Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2:
while invading deep into Alliance territory.
The Imperial military celebrated the new year
been resolved about the current situation.
Though a new year has begun, nothing has
little significant resistance,
Thus far, we've advanced while facing
organized counteroffensive at least once.
but we can most likely expect an
until they're all dead.
In all likelihood, they'll try to resist
we've occupied the capital of Heinessen,
And once they're destroyed and
complete collapse of the Alliance.
We shall declare the
Once we've gained complete control of Heinessen,
are having now to celebrate the new year.
We shall once more hold a banquet like We
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
Prosit!
In a corner of the Iserlohn Corridor,
that were to capture Iserlohn Fortress
the units under the command of Admiral Merkatz
were also welcoming that same new year.
we can never forget to have parties, right?
No matter how bad the situation may get,
It's not like Iserlohn Fortress is going anywhere,
we can raise a glass to the new year.
but now's the only time
said something that's right.
For once, Poplin actually
It's fine, just keep going.
Commander, may I have some as well?
Oh, so you're up for the challenge?
Not bad.
when it comes to liquor, huh?
You're pretty much a bull
Congratulations!
Hey, hey!
From your expression, I'd say you know.
What do you mean?
middle-aged delinquent Schönkopf.
That Karin's father is that
it will probably be boring as Hell, but...
When we finally have peace,
service for all the virtuous youths out there.
I'm thinking maybe I should open a counseling
but kids seem to trust me, wouldn't you say?
It may be due to my miraculous virtues,
She asked your advice?
So, what was your opinion?
the relative merits of it."
I just thought, "Well, that settles
I may sow the seeds,
and letting them bear fruit.
but you won't catch me slipping up
Don't you agree?
It sounds like there'd be a lot of problems.
that Karin had a raw deal.
If you ask me, the issue isn't
that she's had a raw deal.
It's that she's convinced herself
You think so?
and also why she's avoiding him.
That's why she hasn't spoken to him,
That's not a good trend.
and demand fifteen years of allowance.
So, I told her to go meet him
On the following day of January 2nd,
commenced in secret.
the operation to recapture Iserlohn Fortress
A message from Imperial Military Headquarters!
to depart from the fortress this day
"The Iserlohn garrison fleet is
Alliance capital of Heinessen."
and seize the rear of the
That is all!
So, it's come.
It's finally time, Your Excellency.
Were the orders from headquarters encoded?
Yes! Is that an issue?
Your Excellency?
No, am I just over thinking things?
Tell all troops to prepare to sortie at once.
Sir!
to the one from the day before arrived.
On the 3rd, a new order contrary
to hold Iserlohn Fortress.
"The mission of the Lutz Fleet is
A sortie would be incompatible with this.
clever schemes to make use of.
Yang Wen-li has many
sympathizers lurking within
There is also a risk that Alliance and Fezzan
and then blockade the corridor.
could occupy the fortress after the fleet leaves,
To repeat this order, do not make any moves".
of the order from yesterday, isn't it?
It's completely the opposite
Your Excellency, what's...
but which should we trust?
One of them has to be a phony order,
There's an addendum.
"Regarding the previous order,
being manipulated by Fezzan
there are troublemakers in the fleet
and compromising the fortress from within.
Investigate this at once."
Your Excellency?
At any rate, for now we'll postpone the sortie.
an urgent investigation.
During that time, we'll perform
Sir!
and enlisted men at Iserlohn Fortress,
There were more than a million officers
and dozens of scandals came to light,
so of course there were some troublemakers,
being confined by the military police.
leading to dozens of people
So, it really was true?
The kaiser truly is insightful.
truly is His Majesty's intention?
So, holding to the fortress
We nearly fell for Yang Wen-li's clever trick.
We will not make a move.
Rescind the order for the fleet to sortie.
has come in from HQ, but...
Your Excellency, another message
It's...
Read it.
Yes, sir.
"Why have you not sortied, Admiral Lutz?
to defend the fortress,
Leave only a portion of your forces
all the military might that you can muster."
and head for Heinessen with
He's just playing petty tricks!
As if I'd be fooled by that!
and we shall hold to the fortress.
We will only listen to the true order,
came on January 7th.
The fifth order, once more ordering a sortie,
The Iserlohn garrison fleet isn't moving!
the first order from Kaiser Reinhard.
In actuality, this fifth order was
Seems it went well.
compared and contrasted the two contrary orders,
It looks like those guys in the fortress
and decided that the one to sortie was a fake.
to do so, there's no sign that they'll make a move.
Even though there was an order from the kaiser
What a dirty con.
Seriously, the one who thought this up
instead of a "magician."
should really be called a "con man"
so how about acting a little more impressed?
