Gundam 00: Rise of China

In major cities across Taliban, countless soldiers stared intently at the sky.

There were even more civilians than soldiers watching the television or radio in front of them.

There's an old saying that goes, "If you want someone to go to heaven, send them to the Union; if you want someone to go to hell, send them to the Union too."

However, being right next to the Union, and even nominally belonging to the same Union, the Taliban have never seen heaven much in the past or present; what they have seen most is hell.

According to Manekin's battle plan, the disparity in combat strength between the Taliban army and the Union's main force was simply too great.

If you engage in reckless fighting in the open field, you're basically giving away your life; and if you're locked in a stalemate on every front, you're also giving away your life.

Therefore, the Taliban army abandoned all borders and more than 70% of cities and towns, concentrating its main forces in major cities within the country.

The intention is to leverage the complex environment within the city, and more importantly, to use those high-rise buildings to create layers of blockades.

To put it bluntly, it's about fighting city wars. But there's a deeper, less-known aspect: they probably use things within the city to threaten the Union.

only……

On the front lines outside the major cities, Taliban soldiers stood ready, but they did not execute Manekin's plan, or rather, they did not execute it completely.

Manekin meant that the entire Taliban army was fighting in the city, but Wang Ye slightly adjusted it to mean that the Taliban army was fighting on the outskirts of major cities.

Do you think the celestial beings will come to our aid?

Time passed slowly, and every second was agonizing for the Taliban army waiting.

So some soldiers got too nervous and asked the people around them for help, which helped them relieve their anxiety.

"Yes."

The soldier who heard the question was silent for a while. He first thought about the so-called Celestial Organization's program, and then he thought about the lengthy analysis by experts on TV recently.

"Aren't those celestial beings always punishing evil and promoting good?"

"They attacked illegal mining areas, attacked illegal armed groups, and forced many long-established illegal armed groups to disband."

"In that case, all we Taliban want is fairness. Surely the Union can't have ignored our oppression over the years?"

"You're right, you're right."

The words of his comrades made the soldier who asked the question breathe a long sigh of relief. Looking back on the history of Taliban, it was practically a history of oppression by the Union.

The warrior also felt that if the Celestials were truly benevolent and upright officials who spoke up for the people, then the Celestials must be blind.

Isn't it obvious who's right and who's wrong?

Besides, we Taliban didn't attack anyone; we just wanted to protect ourselves from being attacked!

Clearly, it wasn't just these soldiers who held this view. Under Wang Ye's private instructions and the covert coordination of those patriots led by his attendants, the situation was also underway.

Many journalists and news media personnel appeared on the periphery of the battlefield, pointing their cameras at the sky and at the soldiers on the front lines.

They were also looking forward to a scene where a righteous official would speak up for the people.

Meanwhile, countless people within the gravity circle, their eyes wide with delight, were also happy to see this enduring spectacle, a spectacle enjoyed by all of humanity, unfold!

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, flames appeared in the media's camera lens.

"Are they here?"

Upon seeing the flames appear on the television screen, countless people stood frozen in terror!

As expected of a veteran world policeman and a top-tier world power, the Union unleashed a powerful firepower strike as soon as it launched its attack!

"etc?"

However, before the flames had even died down, some of the media personnel at the scene who were the first to react shouted in surprise.

"Time's not up! Time's not up!"

"What time is it yet?"

Some slow-to-react media professionals were puzzled and confused, and viewers in front of their televisions were also surprised.

"The Union's ultimatum hasn't expired yet; as a major power, the Union shouldn't be launching a sneak attack!"

At the same time, countless discerning people within the gravity field exclaimed in surprise.

It's just a matter of attacking Taliban. For Union, it's as easy as squeezing a snail with five fingers. Even if Union and the People's Revolutionary Alliance were at war, there would be no need for a sneak attack!

Union, to some extent, still has a lot to say about its reputation!

"Damn it, it's Celestial Being's Gundam!"

Soon, the thing in the firelight revealed its true form.

To be precise, Gundam used its massive body to push aside the flames and smoke.

Visible to the naked eye, the orange-red flames frantically licked at the emerging silhouette in the distorted, high-temperature air, like a demon that had just crawled out of hell's lava donning its armor.

The next second, all that remained in people's vision were those burning "eyes," those eyes that Gundam's electronic blue could have originally given people a good impression.

As the flames still lingered, the dark red, like congealed blood, slowly swept through the thick smoke, catching people's eyes.

Then came the sickening roar of hydraulic pressure as the Gundam shattered the still-warm ground and stepped out of purgatory.

"It's Gundam! It's Gundam!"

There are illegal plantations there, and bases of illegal armed groups there.

Such cries once resounded throughout the heavens.

When people with compassion saw Gundam attacking illegal plantations and illegal armed bases, they also shouted the same thing.

However, this time, the countless cries were no longer the cries of the compassionate people of the past.

This outcry comes from members of illegal plantations and illegal armed groups.

The Taliban felt a mixture of fear, dread, and anger, along with a sense of betrayal.

"Why!"

"Why!"

On the Taliban army's front line that was under attack, the soldiers' veins bulged and their eyes were bloodshot.

Look at the Celestial Being Gundam, which is still attacking and advancing.

The question of "why" came from the mouths of the soldiers, from the mouths of the media personnel on the scene, and from the mouths of the viewers in front of the television.

"Isn't the goal to eradicate war? Isn't the goal to protect the world's vulnerable?"

Facing the ever-advancing Gundam, a VMS-15 Joint Training Unit, which was the Taliban's second-hand Union mobile suit as its main unit, rushed out.

The pilot's desperate shouts carried far from the aircraft's loudspeakers, and everyone could hear the despair in his voice, betrayed by his betrayal.

This soldier knew very well that his training equipment was no match for the Gundam, and charging out alone would only be suicide.

But he just wanted to rush out and ask the so-called Celestial Being who claimed to have eradicated war.

Why are you attacking Taliban? Why are you helping the oppressor Union?

"Hiss!"

He hesitated, but still swung his sword.

The warrior who charged out got what he deserved; he died by the sword of the Gundam Exia.

The GN physical longsword can cut through gold and jade, and tear through training armor as easily as tearing a piece of paper.

But in the eyes of countless people who covered their eyes but couldn't help hoping for the best, and thus peeked through their fingers again.

"Thump!"

The lower half of the training robot fell into the dust on the ground, but its upper half, still propelled by inertia, crashed into the motionless Gundam.

Why?

The warrior's last cry was about to fade away when the training machine grabbed the Exia Gundam's face and then slid down under the influence of gravity.

Oil splattered from the mobile suit onto the Gundam's faceplate, making it appear from a distance...

Is Gundam crying? Or is it silent?

"I already told you, I raised it!"

General Mike, beaming, pointed at the screen with a cigarette between his fingers.