At this point, the battle has come to an end, and the episode that happened in front of Rebir is also coming to an end, and the yellow Zagu still won a beautiful victory despite being one against three.

There are many reasons for this, such as the black triple star is already at the end of the crossbow in terms of physical condition and physical strength, and the progress of Lear's personal skills, etc., etc., but in the eyes of Rebier, who is not an MS pilot, the fundamental reason why the yellow Zagu won the battle is actually the advantage of equipment.

The battle between Lear and the Black Trifecta was not long, on the contrary, it could even be said to be short, but this short battle was enough for Rybir to perceive and even summarize a lot of things.

As he said before, the Federation's 'traditional' Grand Fleet has proven to be sluggish and fragile in the face of the Zeon Army, which uses the MS as its main weapon, and in this case, Rebile must consider how the Federation Army should confront or even counter the MS of the Zeon Army when it is already in an absolute inferior state.

Of course, there are also means that can be quickly realized, Rebir has already asked to start organizing the defense of the fortress after retreating back to Luna-2, and began to recruit pilots on a large scale to the ground army to reorganize the air fleet, etc., but in the long run, only the MS can fight the MS.

So what are the requirements of the Federal Army's own MS?

The Federal Army is not without weapons similar to MS, on the contrary, the design idea of humanoid mobile weapons has existed for many years before the establishment of the Space Army, before Zeon developed the Zagu series, the Federation Army has already mass-produced the RX-75 steel tank series, and the supporters of humanoid mobile weapons within the Federal Army also came up with the design of the RX-77 steel cannon under pressure, and realized the actual combat test when it was not far from Zagu.

But the performance of these two weapons is terrible, the RX-75's claimed high mobility can only be achieved in convenient terrain, the overly cumbersome upper body makes the stability of the steel tank in off-road extremely poor, and often rolls over accidents, except for the two 120mm cannons, the evaluation is not bad, in the gravity environment, the steel tank can only act as a moving battery that looks powerful, and the actual combat performance is not even as good as the old self-propelled guns.

In the end, the RX-75 plan ended with the protest and refusal of the ground army, because the space force squeezed the ground army, which was seriously undersized, chose to invest funds in further improvements to the Type 61 tank, and the few initial models of steel tanks were all thrown to the colonial garrison, because only in the space colonies that are all convenient transportation, the steel tanks can play the role of propaganda.

Not to mention the RX-77, the stiff and poor performance of the RX-77 in the Battle of the Lunar Rain Sea (or the conflict) directly deprived the supporters of the humanoid mobile weapon within the Federal Army of the last word, and the subsequent humanoid weapon development program (codenamed Plan V within the Federal Army) was also stranded due to this poor performance and the death of Dr. Minovsky.

Because of this, in addition to the assessment report full of assumptions about Zeon MS within the Federal Army, there is no clear understanding of the positioning of MS, or humanoid mobile weapons, and in the Federal Army's own humanoid weapon development plan, MS is not the main force of the army, but as the escort of the fleet, and it is too difficult for them to let the staff of the Federal Army put forward the requirements of MS against MS, and before this battle, even Reybir himself did not pay attention to this problem.

But now, having witnessed a confrontation between the MSs, Rebir has a rough idea of what the Federation Army's own MS should have.

First of all, weapons, although before the war, the Federal Army did not pay attention to MS, which is immature and even ridiculous weapons in their eyes, but as the helmsman of the Federal Army, even if it is a weapon that Ray is not optimistic about, he also has a considerable degree of understanding, Zeon is the biggest enemy of the Federal Army after all, and the weapons they are generally equipped with Reybir cannot have a basic understanding, with the large-scale deployment of the Zeon Army Zagu, Zagu's detailed parameters and related technologies are not mentioned, and Zagu's basic situation cannot be concealed from those who have a heart, So Rebile actually knows the general situation of Zagu.

Among Zagu's weapons and equipment, there is a very wonderful equipment - the thermal axe.

