Red Eyes 34

RED EYES #34

tl by molokidan

3)
Legium National Army
1st Special Units Battalion HQ Hangar
1: Heheheh....it's finally finished!

4)
#34 Strategy

5)
1: Mmmmmmm...it's complete!
2: Did you finish the marking?
3: Now that Claddagh's returned,
4: let us have ourselves a presentation!
* line is just a "This manga is fiction" disclaimer.

6)
1: Welcome back!

7)
1: Mmm.
2: Aaaaagggggghhh!!
3: Now what?!
4: Just when we were getting cheery!!

8)
1: Ahhhhhhh...m...my...
2: MK-54...the M...
3: It's been changed into an N!!
4: Hmmm?
5: ...true.
6: It's a misprint.

9)
1: Oh, you're right.
2: That's strange, when did that happen...?
3: What do you mean "That's strange?!"
4: The only thing here that's strange is your head! You stupid girl!!
5: Shut up! Who cares if it's an M or an N?!
6: Gyaaaaahhh

10)
1: Are they always like this?
2: Those two? ...yeah, pretty much.
3: Besides, that isn't a MK-54 anymore.
4: ...what?!
5: It's the holy knight, Paladin!

11)
1(2b): I refuse to acknowledge that name! I'm changing it back to an M!!
2: Noo! Do that and I'll break your glasses!!
3: Hiieee, stop it!!
4: Seems like...
5: she's smiling more these days.

12)
1: The Major's also been
2: more colorful as of late.
3: Right...Barros...?

13)
1: Have you met your little brother
2: on the other side by now?
3: Are you smiling?
4: Eventually,
5: the day when we can all smile
6: will come...

14)
1: Mr. Laney?
2: Hm?
3: What's wrong? Are you in pain?
4: No, I'm fine.
5: I customized the Zebra too!
6: Ohhh!

15)
1: That looks pretty good!
2: The service guy said that the output and the reaction velocity handled like a completely different machine!

16)
1: But of course. I customized it, after all.
2: You get on my nerves sometimes, but I'll admit, you've got skill!
3: Although, I'm not sure an stupid beanpole like you
4: would be able to pilot it!
5: I just complimented you, you four-eyed loser!
6: You aren't even grateful, are you?!
7: Asshole!!

17)
1: Are they always like this?
2: Those two? ...yeah, pretty much.
3: --ahh! That's right.
4: What were you talking about? G...Gi...?
5: Gibernau.
6: I brought a mecha from the Far East imported for research purposes,
7: but I got orders from the top to let you use it -- that's it.

18)
1: The F3A Kishin, made by Kashiwazaki Enterprises and Yagami Heavy Industries.
2: I've witnessed its technology. It's high-powered and artistic...I hate to say it, but it's a fine machine.

19)
1: Wow, it looks really strong!
2: It's just as powerful as the Zebra,
3: but this SAA's top characteristic is its swiftness.
4: It has very sharp muscular reaction sensors and actual drive follow-up.
5: The OS's threading and processor's branch prediction is also excellent, so it can recreate human movements without a moment of error.
6: So you mean the ability of the user will translate into how capable it is?
7: Yes, that's about right.
8: It's a piece of work that really lets you feel the tenacity and design concept of the developers.

20)
1: I wish I had gotten this one.
2: What?! You rotten scumbag!!
3: Do you know how much I hated even TOUCHING that GAF Zebra...?! And--
4: Hey, Doctor.
5: What's that SAA?
6: ...ah, that's Major Gardener's force recon SAA.
7: It has a Bardiche frame and was assembled in a hurry, but it has one-off armor. Its power is guaranteed.

21)
1: Are you saying that Gardener...
2: is participating in the plan to take back the capital?
3: ...it will be a difficult maneuver.

24)
1: Legium Republic Capital Solgren
Dragnov Federation - Legium Commissioned Occupying Forces Military Command HQ
--Integrated Calendar: January 13, 182
2: --come in.
3: General, sir.
4: I apologize for interrupting your work.

25)
1: The manuscript for your "proclamation" for the ceremony on the day after tomorrow has arrived.
2: It seems that the Parliament did not approve of the speech we wrote ourselves.
3: The assemblymen of Gayet* fear terrorism. They don't show their faces, but they can sure move their lips.
4: This proclamation will begin a new page in history. We can't leave something this important to the likes of them.
*: Gayet: The capital of the Dragnov Republic, Gayet Boryspal.
5: Yes, with this, East Lumiran, previously known as the Kingdom of Loomis, will now be reintegrated
6: under the flag of our Dragnov Republic.
7: Reintegrated...that figure of speech is easy on the ears.
8: But if I were to explain it in my own words--

26)
1: I would say that this declaration
2: will annex the Legium Republic as a "colony" of the Dragnov Federation!
3: What a General Powell-esque way to phrase things.
4: ...speaking of which, when will the cabinet ministers of Legium give their agreement?
5: Politicians are the same in every country.
7: They'll sign anything as long as it protects their capital and status.
8: Everything was decided when we advanced into Solgren...
9: ...no, since at the end of the war.

