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Part 10

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794 Space Age, 485 Imperial Calendar, September 11

Fortress Iserlohn

794 Space Age, 485 Imperial Calendar, September.

... Reinhard and Kircheis arrive at Iserlohn Fortress.

Imperial troops were preparing for a large-scale offensive by the Union of Free Planets troops on Iserlohn,

Tannhäuser

[Flagship of the Musel division]

... which was supposed to start in November-December of this year

... and Reinhard became part of a large grouping of the Imperial Navy located in this sector.

Did you hear that, Kircheis?

The Union wants to once again try to capture the fortress of Iserlohn.

How many more such attempts do we need to repulse, so that they understand all their futility?

I think this is a very difficult decision for them.

What about "simple" solutions?

Personally, I don't know anything about them.

This is a joke, don't mind it.

I don't turn.

If I paid attention to your every sarcastic remark, I would have hung myself a long time ago!

When Reinhard realized that he was acting like a capricious child with Kircheis,

... he, as a rule, became isolated or abruptly changed the topic of conversation.

It's all about the Iserlohn fortress itself.

The commanders of both sides are too focused on her,

... they artificially limit the choice of tactical solutions available to them.

I would say that their plans do not even try to go beyond the narrow Iserlohn corridor.

I agree.

There are a great many small skirmishes in this sector every year.

Senseless fights practically do not stop.

To break this vicious circle, qualitative changes are needed.

Who but me can do this?

Do you already have a plan, Reinhard?

Well, my self-confidence is not based on nothing.

If I had the right power,

... then he would create a strategy in which there would be no need for the fortress of Iserlohn.

But right now, I'm only in command of a thousand ships.

Reinhard...

I know you shouldn't rush things.

At least this time we will still be participating in a major battle of fleets.

It will not be like last time, when Lüneburg suddenly got in my way and seized the initiative.

Are you still angry with Rear Admiral Lüneburg, Reinhard?

He.

A little.

Don't take his antics to heart.

If he gets in our way again, I'll figure out what we can do about it.

You only have to look ahead, Reinhard.

You are right, Kircheis.

I count on you.

You have never let me down, no matter how difficult things are for you.

Captain 1st Rank Kessler.

What brings you here?

I am here representing the interests of one of the highest officers of the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense of the Empire.

Senior officer of the General Staff? This case is not...

His Excellency, Admiral Grimmelshausen.

Of course.

How is the Admiral?

About the same time that you, Rear Admiral Musel, left Odin,

... Admiral Grimmelshausen came down with a cold, which, unfortunately, gave complications and turned into pneumonia.

Is everything that bad?

He is rapidly debilitating due to this pneumonia, if his condition does not improve,

... it will be a miracle if he makes it to the end of the year.

The emperor is very concerned about his condition and sent personal doctors to look after him.

Very sad...

In any case, age takes its toll.

Besides, ever since he was removed from the front line,

... or rather, since he himself removed himself from the front line, he has been quite depressed.

Sad to hear.

Okay, enough of that, by the way, Captain Kessler, on Odin I must have caused you some trouble...

Not even worth mentioning.

Your interference

... did not allow Rear Admiral Lüneburg to make a fool of me.

So thank you.

Rear Admiral, as far as I heard, this time you are in command of a separate naval unit.

During the previous campaign, I had 100 ships under my command.

This time there are a thousand of them.

I hope next time there will be at least ten thousand of them.

It seems to me that with your talents, this moment will not have to wait long.

Not the last role in this matter is played by whether others recognize my talent.

By the way, your presence is here

... as a representative of the General Staff is official?

In our society, it is sometimes difficult to

... the line between the official orders of the government and the informal requests of individual dignitaries.

I would say that my case is only a small illustration of this feature of the Empire.

Indeed, such examples are countless.

But still, I'd be curious to know what you're actually doing here.

As the saying goes: "Truth is the daughter of time."

If the truth is revealed too soon, it is like a premature baby,

...and even put your own mother in danger.

Do you really think so?

The important thing is that whoever sent me here seems to really believe it.

I can only speculate.

In any case, I don't think you should interfere in this matter.

Meanwhile, the Free Planets Alliance has amassed a fleet of 36,900 warships,

... which was supposed to interfere with the Imperial Navy

Union Free Planets Space Fleet

... bypass the Iserlohn corridor and take a strategic position at the entrance to it.

ajax

[Flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Union]

The officer who proposed such a daring plan to the General Staff

... was Rear Admiral Willem Holland, commander of one of the Union fleets.

