Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Have him come over here right away."

The liaison officer came to the bridge and handed Wallace a note with only two lines of orders on it:

1. Avoid engaging the Zeon fleet, preserve your strength, and immediately proceed to SIDE 5;

2. Building upon the first point, destroy as many high-quality weapons as possible;

The remaining information concerns the potential effects of the Minovsky particle's distribution at specific frequencies.

Wakken clenched the crumpled paper. The first order could no longer be perfectly fulfilled, resulting in the loss of a total of three battleships. The second order was in progress.

The only useful intelligence is that we finally understand why radio and radar are not working. Let's catch up with that accelerating mass weapon as soon as possible.

"General, seven M'Sai-class cruisers have been spotted approaching from the rear."

I was thinking of letting you off the hook, but you dared to fight back.

Wakken thought to himself, "Although the general ordered us to avoid fighting the Zeon forces, he really went all out to accomplish the mission... even though our friendly ships had just escaped."

Come along, and we'll destroy the mass weapons first, then turn around and wipe you out.

Using lasers to communicate orders to the other fleets under command, the 2nd Fleet began to accelerate across the entire fleet, striving to catch up with the high-powered weapon ahead, completely unaware of the approaching danger.

In a place invisible to the Federation warships' optical instruments, the four MS squadrons launched by Fleet B, totaling more than 100 Zakus, had their engines and lights off and lay in wait.

They were all frozen in place on the course of Ifhi Island, like sleeping giants.

One of the aircraft, painted in the SS livery, loaded nuclear rockets into the magazine from the front.

"Captain Kado, shall we attack now?"

“No, wait a little longer.” Kado shook his head. “Discovering it too early makes us vulnerable to nuclear attack.”

The Federation's 2nd Fleet slowly moved forward, and the enemy's silhouettes became completely clear.

The Zaku, a mix of light green and dark blue, swung its arm.

"Let's deliver the final blow."

A green signal flare, symbolizing an attack, is slowly falling... There is no concept of up or down in the universe, but for Zeon mobile suit pilots, the current achievements are enough to perhaps "leap forward" their careers.

Propelled by the blue light, these steel giants began their charge towards the Federation fleet.

"General, the optical instruments have detected a large number of enemy figures."

"quantity?"

"40, 80, 100...more than"

"All ships, activate air defenses and prepare for barrage!"

The second flagship, the Magellan-class CIC, reported to Woken with all their might.

The Federation fleet's anti-aircraft guns were firing overhead, intercepting the missiles, but Zeon's Zaku continued its desperate dive.

In a top-down nuclear strike, the blue flames turned three warships into stardust, and damaged the other four to varying degrees.

Six warships have already been lost.

Hua Ken felt physically and mentally exhausted, and he hated himself for being guided by the destroyed mass weapon target, unknowingly walking into the ambush.

The seven warships that just followed were probably not from the same force as the seven ships in the previous small fleet.

Their target was their own fleet, and he somehow ended up following the colony into the "ambush zone."

Huaken now only has two choices... One is to continue to complete the interception mission of high-quality weapons, whether it can be completely completed is another matter, the second main fleet will most likely be completely annihilated;

The second option is a forced retreat, which would at least allow for a complete part of Commander Tiam's mission, although such a retreat would result in heavy casualties.

But continuing to persist offers even less chance of success.

He chose the second option without much hesitation, as it was a better choice for both the Federation and himself.

Hua Ken ordered the remaining warships to move closer, reorganize their formation, and retreat while fighting, with the front line becoming the rear.

Due to the ongoing battle, the 2nd Fleet was quickly divided into two groups, one in front and one behind.

While Zeon's mobile suits tried to pursue the broken fleet, the fierce fighting of the next fleet made it difficult for them to break free.

Ultimately, two-thirds of the fleet successfully escaped, while the remaining third surrendered after the main force withdrew.

Surrendering is useless.

Dagannin was very dissatisfied with the results and gave the order, "Use signal lights to tell them that they either fight to the death or their warships will be scuttled due to overloaded nuclear fusion reactors."

The underlying reason was that Fleet B couldn't handle the situation, and there was a risk of a feigned surrender, so naturally they couldn't let this group of Federation fleets leave again.

Upon receiving this reply, the rearguard Federation fleet began a desperate struggle.

However, due to the vast difference in quantity and quality, this Federation fleet was ultimately completely annihilated.

The second fleet battle outside Hadi in SIDE2 has thus come to an end.

