On January 4, one day after the departure from SIDE3, the special unit of the Assault Mobile Force found traces of the 4th Mobile Fleet on the route from Axis to SIDE3, and in order to prevent the 4th Mobile Fleet from bypassing SIDE3 and taking the L5 route (Note 1) to enter the control range of the neutral satellite groups SIDE1 and SIDE4, the special forces adopted the full speed of the whole journey at all costs, thanks to the fact that the Msey-class and the Salamis class were level, which was much higher than the speed of the Magellan class. The Einsatzgruppen successfully intercepted the 4th Mobile Fleet at a distance of one day from L5.

Because of the low speed of the Magellan class, the Federation Army, realizing that it was impossible to avoid the battle, began to put on an attack formation, with two Magellan-class as the core, and the Salamis class surrounded by Magellan.

The Federation warships are all facing forward, ready to fight the Zeon Army.

Of course, although they didn't want to get entangled with the Zeon Army, it didn't mean that they were afraid of the Zeon Army's strength, in fact, all the Federation officers and soldiers were full of confidence in defeating this small force with only 3 cruisers and a few auxiliary ships, and they even tried to talk to the Zeon Army with a chivalrous demeanor.

"Captain Packat, a communication request from the Federation Army!" Said the female signal corpsman of the Leipzig.

After a symbolic consultation with the captain, Noles Packat said, "Take it in." ”

The distance between the warships of the two sides is about 5,000 kilometers, which is still the distance that communication equipment can use.

The man who was the captain of the Richelieu and the commander of the Fourth Mobile Fleet, a middle-aged man with the rank of rear admiral, appeared on the screen, and he glanced at Nores's rank, intentionally or unintentionally: "I am Rear Admiral Louis Douglas (Note 3), a member of the Muzo Self-Defense Force. ”

"I beg your pardon, Rear Admiral Douglas," Nolles replied-for-tat: "The official name of our army is the Defense Force of the Principality of Zeon, not the so-called Muzo Self-Defense Force, your army is known as the strongest fleet in the earth, but you don't even know the name of your enemy?" ”

"You need to know that pride is a soldier's virtue, but arrogance is a failure of life."

"I'll give you back the same words, Captain," Major General Douglas said disdainfully, "and trying to challenge the Federation Space Force is already the greatest arrogance. ”

"Not only that, but it's ridiculous for the encroachment to call a local self-defense force a national defense force, I only know that SIDE3 has a self-defense force used to catch thieves, but I never know what other national defense forces, after all, when can SIDE3 be called a country?"

"This is where you are so unheard of, and perhaps when we release you as a prisoner, you may be able to propose to General Rebil to clean up your intelligence system, as they don't even know the name of the army that defeated you." Noles said without humility or arrogance, Lear didn't expect that this uncle, who still looked a little vicious, was quite eloquent, and couldn't help but admire it.

"Released as a captive?" Douglas sneered: "I really dare to say that I will return the same thing to you." ”

"The Federal Space Force hereby warns your ministry to surrender to our army as soon as possible, and our army will abide by the Geneva Conventions and ensure your safety," Douglas glanced at Aina, who was standing beside Noles, and Maggie, who was standing behind Lear, intentionally or unintentionally, "I hope your ministry understands and accepts the goodwill of our army and avoids losing your precious lives." ”

"After all, our army is the common protector of all mankind, and even if it is a rebellion, it is unbearable for us to have casualties."

"In the same way, our army will return to you, Major General Douglas, my loyal Wehrmacht Assault Mobile Force Special Unit has been ordered to intercept your troops, and ask your troops to disarm and surrender to our troops as soon as possible," Nolles returned Douglas's words as they were: "I hope that your troops will understand and accept the goodwill of our troops, and avoid losing your precious lives." ”

“。。。。。。。” Douglas squinted his eyes and was silent for a moment, then said to Norles, "It seems that your ministry is determined to refuse to surrender?" ”

"It is true, our army cannot find any reason to surrender, on the contrary, we are puzzled that the Federation army is still unwilling to surrender in the face of such a disadvantage, and we do not see any reason for your troops to die in vain."

