Due to enemy jamming,
Iserlohn area, but also the Schwarz Lanzenreiter.
communications have ceased with not only the
From our reconnaissance so far,
approximately 20,000 ships
the Alliance forces number
under the command of Marshal Alexander Bucock.
if nothing else.
They've increased in terms of numbers,
had much in the way of battleships or carriers,
In the first place, they shouldn't have
they'll have left when this is over...
though as to how many
to them in this single battle.
In that case, we shall put an end
would be unfitting for our forces,
Losing the moment for battle due to hesitation
who aspire to unite all space.
If we uselessly waste time,
faction the margin they need to recover.
it may give the wretched, wandering Yang Wen-li
Thanks to his maneuvering,
forces back during the Battle of Rantemario.
we missed the chance to fully destroy the Alliance
that we may battle them.
Your Majesty, please give us your order,
to urge Reinhard to battle at this point.
Reuentahl and Mittermeier did not feel the need
whether or not to battle,
The question was no longer
but instead where and in which way to do so.
the Alliance forces employ?
What sort of tactics would
concentrated on that point.
Reinhard's concerns were entirely
Reinhard recived the report
in the Marr-Adetta Stellar Region
of the Alliance military taking a battle formation
Neue Reich Calendar 2.
on January 13th of Universal Calendar 800,
our Fezzan Corridor office,
According to the information from
filled with a large-scale asteroid belt.
the entire Marr-Adetta system is
only has a diameter of 120 kilometers,
The largest celestial body there
and their number is incalculable.
Communications are disrupted there,
sweeping through the region.
due to chaotic stellar winds and energy currents
a tough sector to battle in.
That old man sure picked
a single corridor in the asteroid belt.
The Alliance forces have dug into
and 40,000 kilometers in diameter
There's a tunnel 920,000 kilometers long
where they're laying in wait for our forces.
The enemy's aim is clear.
they have thrown down the gauntlet at Us.
With this, it can be said that
make a sacrifice of his own life
That old man is trying to
of democratic republicanism.
in order to inspire the advocates
in an old man like that.
Perhaps we should praise such spirit
Your Majesty,
yourself from the front.
there's no need to settle this battle
to pin down the enemy's blind actions,
Simply leave a single force here
and the matter will be over.
take the main force straight to attack Heinessen,
a tactician Marshal Bucock may be,
No matter how experienced and popular
he's ultimately bet his fate on a single battlefield.
I believe it's fine to simply ignore him.
Your advice is not in error.
of this old veteran admiral,
But it would be rude to not accept the challenge
especially since he's likely prepared to die.
It's not as though there aren't other reasons,
that should be plenty.
but for Ourself and Our forces,
Mittermeier!
Sir!
You shall direct the left wing.
The rear guard shall be Müller.
The right wing goes to Eisenach.
stellar region with Our reserve forces.
Fahrenheit shall stand by on the edge of the
Knappstein and Grillparzer!
The vanguard will be both
Sir! I am deeply grateful for this honor!
a veteran general of the Alliance forces.
We shall grant him a death worthy of
to play such an active role!
The time is passed for gray-haired old men
That's easily said.
doesn't lead you around by the nose.
Just make sure that gray-haired old general
invaded the Marr-Adetta Stellar Region.
On the following day of the 14th, the Imperial forces
At this time, Iserlohn Fortress had already fallen,
but that information had not yet reached Reinhard.
What do you think of this battle?
it's not one of reason, but one of emotion.
If it has a meaning,
The old lion and the young one each wish to fight.
of honor and prestige,
It may be polished up with the shine
but ultimately,
sheathed again until it is smeared with blood.
once a sword has been drawn, it cannot be
I didn't know you had a poet's spirit until just now.
I know, and you should too,
its throat is parched.
that just like people, when history awakens,
The Goldenbaum Dynasty has already fallen.
up till today, but it will also be gone tomorrow.
The Free Planets Alliance has lived a long life
History wishes to drink a great deal of blood.
and should already be tired of it.
And yet I believe that it's had plenty
I see, so that's what you think, Mittermeier?
By His Majesty Kaiser Reinhard's hand,
become unified and peaceful.
the divided universe shall
If, as you say, the Alliance shall fall tomorrow,
in the light of peace, wouldn't you say?
then the morning after should dawn
and the blood we've shed will have been in vain.
If not, then what we've done up till now
That's certainly true.
And yet, I have my own thoughts.
that's only in terms of quantity.
If history is tired of gulping down blood,
But what about in terms of quality?
that would certainly make a cruel god rejoice.
If the sacrifice was of noble blood,
Reuentahl!
a role unbefitting of me.
It seems I've been acting out
just a crude soldier,
I'm neither a poet nor a philosopher,
to people like Mecklinger.
so it would be better to leave such roles
I'm glad you've opened your eyes.
gods of history that we've never met,
For the time being, more than some
of the enemy before us now.
I'd like to know intentions
should be called a ceremony.
At any rate, this battle
Free Planet Alliance's funeral procession.
