Legends of Galactic Heroes - The Sleeping Dragon

Chapter 24

After the attempted attack on the convoy.
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Lohengramm Admiralty
War Ministry, Odin

Marquis and Fleet Admiral Lohengramm and the overall admirals under his command all stand infront looking to him. The Admiralty ended up expanding with the addition of 4 additional fleets and their admirals: Meyer, Adolf, Baldwin, and lastly Frederich with their fleets. However Kircheis, Frederich, Adolf, and Meyer were not there.

"All of those here, Kircheis and Meyer and Adolf have been sent to take out the rebel convoy, the remnants of it,, and the new rebel fleet. Right now we are to take out the rebel fleets."

Servants then came and gave them glasses full of wine.

"Bismarck, Reuenthal, Mittermeyer, Mecklinger, Lutz, Wahlen, Bittenfeld, Kempf, and Baldwin. I expect victory from all of you. Prosit!"

"""""""""Prosit!*"""""""""

They all drink the wine but bismarck does not and as they smash their glasses, Bismarck smashes his to the floor with the red wine slowly spreading across it.

"How dare you do that in front of your commander!" Yelled Bittenfeld, but it got cut short when Bismarck grabbed him by the neck. Most of the people were shocked to see this tall skinny man have the strength to lift him off the ground*.

"Perhaps I should enlighten the wild boar and everyone else in the room. An smashed empty glass of wine symbolizes a perfect victory. But one smashed with wine symbolizes a victory, but there will be losses."

Some of the admirals knew of it but didn't know what it meant. Bismarck would release Bittenfeld and they all leave and launch off of Odin.

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A few hours before the 1st fleet's recorded transmission.
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Iserlohn Fortress

Iserlohn Fortress command room

The tension that had been in the room was so palpable that it could be cut with a simple knife and it would still be there.

Birolinen, Lobos, Falk, Greenhill, Cazerne, Commodore Nguyen Van Huu, and a few others were all in the room for an emergency meeting right after the attack on the convoy.

"What's the status of the convoy with the supplies?" Asked Lobos as Cazerne stood up. "Apart from 56 percent of the convoy being saved by both Perry and Halsey, the rest are being shredded as we speak. The 16th Fleet has lost about 16%. Had it not been for Admiral Halsey, both the Transport Fleet and the 16th Fleet would have been destroyed completely."

"That's not going to be much to go on." A commodore noted.

"Not in the long term, no." Birolinen answered.

"What about the other fleets?" Asked Admiral Greenhill after the shouting match between, Van Huu, Carzerne, and Birolinen.

"Apart from the 16th fleet and transport fleet out, but still active the 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 12th fleets are ready to pull out at an edge of a system and the for 5th Fleet, despite being spread out will actually work. As for the 1st, 10th, 13th and possibly the 8th there'll be a fight before they leave the systems or starzones that they're in." Says Cazerne.

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Mean while as it was happening the 16th fleet was running away from the enemy fleet pursuing them.