Galaxy Calendar Year 800 New Empire Calendar Year, 2 November
At the front of the warfare between Oscar Reuentahl and
Wolfgang Mittermeier Mecklinger Fleet flagship Kvasir
Mecklinger Fleet succeeded in obtaining lserlohn's Republican
Government's consent to go through lserlohn Fortress.
Since they've agreed to let us pass through lserlohn Fortress,
just led the army across.
Looks like we got to thank Yang Wenli for leaving us an...
understanding and reasonable successor.
Maybe they've other plans for doing so.
But this'll depend on future developments.
Yes, your lowly subject complies.
But is this really appropriate?
What if they fire the Thor Hammer from lserlohn Fortress,
our fleet will be completely wiped out.
We should be more careful.
If we're careful, will the Thor Hammer lose its power?
If it is so, I'll certainly take care.
It's just that we no longer have this right now.
However... And also we feel
uneasy, similarly the other party will be disturbed too.
If they attack us and totally destroy us,
the meaning of this action is equivalent to provoking the
Empire Army to launch an all-out attack.
This may be the case, but we've no confidence in current situation.
If Yang Wenli is still alive,
we would have an opponent we trust completely.
The strength of this successor is unknown.
I only pray that this young successor...
won't allow ambition to override reason.
Report, Empire forces approaching!
They've entered into the firing range of the Thor Hammer.
Haven't they come a tad too close?
They actually dare to go into the cannon's shooting range.
I think this may be to demonstrate their trust in us.
If the Empire Army has a breach of faith,
we can strike back.
The outer walls of lserlohn Fortress are very sturdy.
Just the firing prowess of the fleet can't alone and hurt it.
What's going to be hurt would be Empire Army's reputation instead.
Looks like Empire Army is not going to attack.
In that case, how about using the Thor Hammer to pat their heads.
No need to be so wasteful.
It'll be just fine to release some fireworks to let them see.
But if you like it grander, I'm not going to object either.
A call from Empire Army in their transit.
I'm Ernest Mecklinger, Admiral of Reich Empire Army.
I sincerely thank the lserlohn
representatives, thank you all for the kindness.
I hope that the relations between us
will improve in the future.
We'd like to extend a salutation to all.
Please accept our acknowledgement.
The enemy and our troops are sentimentalists somewhat.
Iserlohn Fortress is a sacred mausoleum...
So, Commander Sir since are all men
of sentiments, perhaps it'll be easier to communicate.
You're thinking of deriving future prospects from this special
trait, right? That's right, I do have this intention.
However, I do not think that this is going to be a smooth journey.
Commander Yang had said this before.
He said the Universe is a theatre.
No matter if it's a tragedy or comedy,
the curtains will fall eventually.
At this time, Julian has already mastered the...
History of the Galaxy.
And knows what he should do.
December 7th, Mittermeier's fleet finally caught up on the trails
of Reuentahl in the tireless chase.
Report, the enemy is fast approaching!
Whole fleet to turn back for counterattack!
Report, Grillpalzer from our army is firing at us.
The flagship had sank. The commanding officer died.
No response from commanding post of Bastol's.
Mobile unit, broken communication.
So this guy thinks he's so smart...
He has been waiting for this chance right from the beginning.
Counterattack quickly! Never permit this disloyal behavior!
Despicable villains!
We're not going to stand by and watch you claim all the credit!
We'd bring you onto this journey!
And send you to heaven to apologies to on your knees!
The troops that react most zealously
were previously under Kaupstein. This is truly a satire.
They've transformed their lament for their perished officer into
rage vent it on Grillpalzer.
On the other hand, Grillpalzer fleet...
is neither of one mind nor without dissent.
Because the soldiers are suddenly ordered to betray their side,
they're unable to grasp the situation and hesitate on attacking
Hence they are under attacked instead.
What on earth is happening?
Killing among themselves?
Enemy's correspondence is intercepted.
Someone keeps saying traitor in the message.
So this is what has happened...
Report, on coming attack! One o'clock direction!
Evade! Left side direction!
Left side suffers an artillery attack!
What?
Commander!
Don't yell. I'm the one who is wounded, not you.
A deputy's job is not to replace his officer by screaming.
Stop that.
Medics! Commander is injured!
Come quickly!
And, inform Vice Commander Bergrengran!
No matter how different are the pupils and skin colour,
the colour of the blood remains the same...
Commander!
What is it with you?
Commander, we should rightly teach that traitor a lesson.
Condemn that villain to the raging fires of hell.
Don't bother about him.
But...
If he should survive, it'll be his misfortune instead.
You think the Emperor and Mittermeier
will pardon the despicable villain so easily?