It's a tribute offered to the
Without this formality,
to accept the truth of its destruction, will they?
neither the living nor the dead will be able
How about taking a break, Sir?
Right, I intend to do that,
it's a battle I can be satisfied with.
but I want to make sure
surprise Kaiser Reinhard, right?
It's fine, since there's nothing that can
That's what I'm hoping for.
Still, even putting myself aside,
to their deaths here.
I'll be sending a great number of people
Even now, I'm committing such a sinful deed...
of that sort in your next life.
Please become a doctor or something
Then you should be able to balance things out.
My next life, huh?
No, I'm just surprised to hear you use such words.
Thinking on it, I've probably been blessed.
the two great and peerless tacticians
At the end of my life, I was able to meet
and Yang Wen-li.
known as Reinhard von Lohengramm
having to see one of them eventually fall.
And things will end for me without
Or...
of the Free Planets Alliance?
Or having to see the complete destruction
On January 16th, the two armies finally clashed.
Fire!
Feuer!
line of battle and fall back into the corridor.
All right, retreat while maintaining the
The enemy is falling back! Don't let them get away!
Keep going and break into the corridor.
Don't fall behind the Knappstein Fleet!
succeeded in breaking into the corridor!
The vanguard Grillparzer Fleet has
Wasn't that too easy?
Do you think it's a trap?
Indeed.
we should carry on.
But in order to see the enemy's move,
so don't get shot down.
Now's the time to stand firm,
How is it?
It should be soon.
Large scale stellar wind approaching to port!
What?!
Don't panic!
Spread the ships out and then regroup!
Keep away from the asteroids!
The enemy has taken a dense formation.
All right, concentrate your fire.
What are they doing?!
We are just wasting Our forces, aren't We?!
At this rate,
Retreat and drag the enemy out, instead!
We have no choice! Retreat!
We can't maneuver in such a tight space!
But we're taking heavy fire from the enemy.
Retreat will be nearly impossible!
I'm prepared to accept some losses!
Here comes the second wave.
Don't let the ship columns be disrupted!
Panicking will only increase the damage we take!
The enemy fleet has withdrawn from the corridor!
All ships, full stop.
There's no point in pursuing.
encircle the exit of the corridor!
All ships, spread out and
Strike the enemy as they come out!
How are our damages?
A little over 70% of the fleet managed to escape.
Don't go thinking that this will do us in.
a position to counterattack?
So Grillparzer has taken
I think that's to be expected, but...
the enemy will come out.
The question is whether or not
Aren't they coming after us?
fight from a superior position in the corridor,
The enemy seems to know that they can
by a massive army and exterminated.
but if they come out they'll simply be encircled
This leaves me at a bit of a loss.
Contact Fahrenheit.
We will have Grillparzer fall back for the moment.
Sir!
old tiger from his hole.
Take your forces and drive the
Sir!
distract the enemy's attention.
Fahrenheit's movements will
Then shall we have Knappstein...
but he pulled an unlucky lot in going first.
I feel sorry for Grillparzer,
this important mission has come our way.
Thanks to that,
Well then, what will be their next move?
What?!
All ships, don't crowd together!
They're pretty tough.
Knappstein is doing well,
in experience is just that large, huh?
but in the end, the difference
I don't want that old man to die, Bayerlein.
but he's someone worthy of respect.
He may be an enemy,
he'd take our advice to surrender, right?
I feel the same way, but I don't think
From the way I see it,
and then changing the flag that you revere.
I can't imagine being defeated by the enemy
but refrain from saying it out loud.
It's fine that you think that,
Sir?
also have their own way of living,
I'm saying that Fahrenheit and Streit
and they shouldn't be criticized for that.
Right, I spoke carelessly.
Alliance forces are putting up a good fight.
At any rate, it should be said that the
Even with their advantageous position...
Us some entertainment, aren't they?
The damned Alliance forces are providing
Regardless, they'll need reinforcements.
Will the Eisenach Fleet do?
Yes, let Us leave it to them.
Signs of the enemy up ahead, inside the corridor!
All ships, open fire!
The enemy behind us is entering.
All right, all ships, come about at once!
No, wait!
All ships, halt!
Your Excellency?!
This is a trap.
The enemy is waiting until we invade the corridor,
at which point they intend to turn and advance.
Then you're saying...
All ships, partially retreat.
We'll retreat and encircle the exit to the corridor,
we'll wipe them out with point blank fire.
and when they come out
Hurry!
The enemy fleet is moving further into the corridor!
All right, don't let this chance slip by!
Charge in at once!
Reuentahl?
Sir!
What do you think?
based on the enemy's change in direction, but...
Knappstein has entered the corridor's interior
It's fine that he went in,
he'll be able to get back out, right?
but the question is whether or not
Why is that?
within the corridor
Were it me, I would lay down mines
who force their way in.
in order to thwart the advance of enemies
We agree.
a good idea to use that method Ourselves.
Thinking on it now, it would have been
There's a cluster of mines ahead of us!
they seem to be automatic.
Based on the heat signature,
All ships, halt!
Dammit!
