Chapter 529 Zeon's Next Move

The war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, the Middle East front of the Earth battlefield, ended with the Federation's complete victory.

This result not only shocked Zeon, but even the top leaders of the Federation could not believe it, especially after receiving intelligence that a force composed of nine MSs decided the entire battle situation, which was even more astonishing. Even Zeon, who relied most on MS, thought it was a fantasy.

"What is going on?" Gihren Zabi, who was far away in SIDE-3, called the heads of the Intelligence Department and the General Staff and scolded them severely, asking them what was going on and why there was no intelligence and countermeasures before.

The oil resources in the Middle East are too important to the Principality of Zeon. The fossil fuels and funds needed for the later war need to be obtained from the Middle East. Now the comprehensive defeat of the Middle East front has caused Gihren Zabi's Earth invasion plan to encounter a major setback.

Moreover, since the first appearance of MS, whether it is the operation to hunt down Dr. Minovsky, or the One Week War and the Battle of Loum, the Zeon army can be said to be unstoppable, winning all battles, with high morale, ready to occupy the treasure house of the Earth in one go.

As a result... the first battle was lost, and the Middle East front, which was determined to win, was completely defeated, resulting in the failure of the blitzkrieg plan, and morale was almost depressed to the freezing point.

If it weren't for the current unrest in Zeon, Gihren Zabi would not hesitate to give them two peanuts to accompany the dead soldiers underground.

"I received intelligence before. After the Battle of Loum, the Federation saw the power of MS. General Garp, against all odds, implemented a MS development plan called [V Plan]..." The head of the intelligence department reported with his head down.

"Don't talk nonsense about what I know, talk about something I don't know!" Gihren Zabi knew this intelligence. At first, he didn't care so much. In the development of MS, the Federation had fallen behind Zeon, and they fell behind step by step. Gihren Zabi was very confident that before the Federation established its own MS force, he could complete his Earth invasion plan, take over half of the Earth's territory, and fill the fatal loophole of resource shortage for Zeon.

So he did not strictly order the Intelligence Department to thoroughly investigate the [V Plan], but handed it over to Dozle Zabi, asking him to arrange people to investigate and destroy it.

As a result... the facts were like a hand, slapping him hard in the face. The Federation was behind Zeon in the development of MS. Only nine units determined the victory or defeat of a large-scale battle line. If the Federation could achieve mass production, what would Zeon fight for?

"Yes... after you gave the task of investigation to Lieutenant General Dozle, the Lieutenant General sent an investigation team led by Major Char Aznable of [Red Comet]. After many investigations, it was determined that the [V Plan] had been integrated with the previously shelved [SCV-X] plan and renamed [V-X Plan]. The location was determined to be Luna 2..."

"Since it has been determined, why not send someone to destroy it?"

"Yes... you objected..."

"Hmm?"

"Uh..." The head of the Intelligence Department wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and lowered his head even lower.

It's not his fault. When Char sent this information back to Zeon and asked for support, Dozle Zabi personally found Gihren Zabi and asked him to allow him to take the space fleet to destroy the remaining Federation space forces on Luna II and disrupt the progress of the [V-X Plan].

But Gihren Zabi rejected it outright because he was more concerned about the upcoming Earth invasion plan. Compared with the [V-X Plan], which was behind them, the first landing operation was undoubtedly much more important.

In fact, Gihren Zabi's decision was also correct. No one could say how much time and manpower it would take to capture Luna II. If it failed, the Federation would have a chance to breathe, and the [V-X] plan would be completed. Before Zeon started the landing operation, the Federation had its own MS troops. Then, wouldn't the landing operation be to actively provide meat filling for the dumpling skin?

Who knew... there would be such a monster as Yang Hui, who not only successfully developed a new MS in a very short time, but also was so powerful.

Gihren Zabi looked at the head of the General Staff again. The problem had already occurred. He valued the countermeasures more than the accountability.

"What does the General Staff think of this unit?"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." The head of the General Staff was obviously well prepared. When he spoke, he also took out a lot of analysis materials. "First, according to the joint analysis of technical consultants from Zeonic, Zmade and MIP, the Federation's MS performance is better than Zaku II in all aspects, including the beam rifle with the power of a naval gun mentioned by Major Char in the intelligence, and high-powered energy weapons. The mobility, attack power, and defense power are all better than Zaku II. At the same time, they judged that the armor of these MSs is all Gundamium alloy α, so they judged that the cost of these MSs must be very high and cannot be mass-produced."

