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

Lieutenant General Kruger took some water, swallowed the medicine, and took a deep breath. Although the seasickness medicine may not take effect so quickly, veterans like Lieutenant General Kruger are very good at using various means to deceive themselves. body sense——

I took the medicine, so I should be fine, and my physical condition will no longer affect my command of the battle.

"From the perspective of route planning, it is indeed a more risky choice, but it is also necessary to avoid the observation posts set up by the Zeon army along the coastline."

"Well... even I am like this. I am now a little worried about the ordinary soldiers and agents loaded on the smaller hovercraft. How long will it be before the regular pre-war meeting? An item will be added to the meeting agenda to confirm the physical and mental status of the soldiers."

Lieutenant General Kruger's face turned slightly rosy, he raised his head and said.

In this huge fleet, in addition to the three Pangpan-class battleships and one Chongcha-class battleship belonging to the Army alone, there are as many as twenty medium-sized armored hovercrafts that can sail independently, carrying two Army units. A heavy armored division is preparing to land directly on the beach with the Marine Corps.

On the following dozens of 6-ton ro-ro transport ships, there are also six divisions of the Army, waiting for the vanguard to seize the port of Seattle before loading and unloading at the port to further consolidate the position.

Of course, the good boys of the Marine Corps don't have to worry, but the physical condition of the Army soldiers commanded by Lieutenant General Kruger still needs to be confirmed.

"Understood, Lieutenant General Kruger, the army leaders to whom each ship belongs have been notified."

The agent lowered his head and swiped a few times on the tablet in his hand to show off——

In fact, she doesn't need to input control signals in such a way at all, but working in a way that humans can perceive has been shown in practice to help make humans more clearly aware of her 'contribution'.

"Um--"

Lieutenant General Kruger was lost in thought. He was still thinking about his battle plan over and over in his mind, scrutinizing every possible error in the process, diverting his attention and suppressing the nausea of ​​seasickness. When he felt this, the agent interrupted his thoughts with a voice;

"Vice Admiral Kruger, the flagship of the naval escort formation, the amphibious assault ship Tripoli sent a communication request."

This operation is a joint operation of multiple federal services, but the absolute command authority has never been finalized. Now it is only controlled by the top commanders of each service forming a joint command.

"...Give me 5 seconds before answering."

Lieutenant General Kruger felt a swelling in his temples, and waved to the agent as if he had a headache. He took another sip of water, suppressed the protest of his rumbling stomach, straightened the collar of his uniform, and straightened it. Only then did he face the communication video camera;

"Hey, General Kruger, you look good today. I hope you had a wonderful day on the sunny Eastern Pacific."

The communication screen popped up, and the seemingly benign face of Federal Navy Vice Admiral Flatley appeared on the screen.

"...Is there anything important in this communication?"

Lieutenant General Kruger looked away. He knew that the people in the Navy were unhappy with him, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, not all the problems were his own. For example, the 'land battleship' under his feet— —

Including the Pangpan-class and Chongcha-class, as well as other smaller models, these air-cushion ground battleships, which are used on both land and sea, are all owned by the Federation Army.

As for the Federation Navy, facing Zeon's submarine fleet whose main purpose is to break diplomatic relations, it does not have a strong and urgent need, coupled with the long shipbuilding time, the slow formation of the fleet's combat effectiveness, and the impact on the coast caused by the fall of the colonial satellite. damage to the area;

The budget spent on building ships this year is probably not as good as that of the Federation Army, let alone the Federation Space Force.

Thinking about it this way, it is not impossible to understand the awkwardness felt by Lieutenant General Kruger in the Federation Navy when he saw these ugly hovercrafts belonging to the Army mixed in his own fleet.

"Humph--"

Seeing that Lieutenant General Kruger did not answer, Vice Admiral Flatley snorted slightly dissatisfied, but returned to the topic, held up a report and said:

"——I saw the intelligence that was just shared today. Can the analysis of the containment and force dispersion effects of our guerrilla forces behind enemy lines and the deployment of the Zeon Army be confirmed?"

