Cosmic Century U.C0079, January 15

On the surface of the moon, the forward base of the Zeon Wehrmacht Assault Mobile Corps 'Granada'

"This is Leipzig, the flagship of the Einsatzgruppen fleet, requesting access to the airport of Granada."

"This is the Granada Airport Command Desk, please change all your timetables to Greenwich Mean Time."

"Understood, the ship-wide time was changed to Greenwich Mean Time."

"Okay, you can stop at Port 16 in Area A, and all the other auxiliary ships will stop in Area E."

"The Leipzig understands that the characteristics of the heat source of the ships of the fleet are being transmitted to the command station."

"The heat source characteristics have been checked, and you can enter the port."

"Welcome to the moon, heroes."

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"Are you Lieutenant Alkestein?" Lear was walking down the road in Granada's MS maintenance area when suddenly a man walked up to him, looking excited and slightly shy.

Lear looked closer, but he was a young Zeon soldier, who looked slightly older than Lear, but in his early twenties.

This one has the insignia of a private of the first class on his arm, which is the lowest rank in the regular army of Zeon, only higher than the private (training soldier), but at the same time, he has the logo of an MS pilot, which violates Lear's understanding of an MS pilot, as a member of the training team, of course he knows that even if he is a recruit who has just entered the training team, he is the elite selected by each unit, and the lowest has the rank of captain, at least a non-commissioned officer.

Lear smiled kindly and said to the soldier, "I am, what's the matter?" ”

"Yes, that's right," said the soldier, who looked a little stammering and overly nervous, and said in a tone similar to a debriefing, "I am your admirer!" ”

Lear couldn't help but laugh: "Thank you, but you don't have to be so nervous, I'm just an ordinary person." ”

"Whatever you say, you are the object of all our adoration!" The soldier said loudly, drawing the attention of passers-by: "If you can, please sign my name!" ”

Signature? Lear has some strange feelings, he is not an idol or a star, someone asked him for an autograph?

It feels a little awkward.

"Mine? Well, if you want," Lear shrugged and took the notebook he handed over, he thought for a moment and signed a subtly different signature from the one he usually signs on official documents: "You just said you adore me?" Why? ”

"I'm not an idol star, I'm just a soldier."

"Idol star?" The other party showed a disdainful expression: "It's just some people who sing and dance, how can they be compared with people like you who are fighting bloody battles on the front line and making contributions to the country." ”

"Who will worship them in SIDE3 now, you can't see those guys on TV, I saw your deeds in the program of Zimu Channel, you sank four battleships in just two sorties, it's really amazing!"

I see, is it the propaganda policy of the Commander-General's Office?

Lear thought to himself that the heroic deeds and the constant successes would stimulate the people's enthusiasm for the war, while at the same time cutting back on other aspects of the people's entertainment, so that their attention would not be distracted by light-hearted and stress-free entertainment.

The guy who is in charge of the propaganda work of the Commander-General's Office is a capable person.

However, he was also used as propaganda material, which made Lear have some subtle feelings, but it was not surprising to think about it carefully, just in time, his current record is already first-class, and his family background and appearance are also good material for publicity, it would be strange if his deeds were not hyped up.

Increased visibility is good for him because it gives him more power, a hero always has more say in the military than an ordinary person, but isn't that a good thing for his other identity that needs to be hidden?

He can't judge yet.

Lear returned the notebook with his name signed to the other party, and then said, "Which unit are you from?" Is it an MS pilot? ”

"Yes! I am a pilot of the 22nd Squadron of the 2nd Mecha Division of the Assault Mobile Corps under General Cesilia. ”

"Second Mecha Division? I've never heard of it. "It's better to say that even the formation of the mecha division group has just heard about it.

"This。。。。。。 It was General Cesilia's newly formed unit. The soldier said with some embarrassment.

"Just founded?" Sensing something was wrong, Lear asked, "What camp did you train in?" What issue is it? ”

The camp Lear refers to refers to the MS Teaching Brigade on the Bavarian colonial satellite, which is divided into different camps.

