Gundam EXARE

"Do you think I look more approachable?"

"Uh"

Edward didn't know how to react. Should he say that not every place in South America celebrates the Day of the Dead?

Moreover, these festivals are now just a way to revel in memory of the dead and create business opportunities, but:

“It would be nice if we could all celebrate the holidays together happily in the future.”

That would prove that the war was over and that South America was independent, and only then would everyone be able to celebrate the holiday happily.

"I'm Edward Harrison."

Edward extended his right hand while introducing himself. Then, the black-haired young man smiled and extended his hand in response. He called out:

"Hello, Rey Rhodes."

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Chapter 172: Besieged on All Sides

The independence uprising of the United States of South America has attracted widespread attention from the international community. As a country that had already sided with PLANT before the war between the Earth Union and PLANT, it is impossible for it to have a good impression of the Atlantic Federation.

So some things cannot be started. Since PLANT can gain independence by going to war, can't other countries do it?

The Atlantic Federation failed to extinguish the flames.

Right now, the Atlantic Federation is suffering heavy losses in the war with PLANT. They must strike it while it is weak. Otherwise, do they have to wait for it to continue recruiting soldiers and developing new weapons?

Having said that, the United States of South America also has many internal problems, the most serious of which is naturally the lack of military strength.

For example, Edward, the ace of the guerrillas, actually used the sword-armored Disaster that he had stolen from the Atlantic Federation.

But this situation only lasts until today, because Rey's arrival is a signal.

Xigu, Dean, Zaut, these old-style MS can still be used to make do, but there must be something wrong with your Rezep-class land battleship.

When the remaining ZAFT forces withdrew from the Earth, they handed over a large number of non-recoverable MS and warships to their ally, the Oceania Union. Now these weapons have been passed around and have come to South America.

In a war that almost swept the world, more than one or two countries were harmed.

Not only the Earth Federation, but also the Oceania Federation, as an ally of PLANT, needs time to relieve the pain.

But the Oceania Alliance gained a group of outstanding technical talents during the war.

Remember Orb?

Some of the people within it who finally chose to flee Orb immigrated to the Oceania Union because it was a pro-PLANT country.

The technology brought by this group of talents made the Oceania Union ecstatic. In fact, without the knowledge of other countries, they had reproduced the first batch of M1 Heretics and developed a new MS based on it.

A country cannot rely solely on others for its military capabilities; this is the first step towards independence.

Although the Oceania Union and PLANT are allies, there is no truly unbreakable and close alliance in the world, and it is impossible for PLANT to share all its technologies with the Oceania Union.

After achieving a technological breakthrough, the Oceania Federation chose to secretly hand over the MS and battleships left to them by ZAFT to the United States of South America.

The Oceania Union is naturally not trying to selflessly help the United States of South America to gain independence. There is no country in the world that would rather sacrifice its own interests than help the weak. Even cooperation for mutual benefit is a minority.

Therefore, the Oceania Union's desire for the independence of the United States of South America is essentially aimed at the Atlantic Federation, which will tear off a large piece of the Atlantic Federation's flesh.

At the very least, we must bite the Atlantic Federation hard and make it bleed more.

The anti-Atlantic Federation wave that was set off in the United States of South America and the guerrillas that began to operate finally proved with their actions that they had strength and awareness.

The Oceania Union has only been quietly helping until now partly because the MS production line has not yet been laid out, and partly because they are worried that the United States of South America will not be able to succeed.

The Atlantic Federation has buried mines on this land for dozens or even hundreds of years.

Methods like agents and consciousness division can easily disintegrate the South American rebels from within.

Unfortunately, the expansion of the Atlantic Federation was severely beaten back. According to its original idea, it would first swallow up the United States of South America and then swallow up PLANT and then digest them well.

As a result, not only did it knock out a lot of teeth while eating PLANT, it also had to spit out half of the United States of South America.

In the final analysis, you, the Atlantic Federation, have already torn your relations apart and invaded by force. If the people of the United States of South America still cannot see through your evil ambitions, then they have no right to independence and are born to be slaves.

Therefore, the Atlantic Federation's usual tactics did not work this time, but only ignited previous conflicts even more fiercely.

