Ican see what you feeling through the sea of stars.
Wherever you are, you are always close.
My soul and heart embraces you...
You shall always be with me.
You must believe. I am always here waiting...
My heart is here waiting for you.
The prisoner leaked out a secret.
It must been the high officials who told them to say,
that Yang Wenli was not onboard...
so that we would be put off guard.
Really?
Then we nearly fall for their trick?
Really?
It would be strange if it was a rumor.
It's incredible that Yang Wenli was not in lserlohn.
People would think that the enemy purposely spread the rumor.
That makes sense.
If it was really Yang Wenli who took command,
this strategy seemed a little messy.
So?
Yang Wenli could really have been absent.
Do you think the enemy was afraid
that this would leak out,
and made us believe it was a trap? But...
We have no evidence. But...
Order everyone to be on guard at the corridor.
Admiral.
We must wait and try to capture him on our way back.
The Alliance and lserlohn will be finished then.
Victory shall be ours.
What did you say? 3000 ships?
Yes. Muller has given the orders...
to deploy the ships in the direction of the Alliance.
Why must he choose this time?
What's Muller up to?
The dead Kircheis went to lserlohn to exchange prisoners
Iast year.
He told me something after that.
He said it was the first time he saw Yang Wenli.
But Yang Wenli did not seem like a fearsome soldier.
Perhaps that's why Yang Wenli is so great.
So? That prisoner said
that Yang Wenli was not on board before he died.
I don't understand why Yang Wenli was not on board.
But he must have known that the Alliance was attacked.
He is rushing back.
If we can stop him on the way,
it'll be a deadly blow to the Alliance.
I wonder what Yang Wenli is up to this time?
Didn't you say it yourself?
Iserlohn is the biggest fortress in the Alliance.
How can the commander leave like that?
He must have tried to tricked us to think he was not there
and to divide our men.
He'd then let the soldiers return to their original place.
Your team is the most important.
Admiral.
What happened to the chief advisor?
I really understand how you feel.
I agree with your thinking.
But as an assistant commander, you shouldn't insist on your opinions.
I think it's best to obey orders.
You're right.
The assistant commander should obey the commander.
I understand. Retract my orders.
Reuentaul, Mittermeier.
Yes.
Lead your men to lserlohn
and meet up with Kempf and Muller.
Yes sir.
But if we join them now,
will Kempf think that we're fighting for credit?
Don't worry.
If Kempf can achieve something, it won't be fair to him.
But I don't think he can this time.
Yes sir.
Don't let the battle worsen.
I'll leave the rest to the both of you.
I wonder what Lohengramm is thinking?
If the battle has stagnated, he has reasons to send us for support.
But if Kempf has won, why should he send us?
If they had lost, it's too late to go now.
We just have to obey orders.
No need to think too much.
Let's rush to the battlefield.
If we have to fight,
we can only decide what to do then.
Right.
If Kempf has lost and is attacked,
we'll see what we can do then.
Are you dissatisfied
with Kempf's report?
It seems like Kempf is still capable.
But he can only make the enemy suffer.
That's all he can do.
Our aim is to disable the enemy's fortress,
and not to attack or take over it.
It's enough to use
a fortress against a fortress.
But I think Kempf may use Geltsburg Fortress as a base
and challenge the enemy.
So that's why I say that's all he's capable of.
On this note,
I've to be responsible for sending Kempf.
I'll reflect on my wrong decision.
You're impressive, Oberstein.
I was the one who decided to send him.
But it's also Shaft's's fault
for suggesting such a useless idea.
It's ok even if we don't benefit
but if we lost, I wouldn't know what to do.
But it's difficult to use force to conquer the universe.
I think it's better to have more pawns.
It's fine even if the pawns are useless.
Don't misunderstand me, Oberstein.
I don't want to steal the universe I want to take over it.
I understand.
It seems like we don't have much time.
You mean...
Once Lohengramm finds out that we're in a deadlock,
he'll send troops for support.
Before the support arrives,
if we still can't take over lserlohn,
we'll surely lose.
Time is still on our side.
Isn't it going to be like this later?
Yes.
But thank goodness we held on.
If the enemy's commander is you,
I think lserlohn Fortress would have been taken over.
Maybe.
If it was me, I may use a fortress to strike lserlohn
and everything would end with a bang.
Just don't bring other fortress in.
This idea is too extreme.
But I think it's still effective.
I think the Empire's commander has not thought of this.
If they'd thought of this earlier,
we'd have no way out now.
But if they use this idea now,
I may have a way to counter it.
Don't be so agitated, Ambassador.
You're right.
