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"A completely brain-dead plan... Even if the Federation Army has money, they wouldn't throw it around like this." Ye Yun shook his head. Large-scale deployment of grain-sized detectors? Even if these things aren't expensive, do you understand how many you plan to deploy? And you want to establish coverage throughout the entire Federation?! You're probably just taking money from the factories.

"There aren't many places that can take off and land such a super-large transport plane. It would be better to find one and send two spies there, then see where it flies. Of course, most importantly, deploy more fighter jets at the front..." Ye Yun said irritably.

Ye Yun could easily imagine the scene at the meeting where the Earth Federation Air Force was furious after the Red Temperature was reached. After seeing the evidence and reports submitted by the reconnaissance soldiers under Ye Yun's mobile force, the army general banged the table loudly at the meeting where the idea was proposed!

While the Zeon forces were launching small-scale airborne attacks every now and then, the army fought tooth and nail to find a stable rear area! They've already fought three large-scale campaigns for this rear area! Do you think it was easy for us?! Can't you bunch of useless air force pilots at least put in a little effort?!

When has the Air Force ever been so frustrated? They were actually silenced by the Army's insults...

As a result, the Air Force general gritted his teeth and came up with this plan: if radar reconnaissance isn't effective, then I'll plant grain-sized detection devices! It's just a matter of quantity! Plant them all over the map! I refuse to believe the Zeon forces can cause any trouble!

"This suggestion is indeed very reliable." Doris, who was leaning against the door with her arms crossed and exuding charm, was somewhat surprised to hear Ye Yun's suggestion. She had to admit that although Ye Yun seemed to be just saying it casually, it did seem to be a very good solution.

After all, it's much more reliable to only pay the salaries of a team of spies who don't pose much of a danger and who are just loafing around near the Zeon airfields, and to deploy Minovsky particle detectors over a large area of ​​the Federation-controlled zone!

"Then let's compile a report and upload it." Ye Yun didn't think much of it and continued to stare at the huge electronic sand table in front of him, squinting as he looked at it. The sand table showed the outposts built by the Federal Army along the railway line, as well as various transport planes belonging to the 13th Mobile Force that were patrolling in the air.

Of course, there are also large groups of Federation Air Force fighter jets patrolling near Europe. There's no other way; at this point, this vital artery absolutely cannot have any problems. What happened before, where the Zeon forces almost silently occupied the entire outpost, must not happen again!

Currently, six trains are running back and forth on the entire steel artery, transporting massive amounts of supplies from East Asia to the African and European theaters of war. The Federation Army Headquarters urgently wants to increase this number to eight, so that combat preparations on the European front can be completed three weeks ahead of schedule! This would be a huge tactical advantage for the Federation Army.

However, this has little to do with Ye Yun. His mission is to ensure that the steel artery can operate at full power without interference before the start of the war in the African theater. As for what that full power means, that's a matter for the staff officers to worry about.

However, such high-intensity operation is not sustainable. Otherwise, the soldiers around Ye Yun would eventually become extremely tired due to excessive energy expenditure, leading to a decline in combat effectiveness.

After all, people are not machines, and even machines need to be stopped and maintained after operating at high intensity for a long time, let alone people.

As the commander of the troops, Ye Yun could not ignore these issues. He had to take care of his subordinates and do everything he could to resolve them so that they could focus on preparing for battle.

Just like the food supplies for the mobile unit, which were already well-known to all the federal troops, while they were miserably eating military rations, the soldiers of the mobile unit were eating canned fruit and complaining that their dinner yesterday was too spicy and that their butts felt like they were on fire today.

It's as if they weren't the ones who microwaved all sorts of pre-packaged, plastic-sealed dishes produced by Yeh's Heavy Industries and ate three bags of rice in a row.

"By the way, I've heard there's been some unrest along the Southeast Asian coast lately. The navy is having a lot of trouble because of its slow recovery." Rachel wasn't too concerned about the latest intelligence, since there wasn't much maritime transport at the moment; it was mostly air force or land transport.

"Yes, we just received a stimulus from the other side's underwater MS, and Ye's Heavy Industry has a batch of new products they want to test." Ye Yun shrugged. He hadn't expected that the mass-produced version would be released before the special-purpose version.

"Oh?" Rachel was about to ask a few more questions when a new message popped up. After glancing at it, Rachel immediately replied, "Ye Yun, it's a communication from General Merck! It should be about the escort mission."

