[-We will never succumb to Zeon's tyranny, we will fight them until the last moment!] 】

[That's all I have to say, now everyone is out of the battlefield as fast as possible, I ask you to protect yourself carefully until the moment of victory comes. 】

[May God bless you all, long live the Federation.] 】

He was defeated, and even though he knew that the battle was going badly and had a premonition of defeat, he felt a sense of dizziness when Rear Admiral Epa Sinapus (Note 1), the captain of one of the First Fleet's fast cruisers Hadrian, heard Rybier admit it himself.

The Grand Fleet, which set out from the Luna 2 and made people feel proud when they saw it, was defeated like this?

For a moment, Epa Sinapus had a feeling of unreality, he was cold, and even felt that it was all fake.

yes, how is that possible?

That's General Rebier, he- how could he be defeated?

Previously, Eppa Sinapus was able to maintain his confidence in the inferior battle, even after the death of the commander of his own fleet, because his commander was no one else.

It's Reybier.

This made him grit his teeth and persevere, because he was convinced that under the leadership of General Rebier, even if it was a temporary disadvantage, the final victory of the Federation Army was inevitable.

And yet now。。。。。。

If he was a believer, it would have been the moment when his faith collapsed.

It would be nice if it was really fake, but no, Epa Sinaps was not a person who would make a fool of himself, in any case, he also carried the lives of hundreds of crew members of the Hadrian, and he had to give orders, otherwise even if they heard the orders of Reybir himself, the crew would not carry them out.

This clear chain of command and obedience, coupled with skilled professional skills, is the reason why the original Federation Space Force is elite, but it is not the future Federation Army that is loose and disorderly for various reasons.

It is unimaginable in the current Federation Army that an MS pilot on a battleship has repeatedly refused to fight for personal reasons, contradicted his superiors, and even escaped from the battleship with the army's technical equipment.

If that mule hadn't been in Lin Youde, the new rookie captain, on a warship that lacked supervision, he would have been shot as early as the first time he refused to attack, and there would have been no future glory at all, and the federal side in the middle and late stages of the war was actually exhausted, which can be seen in this.

In the face of such a federal army, the Zeon army actually failed, which can only show that it is worse than the federal army.

"We 。。。。。。" Aipa gritted his teeth and said, "Assault the Zeon fleet!" ”

"Yes, set the course towards Luna-2 now。。。。。。 Huh? His lieutenant replied subconsciously.

"Didn't you hear, Lieutenant Mitas?" Aipa said with a hint of disgust.

He didn't like his lieutenant, and as a veteran captain who had parachuted into the First Fleet with Walken, he was naturally qualified to look down on this 'timid' and 'unservicen' lieutenant.

The lieutenant's name was Ott Mitas (Note 2), a young officer who had just come out of school and had not been in the army for a few years.

"But、But the order of Lord Rebil is 。。。。。。。" Ott Mysta stammered, the double pressure of Zeon Army and his immediate boss made him a little overwhelmed, and the whole person felt as if he had fallen into an ice hole.

"It's to retreat and regroup on Luna-2, and you don't need to repeat it to me," Epa let out a long sigh of exasperation to calm herself down, "Connect these connections for me." ”

"Karelia, Reef, Courage, Confidence。。。。。。。" He named the ships one by one, including the Magellan class, the Salamis-class, and finally six or seven warships of all classes, all of which, without exception, belonged to the captains who had parachuted into the First Fleet with Walken.

In other words, they are all Rebilites.

Now that Rebir has ordered the entire army to retreat, what does Epa want to do?

What are you going to do, Sinapus? 】

[There's no time for us to chat leisurely!] 】

"I'm sorry, but it's because at times like these。。。。。。。 That's what we have to say," Epa felt a little dry in her throat, "Lord Rebil。。。。。。 ”

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the captain of the Confidence, who, unlike the confident warship, seemed to have his heart broken, and he said with a look of fear that he could not help himself, and as if he was a little nervous:

[What else is there to say now!] I'm leaving, and if I don't go, I'll be killed by Zeon's cannon! 】

Hearing this, the other captains who were connected to the Hadrian also froze, but they did not say anything to refute, and Epa was a little angry: "That cannon will not point at us." ”

Holding back his anger, he singled out what everyone actually knew: "The target of that cannon is Lord Rebir and the Second Fleet, and we will be fine until we kill His Excellency Rebier." ”

The captain of the Confidence, his face twitched, and he snorted coldly and closed his mouth, not looking at it under Aipa's stern gaze:

[Even so。。。。。。。 】

He opened his mouth, but he was still not shameless enough to reverse black and white, so he could only keep silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I need your help." Aipa was clearly about to come up with tactics, but he could only use the word help, because although he himself was in the command sequence, he was still early to take over the command, but at this moment he had to get the help of these Rebil captains.

