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On June [-], the empire was shaken by the news of the fall of the Iserlohn Fortress. From now on, the rebels could set foot on the empire's land.Just thinking of this possibility gave the officers of the Imperial Army a headache. The names of Admiral Shutkehaojian, commander of the fortress defense, and Admiral Jacket, commander of the resident fleet, were cursed by countless people.Shutke Haojian surrendered, his noble status was deprived, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by the military court. General Jackett was not punished more because of his death in battle, but he still did not receive special promotion. Instead, he was given the title of forced retirement.

The Imperial High Command was in chaos, and all military deployments had to be fully adjusted. The fleet that was originally set up according to attack batches must be changed to a defensive setting that blocks the exit of the corridor in a short period of time.The defense facilities of the galaxy behind Iserlohn Fortress will also be rebuilt and activated.Even more troublesome to the Imperial High Command than this was the successive rebellions of certain careerists within the Empire.

The last emperor of the empire, Outerfleet V, had three sons. The current Friedrich IV was just a forgotten prince at that time. There was an elder brother who was established as the crown prince above him, and there was another high-ranking prince below him. younger brother.When the elder brother and the younger brother were fighting for the throne, they died one after another. He, the prince who was not favored at all, succeeded to the throne, and it was entirely by luck during this period.His elder brother, the real crown prince, Grand Duke Lichar, had a legitimate son whose whereabouts were unknown after he ascended the throne.In fact, everyone knows that this child was brought by the Grand Duchess's family to the galaxy of their own home - the Aijian Ford Galaxy.Friedrich IV did not ask the Ministry of the Interior to investigate, and everyone tacitly let the child die on his own in his grandfather's house.

This time, due to the fall of the fortress, some people thought that the opportunity had come and abandoned the forbearance of the past 30 years.The Duke of Wallenstein, the brother-in-law of the Grand Duke Lichar, pushed his nephew Reinhardt out of the foreground as "the orthodox heir of the empire!" In this name, he launched a rebellion.Duke Wallenstein's tentacles have been stretched out for 30 years, and there are many local nobles in several nearby galaxies who are his henchmen.Now that the chaotic flag has been raised—the Eckhart, Huatian Perk, Yamonthuber, and Chihoisa galaxies rebelled at the same time, and at that time, five galaxies in the empire started a joint rebellion.

The disaster didn't stop there. Maximilian, the Duke of Castrop in the Castrop Galaxy, also launched a rebellion due to his succession, and detained Fritz, Count of Marindorf who went to mediate, and defeated the The crusade army sent by the empire.

At the same time, in the Hann galaxy close to the alliance, the "democrats" who had been lurking for a long time also launched a ground riot.

For a time it was stormy.In the five galaxies involved in the Wallenstein and Reinhardt rebellion, the empire's garrison troops were either infiltrated and joined the enemy, or were annihilated or retreated due to a surprise attack. The rebel army had the momentum to sweep half of the empire for a while. .

Rudolf von Fafnir was also troubled by the waste material of his subordinates before this. There were many thorns, remnants and incompetents in the fleet he received. All imperial soldiers have war experience, but this cannot bring about an improvement in the combat effectiveness of the Fafnir fleet.For a while, Admiral Fafnir had no way to carry out the purge, but fortunately, the opportunity came soon.

Fafnir's No.17 fleet resides in the Shahen galaxy closest to the Wallenstein rebel army. When the rebellion started, the Imperial High Command first thought of his fleet. "Order us to devote all our efforts to suppressing the rebellion! But what about the backup?" This was a question from the chief of staff, Major General Gustav von Schutkhajan, after receiving the order.

"As for reinforcements, it may be very difficult. The Imperial General Staff may not be able to draw out many fleets to support us now. The fleet configuration at the exit of Iserlohn Fortress, and the deployed fleet is now under the command of Marshal Rohenkram, so he can only draw out One fleet is used for the Castrop rebellion, and the rest must be deployed on the front line. More than half of the other fleet must be stationed to defend the capital of the empire, and the rest can only be used as a breakwater to prevent the Wallenstein rebels from attacking the heart of the empire. So, basically we have to rely on ourselves to put down the rebellion. Fortunately, the Wallenstein army is also scattered, and its number is at most three times that of ours - about [-] ships, distributed in five galaxies at the same time .We still have a great chance." Fafnir explained to his chief of staff at length.

