Marquis Reinhard Lohengramm departed Odin
to the conquest of Geiersburg Fortress,
in order to devote himself personally
currently held by the nobles' allied forces,
other stellar regions to Senior Admiral Kircheis.
while entrusting the pacification of the
Well, then, I leave it to you.
Yes, sir.
as far as the frontier,
I will go and make the whole empire,
completely obey Your Excellency's authority.
Don't worry, Your Excellency.
with Duke Braunschweig and the others.
Please devote yourself to settling things
Right.
Lutz, Wahlen, I'm relying on you, too.
to pacify the surrounding stellar regions.
Cooperate with Kircheis and endeavor
Yes, sir!
There's only one concern.
The Alliance forces making a move?
Don't worry.
Our countermeasures are about to bear fruit.
Director Kublesree, it's me, Andrew Falk.
Oh, but I heard you were in a sanatorium.
I've been discharged.
As you can see, I'm fine, now.
to return me to active duty.
So I came today to ask Your Excellency
Return to active duty?
Then submit a request for that to personnel
with supporting credentials.
along with a medical certificate from your doctor
That will take too much time, sir.
take time, Commodore.
Procedures are supposed to
But Sir, if you'd just help-
gotten the wrong idea about things.
Reserve Commodore Falk, I think you've
are followed, not broken.
My authority exists to see that procedures
demand special treatment for yourself,
You seem to have a tendency to
that you've completely recovered.
but from where I'm standing, I'm hesitant to say
it would cause will only lead to misfortune,
If I reinstate you, the lack of harmony
both for you and everyone around you.
Just take my advice and start over again.
Sir!
Get a doctor!
Yes, sir!
Why were you so slow?!
if you don't stop him before he shoots?!
What's the point of having guards
Universal Calendar 797, March 30th:
against Admiral Kublesree,
An assassination attempt was made
Director of the Joint Operations Headquarters.
That marked the beginning of everything.
April 3rd, Nephthys:
an armed uprising, occupying the planet.
A portion of the military staged
April 5th, Kaffer:
An armed rebellion breaks out.
April 8th, Palmelende:
Occupied by insurrectionists.
April 10th, Shampool:
Occupied under force of arms.
So far, this is all happening as Yang predicted.
Yes, sir. I'm sorry.
we couldn't prevent it.
Even though we were warned beforehand,
It couldn't be helped. We're not MPs.
Yes, sir.
I guess I'm not used to doing investigative work.
I wouldn't join in this foolishness.
Yng warned me in the belief
after still letting it happen.
I don't know how I can face him
a coup d'état on Heinessen.
At the very least, I want to prevent
we could depend on his help, too.
If Admiral Kublesree wasn't injured,
that Admiral Dawson, is a bit, well...
But his deputy,
as C-in-C of the space fleet and doing his job
Yes, I turned down serving concurrently
but maybe I shouldn't have.
because I thought it'd be too difficult,
Did you hear?
There's an uprising on Shampool, too.
Yeah...
Now the whole Alliance is in chaos.
I think Iserlohn's the only place that's quiet.
That's how it's ended up.
This is so boring.
I'd rather that Iserlohn be the center of the storm.
Hey, Julian!
that you love so much are here.
Looks like the times of "sturm und drang"
I wouldn't say that I like them that much.
No, Julian, please don't mind him.
first person singular with the second person.
This guy has a habit of confusing the
What's that supposed to mean?
What a pain...
Rear Admiral Alex Cazerne, reporting for duty.
At ease.
I'm glad to see you're okay.
Whoops!
Big Brother!
it was making me nervous.
Things around us are so unsettled,
Admiral, I've brought Rear Admiral Cazerne.
till she's finished unpacking.
My wife told me not to come back
clutter in your home, huh?
So, even you've got big piles of
You're one to talk.
you pretty much lived in a trash heap.
Before Julian came along,
It's true.
I have no talent for organization,
administration is such a mess.
which is why all of Iserlohn's
I'll leave that to you to sort out.
Maybe I shouldn't have come here.
Just what I was afraid of.
I'll formalize your reposting here later.
from Heinessen on the hotline.
Sir, we've got Joint Operations HQ
Patch it through.
Yes, sir.
Admiral Kublesree is currently hospitalized.
I am Admiral Dawson, acting director.
in charge of the Iserlohn area forces.
I'm Admiral Yang Wen-li,
I'll get to the point.
the Iserlohn garrison
Admiral Yang, I want you to lead
Palmelende, and Shampool at once.
and pacify the rebellions on Nephthys, Kaffer,
All four places?
Yes.
practically empty for a long time.
We'd be leaving Iserlohn Fortress
Is that wise?
is breaking out in the Empire.
