Chapter 311 : Dennis’s Journey to Save the Nation

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The ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Allied Nations did not have the capability to mass-produce Light and Medium Tanks on a large scale，without efficient crude oil refining and separation technology，even the most basic energy supply was a problem let alone anything else。

After ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the Magitech-powered Transmission Packages were installed on Mechanical Bodies there was not much manufacturing capacity left to allocate to Tanks，so as the intensity of the war continued to deepen，the stockpile of Magitech Packages ran out，and the Allied Nations’ armaments also began moving increasingly toward extremes。

This ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍extreme did not simply refer to Bigger Is Better，More Is Beautiful。

Instead ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍it meant intensifying exploitation in every aspect，to maintain production volume and efficiency they had to exploit Workers and extend working hours，to reduce manufacturing costs they had to raise taxes、cut wages and find money from every possible direction。

To ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍fill the vacancies left by the reserves going to the frontline，military service had to shift from the previous propaganda、education and guidance to simply forcibly conscripting people into the army later on。

Too many young people entering the military and leaving production，the resulting shortage of young labor would indirectly increase the production pressure on other groups，reduced grain harvests would then push living costs even higher，affecting every aspect like a chain reaction。

Labor exploitation，military expenditures soaring，production pressure multiplying，civilian commodity supply and demand becoming disrupted，the continuation and inheritance of the population being completely destroyed。

Combined with one defeat after another，groups harboring feelings of disgust appeared among every class within the Allied Nations。

Disgust toward war，disgust toward the nation，disgust toward everything as it was now，they desperately needed a reform to change the current situation。

And this time the Cabansia Strategy completely ignited the fuse of these contradictions，Dennis remained unyielding even after being confined for more than a month，leaving Ardashir with no choice but to send him back to the Empire，together with a group of young nobles who held the same ideas。

Why only nobles？Naturally because only nobles could make Ardashir merciful，people from other classes who expressed different opinions had long since become fertilizer by now，how could they possibly be qualified to appear before him。

But Dennis and the others were different，they were generally second sons or relatives of the Empire’s Great Nobles，without titles to inherit they naturally had to join the military and struggle for themselves。

However some among them were also there to gild their reputations

Just like Dennis，the same as Mitia in the past，he was also the First Heir of a powerful Border Marquis，and what he carried was more an idealistic desire to loyally serve his sovereign and nation。

It was merely that the methods of war in reality were far from what he had imagined。

They had followed the Empire in invading Suria，and there they came into contact with all kinds of new things，new weapons，new ideas。

Prosperous streets，a dazzling array of goods，passersby whose rank could not be discerned from their clothing。

Even the nobles of Suria were greatly different from nobles like them，they had already grown accustomed to living in an environment where distinctions of rank were so blurred。

So it turned out that letting people speak，the heavens，would not collapse。

When Dennis was young he had still been learning horseback riding、archery and how to operate Mechanical Bodies，learning Magic and Martial Techniques，training his body and wearing exquisite Heavy Armor。

In the distance firearms had gradually begun to emerge，at that time he had still mocked Ordinary People for overestimating themselves，the time it took the other side to fire one shot was enough for him to cut off their damned head five or six times。

When they set out for Suria they still intended to give these Surians bewitched by new ideas a little taste of the Empire’s might，only for them to increasingly discover as things progressed that they seemed to be the ones receiving an education instead。

Not only from their enemies，but also from their own comrades-in-arms。

Those Ordinary People who only after firearms became widespread had transformed from cannon-fodder servant soldiers equivalent to Slaves into Musketeers capable of influencing the course of battle，their patriotic fervor and ideals of sacrificing themselves for the nation were no weaker than theirs。

Many noble lords would be the first to turn tail and run the moment they heard the enemy had arrived，while instead the Line Infantry Formations composed mostly of Ordinary People continued maintaining the discipline and combat effectiveness they should have possessed，resembling nobles fighting for their Motherland even more。

Perhaps their abilities were limited，perhaps their lives were extremely fragile，but they were comrades-in-arms who shared life and death on the battlefield，this bond had already transcended the restraints imposed upon them by class。

And with the Alliance’s intervention，the situation on the battlefield deteriorated sharply，the large-scale application of artillery and machine guns，the appearance of new Tanks at the end of the horizon gave them an enormous shock。

Most of what they had learned since childhood was no longer of any use now，their Mechanical Bodies were destroyed in large numbers by artillery fire covering them from afar before they could even touch the enemy。

Their lances，their proud horsemanship appeared utterly ridiculous before Tanks weighing twenty or thirty tons，although they still had Magic，Magic had lost its dominant position just as they had。

After witnessing the Alliance’s strength，they naturally wanted to understand the source of the Alliance’s strength，their nation should also have been like this，or rather they should rightfully have been even stronger than the Alliance。

The source of the Alliance’s strength was a miracle built together by one Ordinary Person after another，their nation did not lack population，did not lack resources，and they also possessed their own Cultural Confidence。

If the journey to Suria had merely planted a tiny seed in their hearts，then compared with the Alliance which advocated Equality，Justice，Fraternity，the ignorance、backwardness、corruption and ossification of their own nation all made them ashamed and heartbroken。

The only thing they still had left that they could take pride in，was the virtues of the former code of chivalry，and this was also the final thing they absolutely could not abandon。

After returning home Dennis continuously organized and held all kinds of banquets inviting friends who had participated in the Suria War，he had an extremely bold idea he wanted to share with these friends，of course the prerequisite was that under his guidance they could give the answer he wanted。

And his idea was also extremely simple，launch an uprising and coup to save the nation！

However unlike the riots currently spreading everywhere，Dennis’s idea for the coup was to force the Emperor to make concessions to them，hand over part of his authority，allowing them to advance reforms within the Britian Empire。

Only by following popular will and proactively carrying out reforms could the frequent riots occurring throughout the Empire be brought to an end，and this would be far more effective than Bloody Suppression。

As for how the Emperor would be handled，they could simply place him high above like the Alliance Empress，both sides could completely coexist。

As for why he only sought out noble friends，the main reason was still an unavoidable problem，namely that they themselves were also nobles。

They wanted reform but did not want to affect their families and friends，if they incited the people to rise up，then it was extremely likely to spiral completely out of control，in that case the Alliance nobles hanging from streetlamps would become their families’ tomorrow。

So this reform had to have a Red Line，namely that only people like themselves could carry it out，the military and nobles without commoners。

As a result Dennis had barely pulled together a few friends and assembled a makeshift group when that very night the rules and regulations he had concocted appeared on the Emperor’s desk，not only had a duplicate copy been obtained，even the list of participating noble children was complete without a single omission。

Emperor：“......”