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

Like Marco Polo, a computer room can be directly arranged on the battleship to accumulate computing power, and Cynthia was already living in a large computer array that had been installed in the Luna 2 base before the war and took care of scientific research tasks.

However, within the limited space of the MS platform, and considering the computer hardware production level of Luna 2, it is impossible to install and apply the full-scale MS control model controlled by Cynthia in the simulation training of the Federal Space Force.

Therefore, the drone can only be designed to be positioned as a wingman, using a streamlined version of the intelligent control system to focus on combat below the squadron level, while the control of the overall battle situation is left to the nearby manned lead aircraft. Responsible for, or directly under the command of, battleships during fleet air defense operations.

At the same time, 'loyal wingmen' belonging to the same unit will share data through short-range laser communication networking and form an interconnected computing platform with higher computing power for collaborative operations;

Relying on such multi-machine sharing of computing power and saving a lot of repeated action logic operations, the 'Loyal Wingman' can hardly win against a human ace like Major Jung in a one-on-one battle;

But in a 12 vs. 12 MS squadron-scale battle, even if Major Jung is asked to personally select teammates among all the MS pilot candidates for Luna 2, the winning rate will be compared to the "loyal wingmen" who are different and concentric in team combat. Still half of it fell;

The few victories that human pilots have had are mostly in modes with multiple victory objectives, such as defending important base facilities, covering fleets, and controlling strongholds, and using non-unique victory conditions to win.

Although this is related to the fact that Major Jung, who is currently the chief ace of the MS unit of the Federal Space Force, is not good at leading a team, and he rarely actively cooperates with his teammates when attacking;

However, among the Zeon army, there are only a few, such as the "Black Three Stars" team that sank Admiral Ray Bill's ship in the Battle of Hart, who can achieve a relative balance between teamwork and individual skills.

Among the many plans provided by Cynthia, Loyal Wingman was finally adopted to deploy as a 14-aircraft squadron, including a manned squadron leader aircraft and a manned escort aircraft, controlling three unmanned four-aircraft teams for combat.

Lieutenant General Cunningham's current MS troop building policy is to give potential human pilots real-world training and even combat opportunities to screen future 'loyal wingman' squadron commanders;

And when the production quantity of MS on Luna 2 exceeds the number of qualified pilots, there is no need to rush to put it on the shelves and force it to be controlled by a group of rookie pilots who cannot play MS. Instead, they can directly switch to producing drones and match them with a small number of elites. Pilot deployment.

After all, there are more traditional mobile weapons such as the Iron Ball (RB-79), the remaining Swordfish fighter jets, and Republic-style assault boats whose platforms are outdated and not worthy of special unmanned modification and adaptation. They require human pilots. To operate——

Since the full performance of the MS cannot be used, don't let them waste the most expensive MS.

Lieutenant General Cunningham nodded with satisfaction, re-opened the order issued by Admiral Ray Bill, and said in a deep voice:

"General Rebil, your latest move is to go to Europe and prepare for a large-scale offensive on the ground. In this case, we will dispatch three squadrons of MS to form a raiding fleet, and at the same time compare and test the actual combat performance of the 'Loyal Wingman' system. Bar."

Chapter 69: Multiple paths go hand in hand (2)

On October 0079.10.11, Year 3 of the Universe (UC [-]), about a week after the 'partial' remains of Karma Zabi were identified, Side [-], Mainland of the Principality of Zeon.

After the guerrillas of the federal army accidentally shot and killed Kalma Zabi who had parachuted out of a fighter plane, they worried that he was carrying a signal locator, so they burned his body and then found a hidden place to bury it on the spot. , trying to destroy the body and eliminate traces;

However, the Zeon Army successfully extracted the black box from the Kalma plane that crashed further away, restored the fighter's flight path some time before the crash and the time of the pilot's escape, and locked the Kalma's landing on the ground. general area.

Although the federal army's troops behind enemy lines are called guerrillas, they still retain a considerable number of armored vehicles. It is still impossible to operate without leaving traces;

Therefore, less than a day after the joint investigation team from all parties arrived in North America, Zeon was able to basically draw the unfavorable conclusion that the missing Commander-in-Chief Kalma was probably not killed by the federal army.

