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

"Objectively speaking, the Zeon Army will no longer replenish troops and equipment to the Earth Attack Force from now on. Instead, it will begin to gradually withdraw its troops from the surface of the earth. Ground warfare and amphibious MS will also be converted into production. It can be said that the Zeon Army Have you decided to abandon the battlefield on Earth?"

This kind of information can be summarized from Kilian Zabi's public speeches, and it can hardly be regarded as intelligence; but in other respects, the number of launches of the Zeon Army's rockets into orbit observed by the Federation Army, as well as the remaining in Eurasia and Africa. Judging from the movements of Zeon Army troops everywhere, this is no lie.

"It can't be so easy; now that the flood plan has been successful, all the troops executing the plan have reached the point where they have to stop and recuperate to ensure the supply route; and the Zeon army has not yet completely defeated the front army. The establishment is still retreating while resisting..."

Captain Brad called up a map of the battle situation on the earth's surface that had been updated by Admiral Ray Bill. He looked at the area controlled by the two armies interacting with each other and said:

“On both sides of the Red Sea, Zeon’s North African Front Army and European Front Army merged and still maintained considerable combat effectiveness, while the Central Asian Front Army withdrew directly to India, destroying the already poor road and railway construction along the way to prevent our army from advancing; Oceania and North America are still under the control of the Zeon Army."

Although Platinum has intelligence exchanges with the Ogas system of tactical command and positioning of the army affiliated and agents in various places in the background, he is far more aware of the situation on the front line of the Federation Army than Captain Blade;

However, complimenting them in a timely manner and allowing leaders to express their desires are naturally the Ogas system's way of getting along with others.

"For example, Lieutenant General Kruger's department, which fought with our army before, is still compressed by the Zeon army's heavy troops between the urban area on the coastal plain and the mountains slightly deeper inland. Therefore, our army is dealing with the earth. When attacking the remaining Zeon troops, do we still need to be more cautious and use our full strength against them?”

"General Kruger...that's what I mean. I can probably understand the high-ranking officials' idea of ​​a quick victory, but if some issues are dealt with too hastily, it will be counterproductive and even leave endless consequences."

Behind him, the heavy gate with an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters slowly closed again, and the white base drove downwards between the passages, and soon reached the outskirts of the underground city of Gabro, which never saw the light of day.

Amuro, who was looking out curiously, inadvertently noticed the humanoid machine standing in the square not far from the battleship anchorage;

"That...is also a Gundam?"

Chapter 89: Underground Kingdom (2)

In the small underground training ground of Gabro Base, two mobile suits stood facing each other——

From the initial design, this place was not a training ground for high-mobility weapons of the size of mobile suits. The space was closed and there was almost no room for evasion and detours;

Therefore, these two are also mobile suits with federal design features. As soon as the exercise was announced, they directly entered the stage of setting up shields and shooting each other.

From the distant Luna 2, the 'Loyal Wingman' version of Jim E with a sunglasses-type head observer, and the Zephyr Gundam (RX-78EX-PH-1 Zephyr) were developed locally in Gabro from software to hardware. Gundam), conducting a confrontation test between the Federation's MS unmanned control systems.

From the standby state before the start of the exercise to the immediate need to draw the gun and aim and shoot; in this narrow encounter, there is no room for trickery. The competition is entirely about the response speed and accuracy of the body's joint drive——

At this point, Jim E, the resource-saving machine mass-produced by Luna 2, obviously has no ability to compete with the precision-built Gundam. The exercise beam rifle in Jim E's hand had just been raised halfway. Was hit by the Zephyr Gundam that took action first;

But the machines controlled by AI would not show any signs of discouragement. Jim E did not hesitate to throw away the beam rifle that was judged to be destroyed and unusable. He turned sideways, lowered his head, bent over, and raised his shield in one go, blocking the Gundam's firing range. The thruster's output was instantly turned to maximum, and it slammed into the Zephyr Gundam.

