The fleet rode the waves across the sea, while the destroyers' high-powered searchlights swept constantly across the sky.
There was actually no good way to deal with nighttime air raids in an era without radar. They could only rely on this primitive method to take precautions.
Inside the battleship's command room, Pelius's father and a group of senior naval officers stood watch. No one said anything. They were all waiting—waiting for the fleet to approach Bu Peien.
The fleet's captains all knew very well that the Federal Government would never sit by and watch them move the fleet to the waters off Bu Peien, then seize control of Bu Peien's core districts.
This was the "Checkmate Plan," but from a practical standpoint, its chances of success were actually not high.
But if this battle plan succeeded, it would achieve astonishing results! Once that moment came, it would not only be the Presidential Palace, the Capitol Building, and the relevant Federal Government agencies that would be exposed to naval gunfire.
Even the Federation's most prosperous commercial districts would be exposed to the bombardment!
If the Federal Government fell, the voters could simply elect a new one.
But if the capitalists' property was damaged, who could compensate them?
Therefore, as long as the fleet reached the waters off Bu Peien, it would mean that this "game" had reached its end. The capitalists would never allow the bombardment of Bu Peien to actually take place.
By then, they would pressure the Federal Government and force it back to the negotiating table, achieving a genuine reversal!
But there was one prerequisite: they had to reach the waters off Bu Peien as quickly as possible, with as much of the fleet intact as they could manage!
Even if only a small number of warships remained