War is fought on the economy and finance, and a single fiscal revenue cannot support a modern army at all.

Cai Ruichen, who aims for modern Iraq, has now upgraded to a three-year level when formulating future development plans.

Three-year plan, six-year plan, nine-year strategy.

Among them, the nine-year strategy is the most important, which is the most direct means of judging a strategist's vision.

Cai Ruichen, who has a Red Police base, naturally has more opportunities than any country in the world.

Sitting on both the present world and the wasteland, there is no doubt about the potential for future development.

But no matter how powerful the base is, it must also use money, which can be used to produce weapons and equipment, which can be used to supplement the consumption of war.

But what about the attrition outside of war? To put it simply, in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the base cannot provide food, nor can it provide food, clothing, and shelter for the people in the ruling area.

If I have an army and everything, then such a person can only be said to be a real fantasist.

An army without a popular base is doomed to not be a strong army.

Which country doesn't have to take public opinion into account? Which one of the forces is not trying to gain the support of the locals?

Why do those extremist groups have space and soil to survive? Why doesn't ISIS rebel in occupied areas?

To put it simply, it is public opinion.

In the future, if the Red Guard takes control of Iraq, it will naturally have to think about how to get the people to support it.

This is an eternal truth, from beginning to end, no dynasty has ever been able to exist after losing the hearts of the people.

However, the funds of the base cannot be used as the basis for maintaining the country's economic structure, it is only a digital product of the base used to produce goods, not a currency that can be used in reality.

It can only be understood as virtual currency in the game. It's not true at all.

In order to build a country that can support a strong Red Police Corps in the future, Cai Ruichen must develop a strong country even if he is reluctant.

The country needs not only a complete industrial system, but also a strong economy.

Why does the United States have ten aircraft carriers, how can it play with aircraft carriers without money.

Not to mention ten supercarriers, even one Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Just send it to any third world country, they can't even afford to raise it.

Including sending it to the current Iraq, even if the Iraqi government has hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every day, it really can't even afford to raise such an aircraft carrier.

Instead of relying on revenues from a single source of economy, the Iraqi Government's finances have a huge shortcoming.

That is, it cannot afford the slightest trace of economic warfare, international oil prices have fallen again and again, and the Iraqi Government's annual fiscal revenue has also plummeted.

Moreover, in the international crude oil market, OPEC alone has hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil piled up and no one buys it. Oil prices have fallen below the level of $60 per barrel.

At the time of $90 per barrel, the Iraqi government had $100 billion in revenue, but now it has less than $50 billion, because there is still a large amount of crude oil hoarded that cannot be sold.

Otherwise, the most direct reason why the Iraqi government cannot afford to supply companies to the areas occupied by the Islamic State is the most direct reason.

In just a few years, fiscal revenues have shrunk by half, which is for a country. If it's as simple as two fatal words, it's almost everything.

This is Iraq's economy, which is completely oil-dependent. Serious drawbacks.

But Iraq imports everything except for oil exports, and there is nothing else to export.

No one wants to use even the dinars issued by the Iraqi government for domestic products, and everything is settled to the extent that only the US dollar is recognized.

In Cai Ruichen's view, it is necessary to barely ensure the normal life of the people. The current oil revenues alone cannot even be sustained.

And with a strong base, how can it not be used well, and the high profit conversion rate of commodities brought by capital is a huge financial road.

A road of wealth that no one can interfere with and stop. If one day, Iraq under his occupation can reach an annual revenue of more than $1 trillion, then he will have the confidence to start a large-scale foreign war.

Otherwise, what to use to support a war, when the time comes, even the Red Guard Corps will not be able to raise it.

If you want to raise an army that can stand up to a global hegemon like the United States, you need at least $5 trillion a year of financial support.

And this 5 trillion US dollars is still the most basic guarantee, but also to ensure that in the event of a war, the adversary will not cut off the supply of raw materials or financial supply.

Just like Russia, if the United States and Saudi Arabia engage in it, the country's finances will immediately be in crisis, and unless it is converted into a war economy, and then there will be a war, the only way to do it is to quickly adjust its economic strategy.

The same is true of the future Red Guard Corps, where war is fought with money, and money is also needed to develop and maintain basic social and public services.

If you want to gain the support of the people, the most basic thing is to let them get the most affordable benefits.

In general, everything costs money.

Otherwise, Cai Ruichen also likes to be straightforward, simple and rude, regardless of all kinds of other thugs.

Let's not talk about the issue of popular support, let's talk about the daily income and consumption of a base.

Such a simple and direct method is indeed very cool, but after all, it is not invincible, and it is impossible to rely on tens of thousands of soldiers to fight the power level of the entire world.

What if the base's funds fall into a state where they can't be sustained? The daily income of 500,000 yuan is nothing more than the scale of 10,000 people.

The daily capital income of 5 million can barely support the high-intensity war consumption of an army of 200,000 people.

But there are so many minerals around the base that can be recovered, so at that level, Cai Ruichen must also consider seeking new channels for capital recovery.

At this point, money is still needed to support, as the so-called money can make the grinding ghost, and it is difficult to move an inch without money.

That's why Cai Ruichen is so concerned about using the future technology group to develop the economy.

He wants not only the resources that can be used in the wasteland, but also the technological economy of the present world.

For the future strategy, the economy of the future technology group is the most important part.

Even if the development of the Red Police Corps is a little slower, it must pave a broader fast lane for future economic goals, so as to avoid that once it develops at a high speed in the future, the speed of economic development will not be able to keep up with the pace.

Moreover, this kind of high-tech economy is also the least afraid of the challenge of economic war, because it is based on top-notch scientific and technological products and is a real strength economy. (To be continued.) )