Chapter 101: Minister of Finance: Can't continue, resign and flee!
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March 26th.
Attending the meeting were Qin Fatty, Old Du, and others, and the Allied Joint Staff meeting concluded. Translated content:
A decision has been reached in the meeting.
Various parties will form a joint force, deploying one hundred divisions, with the support of five thousand aircraft, to launch another attack on Caen and Rennes, aiming to fully occupy these two cities and advance the front line towards the capital of France, a world metropolis.
Paris.
For this reason, the Allies even drew troops stationed in England and anti-aircraft forces.
During the meeting, one of the two giants, Chubby Qiu, stated that the British Empire, as part of the Allies, made great sacrifices for victory and demanded compensation. However, Old Du completely ignored him.
America still has a way out, although it will be a tragic and miserable one. The outcome will be disastrous, but there is still a retreat. However, the British Empire truly has no way out. The little mustache openly boasts that all members of the British Empire are war criminals, and he wants to completely eradicate the empire on its root. Translated: America still has a way out, although it will be a tragic and miserable one. The outcome will be disastrous, but there is still a retreat. However, the British Empire truly has no way out. The little mustache openly boasts that all members of the British Empire are war criminals, and he wants to completely eradicate the empire at its root.
After jumping for a while, Qiu Pangzi saw that America was ignoring him, so he settled down.
At the same time,
he became even more determined in his decision to take revenge on America after the war.
以目前的国际形式，从奥格路撒克逊总体利益出发，战后，最佳的选择是团结米利坚，英吉利，欧罗巴的全部力量，集合突破技术，团结排外，与对岸一决高下，夺回属于他们的文明世界。
But at that time, the British Empire was probably just a regional power.
Maybe not even that.
Now, the British Empire has become a ruin, fearing that it will become a racecourse for American capitalism after the war, being kidnapped economically and militarily by America, and becoming completely subservient to them, like a lackey.
Why is the British pound falling so badly, only one-tenth of its pre-war value? Besides the devastating effects of bombings on the domestic front and severe industrial losses, there is another important reason: the United States has absorbed the core industrial wealth and capital of the British Empire.
But if it is a cooperation with the opposite side,
far-reaching exchanges and close attacks,
then Europa might still be the territory of the British Empire.
As for why there are two giants, it is natural because the big beard has already cooled down.
It wasn't because Little Beard killed him off. Although Little Beard wanted to, he didn't have the capability. It was due to a disastrous defeat in the frontline decisive battle, where several main armored army groups were surrounded and annihilated. This led to some chaos within the group, and then, Big Beard was killed by his own people.
With the absence of Big Beard's suppression and a series of failures, internal conflicts suddenly erupted, causing one of the original three giants to collapse instantly and disintegrate into several factions.
Moreover, they also have different opinions.
有人想和小胡子决一死战，宁死不降，有人想和小胡子和谈，有的甚至打算直接加入小胡子组建的，用来忽悠各国的大陆联盟，但有意思的是，这些不同的意见中，却难得的有一个统一了。
Qiqi intends to refuse the previous transaction and drive the ghosts out.
One of the more powerful ones also plans to mobilize the army and have a decisive battle with Tanaka Tsutomu and YintoZitaro.
A mind-boggling decision was made, leaving the other Allied forces stunned.
The meeting also reached a resolution.
Initiating another round of military expansion.
Currently, similar to the previous European war, the Fuhrer has released a massive number of troops from the Eastern Front, including a significant amount of highly skilled auxiliary forces. Therefore, the Allied forces require even more and more troops to maintain their superiority in strength.
On the second day, which is March 27th.
The documents from the Joint Chiefs of Staff were submitted to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
"We need to launch an attack."
Looking at the report on the budget, the Minister of Finance is about to cry.
The battles between Caen and Rennes not only failed to achieve the set goals but also consumed much more funds than expected.
Two battles lasting for three months, including the logistics during the period, domestic infrastructure investment for expanding production capacity, factory investment, and the government's expenditure on purchasing raw materials from abroad, have collectively consumed an extra three billion dollars more than expected.
Achieved 230 billion US dollars.
This figure is already the pre-war Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States.
Although the US dollar has depreciated significantly compared to the pre-war period, with the US dollar exchange rate against gold dropping by almost more than half in just three years, and the US dollar has also become the international currency second only to gold, this is still an enormous expenditure that the United States cannot afford.
Compared to the current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States, half of it has been consumed in these three months!