"Well, continue."

"This is the analysis result of the technical department on the MS itself. These MSs are certainly better than Zaku II, but they cannot be mass-produced and cannot pose a big threat to us. The real threat lies in the pilots who drive them."

"Pilot?"

"Yes, pilot, you know, the better the performance of the machine, the more it tests the pilot's ability. An ace pilot can bring out 100% or even 200% of the performance of the machine, and then..." In the report, he called up several video records that survived the Middle East front, "... These are the only few video records, Marshal, please take a look."

"Hmm..."

These videos are partly the second squad led by Travis showing the implementation of guerrilla tactics and supporting friendly battlefields, and partly the video records of the first squad, most of which are Yang Hui's No. 1 machine, but others have also appeared.

If the others only surprised Gihren Zabi that the Federation actually had such an excellent MS pilot, then Yang Hui's performance was a shock to Gihren Zabi.

"Who is the pilot of this machine?" Gihren Zabi pointed at Yang Hui's No. 1 machine and asked.

"I don't know. I only know that this MS team belongs to the 12th Independent Technical Unit, which is directly under Rebil. We have the list of researchers of the original [V Project] and [SCV-X Project], but we haven't found the list of pilots yet." The head of the intelligence department answered at the right time.

"Check! The identity of this person must be checked!"

"Yes, sir."

"And then?" Gihren Zabi looked at the head of the staff department again.

"So we have two judgments about this unit: extremely dangerous, but not fatal."

"Well... continue."

"There are two points of extreme danger. One is the combat effectiveness it has shown. Only nine MS can reverse the victory or defeat of the Middle East front, so other fronts are also facing the same threat. Moreover, if it has the opportunity to expand, it will become fatal to us.

And the judgment that it is not fatal... after all, they only have nine MS. Even if we don't have air superiority on Earth now, the transportation of MS on Earth is still a huge problem. With the [Midya] transport plane, we only need to extend the front line and delay their support speed. End the battle before they arrive at the war zone, then they will be useless."

"Tick-tick-tick-tick..." After listening to the answer given by the staff, Gihren Zabi tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers, thinking about the next strategy.

"Tell Kycilia that I want to hear the news of the fall of Odessa within three days."

"Yes."

"And Zeonic, Zmade and MIP, since Zaku II can no longer meet the needs of the battlefield, we can start a new round of MS competition."

"Yes."

"And you." As he said, Gihren Zabi looked at the head of the Intelligence Department with a stern look, "Investigate all the people in this unit for me, and then..."

"Yes!" He knew what to do without saying it clearly. War is dirty, and many times, dirty means are more direct and effective.

"Well..." After thinking for a while, he asked his secretary, "How is the preparation of the second batch of airborne troops?"

"It's ready and can start at any time."

"Order Dozle to immediately launch the second landing operation, targeting the North American continent."

"Yes."

...

On the other side, after the Federation won a comprehensive victory on the Middle East front, Rebil personally went to the Middle East front and attended the celebration banquet. Yang Hui and his team's contribution this time was so great that some people above were planning to have crooked ideas.

Isn't it? As soon as he got off the plane, Rebil heard that Yang Hui almost killed a whole brigade of military police.

"You stinky boy, can't you be more obedient?" Rebil scolded angrily.

"It's not my fault, General Rebil, you can't not fight back, right?"

"But you've gone too far." The military police who came this time didn't actually plan to do anything to Yang Hui and the others, they just took them away temporarily, and then let the people above take the credit and release them.

This kind of termite can be driven away by simply using Rebil's name, but Yang Hui didn't use Rebil's name, and did it himself. Several Gundam Astrays were directly activated, and the Vulcan cannon, beam rifle, Gatling Vulcan cannon, and rocket launcher were aimed at them from a high position, which scared them so much that they almost wet their pants, and they fled in a hurry before Yang Hui raised his hand and fell.

This is really not to scare them. If this group of people don't know what's good for them, Yang Hui will really kill them. There is no need to talk about how notorious the Federal Political Department and the Military Police are.

Therefore, the friendly troops were not frightened by Yang Hui, but applauded.

"This is a problem that you and General Gepu need to worry about. General Rebir, since you haven't done it well, I can only do it for you." Yang Hui shrugged and said.

"Okay, I already know who is behind, and this time I have the opportunity to clean up a group of people."

"That's good, otherwise next time there are such blind people who come to trouble me, I might really do it for you."