Chapter 24: The War of Public Opinion
While the battle was going on here, Creet Frey, a first-class civilian officer of the Ministry of Commerce who was far away on the moon, was also fighting his own battle. He had prepared the video and a list of scientists to use at the conference.
He pretended to be a peripheral member who had inadvertently received an email, and sent the video to the major television stations on the moon, so it was broadcast on all major television stations at the same time.
In the video, a middle-aged, balding man sits on a chair, just like the video Aeolia Schuhhambeck in Gundam 00 has released to the world. Of course, this gentleman was not as domineering as Aeolia Schuhhambeck's tone, but spoke as gently as a professor explaining knowledge. This is also Frey's strategy, to make everyone realize the nature of the Celestial Organization, which is a research-oriented organization and a force with a security nature.
"I'm Paul Emilton, a former professor of physics at Brydon University. My good friend Minovsky and I co-founded the organization "Celestials". The purpose of our organization is not to compete for supremacy, but to explore and study the deep space universe. In order to protect the organization's research, and to deal with the dangers encountered in exploring the deep space universe, we formed the Earth Federation Army. Welcome all people of insight to join us and explore the wonderful deep space universe together. At the same time, we also warn against the organizations and forces that covet our research, and we will resolutely resist and fight back to protect the organizations. No, at the same time, it is to protect the future of the planet. Subsequently, the blue background of the Earth Federation Army, the earth, and the three-letter abbreviation of the Star and Moon Regiment and the Earth Federation Army abbreviation E.F.F flag were displayed in the video.
Next, the video was converted to a video of the pirate attacking the NALIFE cruiser in the previous footage, and a later video of the Atlantic Federation warship appearing and attacking the NALIBE cruiser.
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In a bar at the Minelli Space Base of the NAFT Cosmodrome, Lieutenant Colonel Wolf Conveton, the ace pilot of the NAF, was boredom sipping a drink. In previous raids, he successfully repelled enemy forces and tested MS "puppets" from lunar colonies. The general command of the North American Liberty League was very satisfied, and while it demanded modifications based on the data of the actual combat test, it also placed a large number of orders like a lunar colony. Convitaton was also successfully promoted to lieutenant colonel, and led the test unit to test the application of this technical weapon.
However, I don't know what the hell is going on at the headquarters, and the Atlantic Federation attack reported has not received any reply, and it should have been suppressed by the high-level. The revenge of the subordinates who died in battle cannot be avenged now.
However, he suddenly saw the footage of the last attack on the TV, and his eyes were drawn to it, and he suddenly remembered the merchant ship that had been attacked last time. At that time, because I was in a hurry to return to the base, I didn't pay much attention to the merchant ship. But after thinking about it, if you can win a warship with a merchant ship, that chamber of commerce has a certain hole card. Now that I've seen this news, think back to what I just said about the Earth Federation Army. It seems to be a private military organization, and at the same time, it has the combat ability to defeat the army, and it is a force that should not be underestimated.
However, the name of the Earth Federation Army is not an army belonging to the Earth Federation, and the official name of a private military organization is called by this group of old experts。。。。。。
"It's a very lively time." Lieutenant Colonel Wolf Conveton drained his glass and got up and walked out of the bar. He remembered that a friend in the Intelligence Department had told him that the Atlantic Federation had recently dispatched a mobile fleet to strike a commercial company in a remote corner. It is estimated that the organization that covets their technology is the "Celestial" organization on TV is the Atlantic Federation. He was going to ask in detail about the situation.
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However, the fact that the warship of the North American Liberty League was attacked by the Atlantic Federation caused a big wave for the uninformed people. Many people called to ask if the government was going to war with its allies. The government departments were in a state of turmoil and blamed the army. Eventually, the Army kicked the ball back to the Space Army.
In a statement issued by the North American Liberty League, it said: "It is true that a warship has been attacked by the Atlantic Federation, but the matter is under investigation. At the same time, the Atlantic Federation Army was inquired about, and now the other party is also investigating the matter. According to the official disclosure of the Atlantic Federation, this matter is not officially granted by the Atlantic, so please don't worry. ”
The Atlantic Federation, on the other hand, made a very simple statement with the words "A case is being opened to investigate this matter, please don't worry", and the details were not disclosed.
And the consequence of this incident is that the Glory received an order to return to the base.
The order given to the Louis François, which was given to the front, was to return to the base on its own if it was unable to continue the offensive depending on the situation.
At this time, there were only 37 fighters left in the 1st Brigade of the 6th Wing, plus 29 aircraft of Major Pelle's Independent Brigade, and only 66 fighters. Judging from the previous battle situation, it is no longer enough to have an absolute advantage. But if you retreat like this, you will definitely be blamed for returning to the base.
The Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Aveley, proposed to return to the ship, this time having lost too many troops, and now it was a great culpability to go back. If you launch another offensive and suffer losses, you will be more responsible. Unless you can reduce the base of the person to completely occupy it and get the desired technology, you can offset the work. But as far as the current combat strength is concerned, this hope is very slim.
Lieutenant Colonel Eldy, the leader of the 1st Brigade of the 6th Wing, who came for reinforcements, thought for a moment and decided to second. Major Pelle agreed with both hands, and with the unanimous decision of the three military commanders, the mobile fleet sorted out its positions, leaving behind a large piece of cosmic garbage and withdrew.
And the first battle faced by Chen Xiaomou's base can finally come to an end. Chen Xiaomou, after finally issuing the order of "three-level combat alert, shift rest", walked down the command platform of the command headquarters, returned to his bedroom as soon as possible, washed up and slept well.
And the surprise was not over yet, Chen Xiaomou, who had just returned to the dormitory, learned that because of the victory in the war, the system awarded him a medal. At the same time, he was promoted to the rank of major.
The medal can set up a new base, and the base enjoys the convenience of systematic supervision and construction. Of course, Chen Xiaomou can spend money to build a new space base by himself, but it will cost a huge amount of money and resources, and it will be relatively difficult to become a country without it. And the system construction is very fast.
And Chen Xiaomou, who was promoted to the rank of major, learned another news.
"You say I won't be promoted to the rank of energy in the future?"