27)
1: My patriotism and feeling of historical responsibility--
2: with it in mind, this is but a small step.
3: We must continue our expansion, subjugate neighboring countries, and then finally...
4: construct an arcadia fit for the CPDU!

28)
The same day --
Rungsbar Province - Alba Yulia City
Legium National Army HQ
1: It's been four months since that humiliating treaty was signed...
2: We've been waiting for a chance like this.

29)
1: The reason I summoned you ace leaders from the 1st Battalion,
2: who must act as the cores for the plan to take back the capital...
3: is none other than the fact that we have assembled the required materials. I have ordered all divisions to take the offensive.
4: The time for the deciding battle has come!

30)
1: --no, about the zero hour when the plan will be put into action.
2: It seems that on the 15th, the day after tomorrow, Dragnov will make an official unification declaration to Legium.
3: Now, about the "incident that will shock Dragnov."
4: Major Gardener has kept his confidentiality up until now, but it seems that he's finally going to open his mouth.
5: Yes...
6: On the day of the proclamation, a petty official "accomplice" will target
7: a man who acts both a military and governmental pillar,
8: in order to temporarily paralyze the command line of the occupying forces.

31)
1: General Powell of the occupying forces
2: will be assassinated.
3: I...impossible!
4: Assassinate the supreme commander of the entire army...?!
5: It is not an impossible task.
6: We are in the execution phase now.

32)
1: But how?
2: Are you going to snipe him?
3: On the 15th, the HQ will be conducting the ceremony, so there will be a tight perimeter for a few kilometers around the area.
4: SAAs will stand out, but a naked sniper won't be able to do the job from that distance.
5: Excluding one person, as far as I'm aware...
6: Barros?

33)
1: --but unfortunately, the legendary sniper
2; now only lives on in the world of legends.
3: Then what are you going to do?! If we're going to snipe him, then we need to get in close.
4: That'll be difficult with all those guards! This sounds impossible to me!
5: At the time, the HQ will be bustling and complicated with those running the ceremony and dealing with the annexation.
6: The truth is, we've already succeeded in getting spies in close to the General.
7: And of course,
8: this spy is a highly-skilled, professional assassin.
9: This plan...
10: has been planned out over months, and we've been very thorough in our preparations.

34)
The "Taurus Treaty" concentrated all of the real power Dragnov has over Legium politically and militarily on General A.H. Powell.

35)
If the General falls right before the unification proclamation is made, it will shock not only the occupying forces in Legium, but Dragnov itself. They will be stupefied, and this chaos will paralyze the chain of command. It will deal a crippling blow to their control over Legium.

36)
1: --and that's where we come in...
2: "Operation Sobbing Violin."
3: I heard that you would be
4: accompanying our assault forces into Solgren...?
5: It's unprecedented for the lead strategy advisor to go on the front lines,
6: but our entire plan is counting on our success in the assault on Solgren.
7: We've already planned out the movements for the main military force, so they merely need to follow the plan and listen to the orders from the advisors. But our plan for the capital isn't like that.
8: Major Gardener will collect, analyze, and broadcast the situation, which will be changing frequently, and I'll be giving out orders from the sky.*
*: As a staff officer, he doesn't have the right to command.

37)
1: But what about the enemy's aerial units? They have the right to the air.
2: If your aircraft is shot down, things would become dire.
3: I'll have a lot of guard planes around me, of course. Our main priority here is to suppress and occupy the enemy's aerial bases.
4: I'll be taking special forces units from our army with the resistance's airfield assault squads.
5: Even if something were to happen to Colonel Ridas,
6: lower officials all know the important priorities of this mission, so we can keep things under control.
7: Hey, don't even say things like that...

38)
1: --Now, in order to achieve a surprise attack on Solgren with a small number of troops,
2: we'll need to disperse the Dragnov troops occupying the area around the capital.
3: We'll use General Powell's assassination as a beacon to cause an uprising in all the resistance troops, but
4: there may be a possibility that they won't move out of fear of Solgren being attacked by the occupying troops.
5: That's where...
6: our army will use all of our strength,
7: make use of all the materials we've gathered up in order for this day,
8: and begin a full-scale attack on the Alfeld occupying army.

39)
1: Wha...?! What are you talking about, Ridas?!
2: What we should do is take our entire army over the Rungsbar Mountains and take down Solgren at once! Then we can completely control Valcia!
3: It will take days to get the troops over those dangerous mountains.
4: By that time, the besieging army could get behind us.
5: "The materials necessary for to take back the capital" aren't materials we need to get into the capital.
6: We're going to make it look like we're sending all of our forces in the opposite direction from Solgren, to hide our true goal from Dragnov's occupying forces.
7: The materials we've amassed are precisely for this attack of camouflage.

40)
1: While the enemy worries about the backside of their frontal siege, they'll be in relief over the capital.
2: They'll most likely send out the occupying forces to quell the uprisings happening all over the land.
3: That's when we'll launch a surprise attack on them with our elite forces and take back the capital.
4: --the fate of our homeland rests on the success of this plan.
5: But it is not God who is in charge of things here.
6: It's the ones who actually shed their blood and fight in the battle...
7: you soldiers.

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1: Legium rests in your hands!
2: I copy, sir!
3: Sir!!