blackstone code

Chapter 1707 Spend money to buy people
A group of people holding anti-war slogans walked past the palace, and the emperor of Gefla stood on the city wall and watched these people.

There was no hatred or boredom on his face, only a kind of suppressed, like something excited and happy, very shallow, but real.

Gafla's royal family has withdrawn from the core of power, but the royal tradition has been preserved.

Every week, the emperor of the empire stood on the walls of the palace and met with the people.

He didn't like this process very much before, and even proposed to cancel this meaningless ritual thing with the Prime Minister, but was rejected by the Prime Minister.

At that time, he regarded this as a shameful display. The imperial palace was still an imperial palace, but the emperor standing on the city wall was no longer the former emperor!

He is just an emperor with no power in his hands, and he feels very uncomfortable every time he stands in front of the people.

Especially when someone booed him, he would want to do something terrible to calm his anger!
But now, he suddenly became less easily irritated, because these are all the Prime Minister's troubles!
He looked at those people and was in a good mood.

He tilted his head slightly, and the chief executive of the royal family took the initiative to walk behind him and bowed his head to listen to his instructions.

"Go and ask our Prime Minister, what is the situation now, we and the people need an explanation and a result!"

As long as it can bring a little trouble to the Prime Minister, he is very happy!

Because all of this stems from the prime minister's "betrayal"!
Although His Majesty the Emperor has lost his power, he still has a high social status and influence, and soon his problems appeared in the ears of the Prime Minister.

Listening to these words, the Prime Minister just shook his head and didn't answer anything.

The front line of Amelia has been violently attacked by the Penteio military group. In the past few days, high-intensity air battles have continued.

The number of planes dispatched by the Penteio military group was too large, so that even though the Gefra people had excellent fighter jets from the Federation, they did not have a decisive advantage in fighting for air supremacy.

They... still looked very embarrassed!

Since the Gefra people have been implementing passive defense at present, facing the fierce attack of the Pengjieo Boulder Group, they have always been huddled behind the fortifications!
The two sides have shelled each other in the past few days and have also caused a certain degree of damage to each other.

More than 2000 Gafra soldiers lost their lives in the high-intensity continuous shelling and air battles!

There were so many Penteos in the Gulf of Amelia that Gefra's fleet had nothing to do but retreat.

They are short of planes, and the Federation still has a large number of planes that have not been delivered, which makes Gefra's air supremacy gradually lost.

In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, the fleet has left the main battlefield.

For the current Gefra ruling class, the loss of the Ameria battlefield is not the worst result. The worst result is that the Penteo people helped their vassals to take back Ameria and still did not give up. To launch an attack on their own island, this is the worst result!

The fleet is the island's last line of defense. Although the Minister of the Navy and the Prime Minister's cabinet did not express their attitude to the people, they did just that.

If the Penteo people want to burn the flames of war to Gefraben Island, they must land by ship.

The fleet will be the last line of defense to intercept their landing. If the fleet is sunk without air supremacy, Gaffera Island will lose the last line of defense ahead of schedule.

The retreat of the warships gave the army a lot of panic. The pride of the old soldiers in the past was entirely based on the invincibility of the navy.

Now that the navy has retreated, the army is panicking. Coupled with the continuous casualties, some Gefra people can't stretch their nerves.

Families of some soldiers began to stage anti-war demonstrations on the island.

They believe that what Gefra's prime minister's cabinet needs to do now is not to continue the "century war" with the Penteos, but to sit down, have a good talk, and then resolve the dispute peacefully.

Many people even think that even if Gefra loses part of his interests, it is acceptable.

At least they don't need to face the terrible war, face the death of their family members, and even endure the possibility that the enemy will crush them anytime and anywhere!

These anti-war demonstrations have caused some changes in the political situation on the island.

A small number of aristocrats who have not yet left the island also expressed their support for the anti-war. Some people even think that the purpose of Gefra's firm participation in the war is just that the prime minister wants to use the war to maintain his power!

Various attacks on the prime minister, the cabinet, and ministers began to appear frequently.

The Prime Minister gave some instructions to control public opinion, but the effect was not very good.

This also caused the anti-war trend to really become a trouble.