Retreat! All ships, withdraw from the corridor!
We have no choice! Open fire!
and don't let the mines get close!
Lay down a barrage,
Enemy presence, detected!
Fire!
What?!
Attack!
Catch the enemy in a pincer attack!
An ambush? How impudent!
we run the risk of falling to a pincer attack.
Your Excellency, at this rate,
It can't be helped. Retreat.
Then shall we turn to the right?
and dig their teeth into us from behind.
No, if we do that, the enemy will just join up
Move straight back towards 6 o'clock.
entangled and confused,
We'll wait until the enemy gets
and then we'll push them out in a single blow!
can't be ignored either.
Not bad, but the Alliance forces' tactics
What comes next should be obvious.
next try to appear behind us, won't they?
The enemy will of course
expected us to, are we?
So, we're just acting as the enemy
This is just one scenario,
in this stellar region
but it's possible that the enemy forces
the battle in order to buy time,
are confusing the state of
to attack us from behind.
while a detached force is coming
Alliance forces have enough military might
But I can't imagine that the current
for a large detached force.
is Iron Wall Müller.
And the rear guard for our forces
Even if the enemy has another 20,000 ships,
maintain the front for a long time.
there's no doubt that we could
But what about Yang Wen-li?
simply ignore that magician.
I see, so it seems this genius cannot
How strange...
Am I jealous?
to the rear of our main forces.
The enemy intends to circle around
Don't let them!
It seems they want to keep us company.
All ships, fire!
All ships, spread out to the left and right!
so they'll be able to break through our center!
The enemy has a dense formation,
I don't care. Let them.
rather than attack us directly,
Were I Yang Wen-li,
cut off our way back through Fezzan.
I'd go out the rear and
It's as you say.
We would do the same, were We him.
the forces to make that happen.
But right now, he doesn't have
that Steinmetz isn't saying anything,
And so long as we know
I believe we can simply ignore it.
Our way back through Fezzan,
Even if Yang Wen-li cuts off
the enemy in front of Us,
We shall simply handily defeat
and then return home via the Iserlohn Corridor.
fire upon Heinessen,
We have nothing to fear!
All right! We've made it behind the Imperial forces!
All ships, spread out into a concave formation!
Don't let even a single ship through!
Force your way through!
suffer at least one attack from our blades.
If we can't return alive, let's make the kaiser
All ships, attack!
Fire!
Let them break through, and keep on advancing.
Don't be concerned.
Looks like we've scored a point.
There's still plenty left.
All ships, come about and pursue the enemy!
Iron Wall Müller, huh?
great general, and he's as tough as they say.
I know Admiral Yang once praised him as a
The enemy is approaching from the rear!
They're here?!
The enemy's detached force is minor.
we have nothing to worry about.
If we launch a pincer attack with the Müller Fleet,
approaching from the rear.
Your Excellency, the enemy is
They're here already?
What about Knappstein?
he can attack the enemy's main force from the rear!
It will be all the more advantageous for us if
It's another cluster of mines!
set a time lag in the explosions.
The enemy seems to have intentionally
If only we had some directional Seffl particles...
Blockading the corridor seems to have gone well.
If that acts as a buffer, I'll be grateful.
Rather than continue after the Fahrenheit Fleet...
We should aim for a single push?
We'll wipe them out at once,
come about and attack the enemy to our rear!
and in the remaining time,
Don't mind the enemy to our rear!
the forward enemy formation!
We're just one step from breaking through
Tighten the formation!
Your Excellency, the enemy to our rear...
What?!
Hurry!
the Imperial forces' flagship.
Keep going and attack
Carlsen, you act as support.
Right!
Keep pounding at them!
our deaths won't be in vain!
Even if we're wiped out here,
Don't let them go!
Baraqi! Schnavel! Hauschild!
and protect the kaiser!
No matter what, hold back the Alliance forces
Sir!
your command have already been set aside—
But Your Excellency, 30% of the troops under
I know that! But...
The enemy are few! We'll break through here!
Sir, they're coming from overhead!
Don't let them through!
Is it no use?
But with this...
Now! The enemy is shorthanded!
Damn!
Charge!
The enemy formation has been breached!
Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, January 16th:
midst of an unexpectedly hard battle.
The Imperial forces were in the
(Part One)
The Battle of Marr-Adetta Stellar Region
When each other's passions
And dreams collided
Transparent tears hidden in sweat flowed
Didn't they?
It's then that I send to you
A vow, reflected in the distant stars
Shining, shimmering, glittering, all of it
A festival, mixing warmly in my heart
Not because I'm young
Challenging my dreams
"This isn't goodbye for us" I say
Looking up at the stars
"This isn't goodbye for us" I say
As my heart goes back and forth
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Carlson and his troops wish to take
with a fierce, all or nothing attack.
the headquarters of the Imperial forces
Imperial military's truly overwhelming might,
However, with the counterattack from the
the Alliance military finally approaches its end.
Reinhard's advice to surrender?
What will Bucock do in response to
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The Battle of Marr-Adetta Stellar Region
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