Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 717 The End Begins (Part )
As Compass's strongholds in the universe were cleared one by one, Mina on Earth also pushed centralization to its peak. Except for the scattered Western Europe and the old Van Dyson area, as well as Africa which was being retaken by force, the People's Revolutionary League's dream of unifying the federal government in the Earth sphere was getting closer and closer to realization.

For Mina, the most convenient and textbook strategy at this stage should be to create a common enemy for the entire global circle, so as to achieve the effect of common hatred against a common enemy.

This approach can effectively transfer internal contradictions into external contradictions, which can not only dilute the unity problem within the People's Revolutionary League, but also ease the legitimacy crisis of the current People's Revolutionary League government.

This method has been used by the Atlantic Federation of CE, the Earth Federation of UC, and Ienlia of AD, but it has become a problem only in Mina.

Because of PLANT's outstanding scientific research and development efficiency, the Earth regime cannot exploit the inhabitants of the universe as unscrupulously as UC, and the adjusted humans are also part of the human race from a physiological perspective.

Not to mention whether it is possible to learn from AD's grand narrative of using earthlings to fight aliens, there are already quite a number of adjusters in office within the People's Revolutionary League. It is impossible for Mina not to consider the feelings of these technical bureaucrats.

Fortunately, Luo Pan and Van Dyson appeared. Although the other party was a little lacking in size, Miner had no choice but to list them as the primary enemies of the Human Revolutionary League without the permission of the parties involved. At the same time, a bill targeting photocopying technology was passed by the parliament. In front of countless reporters, Miner and Speaker Walter issued a joint declaration entitled "Anti-Photocopying Technology Proliferation Act."

In this bill, the People's Revolutionary League and PLANT jointly decided to ban the photocopying technology. All organizations and people involved in this technology will be included in the wanted list and then handed over to the Celestial Beings by both parties, but at the same time they also left a loophole for existing photocopying people.

Among them, "high-value united front targets" such as Yitzhak and Mayu will never appear in the public bill, and even the labels of the photocopiers have long been erased from their files. No matter who comes to power in the future, they will not be able to overturn the verdicts on the two through historical tracing.

This pardon order was mainly aimed at other possible copycats in the Compass organization. During the public live broadcast, a large part of the declarations of both sides was about how to make the pardon order effective. However, only Siegfried's copycat was strictly prohibited from being pardoned, and even to the point of being killed without mercy.

At this point, the People's Revolutionary League and PLANT finally reached an agreement on the issue of Van Dyson. This was the first time that the two governments had made a joint resolution under non-oppressive circumstances since the war. Later history textbooks also described this event as a landmark milestone in the reconciliation between the Earth sphere and the universe's inhabitants.

Relying on the "honeymoon period" brought about by the joint statement, the First Fleet also began to gradually release its mobile power.

As the largest military force of mankind in the Lagrange point, this fleet has been responsible for the dual military tasks of monitoring and protecting PLANT since the end of the Lunar Orbit Battle.

Now with the arrest of radical Chairman Harry and the appointment of Isaac, Bakilulu decided to transfer one-third of the fleet out of the L4 space domain and move into low-Earth orbit to begin long-term patrol missions.

Among the batch of warships preparing to take up new posts, Ptolemy II also accompanied them in an inconspicuous manner. Considering that Strike Freedom was indiscriminately attacking all military forces, as an excellent military commander, Bakilulu did not intend to let the situation continue to ferment like this, so this one-third of the fleet was both a signal and a bait for Strike Freedom.

At present, due to the appearance of the Eternity, the alarm of Strike Freedom has been basically lifted in the L4 space domain. Not only that, Jiang Kaili's Extermination Power Angel once brought back information about the battle between Strike Freedom and an unidentified machine, so Bugylulu decisively opened the PLANT defense circle. As Compass has lost all its bases on Earth, Strike Freedom does not have the conditions to descend to Earth.

In addition, the Millennium also appeared in the bait fleet. Although there were celestial beings accompanying them throughout this mission and it could be said to be a mission with an extremely low risk factor, Bugilulu still decided to go into battle personally. The reason she gave was that only by setting out with the Millennium could she attract Kira's attention to the greatest extent.

However, Alexi, who was in charge of staying behind, questioned this. He protested to Bakilulu on the grounds that "the commander must not take risks", and used this as an excuse to try to replace the "important target" with his Arubion. However, he was vetoed by Bakilulu, and when he left, his position had been changed from deputy commander to acting commander.

All signs indicate that Kira's indiscriminate attacks have seriously stepped on the minefield of traditional soldiers. Kira's current behavior is completely different from Siegfried's starting point back then. Siegfried's single-plane raid was just a microcosm of the entire lunar orbit battle and the embodiment of the People's Revolutionary League's use of tactics against UACE, while Kira's attack was not endorsed by any country.

There are already multiple pieces of evidence showing that there are traces of Compass behind Strike Freedom's activities. With Requiem destroyed, the only target in the entire universe that is most worthy of Strike Freedom's attack is the First Fleet. Therefore, Bugilulu uses herself as bait, striving to eliminate the biggest destabilizing factor before the decisive battle between Celestial Being and Compass.

"The fleet radar detected nothing unusual."

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"Admiral, the fleet radar has detected no abnormalities." "Well, inform all ships to remain alert."

Inside the bridge of the Millennium, Bakilulu sat high in the captain's seat with a frown on her face. The people around her, from the helmsman to the first mate to the CIC, were all elite crew members she had trained personally. However, even in such an environment, she was distracted, which was extremely rare.

"Captain Ramias, and everyone else"

Looking from the left side of the captain's seat, the camouflaged Ptolemy was following the Millennium in an inconspicuous manner.

Due to time constraints, the old partners, Marlu and Bakilulu, only met briefly at the port. As for Neumann and others, there was no chance for them to reminisce.

Perhaps it was the joy of meeting an old friend that slightly overshadowed her usual calmness, and in a trance, Bakilulu seemed to have returned to the Archangel.

However, her excellent military qualities helped her quickly get rid of this "nostalgic" mood. She turned to look at her first mate and asked, "How long has it been since the first attack?"

"18 hours, 32 minutes, 12 seconds."

"It's taking a while. Please get through to Captain Ramias for me."

Following Bakilulu's order, the capable CIC immediately connected to Ptolemy's bridge.

When this fleet just left the L4 space domain, they were attacked by ultra-long-range sniper from Strike Freedom.

Although no damage was caused, due to the long distance, she chose to persuade Aslan not to expose the existence of the Celestial Being too early.

However, 18 hours later, the expected second wave of attack had not yet arrived, which made Bakilulu keenly aware of a sense of disharmony.

"Natal, ah, it should be the Admiral."

Seeing the familiar face of Mariu appear on the screen, Bakilu's resolute face softened a little, "Your ship is not a combat unit of the People's Revolutionary League. Captain Lamias does not need to be worthy of his position."

Without much greeting, Bakilulu quickly told Mariu about her suspicions. Judging from the frequency of Strike Freedom's previous attacks, Kira had no reason to miss the opportunity to split the First Fleet. And the news that Ptolemy was accompanying him was known to no more than two hands. After ruling out the possibility of intelligence leakage, Bakilulu's doubts were rapidly expanding.

In response to her friend's suspicion, Malu directly pulled Aslan into the chat channel. Although Kira and they were once members of the Archangel, in terms of the degree of mutual understanding, Malu still believed that all of them combined were not as good as Aslan alone.

"This is not in line with Kira's habits. He is not a person who likes to use tricks, unless..."

"Unless... Oops, the fleet speeds up immediately, their target is Genesis α!!"

(End of this chapter)