and Heinessen lies Shampool.
Situated exactly between Iserlohn
occupied by backers of the coup d'état,
Leaving this place alone,
being disrupted from the rear,
leaves the possibility of Iserlohn
cut off from its communications and supply lines.
Yang ordered its capture by Schönkopf.
Considering this,
Shampool surrendered in barely three days.
As a result of Schönkopf's blitzkrieg operation,
Good work-
Hey, the job demands its perks.
I'm sorry to trouble you.
So, if everybody's here to welcome me,
from Heinessen and come to us.
There's a person who's escaped
We're waiting for his arrival.
Oh?
I've brought Commander Baghdash.
I'm Commander Baghdash from the 11th Fleet.
You say you escaped from Heinessen.
Yes, sir, more precisely,
when it launched from Heinessen.
I slipped out of the 11th Fleet
The 11th Fleet's left Heinessen?!
to engage the Yang Fleet.
Yes, sir, they're coming here
What?! They're coming to fight us?!
challenge you to a decisive head-on battle,
Vice Admiral Legrange intends to
without any petty tricks.
I'm thankful for that.
By the way, how are things on Heinessen?
Some people are being purged, aren't they?
No, starting with Admirals Dawson and Bewcock,
but at present, nobody has been purged.
many people are being detained,
I see.
I don't know what's to come, but...
Lieutenant Greenhill, here.
By the way, I don't see your aide,
She... The situation being what it is,
she stayed behind on Iserlohn.
Dammit, all these kiss marks I earned, and now...
Pardon me for a few moments.
Do you know where Miss Greenhill is?
The medical room.
She said she had a headache this morning,
from all the stress she's been under.
I see.
And that's what's happening.
Got any ideas?
Yes...
I met Commander Baghdash once.
He'd come to see my father.
As I recall...
with the current regime.
At that time, he expressed dissatisfaction
As I thought.
is too convenient.
The timing for a deserter to show up
it was suspicious, too.
Admiral Yang probably thought
He lied when the guy asked about you.
I distracted him, so I don't think he noticed.
Commodore Schönkopf!
No need to worry.
Leave this to me.
Commodore!
Figures.
Miss Greenhill's memory is,
Even knowing how good
their sending in Baghdash
Admiral Yang at the earliest opportunity.
means he probably intends to assassinate
doesn't have many subordinates he can rely on.
Or maybe it means Admiral Greenhill
Commodore, what will we do?
or about what happens to the Alliance.
I don't care if the coup d'état succeeds,
But if Yang Wen-li dies here,
history to come won't be nearly as interesting.
No contact with Baghdash, yet?
No, sir, not at all.
What is he doing?
being unusually unreliable.
The intelligence division's
What's Baghdash doing?
His escape was exhausting, wasn't it?
He's sleeping soundly.
Did you do something?
a small adjustment to the tank bed settings.
No, nothing much,
I just set it for cryosleep mode.
Just until the 11th Fleet is taken care of.
Thank you.
Not a problem.
By the way, is it true about the 11th Fleet?
That they're coming is true.
We got a report in from our scout cruiser.
The position was a total lie, though.
Oh?
The encounter will be in the Doria Stellar Region.
Attention all personnel:
the National Salvation Military Council
The success or failure of
are riding on this battle.
and the destiny of our homeland
I expect you to give it your body and soul,
in the spirit of self-sacrifice for the nation!
carrying out your individual responsibilities
is dedication and sacrifice!
What must be most honored in this world
cowardice and selfishness!
What must be hated is
courage of all personnel!
I expect and desire patriotism and
It must be nearly time.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant, prepare for broadcast to all ships.
It's all set; go ahead.
This is Yang Wen-li, your commander.
Whatever you're doing now, please listen to me.
The battle will begin shortly.
It's a worthless battle.
it would be pointless to not win.
But for that reason alone,
so take it easy and don't do anything crazy.
I've got a trick planned to let us do that,
Our nation's great destiny is riding on this,
compared to individual freedom and rights.
although that's not worth much
Anyway, everyone, shall we get this thing started?
Enemy fleet, detected!
All ships, assume battle formation!
relative to standard galactic plane, top-down!
Enemy is moving from port to starboard,
Range, 6.4 seconds!
the enemy's flank, didn't we?
We succeeded in catching
1,920,000 kilometers!
the enemy's flank, didn't we?
We succeeded in catching
the enemy's flank, didn't we?
We succeeded in catching
Speed, .0012 c,
All ships, ready to open fire!
3,600 kilometers per second!
All ships, ready to open fire!
3,600 kilometers per second!
Target the center section of the enemy fleet.
Close to sidereal velocity limit.
Target the center section of the enemy fleet.
Close to sidereal velocity limit.
Have all ships concentrate their fire at one point.
Target point, locked!
Fire!