Lieutenant General Flatley shook the report in his hand. On the page opened above, several lines were highlighted with a highlighter:

'... It is judged that in the near future, the Zeon Army has at least two Gau-class aircraft carriers deployed on the west coast of North America damaged/destroyed. At the same time, two additional Gau-class aircraft carriers will be tied up in other missions, which means that The Zeon Army's air mobility on the west coast will be greatly weakened...'

"The guerrillas behind enemy lines...can they take down four Gau-class aircraft carriers? Your army's intelligence...is it true?" Lieutenant General Flatley's face was filled with doubt.

If a Gawu-class aircraft carrier is configured for full air control and does not carry Zaku and bombing ammunition, it can accommodate at least 24 Dopp fighter jets. For this type, it only has an amphibious assault ship, not a regular aircraft carrier, to provide air cover. It is still quite threatening to the landing fleet.

'The Zeon Army suddenly lost four Galu-class aircraft carriers that can be used. This is undoubtedly great news for the Federation's landing operation, but the premise is that this report is true. '

Lieutenant General Flatley thought in his mind.

As a member of the Union Navy's proud Atlantic Fleet, he obviously had some grudges against his colleagues in the Army;

Budget issues aside, the defeat of the Union Army in North America caused the surviving Union Navy Atlantic Fleet to be defeated and had to evacuate. After traveling around the world for a week, it returned to Alaska. This area also It is considered as the former territory of the country.

And what he met happened to be the figure who was the culprit in the hearts of the North American naval fleet, Kruger——

The incompetent man who lost the Battle of California in one night;

The long-distance running general who escaped all the way from Los Angeles to Anchorage.

'Such outrageous information, if it is wrong and we assume it is true to formulate a plan, then something went wrong with the hundreds of thousands of troops floating on the sea, which is not what you and I can afford...'

"Oh, you said this information... I was also surprised after reading it; but I can guarantee on my personal reputation that Lieutenant Colonel Frederick who submitted this information is not a person who talks nonsense."

Seeing that even though Flatley was unforgiving in words, he still paid attention to practical matters in the end, Lieutenant General Kruger was secretly relieved in his heart;

However, he himself did have some doubts about this information; he still knew the limits of the guerrillas' capabilities behind enemy lines, and they alone should not be able to reach this level, but -

"Besides, you have also seen the troops directly under General Rebel mentioned in the report."

"You said...'White Base'?"

Lieutenant General Flatley lowered his head and flipped through the report in his hand several times;

But before he could find it, the agent had already projected several pages behind Lieutenant General Kruger, displaying all the information about the White Base extracted from the report, as well as several pictures of the White Base No. photo.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's it..."

Lieutenant General Flatley saw that the information he needed had appeared on the communication screen, and simply put down the report in his hand; although he did not see the appearance of the agent in the video, it did not affect his unceremonious Command her.

"...Enlarge this photo, with the bridge as the center, and here, the troop insignia on the side of the hull. Yes, Kruger, your staff skills are quite good; now I can only see that this battleship is It belongs to the Federal Space Force, and as for General Ray Bill..."

Speaking of the current Chief of Staff of the Federal Army, Lieutenant General Flatley, although he still couldn't hide the resentment in his brows, at least said he was respectful;

"...Your Excellency, I know that he approved this plan, but did you say that he would mobilize his own troops to assist?"

Lieutenant General Flatley clicked on the table. This plan to land in Seattle from the sea is far from the highest priority operation for the federal army at present;

Now General Rebeer has personally rushed to Europe for dispatch. The specific location is kept secret, but it can also be seen that the full-scale counterattack on the Asian, European and African continents is currently the top priority of the federal army and air force;

As for the Navy, not one of the six large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle groups still floating in the Pacific Ocean has been assigned here. This shows the attitude of the Federal Navy towards this operation.

"I'm not sure either. I've already reported the issue about this battleship and haven't received a reply yet. But in any case, this battleship is extremely powerful and it also carries a newly developed mobile suit by our army. In this way Disrupting the Zeon army’s troop deployment should be convincing, right?”

Chapter 49: Taking Advantage of the Trend (End)

"A newly developed mobile suit..."

Lieutenant General Flatley narrowed his eyes, touched his mustache, and felt many emotions for a while.