A large-scale civil war
invade Iserlohn is extremely small.
The probability that they will
your duty as a soldier without hesitation.
I want you, Commander Yang, to carry out
Excuse me.
I see.
People actually think that way.
Still, man, all four of those places?
Dawson's the type to hold a grudge.
He probably wants to work you hard.
I've never met the guy, though.
to your dull-witted guardian?
Julian, won't you please explain
Admiral, how old is Admiral Dawson?
Mid-forties, I guess.
And you're 30 years old, right, Admiral?
Not that I want to be.
And you're both admirals, right?
you'd be jealous.
If you're not a person like Admiral Bewcock,
I didn't ask for that, either.
But I see your point. That was thoughtless of me.
Still...
can't move from the capital,
if a large force starting with the 1st Fleet
the coup d'état may be over before it even starts.
made a serious miscalculation.
Marquis Lohengramm
a waste of time and effort, wouldn't it?
Attacking all four places separately would be
Yep!
winning as easily as possible.
First of all, it violates my principle of
What would you do, Julian?
How about this?
and then attack.
We gather the enemy at one place,
Good idea, but it has two problems.
First, how do we gather the enemy?
in order to divide our forces,
They've caused insurrections here and there
so I doubt they'd throw away that advantage.
Right.
by gathering them in one place,
The other flaw is that,
it brings us back to the fundamental rule of tactics
without allowing them to concentrate their forces.
that you crush your opponent in turn
So, it's hopeless?
No, the idea is good.
Let's try to think of a way to apply it.
we should lure the enemy to one place.
Right, setting aside how we'd do it,
for the enemy to finish gathering.
But there's no need to wait around
the enemy will take to gather,
We'll deduce the routes that
then attack them one-by-one.
will have the same numbers,
In this case, since the enemy and our forces
the enemy will be split into four groups.
So, we'll split our forces into two groups,
with a time lag between each.
then fire on two of the enemy groups at a time
with double the strength,
And since we'll be attacking
high probability of victory.
we should have an extremely
Right!
with our forces still massed,
Alternatively, we can act
A group, then the B group.
and begin by firing on the enemy's
the remaining two groups have gathered,
If we also fire on the place where
we'll end up fighting half the enemy
in two engagements.
after first taking on a quarter of them
The odds of victory in that case are also very high.
If you fight with overwhelming odds like this,
about exhausting your own forces.
you don't have to worry much
Still, just for once, I don't want to go that far.
The enemy are also Alliance forces.
surrender without having to fight.
Let's think of a way to make them
That would be easiest.
but hard to be a commander, huh?
It's easy to be a soldier,
Oh, you finally understand that?
Even so, in this world,
for themselves as for their soldiers.
some commanders cause as much hardship
who say he gained his position too easily.
In Yang Wen-li's case, there are those
essays on theoretical tactics and got going.
Anyway, I think it's time we left Professor Yang's
And there you have it.
We have to pacify all four places.
they can maintain their forces in the capital.
In other words, we get overworked so that
They're jealous, aren't they, Admiral?
would come up with.
Just the sort of thing that guy Dawson
Joint Operations HQ, it can't be helped.
Anyway, being an order from
shall we begin from there?
Since Shampool is the closest to Iserlohn,
Emergency!
There's trouble on Heinessen!
What kind of trouble?
A coup d'état!
What?!
I'll route the broadcast from Heinessen through.
Please look at this.
April 13th, Universal Calendar 797:
We declare here on this day,
of the Free Planets Alliance,
We, the National Salvation Military Council
have taken control of Heinessen.
The Alliance charter is now void,
Salvation Military Council now take precedence.
and the laws and instructions of the National
National Salvation Military Council, eh?
Salvation Military Council now take precedence.
National Salvation Military Council, eh?
Kind of an overblown name, huh?
substitute for the Alliance charter.
For now, the following edicts will
Kind of an overblown name, huh?
substitute for the Alliance charter.
For now, the following edicts will
the defeat of the Empire shall be established.
First, a national unity system dedicated to
Next, the Council is disbanded until further notice.
Next, our national interests take precedence,
that goes against them shall be regulated.
and any political activities or speech
martial law until further notice.
Next, Heinessen shall be placed under
to be placed under military control.
At the same time, all spaceports are
beliefs shall be purged from public office.
Next, all those who hold anti-war or anti-military
public officials shall be punishable by death.
Additionally, corruption of politicians and
shall be severely punished.
Those who refuse military service
shall be placed under military control.
To expose these people, the judicial police
the bare necessities shall be abolished,
Next, welfare services beyond
so as to protect against societal weakening.