One of the reasons for such significant consumption is the increasing cost of advanced weapons and equipment. Taking jet fighters as an example, the factory price of a latest-generation, second-generation jet fighter can reach up to one million US dollars. Translation:
Advanced and complex technologies greatly increase production costs.
120 planes a day amounts to 120 million and 20 thousand dollars per day.
However, after three months of battle, not a single plane survived on the front line.
Advanced technology, although it increases the production cost, greatly reduces the reliability. According to statistics, over half of jet fighters are lost due to non-combat reasons.
And there is ammunition.
In offensive operations, the consumption of ammunition can even exceed the cost of equipment.
Those large-caliber shells and heavy artillery barrels are notoriously expensive. One small Davy Crockett armor-piercing shell is equivalent to one fighter jet, while one US giant cannon AP shell is equivalent to two propeller-driven fighter jets. One bunker buster shell is equivalent to two propeller-driven fighter jets.
And then, launch another offensive, deploying one hundred divisions and five thousand aircraft, how much funding will be needed again?
The Minister of Finance felt a bit dizzy.
There's still Paris to be attacked afterwards, the difficulty is even greater than Caen, not smaller.
If we continue to fight like this, even if we win, even if the United States has over 80% of the world's gold reserves, it will inevitably go bankrupt, and there will be an uncontrollable avalanche-like devaluation of the US dollar after the war.
“More troops?
"Still five million!"
Seeing the next page of the document, the Minister of Finance jumped up directly.
Just the military personnel directly serving the United States, for war, amount to a staggering 15 million. These people consume 2.5 billion dollars in funds every month, and now an additional five million.”
Another offensive,
another military expansion.
Are they still not paying attention to the economy?
Are they really heading towards bankruptcy?
What's the point of winning like this?
If there were no opponent across the strait, it would be fine. As the sole victorious country, the United States has enough space and time to recover. But if they continue at this pace, after the war, the national debt could increase to $15,000 billion. In addition to economic contraction and reduced fiscal revenue, even if calculated at a 3% interest rate per year, the fiscal revenue might not be enough to cover interest payments alone. Then, there will be a significant devaluation of the US dollar and a collapse of credibility. With the treasury unable to produce such a large amount of gold, the world currency will inevitably be replaced by the opponent.
Unless, all the people on the other side are really idiots and brainless.
This is clearly impossible.
"Minister?"
The secretary on the side urged as they looked at the Minister of Finance, who had been staring for a long time without signing.
This is a plan that has been approved by both the president and the congress, and it is not something that the Secretary of the Treasury can oppose.
Glancing at his secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury signed his name without hesitation.
Afterwards, they handed the file to the secretary and quickly picked up their suit from behind, running out of the office without looking back. They rushed all the way to the parking lot and got into their private car, urging the driver to speed towards the presidential palace.
He is about to resign.
Even if the president does not approve, he will not continue working.
As for the Minister of Finance, whoever wants to do it can do it, anyway he can't carry on.
······
Tokyo.
Underground Palace.
"Emperor Locust."
The chief sergeant entered the underground passage, his face pale, and bowed down to report to the equally pale Emperor Heavenly Brilliance:
"The 97th Legion has mutinied."
“The 97th Brigade.”
The Japanese Kusagari was momentarily stunned.
Due to large-scale resistance from guerrilla forces across the country, these guerrilla forces were well-supported by the enemy, had advanced weapons and equipment, and possessed strong strength. Some of their leaders even had combat capabilities surpassing that of regular infantry regiments, causing a great headache for the Kusagari troops.
In addition,
some foreign armed forces have also joined, including retired soldiers and even officers.
However, the actions of division-level forces will face direct interference from the enemy, with attack aircraft and coastal gunboats constantly harassing day and night. The losses are already heavy even before approaching the enemy.
In the face of such a situation, the locust army had no choice but to reorganize, abandoning the division organization and the formation of the 3,000-member corps. Instead, they adopted a new formation of 5,000 troops, divided into five large squads, to deal with guerilla forces, and to effectively avoid enemy aerial attacks and coastal gunboat shelling.
九十七旅团就是其中一个最近组建的旅团。
“旅团长呢？”
天蝗问道。
为了保证部队的忠诚，包括旅团长在内的高层，都是对岸的所谓通缉战犯，不存在反叛的可能。
“被玉碎了。”
伍官长低头回答。
“被玉碎··”
天蝗的面色更加苍白。
所谓被玉碎，是最近才出现的一种说法，为了好听一些而已。
Here it refers to being killed by subordinates or captured as a proof of surrendering to the enemy.
