UC will eventually reach the stars

"Enough! Captain Monica! This ship is unarmed, and there aren't even any mobile suits in the warehouse that can fight back. Even if you want to be loyal to Zeon, tell me! What are you going to do!" The captain also lost his temper, slamming his fist on the armrest and glaring fiercely at Captain Monica in her red uniform.

"...It's been a bit too long. It seems like there's something extraordinary in their warehouse." Ye Yun scoffed. "Squadron 666, tear open their hull and let us see what's inside!"

"Glad to serve!" Sima's eyes flashed with a dangerous light as she drew her electric sword. With a swift stab and slash, a gaping hole was torn in the thin outer armor of the Jotunheim-class transport ship. "Zimsa? Ye Yun, it seems... you really have found something~"

"Destroy this ship!" Ye Yun narrowed his eyes. The opportunity was given to you, but you didn't want it, so don't blame us!

"Wait! This ship is unarmed and is willing to surrender!" the captain shouted quickly. He had received an alarm in the cargo hold. The crew members inside the cargo hold were almost thrown out by the sudden depressurization, but fortunately they were not actually swept away. However, looking at the short sword at the breach and the 90mm machine gun it was holding, the Zeon soldiers trembled.

"Oh?! How interesting!" Ye Yun nodded. "It looks like we've found a ship. Sima, could you please bring all the short swords over and have them board the ship, and transfer the cargo inside? Captain, I think you wouldn't mind making a trip to Luna 2, would you?"

"...as you command."

Chapter Sixty-Eight: A Rare Victory

Hours later, the entire Luna 2 base was in an uproar! Two Magellan battleships and six Salamis-class light cruisers were urgently activated and sent forward to provide support, while the space fighters that set off simultaneously were counted in large squadrons.

Nothing much, the entire Earth Federation Space Force is going crazy...

At this time, the Earth Federation Space Force already knew that a large squadron of mobile suits that had been captured from the ground would be assigned to Luna 2 Fortress as training seeds for the Federation Space Force's mobile suit units.

There was indeed an operation involving three Salamis-class light cruisers and two Columbus-class transports heading to low Earth orbit, but this sizable fleet clearly did not pick up Ye Yun and his group and is currently out of contact.

Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean they were shot down. After all, the Minovsky particle disruption of communications only indicates that a battle has broken out, and doesn't necessarily mean they're finished.

Thus, Ye Yun and the others, who had no backup...

They deployed 10 Daggers, seized a Zeon transport ship, and arrived at Luna 2 Fortress on their own!

Moreover, these guys seem to have just entered space and destroyed two of the enemy's Musei and the five Zaku that those two Musei carried in one go!

They even stole a transport ship from the other side!

It seems there are some of the enemy's classified experimental projects on board the transport ship!

what……

This……

Are our Earth Federation Forces' mobile suit units really that reckless?!

So when the massive steel hulls of the two Magellan-class battleships escorted the small Jotunheim-class transport ship into Luna 2, every Federation soldier who could get there from Luna 2 arrived!

They looked at the Jotunheim-class transport ship's back, and in front of it were ten shield-wielding, gun-carrying, short-sword-wielding machines standing at the very front. Ye Yun and Gao Long's vehicles were positioned with their gun barrels pointed at the bridge of the Jotunheim-class ship on either side. This kept everyone on board the Jotunheim-class ship alert and prevented them from having any other thoughts.

The 48 unmanned short swords in the middle, though kneeling, were in a proud and upright posture, as if they were waiting for inspection rather than kneeling on the ground. Behind them was a large pile of boxes containing various MS supplies and ammunition carried by HLV.

Yes, because Ye Yun didn't trust the Zeon personnel on the Jotunheim-class transport ship at all, he simply didn't let them send the cargo that the HLV had brought up into the Jotunheim-class's engine room. Instead, he simply strapped it all to the back of the Jotunheim-class.

Soon, unable to contain their wildly excited emotions, the federal soldiers began to pound on the wall and cheer in unison, their cheers and applause filling the entire communication channel.

During these two months, the soldiers of the Earth Federation Space Force experienced extreme oppression. They were originally the overlords of the entire Earth Sphere universe, but now? They could only huddle in the small base of Luna 2!

Now, the curse that had been weighing on them suddenly disappeared, and everything seemed to be changing abruptly!

