Chapter 1803: Burning Money! (Happy New Year! Happy New Year!)

When everyone got the news, they all thought... Tianqi was crazy!

How could a national leader go to the front line in person? In the era of cold weapons, leaders going to the front line in person could boost morale, but in the era of hot weapons, if you, a national leader, go to the front line... that is not a question of boosting morale, but a hundred percent trouble for others!

First of all, security. Don't think that the national leader goes to the place alone. There are a lot of followers and guards behind him. So many people go to the front line, and they are not under the control of the military. It is very troublesome to arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Secondly, that is a battlefield! The enemy and us are intertwined, and the situation is very critical. Why do you go to the front line? Are you a target for others? How to arrange security? How to keep the information confidential?

Thirdly, if the enemy knows the location of the leader and comes to kill him at all costs, what should we do? Do you leave or stay? If you leave, then why do you run to the front line? Is it embarrassing? If you stay... it will be more lively. The friendly forces around will definitely come to reinforce and protect the leader at all costs. But what about the friendly positions?

Don't let the leader be fine, but the positions are all lost... Then what are you doing here? Help the other side?

Finally, if the leader has any problems, will this war still be fought? When the battle is fierce, your boss is killed... Morale and so on are basically ruined. It will also give rise to countless variables.

If it goes wrong, it will be ruined!

Let professionals do professional things!

There are countless profound lessons in this sentence! As a national leader, don't blindly command the army! You can't play that thing.

Of course, there are many leaders in history who are both wise and brave, both civil and military, who can fight the world on horseback and rule the world on foot. But there is no doubt that such people are absolutely a minority. The vast majority of people think they can do it, but that is an illusion!

Unfortunately, few people can distinguish this, mistake illusion for confidence, and then do all kinds of micro-manipulation, which directly collapses the good situation.

There are really too many such examples.

The micro-manipulation master has a bad end!

Of course, this is the thinking of ordinary people, and the leadership of Xiaobawang is also in this situation now.

They are puzzled, what is the meaning of Tianqi's action.

"Does he really think he is a prophet?" A senior executive couldn't help but tease, of course such a tease is full of malice.

The word prophet is very sacred in the three religions, not just any cat or dog can be called a prophet!

It's very interesting to say that although the three religions are hostile to each other, in fact, they recognize that there is only one God in the world, that is, Jehovah. God Jehovah is the homonym of the Hebrew God Yahweh. In Judaism, Jehovah is "God", the creator and ruler of the entire universe. In Christianity, Jesus is considered to be the son of Jehovah. In Islam, Jehovah is called Allah, the creator and ruler of Islam. The three religions actually have the same roots and recognize one God-God Jehovah.

For example, Jesus, all three religions recognize Jesus as a prophet, but the difference is that the positioning of Jesus is different. Xiaobawang only recognizes Jesus as a prophet, which is no different from other prophets. Absolutely do not recognize him as the savior, let alone the son of God. Islam also respects Jesus, but thinks he is just one of the prophets.

Anyway, the word prophet is not a random word.

Those cult leaders are self-satisfied, and no one takes them seriously. But you, a national leader, say you are a prophet... this is too much.

"Maybe he still wants Moses to split the sea!"

Hahahaha!

A group of people laughed... Don't think this is too much. In fact, few real politicians really have any devout beliefs. In fact, the more political, the less likely it is to be devout. There is a saying: The Pope is a sober liar!

The higher your status in a religious group, the more you will soberly discover... God does not exist!

This is still a religious group.

Not to mention in the political arena. It cannot be said that no politician has no devout beliefs, it can only be said that the probability of occurrence is very small!

Although these people are the top leaders of the Little Overlord, if you want to say how much they really believe in those things... I can only say that you think too much. They will regard those as part of their lives, but they will never let them become everything!

But after talking and laughing, we still have to get back to business.

"Okay, the joke time is over. How should we deal with this news?"

