Chapter Forty-Eight: The Stage Under the Quiet Usurpation

"At that age, some people are already on the front line...... "Electric cars drive automatically on the main road. Ren Feng blew her short black hair, and the woman in sunglasses muttered such an uncomfortable sigh and complaint about the peaceful scene around her. Neumann continued his driving with a speechless sigh.

Heliopolis is an industrial colonization satellite belonging to the neutral nation of Orb. Located directly below the equator and made up of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Obudo grew out of a large Japanese immigrant elite during the War of Unification, but basic rights were still held by the ancient native clan aristocracy. It is a new country that has created a high level of industrial power by using the geothermal heat of the volcanic bird, and has developed in conjunction with the operation of the spaceport.

In this era of large-scale development of space from the earth, it is important for the country to have a spaceport, because the energy-depleted earth must rely on products from the universe. Since the vicinity of the equator is the most suitable place to launch space shuttles, the lower latitudes are immediately in the spotlight. That's why the orbital launchers held by the three major powers of the Atlantic Federation, the Eurasian Federation and the East Asian Republic are so dazzling and have become a symbol of national strength. It is remarkable that Orb is a small neutral country that can achieve such an achievement!

However, since March last year, the Zaft Army's Earth Invasion Offensive Operation, Operation Bird Loboros, has taken the spaceport as its main objective. In order to cut off the support of the United States for space forces and the feedback channel of space materials, and strengthen the effect of global economic suppression after N interference. As a result, the war that began with the United Earth against the Plant, also involved the United Non-Acceding Countries on the Earth, and began to show signs of a prolonged period.

But here, the situation is as false as it gets, and the vanishing sights on both sides of the road are so peaceful. The shops on both sides are filled with a variety of goods, and there is a constant stream of customers shopping for things. In the eyes of Natal, who has seen the earth become more and more impoverished by the flames of war, it must be difficult to accept this kind of peace. For Neumann, he couldn't help but feel a little injustice.

The clean and efficient electric vehicle heads to the central spindle room leading to the mine and enters the electric switch to the central spindle, where it opens and continues on its own. This area is already gravity-free. The central spindle can be said to be the vertebrae of "Heliopolis", which runs straight through the center of the entire cylindrical colonial satellite. It is connected to the cylindrical inner wall by numerous pivots, and serves as a communication channel between the surface and the central main axis, and also serves as a support cable to support the rotating outer wall. Inside the central spindle is the factory area, where industrial products produced in a gravity-free condition are mainly exported to the earth. At one end is the space port, and at the other end is connected to the asteroid mine that was originally floating in space. At the moment, the electric car is going to go inside the mine.

This area belongs to the land of the state-owned Akebono Society. The car stopped at a vast dock hidden deep behind the asteroid belt. That's where they got out of the car. This is their true destination.

From this observation tower, you can see a large battleship shining in snow. It is 345 meters long, and on both sides of the protruding base of the bridge, there are two side hooves that resemble the forefeet of beasts; From the wings that stretch out from the center of the hull to the left and right, it is known that it is capable of flying in the atmosphere. The huge appearance of the battleship, which was completely different from the old warship, would not be an exaggeration to call it a fortress. Neumann could see it.

"Archangel" is a new type of warship commissioned by the United Earth Forces to be secretly built by the Dawning Society. It is also the core product of the 'G Plan' launched last year to break the unfavorable situation of battlefield technology. Of course, it is accompanied by a large number of shady political transactions, which is also the shady practice of this era - as a country on the earth, if you want to enjoy the benefits of neutrality, you must make compromises in some aspects, and by the way, you can take the opportunity to get new capital! But these are related to the one who is about to board the ship and prepare for battle. Second Lieutenant Barky Lulu, Arnold. Sergeant Neumann, another Jackie. Corporal Tenomra - all military personnel attached to the Eighth Fleet of the United Earth Forces, basically unrelated.

But in the fantasy that some people change their military uniforms and enjoy the new ship in their leisure time, fantasizing that "the new equipment will break the current stalemate and bring hope for the salvation of our army~~". The uninvited guest destined to disrupt his dreams has arrived. Not long after the Combine Army's covert entry unit was stationed, the ZAFT Army, which had already received the news, also sent an elite unit 'Team Kreuzer' with another protagonist, Aslansala, to approach the satellite colony that was about to collapse, and the atmosphere of slaughter was about to open a new smoke in the shadows