The Zephyr Gundam that was fighting against it had no intention of flying a kite-like war of attrition by taking advantage of its advantages in long-range weapons and mobility. Instead, it also dropped its beam rifle and pulled out two beam sabers from its back. Went towards Jim E;

Jim E, who was hiding behind the shield, had already done his best. He held the shield with his left arm, and stretched his right arm to the left side of the shield in a twisted posture. He held the hilt of the beam saber with his backhand and lit up at the moment of contact with the Zephyr Gundam. He raised the beam sword blade and thrust it out from a tricky angle.

However, the Zephyr Gundam's shoulders have uniquely designed movable auxiliary joints, which can directly hang the two shields on it for control, and the left and right mechanical arms can all be used to operate weapons. Even in close combat, the performance is lagging behind. Jim E didn't have much of a chance either.

The beam saber thrust out with the backhand was still blocked by Zephyr Gundam's shoulder shield, while the other shoulder shield blocked directly in front of Zephyr Gundam and collided with Jim E's shield;

Although the timing of charging forward was a little late, Zephyr Gundam still used its faster acceleration ability and body mass to directly knock Jim E away. Then the two beam swords wielded on the left and right immediately reached forward and attacked from a flank. Take the torso part of Jim E.

……

"The fifth confrontational real-machine exercise is over, the winner is Zephyr Gundam."

"Director Fanel, is this kind of exercise really meaningful? The performance gap of the aircraft itself is visible at a glance, right?"

"You know Hammer, this is called winning the first impression, and we have also limited the reactor output of the Gundam, and both sides will default to the same armor material in determining damage. This is of course a fair competition!"

At the back of the observation room on one side, several technicians in white coats were communicating quietly in the corner. The bald researcher who was faintly in the center of the crowd said to the somewhat stunned junior:

"Doing scientific research is not just about working hard. It is also very important to learn how to display your research results to the greatest extent and attract attention and funding from above..."

"Director Faniel, congratulations. It seems that the West Wind System has passed the internal test before being put into actual combat. It is something that can be expected."

The moment he turned his head, Director Fanel's face had already put on a joyful smile, and he hurriedly responded:

"Haha, of course, but I also want to thank... why is it you, agent?"

But when his eyes refocused and he finally realized who was talking to him, his face immediately fell again; standing in front of him was naturally the agent who was the source of the ground warfare branch of the Ogas system.

Although the source code of the Ogas system, which was airdropped by the Federal Space Force and handed over to the headquarters for evaluation after the Battle of Hart, is still locked in the confidential computer room of the Fanel Automation Control Research Institute, there are actually copies in various places , in the name of different projects, they have already been put into large-scale applications;

As the first technician at the federal headquarters to come into contact with the Ogas system, Director Fanel certainly knew this; but because of his peers and the tacit understanding between various academic circles and scientific research factions, he also It is impossible to openly expose these guys who are engaged in OEM machines and discuss this issue.

However, in the eyes of Director Fanel, the situation seems to be controllable; as a rear developer, he wonders how many projects have secretly 'borrowed' the Ogas system as a new research and application direction. The actual situation is not very clear.

Director Fanel is currently concentrating on continuing to work on the artificial intelligence, the West Wind System, which was already a project for him before the Ogas system was born.

As for deciphering Dr. Parson's legacy and the secrets of the Ogas system, Director Fanel has already given up long ago; in his own words:

'Rather than asking me to try to understand and understand a [Earth expletive] shit mountain code without any comments, it would be faster for me to start a new project to achieve the same function. '

"Of course I'm here to express my sincere congratulations to you. I have no other intention than that. I'm very sorry if this has caused you any misunderstanding or displeasure."

"If you could say something like, 'Jie Jie, this child's future is limitless and must be nipped in the bud immediately,' I might be happier."

Director Fanier said angrily.

