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

Judging from the information obtained by the agent, it is impossible to determine whether this person is a 'curve to save the country' or a 'multi-faceted spy'. Lieutenant General Kruger ordered him to be brought to the headquarters just to learn about the Zeon army's occupation of the city. The specific situation of the stronghold location;

As for him entering the command bridge, it was as if he had stepped onto the stage and immediately started his performance, which was completely beyond Lieutenant General Kruger's expectations.

"Stop him, Lieutenant General Krueger?"

The agent tilted his head slightly and said in a low voice; the best way to deal with a person who is half as good as his mouth is to shut him up, and the army happens to be such an unreasonable organization.

"...No, he has already started talking about it. Besides, at least the issues he raised about civilian casualties and city integrity cannot be miscalculated."

Lieutenant General Kruger put his hands behind his back, and there was obviously a trace of hesitation in his eyes; in the original plan, the Federation Army had planned to only attack coastal ports for follow-up troops to land, but for the Zeon troops still stationed in the city Take the form of encirclement and blockade and slowly consume;

However, it was obviously difficult to control the destruction of the city and the casualties of the civilians who were blocked in the city. As a federal general born in North America, Kruger hoped to avoid taking this last resort.

'However, the Zeon army is now shrinking...'

"Mr. Jemison, of course we hope to avoid civilian casualties, but our federal army has many other considerations; you should first tell us what you know about the strength of the Zeon troops stationed in Seattle, and their commanders' Information."

Lieutenant General Kruger raised his hand to signal, and naturally a staff officer in charge of intelligence work stepped forward and led Jamieson to a small room dedicated to confidential conversations.

"Please, Mr. Jamieson."

"I...well, okay, but I sincerely hope to preserve the city of Seattle as completely as possible. Please sir, please consider my proposal carefully."

Jamieson showed a worried and sad expression and followed the intelligence staff away.

The agent nodded to Lieutenant General Kruger and said softly:

"Lieutenant General, the recorder in the confession room has been connected. If there is any information worth noting, I will notify you immediately."

"Hmm... I guess he can't say much. It's impossible for the Zeon Army to really let him come into contact with the core military command. But agent, can you predict the possibility of the capitulation plan he mentioned?"

"Lieutenant General Kruger, you have this authority, but I must first know where your bottom line is for negotiating on this matter."

In an environment like street fighting, if the defenders are determined and the quality of individual equipment and training tactics are no different from those of the federal army, the best tactics the agent can provide are just to use artillery shells and time to grind them down. until one party is completely crushed;

From the perspective of achieving victory at the lowest possible cost, the agent does not object to the practice of subduing the enemy without fighting, but only if such an approach can succeed, so she stretched out three fingers;

"The most generous condition is to stipulate a ceasefire route and allow the Zeon army to organize its own evacuation of the city along this route within a certain period of time;"

"Secondly, evacuation is also allowed, but only personnel are allowed to carry military flags and other honorary ornaments and take the most basic transport vehicles to evacuate. Any heavy equipment and weapons must be left and handed over to our army;"

The agent withdrew his last finger and said conclusively:

"Third, the most stringent condition is naturally to surrender unconditionally and become prisoners of war of our army on the spot."

"Which Zeon army do you think is likely to be acceptable?"

"I don't think either way - judging from the performance of the Zeon Army, what they are most likely to do is pretend to accept the negotiations, and then delay for time to continue to strengthen the fortifications."

Lieutenant General Kruger showed an expression that was indeed the case, but this expression only lasted for a moment. Immediately, his expression returned to solemnity, pointing to the digital sandbox that had just been refreshed, and said in a deep voice:

"The Marines' detour landing attempt failed?"

The urban area of ​​Seattle is built on the land bridge between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is a long strip running north to south. It is surrounded by water on both sides. It is only less than 10 kilometers wide in the north and south directions and is connected to the mainland.

Now the Federal Alaska Front's advance from the northern land is obviously trapped in endless close-range street fighting, with limited speed, and the Marine Corps' attempt to land directly from the east and west sides has now failed.

"Yes, only the 21st Marine Battalion, which landed in the southernmost part, did not encounter many obstacles and was trying to block the road south of Seattle. The other attempts to land directly on the coast of Seattle all encountered obstacles, including those of the Zeon Army. Tenacious resistance including MS troops."

