Time moved back a little, the Earth Federation Space Force Combined Fleet was currently in the lunar orbit, since Chabro lifted off, this huge fleet completed the assembly on the Luna 2 fortress, which also belongs to the lunar orbit, and came to kill Lum in a mighty way.

The flagship of this fleet is none other than the former flagship of the Second Fleet, and the ship of Vice Admiral John Abraham Rebier.

Anak is the god of Greek mythology, who rules fate, days, and the inevitable outcome of something, and she can determine the inevitable fate of something, not even any other god can disobey her will, not even the supreme god Kronos, or the symbol of chaos, Kaos.

Inevitable fate.

She is a goddess of gods.

Naming his flagship after this goddess, it is intriguing what Reybir was thinking.

At this moment, the Federation Space Fleet has arrived near the Moon, and in an hour they will be out of the Moon's orbit and then change their speed towards Rum, and in a maximum of three hours, they will engage the Zeon Army, at which point the entire Combined Fleet will be in a state of imminent battle.

What exactly is Rebile doing at such a moment?

Check the battle plan again?

Urging officers and soldiers to be ready for battle?

Make a pre-battle speech?

No, this old man with a white beard was eating a sandwich, and unlike the other generals who were also eating, but seemed to have no taste for food, this old man had a leisurely face, as if he didn't feel nervous at all.

On the one hand, it is because Reybil knows that even if he is in a hurry and worried now, the Federation Army has been as prepared for battle as possible, and now it is just as long as they are brought into play, on the other hand, it is also because, at this age, Reybil has also begun to pay attention to health, and he has to chew slowly when eating, and prolonging his life is also something he has to do, after all, he has to live long enough to be able to do what he wants to do, defeating Zeon is just the beginning, and after defeating Zeon, the Federation's own housework is something that needs to be more worried.

Strengthen the centralization of the federal government with the help of post-war disaster relief, remove the armies of the member states and most of the ruling powers, re-establish the space colonies, and strengthen the direct rule over the colonies.

There is more to do than a mountain, and he expects to live for at least another twenty years.

This is the man who really wants to live another 500 years, not some perfect guy.

"What are you thinking, Gao Yun?" Although he was eating leisurely, Rebier was still Rebier, and he could see at a glance that Gao Yun (Note 1), the brigadier general of the Space Army who was sitting with him, seemed to be about to say something: "Is there anything to say?" ”

"This 。。。。。。 I can't hide anything from you, Your Excellency. Gao Yun said with a wry smile.

Brigadier General Gao Yun is a stout African-American man, don't look at him as a bit big and three, in fact, he is a technical general in charge of technology application and equipment research and development in the Space Army, in fact, the V plan (that is, the MS development plan of the Federal Army), which was recently asked by Reybier to restart and focus on, is hosted by Gao Yun.

In fact, he is also the leader of the MS faction within the Federal Army (although this is only a small faction that is almost dying), and because of the outstanding performance of the MS unit of the Zeon Army, this man who has always been somewhat marginalized has begun to be valued by Reybir again.

Gao Yun frowned and said with some hesitation: "In fact, someone wants to convey some information to you through our technical department. ”

"What information?" Rybil grabbed a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said casually.

"Von Brown is said to have supplied a large number of parts to the Granada side," Gao Yun said, "from MS." ”

"Granada? Cecilia Zabi's small fleet? Rybil frowned and said, "Who told you that?" ”

"It's Anaheim Electronics on the lunar surface, which belongs to the Bister consortium," Gao Yun replied, "and it is they who provided the parts, and it can already be confirmed that Granada has indeed received the parts, and all transactions have proof of Zeon's endorsement." ”

"Best Consortium 。。。。。。" Rebile frowned with some disgust, of course a person of his status knew the roots of the Bister consortium and the close ties between the family and the corrupt elements of the Federation: "Anaheim Electronics? Isn't that a home appliance company that makes refrigerators, and why would Zeon ask them for parts? ”

As the largest supplier of home appliances in the Earth Sphere, even Reybier himself uses Anaheim products, and he also knows that the so-called history of Anaheim's family is very small, and Reybier does not think that such a company can provide MS parts for the Zeon Army.

It is doubtful that Anaheim, as a lunar enterprise, actually has the ability to produce MS components.

