Chapter One Hundred and Fifty
The situation in the Galactic Empire has completely spiraled out of control. Although Reinhard gained a lot of military funding and supplies by plundering the nobles of the Imperial capital Odin, he also acquired a bunch of useless art and architecture. In this war-torn era, they are not worth a single penny. Moreover, due to the exposure video released by Feuernile, Reinhard's reputation has become as notorious as that of the deceased Duke Braunschweig, who launched a nuclear attack. As a result, he is unable to inspire enthusiasm among the civilians in his territory, and the people respond to his ascension to the throne with apathy and laziness.
In Fesha and surrounding galaxies, Favonir's rule with a cool but completely open-minded attitude led to the rapid recovery of industrial power - he adopted as long as you hand over the number of ships in the order, supplies, ammunition, and personnel, it doesn't matter what kind of governance you use. Even if you want democratic elections or autonomous management, that's fine. But if you can't complete the indicators, don't blame Favonir's fleet for using simple and rough methods to remind you...
Inside the Empire, various factions were actively recruiting soldiers and producing warships in preparation for war. The smaller warlords first eliminated or merged with each other, and Reinhard was eager to unify the Galactic Empire, ordering his subordinates to fight against the remaining warlords inside the Empire. One of the biggest consequences was that R?ntgen, who had been ordered to pacify several star systems in the central part of the Empire, became independent... After conquering several star systems in the Imperial heartland, R?ntgen led his fleet in refusing to obey Reinhard's order for him to return to Odin and hand over control of the star systems to civilian officials dispatched from the capital, claiming that there were still many nobles causing trouble and he could not withdraw his troops.
"Oscar, I had no idea you were so ambitious......"
"Wolfgang, my friend. The veil has been lifted from that one...... We were mistaken about him before. Wolfgang, let's do it together, to realize our ideals."
"Do you still have ideals? However... this is also a path..." Midas Mayer made a decision after thinking for a few minutes, four days later, Reinhardt received the news that Midas Mayer's family and his fleet had disappeared, along with Mira's fleet...
Alliance.
Since the bold and generous General Ulanhu first jumped out to occupy a galaxy and put forward the request to end the dispute, General Poltin also jumped out to announce his stand on the side of General Ulanhu. The old general Bikgu still adhered to the principle that a military man in a democratic country should not interfere with politics — self-marginalization and exile……
Yang Wei's head was scorched and his personal shortcomings were completely exposed - incurable laziness and political obtuseness.
His fleet was in disarray, with soldiers from various star systems of the alliance confused and at odds with each other. Yang Weili, however, had retreated into his own space... He clutched a bottle of brandy and escaped into a pile of old papers.
Murray had once gone to General Yang Weili, asking him to cheer up and do something, but Yang Weili defeated Murray with an innocent and dull look in his eyes. The next few times were blocked by Deputy Officer Ms. Filarette...
Xian Kou Bu and Bo Pu Lan were also fully immersed in their hunting work, harassing the female soldiers of the fortress and the fleet. Now that the military's morale was scattered, no one would come to manage them. Fortunately, the civil war within the empire had already been fought to a standstill, otherwise Yang Wei Li might have lost the Iserlohn Fortress in a dishonorable manner...
"Shut up, Khaos! We've also got work to do! The blond kid is already in a tight spot, and with another blow, things will be settled," said Favoniel.
As Fahvern's orders were issued, his fleet of 19,000 warships set sail from Fesha towards the Imperial Capital of Ondin, but this time he did not bring Schtukov Hauen. General Schtukov Hauen remained in charge of the Bald Eagle Fortress, staying in the Fesha star system. The Rondstadt Fleet was dispersed and stationed in surrounding star systems.
In June 489 GD, Fafnir's fleet approached the Valhalla system after being reinforced to a scale of twenty-three thousand ships.
His Imperial Majesty Reinhard personally led the fleet of 25,000 ships, including the fleets of restored Fleet Admiral Bittenfeld and newly appointed Fleet Admiral Eisenach, while the fleets of Admirals Mittermeyer and Kemp had to patrol within their territories. Meanwhile, Redhead youth and Blonde woman got married and grew tired of war... Moreover, His Majesty could not face the fact that his own sister married his best friend...
On June 11, the two sides met again in the Marlduk star system, and the second Battle of Marlduk was about to begin. This battle was not comparable to the previous one in scale, but for Reinhard, if he could not defeat the Fahrenheit fleet, he would have to admit that the empire was divided, and it was likely that he would not be able to reunify the empire in his lifetime. "What's the point of all this? This ambition without talent..." Fahrenheit said, looking at the projection of Reinhard's fleet tens of light seconds away.
On June 15, both sides had entered the range of the cannons, and the distance between them was about ten light seconds. Reinhardt finally learned his lesson this time, setting up a neat horizontal firing formation to take advantage of his numerical superiority to whittle down Fafnir's fleet.
While Forni still employed his usual oblique order of battle, General R. Heinrich Yang led the left wing with six thousand ships, while General Dark took up a position slightly to the rear with four thousand fast destroyers, and Forni himself held the center rear with twelve thousand main force vessels; this time he had no right wing.
At 0700 on June 16, Reinhardt shifted to a V-formation. Reinhardt himself led the left wing of the V with 10,000 ships, while Eisenach led the right wing with another 10,000 ships. Reinhardt planned to use the concentrated firepower of the V to crush Yang's fleet, which was protruding from the formation, and then the 5,000 fast ships led by Bittenfeld at the bottom of the V would follow up on the defeated Yang Fleet and break into the main force of the Fafnir Fleet, thus winning the battle.
At 0850 hours standard time, Fregattenkapit?n Favre gave the order: "Rheinübung! Reduce speed! Close up and take station on this ship!"
At 1400 hours, both sides began their first round of artillery fire.
"Keep up the firing rate! Watch out for overheating and energy overload!" Yang ordered.
"Speed up and get as close to Yang's fleet as possible. Pay attention to the rhythm of the cannon fire!" Fafnir still sat in his seat, giving orders.
"Concentrate fire! Concentrate fire on the enemy's prominent fleet!" Reinhardt gave orders with a battle intent emanating from his icy blue eyes.
Unfortunately, due to the formation and distance, only the ships at the top of the V-formation could fire, while the entire middle section was in a state of inaction.
On the other side, Favignana's fleet was also only able to fire with the bow of Yang's leading division, and the density of cannon fire on both sides was almost equal, with losses differing little.
The Favni fleet soon came within range. At 1600 hours, the leading ships of the Favni fleet opened fire with a broadside salvo.