【。。。。。。 】

The crowd was silent, they weren't stupid, and before Epa could utter his words, they could almost guess his request.

Sure enough, Epa said, "I'm going to launch a surprise attack on the Zeon fleet now, and I hope to get your help." ”

"His Excellency Rebier's headquarters fleet is surrounded by the Zeon MS," he said sincerely, "even a little, we need to distract them, if we can induce some of the MS to retreat by attacking the enemy fleet。。。。。。 ”

[It's not something you can decide, Major Sinapus!] 】

It was the captain of the USS Courage who retorted at the exit, which was also funny.

The captain of the Spirit lost his courage, and the captain of the Confidence had no confidence.

"I know!" Aipa overshadowed him in a louder voice: "I don't have this permission, so I'm begging everyone!" ”

"We all know this is what we should do, but those in opposition are not going to do it, they will just sit back and watch Your Excellency fall into crisis!"

"It doesn't matter if we die in battle, at least let Your Excellency escape, we still have a replacement, but the Federation needs him, and we need General Rebil!"

"So even if it's just us, we can create a chance for you。。。。。。" Aipa was even a little hesitant to say anything in his excitement.

As he finished speaking, he gasped and looked at the captains with complicated faces.

That's too much to ask.

For it was now the opposition general who had taken over the command, and he had ordered the First Fleet to retreat, and if he did not obey his order to retreat, then Epa would have disobeyed the order.

And now he not only wants to violate the military order himself, but also wants others to violate the military order with him.

Went to death together against military orders.

【。。。。。。 Do you understand what you're talking about? 】

"Ah, I know."

[Do you want to disobey military orders?] 】

"Yes, if necessary."

[Do you know the survival rate?] 】

"I'm afraid it's very low, and as long as they detect our movements, the Zeon MS on the periphery won't turn a blind eye."

[Even if so, you have to do it?] 】

"Even so, we have to do it, the Zeon Army's fleet is relatively meagre compared to our army, as long as they rush in, their transport fleet is almost like being undefended, even if it is to keep these ships。。。。。。"

Epa spoke eloquently, trying to convince his colleagues that he was trying to get his views on the face of his hard work, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he was trying to be accepted by others.

It looks a little ridiculous.

[It's enough, it's a waste of time. 】

The captain of the Spirit was the first to cut off communications.

[Major Sinapus。。。。。。 Alas. 】

The captain of the Confidence wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

【。。。。。。 I'm sorry. 】

The captain of the Reef gave Sinapus a regretful look.

These captains are not actually cowardly and incompetent, but the problem is that their courage has begun to fade, and this war has been lost, they are not high enough to be willing to trade their lives for the lives of friendly troops in a doomed war, if this plan can indeed save Reybier, they can still fight, but on the one hand, their actions are only a little to relieve the pressure on the Second Fleet, on the other hand, maybe Reybir did not need them to rescue.

He still has a whole Second Fleet there, can't he protect him alone?

Common sense is that even if the Annak is going to abandon the ship, Rybir still has dozens of warships to replace.

Common sense.

War has always been a place where common sense is defied.

Captain Rebilpa, who was finally willing to help Epa - none of them.

Aipa was cold, he had thought that since these people were all comrades of the Rebil faction, they should accept his request.

Even if some people don't want to accept it, most people should still have the courage, right?

The last person to cut off the communication was the captain of the Karelia, and as the name suggests, the Karelia was a powerful battleship of the Magellan class, and as the oldest and most powerful of the Lebil captains, he was originally the object of high hopes for Aipa.

He sighed and said to Epa :

[Give it up, Major Sinapus.] 】

Aipa's face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.

[It's up to us, it's just death.] 】

[And there is no way, it's not just us who are fighting. 】

[Let's take a look at the people around you first.] 】

With that, he cut off the communication.

Aipa subconsciously looked around, and saw everyone looking at him, their eyes may have recognition and courage, but more fear and even 。。。。。。 Resentment.

No one wants to die if they can live, and the heroes who sacrifice themselves are admired because there are only a few, and if these officers and soldiers of the Federation Army really face death, they probably will not hesitate to fight to the death, in fact, they have performed well enough in the previous battles with the troops led by Lear.

But if they survived, who would say no?

The number of MSs surrounding them was not large, and the order to retreat, from Rebir to the temporary commander of the First Fleet, was given, and they did not have moral pressure either.

