UC will eventually reach the stars

Humans are emotional beings, and there are many ways to guide emotions! Music is one of the most effective, and quite subtle, methods!

Ye Yun had to admit that the federal government's spies were indeed very skilled in this area! It was just a matter of whether they wanted to do it or not.

"So you're already prepared to fight for the maximum benefit? With this video, if you want, I can probably help you pull some strings. Getting your general's rank isn't difficult." Ye Ning frowned. Since her younger brother had said so, she suppressed her anger and prepared to maximize the benefits.

Although this greatly increased Ye Yun's risk level, Ye Ning also knew that as long as Ye Yun's performance in the Federation Army was acceptable, his promotion would be much easier than others! As for whether Ye Yun's performance was good or bad...

Hehe, Ye Yun is backed by the entire Ye's Heavy Industry, how could he possibly "perform poorly"?

“No… if we do it, some people will be very happy.” Ye Yun said softly, “After all, it won’t take up their time, and it will also confirm something else: my foundation is not very stable. I need more achievements to elevate myself before I can do it securely.”

"..." Ye Ning frowned deeply. Although she knew Ye Yun was right, she was still very unhappy. However, she quickly relaxed her brows. "I think I understand what you're thinking. Go for it. You can't get to a high position just by doing things this way. Good luck, my little brother. You also need to be careful about your own security."

"Don't worry, I still value my life." Ye Yun sighed when he saw that his sister probably realized his intentions. "Anyway, I'm still very happy that I can make the Zeon army so angry."

"By the way, the Federal Army has approved the trial production of TYPE59. Should we urgently send a batch over?" Ye Ning casually remarked.

"Huh? TYPE59? When was it submitted? I didn't even know!?" Ye Yun was shocked. Didn't you guys reject many of my plans? If I hadn't paid for it myself, this thing would have been rejected by you long ago. How did you suddenly submit it? And there wasn't a single word from me. I'm the commander of the largest organized MS unit in the Earth Federation Forces right now. Are you treating the new technology and equipment data as if they don't exist?

"Oh, when the Federation Army increased its short sword order from 300 to 800, you should have just been awarded your rank. At that time, Bazhou was probably under pressure from some people who wanted to control us. Kinias and I submitted this prototype gun, and it worked very well. People from Bazhou came to talk to us immediately. They adjusted their production line and rushed to finish production. Not only did they deliver on time, but they also reduced the price by 10%," Ye Ning said with a smile.

For Yeh's Heavy Industries, producing weapons for MS is much simpler than producing MS themselves. By readjusting some production lines, they can start rolling production. Moreover, according to the Federation Headquarters' evaluation, the TYPE59 is not cheap, and its cost-effectiveness is only so-so at best, but its performance is quite good. With virtually no difference in armor-piercing capability, its 40-round standard magazine is more than 40% more ammunition than the 28-round magazine of the Yashu 100mm machine gun. Its sustained firepower has satisfied the Federation Headquarters.

Ye Yun's weapon family design, although it raised some doubts at the Federation Army headquarters, also resulted in a small number of orders for mass production (then the front line frantically requested an increase in the number of 75-round drum magazines, and the way Federation Army MS carried them in battle, generally according to the MS pilots' choices, became 1 drum magazine and 4 magazines, with a total of 235 rounds of ammunition! Easily more than double that of a 100mm machine gun).

For Ye Ning, this was like a gift thrown in his face. He was well aware that the most important thing his subordinates complained about every day was the pitiful magazine capacity of the 100mm machine gun.

"..." Ye Yun clicked his tongue, then realized what was going on. The 100mm machine gun was a bundled deal with the short sword, sold as a package. Tsk tsk, Bazhou lowered its price, but you didn't, making nearly 10% more profit. Not to mention your sister directly presented a competing product. I wonder if the person who made the decision to hold off on the machine gun order will get a beating from Bazhou's top management. "But it's also perfect... I need a batch of these equipment to arm those Zeon defectors."

"Hey! Aina's still here, right? You've already labeled her a Zeon defector?" Having finished discussing the important matters, Ye Ning decisively started teasing his brother, "I think that girl on TV has a pretty good figure and face. What, does she want to help our Ye family have more descendants?"

