UC will eventually reach the stars

"Ye's Heavy Industry?!" Although Ye's Heavy Industry wasn't a top giant in the Earth Alliance, it still carried some weight in Asia, so Baresto Rosita naturally knew the name. Therefore, Baresto Rosita glanced briefly at the contract in his hand, "...Hahaha, you should have said so earlier. If it were Ye's Heavy Industry, none of this would be a problem."

A great way to avoid their hostility toward the Federation; working for the Ye family is not shameful.

"Well then, it'll be a pleasure working together." Ye Yun extended his hand.

“Yes! It’s a pleasure to work with you!” Baresto Rossita shook hands firmly.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Jin Chanzi! I Won!

"Father!" A young girl pushed open the door. "That Federation officer kept his promise!"

"Oh? Push me out!" Baresto Rosita was taken aback, but quickly realized what his daughter was talking about. The moment his men pushed him out the door, he saw a scene that shocked him: dozens of parachutes floating in the air, with packages hanging below, were slowly descending towards his village. This was something he had never seen in his life.

"Chief! More than a dozen federal trucks have arrived outside the village. Their people said they contacted us and asked us to find them a flat area so they can build a hospital and a supermarket here..." Soon, a skinny guerrilla fighter, as thin as a bamboo pole, ran in like a madman, clutching a bag in his hand. "This is... this is what I took from their truck."

"Medicine..." Baresto Rosita looked at the item handed to him by his subordinate with a serious expression and a very strange look on his face. As a guerrilla group operating outside the Federation's jurisdiction, they hadn't seen such well-packaged medicine in many years. Even if they tried their best, they could usually only get some smuggled medicine that had been broken up. "He's really quick."

"The federal army convoy stopped at the village entrance, and they were having the villagers line up to receive a 'gift'." Soon, another guerrilla ran over and handed over a bag containing a small bag of rice weighing about 5 kilograms, some candy, two compressed biscuits, a can of meat, and other shelf-stable foods. They weren't valuable, but they were practical. "They said that among the things airdropped, besides some building materials to build hospitals, supermarkets, and their housing, there was also some decommissioned weapons and equipment."

"Scrapped?" Baresto Rossita was stunned, then suddenly burst into laughter, laughing very loudly for a while before stopping. "This guy really isn't afraid of us breaking the contract! Have his people build a hospital and supermarket on the east side of the village near the road. Also, find a few friendly-looking people to explain the general rules of the village to them. And tell everyone not to act impulsively and spend all their money. There's still a long way to go."

Then, Baresto Rossita's idea was to smash a red cloth that had been casually hung up to shreds after the other side had assembled the prefabricated building they had airdropped, like building blocks, and finished furnishing the house.

"Grand opening special: 20% off everything."

To be honest, they had never seen so many goods before. It was originally intended as an extension of the military service station, and the Federal Army covered the transportation costs, which made it impossible for the villagers, who had never seen such cheap prices, to resist.

They emptied the supermarket of goods, and the federal troops took all the little cash the villagers had. Three days later, the villagers would be heartbroken to see the shelves refilled with even more and better products, and their urge to buy things would grow uncontrollably.

So what should we do? How can we get the money?

The moment the first child to tell the Federation Army that the Zeon army had been stationed at a certain river, and that this was confirmed, returned home carrying not only a box of canned meat but also 500 Federation credits, everyone knew what they had to do.

"Lure them with profit, drive them with profit." Ye Yun rubbed Qiao Na's head, looking at the little guy's helpless expression, and said with a smile. "Once Ye's Heavy Industry's agricultural development team arrives... they'll only be able to work for us for the rest of their lives."

"You... isn't this kind of overt strategy a bit too much for dealing with those who have such low standards?" Aina smiled and pressed Michelle down after she finished the last bite of pudding, pulling out a wet wipe to wipe her mouth. The arrival of the three little ones gave her a strange feeling... well, calling her a mother isn't quite right, since their biological mother is at the base. Perhaps "elder sister as mother" would be a more accurate description.