Realizing that there was nothing he could do, Aipa hung his head a little weakly.

“。。。。。。。 Captain, what should we do? Mittas said tremblingly, "The route has been set, now do you want to go?" ”

“。。。。。。。 Forget it," Aipa said with a weak wave of his hand, "We will also set the route as Luna II and follow 。。。。。。 Follow along. ”

"So be it." He said.

“。。。。。。 Yes, yes. ”

Epa noticed that Mitas's body suddenly stopped shaking, and he couldn't help but feel a strong anger.

The anger was not directed at Mittas, not at the people on the bridge, not at the Rebilites who refused to help, not even at the opposition generals or Zeon.

But he was still so annoyed that he didn't know why.

Seventeen minutes after Rebir gave the order to retreat, the lone First Fleet of the Federal Space Force split into several units and withdrew from the battlefield.

The Second Fleet will be 。。。。。。

Abandon Rebil on the battlefield.

———— Dividing Line————

"Your Excellency, please go this way!" A young soldier guides Rebil on his way to the shuttle.

Rybil followed behind him, and as he passed by the porthole, Reybil happened to see the fire of a certain Magellan-class battle sinking not far away, which made his heart sink.

Is it already here?

Then another Salamis-class sank.

Reybiel was still mentally prepared, but he still couldn't avoid a pain in his heart.

He is the founder of the Space Army, and it can be said that he knows and meets every captain of the Federation, but now, these followers and his descendants, who have pinned the essence of the future hope of the Space Army, continue to die one after another.

Although this is exactly the result of Reybill's choice, and he is mentally prepared and accepts the reality.

But it is still painful.

“。。。。。。 The elite of the Space Army, the army that has spent so much effort to build, is it destroyed like this。。。。。 He couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

"It's really a hard bite."

"It's okay, as long as you are safe, one day we will build a larger fleet and drive all those Zeons back to their hometowns!"

The young soldier spoke suddenly, and by this time they had reached the hatch to the hangar, and Rabiel was a little surprised, and looked at him carefully before entering the hatch.

He was a very young Asian who looked like he was probably in his early twenties, with a hairy face and a nervous expression at the moment.

But although he was nervous, there was not the slightest feeling of submission in his expression, but a kind of firmness and trust and admiration for Rebil.

"Comrades who died in battle。。。。。。 No, everyone who died must have become gods, and they will bless us for defeating Zeon. The young soldier said earnestly, and it was only then that Rebile realized that he might be a Japanese soldier.

Reybir subconsciously asked, "Do you believe we will win?" ”

"Yes, of course," said the young soldier, in a tone that was deliberately cheerful and exalted, so as to be incompatible with the present atmosphere, "as long as you lead, victory is a matter of course." ”

"I'm Japanese, and everyone in my country thinks so, that only you can save the planet and save the Federation," his eyes lit up with longing.

"Then my compatriots won't have to live so hard."

During the British War, the countries on the Pacific coast were severely damaged, especially the East Asian coast and the west coast of North America, with Japan, as an island nation, suffering even more serious damage.

Industry, armies and fleets were wiped out, and eighty percent of the population died from the tsunami and subsequent catastrophes.

In addition to the central high mountain area, more than half of Japan's land was flooded by the sea, and the loss of houses or property was secondary, the most important thing is that the tsunami caused a large number of deaths, and inundated Japan's scarce agricultural areas, after the tsunami receded, most of Japan's farmland became saline-alkali land, and Japan, which could only barely carry out self-sufficiency in staple food, suddenly fell into famine, although because of the large decline in population, now relying on the preserved reserve grain and scarce transport ships can barely make ends meet for the time being, But no one knows that such days cannot last forever.

Such Japan, has been destined to be unable to maintain the status of an independent country after the war, its remaining choice is only to join East Asia or become the trusteeship of the Federation, after all, everyone is very difficult, there is really no spare strength to help a distant unrelated country, although the Federation has to manage, but as a high-level Rebier knows that as the G3 Nanjing has always wanted to get Japan, which is located in East Asia but close to Europe and the United States, and the Federation will be more inclined to sell Japan in exchange for the support of Nanjing.

Raybier himself is also inclined to this, compared with Japan, which can neither provide industrial capacity, nor food or combat power, it is obviously more reasonable to win over East Asia, which has a vast inland area and millions of ground troops despite the destruction of all coastal areas, and Nanjing has always vigorously supported the construction of the Space Force, so it is reasonable that Rybier has no reason to protect Japan.