Ignoring the people from the palace, the prime minister turned and went back to the meeting room. He looked much older and more tired than before!

After closing the door, he returned to his place and lit a cigarette, "Where were we talking just now?"

The Minister of War quickly reminded, "We talked about the morale of the soldiers on the front line..."

The Prime Minister pondered. "Yes, we talked about it, so what happened to morale?"

In fact, the Minister of War has already said a few more words, but it seems that the Prime Minister has forgotten it as soon as he turned his head.

After all, he is old, and many things require him to make decisions recently, and occasionally some things in the past can be forgiven.

The Secretary of War repeated some of the things he had said before.

"... Some of the soldiers have already developed war-weariness. They will complain and fear. If we don't deal with this situation, it will soon spread among the soldiers like a disease."

"Some officers of the Federation suggested that we exchange the soldiers stationed on the front line with the soldiers on the island, and let them come back to relax their nerves and reduce their stress."

The Prime Minister nodded a few times, he remembered that the Minister of War had said all this just now, and he was interrupted by someone from the palace, and now he remembered everything.

The Prime Minister did not give immediate instructions, he was just thinking about the feasibility of doing so.

After a minute or two, he decided to refer the matter to the Secretary of State for War. His mind was a little confused. "Do you think there is value in doing this?"

The Secretary of War nodded vigorously, but soon began to shake his head again, "Yes, but we can't do it now."

"Now the island has a strong anti-war thinking, which can also be said to be a kind of escape. Many soldiers are unwilling to go to the front line at this time. Some troops have already deserted. We suppressed the news..."

The idea of ​​switching defenses has always existed, but it was not so strong and obvious before.

Now that voice has grown louder as the pressure mounts on the front lines.

Naturally, those soldiers who drank afternoon tea every day on the island and read newspapers complaining about the front line like "If I go to the front line, I will not be so bad", after realizing that they really might go to the front line, suddenly There was a commotion.

A small group of people left the army privately and hid without definite news.

Everyone doesn't want to die!

The navy hadn't retreated before, and the army's mood could barely be maintained.

It's unbearable now!
The Prime Minister couldn't help rubbing his cheeks. The problems in this country are much more serious than he imagined!
Many people think that Gefra, as the victorious country in World War I, should still have an advantage in this war.

But who would have thought that the sea power they depended on for a living would suddenly become worthless after the rise of air power?

Penteo can't make a battleship with excellent performance, but they can make a huge number of aircraft clusters!

This is also the place where the former Emperor Gefla, the Prime Minister, and other ministers were most eye-catching!
Peng Jieao's powerful production capacity is several times, ten times or even more than that of Gefra. After they can cross the barrier of military superiority of the Gefra people, the Gefra people have no possibility of victory!

To be able to persist until now, apart from the great distance between the Amelia region and the main island, the key is that the federal people have helped them a lot.

But the help from the federal people is neither endless nor unconditional.

Now that the federal people give people money and equipment, they can no longer do better. If they ask the federal people to do something, maybe the federal people will get bored.

There are other ways to solve these problems.

The prime minister sighed. Everyone thought that Gefla was a strong country, but only he knew that Gefla was now a country with a weak military force!
"The idea we mentioned before, you can give it a try."

"Stabilize the current situation first, other things...", he rubbed his eyes, "Let's talk about it later!"

A little later, television stations around Gafla aired recruitment advertisements.

This time the conscription is different from the previous conscription. They have increased the enlistment benefits, pensions, and various benefits.

You will even get a sum of money when soldiers join!

But these people are not considered part of Gefra's army or navy, they are included in the "mercenaries".

Judging from the situation on the front line, even the army cannot abide by various rules and requirements.

When it's time to be chaotic, it's still chaotic, and when it's time to run, you still have to run, so just let go of the rules completely.

In addition, Gefra also introduced the federal system to conduct international conscription from the entire World Development Council member countries.

If it is assisted, then individuals can join the mercenary army, while a complete organization, collective, can directly communicate with a special office to negotiate employment battles.

At the same time, any individual who joined the mercenary army can become a legal citizen of Gefla and enjoy higher benefits...

(End of this chapter)