May 26, Unified Year 1927, because Zettour's disagreement with the royal government, he was assigned to the inspector of Group B on Eastern Front, which is actually a sinecure without any authority. He is escorted personally by Lt. General von Rudersdorf in the train station. Before Zettour gets on the train, they discuss about his disagreement and Operation Andromeda for a short time. For the politicians, the capture of the enemy's resources of materials will prevent the Empire from the economic crisis (but it is all for their own business's sake), and it is widely supported by the citizens by considering the survey. Additionally, the Imperial royal government seeks for further victories, too. Few days later, Lt. Col. Tanya von Degurechaff, acts as commander of "Kampfgruppe Lergen/ Kampfgruppe Salamander" (Lergen told her that all the credit will be taken by him whether she failed or succeeded) under the direct control of the General Staff, was ordered to go to the HQ of Group B. She is shocked by General von Zettour's appearance in the Eastern Front. She feels nervous when she knows the dispute between the Home Front and General Staff. Zettour informs her about the upcoming major offensive. Operation Andromeda is a major southern offensive. Based on the plan, Group A at the south will carry out a concentration of the majority of Imperial battle vehicles, and the Group B at the north will defend its flank. Its goal is to capture the Federation territories that are wealthy of resources. Supreme High Command asks General Staff to capture it, and Operation Andromeda was named by Rudersdorf, meaning 'something too far to reach'. (Read: Operation Case Blue) General von Zettour tells her that he still has the authority to command the units from General Staff because he wasn't dismissed from the deputy director of the Service Corps by the Empire. He will help Group B to complete their duties. Without the authority of the other staffs, he tells her he plans to use every available resources to achieve the goal, which makes Tanya feel ominous. The staffs of Group B expect the enemy will strike the plains alongside the streets and roads and deploy most units here. However, it will be too risky for their divisions to do so because they have limited supplies and men to defend. Zettour has a different plan and wants to use his trump card (wild card), "Kampfgruppe Lergen", to start with. He plans to deploy Kampfgruppe Lergen at a little city alongside a half-abandoned railway. This city is named Soldium Position 528, located at the border district of the plains. The staffs of Group B only deploy few units here since they think the outskirt of this city is marsh and its train station is seldom used. Different to their expectation, Zettour assumes the enemy will prefer the railway to a massive armed conflict at the plains. He orders Tanya to act as the bait to lure enemies to encircle this city near from their long and fragile defense line. With the encirclement ongoing, they can hold up many Federation troops here without the huge casualties. Tanya accepts it since they do not have much time and only Kampfgruppe Lergen may act as a decoy. If she succeeds to this suicide mission, they can possibly motivate and raise the morale of the soldiers. Before she leaves, Zettour borrows Grantz's mage company from her.