During all our previous attacks on Iserlohn Fortress, we concentrated all our efforts on preventing

Rear Admiral Willem Holland

[Fleet unit commander]

... the enemy to use the main weapon of the fortress - Thor's Hammer

...or render it useless.

I suggest this time to act differently.

Rear Admiral Willem Holland was almost 32 years old.

He was considered a young talent, even by the standards of the Union fleet, in which the average age of officers was relatively small.

First of all, we use our main fleet as bait.

Of course, we should keep him out of the range of Thor's Hammer.

Fortunately, its scope is known to us from previous battles.

Along the outer boundary of this area, at the minimum allowable distance, along the line that I will henceforth call the "allowable line" or, for short, the line-D,

... we will position our main fleet, and we will maneuver so that it constantly crosses this line a little and immediately retreats.

Admiral Dwight Greenhill

[Chief of the General Staff]

We hope that this will force the enemy to send us

... significant forces with the task of imposing a fight on our fleet and driving it under the blow of Thor's Hammer.

Thus, we will lure the enemy fleet to the very line-D,

...thus causing their line of defense to stretch and thin.

At that moment, we will send a squad of our missile carriers to the very edge of the Iserlohn corridor.

... with the task of attacking the fortress directly.

By concentrating all their firepower at one point, we can breach the fortress's armor.

The admirals took Holland's plan with far less fervor than he expected.

Some of them were quite annoyed, the very fact that the plan was proposed by Holland, just the commander of one of the units,

... not part of the General Staff, but there were no objections either,

Commodore Alex Kazeln

[Chief of Staff of the Command of Logistics Units]

... since no one could offer a reasonable alternative to Holland's plan.

They still approved the plan.

I wonder why?

At home, in the headquarters of the fleet there is some officer,

... Captain 2nd Rank Andrew Faulk.

I know this guy, at the military academy he was the best student in the next year after ours, he even gave a speech at the graduation.

Captain 3rd Rank Dusty Attenborough

[Captain of the destroyer Elem III]

A gloomy guy, but as I see it, he has already been promoted to captain of the 2nd rank.

Exactly. And if you meet, you'll have to salute him.

Well, this same Captain Falk brought exactly the same plan.

Fleet Admiral Lobos has a very high opinion of this guy, and he said:

"If he supports this plan, then the plan will be approved."

Do they approve strategic plans based not on their content, but on the personality of the author?

What a bunch of morons...

Let this be a lesson to you: always be aware of what others think of you.

By the way, how does the destroyer commander have so much free time to sit here with us?

On my ship the team is so well coordinated

... that the only thing left for the captain is to rest.

That's why I came here to see a senior comrade who doesn't seem to suffer from a lack of free time either.

That's not true. I have a lot to do.

Ever since Vice Admiral Celebrity went missing,

... I, in fact, pull all the work related to logistics.

Come on, I know this very well.

We owe you every breakfast, lunch or dinner, Commodore Kaseln.

And every time, before I start eating, I praise you for your generosity, for your invisible work.

Enough already, stop freaking out.

But when I said "a senior comrade with plenty of time," I didn't mean you at all,

... but this one of our staff officers is half-time.

Mm?

Jan, what do you think about our plan "Waltz at the turn-D"?

Pretty tasteless name, in my opinion.

And here is the name, I ask you about the plan itself?

Captain 1st Rank Yang Wenli

[Officer at the headquarters of the commander in chief]

I don't think it's the worst possible plan.

So you don't like him?

You see, in my opinion, the best plan is not to attack Iserlohn at all.

Great idea!

At least there would be no unnecessary losses.

No, I mean that our main enemy is the Empire, and not the fortress of Iserlohn itself.

When this fortress was built, many had a completely wrong impression,

... that the war with the Empire cannot be won without taking this fortress.

In any case, I am sure that Iserlohn Fortress cannot be taken by brute force alone.

I agree.

Okay, I guess it's time.

Don't be so flippant and take care of your ship!

I don't think your jokes will be enough to defeat the enemy.

Yes, yes, I know.

By the way,.

... the daughter of Admiral Greenhill this June graduated from the military academy second in her year.

Must be a very talented girl.

And also beautiful.

But you're not interested, are you?

It's not that I'm not interested at all, but, to tell the truth, she is not a person of my circle.

And what's worse is that she's your commander's daughter, huh?

Well, nothing surprising. This is all you.

Oh, by the way, how is Julian doing?

In general - good.

It has already grown, it has become quite large.

Since the main task of the operation was to attack the fortress of Iserlohn,

[Rosenritters - Knights of the Rose]

... the large number of landing troops involved in it was natural.

Of course, not without a regiment of Rosenritters.