"Including other captains, they were also crushed by jade."
Corporal Wu continued.
"Bah..."
"It's a disgrace to Bushido."
Finally unable to bear it, Teng Su angrily cursed.
"What's going on?"
While there had been cases of mutinies within the army before, and the numbers had been increasing lately, to the extent that the size of the army had been reduced by half, never had there been an incident of an entire brigade rebelling. This requires a highly organized ability. Reply: Teng Su expresses his frustration about the increasing number of mutinies within the army, with the size of the army being reduced significantly.
The guerrillas do not have this capability.
"Those Far Eastern people got involved."
Captain Wu explained:
"According to the investigation, the 97th Brigade boarded enemy transport ships and headed to the Far East." Translation: "
"Far East..."
Tian Huang's face has turned extremely pale.
Yin Teng Xiaotaro and Tanaka Tsutomu, the two former generals of the Empire, are now the empire's biggest traitors and his greatest enemies. Both of them have raised their banners openly against the Tian Huang system. The majority of the defectors from the Hopper Army have gone to join them. Translation: "
一个旅团，五千人，对于如今的蝗军来说，已经是伤筋动骨了。
而且可以预见，
接下来，会有更多的部队叛逃，这才是天蝗最害怕的。
Without an army, he is nothing.
"You can go now."
After a long time, Tian Huang gradually regained some color in his face. He waved his hand, signaling the squad leader to leave.
"Hi..."
The squad leader bowed his head and quietly exited the dim underground palace.
At the last moment of closing the door, the close-in bodyguard, the chief of the royal guard, turned back and glanced at the celestial locust through the gap. There was a mysterious light flickering in his childlike eyes, and his hand reached into his pocket for a secret letter.
That was a secret message given to him by his subordinate.
A secret message from Yinto Kotarou.
He served as a close guard of the Tianhuang and has never left Tianhuang or participated in any external wars, so he is not a serious war criminal.
The reward price is just one gram of gold.
This price is obviously attractive to the other side, but it does not instigate any killing intent in him.
On the other hand, many people join the side of Yin Tang because the treatment is really good - they have money, resources, and live a comfortable life, free from the need to die. [
Walking out of the dilapidated palace, the vigilant gaze of this locust royal guard was filled with deep contemplation. Translated:
Attending the meeting were Qin Fatty, Old Du, and others, and the Allied Joint Staff meeting concluded. Translated content:
A decision has been reached in the meeting.
Various parties will form a joint force, deploying one hundred divisions, with the support of five thousand aircraft, to launch another attack on Caen and Rennes, aiming to fully occupy these two cities and advance the front line towards the capital of France, a world metropolis.
Paris.
For this reason, the Allies even drew troops stationed in England and anti-aircraft forces.
During the meeting, one of the two giants, Chubby Qiu, stated that the British Empire, as part of the Allies, made great sacrifices for victory and demanded compensation. However, Old Du completely ignored him.
America still has a way out, although it will be a tragic and miserable one. The outcome will be disastrous, but there is still a retreat. However, the British Empire truly has no way out. The little mustache openly boasts that all members of the British Empire are war criminals, and he wants to completely eradicate the empire on its root. Translated: America still has a way out, although it will be a tragic and miserable one. The outcome will be disastrous, but there is still a retreat. However, the British Empire truly has no way out. The little mustache openly boasts that all members of the British Empire are war criminals, and he wants to completely eradicate the empire at its root.
After jumping for a while, Qiu Pangzi saw that America was ignoring him, so he settled down.
At the same time,
he became even more determined in his decision to take revenge on America after the war.
以目前的国际形式，从奥格路撒克逊总体利益出发，战后，最佳的选择是团结米利坚，英吉利，欧罗巴的全部力量，集合突破技术，团结排外，与对岸一决高下，夺回属于他们的文明世界。
But at that time, the British Empire was probably just a regional power.
Maybe not even that.
Now, the British Empire has become a ruin, fearing that it will become a racecourse for American capitalism after the war, being kidnapped economically and militarily by America, and becoming completely subservient to them, like a lackey.
Why is the British pound falling so badly, only one-tenth of its pre-war value? Besides the devastating effects of bombings on the domestic front and severe industrial losses, there is another important reason: the United States has absorbed the core industrial wealth and capital of the British Empire.
But if it is a cooperation with the opposite side,
far-reaching exchanges and close attacks,
then Europa might still be the territory of the British Empire.
As for why there are two giants, it is natural because the big beard has already cooled down.
