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Chapter 269 The relationship between war and money
The war weariness of the Federation people stems from some battlefield documentaries in the initial stage of the World War I. Some reporters from the Federation went to the forefront of the battle with a gamble on their lives, and interviewed and shot a lot of material and sent it back to the Federation.

These few war reporters indeed quickly became household names in the entire Federation, but they didn't realize, and neither did the people of the entire Federation, that it was these real battlefield records that made the Federation people start to fear war.

Considering the difficulty of recording videos on the battlefield, these videos are all in the form of silent films, from the first frame to the end of the last second, without any sound.

On TV and in the movie theater, people may still be laughing and looking forward to the frontline scenes. After all, it has been a long time since there has been a war here, and there is no friction with other countries.

People have long forgotten the cruelty of war, and only remember the romance that does not exist in war. A few years before the war broke out, someone made an award-winning movie called "Girl with Fire", romantic The war of love and romance, which left an arguably wrong impression on these two generations of the Commonwealth who hadn't experienced war.

It wasn't until these real pictures began to impact people's hearts that people realized that war is not romantic, nor is it expected.

Bullets, invisible bullets are like the scythe of death randomly harvesting life on the battlefield. There are soldiers in the picture who suddenly shake their bodies backwards or lift their heads, and the whole person quickly falls down and twitches a few times. dead body.

There was no sound of howling bullets, no screams before death, watching some soldiers who were not completely dead screaming silently with chilling and miserable faces under the camera, every federal person was excited, looking forward, Turned silent.

This is the case every time it is played, people start to be silent, the cruel war broke everyone's unrealistic fantasies, there is no love here, no fighting of wits, only people who are executed and executed.

People died one after another, including their own people and others. There was an unforgettable scene. A shell fell on the side of the war correspondent, and the camera fell to the ground after a quick shake, followed by some black liquid covering Lived part of the shot.

Then the camera seemed to be picked up by someone, but it fell back to the ground again while shaking, and then a war reporter fell in front of the camera, and several fragments directly penetrated his body.

He knelt on the ground with his butt pouted, and his upper body hangs weakly on the ground. This funny scene made people unable to laugh, because a fresh life was dying.

He vomited blood profusely, a bit like feeling nauseated, his chest swelled, and then gulps of blood flowed out from his mouth and nostrils, followed by some blood foam.

He was not completely dead at this time, he tried to stand up straight, but he had no strength left, his arms propped up on the ground a few times but failed to support his body, his chest heaved more and more violently, until In the end, his body trembled violently a few times, and everything returned to calm.

When he died, his eyes were fixed on the camera, as if he had foreseen his final fate. What he left for the federal people did not have the fearlessness or courage he might want to show about death, or what he wanted to warn, he just It left the federal people with endless fear.

Everyone is afraid of death. When people watch a federal man die on the battlefield in such a tragic way, and die in front of the camera, people can clearly see the pain, struggle, powerlessness, and war weariness in the last half minute of his life. It exploded in an instant.

You must know that before this, the Federation had not actually considered pursuing an isolation policy, and even the president and the president's cabinet at the time were still considering the issue of standing in line, and they planned to actively join it.

But this inexplicable and sudden wave of war weariness gave the Conservative Party a stage in an instant. They obeyed the people's righteousness, proposed isolationism, and won the support of all the people.

Everyone is afraid of death, not only themselves, but also their relatives and friends on the battlefield, just like the reporters in the camera.

So when Lynch mentioned the word "war" on such an occasion, the entire hall was almost silent.

In fact, it's not just the bottom of the society who are war-weary. This kind of sentiment seems to be contagious, and it makes the middle and high levels of society also have war-weariness.

Of course, being war-weary doesn't mean they don't want to engage with the international community, that's not the same thing.

Everyone was staring at Lynch. Lynch was extraordinarily calm, and he didn't seem to be timid at all due to the gazes of countless big men.

He smiled calmly and reservedly, and standing a little outside the crowd, Severella looked at Lynch in a daze. For some reason, at this moment, she saw some shadow of her father from Lynch.