Even so, we're staking our lives on this con,
Captain Baghdash sure is enthusiastic, isn't he?
He's a specialist in information warfare.
where we need to give it our all, but...
We've finally hit the point
In short, he's the con man of the group.
What?! Lutz isn't moving?
Why isn't he moving?
He's ignoring Our order?!
one of Yang Wen-li's clever schemes.
Your Majesty, this may be the result of
then surely there must be some reason, yes?
If Admiral Lutz hasn't moved,
A "clever scheme," you say?
that possibly have for Yang Wen-li?!
If Lutz stays in Iserlohn, what benefit could
beyond my meager intelligence to answer.
My apologies, Your Majesty, but that's
remaining in Iserlohn Fortress
Your Majesty, Admiral Lutz
Marshal Yang Wen-li's interests.
surely doesn't benefit
to leave things as they are.
In that case, we simply need
If it happens to benefit our forces as a result,
for his current indiscretion.
Admiral Lutz must not be blamed
There's a certain truth to your assertion,
but if it will make Yang Wen-li squirm,
to have Lutz move out,
then that's all the more reason
providing a check to Yang's movements.
Continue to order Lutz to sortie.
Yes!
At this time Kaiser Reinhard was also hesitating,
and his order to Lutz was not clear.
On the 8th of January,
Alliance fleet materialized
more than 1,000 ships in the
the leading Schwarz Lanzenreiter Fleet,
and seemed to be moving to divide
faded into the background.
so the concerns over Iserlohn
They're scattered about?
The main Alliance forces are behind us.
We see, so they presume to avoid battle?
As you say.
intending to cut us off from the rear.
However, if this is a feint, they may be
rear guard to be all the more vigilant.
Perhaps we should urge Admiral Müller's
have a scout ship gather information,
Commander-in-Chief Mittermeyer wishes to
a temporary halt of all forces.
and so he is asking for
that the enemy's main force is close.
It seems Mittermeyer has also sensed
shall gather our forces.
Understood, tell him that We
Sir!
From the intelligence gathered,
Marshal Alexandre Bewcock,
it became known that the Alliance commander,
had 20,000 ships to the front and rear,
sort of tactics the Alliance forces would employ.
and so Reinhard's concern was squarely on what
Meanwhile, in Iserlohn Fortress,
was also ignored as a fake.
Kaiser Reinhard's second command
The Iserlohn garrison fleet still hasn't moved.
Shall we go for the kill?
"If you ignore my order and do not sortie,
annihilated the Alliance forces,
then after we have completely
charges will certainly be brought against you."
Your Excellency...
Your Excellency, should we sortie after all?
Still, when we don't know which is the real order...
Normally, when you get two conflicting orders,
you think that one is real and one is fake.
of fake orders coming in from the start.
You'd never know that there were two sets
right about now, right?
They're probably pretty confused
all those orders Baghdash is firing off randomly...
If someone could see through the chaos of
they'd be a real oddball, right?
lure us out of the fortress
I see, so Yang Wen-li wants to
and then plunder the empty castle, huh?
that he used when Iserlohn fell the first time?
Thinking on it, wasn't that the very tactic
Then you're saying...
for him to use the same trick twice,
No matter how clever the trick may be,
ingenuity has finally dried up.
it seems Yang Wen-li's fountain of
Send a message to all troops!
The full fleet is to sortie at once!
isn't that just what Yang Wen-li wants?
But Your Excellency,
to be the kaiser's intentions,
Even if we assume that
strengthen the fortress defenses and not move.
I humbly believe it would be better to
displeasure for the moment,
Even if we earn His Majesty's
act in concert with His Majesty's forces
as long as we secure Iserlohn, then can we not
and overrun Alliance space whenever we wish?
Your assertion is quite natural.
a false one given by Yang Wen-li.
I also believe that the order to sortie is
So even though you know that...
That's right, I'll have all of our troops sortie.
or so we'll make him think.
We'll play along with his scheme,
But he'll actually be playing into our plan.
Which is to say?
If we sortie our full fleet,
somewhere in the corridor,
the Yang Fleet will likely be hiding
they can approach the fortress.
aiming for that gap so that
then have the fleet turn about,
I'll estimate the timing and
main battery, Thor's Hammer,
driving the Yang Fleet into the fortress'
making for a pincer attack.
In that way, we'll have their lives in our hands.
The genius will have outsmarted himself.
Yang Wen-li's calendar is running out.
Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, January 12th:
The Lutz Fleet left Iserlohn Fortress behind them.
to the armada aiming to capture Iserlohn.
On the 13th, their movements became known
The Lutz Fleet has left Iserlohn Fortress!
They number approximately 15,000!