"It was all agreed upon at the beginning, and both parties are just fulfilling their respective agreements." Ye Yun shrugged. In a sense, this is the greatest charm of a business contract. Both parties put their sincerity, calculations, plans, and interests on a few thin sheets of paper. Who can profit and who can have the last laugh depends on who can leave themselves the greatest chance of winning in the agreement on these few sheets of paper.

Undoubtedly, having lived a life of hardship, they had never experienced a time of abundant resources. Now, Ye Yun presented them with resources and opportunities. Faced with such undisguised wealth, Baresto Rosita and his men could not resist and were immediately drawn in. Their reason was swallowed up by very practical desires, and they became pawns driven by Ye Yun's wealth.

Jin Chanzi, I won!

The Federation Army saw this as a fantastic result. Even Gao Pu was quite surprised by Ye Yun's skillful handling of the situation and personally provided his approval. He even said that Ye Yun wouldn't need to try to find "damaged" weapons next time, as he was too stingy. The Federation Army's warehouses were overflowing with stockpiled individual equipment, so giving them a little bit was no big deal.

Especially now, the Zeon army has left a lot of gaps in various places, and there are many guerrilla organizations in these spaces. In addition, Ye Yun's strategy quickly achieved good results, so copying homework is not troublesome at all. For the army, the method doesn't matter, as long as it is effective.

“However…” Rachel gave a wry smile, “They want things like TVs, but they don’t have a signal over there. Are we supposed to build them a signal tower?” As the person in charge, Rachel said with some helplessness.

"Let's build it. Let's build a military signal relay station to directly support our forward communications." Ye Yun shrugged. "Anyway, there aren't many places around there where people can build relay stations. Let them watch over it for us for free, and we can even teach them how to maintain it. Let them do it, watch some TV for free... what's the big deal? Give them a few job openings." Ye Yun waved his hand nonchalantly. "And if nothing unexpected happens, the wounded soldiers retreating from the front lines will probably rest and recuperate there too. Consider it a field hospital."

“What kind of field hospital would be equipped with a military communications relay station? Aren’t you afraid that the Zeon army will target their village?” Doris muttered under her breath, then her pupils contracted slightly as she looked at Ye Yun. Ye Yun seemed not to have noticed what she said and twitched his lips. “If you’ve even thought of this, then that’s really terrifying.”

What are they calculating?

Oh, so it probably means that a guerrilla village was attacked by the Zeon army because it was turned into a hub by the Federation forces. Is that really a bad thing? Well, that's the situation.

You've got a blood feud with the Zeon forces! Come on, grab your guns and join us in fighting the evil Zeon forces!

"The short swords that Kinias specially modified for us have arrived. Go and try them out, and while you're at it, give the front lines a practical inspection to see if there's any chance of making a breakthrough." Ye Yun shrugged, putting the matter of the guerrilla village aside. Although they had a primitive cunning, that was all they were capable of.

While they were calculating how much benefit they could gain in the short term, they forgot that they were directly tied to the Federation's war machine. Whether they were sitting on the hood, strapped to the side skirts, or simply hanging on the front armor plate, that was up to their own choices.

Ye Yun has a lot on his mind right now. In order to deal with the Zeon forces' tendency to roam around and try to disrupt his base construction, Ye Yun simply dropped a lot of anti-armor and MS mines in the woods. For a while now, the results have been quite good.

However, in a sense, it also relatively limits the positions from which both sides can launch an attack. After all, no one's MS wants to accidentally step on a heavy mine while running around, lose a leg, and become a sitting duck.

"But we can't just rush to the front and fight Zeon hand-to-hand!" Aina nodded with a smile. Among the latest supplies were three specially designed experimental machines: one assigned to Norres with enhanced mobility, a gunnery machine for Ye Yun with reinforced structure, and one for herself with improved mobility.

Ye Yun was piloting a gun-fighter aircraft equipped with a 180mm heavy cannon provided by Bazhou Industries, with reinforced legs and joints to enhance impact resistance. After all, during previous testing, without specialized training, any operational errors could have resulted in the recoil of the heavy cannon damaging critical components of the short sword.

Therefore, Kinias, who was originally going to develop artillery armor, simply took some of the designed artillery armor and some of the pre-made parts and used them to modify the short sword. Basically, he increased the weight of the short sword, lowered the center of gravity, and added a hydraulic shovel to the legs.

