Volume 3 Chapter 26 The Cost of War (1)
"In this war, the gang declared war on their own initiative and demanded 200,000 gold coins from us, with a deposit of 1 million gold coins. The gang was defeated, so we received 1 million gold coins in war compensation. The system deducted 10% of the war tax, so we actually received 900,000 gold coins. We declared war on the gang in return and demanded 200,000 gold coins. We won, and after deducting the war tax, we actually received 180,000 gold coins. We seized equipment and other spoils from the gang and Ao Shi Family members, and after deducting the share taken by the allied gangs, we actually received 7,324 pieces..."
In the headquarters conference room, the leaders of the Thunder Alliance gathered together to make a post-war summary. The first one to explain the gains and losses of this battle from an economic perspective was the profiteer. From his report, it sounded like the Thunder Alliance must have made a lot of money this time. However, the profiteer's gloomy expression and angry tone made us all silent, and we dared not show the slightest happiness.
Sure enough, after saying the nice things, the next thing is a loss!
"During the pre-war mobilization, the gang fund provided sufficient medicines and supplies to the members, and repaired all members' equipment for free, costing 25 gold coins per person, totaling 150,000 gold coins! Almost all members died more than three times, and each lost 1.5 pieces of equipment. This loss must be compensated by the gang. Among them, there are 3,052 low-level members. Their equipment value is low, which can be reduced with gold coins. In addition to the death pension, each person is compensated with 100 gold coins, which is an expenditure of 300,000! There are 3,118 high-level members. , each person will be compensated with two pieces of captured war booty, a total of 6,236 pieces, and each person will be given 50 gold coins for the death compensation, which is another 150,000! In addition, the Brotherhood Alliance itself has made a lot of profit, so we don’t need to pay them separately, but Tianshui Pavilion and Xuehe have sent people to help, so we can’t fail to express our gratitude and pay 100,000 gold coins each. Ladies and gentlemen, just for personnel expenses, we have to pay 800,000 gold coins! The compensation we got from the gangs is only 280,000, and the remaining captured equipment is only about 1,000 pieces, worth... about 100,000. "
Wow, war is all about money, it really is a wise saying! We are the winners, but the loss is not worth it. As the losers, the gangs and the proud families must have lost more than a million gold coins. Fantasy is just a game. It is not surprising that a war in reality can easily cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
"Then, of the 50 NPCs hired by the leader, 42 were killed. Each NPC killed must pay 2,000 gold coins to the system, which is another 84,000 gold coins! Our garrison buildings, except for the headquarters, which were completely destroyed, will cost another 300,000 gold coins to rebuild these shops! In addition, the fortifications have been almost completely destroyed. Repairing them will cost at least 100,000 gold coins! Oh, my God, we won the battle, but we still have to pay money..."
The profiteer became more and more excited as he spoke, and almost started to roar!
We dared not say a word. The economic operation of our alliance has always been fully managed by unscrupulous businessmen. It is conceivable that the financial situation, which had been improving, has lost a lot of the little capital that we had accumulated with great difficulty because of this war. The gang fund suddenly became tight. No wonder our boss was angry. In fact, if it were not for our inadequate intelligence work and underestimation of the enemy, we would not have suffered such a heavy loss in this battle if it were not for our inadequate intelligence work and underestimation of the enemy, and we did not ask for help in time and made many mistakes in tactical arrangements.
The profiteer didn't finish his words: "Also, I don't know why we declared war on the gang in the end. Although we earned an extra 180,000 gold coins, because we took the initiative to attack the gang's base and won, the other gang was disbanded, and the other side's base became ours. This seems to be an extra territory for us, but in fact, we have a big burden! That piece of rotten land has a very bad location. It can neither attract players nor conduct business. It has no development value. What's the point of us coming here? If we send troops to garrison and build it into a branch of the Thunder Alliance, the capital investment required is a bottomless pit, and 180,000 gold coins are not enough to compensate! But if we give up, other gangs will come to occupy that base and make war claims . How can we deal with it? Isn't this asking for trouble?"
We really hadn't thought of this before. Now, when we heard the profiteer's words, everyone's face changed. Yes, adding a piece of territory is not necessarily a good thing. We are too busy with the headquarters, so how can we take care of the branch? But if a gang declares war on our alliance, the winning condition is to conquer the branch and claim war reparations, we will be in big trouble! If it is not a counter-declaration of war on the violent group, then when the time comes, the violent group will be judged as losing by the system and disbanded. Because we are not the attacking party, then the station will be taken back by the system and it will have nothing to do with us.
After a moment's silence, I said, "We'll discuss the gang's headquarters later. Let's get back to the point and summarize the battle first. Prodigal businessman, I really have to trouble you this time. You are responsible for the reconstruction of the headquarters! Isn't our joint effort for the better development of the Thunder Alliance? Fortunately, we won this time. If we lost, the Thunder Alliance would no longer exist, and all the efforts we put in would be wasted. As for the economic losses, I think we can still make it back. Besides, as the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. We made many mistakes in this battle. Only by learning from them can we avoid making the same mistakes again in the future."
The profiteer sat down angrily. Actually, all in all, our loss this time will not exceed 200,000 gold coins, which is not a big deal. However, for a businessman, a war with no profit and loss is unacceptable!
Lemming spoke up, and he said with a look of shame on his face: "Our biggest mistake this time was in intelligence. Although I sent an undercover agent to the gang, I didn't find out the most important intelligence that the gang and Ao Shi had formed an alliance. This was my dereliction of duty. I also found out the reason. The gang and Ao Shi suddenly formed an alliance late at night. The intelligence officer happened to be offline at the time, so he didn't receive a system prompt. After he came online, he was careless and didn't check the situation of the allied gang in the gang information. Otherwise, if we had considered Ao Shi a little bit in advance, the loss would not have been so great."
I said, "This can't be entirely your fault. The feedback I got from Bage showed that even the gang didn't think of forming an alliance with Ao Shi beforehand. It was Ao Shi who took the initiative to contact the gang after learning that there was a conflict between the gang and our alliance. Moreover, everything was done in a confidential manner. The alliance was formed in the middle of the night on purpose. It was normal that the undercover agent failed to obtain this information. However, there is one thing. You shouldn't relax your surveillance of Ao Shi just because your work focus is on the gang. Otherwise, we can find some clues from Ao Shi's troop movements and at least get an hour's warning. Of course, a large part of this is also due to the lack of manpower in the intelligence team. Now I suggest expanding the number of intelligence team members to 50, and the members don't have to be limited to thieves and assassins. The expenditure on intelligence team operations allocated from the gang fund will be increased tenfold. What do you think?"
Everyone nodded in agreement, including the profiteers, who had no objection to increasing intelligence spending. Such a tiny amount of money could bring invaluable returns at a truly important moment.
I added, "Lemming, you are still in charge of the intelligence team. After all, you have found out a lot of important information about the gang. But you had the opportunity to make a great contribution this time, but now I have to give you a reward and a penalty. Don't miss it next time!"
The lemming said with tears in his eyes: "Alliance leader, I know that my mistake this time is a heinous crime, a crime that cannot be forgiven, and I deserve death... Thank you for your magnanimity, I will definitely live up to your cultivation and promotion, and repay your kindness even if it means my death... I will work hard, study hard, and make progress every day... Eh? What's wrong with you?"
Everyone was foaming at the mouth, and it took them a while to return to normal. They immediately rushed forward, and Loneliness took out a whip weapon from somewhere and tied the lemming's mouth tightly.
