Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, May 6th:
With the Imperial military's retreat,
to Iserlohn Fortress.
the Yang Fleet returned once more
soldiers alike were severely exhausted,
Having fought in battle after battle, officers and
maintained by the Yang Fleet was on thin ice.
and it was clear to all that the advantage currently
However, that had yet to affect morale.
Man, I slept well.
I must have been out for twenty hours straight.
unbelievable as that is.
I hear you slept on your own,
a bed can be once in a while.
Well, it's nice to realize how spacious
Remember, there are no double-sized coffins.
That's a good line.
I should write it down.
worth of diligence here, Admiral Yang.
I feel like you might use up a life's
a life's worth back on El Facil.
Except I already used up
to how much diligence can do
But honestly, there's a limit
against the Imperial military's sheer numbers.
use that particular tactic against us,
If they take advantage and
we have no hope of winning.
and overwhelm them.
So, we'll have to go on the offensive first
Any questions?
Prepare to set out, at once.
Yes, sir!
to get the knack of fleet management.
I feel like I'm finally starting
Vice Admiral Attenborough's example
Once this battle is over, perhaps I'll follow
and self-importantly write a book or something.
Excuse me.
At 2300 on May 7th,
embarked on an all-out attack.
the Yang Fleet once again
a wall in front of the kaiser, blocking us!
A fleet of enemy ships have formed
Ah, that must be Iron Wall Müller's fleet.
by trying to protect his master.
He's living up to his name
The sole fact of having Müller serving him
name go down in history.
is enough to make Kaiser Reinhard's
nor Steinmetz
Neither Müller, nor the late Fahrenheit
risked their lives for the sake of autocracy.
Reinhard von Lohengramm as an individual
That means their loyalty to
to sacrifice their lives in battle.
is what makes them willing
not institutions or principles.
Perhaps that means that people follow people,
is ultimately fighting for my sake?
If so, does that mean Julian
That won't do.
I want his reason for fighting
of democracy, not for an individual.
to be out of loyalty for the ideals and institution
No, stop it.
Originally, I didn't want Julian to be a soldier.
what he should be fighting for.
It doesn't make sense for me to dictate
continued to engage in a melee.
As of May 8th, the two sides
pushed Yang back temporarily,
Although Müller's participation on the front
it did not have a dramatic impact on the situation.
This was because, unlike the Battle of Vermilion,
Müller's participation into account.
Yang had already taken
made use of the corridor's layout
Vastly outnumbered, the Yang Fleet
concentrated fire to fragment the enemy,
and relied on minefields and
defeat each of them one by one.
then went around to
now that they were in position,
Müller could not freely maneuver his troops
endless barrage of localized combat.
and was forced to endure an
Front and back, left and right, up and down!
this space is filled with our ships.
Whichever way you look,
So how is it that they have the upper hand?!
This was due to
succession of small but incessant battles.
the Yang Fleet's constant relocating and their
In the midst of the heated battle,
death in action reached headquarters.
news of Marshal Mittermeyer's
Incoming message from Beowulf!
I have yet to depart from this world.
"Thanks to my devilish luck,
to force the gates of Valhalla open."
Enemy fire was not enough
A message from Marshal Mittermeyer himself!
This was when Kaiser Reinhard
vicious strategy into action.
made the decision to put his ultimate,
an imperial conference held in the midst of battle.
On May 9th, the kaiser revealed his intentions at
to marshal for having died in battle,
First, he announced Steinmetz's promotion
and that Hilda was now appointed
staff with the rank of vice admiral.
as commissioner of the main headquarters
passiveness yield favorable results.
Not once in Our past battles did
punished Us for Our idleness.
When We forgot that, the god of war
to secure victory in this battle.
That is why We have yet
of the narrow layout of the corridor
Yang Wen-li has taken advantage
making up for his lack of numbers.
to force Us into a column formation,
but that was a mistake.
We attempted to meet this with ingenuity,
is to crush his resistance head-on,
The path We and Our forces should take
so that he may never get up again!
desires the universe for himself.
I don't believe that Yang Wen-li
but if there is to be any compromise,
This may be unnecessary,
lies with Your Majesty.
the right and responsibility to do so
Fräulein Mariendorf,
it sounds to Us as if you are insisting
Yang Wen-li into becoming a dangerous foe.
that We are to blame for cornering
Yes, that is what I am saying.
You must be the only one alive
the ruler of the universe, Fräulein.
who dares to speak your mind before
Your courage and candor is worthy of praise,
that We always appreciate it.
but you should not think
Battle of the Corridor on May 10th.
And thus began the second act of the
what happened was simple.
As far as fleet maneuvers went,
while concentrating fire on the enemy,
The ships would charge ahead in column formation
in front of the enemy, and retreat.
keep firing while turning back
the second group would charge in,
As the first group retreated,
and the same would go on endlessly.
Imperial military's sheer numerical advantage.
It was a tactic that relied on the
And it was exactly the tactic that Yang had feared.
we take longer than the enemy to recuperate.
At this rate, we don't stand a chance considering
to Iserlohn Fortress,
We should make a temporary retreat
attacks using Thor's Hammer.
then counter the enemy's successive
Hear, hear!
but we're up against Müller.