At this time, because the body had not yet been discovered, the Zeon officers responsible for the investigation were still holding on to some luck. For example, Kalma was forced to hide, or was captured by the Federation Army——

Of course, for some members of the investigation team, Kalma being killed directly was a more favorable outcome than being captured.

While chasing down the federal enemy forces that were breaking into pieces and harassing the Zeon-occupied areas, they were digging deep into the ground to search the locked area of ​​Karma's last activities. In less than three days, Karman was The body was burned beyond recognition, and the charcoal-like remains were dug out by the Zeon army's military dogs.

However, on how to deal with an unexpected incident such as Karma's death, until the federal army officially released the information admitting what they had done, several core members of the Zabi family still could not reach an agreement.

"...Killian, even if it's for your brother, can you let us quietly pray for his blessings?"

After hearing that Karma's death was confirmed through genetic comparison, the already poor mental and physical condition of her husband, Wang Dejin Zabi, deteriorated significantly. In the principality's state affairs meeting in recent days, he even acted as a nominal state minister. The leader’s dignity can no longer be maintained;

Frequent distractions, hanging his head without saying a word throughout the meeting, and even bursting into tears suddenly triggered quite a lot of rumors and discussions within the local government of the Principality of Zeon, which had not yet officially announced the death of Karma.

"Father, after seeing the miserable state of Karma's body, can you still say such a thing? Besides, there are so many families in Zeon who are also experiencing the pain of losing a son, a husband, and a father. This is a good time to show that our Zabi family and the Principality of Zeon are advancing and retreating together, and turning the grief of the people into strength."

Wearing his unique uniform of the Zeon Army Commander-in-Chief with gold patterns on a black background, Kilian's face, as stiff as marble, showed no trace of sadness and gloom over the death of a loved one;

At this time, Dozulu, who usually showed the demeanor of a tough soldier, was a little stooped. Even Kycilia's face, which was half covered by the mask, could not be completely as cold and ruthless as usual.

However, neither of them spoke at this time. They just watched in silence as their husband, Wang Dejin Zabi, glanced at them with slightly expectant eyes, which finally turned into a disappointed sigh.

Kycilia was planning in her mind to transfer all her remaining forces in the mainland, except for a few 'eyes', to the Granada base on the moon controlled by her as soon as possible. It was completely impossible to continue to compete with Kilian on the mainland. Yes.

As for Dozlu, he also thought that the fortressing of the asteroid Solomon had been completed at his current station. He might as well bring his wife and daughter under Solomon's nose for easy care.

Everyone is in tune with the situation. If Prince Dejin can still maintain good health and strive to work for another 30 years, then no matter how much Kilian wants to sideline him, he must keep things right in terms of face. The prince's respect is not enough for Kilian to completely dominate the family.

It was decided under Kilian's arbitrariness to use Kalma's death in battle to carry out war propaganda and at the same time push for the passage of this year's 11th additional defense budget in the Zeon Congress.

……

"We have lost another hero, but does this represent our loss..."

Due to Kilian's customary self-confidence and his habit of publicly broadcasting his speeches and promotional videos throughout the Earth's Moon Circle, Cynthia relied on the Luna 2 that was within the Zeon Army's increasingly difficult to maintain interference blockade. Spy satellites in orbit around the No. 2 intercepted and broadcast the video of Kilian's speech——

Then it was immediately handed over to the propaganda department of the Federal Army as editing material.

On Luna 2, which was basically isolated from the Internet in the world before the outbreak of the war, the officers and soldiers had to find some spiritual entertainment to relieve the pressure besides training and combat. For example, the officers and soldiers could use their own talents. , create some content and share it within the LAN on Luna 2;

The Killian Zabi series of speech videos that are updated more frequently and have fixed characters, plus the fact that Killian, as the commander-in-chief of an enemy country, cannot be vilified too much, has become a group of video editing enthusiasts hidden in the space army. Popular material for making audio and video MAD.

For the command of the Federation Space Force, this would help maintain the morale of the soldiers, reduce the fear of the Zeon army, and at the same time cultivate hatred for the reactionary rule of the Zabi family.

In addition, the content review work can also be handed over to Cynthia, who does not take much time to analyze the video frame by frame, so she just let it go.

As a result, Kilena stood in front of Karma's huge portrait and gave an inspiring (for Zeon citizens) speech, which was presented to the Luna 2 Federation Space Force officers and soldiers in a completely different manner.

'Killian tells Zeon jokes (6): Karma joins in the fun. '

When Lieutenant Wells was carrying a dinner plate and walking past rows of crowded tables, looking for an empty seat, his eyes were unconsciously attracted to the TV screen hanging on the wall of the cafeteria.

There is no other reason. The contrast between the serious-looking Kilian, the military commander of the Zeon army behind the podium, and the sunny smile on the huge portrait of Karma behind him is really unbearable;

As for the logo with Cynthia's little avatar in the lower right corner of the video: 'This video is suspected to be produced with AI synthesis technology, please be careful when identifying', which adds another level to the joke level of this video.

Even the excitement and nervousness in his heart due to the fact that the defendant was selected as a member of the harassment fleet to return to low-Earth orbit during the meeting were somewhat diluted.

As for the composition of this attack fleet, considering that he was cooperating with Admiral Ray Bill, Vice Admiral Cunningham did not hide it; each of the three attack fleets deployed 3 Salamis-class cruisers and 1 Antioch. It consists of Yetan-class aircraft carriers, each equipped with a squadron of Jim E-type aircraft;

Two of them are squadrons composed entirely of elite human pilots (12 aircraft), and one 'loyal wingman' squadron (14 aircraft). The human pilot leader of the drone squadron is Terry Sander, who seems to have been recommended by his colleagues. Lieutenant Si served as Lieutenant.

As for dispatching only the cruiser fleet, it was also considered that there are no Magellan-class battleships under construction on Luna 2. The loss of one ship is one less, which cannot be compensated; and in the subsequent attack on the Zeon Army fortress, The battleship's bombardment ability still has its uses.

"...What [Earth expletive] thing stole a few minutes of my time..."

Although Lieutenant Wells didn't fully understand the point of the smile, looking at the infectious smile on Kalma's portrait, he didn't close his mouth the whole time; when he finally came to his senses, the video had finished playing, and in his hand The heat rolling over the food has also become much thinner.

In the following program, which seems to be a 'highlight' clip from the MS unit's weekly simulated combat training, there are still Cynthia and Marco Polo pointing at the Space Force pilots in the lower left corner of the video... ah no... it's the commentary. evaluate;

Cynthia is responsible for the overall training simulation environment, such as a rain of debris suddenly flying over the field with a relative speed of several kilometers per second, as well as all AI-controlled MSs, and Marco Polo sometimes participates in the training of coordinated operations between MSs and battleships. Responsible for the control of the battleship.

This is also the electronic mustard commonly used by the federal space forces on Luna 2. Lieutenant Wells also thought so, but when the familiar training clip started to play, he immediately felt something bad——

He seemed to see himself appearing in the spotlight.

"...The pilot of No. 017 Jim made continuous maneuvers very smoothly, approaching the enemy aircraft from behind!"

"But he didn't notice that his aircraft had entered the short-range air defense circle of the enemy warship, and he was still facing away from the enemy ship. This was the case without looking at the situational awareness map."

On the screen, Jim E raised his machine gun while moving at high speed and aimed it at the enemy MS in front. Then there was a flash of fire behind the machine body, and a string of close-range anti-artillery shells bit the propulsion backpack behind Jim E like poisonous snakes. ;

At this time, Zaku in front also turned around suddenly, pulled out the thermal ax and slashed it diagonally from Jim's right shoulder, which was out of balance. It cut through Jim's cockpit smoothly like a hot knife cutting butter, and then kicked on Jim's cockpit. Jim pulled out the thermal ax from the motionless remains and flew to the other side.

"Oh, what a pity. It's just a little bit close. At least we can replace the enemy plane."

Cynthia, who was actually responsible for controlling the imaginary enemy Zaku, pretended to be regretful.

"On average, in each training session, as many as 11.4 MS pilots were hit by fire from other directions because they only stared at the enemy in front of them. This should be taken as a warning."

Although the modeled ship actually responsible for controlling the ship was a Musai-class cruiser of the Zeon Army, the anti-aircraft firepower data gave an objective evaluation to Marco Polo, an imaginary enemy battleship on par with the improved Magellan class.

Lieutenant Wells had a slight embarrassment on his face, especially when he heard someone behind him suddenly shout:

"Haha, Wells, you're on the album again!"

"Wha... what's in the collection? Most people don't think they have the chance to get beaten in this level of actual combat simulation!" Lieutenant Wells blushed, and then muttered something in a low voice, "Attract firepower for the team... No Talk about martial arts, carry out sneak attacks... In a one-on-one situation, I can win 1-1" and other strange words;

This corner of the canteen was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After the clips edited from the simulation training, there are also real combat records extracted directly from the actual aircraft for study as the number of Jim E's used by Luna 2 in actual combat has increased recently, but Lieutenant Wells is already embarrassed to stand anymore. Watch it here.

……

"Has Cunningham's mass-produced mobile suit reached a level that can be put into actual combat on a large scale?"

"Yes, Lieutenant General Cunningham, Chief of General Staff Ray Bill, has officially replied that he will dispatch three strike fleets carrying the Luna 2 version of the Jim Squadron to the low-Earth orbit to contain and attack the Zeon army in orbit. fleet."

The limited transport capacity of the Zeon space fleet must be allocated to gliding bombs for orbital bombing, ammunition supply or reinforcements for ground forces, and space combat mobile suits for escort;

If you carry more of one of them, the other two will have to be reduced accordingly. If the attack fleet can allow the Zeon Army to leave some carrying capacity for the escorting space battle MS for each fleet traveling to and from low-Earth orbit, then the Federation Army will The pressure on the ground will be reduced a lot.

"A mobile cruiser fleet hidden in the mist of rice particles to fight with mobile suits? It seems that Cunningham has also learned a lot from the Zeon Army."

"After all, before this year, the Federal Space Force and I had never thought of implementing a break-up war?"

The space army staff officer who was reporting to Admiral Ray Bill shook his head and showed a wry smile; in the past, when the federal space army saw which colonial satellite group was restless, they would directly block their doorsteps with dozens of battleships——

Then, in the name of a ship review or military exercise, the space domain where the transfer orbit is in and out of the colonial satellite group is blocked for three or two days, and the colonial satellite group has to make concessions obediently; who would have imagined such a form of warfare? .

"By the way, Chief of General Staff Ray Bill, Luna 2 also mentioned that the attack fleet dispatched this time also carries additional space GIM prototypes, and will wait for opportunities to airdrop back to Gabu while in low-Earth orbit. Luo headquarters for performance evaluation.”

"That's good. Let the technical department at the headquarters take a good look at what kind of machine Luna 2 can make when it is blocked and has limited supplies."

Rebir's tone was obviously slightly complaining about the mass-produced GM (RGM-79 A) designed and produced at the Gabro headquarters. It is currently being transported, trained, and during the deterrent operations against the mutinous troops a few days ago. The attendance rate of Jim's troops has dropped to almost 80%;

Although Lei Beer agrees that he should not blindly pursue the concept of high precision and suppressing the quality of a single machine, mass-produced products must at least be usable to be considered cost-effective. The reduction of [-]% of the staff before officially entering the battle is really disappointing. It was a little hard for him to accept.

Turning his head, General Rebel looked at the seven huge offensive arrows drawn from west to east on the Eurasian and African continent on the huge combat map behind him, and he was filled with emotion.

Chapter 70: Multiple paths go hand in hand (3)

Operation 'Great Flood' is a comprehensive strategic counter-offensive that the federal army and air force have been planning for more than half a year since the war started on the earth's front.

In the early stages of this war, the Federation Space Force's several rounds of battles caused heavy losses to the Zeon Space Force fleet. Coupled with the surprise nuclear strike on the Zeon mainland, everyone in the upper class of the Principality of Zeon was panicked for a while and demanded Keep enough troops to defend the homeland;

This made the Zeon Army's airborne attack plan on the Earth unconsciously err on the conservative side, setting the target of the most sudden first orbital airdrop operation on the east and west coasts of North America, which is slightly shallower than the Eurasian and African continents;

The target of the second airdrop operation was in South America; although in the early stages of the ground offensive, the mobilization of federal armies in North and South America had not yet been completed, and the combat effectiveness of the small number of standing professional soldiers was also quite worrying due to the prolonged peace. The progress is going very smoothly——

However, when the Zeon army tried to advance from the north and south toward the Federation Army's headquarters, Gabro, which was also an arms production center and shipbuilding base, they immediately encountered firm resistance from the Federation Army.

