Robin and Lee consumed two hours at the bar called Private Ryan with just one bottle of beer.

During this time, Robin and Lee hooked up with countless young girls who came to seek excitement, and also mingled with many drunk men who were already drunk. Through the premeditated side-to-side attacks of the two, they finally got a lot of information they urgently needed, and they also had a deeper understanding of the country of the Raymond Federation.

Unlike the Nine-Star Republic, which began to develop in a closed manner after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Raymond Federation, a state established by several small consortia, is a completely open country. Economy, a word that never appears in a republic, is the most important foundation that supports the proper functioning of the Raymond Federation. The main purpose of the Raymond Federation to wage war is to stimulate the economy and obtain profits.

Just like this Raymond Federation's large-scale invasion of Pluto, the ultimate goal is to obtain the abundant solid methane ice on the four asteroids of the Pluto system.

But in addition to these mineral resources, fighting the war can also boost the domestic economy of the Raymond Federation.

Since most of the military supplies of the Raymond Federation military are mainly purchased, every time the Federation fights, major enterprises in the Federation will flock to follow the progress of the Federation Army and do business with the military non-stop. In addition to large enterprises, the harsh employment environment in the Raymond Federation has also caused a large number of young people with dreams of getting rich to try to go abroad, either to apply for jobs to join large enterprises that have received military purchase orders, or to follow the Union Army around to pan for gold alone.

Just like this 'Private Ryan' bar, the owner of the bar is called Ryan, and he is a veteran. With the little savings he had saved from his service, he bought tickets for the pre-Conquest Federation transports and opened such a bar on Pluto, hoping to make a fortune here.

In combat areas where death can occur at any moment, soldiers serving in the military often live a life of drunken dreams, which is why bars like Private Ryan are popular. And young people who risk their lives and pay well to work here also need places like this for thrills. Therefore, the war model of the Union Army is actually to sell tickets first, use the money earned from selling tickets to sign orders with big companies, let them send people to work for the military, and then collect additional war taxes on these civilians who rely on the war to get high salaries, and so on...... In Robin's view, this is a completely deformed cycle, and he does not understand why the Raymond Federation would mix so many things that have nothing to do with war in the war. It's as if citizens are just tools in the eyes of the Raymond Federation. As long as the military gives an offensive target and pulls two transport ships around in a circle, then the soldiers, weapons, ammunition, and materials will be automatically sent to the door by the enterprise, and the enterprise actually only needs to dismantle one or two production lines from the factory, and wait for the federal army to temporarily build a factory after capturing an advance base, and mine and manufacture on the spot, so that the military can complete the military's orders and make profits at a very low cost.

So, in essence, the wars waged by the Federation are actually supported by civilians. And the corporate and political axes, which are the leaders of the war, have not paid anything at all.

Robin thinks the citizens of the Federation are stupid, and by talking, he thinks they are not. They actually knew better than he knew the machinations of the political axe, but they were still happy to be driven by the federal axe.

Soaring, superiority, enslaving others, getting rich...... And so on, these are full of ** thoughts, so that every federal citizen has a federal dream in his heart. The history of successful people, and the success stories of making a fortune because of risk-taking. Touted by the mainstream media of the Federation, every Federation member has become crazy and has become a monster that only pushes the war forward.

Stimulated by interests, this massive monster is incomparably powerful, even powerful enough to destroy any planet. However, if the benefits are lost, then the monster will begin to weaken, and may even bite the Federation army in turn.

And now the Federal Army is facing this situation, because of the unfavorable situation of the war, the Federal Army has not brought the benefits promised by the enterprise at all, and the enterprise directly passes on this loss to the civilians.

A vicious cycle seems to be being created, and even Robin, who has only been in the federal territory for a few hours, can clearly feel the turmoil brewing in the air.

The gradually grim battle situation has made these civilians who follow the Federation Army feel a serious existential crisis. Coupled with the fact that they did not receive the promised salary from the company, the mood of the common people began to become irritable. During the more than two hours spent at the bar, Robin witnessed more than one clash between drunken civilians and soldiers who came to drink, and even went so far as to make a big deal out of it.

Some malicious vandalism and crime have also begun to prevail in the industrial zone. Due to the unfavorable situation of the war, the military headquarters did not have much troops to maintain law and order, which made the order in the industrial zone more and more chaotic. Brawls, robberies, annihilation, theft...... Stuff like that. It's not uncommon to see it here.