"Sister..." Ye Ning sighed, looking at Aina who was secretly pinching her hard, "If you keep talking, you'll probably be offering incense to me next year."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Chapter Forty-Nine: Choices Determine Fate

"How could so many Federal Army troops be gathering here!" Kiki exclaimed in shock at the sight before her.

Recently, the number of Federation soldiers coming to eat and drink in their own village has suddenly surged, and the efficiency of evacuating wounded soldiers from the front lines has also increased dramatically. This has instilled a sense of fear in the people of the guerrilla village, because for the first time, the Earth Federation forces have far outnumbered the ordinary people in their village.

The presence of a large military force in the village brought it unprecedented prosperity, leaving the villagers bewildered by this entirely new experience. While the "sons-in-law" didn't seem particularly happy, they simply wore long faces.

Before the operation, Ye Yun repeatedly emphasized not to say too much and reiterated the principle of confidentiality. Even if a drunkard tried to say something with a slurred tongue, he would usually be pulled away by the people next to him.

Then Kiki saw this scene before her: huge steel giants, half-crouched in the jungle, covered in camouflage netting, standing silently like statues.

To be honest, Qiqi was shocked by Ye Yun's efficiency. After all, when she went to the base the day before yesterday, it was bustling with people, and there seemed to be a lot of people there, as well as a number of short swords inside the base (damaged short swords under repair and a small number of disguised personnel).

"Click..." The sound of the bolt being pulled rang out behind her. Qiqi felt a chill run down her spine and raised her hand without hesitation.

"Um, I'm Kiki from the guerrillas..." Kiki quickly introduced herself, not wanting to be killed by the Federal Army sentries for no reason.

“I know you.” A cold male voice came from behind. “But you shouldn’t have come. I’m taking you to see the colonel. You can’t run around before the battle begins.” Clearly, this was already a lenient approach, and Kiki understood this very well, so she didn’t resist and obediently followed the sentry to the command post.

"Little brat, running around everywhere? Aren't you afraid of stepping on landmines?" Qiqi saw Ye Yun, who seemed to be checking something with a few people. There were soldiers in Federal Army reconnaissance uniforms that Qiqi recognized very well, talking to Ye Yun. Then a sentry went up and whispered a few words to Ye Yun, pointed at Qiqi, and Ye Yun looked up and teased her with a half-smile.

"There are no minefields here." Qiqi didn't say much more and simply sat down on the chair next to her.

“But in some ways, this place is even more troublesome than a minefield.” Ye Yun gestured to Rachel beside him to get some drinks. “We are about to launch a large-scale offensive, so this place is now a military restricted area.” Looking at Kiki in front of him, he added, “So I’ll have to trouble you to stay here and make sure you stay safe.”

Ye Yun quickly signed his name on the documents Rachel handed him, then rearranged the reconnaissance troops and the subsequent action sequence.

Basically, Norres and Gao Long each led their own squads, reinforced by a company, and then advanced in turns, while Ye Yun's main force brought up the rear and advanced slowly.

Because Ye Yun had a significant advantage in troop strength over the Zeon army, he didn't intend to give them too much room to maneuver and simply pressed forward slowly.

Then, naturally, we'll wait for the Zeon forces to mobilize most of their manpower! At that time... hopefully, Sima and the others can put in a little more effort and, with air support, successfully trap these Zeon troops in this narrow valley.

"Hmm..." Kiki's eyes darted around, clearly realizing what she was about to face. The Federation army was about to launch an attack. Although a large-scale mobilization would inevitably be discovered, the Federation army's movements still needed to be kept secret until the actual attack took place.

So Kiki herself ran right into the Federation Army's secrecy regulations, meaning the sentry recognized her immediately; otherwise, the sentry wouldn't have hesitated to pull the bolt.

"Can you let me go back? I promise I won't tell anyone." Qiqi clasped her hands together and said to Ye Yun very sincerely.

"Hmph..." Ye Yun scoffed coldly, "You captured a total of 34 Zeon prisoners and dumped them in your own village as laborers. After deducting the three who escaped, do you want me to count the remaining 31?" Some things are better left unsaid, but the accounts will be settled! Guerrillas are not pro-Federal.