'Does worry threaten me? '

The agent was processing the data just observed on the exercise ground in the background. The control system of the Zephyr Gundam was indeed developed by Director Fanel himself. In terms of performance, it must have exceeded the average level of federal human pilots. no problem;

However, due to different development routes, the Zephyr Gundam directly installs the system locally on the high-performance learning computer inside the body. Until now, the function is still limited to driving mobile suits for combat.

Although the 'Loyal Wingman' system offers a 'one-on-one' approach, even a skilled human pilot has a chance of defeating it, but it relies on the ability to coordinate squadron-sized team operations and rely on networking to share computing resources to improve operational levels. In terms of practicality, it has already surpassed the Zephyr Gundam, which still only has one machine.

However, it is precisely because it is derived from the Ogas system and has been extended to applications in various fields that it has shown great potential. The West Wind system project directed by Fanel has never been abolished, and it can be considered a success until now. achieved some results;

After all, even if the Ogas system is now open source (but no one can understand it) and is publicly owned (the Federal Army entrusted Dr. Parson to participate in the development, so it is naturally regarded as an asset of the military), it is very attractive, but we still have to avoid letting one company dominate it. , to prevent unpredictable risks contained in the source code that no one understands yet.

"'Jie Jie...' may be a gag originating from online novels [Autonomous Regulation]. It is mostly used to express the villain's surprise at the protagonist's abilities in the plot. Maybe I didn't understand the meaning correctly, but now I can't determine what you mean in this context."

The humanoid body used by the agent did not have the function of controlling facial expressions. Therefore, in Director Fanel's eyes, the preset smile on the agent's face never changed; however, the more he looked at it, the more it seemed to be permeable, and it was obvious that It had been his idea to have agents control the entity's humanoid body.

It was precisely because of his professionalism that he understood how unimaginable it was for Dr. Parson to complete an artificial intelligence model with such performance without any trace;

Even the Zephyr system he took the lead in developing is due to the team he led, the cooperation of dozens of industry leaders from the fields of mathematics, computers, automation, etc., coupled with the super-powered system used by the scientific research department at the Gabro headquarters. A series of hardware facilities such as computers;

How could such a complex project be built by a genius on his personal computer in his spare time after get off work?For Director Fanel, this must be regarded as 'all possibilities that have been eliminated', and the last remaining possibility is definitely not this possibility.

If the Ogas system frequently had bugs and talked serious nonsense about the database, then Director Fanel would not be surprised. However, the opposite is true.

"...Forget it, pretend I didn't say it, thank you for your congratulations; regarding Jim E who developed the Luna 2 base of the Space Force, I saw that the development report of the 'Loyal Wingman' system said that the Ogas system was assisted and participated. Do you know the process?"

"I have no experience in scientific research applications, and the development report you mentioned is not in my database."

The agent did not hesitate, and the time for thinking was insignificant for humans, so he responded naturally; Director Fanel had no reason to doubt, so he turned his head, his eyes swept over the faces of the researchers who were following him one by one, and said in a deep voice:

"That's it - I think their algorithm for optimizing multi-body coordination strategies is quite interesting. The control model of the West Wind system is also based on the same set of operating databases. Which of you should take a good look and learn from it?"

The more he tests the agent, the more the scientific concepts in his heart are challenged. Now Director Fanel seems to no longer want to deal with the agent, and is devoted to his work out of sight and out of mind. .

……

"Is this the strength of the MS pilots at the Federation Army Headquarters?"

It seemed that because he was also flying a Gundam model, Amuro in the bridge of the White Base inexplicably became a little bit concerned about winning and losing, and began to deduce in his mind, what if he was facing the Zephyr Gundam just now? What he should do is what he would do.

But before Amuro could think about it carefully, Shirogane's voice woke him up from his thoughts;

"Sergeant Amuro, I'm sorry to disturb you. I just received a request for information about the physical examination items from the First General Hospital of the Federal Space Force. It is determined that it must be conveyed to you now."

