Gundam: From Piece to Player

There is a traitor in the command center.

"General, the deadline is probably fast approaching."

The staff officer gave a hint, and all the crew members looked over, probably knowing that Ethan's reply would directly determine their fate.

"Reply to Kalma Zabi with one word... Get lost."

Ethan Leia opened his eyes.

This stern federal officer issued the order to resist to the bitter end.

Two minutes later, the pink beam of light began to continuously illuminate the bridge of the pallet-class ship.

The first shot grazed the bridge and missed.

The second, third, and fourth shots damaged the multilayered armor on the front of the bridge.

The fifth beam shattered the bridge window.

The sixth shot destroyed the Fifth Army headquarters.

After being decapitated, the thermonuclear air cushion system beneath the Land Cruiser, now brainless, lost its balance and sank into the rocks of the mountainous area due to its own gravity, becoming a large piece of scrap metal.

In the darkness, the RX-78-2 aboard the Deda lowered its beam rifle.

Karma flipped the sniper scope back onto the back of the seat.

knock off.

Just as he was about to instruct his subordinates to persuade the Federation forces to surrender, clean up the battlefield, and search for some intelligence and important supplies, he spotted the three ground-type Gundams still confronting the Red Comet in the distance.

That's quite thoughtful... Did they know he didn't have any spare parts when he captured this RX-78, so they specially sent him spare parts?

Thinking this, Haiwen's ZUDA also approached, along with several MS squadrons, about 50 mono-eye mobile suits.

They surrounded the three ground-type Gundams from the inside out, aiming and covering their surfaces with infrared beams.

This was the first time Shirou had ever seen so many mobile suits... and the first time he had ever been surrounded like this, so he couldn't help but feel despair.

Am I going to die?

[Pilots of the three Gundams, I know you are here. As long as you hand over your mobile suits intact, I will guarantee your safety in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty.]

A young, aloof female voice echoed through the aircraft's speakers, seemingly emanating from the gray-white Zeon Gundam.

If you continue to resist, I will not show any mercy.

"Instructor, thank you for your company these past few days."

Before Shirou could react, Sanders had already charged forward in his Ground Type, with a faint blue light emanating from it...

That was a nuclear explosion... He wanted to die with the enemy to buy time for his teammates to escape.

"--No!"

Shirou shouted.

Before the machine could self-destruct, a beam of light pierced through the cockpit of the Gundam piloted by Sanders.

Death still died... and died without any value.

"What are you looking at?"

Just as Shirou's mind went blank, the ghostly red Zaku appeared in front of him while his attention was diverted.

Strike the body's knee.

With a terrible blow, Shirou's consciousness began to wane.

In her final moments, Kallen's mobile suit was cleaved in two by a giant axe from a Zeon Gundam in a desperate struggle, her fate unknown.

As dawn broke and the sun rose again, the Zeon MS combat forces had completely vanished, leaving only the scattered wreckage of tanks, armored vehicles, and mobile cruisers to reveal what had happened.

On the same day, in southern Türkiye, a long-range missile regiment was also attacked, with personnel missing and a large amount of weapons and equipment lost.

"In one night, an entire legion was decimated, and the Southern Long-Range Strategic Artillery Regiment was wiped out by the enemy?"

"General, it is Karma Zabi."

The military staff's words not only failed to appease Rebir, but instead ignited his full-blown outburst.

“I’m not stupid, of course I know it’s Karma Zabi. I’m asking you guys how you got the job done, folks?”

"It was one thing to not be able to find them before, but we still can't find their location. Are our intelligence department and reconnaissance units on vacation?"

"Why was there no report of a Zeon troop movement of this size? Don't tell me the Zeon army has launched another surrender operation!"

On the bridge of the USS Bataan, various battle flags, lights, and electronic instruments on the electronic sand table were roughly swept off the ground.

After his outburst of rage, General Rebil slumped into a chair, seemingly exhausted.

The military staff were all trembling with fear, never having seen the usually mild-mannered old general so angry.

Chapter 120 48% win rate

“General, we actually thought of a possibility this morning,” said the chief of staff of the 3rd Army.

"speak."

"Kalma Zabi and his troops are in the Black Sea."

“The Black Sea?” Rebil gestured for the other person to continue.

"Yes, Zeon has built a massive underwater force, and it is theoretically feasible to transport large-scale mobile suit units by submarine for long-range operations."

After the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army expressed this speculation, it was immediately questioned by Lieutenant General Erlan.

"Are you kidding me? Our large-scale military mobilization started two weeks ago... Even with Zeon's new submarines, it's impossible to get from the east coast of the United States to the Black Sea in 14 days."