Yes, things have changed, and who can argue with that?

The results speak for themselves!

Two Musei and five Zaku IIs—the entire battle, from start to finish, lasted less than 15 minutes—a standard high-speed space mobile suit battle. The vast majority of the Federation soldiers at the Luna II base had participated in the Loom 5 campaign; they undoubtedly knew how frustrated they were when the Zeon mobile suits rampaged through their fleet!

And now, with this result! They have truly been waiting for this for a long time!

Although the number of short swords deployed in the battle was twice the number of Zaku on the other side, there was no doubt that the two Musai-class light cruisers on the other side were something that the Federation forces that had been brought up by the HLV did not have!

"Haha...this little guy, giving me such a big surprise right off the bat." Rebil stood in the base's command room, watching the Jotunheim-class transport ship entering the port on the screen, his eyes flashing with admiration. This little rascal didn't deliberately arrange these short swords like this, did he? Rebil didn't believe it!

Fortunately, this operation, which was almost like a military parade, greatly boosted the morale of the federal army.

As for how they were able to achieve such results, Reibill was not surprised. Although the identities of the members of Squadron 666 were concealed within the Federation Forces, Reibill knew very well that they were a group of excellent veterans who had been wiped out by the Zeon forces. Although they were currently called a squadron, they actually only had two squads of soldiers. However, there was no doubt that with 8 against 5, the Zeon forces were already destined to lose. In addition, with Ye Yun and Gao Long's two mobile suits, the Federation Forces had an overwhelming advantage in combat power.

The only thing that truly amazed Rebil in this battle was Ye Yun…

This battle has nothing to do with command ability; it's a contest of the two sides' MS combat capabilities!

Others might not know Gao Long's skill level, but Reibill knew that Gao Long could be considered the tester of GAT-00 and the origin of the piloting program for the current mainstay MS of the Earth Federation Forces: GAT01 Dagger! It can be said that all MS piloting training and MS combat support system development are full of the shadows of Gao Long and Nores. All basic actions are based on their piloting actions.

Rebil wasn't surprised at all that Gao Long was able to perform like he did in battle.

But Ye Yun's performance...

From the ultra-precise artillery bombardment in the early stages of the battle, to the one-against-three when they entered the mining base, and now to their smooth cooperation with the High Dragon in space, almost destroying two of the enemy's Zaku IIs in a single encounter, while the two of them also independently sank a Musai-class light cruiser...

The combat record of these two was almost the same as that of the 8 aircraft of the 666th Squadron next door (the 666th Squadron wasted a lot of time playing with the last Zaku II, they cut off the limbs of the Zaku piloted by the other party, yes, by cutting, and finally stabbed the Zaku in the back with a sword)!

In contrast to the clandestine activities of Squadron 666, this kid is a true-blue Federal Army soldier!

"After he finishes handing over the MS, have it come to see me." Rebil flicked his military cap, turned around and walked towards the staff officers who were having a heated discussion. Clearly, the tactical value of this fruitful skirmish had gone beyond that of a simple skirmish.

实话实说，如果只是以2艘姆塞级轻巡洋舰搭载5台MS06C/F型扎古2C/F型号MS的话，以目前地球联邦宇宙军的兵力不是弄不死！但是出动的规模可能远不止5~6艘萨拉米斯级这么简单，但是眼下仅仅只是十台MS就做到了……

The entire Earth Federation Space Force felt that the MS (Mobile Suit) was a technological weapon that needed to be re-evaluated!

To be honest, the Federation Space Force, as the main initiator of Operation V, did not think much of the GAT-01 short sword, the first phase product of the G Project. This situation reached its peak after they understood the development process of the short sword!

"It's just an enhanced industrial machine! What combat power does it have?"

"What the Federation Army needs is a weapon that can fight, not some industrial robot."

"Its performance might not even be as good as the Zaku II, so how are we supposed to regain the advantage!"

In short, such strange statements are commonplace in Luna 2, since the core of Operation V is currently located in Luna 2, not to mention that Operation V is led by the Federation Space Force! Moreover, as time goes by, such strange statements have not decreased but have instead increased.

After all, in many people's minds, Project G was created by the Earth Federation Forces. The complex environment on Earth might not be suitable for the Zeon forces' mobile suits. Moreover, they were fighting in conjunction with conventional weapons, so the results were not necessarily due to the mobile suits.