As for his own, it was designed to be lightweight to fit the high-mobility flight backpack. His brother's greatest achievement was reducing the weight of the short sword as much as possible without significantly reducing its defensive capabilities, but it was still somewhat difficult to achieve Ye Yun's concept of taking off from the spot.

"Jonah? Let's go! Let's test fire and see how it goes!" Ye Yun waved to Jonah, who immediately dropped a small topographical map and followed Ye Yun out. Aina gestured to Rita and Michelle to go to the hangar together.

"Shouldn't you keep these things from us when you're discussing them?" Michelle said, giving her a look that suggested the adults were going a bit too far and that they shouldn't be overheard.

"But weren't you the one listening the most attentively, little girl?" As Ye Yun's adjutant, Rachel smiled and tapped Michelle's head. These three little ones were all very smart and were currently the darlings of the command headquarters.

Rita goes without saying. She's always smiling, but it's like she knows everything. She always manages to appear at the perfect moment and can even help people find things they don't know where they've lost.

Jonah is a very well-behaved child. She can even be teased by a few mischievous older sisters in the command post until her face turns red. Of course, she is also the hardest worker among the three!

Then it gets even more interesting with Michelle. The little girl is quite precocious, acting like a big sister, always trying to protect the other two. She seems to think a lot about certain things, like that complaint just now, which was also a kind of test.

Of course, theoretically this is an obvious intelligence loophole, easily exploited for information theft. But, in reverse, the flaw becomes the very thing, and willing participants will take the bait.

"Ah! I can't control the sound from getting into my ears!"—a typical stubborn remark from a little girl.

"Oh, so you listened willingly after all?"

"Ah! No!"

“Michelle, you can’t argue with Rachel.”

"Jonah! Shut up!"

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Jungle Hunt

Dense fog brought by the monsoon blanketed the tropical jungles of northern Bengal. Inside the cockpit of the GAT-01 Dagger, Federation Lieutenant Anil Chaudhry continuously adjusted the sensitivity of the thermal imager. Three hours earlier, he had received intelligence from the guerrillas with whom he had just begun cooperation, via a dedicated line, indicating large-scale Zeon mobile suit activity in the area. The 44th Mobile Squadron, currently on patrol, immediately launched an attack in that direction.

Unfortunately, in this green hell, reconnaissance methods are not very effective, and even communication signals are severely restricted. Under such a depressing atmosphere, the company commander ordered the squads to spread out, maintaining a distance of about one kilometer between each squad.

"This is Iron Raven 3, metal reaction detected!" Communication was suddenly cut off by a piercing electromagnetic noise. Anil jerked the control stick up, aiming his short sword's assault rifle at the source of the sound, but could only see a century-old Bodhi tree shrouded in strangler fig, appearing and disappearing in the mist.

The first rocket fell vertically from above. After discovering that the Federation's MS shields provided good protection against the Zeon's 120mm Zaku machine guns, the Zeon's temporary response was very straightforward: they simply over-issued a large number of rocket launchers to the Zakus at the mining base. Theoretically, these are anti-ship weapons, and they could easily dismantle a shield.

The shockwave from the explosion knocked the short sword to the ground. Amidst the violent tremors, Anil saw the mist, pierced by the crimson, one-eyed camera—the MS-06F moved like a ghost through the banyan tree mist, its dark green fuselage allowing it to almost blend into the environment, the faded Zeon insignia on its shoulder armor glaringly like some kind of curse.

"Welcome to the jungle!" came the voice in heavily accented Slavic English over the public channel. The Zaku IIF released its mechanical grip on the branch and opened fire with its 120mm machine gun as it plummeted. Bullets grazed the head monitor of the dagger and shredded the saturated ferns behind it.

Anil pushed the throttle valve to the danger red line, and the short sword's plasma jets hissed as they activated in the humid air. The machine slammed through countless vines, sprang from its semi-reclined position, and simultaneously raised its shield in front of it. Sure enough, a violent tremor immediately followed!

"Too close!" Anil suddenly realized this. He knew his own weakness very well. Once they entered close combat, he would surely die! But he had no better choice now. He put down the 100mm machine gun in his hand and drew the electric sword hanging from his waist.

