Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Let me help you."

Char did not offer to carry Garma because the occasion was not appropriate.

Helping Karma onto his back, the girl lifted him up with a little effort... Well, actually, it wasn't that difficult; many strong female soldiers in the army could do it.

Seeing this, many officers in the tavern volunteered to carry her for a while, but the girl refused with a smile.

Xia watched the two leave, then downed the rest of his drink in one gulp, leaving behind the clinking of ice cubes and glasses.

“Miss Crowley, I heard that Captain Ralph openly defied Lord Dozru’s orders?”

"Yes, the captain has his own set of rules for doing things."

"He's a truly pure person." Xia Ya tucked a few bills under his wine glass. "I'll keep an eye on his subordinates."

"Didn't General Kalmar say he would treat all the guests?"

“I didn’t accept his invitation.” Xia put on his military jacket and hat. “No need to tell the captain I was here.”

Chapter 65 The Boundary Between Light and Darkness

"Nobody saw it, senior, hurry up and get down, you're so heavy!" Sally walked to the corner of the alley, released his leg, and urged him.

Although Karma's feet touched the ground, she did not let go of Sally's arm around her shoulder.

"what happened?"

“Sally, you smell so good.” Karma buried her face in her hair and sniffed.

"Perverted senior, let me go!"

Karma readily released him, but then interjected with a comment.

"There's hardly anyone here, is it okay to hold hands?"

Sally looked around to make sure no one was watching before extending her hand: "You can only hold hands for a little while."

The two strolled slowly through the alley, hand in hand, enjoying their precious time together.

"You're really going all out, taking hangover medicine first?"

“The atmosphere in the bar really makes you want to vent your emotions,” Karma said. “I didn’t expect that Colonel Ralph and his men had already established contact with Char. I thought they would avoid suspicion, but now it seems that it’s already a Deacon faction stronghold.”

"The Ral family is quite close to Deiken, so it would be strange if Kimba Ral raised Char without any contact, right?"

"I was actually just curious about how much influence Kimba Ral had on Char, Sally. You seem to pay more attention to the political situation in the past. In your opinion, what kind of person was Kimba Ral?"

"He was just Deakin's mouthpiece. He didn't gain recognition through his abilities, but through his loyalty. Within the Deakin faction, he was responsible for supervising and eliminating dissidents. After Deakin's death, he was the one who charged the most fiercely."

"So that means Char, who was raised by him, was greatly influenced by him."

“Someone keeps telling you that your father was killed by the Zabi family… Senior, please try to put yourself in their shoes,” Sally said.

This is probably why Char sometimes gets impatient.

He lost his parents at a young age and had an unhappy childhood.

This also leads to repeated difficulties in intimate relationships, self-worth, and interpersonal relationships in adulthood.

...Let's find the ducklings' mother as soon as possible.

"Let's not talk about that guy anymore. Have you told your family about us?"

“I haven’t been home for a long time, and they don’t treat me like their daughter anymore.”

Karma wondered, "Did they actively block my contact information?"

From a pragmatic perspective, Sally's family would never give up on cultivating a relationship with the First Family of Zeon.

Kalmar had no objection to this.

He was in love with Sally; her family was a complete stranger to him.

Sally can do whatever she wants.

"Senior, I want to go to Earth with you."

"No."

Karma refused outright, and then gave his explanation.

"The gravity front is too dangerous; I can't guarantee I can protect you."

Karma is a time traveler, and with the resources he can control and the ability to foresee world events, he also vaguely believes that he is the "protagonist".

Perhaps it's a curse of the world's will, but the Universal Century's malice towards women is unusually small, while men are much more resilient.

This wasn't the first time Sally had brought this up with him.

The more this happened, the less Karma wanted her to go to Earth with her.

He had a feeling that something unexpected was going to happen, and when he had that premonition, things would tend to go in that direction.

“I’m going with you,” Sally insisted.

"In that case, if you don't go to Earth, I can grant you one wish, any wish will do."

Sally wasn't distracted by his words. After a moment of silence, she said, "Senior, you have to give me a reason to stay in space."

“Yes, there is the project I’m working on with Kycilia. If possible, I would like you to oversee the entire project. I don’t trust anyone else to do it.” Karma had already prepared her answer.

This is not an excuse; it is indeed very appropriate for Sally to do this.

Karma originally wanted Oliver to handle this matter, but considering Kycilia's dangerousness, she decided it would be better to let Sally, who was good at manipulating people, do it.

"Alright, then I'll stay in space, but you better watch out."

"Ah."

The dark alley was coming to an end, and the streetlights illuminated the road outside. The night market streets were bustling with people, and Kalma and Sally tacitly let go of each other's hands.