Of course, there might also be a little bit of that, because General Gap of the Federation Headquarters chose to support Ye's Heavy Industries' "G" project, which could immediately provide a sufficient number of combat MS, and misappropriated some of the funds for Operation V. This matter may have made some people particularly angry.

But now, everything has changed in an instant. The military is, and must be, a pragmatic organization. Ye Yun has laid victory before them. Even if some people are still dissatisfied, they must admit that the short sword can bring victory to the Federation Army! This is extremely important for the Earth Federation Army at present, especially for the Space Army, which has just suffered a major defeat.

"Wow..." Squadron 666, who had been posing on the bow of the ship the whole way, had Sima, who was actually half-reclining in the cockpit with her feet on the control panel, drinking "Ye's Orange Soda." Suddenly, she noticed a warning on the screen. She glanced at it and saw the massive mega particle cannon of the Magellan-class battleship pointing in her direction. But the next instant, the cannon's aim shifted, pointing directly at their feet. Sima didn't change her posture. She reached out and pressed a couple of buttons on the panel, connecting with Ye Yun. "So, what do you plan to do next?"

"Put on your helmets and head to the designated rest area." Ye Yun shrugged. "Rebil is looking for me, so you'll probably be treated to good food and drink. As for the guys down there, don't worry. Since they've surrendered, they shouldn't do anything stupid. I'm just curious about what their 'secret experimental project' is."

"Oh! Speaking of which, I'm quite curious about that too!" Sima nodded. Indeed, a secret project of the Zeon army... huh, is it a poison gas that can kill all life on Earth? Or a biochemical virus weapon with similar effects? Sima's mind was filled with malicious imagination.

"Let's go down and take a look. The Space Force's Marines should be starting to board the ship soon!" Ye Yun nodded, maneuvering his short sword to leap off the top of the Jotunheim-class ship and walk to the rear of the cargo hold. At this time, the Federation Forces had already taken control of the transport ship and were opening the cargo hold of Zimsa.

"A tank? That's huge..." Sima, who jumped off her MS, was stunned for a moment, clicking her tongue in amazement.

"Hmm...quite an interesting toy." Ye Yun's eyes flickered; he seemed to know the name of this unit.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Meeting Reibir

"General Rebil!" Ye Yun stood at attention with his legs together, saluting the white-bearded old man before him!

"Hmm!" Rebil walked over! He reached out and patted Ye Yun's shoulder, then turned to Tianm beside him and said with a smile, "You really didn't expect it, did you? This brat from the Ye family has turned out to be so outstanding."

"Yes, it's a pity we didn't bring him into the Space Force when he was in space." Tiam shook his head with a smile, his gaze towards Ye Yun filled with admiration. After all, at their level, power struggles weren't so important anymore.

After all... if you win, you get everything; if you lose, you'll be on trial. What's the point of saying this then? You'll be shot, won't you?

Now, Ye Yun is the essential condition for their victory.

"Generals, you flatter me. Due to family reasons and my own career, I have a slightly better understanding of MS," Ye Yun said very respectfully. These two might not be like Gao Pu, who had a comprehensive grasp of the situation and was quietly supporting the Federation in winning this war.

Use the simplest and most direct sentence to describe the achievements of the two generals.

Both men died in a crucial battle! How many important generals in the entire Earth Federation Army had the courage to directly command operations on the front lines like them?! Keep in mind that when these two went to the Earth Federation headquarters for a meeting, the person in charge of Luna 2 was a colonel! Yes, the same rank as Ye Yun now!

This joke is as ridiculous as if Ye Yun suddenly had the power over the entire Earth Federation Army's ground forces at this stage!

It's outrageous!

In fact, this analogy is not accurate, because the Space Force is far more valuable than the ground forces! For the past ten years or so, the vast majority of the Earth Federation's military budget has gone to the Space Force, and indeed, no one could have imagined that the Zeon forces would be so foolish as to engage in a ground war with the Earth Federation forces...

"No, I think someone has already told you that for the Earth Federation, your appearance is very timely and necessary!" Rebil pressed Ye Yun's shoulder, his eyes full of seriousness. The emergency production of Operation V was still a bit too short in time, although the development was quite smooth thanks to the Federation's massive resource investment!