"Hey...... I really didn't expect the headquarters of the Federal Army to be such a place. Seeing this, I think it would be a miracle if we couldn't win this war. Lee lifted Robin's unfinished half bottle of beer, and Tuo blushed and laughed.

"But did you find out, in the Raymond Federation, there is almost no difference between civilians and soldiers in terms of combat power." Compared to Lee's optimism, Robin frowned and expressed his concerns.

"Really?" Li was stunned: "I didn't pay attention." ”

"Remember that clash in the bar? Five civilians beat four soldiers, and the soldiers actually lost. ”

“……”

When Robin mentioned this, Li remembered the very violent brawl in the bar just now. To be honest, he hadn't noticed this at first, but now that he thought about it, it was really unthinkable that four soldiers could not beat five civilians.

In the Nine-Star Republic, there is an absolute gap between soldiers and civilians. The soldiers who have been trained in the two-year training camp, even if they are just recruits, are all killing machines. Not to mention four against five, even if it is one against five, a Republic soldier can easily take down five strong civilians.

This is obviously not the case with the Raymond Federation, since most people have served in the military, so the difference between civilians and soldiers is only retired and active, and there is not much difference in strength between the two sides without using guns.

"You mean......" Lee began to understand the meaning of Robin's words, and Tuohong's face suddenly turned pale.

"Yes, in the Raymond Federation, there is really only a thin line between soldiers and civilians. What do you think would happen if our forces did cut through the Federalist lines and encircled it? ”

"As long as the federal military issues guns, then ......"

"Then these civilians will immediately become qualified Federal Army reserves." Robin picked up Li Wei's words, shook his head and said, "The strength of the Federation Army will immediately change from thousands to tens of thousands. ”

"Damn! ~" Li obviously thought of the horror of this scene, and smashed the bottle in his hand in anger: "So...... We can't win this battle? ”

"Of course not." Robin smiled, hooked Lee's shoulder and said, "What I just said is only the worst-case scenario, and the best-case scenario." ”

"So what's the best-case scenario?" Li asked curiously.

"Before we surrounded this place, the civilians of the Federation caused a riot because of panic, and then this place will finish itself without us calling."

"This is going to happen?" Lee's eyes widened in surprise.

"Of course, and very likely." As he walked, Robin whispered in Li's ear: "Don't you notice, anti-war sentiment has begun to emerge among the civilians now, and the unoptimistic situation of the war has also made the ordinary people want to leave here. It was only because the Federation Army now controlled the spaceship in the moored at the air base that there was no mass escape. But, think about it, if we make an explosion at an airbase, then ......"

"Holy! ~ That's throwing a match in an oil drum! ”

"That's right." Robin laughed sinisterly, but after laughing for a while, he suddenly knocked on the back of Li's head in dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "I said, I'm busy asking around, you're here, you're really here to pick up girls!" ～”

"Of course not, I also inquired about something." Lee touched the back of Robin's sore head and shouted.

"Tell me, what did you find out?" Robin asked with interest.

"Prices, those girls have been rambling about this for a long time." Li glanced at the money in Robin's pocket and said, "Although the money in your pocket is not much, it is enough for us to get on the road." ”

"What else?"

"I know who those girls' boyfriends are."

“……”

"Don't worry." Seeing the anger on Robin's face, Li hurriedly explained: "There are several girls whose boyfriends are soldiers in the federal army, and a few of them are special departments, now I know their names, know the rules of the federal army, and I even know where those guys sneaked out of the barracks to date the girls." ”

"So ......"

"Stupid." Li smiled mysteriously: "Since they can sneak out, then we can naturally sneak in too." ”

“……”

Li's words made Robin's eyes light up, and he slapped him hard: "Good idea, it looks like we should go back to Zhuo Luo and them now, we have been out for a long time, if we don't look for them again, I guess they will have to come to us with guns." ”

"Leaving so soon? No more waiting? Li looked back at the brightly lit 'Private Ryan' bar, obviously reluctant.

"Stay a fart, go! ～”

Robin grabbed Lee by the collar and dragged him towards the secluded street where Zoro and the others were hiding, and after Lee struggled a few times, he could only follow Robin back in despair.

(To be continued)