Ye Yun was having a headache. It seemed that Ye Yun was the only one in the Federation Army who could spare troops for long-duration patrols. "Hey, I need to go back and brainstorm some ideas with Kinias. I need to design something that can fly or sail long distances on the ground, preferably something that can also provide combat supplies to other units. I need to get that design done as soon as possible."

"Pfft... Don't make things difficult for my brother." Aina, who was sitting next to him, burst out laughing. Even Nores curled up the corners of his mouth, after all, Kinias hated Ye Yun's "sudden inspiration" the most.

After all, Ye Yun was only responsible for making the requests. If Kinias had to rack his brains to turn those ideas into finished products, well... those evil clients, all that colorful black, should die!

Most importantly, this isn't the first time this has happened!

How do you think a 10MW artillery system could be built?!

Upon learning that Dawn had created such a precious artifact, the Federation forces were practically going crazy! Even the most ardent big-ship, big-gun enthusiasts had nothing but "Shut up! Grab my money! Get back to the production line!" when it came to this cannon!

The Salamis-class ships have six main guns of the same output, but due to the turret placement, the maximum concentrated firepower in one direction is four guns (single-barreled, ring-mounted, three aft and three aft).

A MS squad consists of 4 machines!

Four short swords! Even at 105, how much would that cost?

The Federation Space Forces aren't comparing themselves to the GM of Project V! They're comparing them to the firepower of a Salamis-class light cruiser that a small squad could possess!

The rest is up to you!

As for ammunition reserves, whether it's stored particle tanks or directly using the Mifurnace for charging, the former can theoretically be replaced directly, while the latter only requires time to fill with Mifurnace particles and energy!

Aina knew how much effort her brother had put into designing this set of items. They had a first draft a year before the war, and then they began to refine it until they finally produced the stable finished product.

Ye Yun, on the other hand, only spent about 10 minutes explaining his thoughts to his brother...

So when this topic comes up, Aina feels particularly unable to hold back.

"..." Ye Yun shrugged, knowing that he had no rebuttal on this topic except to apologize to Kinias, so he walked to the communicator and connected to the call, "This is the headquarters of Iron-Blooded Train Hero, how can I help you?"

“Very good, change Colonel Ye Yun’s label to Iron-Blooded Train Hero!” Merck also joked, and a chorus of muffled laughter came from the staff around them. Obviously, everyone probably knew how Ye Yun had teased them about their upcoming mission.

"...So, General Merck has something to ask me about?" Ye Yun asked casually.

"It seems that after realizing they couldn't stop our supply lines, the Zeon forces have started to make moves against our Suez base again." Major General Merck shook his head. "They probably don't plan to wait for us to be ready before launching an attack."

"Is it that it's difficult to determine the direction of the opponent's attack at the moment?"

"Yes!"

"So I have to stand by again... sigh..."

Chapter 142 Rita's Awakening

"Rita~" Ye Ning's voice rang out.

Rita reacted as if she'd been electrocuted, stiffly turning her neck, her face a little sour, and tiptoed away as if trying to escape.

"Hey~" Ye Ning's voice came from next to Rita's ear, and the little girl was so startled that her whole body bristled.

"Wow!" Rita burst into tears.

"Okay! Good girl!" Ye Ning hugged Rita and gently patted her back.

Because of his transfer to the front lines, Ye Yun sent the three little ones to the headquarters of Ye's Heavy Industry. He briefly explained their importance and special status to his sister and Kinias, especially Rita's special abilities, before leaving.

After all, if they were staying at the base, Rita and the others could stay for a while, but if they were going to Siberia to patrol every day, there was no need to force them to endure hardship.

Ye Ning basically spoiled the three of them like his own younger siblings. If Kinias hadn't been unhappy about suddenly having three children, Ye Ning might have already completed the adoption procedures (the three sets of parents: Where are my kids?).

Ah, this is the goddess of victory or the goddess of fate, how can we not bring her home?

Then Ye Ning inquired about the three men's ambitions. After all, Ye Yun's attitude towards the three men was to let them run wild. After they finished their daily homework taught by the remote tutors, Ye Yun generally did not interfere with what they did, and even allowed them to listen in and observe his military deployments.

Thus, the three little ones became the ultimate bosses in the Federation MS training simulator.

