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The causes of the war are varied, there are territorial disputes, there are ideological conflicts, there are ethnic and religious conflicts. But the vast majority of wars are caused by economic factors.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, after the Franco-Prussian War, the First Sino-Japanese War, and the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, Germany and Japan and other emerging imperialist countries relied on the huge indemnities obtained after the victory of the war to complete the initial capital accumulation, and then began to accumulate funds for industrialization. In the thirties and forties of the twentieth century, several fascist countries provoked the Second World War with the aim of diverting internal contradictions and economic crises, that is, using the war to plunder the resources of other countries and turning the occupied territories into exclusive dumping grounds for commodities and a source of cheap labor. After the Cold War, the Gulf War, the Middle East conflict, the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the war on terrorism, and the color revolution were all inextricably linked to financial and monetary hegemony.

The same is true of Yalfheim's war with Charlemagne.

The main strategic goal of Yalfheim is to establish an independent state, and the other purpose is to turn Charlemagne's population into a cheap labor and consumer market, relying on this rear base to further export capital to various countries and prepare for the next strategic step.

Therefore, whether or not the result can be swallowed smoothly is the only criterion for judging whether this war is won or not.

If Charlemagne had survived the war, the war would have been fought almost in vain, with almost nothing to gain but become an independent state recognized by the Great Powers, and facing a geostrategic nightmare of being surrounded and flanked. That's almost the same for them as losing. On the other hand, even if it loses nearly half of its territory and still has to accept costly assistance from other countries, as long as Charlemagne's kingdom itself remains a sovereign and independent state, there will always be a day when it can stand up again.

So what Charlemagne has to do now is not to continue the hopeless war, but to carry out intelligence operations and diplomatic compromises, to guide the war-weary people to accept a less dignified peace, and at the same time play a role in front of the nations to stop the wave of Yalfheim's expansion, so as to withdraw from this damned, stupid war, licking his wounds while waiting for an opportunity.

It's as simple as that. But as with all simple and incomparably correct truths, for those who have made up their minds to ignore them, they simply do not see the facts and the truth, and they only want to hide in their own world.

When Charlemagne sank deeper and deeper into the quagmire of war, blood and mud spilled over his chest and neck, and he was about to drown. Charlemagne's military and politicians' political wisdom or power skills were sublimated under pressure, and a series of laws were quickly passed, under the protection of the law, unprecedented power was concentrated in the hands of the crown prince and the War Department, and the whole country was at the mercy of a small elite group of soldiers and politicians.

According to the "Enabling Decree for the Protection of the People and the State", commonly known as the "Law of War", the military and police gendarmes took over the country in a comprehensive manner, the freedom of speech, the freedom of writing, the freedom of assembly, and the right to privacy of correspondence were completely prohibited, and the military government could arrest, interrogate, and even sentence and execute anyone without evidence and without court procedures. The Crown Prince was empowered to form a Cabinet, and the Crown Prince and the Cabinet could pass any legislation without the need for the deliberation and consent of the Privy Council. At this point, the crown prince and his commanders gained the absolute power to demand and even decide the life and death of Charlemagne's nationals and foreigners living in Charlemagne's territory.

All citizens swore allegiance to the king. The Law of War clearly stipulates that in time of war, all citizens are obliged to give their land, property, and life to the king. The king was free to expropriate any man, material, and enterprise in Charlemagne's territory as he needed in time of war, as well as the power to kill and seize the entire population. As the crown prince exercising power in place of the ailing king, the de facto head of the country, the crown prince automatically acquired these powers, and as long as he and the wartime cabinet decided something, it had to be carried out without reservation, and any questioning and resistance would be regarded as treason, and in serious cases could be hanged on the street without trial.

What a just dictatorship, reasonable and legal, and high-sounding. Even Li Lin's title of Dictator pales in comparison, knowing that His Excellency the Dictator is authorized by the Council, has only a one-year term of office (not a life dictator like Caesar), and only has the right to use the land, resources, people, and wealth of the whole country, and cannot do whatever he wants at the level of legislation and judicial execution, let alone convict and sentence without trial.

What is a dictatorship, this is the real dictatorship, and it is also dressed in the sacred cloak of rationality and legitimacy. Far from having any grievances against this, the people at the bottom must shout long live and be grateful—if they don't, they're either either citizens or insane, or more likely agents sent by heretics, and the only way to wait is to be tortured by the gendarmerie and then sent to the gallows or burned at the stake.

Even secret service organizations like Stacy are horrified and a little angry at Charlemagne's current state. In the report, a senior security police officer affiliated with Stacy even accused the Charlemagne authorities of abusing their power and exerting unnecessary oppression on the population (which is ironic when it comes to the work of the security police).

