1916 Winter Is a Killer

In a televised address, Mr. Trueman made three points.

First, the senior officials of the Pengeo Empire, including the royal family, who conceived, planned, and launched the war of aggression must face trial.

They are the most direct sinners. Without their planning and launching, this war would never have been triggered!

Second, the families of federal soldiers who died in the war must receive excessive compensation!

Human life is the most precious wealth, and any plunder of life is a crime!

So compensation must be made, and the money must be paid by Pengeo.

The specific amount will exceed everyone's expectations and will be announced after the war is over.

Third, given that the Pengeo Empire has launched aggressive wars many times, it is a "habitual offender" and may continue to do so in the future.

So the federal government decided to include a restraining order in the terms of the negotiations.

A series of military factors such as the size of the army and the level of military equipment owned by Pengeo after the war are restricted.

For example, the army is not allowed to have more than a certain number of people, and large war equipment such as fighter jets, tanks, and sea fortresses are prohibited from being installed, etc.

And around this article, an observation and supervision agency will be established. Once the authorized limit is exceeded, the World Development Council is obliged to correct it.

If necessary, we can first launch measures including but not limited to military strikes, political actions, etc. to contain Pengeo.

These three demands, known as the "Three Articles of Peace", were added to the peace negotiations with Pengeo as supplements or amendments.

If we want to talk next time, these three points must exist and not be changed!

Mr. Trueman's tough attitude and the more than 300,000 heroic souls greatly shocked the entire federal society.

This is also the largest casualty since the founding of the Federation!

The society that was reactivated by revanchism once again changed their previous attitude towards war, and people also reached a high degree of unity.

The Pengeo royal family must plead guilty and face trial!

More than one million troops have landed, and the follow-up plan is to send another one million troops to Pengeo's mainland.

Since they want to fight, then fight well, hit them hard, and defeat them in one go!

The inflow of large amounts of foreign capital has also given the federal government great confidence.

The federal government's attitude towards the war was in line with the military's ideas, and the government and the military were closely united.

Even if many big capitalists are dissatisfied with the new policies "peddled" by the presidential office, they can only temporarily shut up and wait for things to develop.

The "Children's Law Amendment Act" has begun to be implemented across the country, and many factory owners have to hire adults to work.

Adults are protected by a series of laws such as the Minimum Hourly Wage Law, the Labor Law, and the Workers’ Security Law, and labor costs suddenly skyrocketed!

This has also hit many light industries and handicraft industries with child labor as the main labor force to varying degrees!

After all, hiring adults involves more than just paying more wages.

But everyone can only endure all this silently, because now it is difficult for anyone to challenge the authority of the Presidential Palace!

Jerry & Dais, as well as some other related capital forces, have also begun to be subject to various investigations one after another.

Jerry & Dess, for example, has been subject to antitrust investigations.

In the federal context, antitrust investigations are a terrible means used by the government against capitalists.

In normal times, to initiate an antitrust investigation against a company, the Antitrust Investigation Committee of Congress requires the International Antitrust Investigation Report to submit an "Antitrust Investigation Report". After it is approved, the specific investigation of the company will begin.

In other words, as long as a large company doesn't go too far and has a few political representatives in Congress, there is a high probability that this kind of thing will not happen.

Find someone, build relationships, and prevent this antitrust investigation committee from targeting you.

Or if you win over some people at the polls, vote against it, or delay the matter, there will naturally be a solution.

But this is war time, and all orders come from the Presidential Palace. When the Presidential Palace asked the Congressional Antitrust Investigation Committee to conduct a specific antitrust investigation into Jerry & Dais, Congress had no way to protest.

Moreover, the Security Council’s Financial Security Committee and Financial Management Committee will assist in the investigation during this process.

The security agencies, plus the investigation team, everyone knew that Jerry & Des were in big trouble.

They have lost several more senators in Congress, let alone members of the House of Representatives. The entire group may face the possibility of being split up!

Once the antitrust investigation finds that they have monopolistic behavior, the next step will be punishment and splitting.

No company can handle this process, and may even collapse as a result.

Not everyone has the influence and ability to fight against this split.

The federal government's series of measures have forced capitalists to resist passively. Fortunately, perhaps everyone has been appointed, and someone has expressed their intention to bow to the presidential palace.