For a colony to gain independence, it is not something that can be achieved by a few people shouting slogans and working hard. The fierce resistance of the United States of South America gave countries that were secretly dissatisfied with the Atlantic Federation an opportunity.

Next, the people of South America will get one MS after another that grows out of the ground.

Although the South American people know that other countries provide weapons to exploit them, the reality is materialistic, and it does not mean that they can drive the invaders out of their homeland if they make up their minds.

Just use it, drive the Atlantic Federation out of South America first, strive for independence, and then do other things.

So they gladly accepted the status quo of being exploited and obtained weapons for transportation to other countries. It could be said that they were weapons that grew out of the ground.

Just think of it as if the seeds given by the Oceania Union are very powerful and will grow out in an instant once buried in the soil.

Apart from the Oceania Union, the Eurasian Federation remained unmoved in this turmoil. It changed its original practice of standing side by side with the Atlantic Federation. Not only did it not support the Atlantic Federation, it also expressed from time to time that it would send a team to investigate whether there was a humanitarian crisis on the South American continent.

The Eurasian Federation also has something to say - the war between us and PLANT led to such a serious humanitarian crisis. This time we must correct our mistakes and not repeat them!

Last year, everyone noticed that the Eurasian Federation and the Atlantic Federation were seemingly united but actually at odds with each other, and this year it was discovered that they seemed to be on the verge of a formal falling out.

If the Atlantic Federation is really that powerful, why don't you show off your strength?

It's so funny. You kid betrayed so many of my soldiers before, and when we went to attack PLANT's homeland, we suffered heavy casualties.

Although saying this is disrespectful to the dead, the Eurasian Federation is very happy that so many soldiers of the Atlantic Federation died, otherwise it might really have been beaten by the Atlantic Federation.

The impact of the Eurasian Federation and the Atlantic Federation drifting apart is also obvious, and many news that are unfavorable to the Atlantic Federation have begun to spread wildly on the Internet.

In a nutshell, the Eurasian Federation is unwilling to join the Atlantic Federation in creating an information cocoon, so some things that were once covered up have been exposed:

Isn't it a tradition for our noble soldiers of the Atlantic Federation to lord it over the colonies? What's wrong with secretly smuggling things they shouldn't sell to make a little extra money?

Today, it is not only soldiers who are active on the South American continent. Many journalists have come to this land to record what happened in the past and what is happening now.

There are always people in the world who seek truth and justice. These are things that humans have pursued for thousands of years and have not ceased to this day, nor will they cease in the future.

The Atlantic Federation's international reputation was already bad, and now it has continued to decline.

The Eurasian Federation's move is a subtle attempt to cut ties with the Atlantic Federation. Although its own bottom is not clean either, since it is willing to help for the time being, let's maintain a relationship of mutual benefit for now.

Some of the supplies and weapons that the Oceania Federation wants to transport to the United States of South America are sent through the Eurasian Federation, and PLANT far away in the universe also sends them through the Victoria Spaceport of the Eurasian Federation.

What we are transporting are just mechanical parts. If the United States of South America uses these parts to assemble MS, that is the business of the United States of South America.

The Atlantic Federation is now surrounded by enemies on all sides. When it was still ridiculously powerful, everyone had to stay away from it, but history will eventually remember the crimes and atrocities, and now it is time to spit out the blood of those who created hatred.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The good thing is that the countries that are against the Atlantic Federation are secretly stirring up trouble. The bad thing is that they are only stirring up trouble in secret.

Again, a country cannot sacrifice its own interests for the justice of another country.

It's similar to when you tell someone where there is poverty and suffering, he will feel sympathy and sadness, but if you ask him to spend a lot of money to help, he will definitely refuse.

A country must consider the interests of all its people. You cannot generously give the benefits that should be enjoyed by the people to other countries. Spending money on others is an evil act.

Why have people been pursuing justice for thousands of years and are still only halfway there? Because justice is not the only thing that matters in this world.

Everyone is struggling in this complex world, or at least struggling to move forward.

Although other countries are unlikely to actually intervene, they are actually providing help beyond just support this time.

It is undeniable that some countries have ulterior motives, but let us first judge by their deeds rather than their intentions.

The fire of this South American independence war has already been started and will inevitably burn more and more fiercely in the future.

Let’s start with this Disaster Gundam.

