Raybile stepped onto the bridge of the Annak, followed by a large group of Federation generals.

There was no fluctuation on Reybier's face, but Kaningan, who was most familiar with him, knew that Reybier's mood was a little urgent, and he unconsciously increased his speed, almost reaching the level of race walking, so that the others behind him had to speed up.

Such an impatience is not incomprehensible Kaninggan, the Federation fleet is about to reach a specific gravitational point in the lunar orbit, where they will break away from the lunar orbit and then change orbit towards SIDE5, and Rybir must make a judgment before then.

Reinforcements for Tiam, or an attack on the Moon.

He understood how much pressure was on Rebir and how desperate he was to win this battle, no matter how calm and calm he behaved, such a gesture could calm the hearts of the generals of Rebier's faction, but Kaninga, who knew him best, understood.

Rebier, can only be said to be calm, but there is no room for calm.

In fact, it has only been more than ten days since the war with Zeon, but these ten days are as long as more than ten years for Reybil.

Originally, the Space Army was established by Reybir to overcome public opinion and get the support of the chaebols who had a need to control the colonies, and in the process of construction, Reybir undoubtedly exerted an iron fist, and the ground army and a large number of small and medium-sized allies were very disgusted with him.

Although the ground army is composed of the armies of each member country, the bulk of the military expenditure is actually borne by the governments of the member countries that try to control a certain military force, and the federal government only bears part of the military expenditure, but because of the establishment of the space army, the military expenditure of the federation is greatly inclined to the space army, and naturally it cannot afford as much ground military spending as in the past, and the ground army is faced with the painful choice of either urging its own government to bear more or reducing its own size, but no army will choose to weaken itself, so since the 60s, Compared with the space forces that built space warships in large quantities, from the 60s to the present, for nearly 20 years, the ground forces have only been equipped with Type 61 tanks, and the light weapons and equipment have been unified in the armies of various countries, and the rest of the air force and surface ships that also need to be heavily invested have basically maintained the scale and technical level of the 60s.

And the ground army is also facing the pressure of public opinion, before the war, the earth is basically the theory of absolute defense circle outside the low orbit dominated, as the name suggests, it is completely dependent on the space fleet, blocking the enemy from the low orbit, in this way, the existence of the ground army is not of great significance, it is better to simply completely dismantle, only retain a certain number of security forces, but also save money, in this trend of thought, the ground army that is identified as worthless is in an embarrassing situation, and face the dilemma of double suppression by the parliament and the space army (mainly the Rebil faction). , I am afraid that it will be difficult for those who have not experienced it firsthand.

Such a ground force would naturally dislike, and even hate, the commander-in-chief of the Space Army, General Rebier.

And each small and medium-sized country also has a reason to hate Reybier, the Earth Federation has never been just a country in the true sense, but by the big power (G3) to rule, lead, exploit the small and medium-sized countries of the Earth State Alliance, East Asia, North America, Western Europe, the three huge superpowers After a long war, based on the United Nations in the Western era, gradually evolved into the original Earth Federation, in order to maintain their own rule and interests, although there is competition between the G3, but in the face of challengers, they are always unanimous in the face of challengers, In this situation of fighting but not breaking, human beings began to gradually tilt the resources used for war in the past towards the development of the universe, and it is precisely because of the powerful ruling entity of the G3 that human beings can go to the universe.

From a purely historical point of view, there is no doubt that the G3 Group (although it is difficult to say that it is wise and far-sighted) is of positive significance, after all, the equality of the strong and the weak is originally a childlike fantasy, and although the G3 Group has done a lot of idiotic things to control the Earth Federation, and their domination and exploration of the universe can also be called a history of blood and tears, it is true that mankind has stepped out of the earth and begun to explore the universe.

But this is not the case for those small and medium-sized countries, the interests of space development are basically completely controlled by the G3 group, and they do not get anything in return at all, but these small and medium-sized countries still need to bear the funds of space development, mainly the colonial satellite commune and the Earth Federation Space Force, so how can people not complain?

