Chapter 1373: Hype
Ever since Major General Brenita's army hit the road to attack the landing troops of the Aurora Legion, the job of maintaining logistics was left to Jiris. Governor Alfonso didn't care about it at all, and let it go completely.
The logistics matter sounds very oily, especially to provide logistics for the army, and it is even more about eating, drinking, and sleeping. It is a lot of money to do anything casually.
Although Ji Ruisi is a bit shy about his dignified commander actually doing logistics, but when he has real power in his hands, he can still feel what is status?
The Enclave is unwilling to invest too many troops on the Mexican battlefield, but they are relatively generous in giving some supplies. The Diego government also provided corresponding logistics in principle. In order to satisfy the 8,000-man motorized infantry division, a cargo ship was brought in every three days for supplies.
"Fuel, medicine, food rations, weapons and ammunition, even salaries. My God!" Giles is busy from morning to night every day. He turns his city hall into a logistics command, with more than a dozen entourages All have to participate in the work of material allocation.
"We need more warehouses, more custodians, vehicles, drivers, and too many people and supplies." Giles didn't know much about military logistics, so he was in a hurry at first. He had to find related books and sell them now.
And just as Giles transitioned from being idle every day to being half-tired, the mixed first division on the front line had a lot of information to feed back every day. Some of these messages were requests for supplies, but some were reports from war correspondents.
"This morning, when our third regiment attacked the small town of Temozon, there was an exchange of fire with the third regiment of the Aurora Legion's Guards. This is the third regiment-level unit of the Aurora Legion that landed in Yucatan, and it is also its newly formed elite force .”
"The number of the enemy has increased from 5,000 to 10,000, and the numbers of the elite Guards 1, 2, and 3 regiments all appear, indicating that this is an extremely large-scale attack."
"Our first mixed division is quite calm in the battle, and its combat quality has improved rapidly. However, it seems that the enemy's combat effectiveness is quite good after a few days of fighting.
Apart from the confusion at the beginning, the current battlefield has entered a stalemate. The fronts of both sides are getting bigger and bigger, and we need to pay a lot of price for every step forward. Fortunately, our side still has air superiority. "
Reporters on the front line report in different ways every day. These news will not only be promoted in Merida, but will also serve as intelligence references for Mexico City and even the Enclave. On the whole, the front line is advancing steadily, but the enemy is also fighting quite tenaciously.
Hmm... that's right, that's right.
Occasionally, Ji Ruisi would hear some noises. Some transportation personnel who came back from the front line would say that the first mixed division encountered guerrillas, and the main force of the enemy has never appeared. However, people who say such things are often transferred from the front line due to various problems, or disappear on the front line.
Giles is not stupid, so he can probably understand what is going on here? He could see the various needs of the troops on the front line, he could see the number of wounded soldiers being evacuated, the number of body bags used, and at the same time he could see where the logistics supplies were being transported, which must be where the fighting took place.
Obviously, the war was not as easy as the report said, but Giles still very much agreed with the news control during the war, and even appreciated the relatively objective position of winning and losing in the report. After all, this is what gives people a sense of reality!
Moreover, the slow advancement of the battle situation also played another unexpected and reasonable thing. Those bloody war bonds, the bonds issued and compelled by Governor Alfonso, they've become a little bit worthless.
Giles once said that he was willing to buy a bond of 5,000 gold coins, but to be honest, he was actually not willing to spend such a large amount of money to buy a pile of waste paper. At that time, he spoke only to express his support, and he didn't give money to buy it afterwards.
But now things are a little different. President Diego, who has turned into a zombie, has eliminated any human emotions and is an absolutely rational existence. It actually agreed to the application of its illegitimate son Alfonso,
The right to issue war bonds was not taken back to the central government.
Moreover, this batch of bonds of five million gold coins will not expand the issuance, and the bonds will be paid by the compensation of the Aurora Legion after the war.
As soon as this situation was confirmed, the five million denomination bond immediately became hot. Not only did the rich and powerful in Merida, who were forced to apportion, start to regret that they bought too little, even many big shots in Mexico City and the Enclave were willing to participate in the purchase.
But at this time, Governor Alfonso is reluctant to sell and raises the price, and there is a tendency to monopolize the market. As a result, the value of these war bonds on the market is slowly rising—now that the Enclave's navy and air force blockade, coupled with the suppression of the mixed First Division, the possibility of victory in the war is very high!
You must know that this situation is far from the estimate when Cancun was destroyed. At that time, more than 100 ballistic missiles destroyed a city, but the whole world was shocked. The top leaders of the Diego regime are even mentally prepared to lose the Yucatan Peninsula.
Who knows that the Aurora Legion's shortcomings in the sea and air are so obvious now, they are blinded as soon as they are blocked, and they have not been able to send many troops to land on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico for a long time.
In this context, every day, various people came to inquire about Ji Ruisi. Not only the dignitaries in Merida came to please him, but even the family relatives who were lukewarm to him became eager.
Everyone knows what the front line is like? Wondering how credible a news report is? Everyone wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
Power, power brings unilateral information advantage. How intoxicating it feels to have this advantage!
Giles, who had had enough of the cold world, finally had the experience of being a big shot himself, and he had some expectations for the 5,000 gold coin bond that he said he wanted to buy at the beginning - with the current size of the Aurora Legion, if it is defeated Compensation, five thousand gold coins can be multiplied at least ten times!
Giris got a little excited when he thought about it. He was no more powerful than other people in the family, and his wealth was extremely limited. If you can get 50,000 gold coins, you will really make a fortune. He even felt that when he said that five thousand was too little, he should just buy fifty thousand.
It is precisely because of this that Giles is also always paying attention to the information on the front line, exploring the real situation on the battlefield from various clues. He felt that if he really wanted to win this war, he would have the cheek to buy bonds of 5,000 denominations from Alfonso's cousin.
No one would want to miss this kind of lucrative good deed!
And as the battle continued day by day and the front of the mixed first division continued to advance, the situation seemed to be becoming clearer.
Finally one day, Lena Fox of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Aurora Legion seemed unable to bear the military pressure and suddenly expressed her willingness to communicate with relevant forces on the peaceful situation in the Yucatan Peninsula.
As soon as the announcement was made, the price of war bonds skyrocketed. Bonds with a denomination of ten gold coins doubled in value several times in one day. At the same time, a group of people ran to the Governor's Mansion in Merida with a large amount of gold coins, crying and shouting that they would buy war bonds.
Ji Ruisi hurriedly contacted the Governor's Mansion, expressing his willingness to purchase the five thousand gold coin bonds promised at the beginning. As a result, the Governor's Office quickly replied: Sorry, my brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Now five thousand gold coins can only buy five hundred denomination bonds.
Fuck, Alfonso, you are too dark, you can double it ten times with just one mouth!