Also, harmful amusements are hereby banned,
Wow, this guy...
Also, harmful amusements are hereby banned,
Rudolf von Goldenbaum did 500 years ago.
he's pretty much calling for exactly the same stuff
and public morality is to be strengthened.
Rudolf von Goldenbaum did 500 years ago.
he's pretty much calling for exactly the same stuff
Rudolf von Goldenbaum did 500 years ago.
he's pretty much calling for exactly the same stuff
to overthrow the empire he established?
They'd resurrect Rudolf's ghost in order
What an awful farce.
and soldiers of the Alliance forces
Now, then, I will introduce to the citizens
National Salvation Military Council.
the chairman of the
So, is your investigation complete?
Yes.
beginning with scheduled ground forces exercises.
The coup d'état was initiated on April 18th,
military forces moving around inside the city.
That's why no one was suspicious of
had been apprised of the exercises
Especially since the entire military
in the name of the director of investigations,
so even the upper echelons believed it.
Since it had been reported to the citizenry as well,
arousing suspicion at first.
they were able to act without
However, it seems nobody had any idea that
was the ringleader of a coup d'état.
Investigations Director Admiral Greenhill
of the moderate wing of the military.
Because Admiral Greenhill was known to be part
Director of Military Intelligence,
Aside from him, there's Vice Admiral Bronze,
Commander of the 11th Fleet,
Vice Admiral Legrange,
officers participating in this.
and quite a few other high-ranking
for a simultaneous uprising
They then set noon as the time
of the government and the military.
and occupied the nerve centers
They currently occupy the high council building,
Joint Operations Headquarters,
the chairman's official residence,
Space Defense Control Headquarters,
Heinessen Military Spaceport,
the Interstellar Communications Center,
the City Traffic Control Center,
Police Headquarters,
the central bank,
broadcasting stations, and the like.
Fezzan high commissioner?
What about the office of the
but hasn't been occupied.
It's been placed on lockdown,
By the way, as far as military relations go,
while both the acting Joint Operations HQ chief
have been detained,
and the C-in-C of the space fleet
Job Trunicht, has fled to an undisclosed location.
the all-important chairman of the high council,
It seems he may have been tipped off in advance.
more work for us, shouldn't we?
We should get him to do
what move will Yang Wen-li make?
So, in this situation,
Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill, reporting.
You're holding up, I see.
What can I do for you?
Gather the staff officers for another meeting.
and the handling of the equipment.
Take care of the preparations
from my post as your adjutant.
I... I assumed you'd be dismissing me
I was fully prepared for that, so...
You want to quit, then?
No, but...
I'd be in a real jam without you.
and I'm terrible with machines.
I have an awful memory
I need a capable adjutant.
Yes, sir!
Let me do my best, Sir.
Good, I'm grateful.
Anyway, like I said before, please gather everyone.
Yes, sir!
then Yang Wen-li isn't as great as they say he is.
If he fires Miss Greenhill over this,
who eats his own limbs to survive.
He'd be like someone
I don't think he will.
Lieutenant...
Julian, I'll be counting on you from here on.
You mean...
Yes, ma'am!
Well played.
Admiral Yang!
It seems Miss Greenhill didn't get fired.
Of course not.
talented person than her.
I've never seen a more competent,
You aren't very honest, are you?
What do you mean?
how she feels about you,
Well, you know, considering
as your subordinate.
And how do you feel about me?
Not sure.
Honestly, I don't really get you.
Mainly because you're a mass of contradictions.
And if I had to say why that is,
the foolishness of war more than you do,
it's because, while nobody hates
nobody is as famous for it as you.
at the same time,
Right?
What about Marquis Reinhard Lohengramm?
It would be fun to take him on, if you allowed us to.
Assuming the odds were even,
if we move our troops against him, I think we'd win.
That's a meaningless assumption.
the odds being even assumes a strategy.
Predicating it on the condition of
of tactics can't happen in an actual battle.
Ignoring strategy and just discussing the merits
I know that.
Marquis Lohengramm is that, strategically,
The amazing thing about
he brings far more of an advantage.
He's always winning before the actual battle starts.
Fine, then.
Shall we turn to the next point?
power structure of the Alliance is rotten,
You know in your bones that the present
and yet you're doing all you can to save it.
That's another big contradiction, isn't it?
I want to choose a better way.
are incompetent and unethical.
Yes, I realize the current Alliance elite
Military Council's slogans, right?
But you've seen the National Salvation
than the current bunch, right?
Those guys are way worse
If you're going to make me say it...
going to be purged by the NSMC.
The current big shots are all
Totally.
the council won't be able to control the situation.
