On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial capital railway station.

Bai Zhizhan and the others originally planned to go back before the year, but He Pengfei warmly invited them, and it was difficult to shirk them, so they could only stay for the Spring Festival before leaving.

In just a few days, the situation in the empire was turned upside down.

It's not because of defeat, it's because it's not defeated yet!

Bai Zhizhan also learned afterwards that on the day of the second stage of the deduction, Shengshang was admitted to the Tai Hospital and issued a critical illness notice. Later that same day, the Privy Council, in the worst-case scenario, sent a special person to the western battlefield to bring the crown prince, who had served in the Praetorian Guard, back to the imperial capital. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Shijian terminated the war game deduction and ordered that no one should disclose the deduction to the outside world.

The point is that the crown prince is an out-and-out warmaker!

Although after the constitutional reform, the imperial power fell into the hands of the cabinet and the two houses, and even the national seal was handed over to the Privy Council, and the imperial power became a symbol, but in times of war, the imperial family still has unparalleled appeal, and it can be said that it is the spiritual leader of all military and civilians.

Herein lies the problem.

If the crown prince, after succeeding to the throne, calls on the military and people of the whole country to fight the enemy to the death, it will be a big trouble!

Thankfully, that didn't happen.

The saint did not die, and the crown prince is still the crown prince.

It's just that no one knows how long the Holy One can last in the hospital bed.

Interestingly, it was not only the Imperial Cabinet officials who were worried and scared, but also the Allied groups that had been putting pressure on the Empire before.

Obviously, the alliance group is also worried that the Liang Xia Empire will fight to the end under the command of the young and vigorous new emperor after the death of the emperor. At that time, even if the war is won and a more comprehensive and complete victory is achieved, the alliance group will have to pay an even more tragic price.

The overall situation has been decided, and the crushing victory is obviously more than worth the loss.

Crucially, the rebels of the Luosha Empire have seized control of the western region, and the former government in exile in the eastern region has not relented. Whether it is directly sending troops or providing weapons and ammunition and other materials, the alliance group has to cooperate with the Liangxia Empire.

To be precise, it is to obtain the support and assistance of the Liang Xia Empire.

As a result, several issues that had been pending were quickly resolved, or more precisely, agreed.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, yesterday, representatives of the Liangxia Empire and the five main member states of the alliance group officially signed an armistice agreement in Mara City, the capital of the Nanzhu Kingdom.

This is known as the Marat Accord.

Strictly speaking, it is not a "peace treaty", at least not a complete peace treaty.

The main thing is that it is too hasty, and it is impossible to do everything, so we can only let the agreed terms be implemented first, and end the war by concluding an agreement.

We'll talk about the rest after the truce.

That's why it's called an armistice, not a peace treaty.

The biggest problem with the whole agreement is the lack of a part that limits the armament of the navy, and this is the part that is the most difficult to negotiate.

The agreement only mentions one point: by the end of the year, the Liang Xia Empire must negotiate with the five Allied Bloc countries on matters related to the limitation of naval armaments.

Specifically, the Liang Xia Empire had to come up with a concrete plan before the end of the year, otherwise it would have to accept the relevant plan proposed by the Alliance.

In terms of time, a few months is certainly not enough.

The point is that anything related to arms limitation can only be determined through negotiations and consultations, and can only be widely recognized and fully implemented.

It is very difficult to negotiate in a few months.

It's just that, no matter how difficult it is, an armistice is the general trend.

On the second day of the armistice, the Imperial Capital Railway Station was crowded with people, and most of them were soldiers, but almost all of them were retired soldiers of the army.

Just yesterday evening, the Imperial Army published its first list of disarmament.

In one fell swoop, half of the officers and soldiers of the army, that is, about seven million soldiers, were killed!

According to the order issued by the Army Command, all the retrenched officers and soldiers must be demobilized within a month, except for senior officers and a few technical non-commissioned officers, the other retrenched officers and soldiers must first return to their hometowns to report, and only after reporting can they receive employment assistance from the authorities.

That's why there are so many people at the train station.

Don't forget, there are millions of officers and soldiers in the imperial capital garrison, and even if the proportion of layoffs does not reach 50%, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers will definitely be laid off.

In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of retired officers and soldiers will leave the imperial capital.

"Sending you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end. I'll send you here, I hope you take care! ”

"You too!"

Bai Zhizhan first hugged Zhao Yu and said goodbye, and then Li Jie and others stepped forward to say goodbye to Zhao Yu.

This guy is also upright and robbed him of what he said.

Although he performed well in the deduction, Bai Zhizhan was not able to stay in the imperial capital, obtained a letter of appointment signed by He Yongxing himself, and returned to the Puzhou Naval Shipyard to serve as the chief supervisor of the "Longjiang" to ensure that the construction work could proceed smoothly after the redesign.

As expected, the "Longjiang" will be transformed into a mother ship.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Yu stayed in the Navy Command as the chief engineer of the design team, specializing in the design of the transformation and design of the mothership.

Of course, the war was not fought empty-handed.

The biggest gain of this trip to the imperial capital is to pull the five iron buddies.

He Yongxing approved Bai Zhizhan's request, issued an order for Li Jie and five others, and incorporated them into the supervision team of the "Longjiang".

However, it is not perfect.

A few years ago, under the pressure of the Southern Fleet, Zhu Shijian redistributed the four battle cruisers under construction, of which two from the Assassin Naval Shipyard were assigned to the Southern Fleet, and the construction sequence was also adjusted, and the "Hengjiang" replaced the "Mohe" as the second ship.

In addition, Zhu Shijian promised to do his best to save all four warships.

Crucially, the Cabinet Chief Cabinet agreed in principle to allow the Imperial Navy to retrofit a mothership with an existing transport ship in order to conduct relevant tactical research in advance.

According to Zhao Yu, as long as the funds are approved, the transformation will only be a matter of a few months.

In a sense, this is the first priority, because after you have a mothership and use it, you will know what it should look like.

It is only after having a mothership that the tactical use of carrier-based aviation can be explored and summarized.

Technical problems can be thrown to Zhao Yu for a headache.

Tactically, you can only rely on yourself.

Before leaving, Bai Zhizhan made a special call to Gui Boyong, hoping that he could find an opportunity to emphasize this matter to the above.

Of course, that's all for later.

At the Puzhou Naval Shipyard, a new beginning awaits Bai Zhizhan and his five iron buddies, and a glorious history awaits them.

At this moment, all Bai Zhizhan can think of is actually how to survive this stormy and difficult period.

As the saying goes: if people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries.

The empire is in turmoil, who can look ahead!?