065.Aftermath (2)
"It's amazingγγγγγγ"
"Brother Dozru, and Sister Cecilia, Brother Kilian!"
"That's amazing!!"
It was now an hour after Rebir confirmed that he had been captured, and the news was transferred through the shuttle, and then transmitted here, although the specific battle report had not yet been sorted out, but the news of the victory and the rough process had already been known to many people.
A young man is spinning in circles with a slight neurosis, and constantly adding fanatical and inexplicable emotional lines, it is none other than Zeon and the largest rich second generation in the entire human society.
His name is Karma Zabi, the last son of King Deggin Sodo Zabi, the Duke of Zeon, and the younger brother of Zeon Commander Gilian, Commander of the Mobile Assault Force Cesilia, and Commander of the Space Assault Force Dozru.
He was now in the same room as his father, in the intelligence room of the Gvarkin-class battleship, the Zeon Wehrmacht's flagship ship, the Great Deggin, the flagship of the Zeon Wehrmacht.
In this extravagant and exaggerated room for a football match, there were only a few staff officers other than Karma and Deggin, and Karma did not deliberately make a calm and calm posture as usual, but looked completely unable to hold back his mood.
"Father, a big victory, it's a big victory for us!"
Karma's heart was a little complicated at the moment, on the one hand, he rejoiced at Zeon's victory, like all patriotic young people, and like all young people of this age, they naturally cheered at the news of the victory of their homeland, usually ignoring the cost or the real reason for the victory.
But on the other hand, his heart is full of jealousy, he is jealous of Char and Lear, who participated in the battle as soldiers, jealous that they can kill the enemy for Zeon on the battlefield, and jealous that Dozru and Cecilia can command such a magnificent battle.
He was even a little jealous of the main battle of Gilian, and the status of this brother, who was much older than him, on the world stage.
This is not something to be ashamed of, and Karma's dissatisfaction and jealousy do not mean that he is sarcastic or ostracizing, on the contrary, this young man, who seems too upright compared to his siblings, thinks not about how to beat successful people, but about how to try to become more successful than them.
It's even cute, like a child who looks up to his parents and wants to achieve or even surpass them, and in fact, if Karma had always had this sincere passion, he would have become one of the few great men of his time, even if his talent was not particularly outstanding.
Karma knew in her heart that this jealousy was wrong, but she couldn't control her thoughts, and then she felt a slight disgust for herself, half because of this jealousy, and half because of her inaction in this war.
He couldn't help but start to be a little impatient, and his steps began to force unconsciously, and in this empty and silent space, his footsteps seemed particularly harsh.
"Sure enough, I shouldn't be a staff officer, even if I am an ordinary non-commissioned officer, I should apply to be transferred to a battleship!"
"No, no! I should have been an MS pilot, just like Char and Lear, I should have been γγγγγγ when Lear went to teach the brigade No, I should have asked to go! β
"As a result, I can only watch them show off here, damn it!!"
Karma couldn't help but curse, which was rare for this young man who usually maintained his identity and always demanded that he be outstanding in all aspects of his words and deeds, so that he seemed a little pretentious, even in the days of the non-commissioned officer military academy, he had never used such a tone in the face of his rivals and friends Char and Lear.
"Don't swear!"
However, as Karma muttered to himself (even though his voice was already higher than normal speech), a break interrupted his self-pity, and Karma shuddered before he realized who he was in front of.
There was only one person in the world who interrupted him, or who could speak to Karma in such a tone of instruction.
It was his father, Deggin Sodo Zabi, King of Zeon.
"I shouldn't let you go to a military school, look at you, what kind of virtue has become when you come back from military school!"
Deggin said sternly that he didn't want Karma to become a soldier, he didn't even want Karma to get involved in politics, for him, he preferred Karma to become a scholar or a writer, which is also the old man's feelings for his children.
However, he also understood that Karma could not become such a person, he was the last son of Deggin, and he was also the most favored and popular Zabi, and blindly staying away not only could not protect Karma, but would make Karma not die well after his death, so he endured the pain and made Karma a soldier.
But at this moment, he has never regretted in his heart, allowing Karma to embark on the road of a soldier, and if there is a reason, there is no doubt that it is the war in front of him.
Far away from the battlefield, it was difficult for the Great Deggin to receive information from the front line in the first place, and all he could see now was a summary of the battle in just a few hundred words, but the shocking figures on paper made him feel chills.
On the side of the Union Army, General John Abraham Rebier was captured, and more than eighty percent of the warships from the flagship Annark down to the Annark were destroyed, and the survival rate of the defeated Union troops did not exceed one percent.
In order to achieve this victory, the price paid by the Zeon Army cannot be said to be slight, although the Zeon Army's warships were almost not damaged in this battle, but in contrast, more than 50% of the MS troops were damaged, and a large number of pilots were killed in this battle, and the accumulated talents of the Zeon Army who could drive military combat vehicles were greatly damaged.
Deggin couldn't imagine that if Karma was also an MS pilot, with only a 50% chance of surviving, it would be too cruel for this old man, even if he was a dictator like Deggin, such an unsympathetic politician.
It's really cruel.
Although it was the families of the soldiers who did die in battle, although they were really brutalized.
Deggin was not without seeing the Lambs of Peace in blood, on the contrary, he and Daken did not come to power with mere mild speeches and elections, but the real large-scale war still made him tremble.
The personal doctor next to him thought he was suffering from hypoglycemia and hurriedly stepped forward to do something, but was violently pushed away by Deggin, the hapless doctor fell to the ground, and was carried away by the guards, while Deggin ignored him, glaring at the obviously cowering Karma and pausing heavily on the metal cane in his hand.
"Knock !!!"