Walther von Schönkopf was promoted to colonel

Colonel Walther von Schönkopf

[Commander of the Rosenritter Regiment]

...immediately prior to this mission, and was formally appointed as the thirteenth commander of the regiment.

Ever since the battle at Van Fleet 4-2,

... he was considered as acting commander,

... and now, finally, he received an official promotion.

It is quite possible that this is an advance promotion, with which the command is trying to force you

Kasper Linz

[Major]

... complete your task by all means.

In that case, maybe this is a hint to all of us - to return with a shield or on a shield?

Rainer Blumhardt

[Captain]

Linz and Blumhardt received promotions to major and captain respectively,

... but their mood was not festive at all.

In this campaign, I still finish my conversation with Lüneburg.

A new commander can appear at the Rosenritters only after the previous one dies.

But how do we find it? The battlefield is huge.

It won't be easy.

At every opportunity, we will let the troops of the Empire know

... that we Rosenritters are here, alive and well.

We will write our message in huge gothic letters and make the enemy see it.

In this case, Lüneburg will have no choice but to personally confront us on the battlefield.

He chose his own path - the path of betrayal, and now, if he does not answer our challenge.

It will not be able to maintain either its position or its reputation,

... so I'm sure he'll show up.

Well, what if it doesn't?

Then we will secretly inform the Empire that Lüneburg is a Union spy,

...only pretending to be a defector.

I do not think that Lüneburg so subdued the Imperials with his personal qualities that they did not attach importance to this.

Colonel, you are a sly one.

In this situation, I think Lüneburg will really have no choice.

Well, it's a classic strategy.

But as for me, it's better than the good old classics

... haven't come up with anything yet.

Schönkopf also had personal motives.

Lüneburg was responsible for the death of his beloved and subordinates.

Just by breaking up with him

... Schönkopf could break with this part of his past.

October to November 794 of the Space Age (485 of the Imperial calendar)

794 Space Age, 485 Imperial Calendar, October.

... now and then small skirmishes broke out in the vicinity of the exit from the Iserlohn corridor from the side of the Union,

... the purpose of each of which was to seize control of another small patch of space.

Between 50 and 3000 ships participated in these clashes,

... depending on the size of each of the several thousand conditional plots into which the belligerents have divided the sector.

Reinhard and his unit took part in more than 20 such skirmishes.

Rejoicing at the opportunity to prove himself at last, he tried to demonstrate all his abilities as a commander.

However, the actions of a unit of 1000 ships

...was definitely not enough to affect the course of the battle as a whole

... and the command of the Imperial Navy simply did not notice his achievements.

But his achievements were noticed by the command of the Union army,

... where they came to the conclusion that an unknown, but certainly talented enemy commander appeared on the battlefield.

If someone then hit our flank, the entire fleet would be in danger of destruction.

Yes, it was very close.

Yeah, for an aristocrat who drinks all the time, drags herself behind skirts

... yes, having fun in Neue Sanssouci, it was not a bad maneuver at all.

If they knew anything about the identity of their opponent,

... then they would have refrained from such arrogant comments.

November 6th Union Rear Admiral Ramsey Wortz

... at the head of a unit of 2500 ships, he collided with Reinhard's detachment.

Enemy ships detected! Approximate number - 1000.

Rear Admiral Ramsay Wartz

[Fleet unit commander]

The enemy ships are grouped very tightly.

Captain 1st Rank Malcolm Weidborn

[Wortz's Chief of Staff]

We have to outflank them, surround them and destroy them, don't we?

Disperse the flanks and start encircling the enemy!

Wortz's chief of staff, Malcolm Weidborn, was only 27 at the time.

They said at the military academy that talent like him didn't come up more than once a decade.

Enemy!

What?

Enemy ships are rapidly approaching us!

What?

Reinhard deliberately concentrated and concentrated all his firepower

... in the very center of the enemy fleet in order to deprive him of the coherence of actions.

Just unbelieveble!

Can't be!

It's just pointless...

After the loss of the flagship, the Wortz fleet was unable to offer serious resistance to Reinhard.

... and only three hundred ships managed to escape from the battlefield.

Later, on November 14, a squadron of fast cruisers under the command of Rear Admiral Cabot of the Union Army

... was destroyed by an unexpected attack from the rear.

When such incidents became more frequent,

... the command of the Union could no longer turn a blind eye to them.

It looks like the Imperials have a commander with a non-trivial mindset.

Most of our defeats in recent days are his work, aren't they?

Fleet Admiral Lazar Lobos

[Commander-in-Chief of the Union Fleet]

Quite possible.