Energy waves, coming in fast!
On our flank!
What?!
When did they...
Fleet, come about to starboard!
Regroup and counterattack!
Sir!
Impressive, Yang...
intelligence operation against us!
He used Baghdash's
Contact Nguyen Van Huu.
fire and enter the hole we just opened.
Have him advance at full speed with simultaneous
Divide the enemy forces.
Sir!
Ah! Our turn, at last!
Let's go!
All ships, attack!
our fleet will be cut apart.
If we allow the enemy to penetrate any further,
Return fire with all ships!
Don't let one soldier make it back alive!
Nothing but enemies, no matter which way I turn!
I love this!
There's no need to even aim!
Just shoot, and you'll hit the enemy!
take care of the group in front.
Attenborough, once the enemy's divided,
Aye, sir, I'll drag them around.
Please.
Are the fighter wings ready?
They can deploy at any time.
That damned Baghdash, he must have failed!
we wouldn't be having so much trouble.
If he'd assassinated Yang as we'd planned,
Sir!
Now what?!
They've broken through the center!
We can't communicate with the advance forces!
And the enemy?!
Turning to the right.
They're surrounding us!
He's a crafty man, that Yang...
Move ships from C-block to K-block
to vector coordinates alpha 6.48,
beta minus 3.73, gamma 0.04.
damage from the rear attack.
We're just accumulating more and more
We've no choice.
First, we'll need to wipe out that detachment!
Cancel the turn!
the enemy is approaching!
Commodore Attenborough,
Okay, fall back.
Fighter Wing 1, launching!
Hey, Julian, is that where you are?
real-world examples to follow.
Watch, I'll show you some
Great.
picking Julian's friends for him.
Maybe you should be
This is taking a lot of time, huh?
Enemy Spartanians are launching.
Send out our own Spartanians!
What about our advance forces?
the enemy detachment.
They appear to be engaging
Doesn't the enemy feel like fighting?!
Then turn to assist the main fleet!
The enemy is retreating!
Don't let them escape! Advance!
Why, you... Trying to be clever?!
This is getting exhausting.
Isn't the main fleet here yet?
Three down!
Are the other squadrons still alive?!
Whiskey! Vodka! Rum! Applejack!
All squadrons, respond!
Stay alive!
and clearly have the overwhelming advantage,
We've succeeded in dividing the enemy
but the enemy isn't ceasing its resistance.
is a valiant commander.
Because Admiral Legrange
In his own way, he's a talented man.
They've refused repeated calls to surrender.
However, we can't lighten our attack.
Sir, our aerial units have been wiped out!
We only have a dozen or so ships left!
Open a comm line to the enemy.
Admiral Yang Wen-li,
against one as famous as you.
it was an honor to fight my last battle
Long live the military revolution!
Eternal life to the Free Planets Alliance!
God, that was a hell of a battle.
Sir...
hard on Commodore Attenborough.
Our being delayed here must be making things
We should hurry.
You're right.
diverted by Admiral Dusty Attenborough,
The 11th Fleet's advance forces, which had been
even as it drew near in overwhelming numbers,
refused to surrender to the Yang Fleet,
choosing the path of annihilation, instead.
Military Council lost its mobile forces.
It was here that the National Salvation
if it hadn't been for you,
Honestly, it would have worked,
but you had to meddle.
So? Did you come here to protest?
No.
I was hoping I might work for you.
Now that this has happened,
Oh, you're switching sides?
Do you really change your ideology that easily?
there's what you do to survive.
There's ideology and then
it's only a matter of time till the coup d'état fails.
As things stand,
just gets in the way of survival.
An unwinnable ideology
Okay, fine.
Commodore, he's all yours.
Right.
Well, let's start by confining you to your quarters.
with my meals, okay?
Sure, just please give me some wine
You've got some nerve.
till the coup d'état fails, huh?
It's just a matter of time
The 11th Fleet is defeated.
Admiral Legrange killing himself.
I heard it ended with
So, then Commander Baghdash failed, didn't he?
And we still don't know Trunicht's whereabouts.
unusually unreliable, isn't it?
The intelligence division is being
What?! Why, you...
Say that again!
Vice Admiral Bronze...
and you, Captain Christian, watch what you say.
Right now, we need unity more than ever.
there have been some strange rumors about.
Still, on the subject of Trunicht,
He seems to know our movements well in advance.
What?!
but we may have a traitor among us.
I hate to consider the notion,
Captain Veigh, don't make reckless accusations.
Didn't I just say our unity is most important now?
Understood.
of the rumors and suppress them.
Then let's investigate the source
Leaving the Yang problem aside,
the economy after its collapse due to-
another pressing matter is rebuilding
Excuse me!
The citizenry are protesting!
What?!
They're beginning to gather in Heinessen Stadium,
and there are more than 200,000 there already.