The piercing sound of metal crashing made Karma's hair stand on end, and the two trembled, but the blood and backbone he had just obtained from the front line did not make him too ashamed, and finally his cheeks were hot and his forehead was dizzy.
"You were a soldier, but before that you were the son of our Zabi family!" Deggin said angrily, annoyed by Karma's understandable but unacceptable enthusiasm for sacrificing his life for his country, despite the fact that the Zeon government itself was vigorously encouraging it.
Probably because other people's children can't die, their own children are more expensive than gold, Dejin hopes that everyone will believe this set if possible, but only those who are alone don't believe it.
"You are not a man who can rush to the front, it doesn't matter if you die, you have to understand your identity!" Deggin said despite the presence of guards and the like around him.
"Waitγγγγγγ Wait a minute, father, you're going too far! Karma was originally submissive, but now he mustered up the courage to retort: "It doesn't hurt to say that the sacrificed soldiers are dead, this kind of thingγγγγγγ β
"You're different from them," as if to reflect that the young and vigorous Karma couldn't readily accept his opinion, Deggin softened his tone and used another rhetoric: "You are the man of the Zabi family, and you have more important responsibilities." β
"Do you think that if you go to military school for two days, you will be able to fight?"
"You're still very young, do you know what war is for politics?"
"Just thinking about fighting, even going to the battlefield himself, the whole person is like that idiot of Dozru!"
"I know he's your headmaster, I shouldn't have let you go to study under him in the first place!"
When he spoke, he was obviously facing Karma, and his tone was also reprimanding Karma, but he gave people the feeling that he was talking to others, and he used the tone of his elders to his juniors, but it seemed that he was venting his humiliation and dissatisfaction.
There was a great deal of uneasiness, and perhaps a faint hint of jealousy and disgust.
Mixed together like burnt eight-treasure porridge, chaotic and emitting a burnt smell.
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Karma to reply, he turned his head to look at his henchman, forcibly interrupted the topic, and said to his henchman: "Inform the front line, you must take good care of General Rebier, and you must ensure the safety of his life." β
Then, he said in an aggravated tone as if he was not at ease: "At all costs, we must let him live!" β
He didn't know what kind of feelings he contained, but he looked like he felt that Reybil's life was at risk.
The henchman was ordered to leave, and Deggin stood there with a frown, not knowing what he was thinking.
From his constricted brow and the repeated repetition of 'clench', 'release', 'clench' and 'loose' palms, it was clear that his heart was extremely unsettled.
The scene seemed to return to the way Karma was talking to herself, but this time it was Karma who broke the silence.
Karma looked timid, but as if she had plucked up courage, she said, "Father, father, I have a request. β
He instinctively straightened his back, and a trace of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"Huh? What's the matter? Deggin, who was obsessed with his own thoughts, did not notice Karma's state and replied casually.
"Father, after this battle, can you transfer me to the front-line troops?" Karma said with a stiff face, his eyes full of longing.
"I'm also a soldier of Zeon, and I'll be able to-"
"Hmm." Deggin casually responded, this is just a meaningless line, just to say that I know something like that, the person concerned obviously didn't listen carefully to the word, but when he heard it in Kalmar's ear, it seemed to be a natural sound.
"Do you agree!?" Karma, who had already been mentally prepared for rejection, suddenly said loudly in surprise.
At this time, Deggin reacted, his face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he paused his cane again: "No!!" β
"Didn't you hear all of what I just said, I said, you're not an ordinary identity!"
"But father, I'm also a soldier of Zeon!"
Karma's face was aggrieved, and he even choked up and said loudly: "I'm also a soldier!" β
"So what, aren't you a soldier now?" Deggin was stunned by what Karma said, and for a moment he didn't react to what Karma meant.
"I'm just a soldier, haven't I done nothing in this war?" Karma exclaimed.
"I just flipped through the battle plan in my office and sat on this boat from afar while I fought!"
"My friends have gone to the front line to fight, and I'm doing nothing, so how can I keep my head up in front of them?"
"Father, please let me go! Even if it's a little bit, I don't want to be left behind by them!! β
Karma didn't name them when he said 'they', but the friendship in his tone, the fear and envy of not wanting to be farther and farther away from his friends, were also exposed.
Although it is doubtful whether those whom he regarded as friends really have the same friendship.
"Although the war is over, there must still be some fighting left, and this is my last chance to participateγγγγγγ
Karma's anxious tears almost fell, in his eyes, the war had ended in Zeon's complete victory, the Federation was no longer able to fight, could only bend his knees and beg for peace, what remained was nothing more than a small battle to suppress the disobedient, if he didn't participate in it at this moment, he really didn't have any chance to participate in the war again, not only not this time, maybe never again in the future.
However, for his anxiety, Deggin just said coldly:
"The war is over?"
When he said this, it was as if he were in some ethereal place, speaking from the clouds.
"If that's what you think, then I'll never let you go to war."
"What did you say, father?" Karma asked blankly.
"I said that the war is far from over, and if it were me, I would be glad."
Kilian γγγγγγ What would you do?
Although he was his eldest son, Deggin had no idea of what he was going to do, let alone control Kilian, and he didn't know anything about what he was going to do when he was connected to him.
It would be nice if peace was negotiated, and this was what Deggin wanted most, as Zeon won his biggest victory since independence, and did not slide into the quagmire of war that he least wanted to see.
Everything was perfect.
The fear is that for Kilian, this victory is only the beginning of the war.
If that's the case, Deggin would have to think about how to stop the war from escalating further, no, he should be prepared now, not wait for Kilian to make a public decision.
Deggin explained to Karma with a quivering mouth, but he didn't seem to notice.
I just opened my mouth and didn't make a sound.