Compared to Operation V, the mature technology and off-the-shelf procurement model of Project G were a welcome surprise for the Earth Federation Forces. Even if Operation V was completed, it would still take some time to enter the mass production stage. However, Project G had been operating at full production speed from the very beginning!

After all, Industrial Rio has already sold several thousand units.

The Federation Forces' mobile suit numbers, while the war was ongoing, were constantly being fought, lost, and replenished, yet they were reduced from zero to seven battalions on the ground and one battalion in the Space Force! All of this was achieved in less than two months.

Moreover, both Ye's Heavy Industry and Dawn Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Company's production lines are still expanding. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, once these newly established production lines are adjusted, the number of MS acquired by the Federation Army is likely to experience another explosive growth!

"If it weren't for your appearance, we would only be able to learn how to use MS from the Zeon army. In fact, judging from the results of the ground battlefield, their concept of MS usage is very superficial, and they don't even have a good enough concept of composite systems!" Tianm glanced at the staff officers who were talking not far away. "The Endless Battlefield may be your greatest contribution to the Federation."

"As long as you don't mind my wasting resources," Ye Yun said with a smile. Now the Federal ground forces all know that if they don't know how to fight this war, they should go to the "Endless Battlefield" and learn a thing or two about warfare. They can use each other as whetstones to see who sharpens whom more.

Tiam knew perfectly well that a brigade-sized mixed mobile suit unit transferred from the North Sichuan base to North America, after its officers finished off the "Ye's Orange Soda" cooled by the cooling system on their short swords, deliberately broke into smaller units. They used a short sword to lure lone mobile suits into the Zeon forces, then ambushed armored companies and infantry, using artillery shells and explosive traps to thoroughly teach the Zeon a lesson. In just five days, they destroyed 11 Zeon mobile suits, a squad, a reinforced company, and wiped out an entire Zeon company!

Then, filled with indignation, they were told that there were no supplies they could redeem with points here.

Yes, at the Chuanbei base, in order to stimulate the soldiers' enthusiasm for training, a system was set up where points are recorded for destroying enemy tactical weapons. These points can then be exchanged for supplies (usually food and drinks) at the base's logistics point.

They're on the front lines now, so sorry, no points, no prizes!

The battle is intense right now, there's no time to gather extra supplies for you!

The federal soldiers promptly started a riot.

Finally, the Americas theater sent a telegram to the Africa theater, inquiring about their countermeasures.

The African theater command provided a list, which roughly represents a 50% discount on points redemption at the North Sichuan base, and also removed most of the more expensive items from the redeemable items.

The American theater did not hesitate and simply copied the homework, thus putting the matter behind them. Then, the revitalized Federation forces began large-scale, proactive, small-scale offensives. Although they did not capture any cities or strongholds, the Zeon forces were harassed so much that their scalps tingled.

There are many similar cases. It seems that the person in front of you is using his authority to make small-scale modifications to the system or tactics, but these modifications have indeed increased the combat power of the Federation Army.

For these high-ranking generals, no rule is immutable and no tradition is unalterable. As long as they can win, they can learn from the Zeon army. Why can't Ye Yun try these seemingly childish methods?

What's wrong with setting up reward points if it's effective?

“But what you seized this time…” Rebil frowned, then, as if suddenly remembering something, turned to Ye Yun, “Your family owns Ye’s Heavy Industry, you should have already seen it, is there anything you want to say?”

"..." Ye Yun was somewhat surprised, but still opened his mouth, "That giant tank?" Ye Yun shook his head with a wry smile, "Its combat power should be good, but for the entire battlefield, the only result might be that it becomes a target for the air force." Ye Yun chuckled.

The Wolf Fighter is undeniably highly mobile, possesses formidable firepower, and boasts decent protection. However, in Ye Yun's view, this thing has a fatal flaw. How do you plan to integrate this damned weapon of war into your combat system?! You can't possibly dedicate an entire division-level unit to serving this thing, or have it spend all its time soloing it? Are you kidding me?

As for mass production... please, Ye Yun would laugh himself to death! How much military budget does the Zeon army have to burn through money like this! The logistical resources for maintaining one of these things could probably support one or two mobile suit squads! So the Zeon Technical Bureau's rejection of this thing is not without reason.

