On October 10, 100 years of the new calendar, the third day of the ninth month of the old calendar, the south square of the imperial capital city.

In the early morning, the square was already crowded with people, not only many residents of the imperial capital, but also many people from all over the country who came to join in the fun.

It is indeed very lively, because today is the day of great joy for the imperial family.

After more than half a year of publicity, the wedding of the little eldest princess of the empire will be held today.

According to the precedent, the imperial family not only had to celebrate with the whole world, but now the Holy Lord will also grant amnesty to the world in the name of receiving the Empress Dowager's decree, and then the Imperial Cabinet will announce the reduction of some taxes, and provide pensions for widows, widows, the elderly and the infirm, so as to demonstrate the imperial family's generosity of caring for the people.

Either way, it's a day to look forward to.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the celebration officially began.

According to custom, the imperial family opened the outer palace of the imperial city, and the common people came in and out to visit, and received the festive red envelopes issued by the royal family.

Many civilians came for this red envelope.

For most commoners, the red envelopes issued by the royal family are priceless, because on average, it takes ten or eight years to wait for a grand event to marry a princess.

Stained with the glory of the royal family, it must be the greatest blessing in the world.

In addition, it is also a very rare opportunity to visit the outer palace of the imperial city.

On this day, the royal family also prepared a lot of entertainment, such as opera performances and juggling, etc., to cater to the appetite of the common people, and at the same time show the pro-people side of the royal family. The key is to pass the whole day to create a festive and auspicious atmosphere.

According to the customs and traditions of the empire, the more people there are, the more lively the festivities.

For most ordinary people, especially young people who are married, this is also a very, very rare opportunity.

It must be the luckiest thing to be able to marry the princess of the empire on the same day, because every year on this day in the future, the wedding anniversary will be celebrated with the princess.

It is precisely because of this that many young people will take this opportunity to go to the imperial city to propose, get engaged and get married in the eyes of all the people.

Of course, it's just going through the motions, such as drinking a glass of wine at the gate of the imperial city, or worshipping heaven and earth.

More families have arranged their weddings on this day early, and they will come to wait outside the imperial city as soon as possible, so as to leave a group photo in front of the imperial city.

If anything, photographers are the busiest people, and the business of photography shops is definitely booming.

According to inaccurate statistics, more than 10,000 young couples held their weddings in the imperial capital that day!

According to tradition and custom, weddings are scheduled to take place in the evening, so there will be a lot of entertainment arranged in the outer palace of the imperial city throughout the day.

In addition, fireworks are set off at night.

All in all, this day is more lively than the Spring Festival.

At this time, the volcanic archipelago flows north of Huangdao.

After the necessary overhauls, the long-range patrol plane, which arrived at dawn, slowly left the dock and flew away in a heading east.

No one was surprised, and no one paid special attention.

As early as a few months ago, in order to intensify patrols in the northwestern and eastern seas, the navy's engineers built a seaplane dock and a special maintenance station here, and also pulled an oil pipeline to the airport so that the fuel stored in the airport's oil depot could be used directly.

After that, the Navy deployed a large group of twenty-four "White Swan" patrol aircraft here.

As long as there are no accidents, these patrol planes will be dispatched once a day.

Usually, these "white swans" carry an extra pilot, extending the patrol time to more than 20 hours.

It usually departs in the early hours of the morning, returns after sunset, and then spends a few hours at night performing the necessary maintenance, and another crew member is piloted to carry out patrol duties in the early hours of the next morning. The biggest advantage of this arrangement is that they spend more than 10 hours patrolling the sea area during the day.

These patrol planes were the main force in the blockade of the Imperial State.

Including a brigade deployed in Nanliu Huangdao, there are a total of more than 40 "White Swans" of two brigades, and the sortie rate has always remained above 60 percent.

In other words, on average, about 30 "White Swans" patrol the Guia Ocean in the northwest every day.

After discovering the ship, the captain of the patrol plane will decide whether to call the bombers deployed on Liuhuang Island or call the ocean-going cruisers operating nearby to intercept them. Most of the time, ocean-going cruisers were called, and the main thing was to capture merchant ships.

If a small vessel, especially an ocean-going fishing vessel, encounters it and does not even need to call for support, the patrol aircraft can intercept the vessel.

In fact, most of them are fishing boats.

For these worthless ships, the common method is to simply blow them up. Unless the crew resists by force, the crew must be transferred to the lifeboat, and the coordinates of the sea area should be reported to the nearby ocean cruiser, so that the battleship can come and pick up the crew.

It is precisely because there are so many patrol aircraft that ordinary ships simply cannot pass through the blockade of the sea area.

Only today, the patrol plane that departed in the morning was not quite the same, it was not on patrol duty, and there was a special guest among the crew.

That's right, it's the war for nothing.

In order to ensure safety, the captain He Weigui is personally at the helm.

The main reason is to keep it secret, that is, only He Weigui knows the purpose of the trip, and the co-pilot is not clear.

At the same time, the capital of the Newland Federation, the presidential palace Grayhouse.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that Hale arrived.

It's not to send news, and there's no news to send, the celebration of the princess's wedding day has begun, and the princess and the prospective horse will definitely not be able to run away.

Hale came over to wait for Lofos to give the order.

To be precise, I want to be a witness to history.

According to the last battle plan sent by Niz, the time window is only the day of the wedding, not the three days mentioned before, and it is impossible to wait for two days.

The reason is that the Liang Xia Navy has already made adjustments to its deployment, such as the 41st Task Force going to sea ahead of schedule, and it must have become vigilant.

In the past month, the Liangxia Navy has not only strengthened its patrol forces in the volcanic islands, but also deployed dozens of twin-engine long-range fighters on Liuhuang Island. These fighters, which have a combat radius of more than 1,000 kilometers and can even reach 1,500 kilometers, are clearly aimed at the Nuland Navy. Including patrol planes and bombers, the shore-based aviation deployed by the Liang Xia Navy in the volcanic islands is already strong enough.

As for the fleet, the mobilization had already been completed, and several task forces had all left the port and their whereabouts were unknown.

The Liang Xia Navy can be said to be in full swing, so the new concubine will definitely return to the fleet immediately after completing the wedding.

In addition, all the planned armies are moving according to plan, and the triggering time point is October 10th, unless it is stopped now, otherwise at the latest on the night of the 10th, with the deployment of all troops in place, especially the arrival of transport fleets, war will definitely break out!

It is for this reason that Niz repeatedly stressed in his battle plan that the president must make a decision in the early hours of October 10.

It's early in the morning!

Stop or continue, you have to make a decision.

Obviously, this is definitely not something as simple as a sentence.

Until now, Lofos has not given the order to start a combat operation, not because he is indecisive, but because there are many uncertainties.

Up to this time, there had been no information on the whereabouts of Task Force 41.

Where the hell is this task force with two aircraft carriers!?

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