How's the injuries? A portion of
the capillaries joining the heart and lungs is damaged.
Use frozen therapy to stop bleeding first...
and join up the wounds.
But a real surgery is needed at once.
I don't like to be operated on.
This isn't a question of liking,
this concerns your life, Commander.
No, this has gone beyond the question of liking.
I feel that I'm not suited to die in bed wearing pajamas.
Don't you think so?
Everyone has the right to choose how they live or die...
Commander.
It's been hard on you.
You go and attend to other patients.
Commander, this is bad for your wounds.
Please don't over-exert yourself.
You don't have to worry.
You may as well bring me some clean uniform and a shirt.
Having to smell one's own blood, can make you sick.
Yes.
How's the situation now?
Yes...
Only a minority of Grillpalzer's fleet are traitors
Most of them have made their escape.
We've escaped from the chaos,
but the enemy is approaching close.
Should this carry on...
Like this...
I'll certainly stop them.
You'd better return to Heinessen first to...
make plans on staging a comeback.
Staging a comeback... is that so?
Enemy is closing in!
Commander!
Alright, I'll hand this over to you but don't try too hard.
Reuentahl forces which are facing a state of disintegration,
come under Reuentahl's composed command.
Plus Littstoff and the others' determination in defence will lead
to a success. Let some ships leave the battle lines. Reuentahl
carries on with regular shots of pain-killer and blood stimulant.
He continues to direct entire army without changing his expressions.
Most likely he's enduring an unimaginable pain while...
trying to give out clear instructions.
However, his face got more and more pale.
Everyone notices that.
Medics! Later
he slips into unconsciousness due to cerebral anemia.
The guys want to send him to sick bay but
he reprimands them severely before assuming command again.
To his subordinates it's as though he's challenging Death itself.
They cannot help but increase their awe for him.
But at the same time they are aware that...
such great willpower come from
sacrificing his own body.
The Commander's probably won't last long.
After Commander drops out of battle,
the majority of the Reuentahl...
remaining vessels surrenderred.
Littstoff also surrendered bearing injuries.
Everyone used to be comrades.
Of course there's no need to continue slaughtering each other...
nor hate each other.
However, among these is a man that is full of both abomination.
He is Grillpalzer.
The man whom he chose to surrender to
is not Mittermeier, but Wahlen.
This leaves others the impression that he is crafty.
We all risk our own lives...
to battle with the Gale Wolf as well as the Black Lancers.
Therefore our duty towards Marshal Reuentahl has been fulfilled.
ter our discharge, we hope to under-take Military tasks under t
Emperor. Privates like us, should not be judged by the Military law?
So this is it. All for the sake of satisfying one's obligation...
Mittermeier truly believes that
the collapse of Reuentahl army...
starts right now.
Mittermeier realizes the soldiers meant that...
this civil war is actually meaningless.
It has ended...
In the meeting, Mittermeier utters this comment most earnestly.
But within his heart, he felt an unknown sense of loss.
Is this really what he wants?
Perhaps Reuentahl will attempt to make a comeback in Planet Ballat.
Prepare to pursue and attack at once!
Yes!
Reuentahl will probably die.
This isn't a matter to be decided now.
Before this war begun, a lost battle
was already seen as death itself.
Never thought of living if I lost.
It's not only Mittermeier who thinks in this way,
Other commanding officers also have similar idea.
In short, whichever page turns
in our life biography, it would...
have words inscribed with blood.
As the matter stands now, the hope to use humanitarianism
to wipe over indelible bloodstains is impossible.
But,
if it's possible, I wished l would not have such an experience.
Having to kill each other is certainly too tragic.
If Emperor orders you to lead an army against me,
would you follow his decree?
I will.
You should at least consider for a moment before you answer.
The fault lies in the question itself.
The one asking this should self-examine.
This isn't a presumption.
After going through this incident,
will Emperor Reinhard's faith in his subjects remain unwavering?
Commander!
Medics!
Commander...
Commander, Tristan is seriously damaged.
Considerable difficulties have appeared even in navigation.
I dare not move you to the medic ship. But then you should
consider shifting the command post to other vessel.
When Muller abandoned the flagship he was actually commended for it.
That's because he continued to command in the midst
For a man to suffer a lost battle and to lose his flagship as well,
wouldn't Reuentahl become the synonym
with the term 'coward' in the future then?
Marshal Reuentahl remains Marshal Reuentahl even in the face death.
Later many people around prove unanimously that...
Reuentahl never lost his sober and indomitable self-discipline
when he was forced to near death.
Planet Wassei
December 1 1th. Mecklinger fleet goes through lserlohn corridor
and reaches planet Wassei to meet up with Mittermeier unit.