"So... what do you plan to do with this?" Rebil asked, somewhat curious about Ye Yun's thoughts.

"Let's first boast about how we captured their secret experimental weapon, then mock Zeon's unrealistic technological fantasies. After maximizing the political value of this accidental coincidence, we'll send it to the ground. Maybe during a fortress siege, we'll put it on the front lines. If that doesn't work, it might be somewhat useful against Zeon's land-based warships." Ye Yun spread his fingers, his tone full of sincerity. "Besides that, I can't imagine what other use this thing could have. A 300mm main gun is completely overkill against mobile suits..."

“That’s definitely true!” Rebil went over Ye Yun’s thoughts in his mind. He was somewhat surprised by Ye Yun’s idea. He just wanted to ask about the technological level and possible combat power of the Zeon super tank that had shocked the Federation Space Force soldiers.

But the young man in front of them presented a complete set of solutions directly, oh~ squeezed out all the political value from it... When a veteran who had been in the army for less than three months spoke these four words so frankly in front of them, both Rebil and Tianm felt that this guy was simply not the way a young man should think.

Moreover, both Reibir and Tiam had already realized the potential value of this battle. After all, both of them understood the immense significance of the Federation's MS forces achieving their first large-scale victory in space and capturing Zeon's secret weapons!

"By the way, General Rebil, do you have anyone here skilled at extracting confessions? Talk to the woman in red on that ship, record her speech, and play it out uncut. There's a good chance you'll get a surprise." Ye Yun shrugged. He naturally had no idea what had happened behind the scenes with Unit 603, nor what would happen.

(If the manga plot is taken seriously, this character seems to have gotten involved in 0083's mess later on, and that alone wiped out all the goodwill I had built up from reading The Secret Chronicles and The Apocalypse.)

But now, this is a masterpiece of Zeon's most fanatical Girenzabi ideology. As long as the Earth Federation interrogators skillfully entice her, she will unceremoniously utter those most insane ideas. Once she does, the Federation will win politically!

"Oh? Why would you do that?" Rebil looked at Ye Yun with a smile on his lips.

"We must win, not only by physically defeating them, but also by defeating them mentally. These fools who have elevated themselves to godhood can be brought down by simply kicking the rickety chair under their asses."

"Hmm, that's a good suggestion! I'll make the arrangements."

Chapter Seventy: Working Overtime Alone

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" After Ye Yun finished talking with Rebil and Tianm, he saluted and returned to his seat, only to find Rachel and Doris staring at him as if he were a monster.

"Boss, were you just chatting with the highest-ranking general of the Federation Space Force, and it seems you even assigned them a mission?" Doris looked at Rebil after he finished talking with Ye Yun and then gathered a group of staff to assign a mission. Her eyes were full of shock and confusion as she whispered to Ye Yun.

"Following the boss's suggestion, I reported some things and discussed what to do next." Ye Yun looked at the two women in front of him with an expression that seemed to say, "Are you out of your minds?" He shrugged, wondering what they were wondering about. Assigning tasks? Impossible! This was just a suggestion.

"Colonel Ye Yun! This is your assignment!" A staff officer handed a document to Ye Yun, smiling very politely. Clearly, everything that had happened today had filled the entire Federation Space Force system with goodwill towards Ye Yun.

"Thank you," Ye Yun nodded, then pulled a Zeon Army cross medal from his pocket. "A little trinket I picked up from the ground."

"Oh! Thank you very much!" The staff officer obviously did not expect that he would receive a gift for running an errand, and it was clearly a medal of the Zeon army. Although it was not of high rank, it was still very rare at the beginning of the war.

"You're welcome." After exchanging salutes with the other party, Ye Yun lowered his head to look at the documents.

It's unclear whether it was to appease the unlucky guys at the mining base, but the Zeon army gave them a lot of medals. As a result, these medals were plentiful in the Southeast Asian bases, and Ye Yun asked his soldiers to buy them. The lowest price for a medal was only 1000 yuan.

"Our ships are all set up: one Magellan-class converted Trafalgar-class, and three Salamis-class and Nelson-class ships." Ye Yun quickly flipped through the documents and nodded. "There's also about the same number of escort ships, and three Columbus-class ships to carry people and supplies. Sure enough, the blueprints for Project G have been sent to Luna 2, and the supplies are all manufactured here."