Unfortunately, before he could draw his electric sword, the opponent's axe had already struck the shield. The immense impact instantly shattered the short sword's newly regained balance. Anil scrambled to his feet, but thankfully, the short sword's electrical system reacted quickly enough. He leaned forward and took a half-step back with his right foot, barely managing to withstand the attack.

But to Anil's utter horror, through the edge of the shield, deep in the jungle, a crimson single eye flashed—a second Zaku!?

But in the next instant, as if in slow motion, the Zaku II, which was raising its Zaku machine gun, was suddenly struck by a point of light that rushed from behind, followed by a massive explosion! The Zaku was sent flying. Upon landing, its upper body was almost completely shattered, and it remained motionless after hitting the ground.

"First shot, hit..." Ye Yun's voice sounded a little frustrated through the communication. Anil felt like he heard the other half of the sentence, "That was a good catch."

The shockwave from the explosion also affected the Zaku 2F that was hacking at Anil's machine. The falling broken trees seemed to have thrown its pilot into a panic, and the machine inadvertently tilted slightly.

"Anil!" Anil roared in relief! Another Dagger from his squad arrived on the battlefield. The Dagger that rushed to the nearest point pulled the trigger without hesitation, spraying an entire magazine of 100mm ammunition at the Zaku, which had not yet been able to maintain its balance. The armor-piercing bullets penetrated the armor plates on the outside of the Zeon mobile suit's torso, and then Anil saw a series of fine explosions ignite the leaking oil on the mobile suit, turning the Zaku into a burning fireball.

"Whoosh!" Amir saw the Zaku retreating in panic, having escaped being hit in any vital areas, but merely damaged. It seemed to be trying to find a way to extinguish the fire. Without hesitation, Amir, still somewhat clumsy with his short sword, swung the electric sword and stabbed! The stab wasn't very accurate; he aimed for the cockpit, but the blade veered off course and pierced through the side of the cockpit! The blade viciously pierced through the Zaku, the tip protruding from its lower back. The Zaku's single eye flashed, and its body slumped down, limbs hanging limply before slowly collapsing.

"How is the situation..." Another short sword stopped beside Anil, its shield blocking his side.

"The wrist was impacted, and the shield is severely damaged, almost cleaved through! It may need to be repaired back at the base." Anil brought up the machine's status screen, glanced at it briefly, and then sighed. The damage to the machine was manageable; once back at the base, he could have the mechanics check the wrist and reinforce the shield. Of course, the base had plenty of shields available.

"Thank you for the fire support, Colonel Ye Yun." Anil surveyed the battlefield for a moment, then finally let out a long sigh of relief, relaxing slightly.

"Stay alert. If the enemy is attacking in squads, there should be another one." Ye Yun's warning came at just the right time.

"Yes!" Anil responded quickly, manipulating his short sword as he bent down to pick up the 100mm machine gun he had thrown down.

"Anil, maintain formation." Anil's squad leader had barely spoken when a barrage of 120mm shells came flying, and Anil's short sword swayed noticeably three times.

"There are still Zeon mobile suits active 800 meters ahead!" Anil looked up at the continuous barrage of artillery fire, and the onboard artillery radar quickly calculated the direction and distance of the shells.

"Understood!" Ye Yun's lips curled up. From the very beginning of the research and development, Ye Yun had determined a direction: since pilots were not so easy to train, then the goal was to reduce the difficulty of using the MS as much as possible, and to make everything as intelligent as possible. Why would you need to manually operate something if it could react automatically?

Of course, there is a premise to everything: the system's operation cannot exceed the driver's actions. Even if the driver makes some mistakes, the machine's operation level cannot be higher than that of a human.

The intelligence discovered by Anil's short sword observation system was contributed through the data link, but the range in which this data link could function fully would be very limited in the MiLi environment.

"Ah...it seems like I might be able to score again today?" Ye Yun muttered, pressing a button. The short sword he was piloting pulled back the bolt, ejecting a spent cartridge. With the movement of the bolt, a 180mm shell was pushed into the magazine.

After a quick aim, Ye Yun, piloting the short sword, pulled the trigger. The heavy recoil caused a huge hole to be blasted open in the soil beneath the shield, which served as a fulcrum. The shockwave from the cannon blast knocked down a patch of vegetation nearby.