But I just can't calm down.
I've followed your orders and called Yang Wenli back.
I've also questioned him.
But do you know?
What happened?
The Empire attacked us while he left lserlohn.
Do you think it's such a coincidence?
Please give me an explanation for this.
Your tea is getting cold.
I've no mood to drink tea.
We listened to you and called Yang Wenli back.
But you...
It seems like my advice came at the wrong time.
What do you mean?
I said my advice did not come at the right time.
You...
By the way,
we're in no position
to ask you to question Yang Wenli.
This is just your with internal affairs.
You have the right to refuse our request.
But...
It's a pity you didn't exercise this right.
We merely suggested it and you went ahead with the idea.
Now you're trying to blame Phezzan.
Is this reasonable, Ambassador?
But if we'd refused you then,
the Alliance will no longer,
be able to benefit from Phezzan.
That's because your attitude then
forced us to think in this way.
It's all because of you.
The matter has passed now
and we can't turn the clock back.
The problem is how about the future?
What do you intend to do, Ambassador?
What future?
So you've never thought about it?
We Phezzan are also fretting about this.
We're thinking should we maintain ties with the present Truniht
or the upcoming Yang Wenli?
You mean Yang Wenli could be the next person in power?
You're spouting nonsense.
I'm sorry.
This can't happen.
It seems like you're pretty confident.
Then let me ask you.
3 years ago,
did you imagine a young Lohengramm
would become the ruler of the Reich Empire so soon?
This... There're many
possibilities in history and life is ever-changing.
It's always been like this.
Ambassador, you should think about this.
I mean the importance of investments.
It's important for mankind now.
But rather than looking back to the past,
it's better to look to the possibilities of the future.
The enemy has appeared in the 1 1 o'clock direction.
About 50 ships. Seems to be surveillance cruisers.
Have we been discovered? Then we can't strike at them.
Strike at them?
I never thought of using this method.
I'm not worried even if the enemy has discovered us.
The commander must make a decision,
after he's spotted us.
Should they attack lserlohn Fortress and ignore us
or fight us and ignore lserlohn?
Should they divide themselves and fight both sides
or attack one by one?
Or would the retreat?
I think the enemy has a problem now.
We have the advantage now.
I would choose the 5th strategy if I was him.
It would be easy to fight and no casualties will be sustained.
You're right.
We could use the enemy.
Firstly, we would retreat swiftly from lserlohn Fortress.
When the Alliance at fortress sees this,
they'll think support is here and we're forced to retreat.
Then we'll make use of this to invade fortress
and turn back to attack them.
I would then think we faked the arrival of support
and hide in the fortress.
We'll then seal up fortress
and turn back to attack their support army.
This is the strategy of using time to attack one by one.
This is brilliant.
But we don't have much time. If anything goes wrong,
we'll be trapped.
This strategy is right
but when we attack their support army,
I propose we let Geltsburg Fortress to continue spying on lserlohn.
You're right.
Then I'll make some changes to the strategy.
The enemy has begun to retreat.
How about Geltsburg Fortress?
It's not moving. Distance 600 000 km.
Have the support army arrived?
They be trying to fool us and trick us into leaving.
Is this a trap?
What do you think?
I think it might be both.
Both?
Yes.
Our support army is nearby.
The Empire's army should know this.
So they're trying to trap us.
What do you mean?
They may want us to think our support troops has already arrived,
and trick us into setting out.
And if they attack us, we'd think we've been tricked.
And return to the Fortress.
They can block off our flagship,
and attack our support army.
This will deal us a deadly blow.
Why do you think like that, Julian?
That's because their actions are too unnatural.
You're right.
But can you conclude just from these?
I think it should be put in this way.
Why must they trick us into setting off?
They must be either trying to trap us,
or enter the fortress while we're trying
to get back into orbit.
Which do you think it is?
But the enemy should know we'll stay guard
and not leave fortress to attack.
So
they'll make use of our defensiveness
to block us off.
I think this is highly possible.
Right, I understand.
He's learnt a lot from Yang Wenli,
even before becoming my disciple.
Merkatz, what do you think?
If it's like this, it'll be easy.
We just have to pretend that they've blocked us up.
When they turn back, we'll attack from behind.
If the support arrives then, we'll trap them squarely.
I understand.
I'll hand over the commander to Merkatz.
I know.
By the way,
Julian will be next to me.
It's on the bridge.
Yes.
The enemy has left lserlohn to attack.
Good, turn back at full speed to attack.
The Empire's army is closing on us
Retreat at the right time.
Yes.
The enemy has retreated.
Good, attack!
