Galaxy Year 800.
New Empire Year 2, New Year Day.
Leading flagship of the Empire Brunehild.
The troop stays in the land of the Free Planets.
It's a New Year,
but problems are far from solved.
So far, there is no strong counter attack.
But there may be an organized attack soon.
I am determined to defeat,
and destroy them,
to seize the capital of Heinessen,
and announce the death of the Alliance.
We will celebrate the triumph.
after we have conquered planet Heinessen.
We will win!
Long Live the Emperor.
Toast.
Flagship Shiva.
The same day.
Merkatz, with his troops to regain lserlohn,
Spend their time at lserlohn.
No matter how hard it is,
we will hold a merry celebration.
Of course, lserlohn will be still be there,
Let's toast for the New Year.
How surprising,
Poplan actually makes sense.
Let's drink.
Please drink with me.
You are challenging me?
You can drink much..
Just like an elephant.
I can tell from your expression.
Tell what?
why would that jerk Schenkopp be Kaitlin's father.
After peace arrives,
the days will become boring,
I will open a consultation room,
for decent youth to solve their problems.
It may be my outstanding characters,
the youths seem to trust me.
Has she consulted you?
What do you think?
It's all fated.
Though I make mistakes,
but I won't let them trouble me.
You do not think so?
It seems complicated.
Frankly,
The issue is not that Kaitlin is unlucky,
but she thinks she is unlucky.
Is that true?
Therefore, she won't talk to Schenkopp.
And avoid meeting him,
This is not a good sign.
If I were her... I will look for him,
and get my 15 years worth of pocket money.
Iserlohn Fortress.
January 2.
The battle to regain lserlohn starts secretly.
Message from the Empire headquarter.
The fleet in lserlohn have to take off from lserlohn,
and to attack from the rear of capital Heinessen.
Over.
Has it come?
It's has finally come, commander.
Order from the headquarter. Is it coded?
Yes, any problem?
Commander?
I think too much.
Be prepared for an all out attack.
Yes.
On 3rd,
Lutz received a contrary order.
The mission of your fleet is to guard lserlohn,
do not make any move.
Yang Wenli is an intelligent man, there are some
spies from Free Planet and Phezzan lurking in the fortress,
If the fleet make a move,
the place will be seized.
It's dangerous,
Repeat do not make indiscreet move!
The order is totally opposite from yesterday's!
Commander?
One of them is false.
Which should I follow?
There is an appendix.
This order is related to the previous one,
someone is instigating your men,
to try to sneak into Phezzan,
and planning sabotage from within.
Urgent, carry out investigation.
Commander.
We should hold.
Carry out internal investigation,
Yes.
There is more than a million soldiers in lserlohn.
There must be some bad applet.
After the investigation,
tens of them are arrested.
It's true.
His Majesty really has an insight into the army.
Therefore his Majesty's will is to guard lserlohn.
We are almost tricked.
We can't take action.
We will fall into trap if we move.
Commander, another message from the headquarter.
It's about...
Read it!
Yes.
Commander Lutz, why not making your move?
Leave part of your troop to guard the fortress,
and advance to Heinessen.
I won't be tricked,
by you.
We will follow the true order,
and guard the fortress.
Then it's fifth order,
wanting them to advance arrives at January 7.
No action, fleet at lserlohn.
In fact, the fifth order received,
is the first order from the Emperor Reinhard.
Things go smooth,
After considering the two inverse orders people at the fortress,
take the order to advance,
as false order.
They do not make a move even if the Emperor orders them to advance.
A big swindler.
We should not call him 'Magic',
but artist of defraud.
However,
he risk his life for this,
you should appreciate it.
Barkades is really active,
as he is the expert in psycho war.
Now that he has the chance to prove himself,
he will not let it go.
In conclusion, we are all swindlers.
What? Lutz is not taking action?
Why?
He dares to neglect my order!
Your Majesty,
I think,
he may be tricked by Yang's Army.
I think he is planning something,
and Lutz must not move for his plan to work.
Plan?
If Lutz guards lserlohn well,
is it good for Yang?
Pardon me, your Majesty,
I lack the wisdom to figure things out.
Your Majesty, if Lutz is not making any move,
it will not do Yang any good either...
Therefore, I guess we should stay put.
Since it's beneficial to us,
there is no need to blame Lutz.
Ms Mariendorf has got a point.
But Yang will take action soon,
we should put Lutz in a position,
where we can pin down Yang.
That's better.
Listen, order Lutz to attack.
Yes.
The Emperor Reinhard hesitates,
he does not insist that Lutz must take action.
Mittermeier's Fleet 'Beowulf'.
January 8.
There are more than 1000 flagships from the Free Planets.
They are going to cut the link between the vanguard and
Black Lancers. The care for lserlohn diminishes.
Want to chase them away?
There may be the main force from the Free Planets...
Correct.
Avoid battle.
Yes.
Maybe they are playing tricks,
and intend to attack our fleets at rear.
Inform Lutz to strengthen defence.
Your Majesty, Mittermeier has a request.
He would like to send ships to collect information.
Your Majesty. Please order the fleets to stop.
Looks like Mittermeier feels that the main force of enemy is near.
Sure.
Order them to stop!
Yes.
According to information gathered,
Commander Bucock is leading...
20 thousand flagships for the Free Planets,
Reinhard's attention turns to the tactics of
the Free Planets.