"Explosion normal, no hit." Aina, piloting a short sword, scanned the surroundings. She served as Ye Yun's casual escort and artillery observer for the artillery aircraft. The optical equipment mounted on the short sword could still ensure precise observation within a range of several kilometers.

"What a pity." Ye Yun didn't say much. The fact that his shot just now was able to kill one person was purely due to luck. Ye Yun's original intention was to fire the shell directly behind the Zaku II that was entangled with Anil's short sword, using the explosion to make it lose its balance and create an opportunity for Anil. However, he never expected that after pulling the trigger, an enemy Zaku would rush out and crash directly into the shell, giving Ye Yun an inexplicable kill count.

It wasn't that I hit the target well, it was that the opponent received it perfectly.jpg

"There were no damaged fragments near the impact point. The enemy has already withdrawn after the attack!" After the shelling ended, Anil's squad spread out and headed towards the bombardment point. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the infantry found no trace of the enemy. "Preliminary estimate is that the enemy has already retreated after the attack. Requesting confirmation from the 'forward outpost'." Here, "forward outpost" refers to the guerrillas roaming freely in the jungle.

Although they have just started cooperating, don't even think about joint operations. Right now, it's more like a mission in an online game. The Earth Federation Forces have assigned all the tasks to the guerrillas, such as searching for possible Zeon mobile suit wreckage, searching for Zeon wounded soldiers, and sweeping up Zeon convoys that have been ravaged.

Then the guerrillas went from initially disliking and refusing, thinking, "Even if I die, I will never take a bite of food from the Federation..." In short, Wang Jingze's "it's actually delicious" theorem will never be outdated.

Only a week or two has passed, and the shelling here has probably just stopped, but those guerrillas have already started to move at the sound of the gunfire! After all, even the wreckage of those vehicles, the supplies on them, and the equipment on the bodies of the dead Zeon soldiers are of considerable value to them.

"Thump!" Just then, a plume of smoke rose up not far away, and a flock of startled birds took flight.

"Hmm...it seems we don't need to look for it anymore!" Ye Yun sneered. "The enemy has already entered the minefield. Squad 16, retreat cautiously, and leave the rest to the infantry." The minefield consists of anti-tank and mobile suit mines dropped from the air, mainly targeting heavy vehicles. Vehicles weighing less than 500 kilograms will not be triggered, and guerrillas can easily roam the jungle on foot without any problem.

"Understood!" the squad leader quickly replied, then saw a second explosion erupt not far away.

"...Alert!" Ye Yun didn't think this was just the unlucky Zaku repeatedly falling into traps. "Aina, notify command and have the troops in the base prepare. Perhaps our hunt isn't over yet."

"Yes!"

Chapter 40 Congratulations, working overtime

"Michelle, you played the wrong note!" Ye Yun said without turning his head. Michelle, who was playing the keyboard in the command room, stopped, slammed her fingers on the keys as if deflated, and all the staff members in the command room smiled slightly. Then, they took a can of coffee from the basket that Jonah was carrying with great effort, and patted the youngest member of the command room with a smile. They came and went from here every day, and although they didn't understand why Ye Yun was doing this, they had caught a Zeon spy after they arrived...

Just very...

To shut people up.

"Why don't you mention Rita!" Even though they were good friends, Michelle couldn't stand Ye Yun calling her name repeatedly, while Rita remained unaffected.

“Because Rita is being looked after by Aina.” Ye Yun turned his head and rubbed the little girl’s head. “Take a rest. Maybe you can help Jonah out.”

"Is this considered a break?" Michelle rolled her eyes, but still jumped off the chair and ran to Jonah's side to help him distribute the snacks. The staff officers in the command room quite enjoyed the little ones helping out like this. Several female or older staff officers would often give them some snacks they had bought themselves.

Anyway, the three of them are currently being treated like royalty at the Federation Army's Southeast Asia Theater Command.

Ye Yun watched the little ones interact with satisfaction, then turned his gaze back to the electronic map in front of him. Looking at the series of red crosses representing battles on the map, he could roughly understand at a glance that, with the cooperation between the Federation Army and the guerrillas, the Zeon Army was having a very difficult time in the jungles of northern Bangladesh!

