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"Nukes? Interesting idea." A few school officers in the back row gave a sparse round of applause after the silence

, "Is there any sign of that?"

"Honestly, no, it's not a technical officer type of speculation, it's an Intelligence Community type of judgment. We don't have any evidence that the other side would use nukes, or that they already have the technology to neutralize neutron jamming, but we are well aware that our side is working on ways to neutralize the effects of neutron jamming, and there's no reason why they shouldn't be doing so. And if they are conducting research as well, then they are likely to move faster than us."

"That's obviously correct, but have you considered the psychology of their population? There is intelligence surface PLANT natives have some sort of psychological resistance to nuclear weapons."

"First of all this was intelligence at the beginning of the war, as the war progressed and more sacrifices were made, and with Zaft's usual anti-naturalist propaganda, I doubt they would retain this resistance, and even if they did, the radical Zaft is perfectly capable of avoiding these emotions and acting autonomously, and this autonomy is equally characteristic of them. "

"There is some truth to that, but the problem is that the nuke itself is not a new weapon, not the kind of weapon that Zaft is used to, one that can completely change the shape of the battlefield, and the solution you're proposing is nothing more than an orbital bombardment with a more powerful iron bomb, which is not a very new tactic," the one in the back row The female Major who had brought Jan into the building spoke after some thought, "In fact a nuke dropped this way is perfectly capable of being intercepted, just like a normal MS airborne capsule and re-entry warhead."

That's right," and Jan flinched, "So what happens if a nuke dropped this way has an airburst when intercepted?" He cast a questioning look around.

"The situation will be, not good," a technical officer said very slowly, looking like he was thinking and rehearsing everything that could happen. "Even at a high altitude, the heat from the nuclear fireball, and also the light radiation, will cause serious damage to the exposed personnel and optronics below, and the shockwave reaching the ground will severely damage the equipment and personnel on the ground, whatever it is; and then there's the electromagnetic radiation, which will cover a much wider area."

"In other words, it'll be bad?"

"And we can be sure they have nuclear material in their hands, the quantity is about."

The discussion was starting to get lively among the junior and mid-ranking officers, and Jan didn't notice a couple of colonels in the back row glancing at each other before one of them recorded something on his terminal.

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5. a guest has come from afar

The Chief of the Atlantic Federation Northern Command was standing with his hands behind his back in front of a set of computer screens, and on the globe projected in three dimensions behind him, some red and blue dots were moving in lines, as well as a number of large and small, different colored circles, indicating air defense circles and surveillance circles of the universe.

"Any new reports from the space observatory? Their fleet is still out of our sight?"

"That's right Admiral, the last report from our orbital monitoring station is still that the Zaft cosmic fleet has left port 36 hours ago, destination unknown."

"There's no reason for their fleet to go to the asteroid belt or the Martian ring at this time, no matter how they circle, they'll surely end up back in Earth orbit, where are their submarine carriers?"

"The last contact report was in the Arctic Circle, a transmission from a submarine from the Joint Pacific Intelligence Center and the Alaska Intelligence Center."

The three-dimensional projection of the map, with red dots and a few dashed lines extending out to mark the target's likely route

"So it seems more likely that they're targeting Joshua rather than Panama?"

The staff officer at the bottom flinched and no one picked up the story.

"Both Joshua and the Panama base are ready to fight, and wherever Zaft attacks, we'll be able to hold out."

"Don't be too full of it, I don't care what happens in Panama, but here in Joshua, start the evacuation of non-combatants immediately. Then raise the alert level."

"The Army, Air Force and Fleet Commander are all on the line, General."

"Good, pick it up," the General nodded, then turned his face to the computer screen, knowing the forces under his command were ready.

"We need to keep a watchful eye on the coastline, and before they make a major landing, their dive carriers will certainly be cruising that area, allowing the Coast Guard to step up their anti-submarine vigilance as planned."

"But the Coast Guard's firepower ...."

"No, they're not there to fight, so once they spot the enemy, retreat as planned, avoiding the fire preparations they'll need before landing. Several other forward shore positions are also withdrawn as planned, the old coastal batteries and fixed equipment are even if we give them the fight, hide everything else better."

"Marine reconnaissance units are already on the peninsula, but they lack the heavy weapons support to pose a threat to MS." The Marine commander cautiously voiced his concerns.

"Let them follow the continued cover and rely on them to guide the Army's artillery if necessary."

"As soon as the landing is confirmed, we can proceed with an immediate artillery barrage, the artillery and rocket launchers have marked out all their possible landing sites." The Army commander spoke, "We can cover even without them indicating the target, besides, I doubt our communications with the forward Marines will be open at that time."

"No, don't fire the first salvo, get them ready to fire but don't expose their positions too early, the other side may have countermeasures. As for communications, the rear will try to launch relay drones."

"Their first wave of landing forces should be small in number, it's better to cover over haphazardly than to strike with precision, I suggest letting the newly formed MS units enter the battle early." A staff officer in the commanding general's office so suggested.

"No, we shouldn't expose our MS units too early, there are too few and they're still in training."

"I suppose we could give the first wave of counterattacks to the Air Force?" The general turned his face to the commander of the Third Wing.

"We already have some counter attack plans in place to launch Anchorage bombers after the reconnaissance planes or scouts have identified the enemy landing field." The commander of the 3rd Air Force Wing spoke up, "In fact the MS squadron commander, Major Black, said to me earlier that he wouldn't recommend a premature MS launch either, he said that once his MS departed, the entire Seward Peninsula would hear it, and I think that makes sense."