I would love to do that,
He knows exactly how to attack Iserlohn.
use that opportunity to rush forward.
If we fall back, he's sure to
and drag us into a melee,
So they would pursue alongside us
to prevent us from using Thor's Hammer.
Another incoming attack!
Counter them.
partially surrounded by the enemy in Sector 7.
Commodore Desch's unit has been
headquarters to go rescue them.
Deploy the fastest ships from
have time to come up with a plan.
Honestly, we don't even
I suppose that's part of the enemy's plan though.
Emil?
Yes, Fräulein?
Did His Majesty eat his meal?
No, he only took a few bites.
I see...
Have you noticed anything else?
You mean concerning His Majesty's health?
Yes, I wondered if he might have a bit of a fever.
Yes, I was concerned about that myself,
from the excitement of battle.
but he may just be overwrought
And His Majesty hasn't mentioned anything, so...
I see...
Well, keep an especially close eye on him.
Yes, ma'am.
for thirty long hours,
Müller's successive attacks continued
but in the end, this tired him out as well,
damage was substantial.
and he finally retreated once the
as the Imperial military's second wave,
Then the Eisenach Fleet immediately charged in
attacking ferociously.
Here come some fresh new ones.
gets to tag team and we don't.
It's not fair that the enemy
Fall back for now!
The enemy is cutting in from our side!
We'll be isolated behind enemy lines at this rate!
What do you intend to do, Commandant?!
Don't worry.
It's them who've got themselves into a fix.
beat them to a pulp!
Cut off their escape route and
All right, go!
counter the enemy from the right flank!
Pull the flagship back and
Organize our lines to eliminate any gaps!
but our fleet is still sandwiched by the enemy,
Your Excellency, our ship has escaped danger,
and we will only suffer more damage at this rate.
I believe we should make a temporary retreat.
when making his retreat.
Eisenach deliberately made a gap in his lines
Needless to say, Yang ignored this trap.
ammunition, food, energy, and medical supplies,
For starters, he had to replenish weapons,
before the next attack,
and send the wounded behind the lines
as well as resupply battle lines with soldiers.
We're nearly played out.
Third enemy attack wave, closing in!
Bayerlein, Sinzer, and Droysen,
These were fleets led by Bülow,
the admirals working under Mittermeyer.
Partly because of damage to the flagship Beowulf,
going out to the front lines by Kaiser Reinhard,
Mittermeyer himself was forbidden from
and he had left the task up to his subordinates.
the erroneous report of Mittermeyer's death,
Having been shaken to the core by
made their attack all the more severe.
to repel this third attack wave.
But the Yang Fleet still managed
At 2300 on May 14th,
attempt to break through the enemy line.
they even managed to switch from defense and
of a fourth attack wave,
Because of this, the implementation
and the former Fahrenheit Fleet, was forestalled,
consisting of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter Fleet
resulting in temporary confusion.
Greater numbers isn't necessarily an advantage.
Fahrenheit Fleet to Hofmeister.
I entrust command of the former
The Schwarz Lanzenreiter Fleet will act on its own!
Having settled the confusion,
with his flagship Königstiger at its center,
Bittenfeld charged forward in a small unit
the center of the Yang Fleet.
in an attempt to directly break through
The enemy is making a steady approach!
He certainly isn't just some reckless warrior.
deflect the enemy attacks to our port side.
We'll launch a barrage to block the attacks and
In the meantime, we condense our lines,
hit the enemy from the side instead.
stop our left flank advance and have them
I see!
Launch a barrage!
This is a surprising miscalculation.
Deflect the enemy attacks to our port side,
This is a surprising miscalculation.
Deflect the enemy attacks to our port side,
disheartened Bittenfeld.
His loss in the first battle hasn't
while condensing our lines.
disheartened Bittenfeld.
His loss in the first battle hasn't
Then have the left flank unit hit the enemy from the side!
disheartened Bittenfeld.
His loss in the first battle hasn't
Then have the left flank unit hit the enemy from the side!
If anything, he seems more spirited than ever.
The Yang Fleet's left flank led by Merkatz
from the side to completely sandwich it.
attacked the Schwarz Lanzenreiter Fleet
were far stronger than the attackers.
In this case however, the ones being attacked
Despite its reduced size,
supposedly the strongest fleet in space.
they were the best of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter,
Furthermore, the narrowness of the corridor
helped unify command,
and the fleet's reduced numbers
their full destructive potential.
allowing them to display
Pour on the fire!
keep them back at all costs!
Fire until we're out of energy and
coordinating with their other unit.
The enemy seems to be having trouble
put pressure on their command structure.
Ask Attenborough to attack that other unit to
Your Excellency, the other unit is retreating.
At this rate, our battle line will be stretched too far,
we will be left isolated behind enemy lines!
and even as resilient as we are,
Your Excellency!
I know!
All ships, fall back!
Damn that Yang Wen-li!
I let him get away again!
failing to annihilate Yang Wen-li,
Bittenfeld was full of bitter frustration at
irrevocable blow to the Yang Fleet.
but unbeknownst to him, he had dealt an
The Shiva hasn't returned?!
