Gundam: From Piece to Player

In his view, the other party was a demon from hell.

Beside him were two or three Marines carrying rifles, blast helmets, titanium alloy bulletproof vests, and short-range flight thrusters on their backs.

"I think you understand the situation now, Mr. Prime Minister. Twenty major cities in Hart have also been selected as targets. I believe you also know from the watchtowers what a terrible state those two sides are in."

Kalmar said, “I could have used a nuclear bomb to smash the outer shell of the colony, or poured poison gas into the ventilation system, but for the sake of my own and my troops’ honor, I gave you a chance to live. Your residents can escape through temporary ‘pipelines’.”

"You only have 40 hours left."

"It can't be completed in 40 hours, Your Excellency Kalmar. Could you please grant us some more time?" the Prime Minister pleaded, rising from his chair.

“Prime Minister, you need to understand that originally there wouldn’t have been these 40 hours. You would have ended up like those traitors in Side 1 and Side 4 last night.”

Alice had calculated that there was enough time.

But if this guy tries to be cunning, we might not be able to evacuate everyone.

“Skip some useless procedures and get the radio, news, media, and the internet to quickly issue evacuation notices according to the evacuation procedures and mobilize all the citizens,” Kalma said. “Just tell the citizens of the capital that you fought for this time with me, and you’ll have a position, right?”

"In 40 hours, I will destroy the colony no matter what," Kalmar declared, issuing his ultimatum.

"...I will make arrangements for the evacuation immediately."

"it is good."

The colony fleet of SIDE2 was dealt with by the MS forces sent by Kalmar, who dispersed Minovsky particles before approaching and eliminating it. When the enemy chose to surrender, he only disabled the warship and did not deliberately destroy the nuclear fusion reactor.

Two hours earlier, Alice had gathered intelligence on the Prime Minister through her hacking abilities. He then piloted a Gundam and led 12 mobile suits into the capital city of Side 2, Iphishu Island.

Four MS-equipped infantry fighting vehicles carrying 15-person teams descended from the sky, encountering only sporadic resistance before capturing the Prime Minister of Hardy, clearly demonstrating his overconfidence in his security capabilities.

Karma later succeeded by interrogating his men.

They learned that a sizable Federation fleet had infiltrated hundreds of colonies in Side 2, but instead of engaging in combat after the invasion, they stood by and watched as Side 2's colonial fleet was destroyed.

One could say the commander was either too cowardly or had already become aware of the problems with electromagnetic wave detection and communication.

Kalmar believes it is the latter.

But this did not prevent him from carrying out civilian evacuation work; the less interference the other side caused, the faster the evacuation.

As agreed, once the situation stabilizes, Space Attack Force A Fleet will "keep an eye" on Loom's main force, while the main force of Fleet B will come to the periphery of SIDE2 to carry out fleet strike missions. At that time, this fleet will be trapped like a turtle in a jar.

Under duress from Kalmar, the Prime Minister issued the order, while simultaneously, 20 unmanned colony satellites outside the target area began moving toward these 20 major cities under emergency evacuation procedures.

Meanwhile, the engineering teams of the 101st Division have already installed escape connections at the ports of these 20 major cities.

The situation here can be confirmed through the watchtower, and such movements probably cannot be kept from Gihren, but Garma still wants to gamble, betting that Gihren won't turn against him over such a small matter.

Do the task yourself.

There's no rule that all the civilians inside have to be killed, right?

He'd accept it if Gihren turned against him; he'd see how Zeon wouldn't lose the war without him.

To run away with the entire 101st Division fleet to become space pirates... This isn't modesty; Karma believes his prestige within the 101st Division is enough to justify this.

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A hundred kilometers away, a circular tourist colony had stopped rotating, and several Magellan-class ships were hovering in mid-air. On the flagship, the Federation's 2nd Fleet's main combat conference was being held.

"You said that 20 colonies have just been moved and then engineering work is being carried out using connectors."

"Yes, Colonel."

"Has there been any relocation outside the colonies?"

"No."

"Where is the Zeon fleet headed? Has it entered port?" Wakham asked.

"A total of 11 warships were observed. They were only briefly detected by our side, but they did not stay outside the capital. Instead, they patrolled the outer perimeter of the colony. Their radar and radio were still in an abnormal state."

"The radar wasn't affected by the unusual interference that occurred a few hours ago?"

"No, the detection system is working normally, but our radio transmission is still failing. It must be due to the enemy deploying new weapons."

Huaken fell silent.

The Second Main Fleet did not carry out colonial defense as required by command, not because they were particularly cautious.

The truth is that the battle preparedness on Christmas Eve was quite poor. It is said that the captain of the warship who was originally on duty was certain that Zeon would not attack that day, so he actually held a Christmas party on the ship and even opened champagne.

It seemed like they wanted to ease the soldiers' tense nerves.