She doesn't know if it's right to describe it like this, but she feels like this at this time. It's just that Lynch is younger, but his temperament, demeanor, his calmness, his self-confidence, and even his smile all give people a kind of Very special feeling.

People can trust what he says and what he does, can feel safe, and feel that he is a person who can be relied on.

"Economic war?" The gentleman who asked the question before repeated, "This idea is very novel and interesting. It seems that we have a good theme tonight. Then, Mr. Lynch, can you elaborate?"

Lynch nodded to the gentleman again and said yes.

At the same time, he also noticed a small detail. People were making way for this gentleman, which also indicated that he must be a great person, at least with a respectable status.

"Of course, sir."

"You can call me Truman..."

At this time, Mr. Wardrick, who did not know where he came from, walked to a place not far from Lynch, and reminded softly, "Mr. Truman is currently a special adviser to the President's cabinet, and is responsible for the discussion and formulation of international policies."

Lynch expressed his gratitude to Mr. Wardrick with a nod. Special adviser on international policy, this is not an ordinary position.

In fact, Lynch had heard a gossip from other people before the event started these two days. It is said that Mr. President decided to add a new office to the cabinet, called the "International Policy Research Office".

The job of this office is to study international trends and formulate policies aimed at international trends. It includes not only politics, but also the military. In other words, it may not be so eye-catching, but it is definitely a very important department .

Truman is currently the chief executive of this yet-to-be-established office, and is also the most reliable international affairs/policy adviser to the President.

As for Lynch's feeling that his voice was a little familiar, it was actually because he had watched a political talk show that Truman co-performed.

In the process of overthrowing the old "devil" president and pushing the new president to power, many people are working hard, and Truman is also involved.

This small interruption lasted less than 30 seconds before Lynch continued to make his point.

"I'm a businessman, and sometimes my perspective on things is different from other people's."

"Looking at all the participating countries in this world war, I don't know if others have noticed, but I found something worthy of my attention, and that is the role and status of money in war."

"Wealth plays a much more important role in war than we imagined. Many people think that war is all about having soldiers. In fact, money is needed, a lot of money."

"I asked some arms dealers, and they told me that even a small-scale encounter, even a big victory, may destroy hundreds of thousands of ammunition, and there may also be tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of ammunition. battle damage."

"The end of this war that has affected most of the world is not because anyone admits that they are on the wrong side. It is just that some people have no money and can't fight anymore, so they have to surrender!"

"I think that war is not only about fighting for military power, but also about fighting for the overall strength and wealth of the entire country!"

Lynch's tone was slightly heavier, "Especially money, the role of money in war is extremely important."

"We can have no people, but if we have money, we can hire people who are willing to risk their money to fight for us!"

"But if we don't have money, even if none of our lads are afraid of death, all the lads together won't be able to defeat a firepower company that holds its ground!"

"Then can we change our minds a little bit, wars are not about people, but about money?!"

"If our goal is to make some forces surrender as if they were defeated, can we achieve it through economic warfare without going through artillery fire?"

This point of view is easily accepted by people. Even though many people here are fools, the fools also know that a small-scale encounter with a victory will cost hundreds of thousands. campaigns cost even more.

Many people showed a thoughtful look. They may have noticed this problem before, but they didn't study it deeply, or didn't think about it carefully.

Now that Lynch suddenly brought up these things and talked about them, it seemed that they suddenly realized something that they didn't quite understand.

Especially in the last few sentences of Lynch, he directly named the core of what he said before. War is about making money. If we skip the joint of specific people and just make money, will it work?
If we talk about war, the Federation may not be good at it, and of course they may be very good at it. The Federation has never participated in a large-scale group war, and no one knows whether the Federation's military power will work.

But if you want to talk about playing money, then the strength of the Federation is definitely the number one in the world!

For a while, the ideas that Lynch spread were implanted in the heads of some people, deeply implanted, and began to accept the watering of new ideas, and began to take root and sprout!

(End of this chapter)