Did you confirm that it was sunk?
We lost contact at 1745, but...
being sunk around that same time.
The battleship Aeria apparently witnessed it
What about Admiral Fischer?!
Apparently, no one...
no one managed to escape.
How could this happen?
He died in that melee?
is now a "dead navigational chart."
Oh, man, our "living navigational chart"
will be tough from here on out.
Even a simple hike in the woods
dealt a devastating blow to the Yang Fleet.
The death of Vice Admiral Edwin Fischer in action
Yang's myth of invincibility was backed by the fact
movements with Yang's tactical maneuvers.
that his fleet never failed to coordinate its
mastery of fleet management
The perfect combination of Fischer's
and leaving him in charge of fleet management,
and Yang's prudence in discerning Fischer's ability
was what had sustained their victory to that date.
Yang had lost one of his legs.
In a sense, it was as if
Yang himself knew that they would
fierce attacks from the Imperial military
no longer be able to resist the
for any prolonged amount of time.
another full-out attack at this point,
In truth, if the Imperial military had attempted
withdraw his troops back to Iserlohn Fortress.
Yang would have had no choice but to
did not make a move.
However, the Imperial military
was not omniscient,
Of course, the Imperial military
dealt such a critical blow to the Yang Fleet,
and had no way of knowing that they had just
and something far more dire had transpired within.
Kaiser Reinhard had fallen ill.
What does the doctor say?
and that he must be overworked.
That there's no obvious cause,
does not know how to rest.
Well, it's true His Majesty
the golden-haired conqueror subsists.
Battle is like an essential nutrient on which
Perhaps his recurring fever
his soul's unrelenting desire for war.
is his body's way of protesting
our entire force out of the corridor for now.
In any case, I believe we should pull
His Imperial Majesty's illness concealed.
Of course, we must keep news of
Yes, that sounds reasonable.
to best Yang Wen-li yet again...
Still, to think we failed
yet we fail to conquer a single man.
We may have conquered all of known space,
began its retreat.
On May 17th, the Imperial military
Having lost two million soldiers and 24,400 ships,
to leave Iserlohn Corridor behind.
they were ultimately forced
Shall we pursue them?
No, their guard is too tight.
is Iron Wall Müller's fleet.
Especially considering the rearguard
we'll end up paying for it instead.
If we lash out without thinking,
Besides, we can't afford to fight anymore either.
Let's head back to the fortress, as well.
Yang laid another slew of mines,
Iserlohn Fortress, still on high alert.
and began a retreat back to
Frederica, are you all right?
Yes, I just felt a little faint.
Do you have a cold?
You have a fever.
I'm sorry, but I'm fine.
The fatigue must have gotten to you.
We're fine here, so go get some rest.
But...
No, go rest.
That's an order, Lt. Commander.
All right, I will then, thank you.
adjutant on your behalf.
Sublieutenant Mintz will be
Understood.
I'm counting on you, Julian.
Leave it to me.
I-incoming message from the Imperial forces!
From Kaiser Reinhart himself!
He... he...
A message from Kaiser Reinhard!
He requests a ceasefire and an opportunity to talk!
ceasefire and negotiation request immediately.
Yang Wen-li did not respond to Kaiser Reinhard's
the time to deliberate,
This was not because he needed
but because he chose to prioritize
the many days of uninterrupted combat.
resting both his mind and body from
How shall we respond to the Imperial forces?
and I can't think.
My brain cells are like milk porridge right now,
Just let me rest for now.
It doesn't even have to come with a girl.
I want a bed.
I'll have him shot as a counterrevolutionary.
If anyone wakes me up,
Just look at this wretched state of affairs.
enemy attacked right now?
What would we do if the
Well, at the moment,
over a future with unlimited potential.
even I would choose one night of hypnosleep
Yes...
and dying aren't that different.
Well, I suppose sleeping
Seriously...
princesses to kiss all of them awake.
We'd need about a million princes and
If you need help, Vice Admiral Cazerne,
the garden of slumber myself,
I would gladly wake them all from
but only the female soldiers.
If the Imperial military had attacked them then,
to maintain its impenetrability.
even Iserlohn Fortress might have failed
the extreme, and could not go on the offensive.
However, the Imperial military was also drained to
could not go against the will of the kaiser,
Even those who did not wish for a ceasefire
their enthusiasm to fight.
and had no choice but to suppress
they'll never come to an agreement!
Even if the kaiser negotiates with Yang,
Then we'll go at it again immediately!
presented his desire for a ceasefire.
In any case, Kaiser Reinhard had
Would this open up a path towards peace?
Or would the era of war continue?
History was at another major crossroads.
It was May the 18th, Universal Calendar 800,
~ The End of the Great Campaign ~
The Battle of the Corridor (Part Three)
Neue Reich Calendar 2.
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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In a single moment,
and vanishes from the galaxy.
a lone star glimmers
In a single moment, an era comes to an end.
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
Episode 82:
The Magician Never Returns
Next Legend of the Galactic Heroes
"The Magician Never Returns"
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.