"!" Qiqi was instantly startled and looked up at Ye Yun. Ye Yun didn't look at her, but instead selected two locations on the map. The scout next to him nodded and immediately set off.

Although the main force of the army is mainly composed of MS, when MS troops attack, there are still many situations where it is best to scout ahead in advance, otherwise the awkward situation you encounter can drive you crazy.

For example, it's not unheard of for Federation forces to have anti-tank mines moved onto Ye Yun's marching route by Zeon's chaotic teleportation. It's just that the scale wasn't very large, and coincidentally, it was caught by Federation scouts.

"I've given you a task: help keep an eye on Rita and the others." Ye Yun shrugged, not intending to make things difficult for Kiki. His father's idea of ​​getting involved with Zeon wasn't too unexpected for Ye Yun. After all, who were the guerrillas on Earth initially targeting...?

Therefore, Ye Yun did not regard them as any "loyal" allies. So, there were always people monitoring the guerrilla village. As soon as the Zeon prisoners escaped, they were caught by Federation scouts and sent away with a single bullet.

Although Qiqi didn't understand why Ye Yun might not bother with the guerrillas if they obediently submitted before the battle ended, but these captured prisoners would be a ready-made excuse for Ye Yun or the Federation if they were to turn against him in the future, she still knew that this was not a good thing. So she immediately started to smile ingratiatingly at Ye Yun.

"Rita? You brought them here? Are you crazy?" Kiki looked at Ye Yun in shock. These were just little kids, only a few years old. Normally, you could leave them at the Federal Army base command post, but you brought them here.

“Rita insisted on coming.” Ye Yun shrugged. Anyway, the entire Earth Federation Forces Southeast Asia base had already realized that the three little guys were really a bit strange. The veterans even complained about the rookie who had just come from the North Sichuan base, “It’s only because Jonah’s hands and feet can’t reach that you MS warriors might not be able to beat Jonah.”

As for Michelle, under Rachel's guidance, this young lady has an excellent grasp of the Southeast Asian base's inventory and can even help identify spies.

Rita goes without saying.

"Because it can help Ye Yun." Rita stood not far behind Ye Yun, glanced at Qiqi, and naturally no one would tell Qiqi that she had just spoken a few words to Ye Yun, and Ye Yun had notified the sentries to arrest people.

"Alright, let's go have some fun." Ye Yun waved his hand, indicating that he still had a lot to do. After all, he had to pretend to be trying to avoid being discovered by them, to mobilize troops to launch a surprise attack on the Zeon army, open a breakthrough, and take down the mining base in one fell swoop, but also to let the Zeon army find out. Only in this way could he better achieve his goal.

After all, in their eyes, a mining city that was originally uninhabited could be taken as they pleased. The key was the resources and manpower that the other party had painstakingly sent from space! As long as all of this was destroyed, how could this mining city possibly turn the world upside down?

"Michelle." Ye Yun called out to Michelle, who had been earnestly following Rachel as if trying to learn something. He took a chocolate bar from his pocket, tossed it to her, and then watched Kiki's retreating figure.

"Hmm!" Michelle nodded, indicating that she understood, and then followed Kiki out seemingly happily.

“If you don’t trust them, why don’t you…” Rachel frowned and looked at Ye Yun.

"The guerrillas will know where Kiki is, and the Zeon army..." Ye Yun shrugged. If that old man was sensible, they would try to put on a good show for him; if they weren't, he would most likely get the result he wanted. "They'll find out too."

The only difference, most likely, is whether the federal army will need to fight another anti-bandit operation afterward.

War allows no room for half-heartedness.

However, judging from the current situation, perhaps when that day comes... the guerrillas will choose to surrender.

"Be careful, Michelle, boss... We just got news from Station 3 that there's movement from Zeon. The Zeon raiding force that escaped earlier seems to be fleeing towards the mountain pass." Just as Michelle rushed out, a scout almost bumped into the little guy. The scout smiled and stepped aside to let the three little guys who often appeared in Ye Yun's command room pass by.