"Okay! Now I order! Brigadier General Dick von Carr! You take three thousand cruisers and half of the landing craft to the Hann galaxy, and suppress the mob as quickly as possible! I will give you three days for the galaxy Suppression within! On July [-]st I will see you and your troops in my fleet!"

"Yes." The bad gambler and Fafnir's old friend Brigadier General Dick von Carr said, and then he went out immediately.

"The rest will be under my command, and the entire army will target the Eckhart galaxy! Leave the fleet in the Eckhart galaxy alone!"

"Rudolph, give up our station?" Shutekhajan said.

"Yes! The rebellion has always been suppressed, either by cutting off the wings first and then killing the culprit, or directly beheading and letting it disperse! The most important thing is time! Now we have to take advantage of Wallenstein. Before the whole army has time to assemble, Get rid of their leaders in one fell swoop!"

June 24, the sixth day after the rebellion began.The entire Fafnir fleet sorties out.Twelve thousand warships quickly rushed towards the Eckhart galaxy.

The number of rebels in the Eckhart galaxy is small. After all, it is a galaxy inside the empire and has not faced the alliance. Therefore, the imperial fleet stationed on weekdays is only a thousand ships at most.Moreover, after the rebellion, most surrendered and a few fled to the Shahen galaxy in Fafnir. The nobles in the Eckhart galaxy did not have many private soldiers—how many private soldiers can the poor ghost galaxy have?So all the rebels in the Eckhart galaxy are more than [-] ships.The nobles in the rebel army have their own plans, and no one will use their own forces to fight the empire. Fafnir ignored them and directly drove the fleet through the galaxy at high speed and entered the lair of the rebel army——Ai Genford Galaxy.

On the other side, the 25 cruisers led by Brigadier General Karl set off one day earlier than Fafnir, and arrived in the Hann galaxy on June 45 under the reckless high-speed jump.He recklessly ordered to use naval guns and meteorites to fire directly at the location of the mob, regardless of good or bad.At the same time, the Fafnir fleet marines wearing skull masks also started airborne, "Kill everything that moves!" Under this roar, Carl led the landing team to suppress the rebellion-more than [-] civilians As for how many civilians and how many were mobs, it is impossible to tell... But he successfully completed the suppression task in only one day, after leaving some ships and marines for military control.Karl led the rest of the troops to catch up with Fafnir's main force at high speed.

On July [-], the entire fleet arrived in the Aigenfort galaxy.[-] warships faced the [-] warships of the Wallenstein rebels.The Wallenstein army has a variety of hills, and each noble has its own troops. The Duke of Wallenstein and the "Grand Duke" Reinhardt have the most troops-about [-] warships, and the rest are privately owned by various nobles. Army, the Duke of Wallenstein could not command them directly.

"A chaotic formation! It's just a mob." Admiral Fafnir said looking at the formation of the rebels on the screen.

"It's [-] pigs, so there are [-] pigs. It's not that easy to fight." Major General Shutke Haojian frowned.

"However, Wallenstein still has a bit of brains. His own troops huddled in the back independently, and a few other noble fleets were arranged in front. The rest of the guys formed a team and prepared to sneak attack on our flanks. He wanted to take advantage of it. ?” Fafnir said.

"It looks right. It should be that when we attacked the fleet in front of him, we ordered the flanks to attack us, and finally came up to pick up the bargain." Shut Kehaojian pointed.

"There is no need to talk nonsense with him, the whole fleet directly attacks his front! Let Colonel Selfie von Dalk take his destroyer squadron to deal with those wastes on the flanks."