Despite his skepticism, Reybir was not one to make a decision on instinct right away, he touched his bearded chin for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Anaheim, no, what do Bist want in return, and what conditions did they offer?" ”

If the other party asks for a large enough return, I am afraid that this information still has a certain degree of credibility.

"Well, Director Katias means he wants to have a good relationship with you, but 。。。。。。。" Gao Yun hesitated for a moment and said: "However, he also tentatively asked me if he could participate in our army's Plan V, he said that Anaheim has enough technical strength and can undertake part of the production tasks." ”

Because of this, Gao Yun was so hesitant to tell this information, because he was the person in charge of Project V, and he told this matter personally, no matter what the facts were, it meant that he had been bought by Anaheim.

He can not care about what other people think, but he must care about Rebier's thoughts, his status and the status of the MS faction have finally begun to improve because of Rebier's support, and now he can't accept continuing to sit on the cold bench.

Hmph, these hyenas want to get involved in the industry, aren't they afraid of killing those dead merchants on the earth? Rebir thought coldly, but the contradictions between the arms dealers, to Rebier's status, he didn't have to care too much, so he asked casually: "Want to join Plan V?" Does Anaheim have what it takes? If you can't contribute, you just want a piece of the pie, and it's not enough to rely on such vague information. ”

"The subordinate is also very surprised by this issue," Gao Yun also looked incredulous: "According to the list of technologies provided by Director Katias, they not only have enough technology, but even have more advanced results than the research department of our army's Plan V in some directions, but。。。。。。。 ”

"What's the matter, if you have something to say, just say it." Rybil said with some displeasure.

"Yes, the lower official is rude," Gao Yun said, "but according to the assessment of our military's technical department, this is not like a technology independently developed by Anaheim, but more like a 。。。。。。。 It's more like the Zeon technique, and many of the research results are exactly the same as the Zeon technique provided to us before Dr. Minovsky's defection. ”

I see, Rebilton suddenly understood Gao Yun's worries, the Federation Army's Plan V has actually made very limited progress because of the perennial neglect, if it can be supported by Zeon technology at this moment, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration, but in the eyes of some people within the Federation, especially those who like to point fingers but are not down-to-earth, it is really a shame to use a large number of Zeon technology, how can the Federation copy the technology of a colony?

Doing so will definitely be met with unimaginable serious resistance, the MS faction is not welcomed, the strength is weak, and there is no right to speak, and the current attention depends entirely on a few high-level leaders of the Rebil faction, but in the Space Army, even if it is Rebir himself, it cannot be said that he has completely fallen to the MS faction, he just attaches importance to it, as the commander-in-chief of the Space Army, he can't have a fixed tendency, Gao Yun is afraid that in case he is criticized, without the support of Rebir and other high-level leaders, he can't withstand the pressure of other opposition factions.

"Isn't it very good, you just go ahead and do it," Rebier decided to give Gao Yun a little confidence, and he said lightly: "I'll leave the progress of Plan V to you." ”

"Don't let me down, Gao Yun."

These words are tantamount to taking all the pressure on Gao Yun's body on himself, and Rebier promised to endorse all of Gao Yun's actions.

"This 。。。。。。。" Gao Yun stood up with emotion, and sincerely saluted Rebier: "Thank you very much, Your Excellency!" ”

"I swear I will live up to your expectations!"

"Well, okay, let's sit down and talk," Rebile said with a casual wave of his hand, "It's not just my expectation." ”

"Your Excellency, wouldn't this be too risky?" At this time, Kaningan interjected: "With all due respect, if you show your intention to fully support the MS faction, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among many people in the army. ”

Of course, Rebir also knows that the Battleship faction is still the absolute mainstream in the Federation Space Force, and to get them to support the MS faction in turn is equivalent to saying that the line of the Battleship faction is wrong, and many people's self-esteem cannot accept it.

This is still a trivial matter, more important is the relationship of interests in the military, the Federal Aerospace Force occupies more than sixty percent of the Federal Army's military spending, especially those huge warships, which are expensive to build, and the investment and production cycle are also particularly long, if the Federal Aerospace Force begins to break away from the battleship faction and turn to support the MS, to the extreme, if the Federal Army refuses to continue to accept the warships on the slipway that have not yet been launched, or even just asks them to renovate, it will cause huge losses to interest groups.