What?!
They're protesting rule by force
"Citizens' Rally to Restore Peace and Freedom."
and calling it the
It's a challenge!
A challenge against us!
Who's the ringleader?!
all the key government officials!
I thought we'd detained
of the opposition party.
Well, it's Representative Jessica Edwards,
That woman?
Sir, I'll go and disperse them at once,
and we'll arrest the ringleaders!
Well, then...
Captain...
I implore you, show restraint.
Understood.
What's going on?
Hey!
What's happening?
Find Jessica Edwards and bring her here!
That won't be necessary.
I'm here.
We're just holding a peaceful citizens' rally.
Why would you bring guns to interfere with that?
To restore order!
"Order," you say?
But wasn't it the National Salvation Military Council
who disrupted that order with violence?
Just what is it that you think of as "order"?
We will decide what order is.
degeneration into mob rule!
We're correcting the Alliance's
Order is anything necessary to do that!
That's arrogant conceit.
Line up about ten people here.
What do you think you're doing?
they advocate irresponsible pacifism are serious.
Seeing whether or not people who say
Hey, stop.
You citizens, who entertain such lofty ideals...
is better than violence, correct?
Your principle is that peaceful discussion
You're positive of that?
That's right.
How could you?!
Next man...
You claim the same thing?
F-forgive me.
I have a family.
Pl-please, don't kill me.
who's not even prepared to die.
You talk a lot of BS for someone
Go on, say it!
Peace is only maintained by military force!
Peace without weapons is impossible!
Say it!
Go on, say it!
Stop it!
What?
as long as you're ready to die for it?
You're saying any cruel thing is all right,
as long as you believe in it?!
Any cruel or stupid thing is fine,
force their idea of justice on others!
There's no end to those who
Rudolf, who built the Galactic Empire,
and you, too, Captain!
You're the same as Rudolf!
Get that through your head!
And then get out of where you don't belong!
Right! That's right!
Shut up, you!
You woman...
Get out! Get out! Get out!
Get out!
What! A popular revolt?!
Dammit, why did he have to be so rash?
Withdraw the troops at once!
We can't make enemies of the citizens!
We've lost over 1,500 soldiers alone.
to number 10 to 15 times that.
The civilian casualties are believed
There are a billion citizens on Heinessen alone!
we can't suppress them!
If they rise in revolt en masse,
And they say Yang's fleet is closing in.
We have troubles at home and abroad.
what to do with all this free time.
To be honest, I don't know
Could you give me some sort of duty to perform?
Don't be so hasty.
I have a job you'll need to do, soon.
Till then, just drink your wine and wait.
This is my gun. I'm placing it in your care.
It's no use to me, even if I have it.
Thanks.
Admiral Yang...
I haven't told anyone you have my gun.
would make a fuss, you see.
Rear Admiral Murai and the rest
You should be aware of that.
you'll be formally issued a gun.
Once I decide on a position for you,
Whoa! Whoa! Don't look so mad!
You must have seen, right? I was kidding!
for even a moment?
Are you saying you weren't serious
What?!
your name will go down in history.
If you kill Admiral Yang,
even to leave behind a bad reputation?
Can you say you weren't tempted,
Admiral Yang, please say something.
Admiral, I can't trust this man!
If he can easily betray his allies,
there's no telling when he'll betray you!
That's not enough reason to kill him, Julian.
There is a reason.
and tried to kill you!
A prisoner stole the admiral's gun
Yeah, that one's serious.
I couldn't complain about you killing him for that.
Admiral, come on!
That's enough, let him off.
You've scared Baghdash enough.
But, Admiral...
It's okay.
Okay, Commander, you're dismissed.
Man, you're scarier than you look, kid.
Understood.
I'll remember that your eyes are always watching.
Admiral...
It's okay.
Baghdash is a man who can calculate the odds.
As long as I keep winning, he won't betray me.
having you murder anyone.
Besides, if possible, I'd like to avoid
Sir, we just got some news in from Heinessen.
in Heinessen Stadium.
The military raided a citizens' rally
and approximately 20,000 of the attendees.
They apparently slaughtered the organizer
My God...
Still, it couldn't have been planned, right?
The one who organized the rally was...
Representative Jessica Edwards.
I see...
when informed of Jessica Edwards' death,
They say that Yang Wen-li,
uttered not one word concerning it.
all neighboring star systems,
Yang Wen-li, having suppressed
turned his fleet toward Heinessen.
the year Universal Calendar 797.
It was the end of July of
The Battle of Doria, and Then...
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
NEXT EPISODE
after he breaks ranks with Duke Braunschweig.
Kircheis is sent to attack Marquis Littenheim
Marquis Littenheim retreats to Garmisch Fortress.
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"Courage & Loyalty"
Episode 22:
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