There was no way around it; ever since those magical things happened with the little ones, all the soldiers had tacitly come to treat Rita and the others as their darlings. A group of female soldiers especially loved teasing Jonah, and then they could happily watch Michelle get angry at them and protect her own, and then the next time they would go even further.

"Hmm..." Ye Yun tapped his fingers on the table. This was a bit of a problem. Ye Yun didn't really want to split up his forces to chase after them.

After being suddenly attacked by the air force, the Zeon attack force lost most of its equipment and supplies. With no better options, they had no choice but to flee into the jungle. However, they were clever enough not to keep most of their mobile suits in the camp, so in a sense, they still had the strength to make a last stand.

“Perhaps…” Ye Yun looked up at Rachel, indicating that she should prepare to start writing the order, “This is a good opportunity to get people to pledge their loyalty. Order: The 666th Demon Hunter Squadron shall immediately engage in battle and annihilate the remnants of the Zeon attack force.”

"Remember to tell them we don't have any more time for them. They'll soon have more challenging tasks to undertake, so don't waste time," Ye Yun said softly. "Oh, and... dispatch Squad 08 as their 'support force'."

“…Does it have to be so ruthless?” Rachel was speechless.

"It's good for everyone."

Chapter Fifty: The Evil Spirits' Outing

"Buzz..." A series of bright spots ripped through the night sky, then turned into a violent explosion, tearing everything in the jungle to shreds.

"The Federation's bastards are here!" The Zeon MS pilot hurriedly threw a compressed biscuit into his mouth, took a couple of sips of water that tasted like water purification pills, and jumped into the cockpit. As if to encourage himself, the pilot quickly fastened his seatbelt, started the Zaku II, and shouted into the communication channel, "In the rainforest, we are not afraid of these cowardly trash who dare not engage in close combat!"

"Yes, they're just a small squad, yet they dare to come looking for us in the dark! They'll pay the price!" A Zaku 2F swiped off its camouflage netting, stood up, and scanned its surroundings with its single, crimson eye, but seemed to have missed its target. "Have you found their location yet?"

"Ah...it is...we found it!" A sinister female voice suddenly came through the communication channel.

"Huh?" The pilot of the Zaku 2F was clearly taken aback. But in the next instant, a series of bright spots streaked from a distance and slammed into the Zaku he was piloting! The mixed steel-core armor-piercing rounds, armor-piercing high-explosive rounds, and high-explosive fragmentation rounds engulfed the Zaku's body in an instant.

The first steel needle bullet pierced through the Zaku's body cleanly and decisively, even penetrating the backpack on its back. The next three or four bursts of fire easily tore through the Zaku's body, and the Zaku crashed to the ground in an instant amidst the explosion.

"Nom! Damn it! Who did this?!" Seeing the Zaku II turn into a fireball not far away, he cried out, "Who are you?! How do you know the Zeon army's communication frequency?!"

"Hahaha...who are we?" The woman's laughter was almost maniacal! "Who are we! We are demons who have rushed out of hell!"

"A demon!?" The driver didn't rush to get up. Now, they were both in the shadows, waiting to see who would be the hunter and who would be the prey!

A crimson longsword descended from the sky, piercing straight through the Zaku 2F he was piloting. A short sword with the number 666 painted on its shoulder was also present. He looked down at the Zaku 2F, which was weakly reaching out to him, pulled out his sword, and stabbed again! Then, just before a Zaku 1 next to him could pounce on him, he quickly pulled out his sword and jumped back.

As the short sword leaped backward, several bursts of fire swept over its body, bombarding the Zaku 1 in a dense barrage. The Zaku 1's armor was even weaker than the Zaku 2's, so in just a moment, the Zaku 1's pilot screamed in terror before exploding into a ball of fire. Huge shards of steel crashed to the ground, snapping trees in mid-air.

"Who are you?!" By this time, the remnants of the Zeon assault force realized that the other side was definitely not those useless rookies from the Federation Army. Moreover, this series of tactical coordination reminded these veterans of those elite Marine Corps MS pilots. But that shouldn't be the case. The people in front of them were piloting the Dagger. How could these Federation Army bastards be the elite of their Zeon Marine Corps?