In modern warfare, the design concept of military equipment is to destroy the target with the most accurate long-range shooting as far as possible from the position possible, that is, to 'save yourself and destroy the enemy', this concept has not changed since the invention of gunpowder and gas weapons - muskets, whether it is a surgical strike in the Western era, or a fleet salvo in the universe century, it is essentially an extension of this concept, even if because of the emergence of the Minovsky particle, such as missiles and other fairly mature precision-guided weapons have lost their effect, However, the Federation Army was only thinking about how to avoid the approach of enemy mobile units while making full use of the firepower of the battleship, and naturally, the fact that Zeon was heavily equipped with thermal axes purely for melee service was simply incomprehensible to the Union Army.

In the internal evaluation report of the Federal Army, the performance evaluation of the Zeon Army MS is useless, and the existence of the thermal axe is one of the main black spots of the Federal Army's intelligence department, this melee weapon has been called a 'medieval weapon of unknown meaning, stupid and outdated', of course, in general, this view is not wrong, human military philosophy has always been in the direction of 'I hit you, you can't hit me', and Rebile doesn't think this view is wrong.

However, it must be considered that the thermal axe, as a melee weapon, is outdated in the existing battlefield environment, but it has its value, just like the ground army has various missile planes, but still equips soldiers with pistols and bayonets.

It really works.

Although the weapons that the Zeon side of the MS is mainly used against ships are also long-range weapons such as rocket artillery, Rybir has also seen more than once how Zagu used his axe to dismantle those batteries that could not be aimed at the target at close range despite the anti-aircraft fire of the battleship.

And the main use of melee weapons is not against the ship, but in the confrontation of MS, just like the scene that Ray Bill just saw, in the confrontation between Thunder Light and the Black Triple Star, the shooting weapon is almost useless, and what really determines the final outcome is actually the melee weapon.

Of course, there are various factors in this battle, such as the Zagu machine gun of the black triple star does not pose much threat to Lei Guang's armor, the rocket artillery that can cause serious damage has been exhausted, and the high mobility of the thunder light makes it difficult for the black triple star to pull a distance and fly a kite, etc.

But Rebil couldn't help but notice the great advantages of melee weapons in MS combat, they are like bayonets, the last line of defense for soldiers who have exhausted their ammunition, and they are also weapons that can decide the outcome in a short period of time, with powerful destructive power and decisive power.

The battle between the Thermal Saber and the Thermal Axe also gave Reybil a general understanding of the requirements for the Federation Army's MS melee weapons.

It must have a longer attack range than the thermal axe that Zeon is commonly equipped with, but it must not be a long weapon with only a little damage like a spear, and it must have a sufficient damage area.

That is a knife or a sword, whether it is modeled after Zeon's thermal weapon or a new one, this is not what Reybir needs to care about, his task is to put forward standards and requirements, but not to personally participate in scientific research, he gives orders, and then the equipment research department of the Federal Army submits the results, that's all.

Then there is the shooting weapon, Rybil noticed a feature of the existence of the Zagu machine gun, compared to its caliber (120mm), its power is too small, and the trajectory of the Zagu machine gun is particularly floating, and it is even difficult to complete an accurate point fire, if you see its performance Rybil thinks of something, it must not be a machine gun, but a grenadier, or a recoilless gun.

In fact, it is true, as previously said, in addition to hand and foot movements, AMBAC maneuvers are very dependent on the attitude control nozzles throughout the body, and these attitude control nozzles in order to accurately control their output is by no means huge, if the recoil of the MS shooting weapon is too huge, let alone achieve accurate shooting in space, even the control of their own movement will be affected.

In this case, the Zeon Army could only compromise and choose the Zagu machine gun that is now installed, which cannot be said to be an excellent weapon in all aspects, but the Zeon Army, which lacks a background, has no choice.

A shooting weapon, it must be able to shoot accurately in the universe without affecting the maneuvering of the airframe itself, it must be powerful enough to threaten the Zeon MS or even the armor of the battleship.

This may sound like a bit of a strong man's difficulty, Zeon is a problem that the MS advanced country is still unable to solve, and the Federation Army does not even have the MS, what can it do?

However, Rybil quickly thought of a solution.

That is, a miniaturized Miga particle weapon.

Although the Federation Army lags behind in the research of MS, it does not mean that its scientific research ability will be lower than that of Zeon, on the contrary, in many basic disciplines, in weapons design and other aspects, the potential of the Federation far exceeds that of the Zeon Army, which has only been established for ten years.