"Ah...it's okay, I'm just a little distracted. Is it...a physical examination to test new humans?"

Amuro shook his head, recalling the frank words of the white-bearded old general, and motioned for Shirogane to continue. Of course, Shirogane was also very interested in the physical examination data of Amuro, who could be said to be a new human without a doubt, but it must be like this The thing must be a secret in the federal army——

Even Amuro himself may not be informed, and the agent has not been involved in the medical department. What should we do?

'This is the situation, please 'locals' think of a solution. '

'The medical examination data of Amuro and other members of the White Base crew?Got it, I'll pay attention if I get the chance. '

Platinum decisively transferred the task requirements to an agent who was more likely to complete it and was more suitable.

"There is no explanation about the issue of 'new humans', but it is also mentioned that there will be many items involved. Some of them include the need to be unable to eat and drink, and some require excretion and excretion samples for testing. Please pay attention in advance. ."

"I see, it sounds a bit troublesome...will Captain Brad come along?"

"Captain Brad has already undergone a physical examination when he enlisted in the Space Force. This time he will undergo some additional examination items. The total number of examination items will definitely be less than that of Sergeant Amuro."

In the background, Bai Jin quickly read the notices sent by the relevant parties at Gabro's headquarters. Although it mentioned a lot of precautions, the specific test items were not listed. He could only infer the departments involved from the precautions.

In general, the current Federation Army only knows from intelligence that the Zeon Army does not seem to only promote the 'New Humans' as a political symbol, but has specifically established relevant research institutions to explore the 'New Humans'. Human beings' military application, so they also followed up on the research;

However, the Federation knows nothing about which physical data can accurately distinguish between 'new' and 'old', or whether there is such a test data with enough distinction, so it is highly suspected that it is consistent with Zeon's new The arrival of Amuro, the definition of humankind, has been long awaited.

……

"Okay, let's take a look. This is the examination report from the Neurology Department. This is from the Internal Medicine Department. This is... from the 'Super Power Detection' Department. Do we still have this department?"

"It's a temporary transfer. It's really mysterious. It's telepathy and telekinesis. Is the concept of new humans really reliable?"

"Don't say a few words. Someone above is paying great attention to this. Let's see if there is anything unusual about those data. Let's discuss them one by one. Let's start with this -"

The doctors and researchers gathered around the conference table stared at the screens in front of them, scanning the test data one by one;

"——Why are there still anorectal examinations... It is recommended to strengthen publicity and education for specific military units (such as MS pilots, battleship operators, etc.) on avoiding sitting and lying down for long periods of time and preventing hemorrhoids?"

Chapter 90: Underground Kingdom (3)

"I can now call you Second Lieutenant Amuro. Congratulations on your promotion."

"Don't make fun of me, Miss Platinum. After so many battles and so many sacrifices, it's just a change of epaulettes; is this really that attractive?"

After the commendation ceremony, Amuro rubbed his slightly red left cheek with one hand, adjusted the headphones with the other hand, and said unhappily;

At the commendation ceremony just now, he had some minor conflicts with the officers from the Gabro headquarters who came to honor the members of the White Base.

"This is a temporary promotion from sergeant to second lieutenant. Counting the threshold from non-commissioned officer to officer, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is promoted to three levels in a row. This is the lifelong goal of many professional soldiers, Amuro. second lieutenant."

After all, this is the headquarters of the Federation Army. It is definitely impossible to borrow the base's broadcast system at will. Therefore, considering the unexpected situations that the White Base will encounter along the way, it is difficult to say that even in a friendly base. You can relax your vigilance;

In the current situation where almost all personnel are leaving the ship, Captain Blade still asked Platinum to apply for access to the internal communication channel of Gabro Base, and then maintain contact with each member through wireless headsets.

"Of course I know. My father was also very happy when he got the rank of technical lieutenant. But for example, the Major Weiss who awarded me the medal looked like him. He hadn't even held a gun for a few days. , let alone going to the battlefield.”