"Ah~ Look at you bunch of idiots, you couldn't even think of a close answer to such an obvious one?!" A short sword rushed out again, its crimson electric sword standing out conspicuously in the night, contrasting sharply with its black and gray paint, which was completely different from the blue and white base of ordinary short swords, making it look as if a demon had crawled out of hell.

"You are Zeon soldiers! You surrendered to the Federation? You defected?!" An angry roar immediately rang out. Realizing what had happened, the pilot roared out, his shout almost causing an explosion.

"We surrender? Defect!? No no no!" The electric sword parried the swinging electric axe, and the fierce shoulder ramming disrupted the balance of the Zaku. Dozens of tons of steel staggered a couple of steps on the ground, swayed, and barely managed to steady itself before suddenly hearing a scream from inside the headset.

"left!"

The Zaku immediately retreated, trying to avoid the opponent's slash!

But it's not a slash!

A series of 90mm shells landed, exploding in the woods in a series of flashes. Screams rose and fell as trees were set ablaze. In the flickering firelight, four enormous silhouettes slowly emerged from the shadows, as if they were truly demons crawling out of hell.

"Four Zakus..." The pilot of Zaku 2F felt his heart tremble. They had launched an attack with the size of a squadron, but after several engagements, only his squad of mobile suits remained...

And now!

He's the only one left!

"Looks like... they're starting to get scared. Tsk, how boring." A male voice rang out, and then a short sword kept firing at the distance. 90mm shells kept landing, exploding into bursts of fire in the camp.

"Stop! They've lost the will to fight!" the Zaku 2F pilot roared. He couldn't believe what these people were doing. They didn't even try to persuade them to surrender; they just started killing. Even the Federation Army, when the battle was nearing its end, would feign a desire to persuade them to surrender in order to reduce their own casualties. But these people didn't even have the slightest thought of persuading them to surrender; they just started killing. "They are our compatriots!"

"What compatriots..." The woman's voice scoffed, and the crimson electric sword struck like a red lightning bolt. "When you abandoned us, when you hunted us down, when you pushed us into the abyss, did you ever think of us as compatriots? No! You just spat at us and sang praises to the bastards of the Zabi family!"

"You...you..." After dodging a few swords, two short swords suddenly appeared from both sides, and the Zaku II had no choice but to ignite its jump boosters in an attempt to escape the encirclement.

"Fool..." Sima watched the opponent jump, and then watched as the opponent used his steel body to take 40 90mm shells, his body riddled with bullet holes and exploding in mid-air, and gave this evaluation.

"Hey survivor, how about we settle our score here?" Sima teased his "support force," Squad Leader Amada Shirou, without any restraint.

"Hmph, let's call it a day." Amada Shirou had no interest in arguing with Shima over a verbal advantage, so he simply turned his squad around and left. He was certain that if it were a squad-to-squad MS battle, his side probably wouldn't stand a chance of winning!

Despite the fact that Squad 08 had already had many combat experiences and their skills were already quite good for the Federation Forces, Amada Shirou still felt quite shocked. The enemy had not been training in adapting to Federation mobile suits for very long, and the level of skills and tactics that Sima and his team had just displayed was the strongest level of mobile suit combat besides Federation Captain Nores and Captain Gao Long.

The Zeon assault force's mobile suit pilots are considered very difficult to deal with by the Federation forces. Previously, the Gao Long squad had paid a considerable price in an encounter battle to barely destroy one of the enemy squads. However, this group of Zeon pilots destroyed all of the enemy's mobile suits with almost no losses...

"Let the infantry handle the target practice. Let's head back to the airport; we have another tough battle ahead." Sima watched the 08 squad retreat, her feelings a mix of emotions, even a touch of envy for them. The guy she'd fought with might just have a smooth and successful career ahead of him!

As for themselves... the lives of billions of people they carry on their shoulders, just like Ye Yun said, no matter what chance they have of being forgiven, even after the war ends, being placed under house arrest is the best outcome they can hope for. Their lives are destined to rot in the gutter.