With a 4 to 1 difference in combat power, the Magellan level is at least equivalent to 3 Salamis, and such a huge difference in combat power can still confidently say the words 'you are a disadvantage', Douglas can only think that Nolles is a dead duck with a hard mouth or simply lost his mind.

"Hmph, you're very sharp-tongued, Captain," Douglas sneered, "Since your ministry has rejected the goodwill of our army, there is no way, let's go to war." ”

"I hope your fighting power is as strong as your mouth, by the way, the other Muzo soldiers on the bridge, I have a friendly suggestion for you, why don't you quickly put on your spacesuit and stand by near the lifeboat?"

"Our army will not fire at the lifeboat, at least if we do, we can save our lives."

After saying that, Douglas hung up the communication, and at the same time, the signal soldier said loudly: "The Federal fleet has been detected to start releasing Minovsky particles, and the concentration of Minovsky particles in the Celestial region has risen!" ”

Noles ignored the somewhat ugly captain and said loudly, "We will also release the Minovsky particles." ”

"The fleet is scattered, bow to the enemy, be careful not to get into Magellan's range!"

"Yes! Minovsky particle scattering begins! ”

"The Hamburg, the Nobu began to move away from the ship, and the auxiliary fleet began to retreat!"

"Full cannon door, Minovsky particle retraction filling is complete, ready to fire!"

"The pre-ignition of the Type 145 missile is complete, and it is ready to be launched!"

"A small heat source reaction was detected, and the Union Columbus-class escort aircraft carrier began to release the 'Swordfish'!"

"The MS units of our army are also dispatched!"

"Yes! The Papuya-class transport ships of our army began to release MS! ”

"The concentration of Minovsky particles has reached a critical value, and our army's communications and radar equipment is about to fail."

"Switch to optics!"

"Optical switching!"

"The fleet of the Federation Forces is observed in the field of view, and the optical equipment is working well."

"The Federal fleet began to move towards us."

"Prepare for battle!"

The bridge of the Leipzig was busy, and the well-trained officers and men quickly entered the state of engagement, of course, now 5000 kilometers is still at a safe distance, and the effective distance of fleet warfare takes into account the attenuation of the Miga particle cannon, which is usually controlled at about 100~200 kilometers, in this position, the battleship's Miga particle cannon can be regarded as having objective power and hit rate.

Norles, on the other hand, accepted Lear's tactics, and the Zeon fleet began to retreat slowly, and would remain at least 500 kilometers away from the enemy to avoid direct engagement with the Federation fleet, because, as previously stated, neither the Msey-class nor the Papua-class, which was used as a transport ship, was a match for the Federation warships.

At the same time, Lear and Aina, who are MS troops, are also going to Gnaku to prepare for the attack, because in 60 minutes at most, the two armies will enter the battle distance, and they must enter the combat position.

This time Noles will not participate in the war as a pilot, he will stay on the bridge of the Leipzig, master this experienced but inexperienced MS battle of the Zeon Commanders, in fact, there is Lear, he is no longer necessary, and even if he appears on the front line, it may make the officers and soldiers at a loss, after all, it was Lear who was mainly responsible for commanding before and not Nolles, so he might as well stay on the bridge.

Aina grabbed the handrail and moved in the direction of Gnaku, and Lear was about to follow her, but was stopped by Nolles.

"Ensign Alkerstein, I have a personal request," said Noles, "Miss Aina, though she is skilled, is not very good at fighting. ”

"I hope you can help me take care of her, and the Sakhalin family will accept it."

"Huh?" Lear froze for a moment, then reacted quickly, and said with a smile: "There is no need for this, Captain Packat, Captain Sakhalin is also my comrade-in-arms, if she is in danger, I will definitely protect her, there is no doubt about that." ”

"Don't worry."

"Then please." When he said this, Noles actually had a gentle smile on his face.

You have a good family, Sakhalin.