Ray pointed at the blue mobile suit and said:

"You should take it. This machine can be used for some publicity."

Unlike other Assault Daggers that were damaged in the bombing, the Calamity piloted by Reina relied on TP armor to block most of the damage. After the mess, it actually did not suffer too much damage.

That's why Rey asked Edward to use this Gundam for promotion.

Thanks to the filming of war correspondents, the Gundam-type mobile suit with V-shaped antenna and binocular cameras became a proof of its high-performance mobile suit. In short, Gundam is the strongest! Gundam is the best!

"The fire in the hearts of South American people needs a little more coal now, and this battle is perfect for that."

Ray looked around and saw both destroyed and captured Atlantic Federation mobile suits. Using journalistic techniques, he could portray the situation as a guerrilla victory over the Atlantic Federation.

Edward thought about it after hearing this proposal. He smiled and said:

"Then why don't you just join our guerrillas? A strong and powerful force is also very inspiring."

There is some truth in what he said, but the abacus is too loud.

"That's a nice thought, but I have other things to do."

Rey knew that Edward wanted to strengthen the combat capability. After all, even if the MS was shipped to South America, the South American people would need training to be able to operate the MS proficiently.

Edward longs for more MS instructors and an ace.

No, Super Ace.

The ace driver asked himself, if he were driving a Xigu, he would not be able to do this.

That's why Edward wants Rey to work with him, but Rey really has other tasks to do, the most important of which is:

"You are a hero and have a higher reputation among the South American people. As a foreigner, I am not suitable."

Rei shrugged. War will inevitably lead to escalation, and we must be more careful about the extremism that will occur after that.

Chapter 173 Not a Crime

The night sky over South America is pitch black, and it’s unclear how long ago the topic of nature and purity became popular.

As humans developed, they mined more and more materials, and eventually dragged down the earth. To say this is too much flattery.

Because the earth will not end, it is humans who will find life difficult due to resource depletion and environmental degradation.

It could be considered as a legacy of that time. Nowadays, it is difficult to see the legendary starry sky in most human-inhabited areas on Earth. However, Rey was very lucky because he had seen the starry sky of this world in a dead place with almost no one.

But that was a year ago. He was currently in the maintenance room of the Lesseb class, laboriously and unskillfully performing maintenance on the MS.

Compared to Ray, the other pilots who flew Dean and Zaut were much more skilled.

Not only skilled, but also efficient and silent.

Besides the sounds of tools in the maintenance room, the only sound was Ray watching the tutorial on his tablet.

In short, Ray is learning MS maintenance technology by himself, and he has also deliberately prepared detailed electronic courses.

In fact, no matter how detailed the course is, it cannot compare to the hands-on teaching of professionals. Unfortunately, the professionals here cannot even communicate normally, let alone impart knowledge.

Rei walked over to a maintenance worker with the tablet and watched him operate the computer.

In this mechanized age, maintaining a machine is not as stereotypical as just banging around with tools. Instead, it involves connecting it to the MS with electronic equipment and then using the corresponding procedures to perform inspections.

It's very convenient, and you have to do it this way. You can't let people knock all over the body of an 18-meter-tall steel giant, right?

If you do this, I'm afraid it will take several hours to maintain each MS, which is simply torture.

"I understand."

Rey memorized the order and understood the options and parameters that appeared on the computer through the course.

The maintenance technician turned a deaf ear to the sounds around him and focused entirely on the computer.

Ray put down the tablet and looked at the mechanic, who was about the same height as him, before speaking in a strange tone:

“Sometimes I don’t know whether I want you to reply to me or not.”

The mechanic still didn't respond. The answer was no reply.

At this moment, a soldier who was a head shorter than Rei came to his side and saluted while reporting:

"Dean is ready."

And then nothing happened. He remained motionless in the salute, his empty sky-blue eyes staring at Rei.

It was an extremely strange sight. The maintenance worker, concentrating on his computer, kept clicking away on the keyboard, while the soldier who came to report without Ray's response remained motionless.

The three people here clearly have similar faces, yet they all seem indifferent and do their own thing.

What? Are you triplets having a fight?

But besides the indifference, there is also a kind of weirdness that is out of place here.

Because apart from Rei, who began pacing in circles beside the soldiers, the others showed no emotion at all, as if their facial nerves were necrotic.