Since the Zeon Army officially declared war, the Federation Navy has naturally suffered many impacts. Needless to say, the fragments of colonial satellites falling into the ocean caused a tsunami;

In addition, although sonar is the main detection method in the water, it is not affected by interference from nanoparticles. The various amphibious MS deployed by the Zeon army later still posed a great challenge to the existing weapons and equipment system of the Federation Navy.

The various amphibious MSs of the Zeon Army are also based on miniaturized nuclear fusion reactors to provide energy, but rely on liquid cooling and often have higher output power than land or space MSs, enough to support the Mega Particle Cannon. use;

At the same time, most of the thermonuclear waterjet propulsion is used, that is, the reactor is used to directly heat seawater into high-pressure steam and spray it backward to obtain forward propulsion power. In this way, the Zeon army's underwater MS can often reach more than 100 knots. of high speed;

And this also uses vector nozzle technology on a large scale, so the amphibious MS is more flexible than the propeller + rudder maneuver of a traditional ship, and it is not difficult to perform actions such as turning around on the spot.

In the Federation Navy, whose technology and tactics have stagnated or even regressed for decades because it could not find a suitable imaginary enemy, it is obvious that there is no equipment with similar positioning, and there are no weapons that can effectively counter the mobile suits in the water. Very passive at times.

Obviously, it is different from the traditional submarine's positioning as a hidden hunter. When sailing at full speed, the noise made by Zeon's underwater mobile suit can be called a gong, and it is extremely conspicuous on the sonar screen——

However, traditional sound-guided torpedoes, or torpedo-based anti-submarine missiles and other weapons can even be easily carried away by the underwater MS of the Zeon army, not to mention slower-acting, shorter-range depth bombs or anti-submarine rockets. .

Even if the Federal Navy comes up with supercavitating torpedoes that have been kept in storage for many years due to their high price and difficulty in maintenance, they still have many problems such as difficulty in guidance.

"...So, General Kruger, you are positive about this information?"

"you can say it this way."

Lieutenant General Kruger nodded. He could sense that Lieutenant General Flatley wanted to shirk responsibility at this time, but he still believed in his own judgment.

"Then the naval escort formation will use this as a basis to provide corresponding air cover and fire support. No problem, right?"

"It's impossible."

If they were to land on the beach, the navy's two marine divisions, plus a naval infantry brigade reinforced by the Eurasia Military District, would definitely be the first wave to land, and there was no need for Flatley to trick his own people.

And Lieutenant General Kruger has his own confidence——

Among the current huge landing fleet, the most eye-catching 'battleships' in appearance are equipped with multiple heavy triple main guns, but they all belong to the army; when the time comes for fleet fire support, whoever asks for it will not get it. That’s easy to say.

……

October 0079.10.5, Seventy-Nine Years of the Universe (UC [-]), North America, Washington State, Zeon Army Seattle Base Command; a communications officer walked hurriedly into the brightly lit war situation processing center.

"Commander Bock, the No. 433 Rugen reconnaissance aircraft of the Coastal Defense Intelligence Squadron has lost contact for more than 30 minutes, exceeding the upper limit of our timing contact error."

"The reconnaissance plane lost contact? Show me."

Wearing the shawl of the Major General of the Principality of Zeon with gorgeous golden embroidery, the tall and straight Commander Bock took the report from the communications officer.While flipping through the pages he asked:

"Contact was lost at this time. Is this reconnaissance plane not on a routine patrol mission?"

"Report to Commander, no, this is an additional reconnaissance sortie sent after we received intelligence from space yesterday about the movement of a suspected abnormal meter particle interference area in the Eastern Pacific."

Major General Bock frowned subconsciously and clamped the unilateral glasses stuck in the socket of his right eye, a trace of uneasiness welling up in his heart.

"Where was the last position before contact was lost? If it was a crash, have you guessed the possible range?"

"Here, please take a look at page 3..."