Upon receiving the telegram from Tiam, Wakken, who was immediately up to inspect the war preparedness, discovered that there were no warships patrolling the perimeter in the early hours of the morning.

Just as Wallace was preparing to demote several incompetent captains, court-martial them, and reinstate them to patrol duties.

They discovered that the colonial fleet had already engaged the Zeon fleet and was utterly annihilated.

The fleet's radar communications and radio equipment have encountered serious problems.

Huaken had no choice but to stick to his guns and remain inactive.

The Zeon fleet outside also began to act strangely after destroying the colonial fleet, which reminded Wakken of Karma Zabi's paper.

It's almost certain that Zeon is selecting colonies for ignition operations, but will they really act as planned?

Meanwhile, the widespread malfunctions of radio and radar convinced him that Zeon must have deployed a new weapon.

One of the key factors in the validity of that paper was whether Zeon could gain a tactical advantage.

Having witnessed the destruction of the Side 2 colony fleet, Wakken became even more cautious.

"Should we attempt to attack that moving colony and disrupt the enemy's engineering operations?" a staff officer asked.

"No, I don't want to make decisions without intelligence. Sending a reconnaissance team to Iphishu Island City is not an option. I need intelligence now so I can make a judgment... Are there any locals in our fleet?"

Upon hearing this, the staff officers immediately used the computer to search the ship's personnel records and quickly found the answer.

"Yes, Colonel, we have a candidate officer in our fleet who just applied to join the Federation Army, named Shiro Amada."

"Alright, have the reconnaissance team take him along and find out what the Zeon people are doing."

Chapter 58 Morality

The investigation team was dispatched at 10 a.m. on the 25th, and by 5 p.m., Huaken had received the report.

The person giving the report was a second lieutenant named Shiro Amada, who had just graduated from military academy. He seemed a little nervous in front of a group of officers.

"Escape operations?"

"Yes."

"A small group of Zeon mobile suits and special operations forces kidnapped the Prime Minister and coerced him into evacuating civilians. They still want to destroy these 20 colonies."

"It seems that the commander in charge of the operation was concerned about his reputation, so he gave 40 hours for evacuation and even prepared engineering components between the colonies so that residents could travel by public transport to another refuge colony."

Amada Shiro spoke calmly, even appearing slightly relaxed... probably because his family's safety was assured.

It took Hua Ken a while to process the news. "Who's maintaining order in the capital now?"

"The local police and colonial soldiers, the Zeon army did not send any troops into the colony at all."

"Okay, thank you, Lieutenant."

"Yes."

As expected, the federal officers recruited from various sides were not very reliable.

Hua Ken sensed a very bad tendency in the other person.

If he feels that his enemy is moral, then he must also be moral.

This naive officer harbored unrealistic fantasies about the enemy, which was extremely dangerous on the battlefield and would lead to a very quick death.

After the junior officer left, the military staff officer standing nearby couldn't help but say something to Hua Ken.

"I never expected it to be this reason."

"Yes, they're different from the regular Zeon army," Wakken admitted.

"Commander, shall we remain inactive?"

“We will begin our operation once the civilians have been evacuated and the 20 colonies are more than 200 kilometers away from the escaped colonies.”

"action?"

"Yes, have the maintenance crews in each fleet prepare the nuclear weapons to be used, set the detonation method to delayed, and destroy the colonies after they begin to move," Huaken said.

"this?"

"Any objections?"

"No."

"Commander, the Zeon fleet may be able to stop us."

"That's perfect, let's target the Zeon fleet with nuclear strikes."

Undoubtedly, such a operation was extremely aggressive, especially against such a "moral" opponent; Wachner's operational plan appeared ruthless.

"Gentlemen, we do not yet know how powerful Zeon's secret weapon is. We will spare no effort, including using nuclear bombs, to stop any mass weapons that may accelerate in Side 2. Do you all understand?"

"Yes." Wallace repeated the mission requirements, and his officers immediately agreed.

The colonial government agencies were carrying out the population transfer in an overloaded manner.

The countdown was sent directly to the residents' mobile app.

This sense of pressure led civil servants to operate with unprecedented efficiency, and the city's public transportation bore a huge burden of transport capacity, with subway trains carrying people from one end to the other.

The residents were very cooperative.

Public transport buses were being used to transport people from one end of the colony to temporary settlements within the agricultural colony.

Simultaneously transported were the city's food supplies, containing a large amount of stored grain, enough to help the relocated city residents get through this difficult period.

Some of the rioters who took advantage of the chaos were subject to enforcement by the police and colonial army.

The evacuation is progressing earlier than Alice calculated.

Kalmar couldn't help but think that the colony of Side 2 had great potential, especially in terms of order and organization. If the future administrators managed it well, its potential might be even greater than that of Side 3.

Of course, there were also discordant aspects. Kalmar received information from the MS forces patrolling the perimeter that some of the elites of Side 2 City had boarded a plane at the port and flown away from the colony.