The Fafnir fleet launched a frontal onslaught!Fafnir organized the fleet into a slanted array, facing the enemy's guerrillas on the slanted side, and could change formations to cover the flanks at any time, while his own flagship, the Rocky, was at the top of the slash, with three thousand warships under him. The first round of attacks was launched against the rebels in front of them.

Colonel Dalk led a thousand destroyers temporarily assigned to him at high speed among the enemy's [-] guerrilla fleet. Nothing!" The warships and cruisers of the rebels are on the outside, and the supply ships and landing ships are inside. As a result, the maneuverability has dropped to a certain extent, but the defense is very good. "This is not a guerrilla formation at all! They should be on the front. ..." Dalk laughed wildly. "Attack! Attack! All destroyer rail guns attack with full force! Anyway, there are enemies everywhere, so they won't miss!"

The guerrilla fleet formed by the private soldiers of the rebels immediately exposed the biggest problem-the command was not unified, and the result was chaos. Due to the quantity problem, Dalk didn't dare to force too much.

The Fafnir fleet on the front displayed the power of the diagonal formation. As the distance narrowed and time passed, more and more warships fired at the rebels. Several noble fleets on the front were under strong blows. They collapsed one after another, but blocked the firepower of the [-] Wallenstein fleet behind them.Just as the tip of the oblique line where Fafnir was approaching a wing of the Wallenstein fleet, the five hundred lightning strike boat motherships that were hiding behind Fafnir's three thousand battleships began to launch into the lightning strike boats, and the same A thousand high-speed destroyers advancing behind the battleship also rushed in from the gap between the battleships at high speed, and quickly circled to the side of the Wallenstein fleet's flanks to launch a close-range bombardment. After disrupting the formation, the lightning strike boat broke in and started shelling!A wing of Wallenstein's fleet begins to crumble—a chain reaction begins.

Fafnir's main battleship fleet began to turn under the leadership of the flagship. Duke Wallenstein was busy with the artillery battle with the Fafnir fleet's slash array. When he learned that the flanks were beginning to collapse, he ordered the central fleet to Start turning.

"What a pity! It's a step too late!" Fafnir said after watching the opponent's central fleet start to turn. "Okay! Tell Jung to attack with all his strength! Give Wallenstein the last blow!"

Brigadier General Jung Heinrich Yang received the order. He ordered the center of the slash array—the cruiser squadron to start speeding up, and the all-out assault began. It was advancing slowly, exchanging gunfire with Wallenstein's fleet.Now it suddenly accelerated, and it didn't take long to hit the side of the Wallenstein Central Fleet, which was fighting with Fafnir's battleship fleet after turning.The Duke began to be confused, and contradictory orders were issued one after another, and the Wallenstein fleet, which was composed of noble private soldiers and the imperial resident fleet that accommodated and surrendered, also began to be out of step.

All of this reached its climax after the aircraft carrier fleet in the rear reached its attack position.Wangergulei and Thunderboats kept attacking the chaotic enemy army, smashing them into cosmic dust.There are warships that stop power and try to surrender, and there are also fools who desperately start jumping to try their luck...

At 23:[-] on July [-]st, the battle ended.Of the [-]-ship Wallenstein fleet, only [-] fled back to the planet, while [-] of the remaining fleet were destroyed and [-] surrendered.The guerrilla fleet on the outskirts saw that the main force was broken, and when they lost only a thousand ships in the battle with Colonel Dalk, they dispersed in a rush, and each withdrew from the battlefield. A few people ran back to their hometown with their own fleet...

On July [-], the Eigenfort landing battle started.Fafnir again destroyed more than [-] Wallensteins in orbit around the planet, and the rest surrendered.He himself landed on the planet with a landing force, and launched a play called "Eigenford Massacre" on the planet.Fafnir ordered the indiscriminate use of naval guns to bombard all targets on the planet except the noble manor - the reason why they avoided the noble manor was simply because they would not be able to grab things that way.However, he also issued an order to avoid attacking civilians as much as possible, "Those poor people don't have much to rob! It's better to rob the nobles! Women must pay Imperial Marks! Loot must be distributed according to military rank!"

