Chapter 952: Suppressing the Rebellion in Straw City
"Suppressing the rebellion in Straw City?"
Gonzalez frowned at the map.
Deep down, he was reluctant to withdraw troops to go to Straw City to quell the rebellion.
Although he is nominally the commander-in-chief of the national armed forces, there are many factions in the Chicken Roll Army, and officers of all sizes are almost all spokesmen for various forces. There are complex interest relationships behind them. If it is not in line with their interests, they cannot give orders at all.
Another point is that most of the troops are stationed on the front line confronting the southern warlords, barely maintaining a state of balance. If they withdraw manpower, they are likely to be caught by the Green Flag. If this leads to the collapse of the entire front line, the loss will not be just half of the country, the entire Chicken Roll Country may fall into the hands of the Green Flag.
But if he did not send troops, going against Carroll's wishes and causing Carroll to support his political opponents, he would most likely fail in the election.
These consortiums may have a 50-50 ability to accomplish things, but a 99-percent ability to do bad things. They don't even need to get involved themselves, just throwing some resources at him to mess things up is enough to make him scratch his head.
"How can I do this?"
Gonzalez felt a headache as he looked at the map, his eyes wandering around.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he had a solution!
He saw a naval port.
Due to geographical reasons, the Chicken Roll Country has a navy. Not only a navy, but also a Marine Corps, and its strength is quite good.
However, due to a powerful and evil neighbor to the north, the size of their navy is limited, and they only have a few old warships that have been in service for decades. The oldest one may be older than Gonzalez himself. It is a product of the era of giant ships and cannons, and is several generations behind.
Therefore, it is not very popular.
It is precisely because it is not well received that all forces basically look down on it and do not appoint any spokespersons. As a result, the navy has become the most loyal military force of the Chicken Roll Country.
"If the troops can't be mobilized, the navy can be mobilized, right? They're just sitting idle in the port anyway, so why not find something to do?"
Gonzalez thought of this army that he had almost forgotten.
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense, so he immediately called Navy Chief Carteres.
Carteres was asked to lead all the naval officers and soldiers to Straw City immediately to quell the rebellion.
Carteres, who was dating his lover in a suburban villa, was dragged out of bed unwillingly. After hearing Gonzalez's order, he felt that the other party must have lost his mind.
"Straw City is an inland city. You want our navy to suppress the rebellion? Are you crazy?"
Carterez roared angrily.
"I've looked at the map. Straw City is only thirty kilometers away from the coast. You can definitely land the fleet close to the coast. I believe the outstanding Marines can accomplish this mission."
Gonzalez said carelessly.
If possible, Carteres really wanted to open Gonzales's head to see what was going on in this stupid president's mind. He actually wanted to land the fleet on a deserted beach. His fleet had no landing ships or landing craft . How could he land? Swim?
Moreover, Straw City is more than 30 kilometers away from the coast, which is beyond the firing range of their naval guns. The missiles of the two second-hand helicopter destroyers can reach it, but the number of spare ammunition is not large, only a basic number, and it has not been maintained for many years. It is still unknown how many of them can be used.
As for the so-called Marine Corps, as the fourth-class Marine in the army, they are almost forgotten. It is easy to imagine what good weapons they can get. Most of them use the M1 Garand, which is an old thing from more than 70 years ago. Some even use the Enfield, and even the matching bullets cannot be found. Expecting such Marines to suppress the rebellion without the support of fleet artillery? It is nothing but a pipe dream.
"Don't rush to refuse. I know you have difficulties, but they can all be solved. Tell me what difficulties you have. As long as I can do it, I can solve them all."
Gonzalez said, patting his chest.
Now Carteres is almost his only lifeline, so he has to make arrangements and fulfill his every request.
"Change me two ships?"
Carteres asked tentatively.
"Or you could just kill me." Gonzalez almost vomited blood.
Is it that easy to change ships?
No matter how cheap a decent warship is, it costs at least 10 billion US dollars. Moreover, money alone is not enough. You also have to smooth over relationships and send personnel to learn how to receive it. A few years is considered a short time to complete the whole process. How can he have the time to wait?
Moreover, there is not enough money in the national treasury for him to do this.
"As someone who comes from the navy, you know how much money it costs to buy a boat. I can't come up with that much money right now, and I don't have the time, but I can promise that if I'm re-elected, I will definitely help you get a luxury yacht worth tens of millions."
Gonzalez soothed.
After hearing what Gonzalez said, Carteres was tempted. The warship was for the navy, and the yacht was his. It seemed worthwhile to exchange the warship for the yacht.
However, he had finally gotten an opportunity to blackmail someone, so naturally he would not give in so easily.
"If the warships don't work, we have to replace the guns, right? You can't let my soldiers go to war with guns that are older than their grandfathers."
"You can take whatever you like from the Army's arsenal."
Gonzalez waved his hand and opened up the permissions.
"We also need travel expenses, at least ten billion to start." Carteres increased the bargaining space in advance according to the rule of halving the price when bargaining.
"The treasury really doesn't have that much money left. How about this? We still have 400 million left. I'll give it all to you."
Gonzalez also came to terms with it. Anyway, all his hopes for re-election rested on Carterez. If he did a good job and was re-elected, it didn't matter if the treasury was empty. He could just ask Lehman Brothers for a loan. The Lehman Brothers also had financial business, so it didn't matter what the collateral was. He wouldn't have to pay it back anyway.
As for failure in re-election, that’s even less of a concern. The problem of an empty treasury will naturally be the concern of the next president. What does it have to do with him?
Having made up his mind, Gonzalez directly transferred all the remaining money in the treasury to Carteres.
Hearing Gonzalez's generosity, Carterez was stunned for a moment, and then he transferred 350 million of the money to his overseas account at lightning speed.
The rest was exchanged for cash at the bank and someone took it directly into the military camp.
After calling out to the lazy Maruns, Carteres ordered his men to open all the boxes of money.
Fifty million is just a string of numbers in a bank card, but it is still very impactful when it is converted into paper money and placed in front of everyone.
"Follow me to fight a battle. As long as you win, all these will be yours!"
Carteres shouted loudly to the maroons.