Mittermeier had to let Mecklinger stay at this place be responsible
for re-establishing order and maintaining public security.
At this point Mecklinger tells Mittermeier to...
Iook into the details of the case...
regarding Emperor's recent assault as soon as possible.
I think, the chief instigator who had wanted to harm the Emperor in,
Wassei shouldn't be Reuentahl...
but somebody else.
Why would you think this is so?
First, it doesn't match his character.
Second, it doesn't match his abilities.
True. Should Reuentahl
overrides the Emperor by raising his banners of rebellion,
he'll march forth with his troops to fight it out with Emperor...
fair and square.
This would be Reuentahl's personality.
If not, there won't be any political significance.
Supposing Reuentahl stoops to any means to seize power,
he needn't do it in Wassei. He can easily
capture and murder the Emperor after he arrives at Heinessen.
What's more, he can't stand by and watch Emperor and his men...
escape when Brunehild took off from Wassei.
These signs of contradictions is the reason
why Mittermeier felt strange with regards to Reuentahl's rebellion
in the initial stage.
If he didn't assault Emperor,
why didn't Reuentahl dare come out to declare
he is innocent? I think you should
know that, Reuentahl is a man with strong pride.
You want him to say that he was framed.
He'll never ever say this outright.
Or maybe, Reuentahl himself to believe
that he did rebelled against Emperor in view of his own ambition
Or perhaps he wants to believe that.
Looks like the Galaxy is too narrow to co-exist...
the ambitions of two men in the same era...
Mecklinger sighs with sorrow at this.
But what he cannot comprehend is the
unfortunate event regarding planet Wassei.
Why Reuentahl hadn't look into the convict's transgression?
With regards to this point, investigation results showed clearly
that Grillpalzer had deliberately hid the Earth Sect's follower.
The proof of plotted murder was
reported as criminal unknown. The truth about this is quite clear.
When Mecklinger thinks about this point,
he put together Grillpalzer's thinking and actions.
Grillpalzer.
As a soldier and an intellect,
you are a person with a promising future.
You don't have to betray others or resort to scheming.
Sooner or later you would have obtained high status and power.
But it's a pity, you indulged yourself in your sagacity and
tarnished your integrity in later years.
What do you mean by this? I'm merely...
You've committed a double crime.
First, you went against the Emperor.
Then you also betrayed Marshal Reuentahl's trust in you.
If you had made a truthful report to Marshal Reuentahl in the first
place, this rebellion may not even have happened.
You only think of your own minor gains and now
carry this tarnished reputation of having betrayed your officer.
I ask you, do you or do you not admit to these violations?
Everything that I've done everything...
for the Emperor's sake.
Marshal Reuentahl's rebellion is a fact in the first place.
And I've contributed my efforts in...
defeating him in battle, isn't it so?
Why are you saying all these?
You think the Emperor wish to win by means of betrayal?
You are wrong!
It's precisely of such ideas that you have...
that betrayed Marshal Reuentahl, right?
A mice's wisdom is incapable of foreseeing a lion's breadth of mind
You're a man who can never become a lion's friend after all.
Mecklinger is hesitant whether he should reveal this truth to
The Reinhard or Mittermeier. Truth behind Reuentahl's rebellion
was actually plotted by the remaining members of Earth Sect.
They further manipulated Grillpalzer...
which eventually bringing about the irrevocable outcome.
He's rather hesitant in his decision.
When Reuentahl army returns to planet Heinessen,
the remaining of its numbers are
4580 naval vessels and
658, 900 soldiers.
This is about one percent of the total numbers.
Half of the rest are killed in action,
and the other half surrendered.
Although it's a thoroughly cruel defeat,
the orderly and coordinated operation of the returning troops
goes to show Reuentahl's exceptional strength in control.
Of course, this can also be said to be the setting sun's last
afterglow...there are more than four thousand
soldiers who have gathered all around the Governor's residence.
They say they want to follow you until the very last minute.
Really, can't imagine there are still so many fools in this world.
This maybe what he said, but the sober and logical part of him
is telling him that he cannot allow his loyal subordinates
to become the sacrifices for his personal foolish actions.
Galaxy Calendar Year 800 New Empire Calendar Year 2, Dec. 16th
Oscar von Reuentahl
returns to the Governor's residence,
for the sake of finishing his last job.
To Reuentahl, it's the beginning of the longest day of his life.
Die by the Sword
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Now, Oscar Reuentahl's life is like the...
burning flame of a candle in the wind.
However, Reuentahl is still Reuentahl right till the end.
When a man comes to the end of his time...
he still have to act out his role right until the very end.
Next on of Legend of the Galactic Heroes 'The Final Requiem'
The History of Galaxy turns a new page.