Why didn't the United Government stall for time until Helium Flash?

The coalition government in the novel Wandering Earth flashed shortly after they surrendered. Why didn't they stall for time? I don't understand this. The book says that if they resist to the end, it might cause the Earth's engine to go out of control. Hijacking the Earth's engine and stalling for time shouldn't be difficult for them. At least 5000 people won't be sacrificed. If the people could detect the sun, the coalition government must have done the same. Why didn't they announce the results? The coalition government should be able to calculate the time of the helium flash. Did they deliberately choose to surrender before the helium flash? That was too puzzling. Even if the time of the helium flash could not be calculated, the best choice was to stall for time. If they surrendered too early, the rebel army would turn the Earth's engine to slow down the Earth's speed. Perhaps the Earth would not have enough speed to escape the solar system. Wouldn't the plan fail?

Answer 1

In the novel " Wandering Earth," the reason why the coalition government did not delay until the helium flash was because they had taken a series of measures to deal with this situation.

First, the coalition government adopted the " evacuation measures " to disperse the Earth's residents to various parts of the world to reduce the pressure on densely populated areas.

Secondly, the coalition government allocated resources and energy from all over the Earth to ensure sufficient supply to support various activities on Earth.

In addition, the coalition government also developed a series of plans and strategies to deal with possible disasters, such as building " thrusters " to accelerate the Earth's movement or conducting " interstellar migration " to transfer Earth's residents to other planets.

The coalition government believed that the above measures could minimize the impact of the disaster on Earth's residents and delay the time until the helium flash occurred.