"Tch..." The team member next to him clicked his tongue. "But we can't deny that Ye Yun really did keep his word. The short sword we got seems to be better than the average one, and this new 90mm machine gun is indeed much better than the 100mm machine gun."

“Yes, he didn’t deceive us. He gave us the best equipment and the most difficult missions. We can fight to the last moment in the flames of war. Atonement? We don’t need atonement!” Sima’s eyes flickered. Piloting a mobile suit again, and this time it was a Federation mobile suit, gave her quite a shock. But as she herself said, it didn’t matter anymore!

The explosions, the flashes of light, the deaths—this successfully pulled her out of her self-pity for the first time. Her anger and humiliation found an outlet, and under the flash of the 90mm gun muzzle, listening to the screams of the remaining Zeon soldiers on the ground, she laughed with pleasure.

“Yes, we must thank Ye Yun. He gave us the chance for revenge! For those who were also betrayed! For those who perished in the sea of ​​stars.” The short sword pilot, who had been standing at the rear, holstered his TYPE59 90mm machine gun. It wasn't that he didn't want to fire anymore, but he wanted to keep one magazine for safety. The short sword pilot's voice was filled with excited frenzy. “As for those guys from Squad 08, they're probably our ‘double insurance’.”

"Hmph, very good." Sima sneered. If they really wanted to do something, this squad alone wouldn't be able to stop them at all. After all, their 666th Squadron now had two squads. The existence of the 08th Squadron was more of a reminder. "Fall back. Let's see what kind of hell the lieutenant colonel has prepared for us in this other battlefield. Hopefully... it will be more interesting than this one."

"Oh...the plane that's picking us up has arrived! The lieutenant colonel really doesn't want to give us any free time at all!"

“Perhaps it’s because… his troops have already begun their attack, and he needs us to execute his battle plan as soon as possible.” Sima looked at the mission notice that popped up on her screen, a smile playing on her lips. “It looks like… the fighting at the front is quite intense!” She tilted her short sword slightly, and flames were shooting into the sky in the distance. It was clear that Ye Yun was taking the attack very seriously.

Chapter Fifty-One: Artillery Battle

"Watch out!" A soldier pushed the veteran next to him aside. The shell hit their bunker directly. The seemingly thick sandbags and earthen walls flew everywhere like toppled blocks. This was the fate of the bunker hit by a 155mm shell.

"Kid!" The veteran, who had fallen into another trench, turned around to see a new recruit whose body was half blown apart, spitting blood and foam, his eyes blankly staring at the azure sky. The veteran opened his mouth to say something, but another deafening roar descended, catching him off guard and causing his eardrums to bleed. He felt as if he had been hit by a stun grenade, plunging into a world of screaming yet dazed states. He looked blankly to the side...

"Boom!" Clearly, the tank crew no longer cared about whether there were infantrymen nearby and opened fire again. The 175mm heavy gun of the Majera tank roared and sprayed a shell into the distance. A Type 61 tank that was moving was blown away by the explosion and crashed upside down.

"Excellent! One Type 61 destroyed! Those bastards from the Federation Army! About 300 meters to the left, another Type 61, one armor-piercing round loaded, next high-explosive round ready!" The gunner cheered loudly, and then immediately began preparing to fire again.

"Go back to your... damn it... come over here!" The old soldier's blank stance seemed to attract the attention of the other Zeon soldiers nearby. A sergeant stood up, intending to reprimand him, but after glancing at the old soldier's approximate location—the trench that had mostly collapsed—the sergeant cursed, dragged him to the adjacent trench, and yelled at the soldiers, "He was injured by the blast wave! He's temporarily deaf. Take him to the back."

The two soldiers nodded and dragged the dazed and confused soldier backward.

"Boom! Boom!" Two more explosions rang out, indicating that another large section of the position had collapsed. The key Majera tank in this position, because it was in a well-maintained position, did not have a chance to be hit by the shells fired by the Type 61 tank, but it was still inevitable that there would be some chaos.

"Damn it... those lunatics up there, do they think they can hold off the Federation forces with just this many men?!" A Zeon soldier inevitably began to complain, having been bombarded by the enemy's Type 61 tanks and other long-range artillery all morning.