Don't enter the firing range of the fortress.
The Empire's main canon has not entered firing range.
AS I expected. Pretend to return to
Iserlohn Fortress. Wait for order within the cover.
Good, turn back again.
Meet up at the enemy's fortress. Turn towards the Alliance.
Attack their support army.
There's enemies in the 1 1 o'clock direction.
About 12 000 troops.
It seems like they've begun to act.
If not,
our 5000 ships can never match them.
Thank goodness we've the experienced Merkatz to stay back.
I wonder if he remembers what he taught Julian?
If he did as he was told,
no, I always hoped that Julian will never become a soldier.
I never considered what he'll think.
The enemy has entered the firing range.
Good, act according to the plan.
Retreat.
Keep the speed at zero.
The enemy are gradually retreating.
Starting from 5 minutes, the distance has not decreased.
Will the enemy make a formation
and lure us in?
I don't think so.
Then their aim is to gain time
and wait for fortress to attack.
That's really cunning of them.
Full speed ahead.
The enemy has increased its speed of advance.
The enemy has entered the firing range.
Good, fire.
Yang Wenli.
Form a D-shape formation.
They want to use this method?
Break through by force and turn back. Surround them from the side.
That's too dangerous.
What?
The enemy has taken up all the space in the corridor.
If we surround them from the side, the troop may be in danger.
We've twice the number of ships. Are we going to be trapped?
The enemy is attacking from behind.
What?
From the ceiling.
We've succeeded.
I never thought it'll be so fast that we attack again.
We're tricked.
The enemy never returned to fortress.
Our defense is broken through.
The troop with thick armour shall be in front and don't retreat.
Move the damaged ships inside. Don't leave a gap between ourselves.
Send Ricken to assess the damages.
Don't retreat.
The enemy has come from behind. We just have to continue to advance.
Enter the Alliance's territory.
We can break through the corridor.
This impossible mission
and the whole universe is ours.
Form an E-shape.
Iandorf flagship is destroyed.
We can't break through now.
Then we'll have to wait for death,
or be taken prisoners.
Pardon my imprudence but we should have retreated just now.
How about it?
How about what?
I mean Geltsburg Fortress.
Use this useless fortress to attack lserlohn Fortress.
Then we'll deal lserlohn Fortress with a deadly blow.
We' failed but we're not defeated yet.
Turn back and stick to each other.
Break through from behind and return to Geltsburg Fortress.
The enemy is moving towards the Galaxy.
No need to stop them.
We've to meet up with Yang Wenli.
Yang Wenli.
Why did we sit and let the enemy escape?
If we chase after them, we can trap them
and destroy them.
Please give the order to attack.
No, this is enough.
It's too cowardly to
make them return to fortress.
If we let them off
they'll come back again.
I have my own way of doing things. This is enough.
Merkatz, I don't know how to thank you.
Let me introduce the engineer of this masterpiece.
Yang Wenli, welcome back.
So it's Julian?
Geltsburg Fortress has begun to move.
It's moving towards lserlohn Fortress.
Are they going to crash into us?
It's too late now that you've noticed.
Complete preparations to retrieve the space shuttles and
stand by for orders. Good...
Preparations for Thor Hammer complete.
No, it's too near.
Yang Wenli.
Don't aim at the fortress
Aim at the engine.
Move one towards the left.
Concentrate firepower and attack.
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Everyone, leave.
Attack!
Fire!
Can you see Yang Wenli's magic?
It's fantastic.
Everyone retreat.
Commander.
How about you?
I cannot be saved. Look yourself.
Commander.
Leave me, you go now.
Emergency fire. Go down now.
Let me in first.
Disgusting!
Don't leave me behind.
Admiral.
Find a doctor!
How much time to heal completely?
You won't die.
You're right.
Write this on my tomb.
How much longer before it heals completely?
Really?
I'll tell someone to bring you to the medical room.
No need. You can treat me here.
How's Kempf?
He's dead.
Dead?
Kempf said this before he died.
He wants me to
apologize to Muller for him.
Planet Odin.
I must avenge Kempf.
I must kill Yang Wenli with my own hands.
I can't do it now.
I'm not as good as him.
But I can kill him a few years later.
Thorance. Yes.
Prepare communication screen.
Send my voice out.
We're defeated but the HQ is still intact.
They've agreed to let everyone go back safely.
Please stay in order and return home.
Is there anyone going after the enemy?
Yes. Admiral Lucke and Guam.
About 5000 ships.
They've chased them to the Empire.
What are they doing?
Chase after them from behind.
We must bring them back or they'll be in danger.
Yes.
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