The communications officer stepped forward and pointed to a map marking the possible crash area on the report. He picked up the footer of the page, turned to another page, and pointed to another map based on the changes in particle interference concentration in recent days. ;

"...and here, on page 5, the Ruggen reconnaissance plane lost contact near the area of ​​a rice particle cluster that was moving towards the coast today. It was about less than 200 kilometers away from the coastline. "

Since rice particles are difficult to degrade naturally once they are dispersed, even if they will gradually dilute within a certain range, the total amount of rice particles on the earth's surface has only increased in the more than half a year since the outbreak of the war;

Therefore, it would be too arbitrary to determine that the enemy is approaching based on the presence of rice particle interference, but if combined with intelligence from other directions——

The commander of the Seattle Garrison Division, Major General Bock, was silently calculating in his heart;

What just happened two days ago, the disappearance of Karma, the commander-in-chief of the Zeon Earth Attack Force and the commander of the North American Theater, and the direct son of the Zabi family, has obviously caused panic among the Zeon officers in the North American Theater;

Especially after I heard that Commander Kilian's personal guard officers, as well as the commander of the Mobile Assault Army, and Kycilia's intelligence department were involved in the investigation of Karma's disappearance, the Zeon officers who would be involved were even more concerned. People are in danger.

As for the Seattle base, a Gau-class aircraft carrier and an armored grenadier wing in combat readiness have just been transferred to participate in the search for Kalma and the suppression of surrounding federal guerrillas. Work.

'If the Federation launches an attack, this is indeed a good time; however, the nearest Federation military base here is more than 3000 kilometers away. Even if the Federation immediately learned of the incident at that time, it would be able to prepare for dispatch now. Even if it is efficient...'

Major General Bock immediately refuted himself. If you want to counterattack from Alaska, which is still controlled by the Federation Army, to Seattle, you will have to cross thousands of kilometers of highways, and there will be Zeon troops stationed along the way. It is obviously impossible;

Then the Federation's only choice would be an amphibious landing combined with airborne landing, but the preparation time for such an operation would definitely take more than three to five days. If it wanted to take advantage of the disappearance of Commander-in-Chief Kalma, it would be too late.

What's more, the Zeon Army has also received highly authentic information, that is, the Federation Navy is gathering all their combat power in the Pacific, intending to take back the crossroads in the Pacific, Hawaii Island, in one fell swoop.

'Even the Federation would not launch amphibious operations in two places at the same time... right? '

Thinking this way, Major General Bock became less confident again; with the federation's manpower and material resources, it was not impossible to fight on multiple fronts and achieve several effects.

Major General Bock closed the report, raised his head and said to the communications officer:

"Well... I understand. Raise the alert level, continue to dispatch Ruggen reconnaissance aircraft, and add Dopp fighter escorts to escort. We must confirm what happened over there..."

But before Major General Bock could finish speaking, in the war situation hall behind him, an operator suddenly stood up and reported:

"Commander Bock, there is an emergency contact... using the first-level confidential line of the Special Joint Investigation Headquarters."

"what?!"

Major General Bock was surprised. This investigation headquarters was established to search and rescue Kalma, and also to review the responsibilities of relevant personnel. The members inside were a mixed bag:

Representatives of the Commander-in-Chief’s Guards who have just arrived from the mainland;

Inspector of the Zabi family royal guard;

The staff officer of the Space Attack Force who hurriedly burst into the atmosphere from low-Earth orbit;

As well as the person in charge who was transferred from the Zeon Marine Intelligence Force and the Resource Development Corps and represented Kycilia's will; it can be said that none of them are existences that ordinary Zeon officers can afford to offend.

Major General Bock's mind was suddenly filled with trivial matters such as the overt and covert fights between several members of the Zabi family and how to take sides. He had to turn around and walk to the dedicated confidential liaison room.

Before entering the confidential liaison room, the worried Major General Bock at least remembered to emphasize to the adjutant beside him:

"In short, let the troops of the Seattle Guard Division be on alert first, and I will report the rest after I have dealt with the investigation."

"Yes, Commander Bock, but now our division's combat power has been diverted a lot. Can you..."

"I know it too, but now the search for Commander-in-Chief Kalmar is the top priority in the North American theater. If reinforcements are needed based on the existing intelligence alone, the people investigating the headquarters might think that I am deliberately pushing the envelope... Forget it, there is You can report new investigation reports to me at any time."

Major General Bock waved his hand helplessly, and then entered the confidential communications room alone.

……

"Wait, are you still going to draw troops from me?"

As soon as the confidential communication with the Investigation Headquarters was connected, Major General Bock was stunned by the words of the bespectacled and feminine-faced Zeon Marine Intelligence Corps commander on the other side of the screen.