Before we knew it, several hours passed.

It was already early in the morning when the secretary came in.

However, the secretary sent it not a late-night snack, but a telegram from Zhenbaogang.

Although Niz was still just a major general in the army and would only take the blame after the war broke out and become the commander-in-chief of the East Ocean Fleet, a month ago, after the combat plan was determined, Niz and several senior staff officers went to Zhenbao Port.

He is now the essential supreme commander of the Eastern Force.

In addition, he was appointed by the commanders of the three special mixed fleets, two of whom were his confidants, and the other was the newly promoted colonel.

Niz sent a telegram asking if he wanted to stop.

Hale didn't talk much, so he called Lofos and asked the Admiralty if he had received any information related to Liang Xia's Navy.

"Okay, I got it."

When Hale put down the phone microphone, Lofoss looked up at him.

Hale didn't say anything, just shook his head.

There is no new news, what's there to say?

Lofoss's expression suddenly became gloomy.

"No matter what, you have to make a decision whether to fight or not."

“How long is it to the deadline?”

Hale looked at the watch first, then thoughtfully, before saying, "It's almost an hour left, if we don't give orders..."

Lofoss pressed his hands, and Hale also shut up.

Although he had made up his mind long ago, when formulating a war plan, Lofoss followed an insurance policy to deal with unexpected situations.

If he did not issue a formal combat order twelve hours before the time point of triggering the war, which is often called the "deadline", then all ships carrying out missions, including the three special mixed fleets of the East Viagra Fleet, must turn back.

Only in this way can we ensure that the transport fleet turns before entering the blockade.

That was more than one hundred ocean freighters with a total load tonnage of more than 1.5 million tons!

But now, can the fleet turn and return?

Not to mention the life and death of the Na Yi Empire, it is just that the long-planned combat operations have been completed and the fleet that has already rushed to the edge of the battlefield will return, which will be a huge blow to the naval officers and soldiers. Maybe it will make the officers and soldiers feel that they will not be able to defeat the powerful Liangxia Empire at all.

As the saying goes: morale can be boosted but not vented.

In fact, this is the reason.

In the past six months, especially after the Torman Empire suddenly declared war, blitzed the Rock Republic and the Kingdom of Weijing, and launched an unlimited submarine war against the Kingdom of Bran, some federal authorities have questioned the president. Hardliners represented by soldiers have begun to doubt whether the president dared not participate in the war or because he was worried that he could not defeat the Liangxia Empire, so he stayed outside the battlefield and did not provide support to his allies.

Even the left, who pursues an isolationist stance, is questioning the president's strategy.

According to the latest poll, Lofos' approval rating has fallen by fifteen percentage points, temporarily lagging behind Republican presidential candidates.

If this trend continues, the probability of Lofos losing the election is very high.

If the Republican president is elected, in addition to participating in the war, he will definitely regard the Western Continent as the main battlefield, which means first helping the Kingdom of Bran to deal with the Triman Empire.

This means that we must give up the narrow imperial kingdom.

Even if the Western Continent was smooth sailing, by defeating the Tiaoman Empire, the Liangxia Empire had already swept the entire East Ocean and completed a full-scale war mobilization.

From a strategic perspective, whether the Liangxia Empire can seize the initiative before the war is completed will be the first key turning point in the war. If possible, the future will be bright. If not, I may have to make long-term plans early. If possible or not, it depends on the year after participating in the war.

Republican candidates have not participated in the formulation of strategic plans at all, so they do not know the urgency of the situation, let alone the powerful relationship.

The key is that the Republican president's appeal is definitely not as good as Lofos.

Then, Newland Federation may lose its most important foreign aid.

In fact, even if Lofos wins the election, if he chooses to retreat at this time, it will definitely have a devastating blow to the morale of the army and morale.

Not to mention anything else, the Kingdom of Bran might make peace with the Tyman Empire!

Last month, after the combat plan was determined, Lofoss also called Chul himself, focusing on joining the war in October.

At that time, Lofos told Chul on the phone that after participating in the war in the Newland Federation and achieving a great victory, he would unconditionally increase the assistance to the Kingdom of Bran.

The key is to send a fleet to escort the transport fleet.

The implication is that when the Newland Federation joins the war, the hard days of the Bran Kingdom fighting alone will be declared over.

Encouraged, Chur also made it clear that the Kingdom of Bran would declare war on the Liangxia Empire after the Newland Federation joined the war, blocked the Throat Channel, sent several aircraft carriers to the Fanyan Ocean, and controlled or sunk Liangxia's ships sailing in the Fanyan Ocean as fast as possible.

Anyway, it immediately grabbed the neck of the Liangxia Empire.

On the phone, the two had a great conversation.

Lofoss called Chul a great fighter and never bowed to the evil empire in the battle to defend democracy and freedom, and deserves everyone's respect.

Chur said that Lofos was the savior of Western civilization and the star of enlightenment in the eastern sky at dawn.

The key is that both parties drew a big pie for each other.

Now tell Chul, is this just a cake?

In addition, it doesn't work on the military level.

Although Lofos has no experience in joining the army, he has served as assistant minister of the Navy, so he knows very well about the Navy. If he knows that if he misses this time, he will never get better or even similar opportunities, at least not at the fleet combat level.

Either give up or start fighting now!

But, what's the use of thinking so much?

Now it's the arrow on the string.

To be precise, after sending Niz to Zhenbao Port last month and sending out three special mixed fleets, it was equivalent to shooting that critical arrow.

Since the arrow has left the string, it is impossible to turn back!

After pondering for a while, Rofos sighed heavily.

"Is there a decision?" Hale kept paying attention to the change of Lofos' expression. When Lofos sighed, he knew it.

Hale has known Lofos for decades, and he knows him so well.

If no decision was made, Lofos would never sigh.

"Go and give orders, everything will be done as planned. If you want to take a backup plan, you don't need to ask for instructions. You will report the situation after the battle begins."

"This..." Hale was surprised, or did not react.

Such an arrangement would be equivalent to delegating decision-making power to Niz, allowing a major general, even if he would soon become a general, to decide the fate of the Newland Federation.

To be honest, this is definitely not Lofos' style.

"We have been waiting for more than half a year and have missed too many opportunities. If we continue to wait, there may not be a better opportunity, so we won't wait."

Hearing what Lofos said, Hale sighed.

"You come here later. There are still several places where the wording needs to be revised in the declaration of war. Please help me see."

"Okay, I'll send a message to Niz now."

After Hale went out, Lofos sighed softly again, but soon calmed down and picked up the document placed on the desk again.
Chapter completed!