Time flies by in a flash, and it's December 0078. The RX is scheduled to be finalized and production will begin.

During this period, the RX plans to complete the construction of pilot production machines, units 1 to 4, and the additional number 5 units in a month. The cost of it was so high that the well-informed old man of the committee frowned.

The cost of a single machine is close to Magellan, what do you want to do?

The final production was the No. 5 machine, which was added later, as well as its low-end production version and simplified production version.

The highest-end machine, produced in no more than ten figures, is called Gundam. Land and space general-purpose machine, the whole body armor and skeleton are made of Luna titanium alloy, with dozens of disguise modes, suitable for ultra-long-distance running operations, high-speed pursuit battles, artillery battles at various distances, combat battles, water battles and other battlefields. Piloted by the Federation's best pilots, it is equipped with a growable learning computer that the three Ian men have brainstormed while they wait for the demonstrator to be produced.

The computer's AI can become an increasingly good assistant to pilots as data collection increases.

The low-end production version, the local type Gundam, the data of the No. 5 machine is handed over to the military bases in various places to produce the version by themselves, only using Luna titanium alloy in key positions, and according to the different climate and environment of various places, it has produced different models including but not limited to, desert type, water type, cold land type, rainforest type, heavy armament type, etc. It is usually given to the squadron leader as a landline. There are also intelligent computers.

Simplified production version, Jim, only a trace amount of Luna titanium alloy is used in key positions of the skeleton, a large number of structures have been simplified, there are two large general models of the universe type and the land combat type, and the land combat type has developed three variants of the water type, the desert type and the cold zone type according to the different needs of various places. Only a dozen types of modular armaments remained. The production cost of a single machine with 4 weapons and a universal shield is slightly higher than that of three Type 61 tanks or one early RTX-65 steel tank.

As for the RTX-65 steel tanks of earlier years? Ian perfected the design concept of the Assault Steel Tank and the Wolf Fighting Tank with Dr. Minovsky and Timurley, and threw them to the committee for approval, these two large tanks were deeply loved by the old man of the committee, the barrel was thick enough, the gun body was long enough, the armor was thick enough, the additional armament was more, and the armor could be further attached, and they could reach speeds of more than 120 kilometers per hour. Both of these new main battle tanks are now being built at various bases with Plains Battlefields. The successor of the Type 65 steel tank, the RTX-75, was also stained with a little light and was installed as an auxiliary aircraft for shelling.

It is worth mentioning that the Space Army did not develop more branches of Jim and Local Type Gundams, but only procured and produced a universal Space Type, and the installation of the Space Army said that it was enough to have Tiger Shark and Super Iron Ball, and MS was just the icing on the cake.

After the MS production plan was arranged, Ian was again urged to work on the design of a new cruiser.

Ian eventually got the two variations of the Irish and Salamis in order.

But it's said that it's Irish, but it's actually very different from the original.

The hull is 350 meters long, equipped with 3 large hangars, a built-in hangar, 2 external box-type hangars, 3 catapults, and can carry 24 MS or 20 Killer Whales. In wartime, the outer deck could be fixed with steel cables to mooring an additional 20 machines.

It is armed with 7 280-mm twin Miga cannons, 24 anti-aircraft guns, 2 64-pack universal missile launchers and 4 anti-ship missile launchers.

It is powered by four Minovsky reactors and four sets of three thermonuclear rocket engines.

It also uses the configuration of the core CIC and the sightseeing bridge, and the armor is also laminated, but due to its size, it is weaker than the enterprise-class armor.

The Salamis-class aviation modification, with box-type hangars on both sides of the Salamis class, can carry 8 MS or 6 killer whales, and the firepower is upgraded to 5 203 mm twin Miga particle cannons, 16 anti-aircraft guns and 4 anti-ship missile launchers.

The improved Salamis firepower, on the basis of the Salamis class, has 4 auxiliary engines in the tail, and the firepower is upgraded to 9 twin 203 mm Miga particle cannons, 24 anti-aircraft guns, 2 32 universal missile launchers and 6 anti-ship missile launchers. MS, fighter aircraft maintenance capacity, none, combat can be moored 6 units.

The above two modifications look like Salamis, but in fact, the internal structure has been completely changed, and the modular design is used instead, and the stacked armor and core CIC are equipped. And the two modifications can be interchanged......

Considering that the Federation does not have a dedicated space carrier, and there are not many airframes carried by cruisers and battleships, Ian refers to the design of the Columbus-class and the Hive in the Thunder Universe to reproduce the Hive-class armed aircraft carrier.