Before the 60s, when the economic situation was still good, and small and medium-sized countries were still able to obtain certain benefits, this kind of complaint was not common, but since Zeon's independence, after the economic situation in the earth circle began to deteriorate, these small and medium-sized countries are the first to dive, G3 not only has amazing national strength, a strong central government, but also holds the ruling power of the Earth Federation, they will naturally pass on the loss to the colonial satellites and various small and medium-sized countries, in fact, these small and medium-sized countries have been struggling to survive in the past 20 years, Protests and even uprisings erupted during this period.

How could such a small and medium-sized country not dislike and even resent the Earth Federation and General Rebier, the symbol of the G3 group's thugs?

This is the general reason why the external environment of the Space Force has always been bad, not only to deal with the threat of the independence of the space colony, but also internally, in the Council, and to the opponents of the Federation Army.

In the past, when Rebir was strong, whether it was the ground army or small and medium-sized countries, these young people certainly did not dare to blow up Rebier, but Zeon's rebellion allowed them to seize a great opportunity, an opportunity to take down Rebier.

Why did the colonies fall one after another, and why did more than half of the civilian population die in just a few days?

Because the Space Army has lived up to everyone's expectations.

Why did the Federation Space Army, which was built at great expense, lose one after another?

Because the Space Army has lived up to everyone's expectations.

Why did a mere SIDE3 rebellion make the Federation Space Army, known as the strongest in human history, helpless?

Because the Space Army has lived up to everyone's expectations.

By the way, isn't all this the responsibility of that incompetent Reybier?

It was because of his lack of command that Zeon was able to drop the satellite on Earth, because of his stupidity, in just ten days, more than half of the fleets of the Federation Space Force were wiped out (they deliberately ignored in their propaganda that the command of the garrison force was actually not in the hands of the federal army but in the SIDE local government, and there were not many of them, but to confuse reality, comparing the garrison fleet with a large fleet such as the low-orbit fleet, creating the illusion that the federal side had lost half of the fleet in just ten days after the war began).

It's all Reybill's fault!

Earth is going to play!

It's all Reybill's fault!

Why is it so difficult to extinguish chaos on the ground, various cases and even rebellions?

Why is there no relief for the victims?

At this time, the ground army also began to shirk its responsibility, and we couldn't help it, who told the space army to occupy all the military expenses, and it has not been able to prevent the invasion of the enemy, how to arrange disaster relief without money, how to suppress chaos?

It's all Reybill's fault!

That's right, it's all Reybill's fault!

。。。。。。 him!

Well, no one has talked about it yet, but it's only a matter of time.

In the face of this situation of putting all the blame on Rebir and the Space Army, you can imagine how much pressure Rebir has, and what is worse is that because the core ruling areas of the G3, that is, East Asia, North America, and Western Europe are all the hardest hit areas in the British War, and the G3 government is busy stabilizing the situation, although the people in the top management still support Rebir as always, but they can't give him more substantial help.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Rebir had remained as strong as ever, using his past prestige to forcibly silence the opposition, there might have even been a fool who wanted to impeach him, or even force him to appear in parliament for questioning, and then be court-martialed for trial.

To refute all this, Rebir must win this battle, and it must win beautifully, if there is a draw, or a Pyrrhusian victory, even if the Federation wins in the end, the necessity and ability of the Space Force will be questioned, and the Earth will inevitably invest heavily in reconstruction after the war, and it will never be able to invest as much as it did before the war, and if it cannot guarantee the military spending to restore its combat strength after the war, the Space Force will face the crisis of weakening or even extinction.

Without adequate military support, it would be difficult for the Federation to maintain control over the Union countries and colonies, and Rebier's ideals, the complete unity of mankind, would be in vain.

Caningan understands that Rebiel is not in a hurry, as Rebil's right and left hand, all he can do is try his best to help Rebil check and fill in the gaps.

John, unlike me, you are the one who has to survive.

There's not much I can do, but, if I need to。。。。。。 I will not hesitate to die for you.

He couldn't help but twist his military hat unnaturally, and Walken next to him gave him a surprised look.

Rodney Kaningan's heart was suddenly filled with a sense of foreboding.

But he is also ready to die.

