Chapter 679: The Liberator and the Conqueror
"The Ghost Knights lost 3,645 killed, the Knights of the Hammer of Doom killed 287, the fleet suffered 3 minor casualties, and 7 enemy ships were captured...... "Inside the bridge, the code name is reporting the casualty figures after the battle.
"287 killed, this casualty figure is still a bit big......"
Nie Yun frowned, still a little dissatisfied with such a slight loss.
Know that you are a man who is known for his zero casualties......
As for the loss of the Ghost Knights...... Is that little thing something to care about?
Robotic Bug: "......"
This is also a group of players who are born with a love of "death", and if they are not addicted to death, they have to die to see if they can trigger hidden achievements, and they are replaced by ordinary people, seeing such a disparity in the proportion of casualties, I am afraid that they will have to make a protest against "real * racial discrimination".
The slogans are all ready-made – "Player Lives Matter!" ”
"The main reason is that the number of mecha equipment is insufficient at present, and only one meat shield can be equipped for each person of the Ryan clan, if one person can ride two horses, or even one person and three rides, then the safety factor can increase exponentially." The suggestion of the codename undoubtedly stabbed the player again.
"Hmm...... Reasonable! Then do it!
The problem of mecha equipment is only temporary, the last time I seized from the gold coins, there were the molds and core components of this mecha production line, and when I personally pinch a few more replicas, it will be enough for us to build two or three mecha production lines. ”
I have to say that the "bronze" mecha is worthy of being the product of the Woolf Empire for nearly a thousand years.
Although the combat performance is not very good, even the high-end mecha of the twin stars is inferior, but the data is quite balanced, and the cost performance is absolutely first-class, and most of the materials can be collected in ordinary resource galaxies.
It is a fairly cost-effective consumable product for players who have first-class death ability and a super high equipment wear and tear rate.
Even the weapons and equipment manufacturing bases in the solar system have begun to learn from the success of this mecha and improve their own drone mecha design.
"Hmmm! Although it cannot be compared with the industrial base of the solar system, the Shattered Star Domain has a huge black market market, as long as there is money and resources, it should not be difficult to meet the equipment needs of the pirate group itself. Codename nodded.
Incidentally, the industrial capacity of the solar system is no longer what it used to be, but due to its location in the rear of the security and the fact that it is not directly involved in the war, there are already signs of capacity overflow in the field of warship and weapons manufacturing.
Chu Xiaoxiao is worried about these excess military production capacity.
originally wanted to export some products through Kara Star, but Gemini's military industrial system was already quite perfect, and it was impossible for Nie Yun to come up with too many high-end weapons for sale than Gemini.
Coupled with the huge short-term demand for basic industrial goods due to the development of the solar system, this has led to a huge trade deficit between the Earth and the Gemini in addition to the trade of energy crystals.
In a nutshell...... Solar system stuff doesn't sell at all!
So at present, in Chu Xiaoxiao's view, these industries are piles of idle assets, and how to revitalize them has become a headache.
She once proposed a temporary conversion from military to civilian, but was vetoed by Nie Yun.
The military industry is a key development area of every interstellar civilization, and it has been idle, which is very unfavorable to the upgrading of military technology and the innovative research and development of products.
A careful study of the history of the development of the military industry in the countries of the earth reveals striking similarities.
In a state of war, the need for survival is the primary source of motivation to stimulate the development of military technology.
In a non-war state, the pursuit of interests will replace the former, making it more in line with the laws of the market economy.
For example, Germany has the strongest military technology during World War II, and even the United States, which has a huge capital advantage, is far inferior, which is the stimulation of survival demand.
Looking at the post-war United States, the development of military technology has not been stagnant because of the cessation of the war, and is still advancing by leaps and bounds.
This is because the military industrial enterprises of the United States are constantly expanding the arms trade market around the world, and an F16 has been sold to more than 30 countries around the world, which is more than the total number of air forces of most countries at that time, and the profits can be imagined.
The interests of the huge arms market have stimulated the continuous upgrading of the military industrial system, making the military strength of the United States unbeatable, which is undoubtedly a fruitful achievement under the free market economy.
Of course, capital is a wild horse, once it gets off the leash, it will be a disaster, and now the big military industrial giant is one of the prices paid by the United States.
Didn't fight? Is the world at peace? Can't sell arms?
How can that work!
Trouble! Make things happen on a global scale!
If there is serious regional antagonism and constant wars in various places, even if there are no enemies, a group of enemies must be created!
World Trade Towers Falling? Wonderful! The best excuses were sent to the door, and the Middle East Ah Khan was out of luck.
It's a pity that the Hexagon didn't fall, I can't find an excuse, it doesn't matter, we have "chemical weapons" brand laundry detergent, so Ah Ke is also unlucky.
In the conflicts created around the world and the wars launched, the military enterprises of the United States have obtained huge arms sales benefits, and the performance of military weapons has also been verified by actual combat through battlefield feedback.
The military giants use the money to invest in the research and development of more advanced weapons, maintain their leading position, sell backward arms, and then continue to wage the next war, so as to form a virtuous circle.
If it weren't for the fear of causing a world nuclear war, the United States, which had been kidnapped by capital, would never mind attacking those nuclear-armed countries in the end.
It is conceivable that once there is no war in the world, the market investment and research chain is interrupted, and the military industrial enterprises have no orders, sources of funds and R&D power, then the military technology of the United States will inevitably begin to decline.
And military hegemony is the core of the hegemony of the Mi Emperor, and the loss of advanced military technology means the loss of the status of a super empire and the corresponding interests.
So...... World peace is really just a slogan......
Cough! It's a bit of a stretch, but Nie Yun is undoubtedly experiencing the same problem now.
Nie Yun is not a war maniac, and it is impossible to take the initiative to provoke a war, so if you want to promote the healthy, high-speed and sustainable development of military technology, you can only do so by expanding the market.
And Gemini, which borders the solar system and has a huge market, is undoubtedly their only choice at the moment!
After the last battle, the Twin Stars lost a lot of military power, and Chu Xiaoxiao immediately saw a business opportunity from it, and the Twin Stars' demand for weapons and equipment at this time was absolutely unprecedented.
If at this time, the solar system can mass-produce the standard equipment of hostile forces, "bronze" mechas......
With the performance of the mecha that is higher than that of the Gemini, coupled with the low-cost advantage of the mechanical bug manufacturing system, once it is dumped on the other side, it may be able to completely open up the other party's arms market.
Retracting his thoughts, Nie Yun looked at the gray-brown planet outside the porthole.
"What about Spartacus?"
"It has entered the Ryan star, and the current specific positioning ...... It should be on the way to the largest settlement on Ryan.
According to the information we have received from the captives, the Lane patriarch currently lives there, and of course, it may be more appropriate to say that he is in captivity. ”
"Really? Wish...... All the best. ”
This time it was a whole race that was robbed, which was different from ordinary robbers, and if you want the Lane clan to really work for yourself, there will be no hidden dangers in the future, so the means of subduing it can't be too tough.
The key is ...... Convince people with virtue!
But they can't guarantee that the other party will feel the domineering aura they exude from hundreds of thousands of kilometers and then bow their heads, so they can only start from their own inside.
Spartacus, as the first Lane person he came into contact with, went through his own tune...... Cough! It's a lesson, and the loyalty is definitely above 95 at the moment.
Using him as a bridge to communicate is undoubtedly a safer way.
Whether it's a liberator or a conqueror, it's up to you to perform......