After all, he was originally a follower of the abolition of the state and the complete unification of mankind, and for him, the disappearance of a regional power may be a good thing.

Of course, Japan is going to die, and its people will not be much better, because for historical reasons, the relationship between Japan and East Asia has always been very bad, and the people of the universe are just that, and nationalism is not popular in the colonies of the universe where it is more necessary to abandon the concept of race and cooperate with each other, but on the earth where the concept of the nation-state still exists, there are more or less East Asians who hate the Japanese more than the cosmos.

While Zeon was still in existence, it was good to say that when Zeon was defeated, it is conceivable that Japan that was annexed would not have a good life.

But a young man from such a country said such a thing to Raybill, which inevitably made Ray Bil a little uncomfortable.

"Please don't let down everyone's hopes。。。。。。" As soon as the young soldier's voice fell, he realized that his tone was a little responsible, and hurriedly bowed 45° and said, "I'm sorry, my subordinates have trespassed, it's really rude." ”

“。。。。。。。 It doesn't matter," Rebile reluctantly smiled, "We're going to win." ”

He did not respond to questions about whether he would live up to the expectations of the Japanese.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

As if feeling that his prayer had been answered, the young soldier excitedly said, "Everything is up to you, Your Excellency!" ”

"Hmm." Rabiel said as he walked over to the shuttle.

He took two steps, only to find that the young soldier had not followed, and that he was still standing there, maintaining a bowing position.

"Aren't you coming?" Rybil couldn't help but ask.

"Please go first, I'm going to stay on the Annak," the young soldier looked up and said a little shyly, "There is still a group of technicians in the core reactor who are reluctant to leave, they are rushing to repair the battleship, and I have been ordered to stay and protect them." ”

"Rest assured, they will return your flagship, the Annak, to Lunax II."

“。。。。。。”

Rybil never looked at him again, and he turned his head and put on his military cap, the brim of which covered his eyes, so that the young man who bowed his head could not see his expression.

The other generals who had evacuated with Rybil followed him, and one shuttle could not sit down, so several shuttles were divided - all the shuttles on the Anak, to be exact, so that the rest of the people on the Anak had no means of escape except for the slow lifeboats.

They passed past the young soldier, neither speaking, nor encouraging, nor letting him get up.

Didn't even look at him.

"Have a nice trip, Your Excellency!" The young soldier bowed to 90° and said loudly, looking very hard.

90-degree bowing, this posture is a great challenge to the waist force, because the center of gravity is unstable, and it is difficult to stand on the feet.

Ray Bill walked towards the shuttle without looking back, even looking a little hurried on his feet.

Walked to the shuttle a few hundred meters away, boarded the plane, and then he walked across the path of the shuttle and entered the cockpit.

A few minutes later, around the same time as Major Epa Sinapus on the other side of the battlefield tried to convince his comrades, the shuttle began to ignite and send Rebil off the ship.

At this moment, Rebiel unconsciously swept over the outside of the glass, the hangar leading to the interior of the ship.

The man still bowed in the direction he had left.

And it didn't look like it wavered in the slightest.

———— Dividing Line————

Note 1: Epa Sinapus, the captain of the Federation Pegasus-class assault ship 'Albion' in "0083-Memories of Stardust", is the Illusory Crash King Hu Trash。。。。。 I mean Hiroshi Urakaki's immediate boss.

The captain of the Federation Army (in the original book) is old and strong, experienced, typical old-school soldiers, but he is also as smelly and hard as he turned back, and it is this character that he finally dies of.

He was a colonel in 0083, and was finally framed by Titans and executed by a court-martialed trial for the crime of 'privatization of the ship'.

It is said that if this crime is to be established, the future captains of all stripes, from Lin Youde to Mahai Ramias, will be counted as one.

I can't run away!

All will be crucified on the pillar of shame!

His political stance is not stated in the original book, but considering that he had a good relationship with Lieutenant General Gao Yun, and that he was finally tried for offending Gamilov and Basque, his position is set to be biased towards the Rebil faction.

As for the ship Hadrian, it is mainly derived from his future ship Albion, Albion is the ancient Roman name for the island of Britain, meaning 'white land', and the Hadrian used here comes from the famous landscape Hadrian's Wall on the island of Britain, which is also a relic of the Roman era.

Note 2: The captain of the Unicorn Gundam Risi Agama is the colonel of the Round Bell unit (Bell Team) who can't hold his head up in front of his subordinates, and the official setting is that he was 45 years old in 0096, so he must have joined the army during the one-year war, but he was just a young officer in terms of age.