———— Dividing Line————

Seeing the arrival of Rybil and the others, the people on the bridge stood up and saluted their Supreme Commander.

Then Kaningan's subordinates brought Tiam's herald to Rebil, a Cosmic Army officer with the rank of major, Rebil couldn't remember every Cosmic Army officer, he turned his head to look at Caninga, Caningan nodded slightly, indicating that the other party's identity was accurate.

Indeed, the major's entire resume is clear and unquestionable, the first officers to join the Federal Space Force, who were still a lieutenant at the time, were born in Europe, did a good job, but not particularly well, and were successfully promoted to major, but that's all, and later served under Thiam, working his way up to intelligence staff officers.

Impeccable.

"Commander Rybil!" The other party is a handsome middle-aged man, with blond hair and blue eyes, who seems to have some Germanic blood: "The intelligence staff officer of the Third Fleet, Woolf Schmidt (Note 1) reports to you. ”

"Major Schmidt?" Rebir sat down in the command seat, and Kaningan stood behind him: "You are Tiam's staff officer?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I am Commander Tiam's direct intelligence staff officer."

"What's going on, what's going on with Rum?" Rybil frowned and said, "You're not the one in charge of the scheduled communication, are you?" ”

As mentioned before, at this moment, Lum is shrouded in a high concentration of Minofsky particles, and conventional means of communication are useless at all, so whether it is the Federation or Zeon, if they want to contact units outside the battlefield, they can only communicate through primitive human transmission, and the Tiam fleet and the Rebir fleet agreed to contact each other in a fixed period, and this Woolf Schmidt suddenly arrived outside the agreed period.

After all, it is a space fleet march, and in order to avoid being mastered by the Zeon Army, the Rebir fleet is not only in a state of silent communication, but also has as little contact with the outside world as possible.

In fact, if Woolf hadn't been piloting a Union-style dragonfly shuttle (Note 2), and all of them could have been identified, the Reybil fleet might have shot it down.

"Yes, Your Excellency, I am an additional emissary sent by Commander Tiam."

"What's going on with Rum, and will Thiam still be able to support it?" Rebiel wasted no time in asking something he already knew, just as he opened his mouth to ask if Thiam would hold on rather than win.

"The situation is very bad, Your Excellency," said Woolf Schmidt, whose face was pale and ugly, as he looked at Rebier, "before I left, our division had lost a third of its warships, mainly the Salamis-class, but the Magellan class had sunk six ships below the Theseus. ”

"Our ministry is in a precarious state and has been kicked out of SIDE5, Lord Thiam says he will fight as hard as he can, but。。。。。。 Please also be prepared. ”

"Kicked out of SIDE5? What's going on? ”

"That's right, because the number of ships of the Zeon Army is a multiple of ours, so Commander Tiam ordered the battle line to retreat, trying to lure the Zeon Army line forward, and then launch a surprise attack with a fighter wing ambushed in the satellite." Woolf told Rybier what the Union Army had done.

The number of warships was a multiple of Tyam。。。。。。 Sure enough, Zeon's main fleet was in Rum, and Reybier's face did not fluctuate, but he thought so in his heart.

So what about the information coming from the moon?

Is it real, or is it Cecilia Zabi's suspicious ploy?

Frankly, the latter is more likely, using the moon's feints to lure Rebier's fleet to the moon, giving Dozru Zabi more time to annihilate Tiam's fleet, which is entirely reasonable.

After all, Zeon's strength was originally a disadvantage, and it was natural to concentrate limited forces to break each one in this situation, and the situation before the outbreak of the battle of Rum also confirmed this, and Reybir did not think that Zeon's generals were crazy enough to divide the already limited forces again.

Anaheim's intelligence is so suspicious that it suddenly comes to the door and says that there is information to provide, and the price is to be added to the list of arms suppliers of the Union Army, which is understandable, but it is also too coincidental, right?

And they have also mastered the MS technology of the Zeon side, and if there is no cooperation with the Zeon official, Ray Bill will not believe it at all.

Did they spread false information at the request of Zeon, or did they really want to betray Zeon?