"Camp?" The soldier said blankly, "I was trained at the A. Bawa Ku Fortress. ”

A. Bawa Ku? Lear knew that the asteroid fortress had been built for a long time to defend against SIDE3, and that it had begun before Fortress Solomon, but as the core of SIDE3's absolute defensive circle, it was more demanding to build than Solomon, so that it was still unfinished at the time of the war.

He never knew that Ah Bawa Ku had a place to train for MS.

"You've been training for months?" Lear asked, "I mean the training to drive the MS." ”

"Since I joined the army, I have received a total of five months of training, and I have not learned to drive the MS for the first two months," the soldier said as if he didn't want to be looked down upon by his idol, "No, but, before joining the army, I drove construction robots in a construction company, and my engineering machine driving was also one of the best in engineering school, and I was confident in my driving skills!" ”

Only five months, wasn't that a recruit who enlisted after Zeon decided to go to war? And the MS has only three months of driving training?

Lear couldn't help frowning, this time is absolutely not enough, learning to fly the MS itself is very simple, but MS training itself is a continuous flight practice, taking Lear as an example, he has more than 1000 hours of flying time a year, which is even more than the vast majority of people in the teaching team.

Three months, what can you do in three months, from enlisting in the army to learning to open MS, it will take at least a year, and only those who are trained can be regarded as pilots, not just cannon fodder.

This is still in the era of the cosmic century, when the technical level is much more developed than that of the Western calendar, the relative mechanical OS is also much more developed, and the difficulty of operation is low, if it is the Western era, the pilot of a jet fighter needs at least five years of learning.

As for what was an engineering robot before joining the army, it didn't make any sense, indeed, MS is not a fantasy weapon that fell from the sky, it also has a prototype, that is, an engineering robot commonly used in space operations or a space work boat with a mechanical arm, in fact, when the earliest MS prototype was developed, Gionnick was hung with the name of an engineering machine.

But opening an engineering robot and opening an MS are two different things, and there are indeed geniuses in the world who have only driven engineering robots and are still handy after changing to MS (such as a few decades later, an engineering student full of idealistic theories is ashamed of Banaji), but geniuses are geniuses because they can do things that most people can't do.

Zeon didn't lack the strength to the point where he had to put these rookies to use, Lear thought to himself, if Lear was a little unsure about the outcome of the battle before the war, now he was inclined to believe that Zeon could defeat the Federation, after all, facts speak louder than words, and MS has proven its worth in actual combat.

Because it's a battle to gamble on the fortunes of the country, even if it's a little bit to increase the chance of winning, it's because of this idea that these rookies are sent to the battlefield.

It's not that Lear can't understand such thoughts, but he feels that instead of sending these rookies to the battlefield and training them well, it will be more useful in the future.

No, if you think about it from another angle, this may be the mainstream thinking of the Zeon hierarchy now, which is to finish the battle in one battle, and treat this battle of Rum as the last battle.

Do they really think that as long as Rum wins the battle, the Federation will never resist again?

Perhaps the high-ranking officials of Zeon thought so, but Lear did not think so, and the possibility of the Federation succumbing was not impossible, but the probability of not giving in was even higher.

"And what about your flight time?"

"120 hours."

120 hours in three months, that's a lot of money, and the standard of the coaching team is just a little higher than that.

"I'm the best flying in the entire squadron." He added triumphantly.

"That's right," Lear nodded, smiling, "good luck." ”

He stepped forward and patted the other man on the shoulder: "I hope we can accept the award together after this battle." ”

"Yes, thank you very much, Lieutenant!!" Encouraged by their idols, the soldiers excitedly stood up and saluted.

Lear smiled, and then continued to move on, he walked through the corridors of Granada, the subtle gravity of the moon made him a little unaccustomed, after all, he was a colonized satellite resident, accustomed to the artificial gravity of the satellite, which was similar to the gravity of the earth, and also used to the gravity of the battleship, but the moon, which was only one-sixth of the earth's gravity, but not completely absent, still felt amazing, and he had to divide his attention into walking.

Just when he felt lightheaded, he inadvertently looked to the side.