And then, when their faults become clear,
drive out the would-be janitors,
That's when you march in there,
who's going to restore democracy.
and then seize control as the man
That's your "better way."
Do that, and for the first time,
over Marquis Lohengramm.
you'll have the massive strategic advantage
Wouldn't that be true?
Yang Wen-li, the dictator?
Any way you think about it, it's not my style, is it?
Being a soldier isn't your style, either.
Even so, you've done pretty well at it.
I'd bet you could play dictator just as well.
Commodore Schönkopf!
What?
to anyone other than me?
Have you told your thoughts
Of course not.
Well, okay, then.
the National Salvation Military Council.
Yang Wen-li has formally refused to join
Then our only choice is to fight.
Have Miracle Yang show us his skill.
Let's see if it's as great as the rumors say.
That's it! Make him show his true colors!
Admiral Legrange...
Sir!
and fight Yang Wen-li.
I want you to lead the 11th Fleet
Agreed!
But what about your daughter?
That's beside the point!
we formulated this plan.
I gave up my daughter from the moment
my daughter of her duty,
Besides, Yang has probably relieved
and she's probably under house arrest in Iserlohn.
There's no need to consider her.
Understood.
or force him to surrender.
I promise to either kill Yang Wen-li
You there, you live with Admiral Yang, don't you?
Julian, right?
Yes, sir. What is it?
It's about what's happening.
This is serious, but Admiral Yang will win, right?
with no chance of winning!
Admiral Yang Wen-li doesn't fight wars
who always wins!
That's right, Admiral Yang is our hero,
Yang Wen-li doesn't fight battles he can't win!
And he'll win this time, too!
He'll win and liberate Heinessen!
Yeah!
as a spokesman, too, Julian.
Great, so you have talent
But what I said was the truth, not a bluff.
Wasn't it?
Yeah, this time.
I hope it stays that way.
Then why don't you take me with you for this, too?
But...
It won't be dangerous, right?
I've got no choice, do I?
Well, I'll get ready.
He's an even better tactician than you, isn't he, sir?
Instructor Schönkopf?
By the way, how's Julian's marksmanship,
If you mean as a soldier, he's respectable.
He'll probably be of more use than you, sir.
Because Yang is useless from the neck down.
that dimension for Julian, aren't you, sir?
But you're hoping for something beyond
That's true.
plenty of choices, so he can control his own fate.
For the time being, I want Julian to have
Choices, huh?
Well, what about you, Admiral?
I'm hopeless.
I'm tied in too deep with the Free Planets Alliance.
to the people who pay my salary.
As it is, I have to do my duty
I see.
to become a proper soldier?
So that's why you don't want Julian
I hadn't actually thought it that far through, but...
When I went to Heinessen a few days ago,
and received a legal order that,
I made a request of Commander-in-Chief Bewcock
I was to put it down and restore the rule of law.
in the event of an uprising,
Consequently, we have a legal basis to sortie.
You mean, you foresaw this, sir?
actually carry out the coup d'état.
Except, I couldn't predict who would
Even discounting what Admiral Dawson said,
the Empire are practically zero.
the odds of an invasion coming from
Therefore, we'll dispatch the whole fleet.
although he's just taken up his new post,
During our absence,
acting as temporary fortress commander.
I'll have Rear Admiral Cazerne
Any questions?
what's the destination?
Your Excellency, when you say dispatch the fleet,
Heinessen, ultimately.
Universal Calendar 797, April 20th:
officially recognized by its nickname,
The Yang Fleet,
sallied forth for the first time.
Its intended destination, ironically,
the Free Planets Alliance.
was Heinessen, the capital of
dispatched the 11th Fleet.
Against this, the National Salvation Military Council
the Free Planets Alliance,
270 years after the founding of
to split the nation in two.
so began the first civil war
I won't ask for Frederica's forgiveness.
Somebody has to rectify the political corruption.
what we're doing isn't wrong.
If it's with that intention,
But the young are impatient.
If I didn't lead them, who would restrain them?
This was the only option.
The only option...
Do you think she'll understand that, Mother?
The Yang Fleet Sallies Forth
In their hearts, people amass
Tears of such magnificent warmth
You go on, though the way is blocked
By heavy futility as the war drags on
Don't kill your dreams
Follow your dreams
Follow the glimmer of the distant galaxy
With your cheeks wet with tears catching the light
Make for that happy day
Cross the bridge of light
Lay bare your heart
Cross the bridge of light
Set free your tears and love
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Rentenberg Fortress,
Reinhard's forces launch a strike on
a military stronghold of the associated nobles.
conduct the operation,
As Reuenthal and Mittermeyer
Senior Admiral Offressor stands in their way.
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