For example, in metallurgy, the Luna titanium alloy of the Federation Army has not been able to be copied by Zeon until now, and even if the alloy formula is obtained, Zeon cannot mass-produce it.

Of course, the federal army's research on miniaturized Miga particle weapons is not prepared for MS, but to replace existing small-caliber live-fire weapons such as close-in defense guns, tank main guns, etc., but the relevant research has matured, and it is not unimaginable to only need to adapt the equipment on the MS.

Miga particle weapons as the main armament of the MS。。。。。。 Rybir put this opinion on record, and the proposal before him was nearing completion, and although he did not believe that his life would be threatened for the rest of his captivity, he could not guarantee that he would return to Earth alive.

Therefore, he must make a proposal for all his thoughts and feelings about this battle, as well as his next move against Zeon, in the hope that his successor can inherit this 。。。。。。 Heritage.

As he wrote, he suddenly realized that he might never see the view of the earth again, and he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, but this melancholy was quickly put aside by him.

What else is there for the standards for weapons? He paused, yes, and the shield, the yellow Zagu shield played a considerable role, effectively protecting the vulnerable parts of the yellow Zagu.

But maybe it was a little too small, at least it had to be able to cover the torso, and it had to be able to withstand the fire of the Zeonzagu machine gun, so the armor of the yellow body felt a little wrong, and it was clearly more powerful than the other Zagu。。。。。。

Rebiel was immersed in his thoughts, his words were not false, he undoubtedly really felt that the Federation's counterattack began here and now, and he was convinced of it, and he did everything he could to contribute to it.

Even if he has the realization that he will not be able to see the scenery of the earth again.

The same is true.

Just after Rebir had summarized all of this, the federal officer who had persuaded him to leave also said in due course: "Your Excellency, I have received a communication request from the evacuation fleet, and this identification number is。。。。。。。 It's an auxiliary fleet. ”

Auxiliary fleet? Rebiel froze for a moment, as the fleet that was the farthest away from the main battlefield, but was asked by Rebiel to retreat first, the auxiliary fleet at this moment had already accelerated to a speed that Zagu could not catch up, although the Zeon fleet that took advantage of the fire wanted to pursue it, but this advantage of being one step ahead meant that the auxiliary fleet was actually out of the battle.

Is there anything else you'd like to say about it so far? Rebil's head, which had just returned from his thoughts, had not yet turned a corner, and it seemed to him that the dust had settled, and what the remaining Federation fleet should do at the moment was to run as far away as possible.

Then he understood what was going on, and after connecting the communication, it was no one else who appeared on the screen.

It's Kaninga.

Kaningan had a thick white cloth tied around his head, and it was not easy for him to think about the fall on the Annak, he looked a little bad at the moment, his shirt was crumpled, and the officer's coat was casually draped over his body like a trench coat.

His face was pale, his eyes were dark and blue, and he seemed to be ten years old, and this tired and sloppy image made Reybier, who was accustomed to the meticulous, rigorous and even stereotypical image of his old friend, couldn't help but be a little funny.

Perhaps he had inadvertently shown this attitude, which could even be said to be a somewhat careless attitude that made Kaningan furious.

"John!!" Kaningan slapped the table hard, his eyes filled with anger and 。。。。。。 Anxious, but he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Rebil's capture is a foregone conclusion, he can't do anything, the retreating fleet needs to be regrouped, and Luna II and Low Orbit need the remaining Federation fleet defenses, he is not an idiot, nor is he a fool who will be carried away by emotion.

He knew that he had no means to save Reybier, and this feeling made his anger hold back in his chest, and in the end, he could only sigh.

He didn't dwell too much on it, it was pointless to regret and dwell on what had already happened, he had to exchange ideas with Rebiel about what was going to happen next.

The first to break the silence was Rebir: "Rod, the Space Army will be handed over to you." ”

“。。。。。。” Kaningan fell silent, he knew that as Rebil's henchman, he had to shoulder the responsibility now that Rebil was captured, not only his responsibility, but also the responsibility of all the generals of Rybir's faction, such as Thiam and Gao Yun.