"What if this submarine force itself is already deployed in the Black Sea?"

"You mean Kalma Zabi predicted our army's actions?"

The Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army still insisted on his judgment: "Yes, our Federation Army archives even contain operational simulation papers on the Zeon operation in Great Britain before the war, and the author is none other than Kalma Zabi."

"...That may not have been Karma Zabi's idea; it was Kilian Zabi's plan."

Airland's words made the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army squint at him... It seems the topic has gone astray.

He was just saying it casually to prove that the other party had the ability to predict the future, and it wasn't that important who came up with the plan.

"Arguing about this is pointless; the fact is that a combat unit was severely damaged before the battle even began."

An aged voice rang out; it was Rebil, who had just been angry.

The old general had put on his military cap and seemed to have calmed down.

"There is a decisive gap between the national strength of Zeon and that of the Federation, which has made many of our Federation officers arrogant. But we must also realize that this is a country that dares to launch a war despite a 30-fold difference in national strength, and has an army that can carry out crazy warfare without batting an eye."

"The Odessa operation will continue. We want to reclaim our territory. In addition, we have another goal: to eliminate the youngest son of the Zabi family in the Black Sea. If he is given another chance to escape, he will probably cause us even greater losses."

After calming down from his anger, Rebil began to methodically issue the following directives—

The federal forces are also readjusting their deployments, and all communications on the Bataan have been put under control.

The Federal Air Force will conduct reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations in the Black Sea region.

All combat units should carry out mine clearance work as they advance, and only maintain marching during the day.

Bruce's 4th Corps maneuvered to the east of the Odessa mining base and joined forces with the remnants of the 5th Corps to form the Eastern Attack Army.

The 2nd and 7th Armies arrived north of the Odessa mine as part of the northern attack group, as originally planned.

The 3rd Corps, which was Rebil's unit, was responsible for the western attack group.

The Romanian contingent was deployed to the Turkish Straits to block the Black Sea's choke point and breach, establishing a blockade line.

Occupy Istanbul.

海军这块也按照雷比尔的要求，要求第7、第9、第11、第13，第15等5个航母战斗群在空军的掩护下。

They forced their way through Gibraltar to conduct anti-submarine operations in the Black Sea.

As for the two carrier battle groups near the Red Sea... since the Suez Canal has been destroyed by the Zeon forces, they can currently only bypass the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa to reach Gibraltar.

It will take a month, by which time the battle may be over.

Although sending a carrier strike group through narrow straits like Gibraltar and Istanbul is an extremely high-risk tactical maneuver for a carrier strike group,

However, it is also a necessary risk for the ultimate victory in the decisive battles on land and sea.

The White Base will also be used as a trump card in this battle.

By this point in the battle, there were no units that were "indispensable".

----Black Seabed---

【Red October】Drifting silently at a depth of 600 meters in the Black Sea using ocean currents, powered by batteries already charged with a nuclear fusion reactor, its external perception is achieved through a towed buoy.

This is also to reduce their detectability.

In the limited space of the commander's office, Karma silently looked at the intelligence gathered from various channels on the table.

It seems that Rebil also had the idea of ​​achieving victory in one battle, whether on land or at sea. Otherwise, he would not have moved the Romanian detachment toward Istanbul. Meanwhile, various reconnaissance stations and patrol submarine forces have also tracked the movement of the carrier battle group fleet in the Atlantic.

He hoped this battle would be a turning point in the entire war, and Kalmar needed to prevent such a "turning point" from happening.

“Sir, are you worried about [that]? I’ve already tested it, and there’s no problem,” Oliver said.

Oliver was not wearing a suit at this moment, but had changed into a Zeon military uniform for a technical major general. Combined with his handsome blond Germanic face, he looked more like a typical German general.

“No matter how many drills, tests, and checks we do, it’s still just an exercise,” Karma sighed. “In actual combat, who knows what kind of malfunctions might occur.”

He had Alice test it out and knew that the chances of winning the Battle of Odessa were not small, reaching 80%, but the remaining 20%... no matter how much preparation he did, he couldn't increase the winning rate any further.

"Perhaps we should pray to God that the weapons won't malfunction and will work smoothly?"

Go and pray to the so-called God of All Machines? Karma was amused by this.

This reminded him of their first in-person meeting three years ago.

At that time, one was a graduate student being exploited by his supervisor at university, and the other was a young master living in the shadow of his family and older siblings. Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and they had both risen to so-called high positions and become big shots, with a lot of cards in their hands.

But one still cannot have complete control over one's own destiny.

For Kalmar, the One Year War had two very important steps. The Battle of Odessa was the first step, with an 80% success rate, while the success rate of the second step... Alice calculated it to be only 60%.