Rybir hesitated, although he felt that Anaheim would choose to betray Zeon, who seemed to be a disadvantage, and it was entirely possible to choose the Confederation, which was more likely to win.

But there was another thing, but he couldn't help but be suspicious of this information.

The reason is that Anaheim's superior, the founder of the Bister consortium, Saiyam Bister (Note 3), is a cosmic immigrant in his bones, and he is even the predecessor who participated in the assassination of Rebir, a member of the terrorist organization of Ricardo Massenas, the most important leader in the history of the Earth Federation, although he later quickly became one of the richest people in human civilization because he mastered the pigtails of a certain Federation.

But Reybil never trusted that man, who was even better than the hyenas on Earth.

Anaheim wasn't to be trusted, and he couldn't help but come to this conclusion.

"That's it, before I left, our army's fighter unit was completely wiped out." Woolf Schmidt showed a hint of grief at the right time.

"How many MS does the Zeon Army have?" Rabiel asks the crucial question.

"This 。。。。。。。" Woolf Schmidt groaned for a moment, as if he were recalling a specific number.

All eyes were on him, including Reybil, and everyone waited for his answer, so much so that there was a sudden silence on the scene, as if time had stopped.

"The exact number is unknown," said Woolf Schmidt in a firm tone, "but there are at least 2,000 units that can be confirmed." ”

He said this sentence by looking into Reybier's eyes, and there was no fear or shame in his eyes, only calmness.

"2000 。。。。。。" Rybir nodded: "I understand, you go down first." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Immediately, Woolf Schmidt withdrew from the bridge of the Annake, leaving only Rebier and many other generals.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Rebil stood up from his commanding seat, "it has been decided, the target is Rum, and we are marching towards Rum. ”

"Your Excellency, what should be the direction of the moon?" Walken spoke.

"The moon side has basically determined that it is a lie," Rebir said, "I would have been skeptical, but since Thiam's side has confirmed the main Zeon fleet and more than 2,000 MS, it is impossible for a large-scale Zeon force to exist in the lunar direction." ”

"Most of the Moon's Jessilea troops are bait, leave her alone, let's hurry up and support Tiam, no matter what their intentions are, as long as we destroy Zeon's battleship, no matter how powerful their MS is, it will be useless, and when we annihilate the main force of Dozru, there will be no time to give them to replenish the battleship, we will take SIDE3 directly and end this war once and for all."

"But, Your Excellency, even if the Lunar side of Cecilia doesn't have much strength, is it really good to let her exist?" Walken argued: "They are behind us after all, what if we let it go and be attacked from the rear by Cecilia?" ”

"He's right," said Kaningam, "it was a mistake to abandon the moon then, and if the moon was still in our possession, we wouldn't have to guess now." ”

This also makes sense, the moon is between SIDE5 and SIDE3, SIDE5 and SIDE3 are originally located on the two special gravitational points L1 and L2 of the Earth-Moon system, if the Federation Army does not lose the Moon, there is no suitable stronghold for the Zeon Army between SIDE3 and the Moon to be used as a forward base, there is a Ah Bawa Ku near L2, which is an asteroid fortress being built by the Zeon Army, but that fortress is not suitable for this battle, because it is too far away from SIDE5, even farther than Solomon, that's why Dozru's fleet chose to set off for SIDE5 from Solomon instead of A. Bawa Ku.

If the Moon is not lost, it is equivalent to the Federal Army can form a defensive line composed of two fulcrums from the Moon to SIDE5, consisting of Granada and Rum, which can form an angle against the invading Zeon Army, instead of only having Lum struggling to support it now.

Sounds beautiful.

But Kaningan himself didn't take this seriously, he knew that it was an afterthought, after all, the Fifth Fleet was probably not the opponent of the Zeon Army at that time, and the Federation Army did not expect Zeon to be so decisive, all the SIDE that they attacked were almost destroyed, and the Federation Army couldn't cope with it to get to today's predicament.

"That's right, Your Excellency, if you agree, I'm willing to lead my fleet to attack the moon, and I'll end the battle in the shortest possible time and then move on to Rum," Watten said with a little urgency, he had a reason to be anxious, he was almost parachuted into the First Fleet, and he urgently needed to sit in this position, in his opinion, the victory of the Federation was undoubted, but if the Federation won quickly, how could he get enough credit, it was not enough to participate in the Battle of Rum, but the name of the liberator of the moon was a good weight: "Please agree!"

