Newland City, after 12 noon on October 11th local time.

In the West Hall of the Gray Palace, more than a dozen staff members are ready, and several technicians are busy conducting final debugging of the broadcasting equipment.

In another half an hour, Lofos will be here to publish a declaration of war against the Liangxia Empire on radio.

Although Lofos used radio broadcasts at the second presidential inauguration more than three years ago to allow people from all over the Newland Federation to hear the president's inauguration speech at the same time, rather than waiting to see the next day's newspaper. However, compared with the inauguration speech, the declaration of war will be issued later.

Almost twenty-three years ago, when Wilkins led the Newland Federation to participate in the First Global War, he only went to Congress to give a speech.

At that time, it was a sure win.

Now, Lofoss is not even 50% sure.

In the bedroom, Lofoss had already changed into formal clothes, and secretary Missy was tidying his hair.

A few days ago, the first lady went to Los Angeles on the West Coast to participate in the election event on behalf of Los Angeles, so she couldn't come back to accompany her.

Need not.

By the time Hale arrived, Lofos was ready.

At 10:15, the two arrived at the oval study room in the west hall.

The staff were very sensible and retreated. In the last time, Lofos and Hale made a final discussion on several controversial words in the speech.

The conclusion still does not need to be modified.

At 10:25, the staff returned to the study and Hale went outside at this time.

He stayed in the corridor outside without going to the rest of the tea room.

To be honest, Helbylofos is still nervous.

It’s not that I’m afraid of defeat, but that I have not received the most critical news so far, that is, the return of the ambassador of the Newland Federation to the Liangxia Empire.

According to international law, a formal declaration of war must include submitting a declaration of war to the highest administrative authority of the target country.

This task must be completed by the ambassador.

The key is that declaring war must first cut off diplomatic relations, then declare the two countries to enter a state of war, and no longer abide by international conventions and international law with the purpose of maintaining peace.

Actually, Hale's worries are a bit redundant.

Even if the ambassador did not deliver the declaration of war in time, the two sides started the war after Lofos issued a declaration of war, and the Newland fleet fired the first shot, it cannot be said that the war was not declared. After all, Lofos issued an ultimatum a day in advance, and Xue Yuanzheng also made a speech.

In addition, Ambassador Newland has sent the declaration of war to the Privy Council of the Liangxia Empire, but has not returned to the embassy yet.

At the same time, the letter of discontinuation of diplomatic relations was also submitted, and diplomats from the Newland Federation were given 48 hours of evacuation time according to the requirements of international law, and provided convenience in the evacuation operations, such as allowing vehicles, ships and aircraft of the Newland Federation to pass through.

All of them are normal and reasonable requests, and the Liangxia Empire has no reason to refuse.

Besides, after the official war began, the Liangxia Empire had to withdraw diplomats in the Newland Federation, and it also needed the Newland authorities to provide convenience.

In the next few days, both diplomatic institutions were busy.

When Hale was worried, Xue Yuanzheng was signing the first order of prime minister on the day.

Although it was still early in the morning, it had no effect.

If it is distributed now, it will be published in tomorrow's morning newspaper. According to the deployment of the propaganda department, all news agencies in the empire are on standby, and all morning newspapers have been reserved for the front page to ensure that the news of the war with the Newland Federation can be published as soon as possible.

If you want to say, this level of attention has been very high.

When the war broke out with the Nayi Empire, Xue Yuanzheng only issued a statement and did not allow newspapers across the country to publish relevant information.

After the Privy Council sent someone to send the declaration of war submitted by Ambassador Newland, Xue Yuanzheng did not ask much and asked the secretary to call Liu Changxun.

This is 1:35 am on the 12th time of the Empire Capital, and 12:35 am on the 11th of the Newland City time.

When Xue Yuanzheng's secretary called Liu Changxun, Luo Fuss' secretary closed the door to the oval study in the Gray Palace.

At the Imperial Navy Command, Liu Changxun called the confidential secretary in at the same time as he received the call and then gave the confidential secretary instructions.

There is no need to say much.

According to the arrangements that had been made before, more than a dozen communication teams from the Navy Command Communication Center sent out relevant information using long-wave radio stations.

The content of the message is very short.

There is only one punctuation mark!

It's not an exclamation mark, it's a period.

This end does not mean that the risk has passed, but that the dealings with the Newland Federation have ended and the two sides have officially entered a state of war.

Because it was expected, there was no surprise, and there was no need to use exclamation marks.

Since Xue Yuan's expedition, no one was shocked to add a new enemy.

In the past few months, the empire's propaganda agencies have long called the Newland Federation the commander of the great powers, and war with the Newland Federation was inevitable.

Only by defeating Newland Federation can you achieve the final victory!

The 500 million imperial soldiers and civilians still have some expectations for this late opponent. After all, the Nayi Empire, which took the lead in launching the challenge, is too fragile.

According to folk sayings, the empire did not send troops to participate in the battle of the Nayi land, but did not want to defeat the Nayi Empire too early.

If you don’t have an opponent, who else can you fight?

After the Newland Federation joined the war, this problem no longer existed.

Several special mixed fleets received news at the same time that Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen only issued combat readiness orders to make the fleet and the aviation army ready for combat.

However, Zhang Guozhu issued a battle order.

His opponent, the four battleships of the 12th Special Mixed Fleet of Newland, are about twenty kilometers away to the east.

Fifteen minutes before receiving the power order, another Newland battleship hit a flare.

Of course, the secondary gun on the Longxing also fired several flares.

If nothing unexpected happens, the other party will call the flare again in five minutes.

The flares fired by the secondary cannon can burn up to twenty minutes.

Before this, both sides fired several flares every twenty minutes to ensure that the lookouts on the top of the mast could see each other with a telescope.

Whether or not there is radar is the main thing, and maintaining visual contact is a basic tactical requirement.

After issuing the battle order, Zhang Guozhu also called the captain to not use flares again.

Flares can illuminate enemies, and the flash of muzzle will also expose yourself.

The key is that the search radar on the "Longxing" has been activated and the Newland warships have been detected.

Although the search radar installed on the top of the rear mast is mainly used for air alerts and is not suitable for detecting surface ships. The ranging error is very large, but it is better than none. At least it can detect enemy ships at night, so it can continuously monitor enemy ships while keeping concealed.

I used to play flares before, but it was impolite to come and not go.

In Zhang Guozhu's words, if you do nothing, you will be looked down upon by your opponent, making the enemy feel that the Imperial Navy is reluctant to even give up the flares.

In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed, and the other party did not waste the flares anymore.

It was bustling for a long time and suddenly became quiet.

It seems that the war has broken out!

Zhang Guozhu was very moved, but before he could finish his feelings, the battle alarm sounded, and it was still rapid, with a very sharp and shrill shelling warning.
Chapter completed!