A group of people with anti-war slogans passed by outside the palace, and the emperor of Guevra stood on the city wall and watched them.

There was neither hatred nor boredom on his face, only a suppressed, somewhat excited and happy thing, very shallow, but real.

Gefra's royal family has withdrawn from the core of power, but royal traditions have survived.

Every week, the Emperor of the Empire stood on the walls of the palace to meet the people.

He used to dislike this process very much, and even proposed to the Prime Minister to cancel this meaningless ritualistic thing, but the Prime Minister rejected it.

At that time, he regarded this as a display of shame. The palace was still the palace, but the emperor standing on the city wall was no longer the previous emperor!

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

Especially when someone booed him, he would think about doing something terrible to calm his anger!

But now, he has suddenly become less provoked, because these are the Prime Minister's troubles!

He looked at those people and was in a good mood.

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

"Ask our Prime Minister, what is the current situation, 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 stemmed from the Prime Minister's "betrayal"!

Although His Majesty the Emperor lost his power, he still had a high social status and influence, and his problems soon appeared in the Prime Minister's ears.

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

The Amerian front has been heavily attacked by the Pengio military group, and high-intensity air battles have continued over the past few days.

The number of planes dispatched by the Pengio military group was so large that even though the Gevra had excellent fighter jets from the Federation, they did not gain a decisive advantage in the fight for air supremacy.

They... still look very embarrassed!

Since the Gafra people have been implementing passive defense, they always hide behind the fortifications in the face of the fierce attack of the Pengio Stone Group!

The two sides have shelled each other over the past few days, which has also caused a certain degree of damage to each other.

About two thousand Gafra soldiers lost their lives in high-intensity continuous shelling and aerial combat!

In the Gulf of Ameria, the Pengios had so many planes that Guevra's fleet had little to do but retreat.

They lacked planes, and the Federation still had a large number of planes that were not delivered, which made Guevra's air supremacy lost bit by bit.

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

For the current Gefra ruling class, losing the battlefield of Amelia is not the worst outcome. The worst outcome is that the Pengios help their vassals to take back Amelia and still not give up, thinking about it. To launch an attack on their island, this is the worst result!

The fleet is the island's last line of defense. The Admiralty and the Prime Minister's Cabinet did not show their attitude to the people, but they did.

If the Pengios wanted to bring the war to the island of Gafraben, they had to land by ship.

The fleet will be the last line of defense to intercept their landings, and if the fleet is now sunk without air superiority, then the island of Guevra will lose the last line of defense ahead of schedule.

The retreat of the warship caused great panic to the army. The pride of the old soldiers in the past was entirely based on the invincibility of the navy.

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

The families of some soldiers began to organize anti-war demonstrations on the island.

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

Even many people think that even if Gefra loses part of the 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, anywhere!

These anti-war demonstrations have brought some changes to the political situation on the island.

A small number of nobles who have not left the island also expressed their support for the anti-war. Some people even think that the purpose of Gavra'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 has made some instructions to control public opinion, but the effect is not very good.

This also led to the anti-war trend really becoming a problem.

Ignoring the people coming from the palace, the Prime Minister turned around and returned to the conference room. He looks much older and more tired now than before!

After closing the door, he returned to his place and lit a cigarette, "What did we say just now?"

The Minister of War quickly reminded, "We talked about the morale of frontline soldiers..."

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

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

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

The Minister of War repeated what he had said earlier.

"...Some of the soldiers have become war-weary. 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 in the Commonwealth suggested that we swap the soldiers stationed on the front line with the soldiers on the island, and let them come back to relax their nerves and relieve their stress."

The Prime Minister nodded several times, and he remembered that the Minister of War had said it just now, but he was interrupted by someone from the palace again, and now he completely recalled it.

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 turn the question over to the War Secretary, and he was a little confused, "Do you think there is value in doing this?"

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

"Now this island has a strong anti-war ideology, which can also be said to be an escape. Many soldiers are unwilling to go to the front line at this time. Some troops have deserted, and we have suppressed the news..."

The idea of ​​switching defenses has always been there, it just wasn't as strong and obvious before.

Now with the pressure on the front lines getting louder too.

Naturally, those soldiers who drank afternoon tea every day on the island and watched the newspapers complaining to the front line like "If I went to the front line, I would not be so bad", after realizing that it was possible for them to go to the front line, all of a sudden made a fuss.

A small group of people left the army privately without any definite news and went into hiding.

No one wants to die!

Before the navy had not retreated, the mood of the army was barely able to maintain.

It can't hold up any longer now!

The Prime Minister couldn't help rubbing his cheeks. The problem of this country is much more serious than he imagined!

Many people think that Gefra, as a victorious country in the First World War, should still have an advantage in this war.

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

Pengios can't build great battleships, but they can build massive aircraft swarms!

This is also the most eye-catching place for the former Emperor Gefra, the Prime Minister, and other ministers!

Pontgio's powerful production capacity is several times, ten times or even more than that of Gefra. After they can cross the military superiority barrier of the Gefra, the Gefra has no chance of victory!

They can persist until now, except that there is still a large distance between Ameria and the island~lightnovelpub.net~ The key is that the federal people have helped them a lot.

But the help of the Commonwealth is not endless or unconditional.

Now that the Federals give money to people to equip them, they can no longer do better. If they ask the Federals to do something, maybe the Federals will also get bored.

There are other ways to solve these problems.

The Prime Minister sighed, everyone thinks that Gefra is a strong country, only he knows that Gefra is now a country with weak military power!

"The idea we mentioned earlier can be tried."

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

Later in the day, TV stations across Gavra aired conscription advertisements.

This time the conscription is not the same as the conscription in the past. They have improved the treatment of conscription, the pension, and various benefits.

You will even get a sum of money after the soldier joins!

But these people were not part of the Gefra army or navy, they were incorporated into the "mercenary army".

Judging from the situation on the front line, even if it is the army, they are actually unable to abide by various rules and requirements.

When it is time to be chaotic, it is still chaos, and when it is time to run, it is still necessary to run, so simply let go of the rules completely.

In addition, Gefra also introduced the federation's set of international recruitment to the entire World Development Council member countries.

If it is assisted, then an individual can join the mercenary army, and a complete organization, a collective, can directly communicate with a special office to discuss employment battles.

At the same time, any individual who participates in the mercenary army can become a legal citizen of Gafra and enjoy higher welfare benefits...