Predatory map of ominous birds

Hundreds of millions of stars shine with billions of rays of light.The wide and deep space is shrouded in deep darkness, and the light looks so weak.

The endless night, the boundless emptiness, the unimaginable cold...all of these did not abandon human beings, but just ignored the existence of human beings.Although the universe is large, in the eyes of human beings, it is so close, because the universe has long been familiar to human beings and has been brought into the scope where they can come and go freely.

Human beings divide the universe into fragments, dividing habitable areas and uninhabitable areas, and navigation into navigable areas and non-navigable areas; while the most hopeless people——professional soldiers, divide all space and star clusters into The area dominated by the enemy and the area controlled by our side should be taken as our own and worth defending, or the area that is easy to capture and the area that is not easy to capture.

These spaces and constellations originally had no names, and in order to distinguish them, tiny human beings called them in their own language.

This area of ​​the universe is called the "Iserlohn Corridor", a slender and hidden tunnel that runs through the dangerous parts of the Milky Way universe.

An imperial standard warship is sailing in this corridor, the target—Iserlohn Fortress.Soon, it was discovered by the patrol warship of the alliance Iserlohn's resident fleet. The other party ordered the warship to stop as if facing an enemy, and the imperial warship also stopped and sent a communication: "This ship has been ordered to deliver important documents, please Notify your commander."

At first glance Weili Yang, many would not think of him as the most important figure in the Confederate Army.Even when he was wearing a military uniform, he still didn't look like a soldier.

He is not an old-fashioned gentleman with strict demeanor and far-sightedness, nor is he a muscular and burly man, nor is he a calm and handsome scholar or a fair-faced young man.

The age is just [-] years old, but the appearance looks about two or three years younger.Black hair, dark eyes, average build, although not unhandsome, but not the kind of rare handsome man.

The most remarkable thing about him is not the outside of the skull, but the brain inside.The clang of the bell rang briskly.

"Your Excellency, Commander! I am Green Hill!"

A beautiful female officer with golden brown hair and light brown eyes spoke from the TV phone screen. She has been Yang's adjutant since last year.

"I'm so busy right now! What's the matter?"

Yang's tone seemed indifferent.

"The warship of the Imperial Army sent an envoy, and there is an important document that I would like to trouble the commander to look over!"

"That's all?"

Yang was not surprised, he remained calm. After a pause, he put down the chess pieces and stood up, then walked out of the room.Two hours later, Yang ordered all cadres to gather in the conference room.

When the imperial government ruled this fortress, it was the place where the commander of the fortress and the commander of the resident fleet negotiated and consulted. room tradition.

Overseer of Fortress Affairs - Major General Alex Kagueren.

Fortress Defense Commander - Brigadier General Walter Schenkob.

Fleet Deputy Commander - Rear Admiral Fisher.

Chief of Staff - Major General Mlay.

Deputy Chief of Staff - Major General Petrichev.

Senior Lieutenant - Captain Frederick Greenhill.

In addition, Lieutenant Colonel Nelson, the captain of the battleship Ulysses, and Major Yada, the deputy captain.

Yang formally glanced at the assembled officers, and then spoke.The solemn and serious tone is not his usual style, his current tone is still like drinking tea with friends, and gossip is common.

"Everyone probably knows it! The Imperial Army sent the Brocken battleship as a special envoy, and sent a very interesting news-they hope that the Empire and the Alliance will exchange more than 300 million prisoners!"

Following the conversation in the conference room, Yang finally reported the situation to Heinesen and proposed that he would return to the military headquarters to explain the situation in person.

The Qihoisa galaxy, the Fafnir fleet and the other two fleets he took away from Odin, a total of [-] warships are using gravity to stay in the orbit of the planet. Admiral von Schuttkehausen was also sitting in the conference room. On one side were Lieutenant General Jung, Commander of the Battleship Squadron, Lieutenant General Karl, Commander of the Marine Corps, and Major General Dalk, Commander of the Assault Group. The news from Odin about the exchange of prisoners of war proposed by Marquis Reinhard von Rohenkram, Commander-in-Chief of the Space Fleet.

"The Marquis is going to play tricks again, Your Excellency Fafnir. Do you think the Marquis of Royankram is about to tear his face off with those two big bosses?" said Admiral Gustav, Viscount of Shutkehaojian.

"I think it's about the same." Lieutenant General Dick, Viscount Carl, interjected first, "Would you like to make a bet on when they will officially start fighting?"

"It's only been a few months, no matter which side is about to be unbearable. But if the empire is in a civil war now, the alliance side is an important consideration, and there must be chaos there! But... why are we in a hurry? .Let the Golden Retriever play, no matter failure or success, the imperial civil war is inevitable. We have to take this opportunity to make something happen." Fafnir said still lazily.