But what should he do?

In the past, he had always been Rebill's right and left hand, and he had a clear understanding of the dilemma and severe tests that the Space Army would face, but he was not sure if he could shoulder this responsibility, after all, the so-called left and right hand was to assist Rebier's brain, and now he has become the one who takes the idea, which can't help but make him a little dazed and afraid.

His head was still aching from the previous impact, and he couldn't figure out how to deal with the next situation even if he thought about it.

Facing the stunned Kaninga, Rebir said directly, even cruelly: "You must take responsibility, the fate of the Space Army, no, the fate of the Federation depends on your response. ”

"Because of my failure。。。。。。" Before Rebil could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Kaningan.

"This is not your personal failure, John! You don't have to take responsibility alone. ”

Kaninga's eyes were full of dissatisfaction, but Reybir only said lightly.

"Yes, this is not my personal failure, but the failure of the entire Space Army, and even the entire Federation."

"The Space Force should have realized that the Grand Fleet was not the right way to build the army, but since the beginning of the year, no one has realized this, or the opinions of those who have realized have not been taken seriously," Rebier said coldly, "and the Federation should have been more flexible in dealing with the issue of SIDE3 and using political means to contain Zeon's military development." ”

"But it doesn't make sense to say this now, I'm the commander-in-chief of the Space Army, and I'm driving this war and I'm happy to see it happen, so no matter how much responsibility I actually have to bear, in the eyes of everyone, I have to take full responsibility."

“。。。。。。” Kaningan fell silent, he knew that what Rebil said was the truth, a tragic defeat must have a sufficient weight of someone to take responsibility, and Rebil was the best person, the disaster suffered by the Earth, the failure of the Federation Space Army, no one except Rebil had enough weight to take on this responsibility.

Not to mention that Reybir himself was still captured, and he couldn't justify himself, there was no better scapegoat.

"In short, because of this defeat, the situation of the Space Force is very dangerous, Rod," Rebile said solemnly, "Before reaching Zeon, I can't predict their next move, whether they will choose to pursue the victory and continue the war, or whether they will choose to coerce the Federation into peace talks, I don't know their further movements." ”

"Although I personally lean on Zeon will further expand the war 。。。。。。" Rybil pondered for a moment: "But no matter what, Rod, you must keep the Space Army, and you can't let those politicians disband the Space Army!" ”

Kaningan understood what Rebir meant, if Zeon chose to expand the war, the Federation would need the Space Force to defend and even the counteroffensive that would inevitably start in the future, and if Zeon chose peace talks and the Federation succumbed, the Space Army would also need to maintain deterrence.

"It's not easy, but you have to do it, you know?"

“。。。。。。 I know, I'll do my best. Kaningan said calmly.

"It's not enough to just try your best, Rod, you must save the Space Army!" Rybil said.

“。。。。。。” Caningan only felt a little suffocated, and the heavy pressure made him realize the fact that Reybil could no longer provide shelter for the Space Army.

Although many people think that Rebir has gained his current status because of the Space Army, Kaningan certainly knows that in fact, Rebir has been escorting the Space Force while achieving his current status.

Now that this is no longer possible, the Space Army must overcome obstacles and move forward without Rebier.

It's suffocating.

“。。。。。。 How do I do that? Kaningan wasn't asking Reybier, he was just talking to himself subconsciously.

Rybil frowned slightly, but still spoke: "The next key is Luna-2. ”

"Regardless of whether Zeon is preparing for peace talks or continuing to fight, their next target must be Luna-2," Rebile said, knowing that what he said was actually understood by Kaningam, but at the moment he said slowly, not to tell Kaningan what to do, but to remind him that these things must be done by him: "Without Luna-2, the Federation will only have a stronghold in the universe as SIDE7, but SIDE7 is a colony and not a planetary fortress like Luna-2, if Luna-2 falls." , then SIDE7 will not be spared, our fleet will face the dilemma of not having any stronghold in the universe, and Zeon will completely control the universe, and then threaten the low orbit! ”

"As long as the Luna Fortress is mastered, Zeon can attack the surface and retreat to defend the Luna Fortress, the entire earth will be completely blocked, the Federation will retreat by three points, Zeon will be invincible, even if the Federation can rebuild the Grand Fleet, it will not be able to fight the Zeon fleet in low orbit while hitting the fleet into the universe, and Zeon's warships and MS will shoot down our warships in mid-air like wild ducks!"