That's more or less all of the garrison fleet.
All right!
They fell for it!
We've got them now!
It's like we've already won!
Come on, it's a pre-celebration!
Cheers!
We have Lutz playing into our hands,
but I'm sure Lutz is thinking the same thing.
He's an outstanding tactician,
and his fleet outnumbers ours ten times over.
before he turns about and rushes us,
If we don't gain control of the fortress
our chance of winning will be forever lost.
We will move at once to capture it.
I'll ask you to take command on the front line.
Vice Admiral Schönkopf,
Just relax and leave it to me.
if the fortress' garrison fleet doesn't sortie.
This plan can't be carried out
Lutz is a great commander.
Thanks to the importance of Iserlohn Fortress,
they'll reconsider and not make a move.
even if the kaiser orders a sortie, it's possible
So to start, we'll have them realize our plan.
towards the fortress in order to spring a trap.
We'll make them think they're luring us
certain distance from the fortress,
If they want to trap us, they need to be a
that much easier to carry out.
so that will only make our plan
but even if you have a huge army,
It may be a bit too tricky,
impregnable fortress with a frontal assault, right?
you'd have no chance of taking that
Enemy fleet, detected!
Bearing: 6 o'clock.
Range: 800,000 kilometers.
They're approaching Iserlohn Fortress!
They fell for it.
and return to Iserlohn Fortress at once!
All ships, rapid come-about
take a cup of tea after a meal."
"For health and beauty,
of the fortress's main battery!
The enemy fleet has entered the firing range
Why? Why isn't Thor's Hammer firing?!
Thor's Hammer?!
No good! It won't activate!
No response from the floating guns!
That can't be!
We have no control over the magnetic structure!
Space port auto defense systems are down!
It's no good, Your Excellency!
What can we do?!
All our computers are useless
That's ridiculous!
since the enemy sent that keyword!
Do something!
since the enemy sent that keyword!
S-so this is Yang Wen-li's parting gift?!
Cut out computer control and switch to manual!
to get Thor's Hammer to fire!
No matter what, we need
I-it's impossible!
to open this lockout, but...
There must be a keyword
Enemy ship, moving to break in!
Shut the gates! Don't let them inside!
We can't close them!
Then it's hand-to-hand combat!
All hands, prepare for battle!
a little over five hours to return.
It will take the Lutz Fleet
defense system within that timeframe,
If we don't take back the fortress'
we have no chance of winning.
should far outnumber us.
And even the garrison in the fortress
Same old story. We'll just have to deal with it.
Here we go!
The reception committee.
Let's go, Julian!
Right!
Enemy soldiers have invaded!
Hold on!
If the fleet makes it back, then we've won!
Commander!
Well, this sucks.
What does?
Between this and the thing on Terra,
my feet on the ground!
I'm getting used to fighting with
Can anything suck more?!
They're tough!
All right!
Die!
You still need work.
The R-Rosen Ritters...
Rosen Ritters...
Let's go!
Fall back!
It's up ahead!
Auxiliary Control Room 4!
The enemy has occupied
Why go there?
I don't know.
It's our allies! Our allied fleet is back!
So, they're here?
Release the lockout on Thor's Hammer!
"A cup of Russian tea.
Not with jam or marmalade,
but with honey."
Your Excellency, the computers...
Your Excellency, that's...
Dammit! Retreat!
All ships, come about!
Get us out of Thor's Hammer's firing range, fast!
Energy charge, full!
Fire!
Don't bunch up! Scatter!
Communications from the Luitpold have ceased!
No response from the Trittenheim!
All ships, retreat outside of its firing range.
Additionally, give me a damage report.
fighting spirit of the Imperial forces.
Thor's Hammer crushed the
the advantage in terms of numbers,
The fortress guards should have had
but they retreated and surrendered one by one.
and on January 14th at 0045,
The date changed during the battle,
complete withdrawal from the fortress.
the notice finally came in of the Imperial force's
We demand the safe retreat of our subordinates.
If that doesn't occur, we will resist to the last man,
the fortress itself to self-destruct.
and are willing to set
Admiral Yang's fame, I wonder?
What will this do for
We'll accept those terms, of course.
Wait, let's hold off on an immediate response.
when it comes to negotiations.
You need to haggle
Julian waited fifteen minutes to send his response,
conditions were effectively accepted.
and seven minutes later the
There needn't be any more casualties, right?
if we hurry and give them medical care.
There should also be wounded that we can save
Your Excellency, please get some rest.
You have to admit, it was an ingenious scheme.
Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, January 14th:
the hands of Yang Wen-li's faction.
Iserlohn Fortress once more returned to
they reluctantly abandoned it.
It had been a year since
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