In the long run, if the Federal Aerospace Force focuses on MS, or at least MS and warships, it will also greatly reduce the share of military spending currently allocated to various ship-building interest groups, and the dockyard that has invested huge financial and material resources is equivalent to a big plunge in value overnight.

"Especially that Green White (Note 2)," said Kaningan as he ate a sandwich, but his face was not very solemn, although he was only a brigadier general, but he was known to be Reybil's most trusted confidant, so he was always kept by his side, and in this kind of gathering of Reybil's faction, he was the only one who could speak freely: "He was already disgruntled when you kicked him out of the low-orbit fleet, and if your decision hurt the interests of his faction and the hyenas behind him, He'll stop at nothing to get you in trouble. ”

Vice Admiral Green White is the former commander-in-chief of the low-orbit fleet (the First Fleet), he is not only the representative of the large ships and giant artillery faction in the army, but also the white gloves of the European and American consortiums that Ray Bier pinched his nose and absorbed at the beginning of the establishment of the Space Army, representing the interests of the European and American consortiums, mainly the industrial consortiums, in the Space Army.

It is conceivable that if Rebier wants to reduce the military expenditure allocated to the shipbuilding project, he will definitely be strongly opposed.

"Lieutenant General White, that's a troublesome fellow too." Rybil's eyes narrowed.

Kaningan nodded and said, "Originally, if nothing happened to Douglas, it would have been no problem to take over as commander of the low-orbit fleet with his merits, but now。。。。。。 ”

As he spoke, he glanced at a young general beside him: "Walken (Note 3) is good, but he is too young, and his merits are not as remarkable as Douglas, and Lieutenant General White is starting to move again to get their men up." ”

Before the war, in order to deal with the war with Zeon, Rebir had already kicked him away, and Mingsheng secretly transferred him to Chabro, in order to make room for Douglas, after all, the low-orbit fleet is one of the main fleets of the Federation, and Rebile can let go for some purposes before the war, but after the war, he can't tolerate that such a fleet can't be commanded by him, the commander-in-chief of the Space Army.

However, Douglas died at the hands of Lear, and his death made Raybier have to hastily promote Walken, because he really had no other suitable candidate at his disposal, strictly speaking, Walken was really not suitable, he was too young, and he did not have a brilliant record, and he was only a colonel, serving as the deputy commander of Lunas II.

"I know," said Rybier, with his eyes closed, "that as long as Warken behaves well this time, his position will be secured." ”

"It's up to you," he said, nodding at Walken, "Walken." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will behave well."

Kaningam continued: "It's not just Green White, but that Kim Collini (note 4), too, who jumps up and down. ”

"John, we have too many stints inside us, and you're overindulgent to them."

"There's no way around it, Rod," Rebile said with a smile, "Without their support, the Space Army wouldn't have been built in the first place." ”

"Even so, you have given them too much," Kaningan said indignantly, "We should have put our own internal affairs in order first, and this battle is too, it is too hasty, we should not have started it so early." ”

"Originally, we could have made more preparations and gathered more fleets, although those garrison troops are useless, but some is better than nothing, and they will force us to have a decisive battle in a hurry, and there will be too many idiots in the council." Kaningan gritted his teeth.

"Now we have to fight a decisive battle with half of the fleet, damn it."

"Okay, Rod, you calm down," Rebile smiled and said: "SIDE5 must not be lost, there is no way for the parliament to be anxious, originally because of the sequelae of the satellite impact, the economic situation of various countries is not good, if SIDE5 falls again, at least more than half of the member countries will go bankrupt, it is impossible not to save SIDE5." ”

"The matter of the garrison army is also, if they are gathered, it is equivalent to handing over those SIDE to others," Rebir said coldly: "The Space Army can't bear this responsibility, it is better to let them resist as much as possible, and we can also explain to the council, they will not be useful anyway." ”

"It's better to die, just to reduce the pressure on our military spending."

"But 。。。。。。。" Kaningan wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Reybier.

"Okay Rod, we're in a war now, no matter what we say, we're going to win this battle first," Rebile said, "The winner has everything, the loser has nothing, it's as simple as that." ”

"We don't care about the affairs of the council for now, and Gao Bu (Note 5) will take care of the affairs of the council for us."

"Gob?" Kaningan looked disdainful, what was that guy capable of.

