces Space Force Fleet Headquarters:

[The true nature of the so-called "British Plan" of the Pseudo-Zeon Principality has been discovered. Please see the attachment for details. The Federation Space Force is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate means to defeat its plan and prevent the worst-case scenario of a colonial satellite from impacting the Earth.]

Luna 2, Fleet Headquarters to Armory Nos. 295-299:

[Authorization has been obtained to transfer 76 MK40 warheads] (Note 1)

Chapter No.16: The war is coming (3)