But when it came to Ye Ning, it was a completely different story. Ye Ning seriously asked the three of them about their aspirations. Rita thought for a moment and shook her head. "I want to help Brother Ye Yun realize his dream and shatter the spiral."

Michelle: "I want to become an excellent adult! Even better than Ye Yun!"

Jonah: "I will protect everyone!"

Ye Ning laughed after hearing this. "Alright, you chose it yourselves. No crying allowed!"

"Let's go~ It's time for my medical check-up today," Ye Ning said with a light laugh.

“I’m not going!” Rita shook her head decisively in refusal; no one likes being studied.

“Hmm~ Rita, I’m different from Ye Yun. He hopes you can have a happy childhood and is preparing to pave a bright future for you.” Ye Ning smiled. “Ultimately, when our parents suddenly died, that little brat relied on me, so he had this idea that you could rely on him. As for me…” Ye Ning looked at Rita, a smile playing on her lips, “He said… you can see it, so, can you see it?”

"..." Rita held Ye Ning's hand, a series of images flooding her mind. Ye Ning, known outside as the Ye Clan's Nine-Tailed Fox, had to take over Ye Clan Heavy Industries at a young age, and had to fight wits and courage with countless old foxes! This heavy pressure made Ye Ning secretly cry into her blankets on countless nights! But she had to force herself to not let Ye Yun see!

Although Rita really wanted to tell Ye Ning that Ye Yun knew that Ye Yun was causing trouble everywhere before he even reached adulthood, even going to dangerous places like Side 3, the fact that he managed to bring back the essence of the Sakhalin family so easily still made Rita feel very unbelievable.

"Good girl!" Ye Ning patted Rita's head. "The biggest difference between Ye Yun and me is that he has someone to rely on, while I don't, so I believe more in my own strength!" Rita really wanted to mutter a complaint under her breath: What about her brother Kinias?

"Okay... I'll go." But in the end, Rita agreed with a wry smile. Ye Ning was right, no one's power is as great as her own! And she was just a child, so this was all the contribution she could make. If she could help Ye Yun, she was willing to do something she didn't really like.

Incidentally, Kinnias didn't particularly like Michelle, but he was good to Rita. Sometimes when Rita was hanging around him, Kinnias would have his secretary bring her snacks and drinks.

You should know that those words almost scared the secretary to death.

What? Eating and drinking in Kinias's lab? What's going on? What kind of special treatment is this?

As for Jonah, well, Jonah is test-flying on the simulator to enrich Kinias's database.

What is being test-flown?

It's nothing, just some design drafts based on the third phase of the sketches! Although it's simulated data calculated on a computer, Joe is using it to fight against the most difficult simulator data, against Cyber ​​666 Squadron, an entire squadron...

Kinias felt that if a mobile suit produced at such a terrifying cost didn't have this level of combat power, then it was better not to build it at all. In short, the little guy was dying in various ways while piloting the Cyber ​​Prototype, and his deaths were quite amusing.

As for Michelle, Ye Yun used to take him in and out of the Federal Army's African theater base, but now the little guy is being taken in and out of Ye's Heavy Industry by Ye Ning. Ye Ning is very experienced in exploiting child labor. Don't ask, just know that the last unlucky guy had the surname Yun. So now when he's exploiting Michelle, he doesn't hold back at all, treating him like a mini-assistant, serving tea, water, and fetching documents. Anyway, Michelle and the other two are really getting paid by Ye's Heavy Industry, so Ye Ning feels perfectly justified in doing their bidding.

However, Michelle would occasionally ask Ye Ning some questions when she had free time. Although most of the time her questions were terribly childish, there were also occasional ones that were quite insightful.

As for Rita... After much hesitation, Ye Ning decided to talk to Rita and then make her "stronger"!

"Rita, about that uncle you mentioned the other day, I investigated him. His family is indeed facing some difficulties, but his actions constitute betrayal, and betrayal is unforgivable. So, I handed him over to the military police, then took care of the company that bribed him, and used a small portion of the profits to compensate his family, ensuring they have enough to eat and wear. Don't you think I'm a kind-hearted person?" Ye Ning said with a grin.

"..." Rita revealed a dead fish eye: Tsk, this adult is rotten!

"So, tell me quietly, is my brother's superpower as strong as yours?" Ye Ning asked in a low voice. After all, Ye Yun's combat record was definitely that of a top-tier ace in the Federation Army, but Ye Yun was not that powerful on the simulator! In addition, knowing that Ye Yun also had similar sensory abilities, Ye Ning did not think that her brother had such talent.