"Calm down, Walken," Rebiel also knew Walken's thoughts, he frowned and said, "Don't worry, although we won't attack the moon, we won't let Cecilia intercept us." ”

"If Cecilia were going to intercept us, where would the best place be? At the point of gravity that turns into SIDE5. ”

"So here, let's change course, give up changing speed at the point of gravity, and now start sailing in a straight line, at maximum speed, towards Rum!"

““！！！” ”

Everyone was in an uproar, the space battleship and the ship at sea are the same, there is a distinction between maximum combat speed and cruising speed, not a combat state, and no fleet will risk a breakdown and ask the battleship to move at full speed.

In non-wartime movements, the space warship will move along a fixed trajectory at cruising speed, just like the previous Combined Fleet under the command of Rebiel departed from Luna 2, followed the lunar orbit to the vicinity of the moon, and then changed direction at a special gravitational point near the lunar orbit, which is a necessary means of compromising speed to stability.

But what Rebiel means is not to follow the usual route, but to use the maximum combat speed, forcibly overcome gravity to go to Lum in a straight line, this is of course the most convenient path, but on the contrary, it is a sharp increase in the risk of failure, of course, the battleships of the Federation Army have not been shoddy to the point of failure, but in this way, the Federation fleet advancing at full speed will inevitably be unable to maintain the current mobile formation, and there may even be disjointed and fallen behind the battleship.

Is it really appropriate to do this? Although it is the strongest space fleet of mankind, the Federation Space Army is also a theoretical army that has never fought a war in the final analysis, and there are too many uncertainties in space war for the current human race, even these generals at the top level of the Federation Army cannot be said to have completely mastered the fighting method of space war.

"Guys, we have to do this," Rebile said quietly, not entirely sure, but he believed it was the best option: "There has never been a cosmic war of this magnitude in human history. ”

So there are no precedents to follow.

"We're making history." Reybiel said, looking around.

"What we are doing now is something that our ancestors never did."

"They created the Earth Federation from nothing."

"And we're going to protect her at all costs."

"I can't prove my decision right, but I will never be less motivated to defend the Commonwealth than you are!"

"Please trust me, and together we will forge a path to the future for the Earth Federation."

"Long live the Earth Federation."

After saying that, Rebile stood up, and the eyes of all the generals present were filled with an almost fanatical light.

Rebir was by no means a saint, much less a prophet, he was just a mortal who could be tired and make mistakes, and the generals present, whether they were Kaninggan, Gao Yun, or Hua Ken, understood this.

But they trust this man, in his ability and determination, and because of that, they are in his command, and they believe that this man is the leader that the Earth Federation needs.

An indomitable strong man who can forge new paths when humanity is stagnant.

"Long live the Federation!!" ”

Everyone saluted in unison and chanted in unison.

The tone is full of fighting spirit and enthusiasm for the future.

And just like that, the campaign began according to Rebil's idea, and it was indeed the path to the future.

But is that the road to victory, or to destruction?

In any case, it is indeed the future that humanity chooses for itself.

This is not false.

———— Dividing Line————

Note 1: Woolf Schmidt, this person doesn't need to be introduced.

Note 2: The Federal Army shuttle, which is much faster than a warship but cannot fly long distances, is a model specially designed for communication and reconnaissance in the Minovsky particle environment, and can also operate in the atmosphere after modification.

Note 3: Saiyam Bist, the source of the Gundam Unicorn story, the founder of Anaheim's owner Bist Consortium, is a generation of rich myths that are more magical than Lear's father and Diablo, and it is precisely because this guy suddenly had a wrong brain before he died and wanted to expose his family background that a series of stories were introduced.

Unbeknownst to Rebier, Saiyam had fallen into a frozen sleep at this time, and that Katias had become the head of the house, and that a series of operations in Anaheim after the war, including the looting of Gionnik's personnel and equipment, were presided over by Katias.