On July 150th, Duke Wallenstein committed suicide, and the "Grand Duke" Reinhardt was captured alive.The aristocrats on the entire Aijianfort planet were all robbed by the barbarians, their properties were looted, and many aristocratic women were assigned according to their military ranks... The casualties of civilians were also huge.Final casualty figures are not available, but it is estimated that more than [-] million civilians and nobles died.

Not only that, seven major generals, sixteen brigadier generals, and more than 300 school officers died in the Fafnir fleet.Fafnir took advantage of the battle to cleanse a group of incompetent and erroneous officers, ordered them all to be shot, and reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs for nonsensical reasons—death in battle is good, and many of them reported a sudden illness died.

The Ministry of Military Affairs also pinched its nose and agreed. Anyway, it was just a waste and thorn that was kicked to that fleet. If you die, you will die.Fafnir got another nickname "Draken" because of the massacre on the planet...

On July [-]th, the battle in the Aigenfort galaxy ended, and Fafnir continued to suppress the noble rebels who fled from the surrounding area.On August [-], the rebellion in all five star systems was suppressed.

August [-]th, Odin, Marshal Royankram's Mansion.

"That gangster also finished suppressing the rebellion... Siegfried, his talent is indeed worthy of his military rank. But, but this butcher! He completely ignored the civilians and fought!" Reinhardt also suppressed Says Gilfies, who has returned from the rebellion victoriously.

"Master Reinhardt, a person like Admiral Fafnir will inevitably suffer his own consequences in the end!"

They still don't know how many people Fafnir killed...

Gilphias was appointed commander to quell the Castrop Rebellion.And he successfully quelled the turmoil that lasted half a year in just ten days.

First, Gilfies pretended to go to the Marindorf Territory to rescue the enemy, and then turned to the Castrop Territory after giving the enemy the illusion.Fearing that the base would be captured, Maximilian immediately lifted the siege of the Marindorf territory, and was forced to lead the whole army to rush to the Castrop territory. In this way, the crisis in the Marindorf territory was resolved.However, Gilfies' attack on Castrop's territory was originally just a slapstick tactic.

Maximilian, who was anxious about the crisis in the base area, neglected to take precautions behind him.Gilphiaes hid the fleet in the asteroid belt, raided its unsuspecting rear, and dealt a devastating blow.

Maximilian, who escaped from the battlefield, was killed by his subordinates who expected to mitigate the crime, and all the rest surrendered.

In this way, the turmoil in Castrop was easily resolved.Although it took ten days to quell the chaos, six days were spent on the journey from the capital of the empire, two days were spent in Castrop after the incident, and the actual battle only took two days.

During the quelling of the rebellion, Gilfies showed his extraordinary military skills, and Reinhard was very satisfied. The admiral in his marshal's mansion also nodded in agreement, and the powerful nobles were astonished.Not only Reinhardt, but even his confidants have such brilliant skills, it is definitely not a pleasant thing for them.

However, Wu Xun is Wu Xun after all.Gilfies was promoted to lieutenant general and awarded the golden "Double-headed Eagle Armor Medal".

But soon came a piece of news that suppressed Gilfies' light.Admiral Rudolf von Fafnir also succeeded in suppressing Wallenstein's rebellion. This victory far surpassed Gilfies' feats of martial arts.Admiral Fafnir sent Reinhardt to Odin for execution, and he himself was promoted to the first rank of admiral.

Rudolf von Fafnir received another reward, he can now be called Count Fafnir...

Gustav von Schuttke Hajan was also promoted to lieutenant general, and his title became viscount; Dick von Carl was promoted to major general and became baron; Jung Heinrich Yang was promoted to major general, for this reason He broke his vow of abstaining from drinking for only 5 minutes, and then performed a hot striptease show at the celebration banquet of the fleet; Selfie von Dalk was promoted to brigadier general, and he also drank until he was drunk at the banquet Drunk, Karl took the opportunity to win a large sum of money, and owed a lot of debt to his superiors...