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A few days after the week-long battle.

1月6日，吉翁情报部传回联邦新建的由雷比尔亲自率领的第5、第6舰队即将完成训练，将在1月10日启航前往SIDE5增援。

To avoid the enemy from converging their forces in one place.

Zeon assault forces and Zeon raiding forces poured out of Side 3.

Implement the operational plan that has been rehearsed countless times at the General Staff Headquarters.

First, the Space Assault Force will launch a surprise attack on Side 5, Loom, to force the Teum Fleet to appear for the final battle.

Unlike the British campaign, which also aimed to reduce the use of high-quality weapons, the sole objective of this operation was to eliminate the main Federation forces.

After destroying the Tiam fleet, they will engage in a second decisive battle with Reibil's 5th and 6th fleets, which are filled with greenhorns.

To seize control of the universe in one fell swoop.

As for why they didn't attack Reib's fleet...

This is also because the fleet under Tiam's command has accumulated a lot of combat experience in the rice-grain-scattered environment, and if this force is completely destroyed, the experience previously accumulated by the Federation will also be completely lost.

Ten years for the army, a hundred years for the navy.

The Space Force, as a technical branch of the military, is similar to the Navy.

When a new warship is launched, a group of experienced officers are selected from the old warships to serve as the new ship's captain, first mate, and key engineers, along with a certain percentage of new officers and crew members, to thoroughly understand the warship's performance.

Even so, it will take at least another year to adapt (PS: Do you understand the value of a civilian and reserve soldier in the White Base becoming a war hero in just 3 months?).

In short, if the Tiam fleet is completely annihilated in Yurum, the Federation will lose the possibility of a counterattack within a year.

"Gnawing on bone-in meat might hurt your teeth, but that's okay, it's all dessert afterwards," Dozru said.

According to Kalmar's understanding of the Battle of Loom, the Union forces had more manpower and no intelligence on the Minovsky particle distribution. The main fleet of the Battle of Great Britain did not defend the colonies at all.

当时提安姆指挥的第2舰队充当先发特遣舰队担当前卫，而第1、3、4、5、6主力舰队则是由雷比尔进行指挥。

Defeated in a war with poor intelligence and severe communication interference was to be expected.

It can only be said that General Rebil was quite responsible and took on the biggest blame, but in reality, his level was more responsible for formulating battle plans than for on-site command.

The commanders of the main fleets bear the greatest responsibility... They failed to do a good job in reconnaissance and patrol, and their on-the-spot adjustments were too slow.

While Minovsky particles brought the battlefield back to the era of close-range combat, things like missiles and beams are still products of beyond-visual-range warfare designed to break through Aegis-equipped ships.

It is fast, accurate, and highly destructive.

As a result, the Federation fleet was completely overwhelmed in one fell swoop due to its hasty response.

Chapter 66 Rum

Dozle's historical choice was to send the attack fleets A and B to fight the Reibille fleet, with the subsequent assault force barely qualifying as half a fleet, essentially a one-against-three force.

After learning about the situation in Loom, Tianm chose to preserve his strength.

This is how the Federation suffered 80% of its battle losses. Zeon also suffered heavy losses because it had to fight against such a large Federation fleet. More than half of the pilots of the training battalion were killed in battle due to lack of mobile suit endurance and ammunition.

Despite suffering 80% losses, the core of the Space Force fleet was preserved... They brought with them the experience of the Battle of Loum, providing commanders and maintenance personnel for the Federation's rapidly expanding fleet of warships in the later stages of the war.

The skill level of Zeon's mobile suit pilots was severely damaged in this battle, and it was difficult to make up for it even by the end of the war.

Returning to the present, before the arrival of the 5th and 6th fleets, the Space Attack Force will attack the 1st, 2nd, and 4th fleets of Tiam. Even if Reibil brings his fleet as reinforcement, the combat strength will be only one to two.

In terms of combat strength, it is superior to the original "Battle of Loum". Could we say that the advantage is on our side?

But it's hard to say whether the Zeon army could have done better than recorded.

Based on the performance of the Federation forces in the week-long battle, Tiam is a truly respectable enemy.

This man, who rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Space Force at the age of 48, was a winner who had risen through the infighting and backstabbing within the Federation's vast officer corps. He was in charge of the Federation fleet's daily exercises and training and had an intimate knowledge of the fleet under his command.

More troublesome than a certain veteran who was parachuted to the front lines before the war and then captured by the Zeon army.

Although he felt that Rebil was merely a scapegoat for the defeat at the Battle of Loom.

But the idea of ​​being captured is too abstract.

This is not asking him to fight to the death.

Rather, the most basic requirement for a commander is to always be present on the battlefield.