It's hard to imagine how crazy the crown prince and the military leaders played were for those who hadn't actually experienced it. Here's an example: At that time, in addition to the normal tasks of patrolling, searching, and suppressing rape and espionage, the gendarmerie was also added a routine task, that is, to go to residential areas every night to check the garbage bins. See if there are any meat skins and fish bones in the garbage bin, and if anyone is engaged in extravagance and corruption. You must know that the current scarcity of materials, the crown prince put forward the slogan "luxury is the great enemy", the people of the whole country can not eat good clothes and wear good, and all the money will be burned to the front, otherwise they will be "non-nationals". If the gendarmes dug out flesh and bones in a dumpster, the whole street would be taken to the gendarmerie. The gendarmerie should ask who are good citizens and who are non-nationals, why don't they report to the gendarmerie that there are "non-nationals"? Do you want to shield them? Or are you all "non-nationals"? Do you want to flout the authority of the authorities? Or do you want to express your contempt for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

can play such a frenzied game, and the Charlemagne family will probably be the whole world.

After tasting absolute, unequivocal power, how many people can give up that sweet taste? Not to mention that they have offended too many people for the sake of this power. Once the authority is handed over, what awaits them is bound to be a bloody reckoning. The politicians who were ousted by them, the people who were oppressed and persecuted by them, would definitely make them vomit out all their possessions, and they would not be left behind, and then they would all be hanged, as well as their wives, brothers, sons and daughters. The enraged crowd can definitely do such a thing.

Therefore, even for the sake of their own and their family's safety, they will never hand over the power they have already obtained, and will do everything possible to keep these powers. The only way to retain power is to let the war continue, and as long as the war is going on, the power they have seized will still be reasonable and legitimate. If we want the war to continue, we must not fail, we must not negotiate peace, and we must not withdraw our troops.

"Troops must never be withdrawn! The officers and men on the front line are marching toward victory, and how many people have shed blood and sacrificed their lives for this, and how many families have lost their husbands, sons, fathers, and brothers. To talk about peace with our enemies, abominable heretics, at such times is shameless betrayal!"

With his fist slammed on the conference table, the flushed face of Major General Louis Loiszo de Granmaison, the new head of the First Department of the Royal Army, distorted as he tried to control his emotions, but apparently without success.

"It's a stab in the back!"

Qingxiu's eyebrows jumped slightly, and the voice of the princess sitting diagonally opposite became stern.

"Are you accusing the Navy of betraying national interests with the Navy's withdrawal proposal? ”

"No, I'm just pointing out the bad effect of the proposal on the front and on the morale of the whole country. ”

The Chief of Operations was not a fool, he took a step back in time.

But many times, even one step back will provoke a more aggressive counterattack from the other side.

"Can I understand that Your Excellency the Chief of Operations thinks that as the daughter of Prince Charlemagne, I, and the entire Royal Navy are secretly colluding with the enemy army to frame the main force of the Royal Army?

"No, Your Highness. ”

With a seventy-five-degree bow, the chief of war's sweaty forehead almost hit the conference table.

Minerva was clearly misinterpreting what he meant, although he did want to give the navy thieves the laurel of "a stab in the back", but Her Royal Highness was ......

If you think about it carefully, a rear admiral accused the second heir to the throne of colluding with the royal navy, fornicating with the rebels, conspiring to frame the main force of the royal army, and stabbing him in the back at a critical moment...... This is tantamount to detonating 10,000 tons of explosives in Charlemagne's political center.

This may be a good opportunity at another time, you can use the charge of "collaborating with the enemy" to completely eradicate the unsightly princess and the naval octopus, anyway, there is the power granted by the "Law of War", there is no need to waste time collecting evidence, saying that you are collaborating with the enemy, and you don't need to be tried, just drag it out and shoot or hang it. Now......

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a few unfriendly glances, and looked at the expressions of the admirals who were eager to try and bitter hatred, and the head of the Army Operations Department couldn't help but shudder.

The main force of the army is now trapped in the Rhine front, and there are a bunch of old and weak soldiers and military police spies guarding the place in the rear, and these people can just bully the good people on weekdays, and let these uniformed ruffians go to fight the battle maniac of the Marines who dreamed of fighting with the army? It might be a good idea to summon local troops to King Ludes, but it is estimated that before the mobilization order of King Qinjia here can get out of Lüdes, the artillery of the Marine Corps has already blown the Palace of Bourbon and the Army Headquarters building into rubble.

Thinking of the follow-up counteroffensives, Major General De Grandmaison, who was arrogant, was also shocked into a cold sweat.

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