It wasn't because Little Beard killed him off. Although Little Beard wanted to, he didn't have the capability. It was due to a disastrous defeat in the frontline decisive battle, where several main armored army groups were surrounded and annihilated. This led to some chaos within the group, and then, Big Beard was killed by his own people.
With the absence of Big Beard's suppression and a series of failures, internal conflicts suddenly erupted, causing one of the original three giants to collapse instantly and disintegrate into several factions.
Moreover, they also have different opinions.
有人想和小胡子决一死战，宁死不降，有人想和小胡子和谈，有的甚至打算直接加入小胡子组建的，用来忽悠各国的大陆联盟，但有意思的是，这些不同的意见中，却难得的有一个统一了。
Qiqi intends to refuse the previous transaction and drive the ghosts out.
One of the more powerful ones also plans to mobilize the army and have a decisive battle with Tanaka Tsutomu and YintoZitaro.
A mind-boggling decision was made, leaving the other Allied forces stunned.
The meeting also reached a resolution.
Initiating another round of military expansion.
Currently, similar to the previous European war, the Fuhrer has released a massive number of troops from the Eastern Front, including a significant amount of highly skilled auxiliary forces. Therefore, the Allied forces require even more and more troops to maintain their superiority in strength.
On the second day, which is March 27th.
The documents from the Joint Chiefs of Staff were submitted to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
"We need to launch an attack."
Looking at the report on the budget, the Minister of Finance is about to cry.
The battles between Caen and Rennes not only failed to achieve the set goals but also consumed much more funds than expected.
Two battles lasting for three months, including the logistics during the period, domestic infrastructure investment for expanding production capacity, factory investment, and the government's expenditure on purchasing raw materials from abroad, have collectively consumed an extra three billion dollars more than expected.
Achieved 230 billion US dollars.
This figure is already the pre-war Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States.
Although the US dollar has depreciated significantly compared to the pre-war period, with the US dollar exchange rate against gold dropping by almost more than half in just three years, and the US dollar has also become the international currency second only to gold, this is still an enormous expenditure that the United States cannot afford.
Compared to the current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States, half of it has been consumed in these three months!
One of the reasons for such significant consumption is the increasing cost of advanced weapons and equipment. Taking jet fighters as an example, the factory price of a latest-generation, second-generation jet fighter can reach up to one million US dollars. Translation:
Advanced and complex technologies greatly increase production costs.
120 planes a day amounts to 120 million and 20 thousand dollars per day.
However, after three months of battle, not a single plane survived on the front line.
Advanced technology, although it increases the production cost, greatly reduces the reliability. According to statistics, over half of jet fighters are lost due to non-combat reasons.
And there is ammunition.
In offensive operations, the consumption of ammunition can even exceed the cost of equipment.
Those large-caliber shells and heavy artillery barrels are notoriously expensive. One small Davy Crockett armor-piercing shell is equivalent to one fighter jet, while one US giant cannon AP shell is equivalent to two propeller-driven fighter jets. One bunker buster shell is equivalent to two propeller-driven fighter jets.
And then, launch another offensive, deploying one hundred divisions and five thousand aircraft, how much funding will be needed again?
The Minister of Finance felt a bit dizzy.
There's still Paris to be attacked afterwards, the difficulty is even greater than Caen, not smaller.
If we continue to fight like this, even if we win, even if the United States has over 80% of the world's gold reserves, it will inevitably go bankrupt, and there will be an uncontrollable avalanche-like devaluation of the US dollar after the war.
“More troops?
"Still five million!"
Seeing the next page of the document, the Minister of Finance jumped up directly.
Just the military personnel directly serving the United States, for war, amount to a staggering 15 million. These people consume 2.5 billion dollars in funds every month, and now an additional five million.”
Another offensive,
another military expansion.
Are they still not paying attention to the economy?
Are they really heading towards bankruptcy?
What's the point of winning like this?
If there were no opponent across the strait, it would be fine. As the sole victorious country, the United States has enough space and time to recover. But if they continue at this pace, after the war, the national debt could increase to $15,000 billion. In addition to economic contraction and reduced fiscal revenue, even if calculated at a 3% interest rate per year, the fiscal revenue might not be enough to cover interest payments alone. Then, there will be a significant devaluation of the US dollar and a collapse of credibility. With the treasury unable to produce such a large amount of gold, the world currency will inevitably be replaced by the opponent.
Unless, all the people on the other side are really idiots and brainless.
This is clearly impossible.
"Minister?"