According to communications intercepted by the Federation forces, the Zeon troops who had advanced to attempt to attack the Federation forces were extremely frustrated. After all, they themselves couldn't understand why the Federation's long-range strikes could come so suddenly and so fiercely. Being bombed had almost become a daily routine for them, just like eating, walking, and sleeping.

The guerrillas counting the money naturally wouldn't tell them that they could get 1000 to 10000 dollars each time they successfully reported a location, depending on the outcome. If any Zeon mobile suits were killed by artillery or air force soldiers because of their reporting, the logistics store would give them an extra 1000 shopping vouchers, which could be used to buy expensive spirits at a discount!

So after this period of fighting, the entire Federation Army knew that if there was anything that had the greatest limitation on MS, a weapon of war that integrates the most advanced human technology, it was undoubtedly the natural environment. If environmental conditions were used properly, the fate of an ambushed MS unit would not be much better than that of a mechanized unit.

After all, the forest warfare under Ye Yun's command at this time was filled with various mid-range fire suppression (blind firing), Khorne's ecstatic behavior (close combat), and small-scale soldier units fighting each other in the jungle. Of course, in this respect, the Zeon army was almost driven crazy. Whether it was the guerrillas who were more familiar with the terrain to the point of almost becoming elusive, or the Federation reconnaissance units that immediately disengaged and called in mobile suits or artillery once spotted, they all used their respective advantages of misalignment to beat them to a pulp.

In the previous phase, the Zeon army relied on the advantages of MS and exploited the misalignment to crush others!

Ye Yun, believing that neither he nor the opposing side were particularly skilled, decided to compete on who could pull off more unconventional maneuvers. He delegated extensive authority to the front lines, allowing lower-ranking commanders to fully utilize their imaginations, which greatly distressed the opposing Zeon forces. He happily played the role of a hands-off manager, earning military merit badges!

Then he watched as his subordinates kept shrinking the Zeon forces' area of ​​operation. Recently, there have even been crazy incidents of guerrillas and Federation reconnaissance soldiers cooperating to throw heavy anti-tank mines under the legs of Zeon mobile suits.

In a battle like this, whoever gets hit suffers the most.

"Notify the Air Force that their frontline troops are still receiving supplies. Are they being lenient lately, or are they just tired of having too many medals?"

The Zeon forces certainly considered launching a large-scale counterattack against the Earth Federation Forces' base established by Ye Yun, but for the Zeon forces, there was a crucial fact... there were only a handful of routes that allowed large-scale movement south from the mining city! And the key transport nodes were all located in river valleys...

Oh, such narrow terrain that I can't avoid...

The Air Force was ecstatic, prprprpr...

The Zeon forces were not stupid. They tried many things, including but not limited to, trying to commit air power to fight for air superiority. As a result, they gained six ace pilots in the Asian region, one of whom was a double ace. The FF-S3 Swordfish pilots returned to the glory days of being ace pilots in World War II.

Once the Earth Federation Air Force discovered the establishment of the ground-based air defense system, they waited for it to be completed before deploying heavy bombardment units to carry out carpet bombing and wipe them out in one fell swoop. The long-range rocket artillery also got involved, but was scorned by the Air Force, who said, "With your small amount of firepower, don't waste your energy. Go bomb the Zeon forces on the front lines."

As for methods such as ant transport, remote observation, and emergency avoidance.

Ha...who do you think you are! Do you think I don't have enough planes or bombs? On days like these, when it's a good time for target practice, they have to fight for their turn! If they don't get a mission, the squadron leader will be looked down upon by the pilots. You're not going to participate in this pure 'fries' activity? What a useless squadron leader! Why don't you go and fight the battalion commander?!

The only slightly effective measure was to reassign the accompanying air defense forces originally assigned to the attacking troops to the large convoys. But the result of doing so... you're basically abandoning the air defense of your frontline troops?

Oh, I'm off to the front lines. Let me see where the Zeon positions the guerrillas have been reporting lately... Hmm... they don't look very big. Oh well! I'll just destroy them all first! Take this FAB1500!