“Brother Ye Yun is very powerful.” Rita looked at Ye Ning, unsure how to describe his strength, and gestured cutely. “But he needs Sister Aina by his side.” After all, New Humans can be mentally corrupted if they spend too much time on the battlefield. Rita had sensed that Ye Yun seemed to be in a similar bad state before, but after spending a night with Aina, Ye Yun miraculously recovered.

(Ye Yun: Mom! Aina: You unfilial son!)

"...Hmm?" Rita's words left Ye Ning puzzled. "Could you explain why?"

“Without Sister Aina, Brother Ye Yun will eventually reach his breaking point.” Rita thought for a moment and found a relatively neutral wording.

"..." Ye Ning didn't understand either, but after hesitating for a moment, she leaned closer to Rita and whispered, "What if Sister Sera were here too?"

"..." Rita looked at Ye Ning with a look of disgust, as if to say, "This adult is so dirty!"

"Hahaha... I was just kidding, don't tell Kinias, okay?" Ye Ning sensed something from Rita's reaction, but the two had already entered Ye's Heavy Industry's research lab. He waved to Rita, who very maturely shrugged and went inside.

"I'll be watching from up here. Be sure to tell me if you feel unwell!" Ye Ning waved to Rita, who nodded and followed the somewhat cautious technician inside.

“Miss Ye…” Kara Mitchum and JJ Sexton approached Ye Ning with a respectful attitude. They had recently been in charge of Ye’s Heavy Industry’s biosensor laboratory, overseeing veteran rehabilitation and prosthetic development, as well as… a newly established classified project.

"I won't say more, but my brother truly treats Rita like his own sister. If Rita is wronged, you wouldn't want to see him get angry. I wouldn't be surprised if a short sword blew through the lab wall and stormed in! After all, I'm just a businessman, but he's a powerful officer in the Federation Army. I can't stop him when he goes crazy." Ye Ning turned to the two of them, giving a warning with a half-smile.

Then, looking down, Ye Ning saw Rita lying on the soft lab bed, calmly conversing with several technicians, obediently wearing the brainwave monitoring equipment. Ye Ning smiled, clearly Rita had thought of something after their conversation. "After all, Rita is such a cute little girl… I really wish she were my sister." But that was probably impossible; he really was a despicable adult. "You agree, Dr. Sexton," Ye Ning said, glancing at the person wiping sweat, without looking at Kara Mitchum, who seemed about to speak but hesitated.

"Understood, we understand, Miss Ye. I guarantee that Rita will not suffer any injustice while she's with us!" Sexton felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead. Good heavens, this wasn't a research subject, it was his own ancestor!

After all, Ye Ning's meaning was no longer concealed; Rita couldn't be wronged, or she would kill! As for the short sword that rushed into the laboratory... ha, didn't Ye's Heavy Industries have enough short swords already?

"Recently, several short swords were accidentally crashed into Ye's Heavy Industries' own laboratory during factory testing, causing the firearms to discharge and resulting in multiple deaths at the scene."

Sexton felt a chill run down his spine just imagining the news.

"Then...why did she come here?" Kara looked at Ye Ning with a horrified expression and asked a rather pointed question.

“Because she wants to help my brother! My brother hasn’t figured out what to do with them either; it’s not appropriate to have three kids running around on the battlefield.” Ye Ning shook her head. “Besides… it’s interesting that she actually knows what my brother wants to do.” Ye Ning tilted her head and looked at Sexton. “You scared her before; there can’t be a next time, understand?”

"Yes! Yes! I'll be careful." Sexton, unable to resist the urge to test the technology, had never seen such active brainwave data before. He instinctively thought of his previous research and wanted to give it a try, but before he could even begin, the little girl burst into tears. Security personnel rushed into the lab without hesitation to stop the experiment, and Ye Ning quickly arrived as well.

“Then you need to understand one thing clearly: this is not an experiment, nor is it about pursuing any truth! What you need to do is help Rita master her power,” Ye Ning said as he watched the little girl close her eyes, and then the test data on the display panel not far away began to rise rapidly.

“This number…” Kara took a deep breath, “She really is…”

“Of course she’s human, an ordinary person.” Ye Ning glanced at Kara, and Kara and Sexton nodded quickly, as if the nine-tailed fox in front of them would devour them if they nodded even a little slower.