"The warship factories in several nearby galaxies have already been occupied. However, the scale is completely incomparable to that of the northern part of the empire and the capital. If it is expanded, it will take at least a year. At the same time, it is still difficult for us to solve the shortage of technicians and production workers. " Brigadier General Mittermeier of the logistics department began to report, "Our smuggling channels have also been reduced a lot due to the situation on the side of the alliance, but at the same time our loans in Feisha have been steadily increasing. Now, our monthly More than half of the smuggled proceeds have to pay the interest on the loan.”

"It's okay, it will be resolved soon. In short, everyone go to reorganize their troops first. Kill the incompetent waste directly. Within three months, I want to see three capable fleets!"

Immediately after the meeting, the Imperial Fleet in the Qihoisa galaxy started exercises and training activities. Many officers died due to various reasons... But the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet has increased a lot, and morale has also improved. Quite high - the galaxy pirates and crime syndicates are gone... Quite a few people went missing and died in the surrounding galaxies.

"I'm going to Odin. It seems that I need to attend the exchange ceremony in some capacity. After all, that fool is my cousin." Admiral Shutkehaojian bid farewell to Marshal Fafnir.

The captive exchange was not carried out between the "two governments", because the two governments each claimed that they were the only orthodox regime in human society, and did not recognize each other's existence, nor did they intend to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries.

If this situation is changed to a matter of personal standpoint, everyone will be dumbfounded at their stubbornness and ignorance.But from the standpoint of the country, people will tolerate the existence of such evils in the name of authority and dignity.

On February [-]th of that year, the prisoner exchange ceremony was held at Iserlohn Fortress.Both sides sent military representatives to attend, and after exchanging lists, they signed the certificates.

"The Galactic Emperor and the Free Planet Alliance, based on humanitarian and military regulations, have decided to release the officers and soldiers detained by each other, and promise to implement it in the name of honor.

On February [-], [-] in the Imperial Calendar, the representative of the Galactic Emperor, General Siegfried Gilfies "

After signing, Gilfies smiled brightly and said to Yang: "The formal ceremony may be necessary, but it also makes people feel like a stupid thing! Admiral Yang."

"I'm feeling it too!"

Yang observes Gilfies.Yang is very young, but Gilfies is even younger, only 21 years old.With red hair dyed with ruby ​​solution, pleasant blue eyes, and a superior figure, this handsome and handsome young man is one of the few heroes in the Galactic Empire, and even the women of Iserlohn admire him endlessly .In the battle of Yamlizha, Yang had fought against him directly, and knew that he was Reinhardt's confidant, but Yang could hardly feel disgusted with this young man.

Gilfies seemed to feel the same way about Yang, and the handshake between the two was even more forceful when they said goodbye.

A man in a general's uniform at the back sneered at this, and turned around to look at the highest-ranking prisoner among the prisoners exchanged this time - Admiral Shutkehaojian, the fortress commander.

The two Shutekhaojian generals looked at each other, and the older one who was stripped of his rank lowered his head...

The undercurrent of the alliance is surging.

There are some interesting signs in the replenishment and reorganization of the fleet. The Second and Sixth Fleets have been reorganized one after another. Rear Admiral Karl Sin and Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Thieu have been mentioned as fleet commanders. These two fleets have also been reorganized into " The small fleet "has a size of 12 ships.However, the reorganization of the damaged fleet is proceeding very slowly... The fifth, tenth, and No.13 fleets have not been able to resume their formation for a long time, and the No.[-] fleet was sent to Iserlohn Fortress early in the morning.Ulanhu and Borodin have also been temporarily idled, after all, their fleets still have some time to recover from their combat power.Many young and unfamiliar faces were placed in new or vacant positions one after another, while many mature and stable officers took the responsibility for the defeat and were asked to retire or put them in idle positions.

And in the Empire.

The late Emperor Friedrich IV lived an extremely dissolute and corrupt life. Since his death, the ruling class of the Galactic Empire has been making waves of change intermittently.

First up is the five-year-old toddler, Alway.Shef ascended the throne as the new emperor.Although he is the direct grandson of Friedrich IV, after assuming the throne, he attracted the anger and jealousy of the two nobles.

The two nobles are Otto.The Duke of Blanchebeck and Wilhelm.Marquis of Lidenheim.They were married to two daughters of the late Frederick IV, and each had a daughter.They tried to make their daughter queen, so that they could become regents and rule the entire empire.

When their ambitions and dreams were shattered, they joined hands to deal with the common enemy and vowed revenge.Their enemy is the young emperor - Elway.By Shef II, and the two important ministers who supported him behind the scenes-the 76-year-old Imperial Prime Minister Klaus.Duke Lidenrad and 20-year-old Reinhardt.Feng.The Marquis of Rohenkram.

As a result, the ruling class of the Galactic Empire was split into two factions.One is the royalist faction, with Lidenrad and Reinhardt as the core; the other is the anti-royalist faction, led by Blanchebeck and Lidenheim.

Many dignitaries, worried about the future of the Empire and their own safety, wanted to remain neutral, but the increasingly dangerous situation made it impossible for them to stay aloof.

Which side should we rely on in order to survive?Which side is justifiable? Or, which side has a higher chance of winning?... All of these really test their judgment and insight.