"Don't underestimate him," Rybil smiled, "He's just not good at fighting, and he's very sober about other things." ”

"Otherwise, it would not be possible to swing left and right for so many years, even if he doesn't completely fall to which side, he can still achieve this position, he knows very well what he should do at this time, and he won't hold us back."

Caningan pouted, noncommittal.

"Don't talk about this, Gao Yun," Rebier shook his head and said, "Plan V, you continue to supervise, solve the problem first, and come up with a working model as soon as possible for early mass production." ”

"As long as you prove useful on the battlefield and have real results, you can convince others to accept your point of view, you see?"

"Yes, Your Excellency," Gao Yun said gratefully, "I am really grateful!" ”

"Then let's move on to Granada," Rebil said, looking around at the core generals of the Rebil faction beside him, "Is there any other information about this coming from the direction of the moon?" ”

Even if the Federation Army withdraws from the Moon, it does not mean that the Union Army's intelligence network on the Moon has been uprooted.

"No," replied Kaningan, who was the captain of the Annak, and he was the first person to know when information came: "Since the capture of Granada by Cecilia Zabi, Zeon's Assault Mobile Force has been continuously spreading Minovsky particles into the surrounding space, and now that the moon is completely cut off, they must be trying to prevent our army from obtaining information." ”

It's really suspicious, Reybiel frowned and thought, although he is a famous general, he can't judge the reason without intelligence support.

He suddenly asked, "How is the battle on Thiam's side, and are you sure that Zeon has thrown the main fleet into Rum?" ”

"Yes," Kaningan knew that it was not that Reybir did not know about the battle, but to repeat it on the safe side: "After Lum confirmed the heat source characteristics of most of the Zeon warships, Thiam specifically mentioned that there were no camouflage targets, and all of them were verifiable ships. ”

"He said that without reinforcements, he could not guarantee victory, or even how much his fleet would survive."

The absence of camouflage targets means that there are no warships camouflaged with civilian vessels such as merchant ships.

In this way, it is certain that at least the battleship of the Zeon Army is indeed in Rum, and Thiam's ability is a hundred reassuring, and he believes that Tyam will not make any low-level mistakes.

But this is strange, if Zeon's main fleet is really in Rum, then why does Granada need supplies from the MS, Rebiel reconfirmed to Gao Yun, confirming that this large number refers to the number of enough to maintain the entire Zeon army, not the 'large number' as the average person who does not know the inside information.

In the end, the Zeon army was suspicious and bought more time for the main fleet to destroy Tiam?

Or is there really some conspiracy on the part of the Zeon Army?

Rabiel couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It is not advisable to divide the troops at both ends, and here it is necessary to choose a direction of attack.

It was Tyam, who believed in Anaheim's intelligence and gave up his disadvantage to attack the moon.

Or will he ignore the direction of the moon and go all out to support Tiam?

At that moment, a soldier ran to Kaninggan's side, leaned down and said something to him, Kaningan nodded, let the other man out, and said to Rebil.

"Your Excellency, the shuttle sent by Thiam has joined us, and the herald says there is an urgent military situation to report to you personally."

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Note 1: Gao Yun, whose full name is unknown, was a lieutenant general after a year of war, and was the leader of the Anaheim GP program in the 0083 era, a black man of African descent.

Note 2: Green White, British, black tea man, the official worship of the general after the one-year war, the tragic general who was killed by Cardo with a nuclear bomb at 0083, the representative of the big ship and giant artillery faction in the federal army, the Birmingham-class garbage warship that turned back on history was built by this person, and it was also his faction that suppressed Gao Yun and other old Raybir troops in the army.

Note 3: Major General Hua Ken, a character in the original 0079 book, was the commander-in-chief of the Luna II during the One-Year War, although he was only a colonel in the original book, but his military rank was Major General in the GTO.

Note 4: Kim Collini, a cat-sucking man, became the chief of the general staff of the Federal Army after a year of war, successfully killed Green White in 0083, retired after taking advantage of his faction, and got a good death, he is also the backstage of Gamitov, and the establishment of Titans can be said to be the earliest at his behest.

Note 5: Gao Bu, the famous 369 general, served as the head of logistics during the one-year war, this alias comes from his extremely low ability data in the Gillian Ambition series, known as the highest-ranking and most useless scrap general on the federal side, but according to the return of the Gaiden comic Joni Layden, he is just a guy with little military ability, but he has excellent political ability, and he entered the political arena after the war, and he was able to die well.