The Honeycomb class has a modular design, and it is also an unprecedented 4-hull with a hull length of 400 meters, except for the engine module in the tail and the living quarters in the middle of the hull, all of which are hangars.

The hull is made up of four hexagonal hulls stacked in a zigzag shape, and each of the four hulls has its own power system and operation room, and can even be separated from the hive-class to become a separate transport ship......

There is a central bridge on the hull, located in front of the hull, divided into three levels, the top, the nautical bridge, the second level of the air traffic control room, the third level, the CIC, the central bridge is equally important and independent power system, which can be used as an escape compartment.

The hull is armed with 10 modular 127-mm single-mount Mega particle cannons, four eight-pack universal missile launchers, and up to 40 anti-aircraft guns.

The MS has a staggering 240 aircraft, and the Orca has a staggering 480 aircraft. Basically, a single ship can carry the aviation combat power of an entire fleet.

Each independent hull is equipped with two catapults, located on the bow hatch, and in case of emergency, the armor on the side of the hangar can be opened, turning the hangar into a semi-open structure, which is convenient for aircraft access and maintenance. But again, once attacked in this case, the ship will be blown up worse than Chicheng......

The day after the design sketch was sent to the committee for review, all four types of spacecraft passed the review and moved on to the next step. However, Ian was only responsible for the design of the Irish class, and the remaining three ships, the Hive class, were given to the Lunas II, and Salamis was designed by the Gabro base.

Ian is also happy to be at ease, and he is happy to carry out Irish design in the office.

But peace on a powder keg is still unreliable after all.

On January 1, 0079, the Republic of Zeon decided to change to a principality and at the same time issued a declaration of independence from the Federation.

On the same day, the headquarters of the Federal Army was transferred from Alaska in North America to Gabro in South America to prevent the Zeon Army from carrying out orbital bombardment.

On March 1, 0079, the Zeon Army's Dozrou fleet raided the Federation patrol fleet 5 seconds after Kilian Zabi declared war on the Federation, sinking 3 old Salamis-class ships.

On the same day, Kysilia led the MS Raid Force and its Lunar Mobile Fleet to suppress the neutral lunar city of Granada.

There were countless casualties, all civilians, and there was little resistance in Granada.

After the Kissilian Fleet and the Dozru Fleet converged to attack the lunar city of von Brown, the Federation Army urgently mobilized the Third Fleet patrolling nearby to guard von Brown. At the same time, the first mass-produced Cosmic Jim-48 produced by von Brown on Anaheim Industries was requisitioned for defensive operations.

In addition, Rebiel led the First Fleet from side4 to the moon. Thiam led the Second Fleet from Luna II to Side2 for arming.

The Federal Forces going to von Brown consisted of 2 modernized Magellan-class ships, 6 unmodified Magellan-class ships, 16 upgraded Salamis class ships, and 20 non-modified ones. Two Columbus-class ships, carrying 60 Killer Whales and 72 Swordfish.

However, Zeon put in 96 ships of the Msey-class, 6 of the Babe-class, 3 of the Gwakin-class, 12 of the Pap-class, more than 300 MSs, and more than 700 Kators.

In the face of such a large enemy force, Vice Admiral Warken, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Federation who rushed to von Brown's aid, no longer had any hope for his own survival.

"With such a large fleet, Zeon's guys are bound to win." Vice Admiral Warken put on his spacesuit and sat in the bridge command seat. "And most of our ships have not been modernized, the number of warships is less than a third of the opponent's, and the number of aviation combat power is less than a tenth. It's a big disadvantage. ”

"But at least the ship and the USS Kentucky have been modernized, and it's not out of the question." The captain of Walken's flagship, the USS Alaska, is still more optimistic.

"Hmph, too, the first combat configuration of the whole ship, the largest walk of Minovsky particles, each ship, confirm the laser communication data link. The command of the artillery bombardment and air defense by the ship and the USS Kentucky, the MS unit, Major Isamu Kajima, the Tiger Sharks, Major Junger, and the command of the aviation combat power will be left to you. Swordfish, Lieutenant Commander Ram, your mechs can't fight in this situation, looking for an opportunity to surprise the enemy fleet. Hua Ken gave the order in order.

"Enemy ship, it's in range." CIC reports to Walken.

"Shooting of the whole ship begins."

Magellan's late-stage modification of three 356-mm Miga particle guns kicked off the battle, two late-model 10 forward-firing turrets fired 30 particle beams, pounced on the Zeon fleet, followed by a salvo of all the fleet's anti-ship missile launchers, firing more than 300 anti-ship missiles.

The Zeon fleet was instantly sunk by the Magellan-class beam, and then the 16 anti-aircraft guns on the Masai class of the Zeon fleet were urgently modified to intercept the incoming anti-ship missiles. However, under the interference of Minovsky particles, the interception efficiency is not high. More than 80 missiles broke through the barrage, found their targets in twos and threes, and crashed headlong. The Zeon fleet was again sunk by 6 Msey-class ships and one Babelli.

"Bastards of the Federation......" Dozru pinched the handrail of the bridge. The ship's guns were sunk by a tenth before they even advanced their effective range, who can accept this. And the Minovsky particle has become an obstacle to your own defense.

"Dozru, calm down, how long is it until the effective range?" Kysilia also tightened the armrests of her seat.

"30 seconds left!"

60 beams burst into the fleet again, sinking 2 msai and seriously damaging 3.

"It's too long......," Kissilia frowned, "enough for another round of shelling from the Federation." MS team, fighter unit sortie, fighter unit from above the enemy fleet to carry out a surprise attack, MS team accompanied by the main fleet charge, breaking into the enemy fleet. Full fleet, accelerate! Jump right into the brawl and don't let the Federation play to their range advantage! ”

Outside the porthole, the turret fired another beam, and Walken's face was illuminated by the flash.

"Admiral, the enemy fleet is speeding up, and another suspected carrier-based aircraft has been released, some of them are moving upwards, they are fighters, and some of them are accompanying the fleet movements, which is MS."

"Do you want to break into the fight...... The fleet retreated, the MS detachment left the ship and retreated to the final line of defense. Keep the shelling and shoot the anti-ship missiles out. Warken scratched his chin...... Outer spacesuit. "Prepare for an air war, reconfirm the data link."

"Yes."

"Vice Admiral Dozru, the enemy fleet is back, but it is already in effective range."

"Really keep me waiting, whole ship, start shooting!" The Zeon fleet shot more than 500 beams of light, and the beams swooped down on the Federation fleet in a dense manner. But......

"The beam disrupts the curtain, unfold! I-Field Unfolds! Hua Ken noticed that the opponent's main cannon was beginning to charge, and decisively ordered.

The Miga particle beam plunged headlong into the range of the Disruption Curtain, canceling out nearly one of the beams, and the remaining beams were greatly weakened. What's more, in the Minovsky particle environment, Zeon's shelling accuracy is not high.

"Admiral, three of the Salamis were sunk, and one of the Magellan class was broken."

"Isn't that good...... Is the prediction of the flight trajectory of the enemy fighter ready? ”

"It's done."

"The main guns of the ship and the USS Kentucky switched to anti-aircraft grenade shotguns, and after three rounds of shelling at the enemy cluster, they returned to beam mode for normal shelling. Let the Swordfish stand by and ignore the enemy fighters. ”

"Understood, Swordfish, just standby, Kentucky, linked with this ship, the main gun ......"

"The enemy flagship has a fire! Suspected of being impeached! "Zeon's flagship Valkyrie CIC is very excited.

"Very well, the ships are ready to rush into the dogfight!" Dozru twisted the handle even more......

"Prepare for a melee battle, Tiger Shark Team, MS Team cover the fleet. Anti-aircraft missiles, full launch! Target, enemy MS. Walken waved forward. Here the fleet stopped retreating, began to accelerate, breaking through towards the enemy fleet. Is the enemy fleet flagship confirmed? ”

"It's confirmed, Lieutenant General Dozru's Special-Fit Msey-class Valkyrie and Major General Kisillia's Purple Widow." The staff officer identified the two ships.

"Sink them."

The Federation fleet first focused its fire on the Valkyrie. More than 40 beams hit the Valkyrie directly, and the Valkyrie's hull exploded on the spot.

"What?!" Kycilia looked out the window at the flames of the explosion and slammed her fist into the armrest of her seat. "Why is the artillery fire of the enemy fleet so accurate!"

"I don't know." CIC was also stunned. The flagship blew up. "Ah, the fighter unit called, was attacked, and more than 9 percent of the airframe was destroyed?! What the hell is going on......"

"Bullet hit, target destroyed." CIC reports that "Type 3 shells have also exploded, and the results are being confirmed." The enemy fighter formation was less than 60 aircraft remaining, and the enemy flagship Valkyrie was sunk, but an escape boat was observed to be out of the upper bridge of the ship. ”