Chen Chuan flipped through more than a dozen newspapers in a row. Every one of them was filled with arguments between the two sides.
The Conservative Faction had clearly done its homework, doing everything it could to make its voice loud enough to secure more benefits.
This was something they had no choice but to do. After this battle, the Progressive Faction had unquestionably achieved its strategic objective. Once the war was over, many Progressive Faction members would surely be promoted on the strength of their military merits and take up important posts.
However, the construction and development of the Convergence Zone could never be handed over to the military. It would inevitably fall to the various regional Central Cities, and these resources were something they had to seize and keep under their control.
Only then could they establish local security forces, cultivate more Fighters, and counter the Skyline's expansion.
Yet no matter how tirelessly they promoted themselves, they still had one fatal weakness: the decisive battles that destroyed the Old Imperial Household had had almost nothing to do with the regional Central Cities.
One article mentioned that the greatest contributor to this war had been none other than Chen Chuan, the Frontline's overall commander.
It said that when the Old Imperial Household launched its surprise attack, he had been the first Profound Cave Observation Fighter to go to the rescue. By himself, he had wiped out every incoming enemy in a single battle. Then he had struck decisively, raiding the location of the Old Imperial Household's trusted core and forcing them to send all their elite forces to encircle and suppress him—only for him to crush them head-on once again.
Those two battles had annihilated most of the Old Imperial Household's main forces, allowing the subsequent advance to proceed