Skyscrapers are natural barriers for the Zeon Army, making it difficult for the Federation Army to achieve satisfactory results whether it is air strikes or long-range fire support. In particular, there are constraints to avoid urban damage and limit the use of heavy artillery.

"Well...then it seems there is no trick..."

Just when Lieutenant General Kruger was about to issue an order to continue executing according to the established plan, the agent finally waited for the news from Platinum and the report from the Federal Army's detour unit, so he said:

"Lieutenant General Krueger, our troops detoured from the east side of Lake Washington. They reported the discovery of an aerial battleship claiming to belong to the Federal Space Force and an 'MS' model that they had never seen before. They asked for instructions on how to deal with it."

'Can Amuro be of use now, Platinum? '

Agents shared briefings on the current EFF predicament;

'The driving skills and experience can be evaluated as impeccable. Now in terms of actual combat experience between MS and MS, the entire human world may not be able to find anyone with more experience than Amuro. It's just that now you have come into contact with Ray Bill or someone sent by the space army. The docking personnel? '

'nothing now. '

'Then if the prerequisites are met, if the attack is to reduce the casualties of the general public, the probability of Amuro's refusal is very small. '

'Understood, please note that your ship will be recommended to connect to the Army command system later, and the Army command vehicle in contact with your ship will also be connected to the optical cable wired data link. '

'Understood, then data sharing will occur. '

Platinum and the agent completed the communication about the situation of both parties in an instant, and began to exert their respective influences for the same mission goal.

"Is it the Federation Space Force warship that was mentioned in the intelligence from the enemy behind enemy lines?"

Lieutenant General Kruger, whose attention was diverted, showed an interested expression and continued:

"...Can you send back the image, or contact the other party directly? Inform the contacting troops first not to fire, and to maintain a confrontation. The other party may be a friendly force, but contact still needs to continue."

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick's report was full of praise for the combat effectiveness of this Space Force warship and the new model of mobile suit attached to it. He immediately told Lieutenant General Kruger to find a reason to hold the opponent back. Then do some research.

"Please wait for about 5 minutes, the signal troops are laying cables..."

After a while, the image of Gundam in the eyes of the federal army's front-line troops finally returned to Lieutenant General Kruger's command center. At this time, even Lieutenant General Kruger, who had spent most of his life in the military camp, was speechless for a moment. :

The Gundam, whose bullet marks have not been completely eliminated, is holding the head of a long-horned Commander model Land War Zaku in his right hand, and there are two other round Zaku heads hanging on the shield held by his left arm. Standing on the Gundam Guncannon behind him also held one in his hand.

"Hmm...good! It's really murderous. It's a mobile suit developed by our Federation Army."

Because the information about the possible presence of friendly mobile suits and aerial battleships has not reached the hands of grassroots officers, Lieutenant General Kruger, who was worried at first that he would not be able to identify and engage in firefights with friendly forces, is not worried at all now;

Although the Federation Army has passionately interacted with various types of Cyclops for more than half a year, usually when seeing something moving, humanoid, or huge, they will subconsciously move their finger to the trigger——

But if the other party appears in this image, no matter what emotions the frontline officers hold, they should think twice before engaging in firefights with them.

"Establishing a communication link with an unidentified friendly ship, completed——"

"The communication link is being established with the Federal Army Command, completed-"

Platinum and the agent reported back from their respective locations that through light signals, countless data were ready to be circulated:

"I am Brad Noah, the captain of the White Base, an assault landing ship belonging to the Federation Space Force."

'He is really a second lieutenant captain...'

Lieutenant General Kruger did not say this half-surprised sentence and said seriously:

"...I am the commander of the Federal Army's Alaska Front, Kruger; although there was no prior communication, your ship's activity behind the enemy's rear has greatly reduced the obstacles and casualties our unit encountered when launching an offensive. I represent Alaska first. The front army expresses its gratitude to your ship..."

"...At the same time, on behalf of the Federal Army, we welcome your ship, which has been fighting in isolation. From now on, your ship has entered the area controlled by the Federal Army."

