On the way back, Badr they had a lot of questions, they won the war, why didn't they ally with the Baath Party? Why not ask the Baath Party to simply cede the province of Missan to them? Or ask for more?

Maybe any victor will unscrupulously make demands on the loser, but Canglong is the winner, but he did the opposite, except for non-alignment, he almost didn't ask Simon for anything, but gave Simon a lot of benefits, including a series of support or something.

"Do you really think we're the winners?" Canglong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "The reason they give them so much support is because they are blocking the Americans for us, 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 was silent, he knew Canglong's intentions very well, neither could he cripple the Baath Party, nor could he make them too arrogant, in fact, Canglong's strategic purpose was 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 was facing the Baath Party army this time, and it was basically relying on running, what if it faced the Americans who were the first in the world in the heavily armed navy, land and air force?

And then there is this war, they have actually been beaten, although they have the best air defense system, but they can't prevent artillery bombardment, what 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 say fortunately, fortunately it is not the Americans on their own borders, so the importance of the cannon fodder of the Baath Party is indispensable, Canglong would rather not take advantage of them but also support them to continue to fight against the Americans, so they are all idiots in Badr, 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, war is the best way to test a country's national strength, and I'm sorry that this big review in Basra was completely unqualified, and although the air force played a great role, it faced all kinds of dangers, and it was so impermanent that it performed very well, but it also paid a huge price.

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

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

"Just ask." Canglong squinted.

"Before the war, you really didn't give 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 say the same thing, don't be suspicious when you use people, 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 area of intelligence.

But he still had questions: "You really didn't have any interest in catching Simon at that time?" ”

"It's not a lie to say no, after all, it's such a big temptation." Canglong smiled and said, "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, I am relieved to have him, in fact, he is also working for me." ”

"Treacherous, cunning, black-hearted" Su Su said, when he saw Canglong open his eyes and glared angrily, Su Su quickly gave a thumbs up, "Reliable." ”

After the war, when Canglong returned to Basra, the first person to find him was of course Vivian, and the Minister of Administration thought that Canglong started the war without authorization, and was taking 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, and if you don't give me an explanation today, you're going to take you," Vivien knotted.

"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 and plunged Basra into a complete financial crisis, and your negotiations didn't make a profit, and you posted it upside down, I really don't know what you're doing." ”

"No, it won't!" Canglong's face was strange.

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 revenues were subsidized, while the administrative expenses were constantly tugging at the nerves, including the losses that had been shelled these days.

In fact, in the Iraqi army, there is very little such thing as a pension, even in the security forces, but the pension is very high, after all, people work hard for you, you can't cheat people, right?

This time the field division has the greatest credit, but the field division has lost nearly 2,000 people, some of these two thousand people were scattered on the way to the march, some were exhausted, and a few died in battle.

Except for about two hours of rest in the mountains, the field division was almost non-stop for three days, and many people returned to the barracks in Basra and lay down on the spot without waking up, but Hei Wuchang still reported their deaths in battle.

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

And Canglong didn't have much to worry about on this issue, so he could only give them a high pension, which may be the only thing he could do.

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

When she saw the heaviness on Canglong's face, Vivian didn't pester her like before, took the money and left, in fact, she knew very well how heavy the pressure was on Canglong, but the leader was like this, after Canglong arrived in Basra, he was able to have today's prosperity, and he contributed a lot.

And after this prosperity, many of them are paid for by Canglong himself, although Basra has oil, but the production has not yet reached a certain scale, so these have to be paid by Canglong, Vivien is even worried, if Canglong suddenly falls one day, what will become of this place?

It is precisely because of such worries that she constantly urges Canglong, and the two have formed a tacit understanding, although Vivian's words sometimes are not good, but she is really doing things for Canglong, thinking about him,

As she left the base, Vivien sighed deeply, "When is this kind of day the end?" ”

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 could only be slaughtered, and now everyone in Basra was pinning their hopes on the dragon.

A week later, the shadow of war disappeared and all production returned to its original state again, but Canglong held a military meeting, and the main purpose of this meeting was to expand the army.

However, this expansion is not an increase in numbers, but an expansion of the arms, and the air force and armored forces are included in the main list, followed by the ground-to-surface missile forces.

But the meeting had not yet begun, and everyone looked bad, not because of the shadow of the last war, but because everyone knew that Basra was now out of money.

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.

Naturally, the armored forces are no exception, although they are much cheaper than airplanes, but they also depend on the scale, and the ground-based missile units will certainly also cost money, just look at the current missile units, although they are majestic, the American planes do not dare to appear in Iraq's airspace, but the money spent is astronomical in the eyes of ordinary people.

"What? Aren't you happy about the expansion of the army? Canglong looked at everyone and asked.

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

"Yes, head, your money is limited, but the money spent on war is unlimited." Xiami also said, "If this continues, I am afraid that your money will not be enough to support everything now." ”

Then several people expressed their opinions, and Canglong was very moved: "Don't worry, we will earn it if we don't have money, and when the oil contract between China and Russia comes down, it will naturally get better, and I still have tens of billions of dollars in private money, although"

But Canglong hadn't finished moving, and when a few people heard tens of billions of dollars in private money, their eyes immediately lit up, and Bai Wuchang immediately said: "Let's discuss with the Russians, let's buy MiG-35 and Su-37 to form a high-low match, I don't want much, just buy a test drive and form a flight squadron." ”

"Head, buy some Scud B, I don't ask for much, it's enough to get twenty sets." Shrimp hurriedly said.

"Head, the Coast Guard also needs to be formed, 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 also said, afraid that he would not be able to make money if he said it was too late.

"Head, buy some main battle tanks." In the end, even the black impermanence looked at the dragon pitifully.

At that time, Canglong had a feeling of remorse that he should not repay his family, where is Nima's subordinate, it is simply a group of hungry wolves

PS: Fifth update