On the way back, Badr had a lot of questions, why they didn't ally with the Baath Party, why didn't they ask the Baath Party to cede Missan Province to them, or make more demands

Perhaps any victor will unscrupulously make demands on the loser, but Canglong is the winner, but he does the opposite, except for non-alignment, he hardly asks Simon for anything, but gives Simon a lot of benefits, including a series of support or something

"Do you really think we are the victors?" Canglong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Give them so much support because they are blocking us from the Americans, so that Basra can develop steadily, and through this battle, we will get far more than we are about to pay."

Although a few people were very unwilling, they didn't dare to ask anything, until Su Su had been silent, he knew Canglong's intentions very well, and he could neither cripple the Baath Party nor make them too arrogant, in fact, Canglong's strategic purpose had been completely achieved, and he was the real winner

This battle also exposed the military shortcomings of Basra, for example, the army almost completely relied on running, and there was not much mobile force, but fortunately, the Prophet Army faced the Baath Party army this time, and basically relied on running, if it faced the heavily armed navy, land and air force, the world's largest Americans

In addition, they have been beaten in this war, although they have the best air defense system, but they can't prevent artillery bombardment, if this time it is not the Baath attack, but the Americans, their artillery coverage is much wider than that of the Baath Party

So Su Su can only rejoice that fortunately it is not the Americans on their own borders, so the Baath Party, the important xìng of cannon fodder, is indispensable, Canglong would rather not take advantage of them, but also support them to continue to fight against the Americans, so Badr, they are all idiots, and if they really let them command, it will be a lose-lose situation, and in the end, the entire Basra will completely collapse

As the saying goes, a good war is the best way to test a country's national strength, and I am sorry that this Basra review was completely unqualified, and although the air force played a great role, it faced all kinds of dangers, and it performed very well, but it also paid a huge price

Canglong decided to go back and make up for these shortcomings, and it was only a matter of time before they would face the Americans sooner or later

"I have a big question," Su Su suddenly asked

"Ask," Canglong squinted

"Before the war, you really didn't give any other orders to Black Impermanence," Su Su asked

Canglong shook his head: "I believe in him, so I don't need to give other orders, I still use people without suspicion, and don't use suspicious people."

Su Su nodded, still very happy, because what Canglong said meant that he trusted himself very much, at least in the intelligence area

But he still had doubts: "You really didn't have any interest in catching Simon at the time"

"It's not false, after all, such a big temptation," Canglong said with a smile, "Simon is a good general, if he is willing to come to Basra, I will immediately appoint him as commander-in-chief, but compared to us, the Baath Party needs him more than us, and I am relieved to have him, in fact, he is also working for me."

"Jiān, cunning and black-hearted," Su Su said, and when he saw Canglong open his eyes and glared angrily, Su Su quickly gave a thumbs up, "reliable"

When the war ended, when Canglong returned to Basra, the first person to find him was of course Vivien, and the Minister of Administration thought that Canglong started the war without authorization and treated the whole Basra as a child's play, but in fact, the real reason for her anger was that Canglong didn't inform her at all, and he fooled her to death

"You're going to give me an explanation, if you don't give me an explanation today, you're going to take you," Vivien froze

"What about me," Canglong said with a smile

"I'm not going to mess with you," Vivien said, tossing him a statement, "you started a war that put Basra in complete financial ruin, and your negotiations didn't make a profit, and you posted it upside down, I don't know what you're doing."

"No," Canglong said with a strange look on his face

But Vivian didn't speak, just asked him to read the report, and after reading it, Canglong finally knew that fighting a war costs money, and it costs a lot of money, although they only fought for less than three days, but the huge war cost is as high as more than a billion dollars

The whole of Basra was completely in deficit at once, and all the financial revenues were subsidized, while the administrative expenses were constantly pulling the nerves, including the losses that had been bombarded these days

One of the largest is the war pension, in fact, there is very little pension in the Iraqi army, even in the security forces, the pension is very little, but the pension set by Canglong is very high, after all, people work hard for you, you can't fool others