Amuro shook his head. Although he didn't have much desire to climb up the ranks in the military, after all, for Amuro, no military rank would affect his position in the cockpit of the Gundam during battle. This is what he does best;

But when I think about a guy like that, who can't see any effort or contribution to the war, yet he can stand in a position of superiority and dominate;

But in this war, a lot of soldiers were sacrificed and a lot of soldiers were lost. They didn't even get a little basic respect here at the headquarters, and the lessons learned through bloodshed were treated casually.Amuro was really angry.

'It seems that he met the bureaucrats at the Gabro headquarters. Most of the federal army officers that Amuro had contact with before, regardless of their high or low positions, were commanders on the front line. Their temperaments are somewhat different from those in the Gabro underground base. Woolen cloth. '

In the background, Bai Jin conducted a vague search based on Amuro's description through the agent's authority in the archives;

A major is not a big shot here at Gabro Headquarters, let alone——

'After the search is completed, the similarity exceeds the threshold, and the search result is judged to be valid. As an orderly of a certain general, he took advantage of the outbreak of the war and the federal military expansion, and was promoted along with the chickens and dogs, right? '

Due to the sudden outbreak of the war, and the scale of the war being unprecedented in the Federation, the current establishment of the entire Federation Army and the situation of its officers are also in a mess:

Like here at the Gabro headquarters, there are naturally many generals in various departments, offices, and committees, but few are willing to go to the front line; and many hastily formed troops on the front line cannot find officers who can match their military positions. A captain leads a regiment, and a major leads a brigade. This situation is not uncommon——

However, Brad, who previously served as captain with the rank of second lieutenant, is still a relatively extreme example.

As for the person who awarded the honor to the members of the White Base, although it was obvious at a glance that he was not from a serious military academy, and as an orderly, he should also know the warmth and warmth of people, but perhaps because of this, he seemed particularly domineering towards lower-level officers and soldiers.

"I'm sorry, I'm not at the scene and may not be able to grasp the situation; but Lieutenant Amuro, the communication channel used here is the Gabro Base's communication channel, not the White Base's in-ship communication. Please pay attention to your wording."

"Miss Platinum..."

The laid-back headquarters officers will not specifically monitor the communications of a newly promoted second lieutenant, which is insignificant to them in real time; this kind of work is now handed over to agents, who automatically monitor the communications and identify those who disturb the morale of the army. , or remarks that are unfavorable to the federal military system;

Of course, the agent does not need to take the initiative to call the police. After all, there will be people complaining at the Gabro headquarters, but it is impossible to change the recorded data without leaving traces, and Amuro's influence may not be limited to this. , Is it possible that in the future someone will dig through old accounts and collect these records specifically to make a fuss out of this?

Amuro rolled his eyes, but immediately changed the topic as soon as he opened his mouth:

"...Does Miss Platinum want to favor me? Can I just say whatever I want on the White Base?"

"It's just a reminder. On the White Base, the battleship commander Captain Brad will naturally make the final judgment, but it's hard to say here; for me, principles are something that must be followed."

'Although the principle can be very simple, when applied to specific situations, there is still a lot of room for processing; and when the situation is complicated to a certain extent, it is no longer consistent with what ordinary people think, simple and clear' Rules have nothing to do with it. '

Bai Jin was thinking in the background. She still relied on big data and various models to analyze the information collected by the sensors and speculate on human psychological activities. Complete spiritual communication was still not possible;

Now it is difficult for Shirogane to accurately guess Amuro's intentions based on sound signals alone.

"If we want to talk about bias, preventing violations from happening, can we say that we are showing favoritism to those who have attempted violations?"

"Haha, what a cunning statement, Miss Platinum. Isn't it my fault that I have become Captain Brad? How should I put it? Is it my fault for not being strict with my subordinates?"

Amuro also knew that the situation on the White Base was not the norm in the Federation Army.