The secretary on the side urged as they looked at the Minister of Finance, who had been staring for a long time without signing.
This is a plan that has been approved by both the president and the congress, and it is not something that the Secretary of the Treasury can oppose.
Glancing at his secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury signed his name without hesitation.
Afterwards, they handed the file to the secretary and quickly picked up their suit from behind, running out of the office without looking back. They rushed all the way to the parking lot and got into their private car, urging the driver to speed towards the presidential palace.
He is about to resign.
Even if the president does not approve, he will not continue working.
As for the Minister of Finance, whoever wants to do it can do it, anyway he can't carry on.
······
Tokyo.
Underground Palace.
"Emperor Locust."
The chief sergeant entered the underground passage, his face pale, and bowed down to report to the equally pale Emperor Heavenly Brilliance:
"The 97th Legion has mutinied."
“The 97th Brigade.”
The Japanese Kusagari was momentarily stunned.
Due to large-scale resistance from guerrilla forces across the country, these guerrilla forces were well-supported by the enemy, had advanced weapons and equipment, and possessed strong strength. Some of their leaders even had combat capabilities surpassing that of regular infantry regiments, causing a great headache for the Kusagari troops.
In addition,
some foreign armed forces have also joined, including retired soldiers and even officers.
However, the actions of division-level forces will face direct interference from the enemy, with attack aircraft and coastal gunboats constantly harassing day and night. The losses are already heavy even before approaching the enemy.
In the face of such a situation, the locust army had no choice but to reorganize, abandoning the division organization and the formation of the 3,000-member corps. Instead, they adopted a new formation of 5,000 troops, divided into five large squads, to deal with guerilla forces, and to effectively avoid enemy aerial attacks and coastal gunboat shelling.
九十七旅团就是其中一个最近组建的旅团。
“旅团长呢？”
天蝗问道。
为了保证部队的忠诚，包括旅团长在内的高层，都是对岸的所谓通缉战犯，不存在反叛的可能。
“被玉碎了。”
伍官长低头回答。
“被玉碎··”
天蝗的面色更加苍白。
所谓被玉碎，是最近才出现的一种说法，为了好听一些而已。
Here it refers to being killed by subordinates or captured as a proof of surrendering to the enemy.
"Including other captains, they were also crushed by jade."
Corporal Wu continued.
"Bah..."
"It's a disgrace to Bushido."
Finally unable to bear it, Teng Su angrily cursed.
"What's going on?"
While there had been cases of mutinies within the army before, and the numbers had been increasing lately, to the extent that the size of the army had been reduced by half, never had there been an incident of an entire brigade rebelling. This requires a highly organized ability. Reply: Teng Su expresses his frustration about the increasing number of mutinies within the army, with the size of the army being reduced significantly.
The guerrillas do not have this capability.
"Those Far Eastern people got involved."
Captain Wu explained:
"According to the investigation, the 97th Brigade boarded enemy transport ships and headed to the Far East." Translation: "
"Far East..."
Tian Huang's face has turned extremely pale.
Yin Teng Xiaotaro and Tanaka Tsutomu, the two former generals of the Empire, are now the empire's biggest traitors and his greatest enemies. Both of them have raised their banners openly against the Tian Huang system. The majority of the defectors from the Hopper Army have gone to join them. Translation: "
一个旅团，五千人，对于如今的蝗军来说，已经是伤筋动骨了。
而且可以预见，
接下来，会有更多的部队叛逃，这才是天蝗最害怕的。
Without an army, he is nothing.
"You can go now."
After a long time, Tian Huang gradually regained some color in his face. He waved his hand, signaling the squad leader to leave.
"Hi..."
The squad leader bowed his head and quietly exited the dim underground palace.
At the last moment of closing the door, the close-in bodyguard, the chief of the royal guard, turned back and glanced at the celestial locust through the gap. There was a mysterious light flickering in his childlike eyes, and his hand reached into his pocket for a secret letter.
That was a secret message given to him by his subordinate.
A secret message from Yinto Kotarou.
He served as a close guard of the Tianhuang and has never left Tianhuang or participated in any external wars, so he is not a serious war criminal.
The reward price is just one gram of gold.
This price is obviously attractive to the other side, but it does not instigate any killing intent in him.
On the other hand, many people join the side of Yin Tang because the treatment is really good - they have money, resources, and live a comfortable life, free from the need to die. [
Walking out of the dilapidated palace, the vigilant gaze of this locust royal guard was filled with deep contemplation. Translated: