Chapter Twenty-Seven: Danger Lurks
If Awa-Ker was still secretive when he shot twice at the "Edge of the World" and WG1 before, then this time in NF-01 has completely torn his face. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Mobile Suit WS is currently a very famous mobile suit, as long as Fengyu fights, unless he can wipe out all the enemies, he can't hide it from anyone at all.
In this way, it is tantamount to declaring war directly on NO. It's just that for Awa-ker, even if they don't take the initiative, it is impossible for NO to coexist peacefully with them. In the aftermath of the submarine base incident, the two organizations are already a life-and-death situation.
Combined with the recent attacks on civilian spacecraft and facilities by both sides, Awa-Ker won three of the five total encounters, snatched the MS-102 prototype and the third-generation jump engine, and destroyed the industrial and mining industry chain in the NF-01 star field, the birthplace of the NO organization. Looking at the problem from a pragmatic point of view, Awa-ker has taken a big advantage.
And the NO side won one game and won one miserably, and it looks like it should be a loss. But from a strategic point of view, the real loser is Awa-ker.
The attack on the submarine headquarters, which resulted in the deaths of two directors, has led to a significant suspension of transactional work within the organization, and it will take a long time to reorganize these relationships. Just five months after the attack, Awa-Ker's headquarters are now located in the New African Galaxy, and the work of the Ministry of Security and Logistics is still not fully on track.
In addition, Awa-Ker's signboard RSWB also suffered a huge loss due to this incident. Originally, in the eyes of various countries, this was a non-governmental organization engaged in prospecting and mining, and because of its idea of resource sharing, its reputation was quite good. But an organization with a good reputation has a grudge against others, and has asked them to send troops to invade Earth and destroy its headquarters at any cost.
The intelligence ministries of various countries are not stupid, and immediately realized that the RSWB, a so-called resource-sharing organization without borders, is not as simple as it seems. Except for the Earth Federation, as one of the victims of the incident, which took drastic measures and directly deprived the RSWB of its prospecting rights in the galaxy, the rest of the countries also began to investigate this organization.
Of course, RSWB is not pure, so once it is investigated, it is bound to expose a lot of problems. At the same time, some of the Awa-KER peripheral industries closely related to the RSWB will also be exposed, and since then they have become the focus of attention of various countries, which in turn will affect the financial benefits of the organization.
On the other hand, although this organization has suffered losses three times and twice, these attacks by Awa-ker were not carried out under the nose of the public, so they did not cause any collateral adverse effects. Those who don't know still don't know, and those who pretend not to know can still pretend not to know.
And although the military industrial base and research on the "edge of the world" have been destroyed, the core framework of NO has not been shaken in the slightest, and as long as top military industrial consortia such as Xia's Seiko are still there, their military scientific research and production forces will not decline because of this. The impact is only on the progress of the launch of the fourth-generation Mobile Suit.
Therefore, Awa-ker's cause of rebelling against no is not easy, and the road ahead is still bleak, and the slightest mistake may be a catastrophe.
Based on this situation, Chairman Edward asked Fengyu to return to the headquarters after the war before the departure of the "pirate" fleet to report on the situation of the battle, which can be regarded as a debriefing.
After the fleet destroyed many of NF-01's space cities, Fengyu temporarily parted ways with it and returned to headquarters aboard the "Tropical High Pressure". The "pirate" fleet, led by Groningen, went to the stronghold prepared for Awa-ker to rest, waiting for Fengyu to come and rendezvous, and arrange the next operation.
It took only four days to get to the Awa-Ker headquarters, which is less than 10 light-years away from NF-01, with a speed of 800 times the speed of light equipped with a third-generation jump engine, and if the wind moves quickly, it may be able to reach the base at the same time as the "pirate" fleet.
By the time he returned to headquarters, most of the directors had already left and returned to their respective positions, with only Chairman Edward and the new Director Clegg still there. By this time, Clegg had succeeded the late Logistics Minister Anderson, in charge of logistics and research. However, he is still a scientific researcher at heart, and he has no opinions on military affairs, so he does not participate in the conversation between Fengyu and Edward.
After listening to Fengyu's report, Edward's face was solemn, "So you met that ace pilot known as the 'Javelin Thrower'. If NO would have placed him in NF-01, it would have more ace pilots. Even if it's just a retired ace, it's still not easy to do when it reaches a certain base. ”
"Yes, although I am strong enough to beat most of the retired aces now, it is indeed a problem that I am alone and lacking skills." Feng Yu is not arrogant because he has defeated the four aces, and he understands the truth that two fists are invincible to four hands.
"Leaving aside the low-combat convoys, we actually only have a regular fleet of 'pirates' at present, and the strength is less than one-third of the regular fleets of various countries. Even if, as you said, the Awakened pilots have an overwhelming advantage over ordinary pilots, the number is still too small. My concern now is the security of Headquarters. ”
"Security at headquarters?" Feng Yu asked puzzled. Awa-Ker had just secretly moved to the New African System, and even most of the members of the organization didn't know about it, so I shouldn't have been able to touch it so quickly.
"Yes. NF-01 is an M8-type stellar field that is nearly invisible in the universe, and can only be discovered by nearby star fields. And we seem to have made a mistake, attacking NF-01 will only reveal that we have an adjacent stronghold in the Quarantine Zone, and I believe that NO will not be able to detect it. Edward said as he clicked on the sky map of the area, marking the location of the headquarters and NF-01.
It is clear from the map that there are very few star fields adjacent to NF-01 that are large enough to spot it, only a dozen or so. As long as you send a reconnaissance ship to walk around these star fields, you will soon find this stronghold of Awa-ker. Even if they didn't realize that this was the new headquarters, and for the purpose of revenge, they would have sent a fleet to attack.
Feng Yu comforted, "Chairman, I think this matter should be on the bright side, since we have become NF-01's neighbors, it is only a matter of time before we are discovered." Taking the initiative to destroy this stronghold of NO, maybe it will be able to distract them. ”
"Hopefully it's what you say, but we're still ready to take on it. Don't go far in this time, just go around in this generation, and if anything unusual happens, I'll let you know immediately. ”