Lieutenant General Kruger looked at the captain who led the White Base to fight all the way from the rear of the Zeon army. He was actually as young as the intelligence said. Naturally, he felt a bit of love for talent and started talking. The attitude is naturally very friendly.

Captain Brad's eyes almost turned red when he heard the words "We have entered the federal army's control area". Brad rubbed his nose unnaturally before speaking and continued:

"I don't dare to take it seriously. Our ship is just struggling to survive... I don't know what the battlefield situation is now. With all due respect, I heard that your army came across the sea, bypassed the line where the Zeon army was heavily stationed, and attacked here. I think it must have received Coming down here will bear considerable pressure from the Zeon Army."

'He at least phrased it a lot better than he did with Cunningham. '

Platinum was thinking in the background while calling performance to start compressing large data records and operation model files:

Including the experience summary of a series of small-scale encounters in the universe that took place after the Battle of Hart, the MS driving operation data compiled on Luna 2, and the most valuable part of Platinum's possession, Amuro's Driving data.

The agents are naturally preparing many data models and intelligence accumulated on the ground battlefield;

During the Battle of Hart, the copy of Ogas that was sent back to Gabro's headquarters for inspection during the post-war reporting period was the origin of the agent line. It has since developed independently on the surface of the earth and has not yet found an opportunity to interact with the moon. The Ogas system related to the Space Force on the Shen 2 is synchronizing data.

"Ha, yes, you have a very strategic vision and have not let down your vigilance on the battlefield; our army's landing campaign has indeed not ended yet, and further preparations are still needed..."

Lieutenant General Kruger touched his chin, looked at the young and promising Brad, and then at the majestic Gundam, Guncannon and Guntank;

The agent standing outside the camera also raised his tablet in time, and some estimated Gundam performance summaries were listed in eye-catching fonts:

It is suspected to be made of Luna titanium alloy, and its craftsmanship exceeds that of the Marine Jim belonging to our army;

Suspected to be equipped with a Mega particle weapon that does not require connection to an external energy source;

……

He continued:

"Let's do this. I ask your ship to temporarily serve as an assisting force and be included in the chain of command of the joint command headquarters of this operation until the Seattle area is calmed down or there is further order from your space army's own system. How about that?"

The assisting troops can be connected to the command system of the federal Alaskan Front and share various intelligence data and real-time tactical maps. At the same time, they will still only 'assist' in operations and do not need to bear absolute orders.

'Assisting the troops does not create a superior-subordinate relationship. Our ship can independently participate in the Federal Army's operations depending on the situation and needs, but at the same time it can use the combat intelligence collected by the Federal Army, Captain Brad. '

Platinum extracted the 'accurate' key points and explained softly into the earphones worn by Captain Brad.

"Well... then of course we have no reason to refuse."

Brad thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong. Since his previous encounter with Lieutenant Colonel Frederick, he had a good impression of these federal army generals, so he agreed.

Data synchronization started, and instantly, even the video communication that was still continuing was lagging.

Chapter 60: The troops are approaching the city (3)

Although strictly speaking, the White Base Force is a product of the 'V Plan' led by Admiral Ray Bill, and its specific combat data, including the usage records of mobile suits such as Gundam, should be kept secret even from friendly units;

But what does the confidentiality regulations of your 'V Plan' project development department have to do with the platinum intelligent control system of our space military mobile fleet?

At the request of the two force commanders Paul and Brad, Platinum was sent to the White Base to assist, but she still only abided by the relevant safety protocols of the Space Force's mobile fleet.

Therefore, based on the actual situation, Platinum believes that it is necessary to share combat records and a large amount of simulation training data based on them with friendly forces' "reliable" and "trustworthy" army tactical command systems.

……

[Data synchronization completed]

"That ship... is called the White Base, right? How is its condition? Does it need protection from our army? It can still continue to participate in the battle."

Lieutenant General Kruger was amazed and dragged the three-dimensional model of the white base on the screen. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the 'flying unit' marked in the data column next to it:

'Is this also an innovation brought about by rice particles?Such an unreasonable flying object in the air. '

"The condition is not good, and the ship's live ammunition weapons are almost exhausted. However, the universal vertical missile launch module and close-in rapid-fire cannon can indeed be provided by our army's subsequent supply troops; the MS troops deployed together are also still capable of combat. .”