The experiment proceeded quickly. To be honest, the researchers were now experiencing even more hardship because of Ye Ning's threat. They carefully collected data, since Ye Ning was treating this research project as a long-term endeavor and wasn't in a hurry to produce any results.

In short, if some things absolutely need a push, then Ye Ning is willing to be a slightly mischievous older sister! So that her younger siblings have the power to protect themselves!

Chapter 143 I'm going to be transferred again

"What?! Send it to space? At this time?!" Ye Yun stared at Major General Merck in astonishment. Seeing Ye Yun's outburst, Merck immediately made a shushing gesture.

"Luckily, we're in the office. Keep it quiet. This is classified." Merck waved his hand impatiently. "Operation V is basically complete. Head to Side 7 for final assembly and corresponding tests in space, and then we can wrap things up."

"The Zeon forces' low-orbit advantage has been destroyed by the guys in the sky?" Ye Yun felt like he hadn't been away from the theater command for that long, so how come when he turned around, what? The Federation's secret project was about to be sent into space.

“No.” Merck shook his head very directly.

"...Wait a minute." Ye Yun stared at Merck with a look that said, "Don't try to trick me." "Don't tell me that headquarters has assigned me a new job again." Ye Yun's expression was somewhat unnatural.

After all, sending one or two ships is the same. After Ye Yun submitted his report, the Federation headquarters did not approve it. However, the Zeon forces later discovered that their Gau attack carriers could not take off. Once they did, a large number of Federation fighters would operate near the line of control between the Federation and Zeon forces. The possibility that the Gau could penetrate the Federation's defenses and attack as before was not nonexistent, but it became extremely small.

Waiting for the plane is not as good as waiting at the airport for a successful operation.

"Your idea is good. I think headquarters must be having a lot of trouble with the security forces." Merck looked at Ye Yun, not understanding how this guy came up with this idea, but thinking about it carefully, hey, it makes sense!

“Look, Operation V is a core secret of the Earth Federation Forces, representing the pinnacle of the Earth Federation Forces’ current MS technology. It’s almost certain that the Zeon forces will cause trouble. As the current architect of the Federation Forces’ MS combat training and the Federation Forces’ top ace, having him as an escort and later as a control group would be absolutely ideal!” General Merck and Ye Yun were already good friends, so he followed Ye Yun’s line of thought.

"Are you kidding me..." Ye Yun rolled her eyes and said irritably. After listening to Merck's words, Ye Yun understood that it wasn't about that. "When are you going to get moving here!"

What needs to be done now is the final battle of the Zeon's African theater! If the Zeon forces hadn't accidentally destroyed the resource reserves in the African theater, the final battle in the African theater would probably have already begun.

“If nothing unexpected happens, my battle plan will need to be adjusted significantly.” Merck sighed. “We had stockpiled enough supplies and were preparing for a full-scale offensive…” Merck said with some frustration, “but the Zeon forces launched an attack and successfully cut off the major transport routes from the Suez base to other places. Sea transport has also become unsafe due to the presence of underwater mobile suits.”

"In short, all the supplies are piled up at the Suez base, is that right?" Ye Yun was somewhat taken aback. Although he hadn't gone to the storage area when he returned to the Suez base, he had heard some things, but he hadn't expected the situation to be so serious. "Where did the Zeon forces in the African theater get the spare resources to launch an attack?!" Ye Yun was somewhat puzzled. In the African theater, the Federation received fewer supplies, and Zeon would receive even fewer! During the previous siege, these guys were so short of supplies that they had already begun to reduce the number of sorties their F-type Zaku IIs could launch.

Where are the troops and supplies coming from to launch attacks everywhere? It can't be that the Zeon forces suddenly realized the importance of the African theater, can it?! Surely Zaku aren't growing in the ground!

"Support from Odessa is coming in; they have submarines transporting mobile suits underwater. Meanwhile, Gau, which cannot penetrate our air defenses, is also transporting supplies to Africa. Other resources are being airdropped directly from space." Merck sighed. "We tried to hunt down these submarines with anti-submarine aircraft, but the Zeon forces were prepared, and we suffered considerable losses."

"So now the only option is to launch a strong attack on Zeon's Alexandria from the Suez base, is that what you mean?" Ye Yun frowned. A strong attack from one direction could easily be countered by the enemy. "How many troops can you deploy?"