This time the field division contributed the most, but the field division lost nearly 2,000 or so people, some of these two thousand people were scattered on the way to the march, some were exhausted, and the battle died to a minority, and there was no way to be impermanent

In addition to resting in the mountains for about two hours, during these three days, the field division was almost non-stop, and many people returned to the barracks in Basra and lay down on the spot, but they did not wake up, but the black impermanence still reported their death in battle

The war has a price, for some it may be just a number, but for Canglong, it is all a living human life, and although the Iraqi environment does not allow him not to do this, some casualties can be avoided

And on this issue, Canglong didn't have much entanglement, and could only give them a high pension, which may be the only thing he could do

"I will bear the cost of the war," Canglong said calmly, "The pensions of all the war dead will be paid, and not a penny will be less, and the economy will continue to develop, and I will pay for it."

When she saw the heaviness on Canglong's face, Vivian didn't pester her like before, she took the money and left, in fact, she knew very well how heavy the pressure was on Canglong, but this is how the leader was, from Canglong to Basra, he can have today's prosperity, he is indispensable

And after this prosperity, many of them were paid for by the dragon himself, and although Basra had oil, the production had not yet reached a certain scale, so all of this had to be paid by the dragon, and Vivien was even worried about what would become of this place if the dragon suddenly fell one day

It was precisely because of such worries that she kept urging Canglong, and the two formed a tacit understanding, although Vivien's words sometimes were not good, but she was really doing things for Canglong and thinking about him

As she left the base, Vivien sighed deeply: "When is this kind of rì a head?"

No one was destined to answer this question, but she knew very well that if they left, the Basra people would once again become fish on the chopping block, and their fate would be to be slaughtered, and now everyone in Basra was pinning their hopes on the dragon

A week later, the shadow of the war disappeared and all production returned to its original state, but Canglong convened a military conference, the main purpose of which was to expand the army

However, this expansion is not an increase in numbers, but an expansion of arms, and the Air Force and armored forces are included in the main list, followed by ground-to-ground missile units

But the meeting had not yet begun, and everyone's face was not good, it was not the yīn shadow left over from the last war, but everyone knew that Basra had no money now

The Air Force and the Armored Forces are the most expensive troops, and if an Air Force squadron is formed, at least a dozen aircraft are needed, which also includes training, maintenance, logistics, and the renewal of weapon systems, etc., and it costs a lot to raise an Air Force unit and buy enough aircraft

Naturally, the armored forces are no exception, although they are much cheaper than airplanes, but they also have to depend on the scale, and the ground-based missile forces will certainly also spend money, just by looking at the current missile forces, we will know that although the American planes are not daring to appear in Iraq's airspace, the money that can be spent is a sky-high amount in the eyes of ordinary people

"Aren't you happy about how to expand the army?" Canglong asked as he looked at everyone

"It's not that we're unhappy, it's that we're out of money, and you don't say it, but we also know the financial situation of Basra, and we can't always use your money to pay for the military," Badr said suddenly

"Yes, your money is limited, but the money spent on the war is unlimited," said Xiami, "I'm afraid your money won't be enough to support everything now."

Then several people expressed their opinions, Canglong was very moved: "Don't worry, we will earn it without money, and it will naturally get better when the oil contract between China and Russia comes down, and I still have tens of billions of dollars of private money."

But Canglong was not moved, and when a few people heard the tens of billions of dollars in private money, their eyes immediately lit up, and Bai Wuchang immediately said: "Discuss with the Russians, let's buy the MiG-35 and Su-37 to form a high and low match, I don't want more, just buy a test drive, and form a flying squadron."

"Let's buy some Scud B, I'll ask for more than twenty sets," Xiami said quickly

"We are often bullied by the Iranian Navy and the Kuwaiti Navy, and if we don't buy it, it will lower the morale of the people of Basra," Badr said, too, for fear that it would be too late to make money

"Buy some main battle tanks" in the end, even the black impermanence looked at Canglong pitifully

At that time, Canglong had a kind of remorse that he shouldn't repay his family's background, where is Nima's subordinate, it's just a group of hungry wolves

PS: Fifth update