Reinhardt repeatedly teased the nerves of the nobles, causing them to fall into a blind rage that had no chance of winning.Their hysterical actions played into Reinhard's hands.He used these strategies like a teenager chasing a beautiful butterfly, with all his enthusiasm and all his strength.There were also quite a few nobles whose brains were not flooded, and they decisively voted for Reinhardt, the most outstanding of which was Count Marindorf.

What's more interesting is that some relatively low-key and low-status nobles directly went out of Odin to join Rudolph, Earl of Fafnir in the Qihoisa galaxy.

"Our little blond friend is still old, too impatient. He can spend a few years gradually devouring those nobles - but if he wants to establish his own dynasty, this kind of impatience is okay. Sweep out the old nobles in one fell swoop, and make room for your new nobles." Fafnir muttered. "Gustav! It's really boring! After being promoted to count and marshal of the empire, I don't even have the chance to go to a brothel!!! It's so empty!!! One of the great joys of life is gone. I have no motivation!"

"Same!" Another bad response.

"Are the nobles united?"

"I just wanted to report to you that the 'Lipshoutt' covenant has been concluded. Both the Duke and the Marquis have offered an olive branch to His Excellency Earl Fafnir—that's you. They asked you to join..."

"These idiots! Why do you want to make a big alliance? Playing a covenant in the capital where they have a military advantage? Then they will be taken away!" Although he knew that the nobles would definitely escape successfully, Fafnir still said to his subordinates. .

The nobles who opposed the camp of Marquis Rohenkram and Duke Lidenrad gathered in Lipshouddt Forest, where the villa of Duke Odin-Bronschbeck was located. The name of the gathering was the auction and garden party of ancient famous paintings. In the underground hall, a patriotic signature campaign against the dictatorship of the Marquis of Rohenkram and the Duke of Lidenrad is being carried out in secret.

This movement is commonly known as the "Lipsyuddt Covenant", and the noble military organization established according to the covenant is called the "Lipsyuddt Covenant of Nobles".There were 740 nobles participating, regular army and private soldiers, with a total strength of 560 million.

The leader is Ott.The Duke of Blanche Baker, the deputy leader is Wilhelm.Marquis of Lidenheim.

The signatures of nearly [-] nobles' names concatenated, attacked Lidenrad and Luo Yankram in a fierce tone.In addition, it also threatened to protect the sacred mission of the Golden Baham Dynasty, which has been given to the traditional aristocratic class of the "Chosen People".The great god Odin guards us! The victory of justice must be ours!" This is the end of the full text of the covenant.

The nobles assembled in the "Lipshoudt Covenant", the most urgent task is to organize many complex force systems, in order to fight against the genius of war - Reinhardt, a unified command, a consistent strategic concept, A consistent management and replenishment system is indispensable.

As far as the order is concerned, the commander-in-chief of the actual combat force must first be determined, and then the formation and deployment of the troops must be determined by him.

At first, the Duke of Blanchebeck planned to be the commander-in-chief of the actual battle himself, but the Marquis of Lidenheim advocated that the commander-in-chief should be an expert in military use.I suggest that Admiral Merkaz, who has excellent performance and reputation, be the commander-in-chief.Leader, isn't it appropriate for you to go to the front line in person?" They excluded Marshal Fafnir who had not yet signed the covenant at the beginning, and it was also out of response to this guy.

Lidenheim's intention is obvious, nothing more than to prevent the Duke of Blanchebeck from establishing feats beyond his own, but in terms of form, his proposition is correct, so Blanchebeck has to adopt his opinion.Admiral Mercaz's words..." The other nobles also agreed unanimously, so the Duke of Blanchebeck had to temporarily suppress his inner thoughts and prove that he is a man of tolerance. He politely invited Mercaz to the In his own mansion, he begged him to be the actual commander-in-chief of the noble coalition army.

"Marshal Rudolf von Fafnier is invited to serve as the commander-in-chief." These are the original words of the first-level general Merkaz.

"That Rudolph 'Draken' von Fafnir?! Just a lucky rascal. He's not our noble blue blood! Just a little bit better than the blond Lucky Jin. Or May Well done Sir Erkaz. Admiral, look at those young nobles, are you confident that you can persuade them? They once swore to execute those who refused to cooperate to sacrifice to Odin, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, I know they said It can be done. At that time, I am afraid that even I, the leader, will not be able to stop them. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you, it’s not good for you to persist. They like to use young girls to worship gods. I heard that there is a very young girl in your family. ..."

Merkaz finally gave in.

Reinhardt launched a pre-ordered manhunt and captured many of the morons, but the two biggest morons "successfully" escaped Odin.

The Duke and Marquis gathered with other nobles in the "Vulture City" fortress, and at this time, an announcement arrived.

"Count Rudolph of Fafnir has also joined the covenant? Good! Now we have another [-] troops!" No matter how much you hate Fafnir in private, you still have to applaud this guy's joining on the surface