Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 780 - 432 War Means Burning Money_2

Chapter 780: Chapter 432: War Means Burning Money_2 Chapter 780: Chapter 432: War Means Burning Money_2 Especially the former, is the most important.

The amount of supplies consumed in warfare is simply astronomical.

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Consider the battle at Steel Wing Star, for instance.

The consumption of various types of ammunition was outrageous.

Taking Yelisia’s cruiser Quintet as an example, a single full-force volley would fire hundreds of Scalpel Missiles, twenty Heat Hammer Macro Cannons, and two Loyal Rage Macro Cannons, totaling up to a cost of 210,000 Tax Currency just for the ammunition.

The other cruisers cost about the same.

After the battle at Steel Wing Star, just the ammunition, light spears, and missiles used by the seven cruisers came to over twenty million Tax Currency; the rest of the ships would probably add up to another thirty to forty million.

And that doesn’t even include the ground forces.

When an Army Group stages an artillery barrage, firing at top speed for just two minutes can deplete ten thousand rounds after ten volleys, which would also cost several tens of thousands of Tax Currency.

There were fifty Army Groups involved in the ground campaign at Steel Wing Star!

In actuality, even the ongoing operations in the Mist Horse and Eagle Horse Sectors, with a moderate intensity sustained by the Alliance, require the logistical support of two hundred million troops, including food, medicine, equipment wear and tear, and ammunition replenishment…

Every month, this alone absorbs sixty to seventy million worth of supplies.

And if you include the costs of arming the Planetary Defense Forces in those places, that number would only grow.

And keep in mind, this is at a low intensity and only covers logistical support, not factoring in the costs of replenishing units of tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, infantry, and other war units that have been destroyed.

Once the intensity of the war significantly increases, the cost of war consumption will skyrocket without a ceiling.

Just looking at the battle at Steel Wing Star, including logistical expenses and losses of both ships and ground units, the Alliance spent a staggering fifty billion Tax Currency for that one battle!

War is simply burning money, burning it in a way that makes people’s hearts panic.

Fortunately, communications with the Star Domain Government have been severed now, so we don’t have to bear the burden of Imperial Tax.

Otherwise, the Alliance wouldn’t be able to sustain this burn rate.

How are we supposed to fight this war if we don’t integrate the entirety of Seven Horse Territory and seize their Imperial Tax for ourselves?

Never mind that Gu Hang still wants to go on the offensive, to alleviate the pressure on the main battlefield, without additional revenue, the Alliance can at best maintain the current war intensity.

A few more battles like the one at Steel Wing Star, and the Alliance’s own economy would collapse, at least mobilization at the third level certainly wouldn’t hold up, it would need to be raised to the second or even the first level.

What about the other planets that just sit back and cheer us on?

That won’t do.

They all need to get on the battlefield!

Even if it’s truly a backward world as poor as Extinct Soil Star, providing agricultural products, engaging in preliminary food processing, textiles, or supplying some minerals and transporting them to the core worlds of the Tianma Star Sector— allowing the Alliance to reduce the pressure on necessities and raw materials, to redirect more workers and productive forces into expanding shipyards and producing more military equipment—would also be a form of help.

Moreover, integration must be swift.

Previously, Gu Hang thought that after winning the battle at Steel Wing Star, he still had time.

He could use gentler methods, plotting slowly.

But now the overall situation of the war has changed drastically, and Gu Hang no longer has the luxury of time.

For the sake of speed, certain special measures, which would normally be used cautiously, now must be employed immediately.

After some thought, Gu Hang issued a directive to Osenia, Lambert, and Tadeusz respectively.

…

At Flying Wing Star, in the official residence of Chief Justice Lambert.

This place is not only Lambert Hodgson’s residence; it is also the office location of the Alliance Legal Affairs Center, located on Flying Wing Star.

At this moment, Lambert Chief Justice, who had just received Mr.

Gu’s instructions, was feeling a headache.

Sitting in front of him, a man with a stern face, is the current head of the Alliance Legal Affairs Center – Central Investigation Bureau, named Gustav Isaacson.

“Arno Chinko, you should know who he is, right?

His security clearance is high, though still visible.”

“Yes.

Actually, I don’t even need to look at the files; his surname itself is sensitive.”

“Since you know who he is, why did you send him to Baishuo Star?”

“Per your request.

“What?”

“You asked me to dispatch my best agents to Purple Horse Sector to conduct special operations, so I sent Arno there.”

“You…

huh, do you really have no one else?”

“I do, but none as outstanding as him.”

“You’re unbelievable.” Lambert said somewhat speechlessly, “Okay, now Mr.

Gu wants us to initiate special operations ahead of schedule, and the first place to act is Baishuo Star at the Purple Horse Capital.

There’s going to be a regime change.”

“Arno will fulfill his mission, I believe in him.”

“Haven’t you thought about what if he fails, what if something happens to him?”

“That would be our responsibility, for not fulfilling the mission entrusted to us by Mr.

Gu and the people.

I am willing to bear all consequences.

As for Arno, if something really happens, then we would have lost a reliable and loyal comrade, which would deeply sadden me, but such is our duty.”

“Prime Minister Osenia will flay you!”

“No, she won’t, I believe in Prime Minister Osenia’s consciousness.”

“Are you implying something about me?

Doubting my consciousness?”

“I never said that.”

“You, you…” Lambert was genuinely at a loss for what to do with Isaacson.

This guy was stubborn and intractable, but indeed he was a rare talent under Lambert’s command, loyal and competent, or else he wouldn’t have been promoted to head the Central Investigation Bureau.

However, such excessive uprightness and indifference were truly troublesome qualities.