Or due to problems with the quality and training of the soldiers, in a short period of time, the Gabro headquarters had a large amount of weapons and equipment production capacity, but there were not enough qualified soldiers to display the performance of the weapons and block the advancement of the Zeon army;

They had no choice but to put the unmanned omnimachine corps, which had already undergone some actual combat tests in the North American battlefield, but the project was still in the experimental stage, into the most critical battlefield of the Zeon army's southward march, the Isthmus of Panama, firmly blocking the Zeon army. here.

Regardless of whether Zeon is trying to bypass the Federation's defense line through amphibious landings or airborne rearward attacks, the unmanned omnic corps can ignore the fact that they are flanked and stay firmly on the front line. In the end, it is often the Zeon army's The roundabout troops took the lead in the dense rain forest and ran out of ammunition and food before withdrawing from the battlefield.

In addition, at this time, in East Asia, Eurasia, and Central and Western Europe, there are relatively abundant sources of high-quality soldiers and vast areas where the military industry still has certain reserves. The Federation Army is expanding at a speed that even the Zeon Army's space fleet can reach its full capacity. Orbital bombing cannot completely prevent it;

Zeon had to accept the fact that the two control areas it first opened up on the earth could never open up land connections, but at that time it had reached a point where it had to use the quota of orbital airdrop supplies to other parties.

Oceania, which is isolated overseas and is vast and sparsely populated, and Africa, which has been mobilized, but the personnel and equipment conditions are no different from those without mobilization, will mostly fall into the hands of the Zeon Army, continuing to create a situation where the Zeon Army still has a presence on the earth. In the illusion of victory step by step——

'There are seven continents on the earth. Except for Antarctica, which has only a few neutral polar cities, there are six remaining continents. Our Zeon army has occupied four of them. We are an absolute majority. Big victory, open the champagne! '

However, in the rest of Europe and Asia, the Zeon Army initially relied on the momentum of consecutive victories to barely conquer parts of Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. However, these places are relatively poorly developed on the earth. regions, and there are also many anti-federalists under the banner of religion or nationality;

If they want to break through to the north, they will be in a stalemate with the member states of the Federation of East Asia, Eurasia, and Central and Western Europe, which have expanded their military strength, and it is difficult to break through.

But now, it is the federal army that has gathered enough energy and decided to take the initiative to break the deadlock.

General Rebel looked at the digital map in front of him, pondering, and his eyes swept over the federal army unit logos on the map, which were at the lowest military level;

He recalled in his mind, trying his best to piece together the faces of the generals who commanded these troops, their fighting styles, and their abilities; this was not easy for him, an old man who had transferred to the Space Army 20 years ago.

"TA-31, please help me recall the current status of the units on the map and the resumes of their commanders."

"Okay, Chief of Staff Ray Bill."

When it was not awakened, the Federal Army Tactical Staff AI robot, which stood aside like a doll, suddenly came to life; Admiral Ray Bill's frontline headquarters was also built on a Pangpan-class land battleship, acting as an agent. Human poop is also deployed locally here.

"Starting from the European Theater of Operations closest to you now, the Army Group I deployed on the Iberian Peninsula plans to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and march toward Algeria and Morocco on the west coast of North Africa, and then move south along the Atlantic coastline to regain the West African region."

"I remember their commander was General Leclerc. How would you evaluate this man?"

As the top commander of the four federal armies, General Rebeer is more concerned about the level of commanders who execute each operation than the specific details of the operations, and whether the troops and materials allocated to each theater are reasonable.

'It's hard to evaluate...'

On the Eurasian continent, there is no urgent need for an unmanned intelligent control corps, and they are not very interested in switching to a new combat system during the war, so the agent has not directly contacted General Leclerc.

Of course, the agent can also read to Admiral Ray Bill the officer's personal resume, assessment and evaluation during promotion, and personal honors that she can retrieve directly from the database, but this is obviously not what he wants. .

The agent did a vague search in the accessed federal army archives for a while before giving the answer.

"General Leclerc has submitted three opinions on the military service system and professional reform of the federal army. He opposes the civil service of the military and insists on legislating at the federal level to require all member states to retain service obligations. This may explain his understanding of the significance of the existence of the military. and attitude;”

"In addition, although General Leclerc does not have a record of actual combat command, judging from the war games he commanded when he was in the military academy and his command performance in two joint military exercises in the European theater, his combat style is decisive and tenacious. , good at using points to break the surface in offensive battles..."