The earth is so big, it's a kind of courage that can't be felt in the photo, and he grabbed the handrail on the side of the road and stopped.

On the surface of the blue planet, about the same as Oceania, there is a huge and shocking crater that can be clearly seen even on the moon.

There seemed to be a flash of red in the starry sky.

However, when he tried to see more clearly, he found that the red was gone.

Probably an illusion.

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"Where's Zagu's backup heat exhaust line?"

"That one was sent to Section E, and I've asked them to turn it around."

"What's the matter, the MS maintenance warehouse is not in Area E, what does it mean to send the parts used by MS to the dock?"

"Since only supplies are written on the cargo list, it will be sent to the area of the auxiliary warship."

"Aren't the guys in the logistics department brainless? You won't be tired of writing an extra line! Last time, too, I sent me a bunch of Type 06 parts, but I'm all old Type 05 here. ”

"You and the people in the logistics department go and say this, don't complain here!"

"Hey! The pilots who went out to do adaptive flight training are back, and those who have time hurry over! ”

The hectic scene in Ganaku may have come to a critical moment in the war, and the survival of the pilots depended heavily on the work of the rearmament soldiers, and the stress and fatigue of long hours made these people who supported the pilots in battle, but not as glamorous as the latter, seem a little irritable.

Lear made his way through the busy crowd towards the area of the Einsatzgruppen Fleet, perhaps thanks to the name of the Hero Unit, who got a very nice location away from the high-traffic entrances and exits, but closer to the spare parts warehouse.

There are such benefits to being a hero in the army, in addition to the right to speak, there are some benefits that are not too big and people will spontaneously leave them to you, although they are not very conspicuous in isolation, but if you get preferential treatment in all aspects, you will be much more comfortable than people in ordinary troops.

"Ah, Lieutenant!" Lear came to Lei Guang, and a garrison soldier was talking to the managers of Granada about this, and when she saw Lear's arrival, she hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Lear looked at it, and this wasn't the special 。。。。。。。 from the last alias incident A girl with a special sensibility, he returned the salute and said, "How's the overhaul of my body?" ”

"Yes, the thunderlight works very well, and the replacement parts sent from SIDE3 have also been tested without any problems, and can be replaced immediately if necessary."

"Well, what about the other people's bodies?"

"No problem, the quality of the parts sent from von Braun is quite good。。。。。。" As he was talking, someone floated over next to him.

It was Aina, who nodded at the regiper, then pointed to the rearmament squad leader who was waving his hand below, and the repositor glanced at Lear hesitantly, and left with a little frustration after asking for permission.

Aina said, "The industrial level of the moon people is surprisingly good. ”

As the most industrially developed colony among the colonial satellites, although SIDE3 is not as good as the Earth in many basic disciplines such as metallurgy, it will certainly not take von Brown in its eyes, which is also the unique pride of SIDE3.

"Wait, what did you say?" Lear learns something else from Aina.

"Huh?" Aina glanced at Lear inexplicably, and then said, "The industrial level of the moon people is unexpectedly not bad?" ”

"No, it's not this, you said the parts from von Brown? MS's? ”

"Yes," Aina looked at the list in her hand, "because it's really inconvenient to send supplies from SIDE3, so there is no need to waste capacity if you can get some things on the spot, I'll take a look。。。。。。。 ”

That's true, and the same is true for the Space Attack Army, after the L5 clean-up operation, the Space Attack Army received a large amount of supplies from the local area, but it was mainly agricultural products, so that the soldiers could improve their food.

MS components, the industrial level of the moon should be able to produce, after all, von Brown is now mainly engaged in the development of lunar resources, but its industrial level is not low, it is the largest industrial base in the universe before the transfer of heavy industry to SIDE3, but it has always been the territory of the Earth Federation, even if such a place is occupied by Zeon, can it immediately provide the industrial products that Zeon needs?

It should be known that the suppression of the moon by the Assault Mobile Force was only a week ago, and in such a short period of time, the organization of local enterprises to supply the army is no longer something that can be explained.

