Chapter 15: War is a tricky business, there is no such thing as a war between gentlemen

General Zheng, who had extensive experience in wars, knew one thing very well.

The darkness before dawn is always the hardest to endure.

Since the government has made the decision to fully support it and has sent a steady stream of reinforcements.

Then it is impossible for the opponent's ZAFT to not take any action.

The other side is not blind, and the enemy forces in the universe are basically overlooking the earth.

Our huge military force is marching into space, and yet they are still sitting there calmly...

If this were true, General Zheng would probably wake up laughing even in his sleep at night.

"I plan to organize a siege and attack, and give the enemy a hard blow before the ground reinforcements arrive in space and have rested."

After thinking it over in his mind for a long time, General Zheng stared at the tactical platform and said.

"What do you mean?" Chief of Staff Jiang's eyes lit up.

"Come and see." General Zheng organized his words as he walked to the front of the tactical platform with his chief of staff.

"The enemy in front of us has 11 Loracia-class battleships, 5 Nazca-class battleships, and 96 fully manned MS at the beginning of the war."

"Since the battle started on June 6, two days have passed. We have destroyed 14 MSs. We have also taken into account the MSs that were damaged and returned for repair, and the fact that the enemy has divided its forces to try to put pressure on us."

"From time to time, they would try to send a few warships to go around and threaten the colony satellites behind us."

“I think we can fight here!”

After taking a close look at the spot where his general's fist had landed, Chief of Staff Jiang spoke slowly with a serious expression.

"Passive defense is not a solution. In the face of our reinforcements that are about to arrive, the desperate enemy is indeed worth paying attention to."

"Besides, our army is getting reinforcements, and the enemy will certainly be getting reinforcements as well. If both sides get reinforcements, it will turn our battle into a large-scale battle."

"Wouldn't that be helping the Atlantic Federation out of nothing? Those evil spirits will be so angry that their teeth will be exposed."

"In principle, I agree to do this, as long as it can achieve our tactical goals and demonstrate our military might."

"Not only can it buy our reinforcements some time to rest, but it can also prevent the newly arrived reinforcements from having to go to the battlefield as soon as they arrive, causing them to suffer heavy losses."

"It can also put further pressure on the enemy in front of us, as well as the PLANT Council and the military behind them."

"Let them know our determination and fighting power, and then carefully consider that the Atlantic Federation is their real enemy."

"Is it necessary to fight us to the death here in Nova?"

At this point, Chief of Staff Jiang changed the subject and began to do his job to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

"General, you should be more thoughtful when you are in power. In war, more thoughtfulness is better than less thoughtfulness. Before a battle, you should be prepared for the possibility of defeat."

"After two days of fighting, our results were minimal and almost non-existent. The enemy's division of forces did indeed cause a lack of manpower in a single part."

"But because of this, aren't we also dispersing our forces everywhere?"

"To achieve your intention, General, and considering the battle ratio between the enemy and us, we must concentrate our forces deployed in the rear to block the enemy's advance into the colony satellite."

Staring at General Zheng, Chief of Staff Jiang's words were still conservative.

Only by drawing on the defensive forces in the rear can we gather several times more attacking forces to fight the enemy.

Doesn’t this mean that if the coordinator’s fleet cannot be destroyed in a short period of time?

What if the enemy sees that their army is weak and simply rushes straight into the colonial satellite area regardless of the consequences?

By that time, our side would be attacked from all sides and would be in an extremely passive position.

We can't expect the enemy to really abide by the convention and not threaten the people on the satellite, right?
If the other party really had such a high quality, they wouldn't send warships to wander around the colonial satellite area from time to time!

"I understand, I understand." General Zheng, who proposed this combat plan, had already thought of the chief of staff's concerns.

"The first wave of reinforcements will arrive in five hours at the latest."

"It is definitely not a good idea to ask them to go to the front line to fight right away."

General Zheng raised his hand to stop the chief of staff from saying something and gestured for him to listen to me first.

"I believe in our soldiers, even if they don't have time to rest and adapt, they will go straight into battle."

"The cutest people in the world would not have a single complaint. For the sake of the people and the motherland behind us, none of us would care about our lives."

"But if there is a chance, I still hope that everyone can go back safely in the end!"

"General." Chief of Staff Jiang lowered his head. "Are you trying to use a strategy of confusing the enemy? Use the newly added troops to replace the original defensive troops."

"But you are still gambling, gambling on the tacit understanding of the other battlefield commander."

"Deep down, we don't want to fight a meaningless war." General Zheng laughed.

"Does the other party want to fight us to the death here? Just like you said, they really want to fight a battle for our national destiny here."

“Who will be the happiest?”

"How many people are there in his PLANT, how many people are there in the Atlantic Federation, and how many people do we have?"

"Since we can't afford to lose all our capital here, why not just fight it out and decide the outcome in one round."

"Whether you win or lose, there will always be an explanation."

"You, you!" Chief of Staff Jiang suddenly laughed as well. He realized his partner's seemingly aboveboard tricks.

It would be great if we won, but what if we lost this game?

Sorry, who said one game will decide the outcome?

When everyone's focus was on the battlefield.

The enemy will inevitably ignore the reinforcements that are continuously coming in from the ground launch site.

The other side thought they had a tacit understanding and believed that winning this battle would determine the ownership of this area.

In fact, I have no intention of fighting a gentleman's battle with you at all!
"Soldiers who, deception also."

General Zheng blinked his eyes and smiled slightly without showing his teeth.

"Okay, let's have this fight."

Since he had considered everything comprehensively, Chief of Staff Jiang did not say anything unnecessary.

"I will send the battle strategy to the Ministry of War and coordinate the reinforcements."

"Try to fight a good turnaround battle somewhere!"

Not long after that, the Xinxing Resources Satellite reported its past combat plan and, as expected, received a receipt of approval from the Ministry of War.

“A general should advance with the times, adapt to circumstances, and innovate with the situation.”

"The Ministry of Defense fully trusts the judgment and strategy of the frontline commanders and will go all out to assist in successfully completing the combat objectives."

Looking at the approval order transmitted back, and watching the ground launch site suddenly speed up the already extremely fast launch speed.

"Okay!" General Zheng and Chief of Staff Jiang smiled at each other.

Such unity and such decision-making power.

There is no reason to lose!
With the Nova Resources Satellite Command center focusing on the next combat strategy.

The entire East Asian Federation Army's space fleet began intensive preparations.

"It's going to be a big battle!"

Only then did they return to the port to receive supplies and personnel from the Kangji.

Wang Hu and others were still sitting in the lounge adjusting their states.

A soldier pushed open the door and shouted to everyone.

"What?" Many people jumped up when they heard the news.

Don't get me wrong, they are not upset about having to return to the battlefield soon.

On the contrary, these people who are happy to hear about a war are all ready to fight.

"Yes." Following the soldier, Li Chengzhi also walked in and said to everyone.

“The specifics are unclear at this time, but it’s a big move.”

After saying that, he turned to Wang Hu and said.

"Wang Hu, come with me. A new machine has been transported here. You should quickly get familiar with it while there is still time."

"Of course, if you don't have confidence, I'll do it instead."

(End of this chapter)