"Zeon will take advantage of the defeat of our army to attack Luna II with all his might, you must reorganize the remaining fleet, and then hold the fortress!"

"The reorganization of the fleet can be handed over to Thiam, but the defense of the moon god will be left to you, Rod!"

"Me? I have no experience of hosting a party at all!! ”

"Even if you don't, you have to go, Rod," Rebile said coldly, "Originally, Warken was the best candidate - the defense system of Luna II was originally built by him, but he is dead. ”

"Thiam has to reorganize the fleet, there's no time to do it, who else can you think of?"

"We don't have a choice, you can't, Rod!"

"Is it enough for me? That's enough!? Kaningan felt anxious, his skin itched hot, and his scalp felt as if there were ants running through it, a strangeness that came from his dazed weakness, and he knew what he should do.

But I don't know what to do.

After all, he is not a leader like Rebir, he is an excellent, no, it should be said that he is an excellent staff and staff officer, but he has to take charge of the overall situation on his own, this is the first time, all his plans, all his plans, sanity and calmness, there is a premise.

That's Reybier's existence, and now everything is disrupted.

"That's what you need to think about, Brigadier General Rodney Kaningam!" "I'm a captured defeated general, do you expect me to send you a telegram from SIDE3 to tell you how to organize your defenses?" ”

Kaninga's face was so blue that it almost dripped.

After a moment, he whispered, "I know, I'll do my best。。。。。。 No, I'll do whatever it takes to keep Luna-2. ”

"That's good," said Rybier, "I'll count on you, Rod." ”

"Also, I have a proposal for the development of our army's MS here," Rebier's face was relaxed, as if he had handed over some heavy burden: "We must also form our own MS troops as soon as possible, and the reason why I want to focus on protecting fighter pilots must be clear to you, so I won't say more." ”

“。。。。。。 Okay, I'll pass this on to Gao Yun," Kaningan nodded and said, "And 。。。。。。 I will find a way to organize your rescue as soon as possible. ”

"You can not rush this for now, you can focus on Luna II, my life is unlikely to be in danger," Rebile said dryly, "just as if I were going on vacation." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly laughed.

"That's right, vacation, old friend, I feel like it's a long time coming, and I don't have to think about the struggle - of course, it's useless for me to think about it, just enjoy the food and read a book, and wait for the turnaround."

"How many years haven't I enjoyed it all?"

Rebiel said lightly, he really had the idea of going on vacation, after all, it could change his mood, and he understood that at the moment he couldn't help himself, it was useless to worry, he was naturally not a foolish person who would worry about irreparable things.

But perhaps not so in Kaningam's eyes, he was so immersed in his mission and burden that he saw Reybil's performance as a relief to himself.

At this moment, a communication from the public channel was connected, and on the other end of the communication was a young and handsome male voice:

[This is the Defence Force of the Principality of Zeon, your army has been captured by our army, please cooperate with disarming and do not make meaningless hostile moves. 】

"Looks like it's time, Rod, and you'll take care of the rest." With that, Rebil cut off the communication without waiting for Kaningan to reply.

He took a deep breath and looked out the window at the yellow Zaghu.

Everything that needs to be done has been done, and all that remains is to obey the verdict of fate.

[Excuse me, is this one inside General Rebier?] 】

"Yes, I am John Abraham Rebil, Lieutenant General of the Federal Space Force."

[Then I need to declare to you that you have been captured by our army, please don't do useless 。。。。。。 】

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted, only to see Rybil say: "I won't do anything senseless, you have caught me, congratulations, this 。。。。。。 What shall I call you? ”

After a moment of silence on the other side of the communicator, he said:

[I am Lieutenant Lear Wolfgang Alkerstein.] 】

"Lieutenant Alkestein? I remember," Rybir nodded and said, "Then let's hit the road." ”

"Go to Zeon."

Reybiel said, but there was a cold light in his eyes that could not be linked to a vacation.