The Minister of Military Affairs, the Chief of the General Command, and the Commander of the Space Fleet—these three are called the three chiefs of the Imperial Army. , I am afraid that at least one position will fall into the hands of Earl Rohenkram! You don’t want what you do will help him to advance to the rank. You have no financial difficulties, so you will use your salary for the next year How about the payment of salaries to the treasury as punishment?"

After the minister of state affairs said, Marshal Steinhoff had a bitter expression on his face and replied: "We have not thought of this, but as soldiers, if we are said to be reluctant to retire because of our status, It would be a pity to break the rules... Anyway, please accept this matter."

Marquis Lidianrad had no choice but to go to the palace to present the resignation of the three officers to Emperor Frederich IV.

The emperor, who was still listening to the Minister of State's report in his feeble and feeble state, ordered his attendants to summon Reinhard at the Marshal's Palace.What can be achieved with just a TV phone, and someone is specially sent to summon it. This is one of the forms necessary to show the supreme power of the Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

After Reinha came to see him, the emperor handed the three resignations to the young Imperial Marshal for him to read first, and then asked him which position he wanted in a tone like asking a child to choose a gift. ?Glancing at the Minister of State who was stunned by the side, Reinhardt replied: "It's not something I can do to snatch other people's positions without making any achievements. Iserlohn Fortress fell because of Jack The negligence of the two Admirals Te and Shutehaojian, and Admiral Jacket has already apologised, and the other one is in the enemy's prison. I don't think there is anyone else who should be responsible. In any case, please don't punish the third officer, I hope His Majesty will think again."

"Oh, you are so selfless!"

The emperor was a little surprised and authentic, looking at the Minister of State who was surprised by the unexpected situation.

"Since the Earl said so, what is the Minister of State's opinion?"

"...Young earl can have such insight, I deeply admire it. I also hope that the three chiefs who have contributed to the country can be given lenient treatment."

"Since you both said that, I won't give them harsh punishments. But I can't completely ignore the crime..."

"That's all right, Your Majesty, how about taking back their salaries in the next year and using it as a relief fund for the survivors of the generals who died in the war?"

"If you do this, it's fine. The details will be handled by the Minister of State Affairs. Is there anything else?"

"Yes."

"Then you two can retire, I have to go to the greenhouse to take care of Qiangwei."

The two exited the palace.

Less than 5 minutes later, someone came back quietly.Because of running a little, the 75-year-old Marquis Lidenrad had to slow down his breathing rhythm first. By the time he reached the rose garden where the emperor was, he had recovered his physical calm.

Among the colorful and fragrant roses, the emperor stood there like a rotten tree.The old nobleman approached and knelt down on the ground very cautiously.

"My minister is terrified, Your Majesty..."

"what's up?"

"Before reporting this matter, I am afraid that this matter will cause His Majesty's displeasure..."

"Is it about Earl Royankram?"

There was not a shred, agitation, or heat in the Emperor's voice.It can't help but remind people of the sound of wind and sand, just like the voice of a lifeless old man.

"Are you going to say that I gave Anne Roger's brother excessive status and power?"

"Has His Majesty already known?"

The unexpected clarity of what the emperor said shocked the Minister of State Affairs.

"Do you think that he is so bold that he will not only devote himself to his power as an important minister, but may also attempt to usurp the throne?"

"Your Majesty is wise! Speaking of which, being a minister is also a bit afraid..."

"It is not good?"

"what?"

"It's not that there has been a Gordon Baham Dynasty since the birth of human beings. Just like there are no immortal people, there is no country that will never perish. Is there anything wrong with letting the Galactic Empire perish in my generation?"

The emperor let out a dry and hoarse laugh, which made the Minister of State tremble with fear.It was like falling into an endless dark abyss, which made him feel a bone-chilling cold from the depths of his soul.

"Anyway, if it is going to perish..."

The emperor's voice swept away like the inauspicious trail of a comet.

"Let it perish vigorously..."

The next day, the order to release Colonel Oberstein from responsibility was issued at the same time as the order to return Fleet No. 17 to Odin.