And what do you plan to do with it?

Chief of Staff Greenhill

... gladly focused on planning the assault on the Iserlohn fortress itself,

... and therefore decided to entrust the opposition to the new "star" of the enemy to someone else.

So, Greenhill instructed to deal with the enemy commander Yang Wenli, known as the "hero of El Fasil"

...and gave him all the information he knew.

He remembered that six years ago, Yang Wenli

... saved a huge number of civilians on the planet El Fasil,

... for which he received his nickname.

Everyone knew about this incident, but most of the officers were inclined to consider it a happy accident,

...because nothing in Yang's appearance resembled a hero.

The next day, Yang Wenli submitted his plan to Greenhill for consideration.

Good.

I like this plan.

Ah.

May I ask you for a favor?

Speak up.

Could you tell me this is your plan and not mine?

But in this case, I can not even encourage you for your work.

This doesn't seem like a good idea to me at all.

But if people find out that I made the plan, they won't take it seriously.

It would be much better if someone from the General Staff proposed the plan.

Yes, and one more thing, if you will, do not reduce the number of ships,

... specified in this plan, otherwise it can turn against us.

In accordance with the developed plan, November 19th

... Reinhard was practically surrounded by the Union fleet.

That day, Reinhard tried a very difficult tactic.

He started a fight and immediately began a false retreat,

... in order to wait until the enemy is sufficiently carried away by the pursuit,

... slip along his flank and attack from the rear.

In fact, all his previous fights were preparation for the implementation of this plan.

In them, Reinhard experimented quite a lot with various formations and maneuvers.

Kircheis, did you see that?

That ship emerged victorious from a skirmish with two opponents at once.

Yes.

Great job.

Who is in command of this ship?

It is commanded by Captain 1st Rank Fritz Josef Bittenfeld.

He looks like a dude, but his actions are precise and accurate.

I would like to meet him when the battle is over.

How old is he?

Judging by the personal file - 27.

Oh, he's still quite young.

What?

As soon as Reinhard completed his exit to the rear of his original enemy,

... as new Union ships appeared behind him, two more squads rushed towards him from above and below!

Even though they didn't even know each other's names back then,

... Yang Wenli figured out the tactics invented by Reinhard.

Yang found out that an unusually talented opponent

... tried many different builds,

... and predicted that all this could be preparation for execution

... "retreat with subsequent passage along the flank."

Moreover, Yan analyzed the location of Reinhard's fleet

... and reserved a division of 10,000 ships for its complete encirclement,

... after which he transferred command of the operation to Admiral Greenhill.

But unfortunately, as Yang feared, the Union fleet command did not allocate enough ships,

... to make the environment complete.

Reinhard identified the weakest point and successfully escaped from the encirclement,

... although he lost about a third of his ships in the process.

We've only lost 30 ships before this fight, but now...

Reinhard...

I know.

Nobody can run forever.

Perhaps I am too relaxed.

It seems that in the enemy fleet, there are also sensible commanders.

Did he slip away anyway?

Yes unfortunately.

Well, that's okay,

... enough of the fact that we clicked on the nose of this smart guy.

Our main goal is the fortress of Iserlohn,

... do not get too distracted by various trifles.

Perhaps what is there is good.

At least we got the Imperials to retreat.

Although, in light of the fact that their main task is to lure us into the radius of destruction of the fortress.

Retreat only plays into their hands.

The front line really shifted towards the fortress.

At first glance, this spoke of the advantage of the Union.

But as Yang suspected, the Imperial retreat was planned.

Reinhard's detachment also returned to the fortress for a while,

... in order to replenish supplies, patch ships and prepare for future battles.

December 1st

... the Union fleet finally deployed all its forces along the strike zone of the fortress.

At the moment, the enemy fleet is out of range of Thor's Hammer!

They stopped 6.4 light seconds before him!

Approximate number of 30,000 ships!

Send out our fleet.

Force them into the range of the Hammer!

The sixth battle for the fortress of Iserlohn began.

Open fire!

The festival of death and destruction has begun.

daughter of truth

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The Union Army began to implement its plan.

Reinhard predicts the enemy's intentions

... and makes good use of his small squad

... to gain an advantage by performing all new feats on the battlefield.

At the same time, in the thick of the battle, Schenkopf challenges Lüneburg to a one-on-one duel,

... in order to settle their dispute once and for all.

Finally, the obituaries arrive on Iserlohn.

The next episode of the Legend of the Heroes of the Galaxy Gaiden...

Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden

Part 11

One hundred million stars, one hundred million stars.

Sixth attack on Iserlohn