战损方面，联邦被击沉了3艘麦哲伦、12艘萨拉米斯级，45架战斗机；而吉翁仅损失了15台MS及3艘姆赛巡洋舰。

The 2nd Fleet consisted entirely of elite troops, and its officers were among the best in all the fleets. For the Federation, this was undoubtedly a crushing defeat.

As the commander, Huaken was responsible for this, but due to the ongoing battle and other reasons, he was not subject to any substantial punishment. The majority of the 2nd Main Fleet also arrived at the front-line command post at SIDE 5, Rumm, later.

What worries the Federation Command even more is that the initial interception of the mass weapon has failed, and it has entered the lunar acceleration phase.

There's only one chance left to intercept.

Chapter 62 Execution in Line

On December 29, 1978, Iphisius Island entered lunar orbit and officially entered the far side of the moon.

The gravity of a large celestial body like the moon is often an excellent accelerator for some extremely massive meteorites and spacecraft.

Once the lunar orbit acceleration is complete, interception at the end of the orbit will be a pipe dream.

The Federation forces no longer held back.

SIDE1鲁姆的第1、第2、第4舰队倾巢而出，彼此之间间距达到了5公里以上，组成的庞大舰群组成了“最终防卫线”。

"Commander, heat source signal detected. 120 targets detected on the left flank, 150 targets detected on the right flank, speed Mach 10-12!"

Tianm stared at the signal of the high-speed object on the screen.

What arrived first was not high-quality weaponry, nor Zeon's warships, but a swarm of missiles.

"Remind all ships to activate the area air defense system."

"Yes."

Tianm thought to himself, "There's no Minovsky particle being dispersed."

Faced with the enemy's hypersonic missiles, the advanced Phalanx system on the Magellan-class and Salamis-class destroyers finally came in handy.

Before the missiles even arrived, interceptor missiles traveling at Mach 20 were already launched in rapid succession, intercepting all incoming missiles... without even activating the second layer of beam air defense.

"General, another heat source signal detected, 50 targets, 60 targets in the rear!"

Although the first wave of enemy attacks was thwarted, the second wave of missile attacks was already whistling in.

What's the point of doing it again? Tianm was puzzled.

Wait, a few seconds have passed, hasn't the interceptor missile been launched yet?

"General, our radar has lost the target!"

Tianm then realized what was happening and immediately switched the call to the public channel.

"Fire all interceptor missiles, and each ship should raise its defensive barrage."

However, it was already too slow, or rather, even if he could transmit the order, the ships would not be able to react.

In the instant the regional defense system failed, the hypersonic missiles directly struck two Magellan-class and ten Salamis-class destroyers on the edge of the area.

how did you do that?

Minovsky particles can interfere with electromagnetic wave communications.

Tianm considered all the possibilities and finally came up with one.

During the launch process, specially made munitions that could be used to disperse Minovsky particles were mixed in.

Before the guided anti-ship missile could lock onto and launch, this type of munition was fired first, causing a grain-like dispersion... However, the guided missile had already completed its guidance and was hurtling towards them due to inertia...

Should we open a strike window that disables the [Square Array] system?

It was another lesson learned through death and its consequences.

Combat tactics in the Minovsky particle environment.

Just as a fierce lion jumping into a river will only become food for crocodiles.

The current Federation forces clearly haven't yet learned how to swim in water.

If the Federation's 1st, 2nd, and 4th main fleets are annihilated in lunar airspace, then even successfully intercepting mass weapons here would be meaningless.

Zeon can more easily drop more high-quality weapons.

It's time to put everything on the table.

Tiam let out a deep breath, picked up the phone, and issued the decision to activate Contingency Plan C to all ships.

Dozru's flagship, Valkyrie.

The surrounding A and B fleets have joined forces and are now under the overall command of Dozle as the entire Space Attack Force fleet. At this moment, the ratio of Zeon fleet to Federation fleet is nearly 4:5.

Based on the previous casualty ratio, Zeon can achieve a complete victory in this battle as long as it pays a certain price.

The deputy commander congratulated Dozru.

"Your Excellency, we have achieved our objectives."

"Hmm." Dozru replied as if he were listening to a work report, showing no joy on his face. "Send a reconnaissance fleet forward to test their reaction."

Zeon's fleet tactics developed under the influence of Mie particles can be described as vanguard + main force. The vanguard consists of reconnaissance fleets, while the rearguard is the main force fleet.

The role of the reconnaissance fleet is to probe the enemy's reaction and use itself as bait to force the enemy to reveal their firepower and other tactical intentions.

The rear provides fire support and cover.

At Dozru's command, the reconnaissance fleet began its assault on the Federation fleet, while simultaneously releasing smoke.