The entire investigation and evidence collection work became less stringent, which also relieved both the Jerry and Dais families.

When it’s time to give in, you still have to give in.

It's a pity that they were unable to end the war this time, but they will not give up.

And their methods will become more secretive.

At the end of January, a bigger battle broke out again on the battlefield that had been suspended for some time!

The conditions put forward by the federal peace talks and the "Three Articles of Peace" put great pressure and anger on Emperor Pengeo. In fact, in addition to these two points, Emperor Pengeo also had some emotions of fear in his heart!

If, if one day the Federation people really hit the imperial capital, and they really lost to the Federation people, does that mean...

Will he, members of the royal family, and those ministers really be escorted to the Federation to be tried and sentenced?

He thought of many people, those imprisoned and from the ruling families of hostile forces.

They were put in a cage like animals and let people watch.

They would abuse those people, they would hurt them, and then people would laugh loudly at those people!

How proud he, the royal family, and the Pengeos had been of these things before, now felt so uneasy.

Perhaps being locked in a cage was the greatest forgiveness for him. He watched the federal president's televised speech.

He could feel that once Pengeo was defeated, there was only one thing that would greet him.

That is death!

Fear makes people crazy.

More than three million Imperial Army troops began to encircle and suppress the federal troops of only a little over one million.

Due to the bad weather and the coldest period at this time, many military equipment are temporarily unable to go to the battlefield due to low temperatures.

The battlefield has returned to its most primitive state!

Simply, use humans as combat units to launch offense and defense.

During this period, accompanied by constant shelling, trenches and barbed wire became the most magical defenses on the battlefield...

No matter how tragic the front line is, for the Federation at this time, the atmosphere is not too tragic.

In early February, when the weather was still cold, a not-so-good news came.

Old Fox may be dying.

The last time I met the elder Fox was at the wedding of the younger Fox. At that time, the elder Fox was actually in very good condition, except for his obvious age.

All in all, old Fox is already over sixty years old.

This age can already be said to be a symbol of longevity in this era.

When Lynch arrived at the hospital, Fox Sr. was still awake.

After a brief inquiry, it turned out that Old Fox sprained his foot when he was going downstairs a few days ago and fell down the stairs.

The stairs are not high, only six steps, and the entire height is only more than one meter.

But it was such a height that he immediately passed out.

As one of the biggest "financiers" of the prison, the prison administrator quickly sent Old Fox to the best hospital for treatment.

He woke up for a while after treatment, but soon passed out again.

“… Mr. Fox’s problem was not that he fell, but that his wrestling caused a series of problems.”

"His body, his organs, to put it simply, have reached their limits."

"If I didn't wrestle, I might have a few more years to live."

"But after this fall, many problems broke out."

The attending physician shook his head and said, "The situation is not optimistic. We should be prepared in advance."

It is actually a miracle that the old Fox can survive so long.

He was not rich when he was young and did everything to make money. At that time, his body was severely overdrawn.

In addition to fighting and the like, some hidden injuries may not have any effect when the body is strong, but as you get older, they will become a ticking time bomb.

Now, this bomb went off.

A little later, little Fox also came in a hurry.

Perhaps it was because of the arrival of his biological son that Old Fox woke up at night.

His whole appearance gives people a very special feeling, like...

In the words of the novel, it is the death star shining above the head.

The energy of death and the energy of death are mixed together, giving people the feeling that he may be dying, which can be seen at a glance.

"Don't feel sorry for me, I've had a long time coming."

"I once thought I would die in an alley, but now that I can die on a hospital bed, it is God's greatest blessing to me."

"So don't be sad..."

Old Fox looked at Lynch, even his smile was weak, "I'm sorry that I have to ask you to come here."

Lynch shook his head. He and Fox Sr. were "partners" who started from scratch in the true sense.

Without some start-up capital provided by Old Fox, the birth of his Blackstone Empire may still take some time, and he may not be able to reap the dividends of this war.

In this regard, he must admit that Old Fox gave him crucial help.

Old Fox looked at his son and said, "I want to talk to Lynch alone."

Little Fox nodded, and then left with a sad expression.

Only Lynch and Old Fox were left in the room at this time.

"well……"

Old Fox sighed, as if starting to draw the final line.