Lear couldn't help but think so.

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Note 1: Lagrange Point 5, the location of SIDE1, SIDE4 and the asteroid fortress Solomon of the Zeon Army, but Solomon has only just begun to renovate at this time.

The so-called Lagrange point in Gundam is a five-point solution to the Earth-Moon restrictive three-body problem in celestial mechanics, which refers to special gravitational points between the Earth and the Moon, at which a small object (an island colony) remains relatively stationary relative to two massive objects (the Earth and the Sun).

Theoretically, the distance between the SIDES in the Gundam is constant, but in practice, the positions of the SIDES are constantly changing because they are not stationary in a vacuum, but revolve around this particular point of gravity.

The Lagrangian point is not only applicable to the Earth and the Moon, but also to any two massive objects in the universe, such as the Earth and the Sun, the Earth and Mars, Mars and Jupiter, etc., there are such special gravitational points between them, but because the Lagrangian points we usually refer to are the Earth Sun, so the L1 to L5 in the Gundam are all Earth-Sun Lagrangian points.

Note 2: When talking about war-related novels, we have to mention a question, that is, what kind of speed can the two sides in the war march at?

This is a question that must be clarified, because it would be a big joke to estimate the speed of the German mechanized troops by the speed of the French army in World War II, and conversely, the speed of maneuver of the same German army on the Western Front and on the Eastern Front was completely different.

The speed of the march is, in a sense, even more important than the density of fire.

I couldn't find any specific information on the speed of the Cosmic Century ships, but I could get an idea of how quickly they were traveling from other data.

During the Battle of Rum, Dozru's Space Attack Force set off from Solomon Fortress at L5 on January 13, and arrived at the SIDE5 Rum Universe at L1 just two days later on January 15, and at about the same time, Rebil's Second Fleet, which had assembled in low Earth orbit, arrived at Rum from low Earth orbit.

ACCORDING TO ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, IN ADDITION TO L1 AND L2, L3, L4, AND L5 ARE ALL LOCATED IN LUNAR ORBIT, L1 IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE EARTH-MOON ROUTES, AND L2 AND L1 ARE SYMMETRICAL WITH THE MOON AS THE CENTER POINT, WITH A RADIUS OF 65000KM, BUT L1 IS CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE EARTH, AND L2 IS FAR AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE EARTH, SO SIDE3 LOCATED IN L2 IN THE ORIGINAL BOOK IS INDEED THE FARTHEST COLONY FROM THE EARTH, AND SIDE5 LOCATED AT L1 IS THE CLOSEST COLONY TO THE EARTH.

That is to say, the distance between L1 and the Earth is equivalent to 84% of the Earth-Moon distance (380000KM), which is about 323000KM, and the distance of L2 from the Earth is 116%, that is, 380000KM+65000KM=445000KM, and the straight-line distance from L5 to L1 is almost equal to the Earth-Moon distance. It is equivalent to 7916 kilometers per hour, that is to say, any SIDE is in a position that the warship can arrive at within a week, and it can reach SIDE3 from the earth in about 3 days, and the straight-line distance between SIDE7 and SIDE3, which is the farthest distance, is also within a week.

Of course, this data is a very vague and unreliable estimate, but because Gundam is not very complete as an anime work, let's take the number as the perception of the speed of the battleship in the universe century, of course, there are also differences in the type of ship, for example, Salamis is faster than Magellan, and both of the above are faster than the Trojan Horse, and there is also the difference between civilian ships and warships, and civilian ships themselves also have differences between passenger ships and cargo ships, etc.

At the same time, it is reaffirmed that the Lagrange points here are all Earth-Moon Lagrange points.

If anyone has an opinion on this number, they are welcome to correct it, after all, I am not a student of astronomy, and it is my limit to do it to this extent.

Am I writing a popular science article again?

Note 3: The supporting role written by hand is not the original character, if someone wants to claim it, they can sign up in the Dragon Suite Building, on a first-come, first-served basis, I don't know if this guy may still have a chance to appear.