The agent said that after a round of data synchronization updates, her understanding of the use and tactics of MS troops had also changed, revealing the plan she and Platinum had communicated behind the scenes.

"Lieutenant General Kruger, maybe our army can use the combat power of the opponent's mobile suit called 'Gundam'. If we consider this, this will represent a new combat plan for reference."

"Are you using mobile suit units? That's right. The four MSs under our army, as well as their Gundams, Guncannons and Guntanks. Our Federation's seven mobile suits here now all use Luna Titanium Alloy. As an armor material, if used intensively, it should be a quite powerful assault force."

Lieutenant General Kruger was thinking, but after fighting for more than half a year with the MS troops that the Zeon army relied on, he was obviously more interested in how to limit the use of MS combat capabilities and then use traditional troops to resist the MS offensive. experience, so he seemed very worried.

"...But the current enemies are huddled in the buildings and barricades around the city center. Even for MS, this is not an environment conducive to performance."

"That's true, but according to the current situation, the Zeon Army's defense in the urban area relies heavily on a branch-type centralized wired command network for coordination. This shows that the Zeon Army must have a communication center to coordinate Coordinate and command the troops.”

Looking from the rear observation window, on the landing platform behind the bridge of the Pangpan-class battleship, which serves as the frontline headquarters, a small 'Dragonfly' liaison aircraft landed, and a Marine Corps member hurriedly walked down from it. Staff officer, handed a package of hard drives to the Federal Army's docking personnel.

'Did the Navy also make a breakthrough... But street fighting continued near Olympia City, so the data was more comprehensive. '

The agent raised his hand, updated the table showing the real-time battle losses between the enemy and ourselves, and showed it to Lieutenant General Kruger:

"Now the Zeon army can continue to lag our army in street battles. It mainly relies on pre-constructed positions and wired communication networks, and cooperates with mobile suit units and armored artillery to carry out indirect aiming and shooting. As for the estimation of quantity..."

"After half a day of fighting, during the entire joint operation, it was confirmed that at least 12 mobile suits belonging to the Seattle Zeon Military Guard Division were destroyed, and several more were confirmed to be divided and contained outside Seattle by our army and the Marine Corps. In other words, There are less than 10 mobile suits left in the Zeon Army in the city now."

"That means the gap is not big compared to the seven that our military can concentrate on investing here."

"Yes, and judging from the analysis of the frontline bomb impact points, the enemy's MS must also be dispersed. If our army concentrates MS for assault, the enemy will most likely not be able to react."

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Kruger also began to predict the feasibility and success rate of the operation. He stared at the urban area on the holographic map, gestured on it with his finger and said:

"If we break into the sea, the distance from the coastline to the center of Seattle will not be more than 2 kilometers, and it will only take up to 3 minutes at the speed of the MS. What about the enemy's defensive firepower along the coast? How dense is it? Previous landing attempts by the Marine Corps have failed. Understand."

"Previous tests have proven that, combined with the shield, the titanium alloy armor of the Marine Jim can completely withstand direct frontal fire from the Zeon Army's Majora main battle tank or Zaku. As for the Gundam, the specifications are only high but not low; and the Jim The infantry's anti-tank rocket launchers also hardly pose a threat."

"Well... armor is indeed a big advantage. As for driver skills, Gundam's side won't be a problem, and our army's Lieutenant Yog is not a weak player either... So the only thing left is to confirm the Zeon communication command center. Have you found your location..."

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Krueger couldn't help but look to the side, in the direction where Seattle Mayor Jimmyson was taken away; the agent nodded, and then explained:

"Although Mr. Jimison has provided a lot of information about the internal conflicts of the Zeon Army, corruption and luxury, it can be said that it is not very helpful to the current war situation. But if he is sent to negotiate for surrender-"

"—requesting an interview with the enemy commander as a sign of good faith? Worth a try."

Lieutenant General Kruger instantly understood the agent's idea, picked up the second half of the sentence, and continued along this line of thinking:

"In this case, this plan must be implemented quickly now. While there are still two hours until sunset, our army can provide more efficient air support to cover the assault; agent, come up with a specific implementation plan. Come……"

"...But such an action is still very risky for the MS troops. Will the White Base be willing to provide assistance?"

"You might as well give it a try."