"I think this must be a smokescreen. For example, Apocalypse will find a substitute to attract the attention of our army, and then launch a surprise attack when our army's mobilization line has a flaw!"

This guess is not impossible.

Although no one has played this before, well... not really, the British have played it before, in the North African battlefield, they found someone to impersonate Montgomery, but the national leaders... have never played such a big one. After all, this requires a very strong tactical deception ability, which is to deceive an entire country!

"But our intelligence agency has sent back accurate information. Apocalypse announced it in front of the people of the whole country. He... has no reason to deceive even his own people." Another senior official retorted.

Then he was despised.

Everyone here, when have you not deceived the people?

What's the big deal? As long as the war is won, this is a stunning trick!

It's a trick! You know nothing!

"I think we have forgotten that Apocalypse is a mutant! He may really be able to change the situation of the war."

Another senior official said so.

And then he was also despised.

"Mutants...it's not like we haven't caught them before. Maybe they look amazing, but in fact, those little tricks can't affect the direction of the war at all!"

This is a cognitive problem.

The population of Xiaobawang is just about 10 million...I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck. It just so happens that there are no mutants in the country! Maybe there are, but they haven't been discovered. After all, it's a small country, it's normal to have them. It's not surprising if there aren't any.

Mutants have always been like this, there's no pattern. Maybe a small country with a few million people has hundreds of mutants in the country. Some countries also have millions of people, but there's not a single mutant in the country.

Xiaobawang is like this, there are no mutants in the country.

They don't need to deal with the problem of mutants, so their own understanding and research on mutants is not deep.

They did kill and capture several mutants on the battlefield. To be honest, these abilities are really interesting. In small-scale conflicts, these abilities are very useful. But if in a war... their abilities can only be said to be a little interesting, but not very meaningful.

So although they value mutants, after all, mutants have indeed caused them a lot of trouble, but it is limited to trouble and cannot change the general situation. But they absolutely do not believe that they have the ability to change the situation on the battlefield!

"Then what should we do?"

"Let the special forces prepare and prepare the mobile forces. Once it is confirmed that Apocalypse has appeared, let the special forces attack, and then let the mobile forces expand the results. If it is false... then ignore him and continue our previous mission to drive the Egyptians out of the country!"

The biggest leader made the final decision!

Of course, the entire meeting could not be so vulgar and simple. In fact, these senior executives need to consider a lot of things. The news of Apocalypse probably only took up a few minutes of their meeting time.

...

Apocalypse did not lie. He really wanted to lead the army in person.

Because the situation on the front line was indeed not good.

After all, although Tianqi has experienced wars, at most they were just a melee of a few thousand people, and they were fighting each other with sticks and bronze weapons. It is completely different from modern wars!

As for wars, after human civilization has developed to a certain extent, it seems that there has never been an absence. Because of interests and conflicts, all kinds of wars may occur. However, compared with modern wars, ancient wars seem to be more restrained, and the time that armies can fight each other is longer. Especially if one of the warring parties is not completely defeated, we often hear the term "comeback". But in modern society, once a modern war breaks out, it seems that there will be no such situation. Especially in ancient wars, everyone can persist for more than a hundred years, but modern wars can only be fought for one year, and many people can't stand it.

First of all, the degree of mobilization of ancient wars and modern wars is different. In ancient wars, due to the limitations of social development, the forces that the feudal dynasties can concentrate are actually very limited. Especially before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fighting was even a matter between nobles and kings, and had nothing to do with ordinary people. Kings will not only not harm the people, but also hope to get more people to work for them through war.

But in modern wars, the nature of the country has changed from a monarchy to a democracy. In other words, the country in the past can be seen as a country of a certain person or a certain family from a certain perspective, but in modern countries, everyone is equal, and everyone has the obligation to contribute to their country. Under such circumstances, the degree of mobilization becomes higher and the damage caused by the war becomes more serious, so even if it only lasts for a year, many people can't stand it.