"But I don't think the opposing spearhead will be without anti-aircraft weapons and air combat MS, our bombers could easily be shot down by Dinn, might as well smash them all over again with our 155mm," the Army representative was clearly somewhat artillery-minded, "and if we take a high altitude bombardment, the accuracy will be a Very big problem, not even as good as rocket launchers."

"Stop for a moment Major General, conceal your rocket launchers, I promise I'll drop them on the enemy's heads, but we have to wait until the enemy gathers before we open fire, this time they're pouring out of the nest, you've got a chance, but give the first wave to the air force first," the commander put a stop to what appeared to be a sparky conversation.

"Alternatively, they may have adopted the tactic of relying on airdrops to open the airfield first, so all our discussions about anti-landing are moot now, what's the status of the anti-aircraft positions now?"

"Just as planned, one part is monitoring the air and the other is on standby in cover, ready to make up ground."

"Very well, you must keep enough reserve forces on hand, they are bound to make airborne drops, and relying on their ground MS will obviously not be enough to break through our defences."

"Slamming straight into our anti-aircraft net? I don't think they'd be stupid enough to do that, even if they evade our surveillance net now, they'll be spotted when they go into descending orbit."

"Perhaps we could go to the Cosmic Army for support?"

"No, no, keep the Cosmos busy with theirs, if they have a plan, they've got to be out there by now, and if they don't, then there's no point in looking for them now. Anti-airborne is up to us." According to his rank, the General actually knew that the Cosmic Army already had some pawns making moves, but he wasn't going to inform too widely about it yet, "The problem we have to consider is that they will definitely be using some technical, or tactical means to cover their orbital airborne operations," the General tapped the table in front of him. "What's the status of the intelligence analysis of the Intelligence Fusion and Information Support Division? What's new?"

"This is the latest satellite view of the Zaft Pantalia and Gibraltar bases, already marked with identifiable units and changes from the last time.

We can still only confirm that they have troops being moved around, but the satellites didn't catch where the technical equipment was being transported."

"Apparently, on their submarine carrier, but unfortunately we haven't caught them yet."

"Also, the latest conclusion from the analysis team is that Zaft will be putting in new MS equipped with a new beam weapon that they will use that will be very similar to the beam rifle that Project X was leaked with. Also, it is likely that they will use some sort of new technology to cover the landings and airborne drops, but the specifics are unknown, the Director and several teams are still working on new concept weapons that the other side may employ, and we will report back as soon as we have a conclusion." The adjutant from the analysis team replied with some apprehension, he hadn't mentioned the bold junior officer's speculation about nukes, but he knew that his boss was already seriously considering the possibility of that happening.

In modern warfare, technology has long surpassed morale or discipline as the dominant factor in determining the combat exchange ratio - but apparently not the only factor, and with advances in data chain technology and the systemization of warfare, heroism seems to be being overwhelmed by the theory of technological victory. In this war, it seems that individual heroism, as represented by Zaft's ace pilots, is once again gaining the ability to influence the battlefield, but the fact remains that the "human" factor in their performance is itself being profoundly affected by technology, with adjusters being more G-resistant, quicker to react, and less likely to fall into the trap of being the "human" factor. The characteristic of impulse or panic was exactly the battlefield advantage that technology gave them. The Earth army backed by the technological power of the three major unions on Earth should not have been on the side of the technological disadvantage. The conflicts and jealousies of the three powers before may have been one of the reasons, but Earth's humans were highly adaptable creatures, especially when faced with threats.

The large transport plane painted with the United East Asia insignia hit the runway of the Joshua base with a heavy whistle, and then directly with the help of inertia, the huge airframe slowly turned and leaned into the parking space. The simple to brutal landing maneuver gave the impression that the pilot was more likely to be from United Eurasia than East Asia, and in fact about half of the personnel coming down from above were in East Asian and Eurasian uniforms. Roy, who was waiting on the tarmac, stepped forward and shook the hand of the leader of them.

"Nice to meet you, Lieutenant Colonel Romanov, and Major Lin." The burly Russian man and the slim Asian on the side were no strangers to Roy, having seen these men's faces on file when he was still with the CIA before the war began. They were both seniors and adversaries in the business of doing intelligence. But at the time, he had no idea that the situation would force them into the same trenches.

Information on enemy MS is being passed on to Earth Force units in different areas at an unprecedented rate. And furthermore, the Intelligence Integration Department has single-handedly facilitated such an exchange focused on staff officers from all sides, as many valuable details can easily be intentionally or unintentionally overlooked and not appear in written intelligence circulars.

As soon as the main runway cleared, another transport plane belonging to the Atlantic Federation roared to life, and Roy knew it was carrying families evacuated from the base, the wounded, and some cadets to the American mainland.

"I know there's going to be a war here soon," said Romanov, pulling Roy aside as soon as the roar of the runway had ceased, "but I don't want you to herd us down to the basement, or the shelter, or to Anchorage or some such place, we've come to see you fight. We will also take up arms when necessary, and if you are going to hold out to the last man, count us in."

Roy nodded, he knew he couldn't actually control these friendly forces, in fact the base was already manned with many units from Eurasia and East Asia, but he was keenly aware of what they were saying, the so-called, battle to the last man 'jade' strategy, and the other side was well aware of it.

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