The Moon, which has never produced MS, can come up with military-grade products all at once, which is not something that can be done with hard work, and this time is not enough for enterprises to adjust their production lines.

"Ah, I found it, the supplier of these parts is von Brown's Anaheim Electronics."

As she spoke, Aina handed the document to Lear, who took it and saw that the supplier column was indeed painted with the logo of Anaheim Electronics, and the signatures of the person in charge were two, one was Katias Bister, and the job column was filled with the two positions of director of the consortium and general manager of Anaheim Electronics, and the other was Martha Bister Kabine, and the job column was filled with the general affairs of Anaheim Electronics.

Anaheim Electronics, Lear knows about this company, because this company, to be precise, the owner of the company, the Bister Consortium and the Alkestein family located in the Anaheim area of California, also have some causes, and the two people in charge above, in fact, Lear has also seen them.

But the company, while also supporting the Union Army, never officially entered the military industry.

In fact, Anaheim Electronics' flagship products are all kinds of household electronic devices, and even so, its sales model is similar to that of the unscrupulous enterprises in the Western era that did not sell products and sold trademarks, which was a company that imported various parts from SIDE3, then assembled them on the moon, and finally used its status as an Earth system and moon company to bypass the SIDE3 special tariff law and sell these products that were actually produced in SIDE3 to the rest of the world.

Thanks to the advantages of tariffs, Anaheim's products quickly spread around the world and have now become the most important piece of the Bester consortium's territory.

And Alkstein and their cause is also here, this is actually the black history of old Hans, when he first made his fortune, it was the introduction of the special tariff law, SIDE3 was excited, Zeon Dyken took advantage of the era, although the old Hans had a small capital, but it can not be compared with today, in order to expand his business as soon as possible, he did not hesitate to get involved in smuggling, at that time the person who provided various industrial products for Anaheim was Hans Alkstein, in a sense, Hans took advantage of the chaotic situation at that time, and the 'unscrupulous capitalists' who took advantage of the blood and sweat of the working people of SIDE3 to make himself rich first.

But unlike other people who are not ashamed and proud, old Hans's conscience makes him feel that he should make up for his mistakes when he is developed, so he cuts ties with Anaheim, stops smuggling, and begins to strongly support Zeon Dyken's cause, believing that as long as the people of SIDE3 are freed from the rule of the Earth Federation, their lives will be better.

There is a great deal of atonement in it.

The topic is far away, in short, there is only one explanation for such a company to be able to provide military-grade parts for the Zeon Army in a short period of time, and they have long been prepared.

Cecilia's infiltration of the moon, no, it should be said that the degree of Zeon's penetration of the Earth Federation is probably still above his imagination, although he also feels that the Federation is going to lose this battle nine times out of ten, but this loss is really complete.

Before Rebir took power, the Federation Army never regarded SIDE3 as an imaginary enemy, it was only one of the imaginary enemies, and after Rebir came to power, the intelligence system was not under his control, but in the hands of General Gob.

Is it your own intelligence organization。。。。。。 Although the number of people is still small, it is time to start thinking about the construction of the intelligence organization of the Philosophical Society, after all, the intelligence organization cannot be built all at once, it requires a long time of water grinding.

"Lieutenant?"

Lear kept it in his heart, and there was so much to do.

"Lieutenant!?"

By the way, there is also the problem of the base area, the influence of the Zeon Army on the revolution is too great, and the spread of revolutionary ideas can be carried out within the Zeon Army, but it must not rely on the offensive footsteps of the Zeon Army, otherwise they will be dragged in.

"Lieutenant !!!!"

Fundamentals, we need our own fundamentals, fundamentals that are not affected by Zeon。。。。。。

"Did you hear that? Lieutenant! Aina said loudly.

Lear wakes up from his own world, and he realizes that he has just wandered.

He was a little embarrassed and said, "Excuse me, Sakhalin, what did you just say?" ”

“。。。。。。。” Aina didn't answer right away, but hesitated for a moment.

She looked Lear in the eye and sighed, "Are you alright, Lieutenant?" ”