Secondly, the cost of war is different. The cost of ancient wars actually focuses on three aspects: military pay, logistics, and various war materials. But the money consumed in these three aspects is actually very limited. Although there have been frequent cases in history where the treasury was emptied by war, the main reason was not the consumption of war, but the low productivity of society at that time, and the so-called treasury did not have much money.

But in modern wars, a missile costs tens of millions of dollars, and the loss of a fighter jet is even as high as hundreds of millions of dollars. How many people have spent their entire lives earning money, and it is not even enough to support more than ten minutes of warship bombardment. It is conceivable how terrible modern war is. In this case, if modern war continues for a year, how many people in a country can bear it?

Finally, the social system is different. Although the ancient social system is simple, it is actually very strong. Because there are not too many rules and restrictions, and the people value survival much more than "life". Therefore, even if affected by the war, people can still persist. More importantly, in terms of the impact of ancient wars, if it is not a deliberate massacre, the impact on the people is not as great as modern wars.

But in modern society, when modern weapons fall into urban residential areas, the entire social system will be severely impacted. Compared with the ancient social system, the modern social system is complex but fragile, and people cannot accept the changes before and after the war. Therefore, it only takes one year for many people to be unable to bear the impact of the war.

Although Tianqi had seen the so-called modern war in many books, he still had no substantial experience.

Until he saw with his own eyes the speed of burning money after the outbreak of the war!

Not only the front line couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear it in the back either!

In Tianqi's view, this country is now his own, and the money of this country is naturally his own! So seeing his own money, burning millions every minute, he couldn't bear it... Well, Tianqi's taste is not that low.

But the situation in China is indeed not very good. The benefits they finally gained in the last war were consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before, when Tianqi received assistance from all parties, he sincerely believed that with so many weapons and supplies, he could beat the little tyrant so badly that even his mother wouldn't recognize him!

But unexpectedly, all the supplies were consumed in just half a month!

Since the war began, the little tyrant has fired about 20,000 shells a day, and the Egyptian army consumes between 4,000 and 7,000 shells a day. The Egyptian army has consumed a total of almost 90,000 shells so far! And the Egyptian army has only about 150,000 shells in stock! (Not including shells consumed by tanks and other vehicles, only artillery consumption is calculated)

Their artillery ammunition inventory has reached the bottom, and even with this, they are still a long way from the Little Overlord!

Others consume 20,000 rounds a day!

In addition, there is the consumption of bullets... This thing is the real big head. On the modern battlefield, firearms and bullets are the most common and practical weapons and ammunition. Except for cold weapons such as daggers, they are almost the cheapest. Depending on the caliber, the price of a bullet ranges from 1 to 5 yuan. For example, the Gatling machine gun can fire 1,000 rounds of 7.62 mm caliber bullets per minute, and each costs 5 yuan. Even if each barrel is consumed to 10,000 rounds before it needs to be scrapped, the cost of ammunition is only 300,000 yuan.

However, high-precision sniper rifle bullets are different. The price of a single shot may be as high as tens or even hundreds of yuan. Although the price of a single bullet is low, the cost of bullet consumption in a war is enough to bankrupt a small country. For example, the Soviet-German War during World War II consumed as many as 17 billion rounds of bullets by the Soviet Army alone. In the Iraq War, the US military consumed 6 billion rounds of bullets, but only 24,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed. On average, it took 250,000 rounds of bullets to kill an enemy. In actual modern war statistics, killing an enemy with a single bullet is almost an exception.

In large-scale wars, it is rare to fight with guns. The "faith shooting" on the battlefield in Africa is a true portrayal - the soldiers hide their heads, only stick out the muzzle, and pull the trigger by luck. In fact, fire suppression is mostly deterrent shooting, which is difficult to cause actual damage. Although the cost of a single bullet is low, it becomes a huge expense in terms of quantity.

Tianqi has always known that war burns money, but he never thought it would burn so much money!

If the war continues, let alone what will happen to the little overlord, he will definitely go bankrupt!

It can't go on.

He needs to make a final decision!