Meanwhile, in lserlohnfortress.
The second order from Reinhard,
is taken as false and neglected,
Black Lancers,
Iserlohn fleet is not making move.
We should finish it up now...
If you dare to neglect my order not making move,
you will be punished,
after destroying the Free Planets.
Commander,
may be we should advance?
But, if we make a move,
before making clear which is the true order...
One would conjecture, that if there's two contradicting
orders, one will guess that which is true and which isn't,
They would not guess that both are false.
They must be confused now,
If someone can see through Barkades's trick,
Then he...
is no ordinary human.
So,
Yang Wenli is luring us out of the fortress,
and take over the empty fortress,
I recalled when he first seize the fortress,
he pursue the same tactic.
So...
though it's a good tactic,
repeating this,
shows that Yang is out of idea now.
Announcement!
All get ready for battle!
Commander isn't this what Yang wants?
Even if attack is the order from his Majesty,
But I think it would be safer to guard the fortress.
It's more secured.
Though the Emperor may not be happy,
but with fortress secured,
we can assist in the attack on the Free Planets.
You are right.
I think the order to advance is a false order from Yang,
Then...
You are right.
I am still going to advance!
To let Yang think that I am tricked,
but in fact, he is tricked.
You mean?
After making the move,
Yang's Fleet that is hidden along the lserlohn Corridor,
will take the chance to seize the fortress,
and sneak into it,
At that time,
I will order our fleet to turn back,
and fire them with 'Thor Hammer' and...
besiege them.
I will be in control by then.
He is trying to be clever,
I am going to teach Yang a lesson.
Galactic year 800 New Empire year 2, January 12.
Lutz's fleet left lserlohn fortress.
January 13,
the action,
is known by the troop who is to seize lserlohn.
Lutz's fleet has left. Iserlohn will launch attack!
Total of 15 thousand ships almost all of the fleet.
We succeed!
They are tricked!
Bravo!
The fortress is ours!
Let's celebrate.
Great!
We will win.
We trick Lutz,
but he may think that we've fallen for his tricks...
he is an expert too.
They have 10 times more flagships than ours,
We have to seize the fortress before they return,
or we won't get it.
Start now.
Vice Admiral Schenkopp.
We will count on you.
No problem.
We won't make it,
if their fleet does not leave the fortress.
Lutz is a famous strategist,
he knows well the importance of lserlohn,
though there are orders from the Emperor,
he will think twice before making a move.
Initially, he won't notice us,
then he will corner us,
we will be all caught.
To trick us,
he needs to leave far from the fortress,
This will make it easier for us.
We may be overly cautious,
but the fortress is heavily guarded,
we stand no chance if we challenge them directly.
Enemy ships found!
6 o'clock direction, distance at 800 thousands km.
They are coming close to lserlohn.
They are set up.
Turn around! Back to lserlohn.
For health's sake,
we should have tea after meal.
Well.
Enemy's fleet is within range!
Why not fire the Thor Hammer?
It's not functioning.
We can't fire.
There is no response!
It can't be!
We can't control the magnetic structure.
Commander, it's not working.
It cannot function.
Affected by the code sent by the enemy,
the computer system is not working.
What should we do?
Is this Yang's gift?
Switch to manual operation.
No matter what we must fire the Thor Hammer.
Quick.
It can't work.
To decode it, we need special code.
The enemy is here.
Shut the door, get rid of them.
The door can't be shut!
All,
be prepared for emergency!
Lutz's flagship will take 5 hours to return.
Within 5 hours,
we need to control the fortress,
to secure the victory.
They have more guards in the fortress,
compared to our men.
This is normal we've to go all out now.
Here it comes!
Someone is welcoming?
Take it, Julian!
Sure.
Enemy invasion!
We must persist!
We will win after our fleet is back!
Major! Thanks.
I do not feel happy.
Why?
No matter where we are, here or Earth...
we have to battle.
There is nothing more unpleasant.
Good shot!
Well.
Go to hell!
You are still too young.
Rosen Ritters...
oh? Rosen Ritters!
Attack!
Retreat! Quick!
It's just ahead.
The enemy has seized control room 4.
Why there?
Not sure.
It's our fleet. They are back!
They are back. Great!
Yes!
At last...
Thor Hammer, ready!
Take a cup of Russian tea.
Without jam.
Not peach jam.
But honey.
Commander, the computer system...
Commander, this is...
Retreat.
Turn around!
Quick! Get out of the range of the Thor Hammer,
Make up for energy source!
Fire.
Do not gather. Split!
Flagship Loisteber no response.
Flagship Theoriasus no response.
Retreat! Out of the range.
Report on the casualties.
Thor Hammer has defeated the Empire army.
Though many soldiers,
are left to guard the fortress,
they surrender.
The next day,
January 14, 0045.
The Empire announces the loss of lserlohn.
I demand my men to be released.
If you do not promise this,
we will fight to the last second,
and may demolish the fortress.
As Yang's speaker,
what would you do?
We will accept his conditions.
No,
we should not reply fast during negotiation.
Julian will reply after 15 minutes.
There won't be more casualty after this.
They will get proper treatment if we settle this soon.
Commander, please take a rest.
Brilliant.
Galactic Year 800 New Empire Year 2, Jan 14.
Yang Wenli and his troops regained the lserlohn fortress.
It has been one year since he forsaken it,
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