Chapter 206 Economy and Future Strategy

What wars are fought is the economy, and what is fought is finances. A single fiscal revenue cannot support a modern army at all.

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

Three-year plan, six-year plan, and 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 owns the Red Police base, naturally has more opportunities than any other country in the world.

Sitting in the two worlds of the present world and the wasteland, there is no doubt about the potential for future development.

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

But what about consumption 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 housing for the people in the ruled area.

If it is said that I have everything with the army, then such a person can only be said to be a true visionary.

An army without a popular base is destined to be impossible to become a powerful army.

Which country does not consider public opinion? Which armed force doesn't try to get the support of the local people?

Why do those extremist organizations have the space and soil to live in? Why is the Islamic State not resisted by the people in the occupied areas?

Simply put, it is public opinion.

If the Red Police Corps takes control of Iraq in the future, it will naturally have to consider how to make the people support itself.

This is an eternal truth. From the beginning to the end, no dynasty has ever survived after losing the hearts of the people.

The funds of the base cannot be used to maintain the foundation of the country's economic structure. It is just a digital product used by the base to produce items, and it is not a currency that can be used in reality.

It can only be understood as the virtual currency in the game, which is not real 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.

This country not only needs a complete industrial system, but also has a strong economic capacity.

Why does the United States have ten aircraft carriers.

How can you play an aircraft carrier without money.

Not to mention ten super aircraft carriers. Even if it is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, if you give it to any third world country, they can't even support it.

Including the donation to the current Iraq, even if the Iraqi government has a daily income of hundreds of billions of dollars. But it really can't even support such an aircraft carrier.

Instead, it can only rely on fiscal revenue from a single economic source. There is a huge shortcoming in the Iraqi government's finances.

That is, the slightest bit of economic warfare ability cannot afford it. As the international oil price dropped again and again, the Iraqi government's fiscal revenue also plummeted every year.

And now the international crude oil market. In OPEC alone, hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil are piled up and no one is buying them, and the price of oil has fallen below $60 per barrel.

Back when it was ninety dollars a barrel. The fiscal revenue of the Iraqi government is 100 billion, but now it is less than 50 billion US dollars, because there is still a large amount of hoarded crude oil that cannot be sold.

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

In just a few years. The financial revenue has shrunk by half. For a country, this is not as simple as fatal. That was pretty much the end of everything.

This is the serious shortcoming of Iraq's economy, which is entirely dependent on oil.

But except for oil exports, Iraq is all imports, and there is nothing else that can be exported.

No one is willing to use even the dinars issued by the Iraqi government for products sold domestically, and all settlements have reached the point where only US dollars are accepted.

In Cai Ruichen's view, it is necessary to barely guarantee the normal life of the people, and the current oil income alone cannot even maintain it.

And with a strong base, how can we not make good use of it. The high profit conversion rate of goods brought by funds is a huge source of income.

It is a way of making money that no one can intervene and stop. If one day, Iraq under his occupation can achieve an annual revenue of more than one trillion US dollars, then he will have the confidence to launch a large-scale foreign war.

Otherwise, with what to support a war, even the Red Police Corps will not be able to support it.

If you want to raise an army capable of countering a global hegemon like the United States, you need at least five trillion U.S. dollars in annual financial support.

And the five trillion dollars is still the most basic guarantee, and it is also necessary to ensure that the raw material supply or financial supply will not be cut off by the opponent during the war.

Just like Russia, once the United States joins Saudi Arabia, the country's finances will be in crisis immediately. Unless it is converted into a war economy and then a war comes, it can only adjust its economic strategy as soon as possible.

The same is true for the Red Police Corps in the future. Money is what is fought in wars, 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, no matter what other violent soldiers push all kinds of coolness.

Leaving aside 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 it is not invincible after all, and it is impossible to conquer the entire world's strength level with tens of thousands of soldiers alone.

What if the base's funding is unsustainable? With a daily income of 500,000 yuan, the fighting intensity that can be supported is nothing more than the scale of tens of thousands of people.

A daily income of 5 million yuan 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 fund recovery from the outside world.

As far as this is concerned, money is still needed to support it. As the saying goes, having money can make people push ghosts, but without money, it is difficult to move an inch.

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

What he wants are not only the resources that can be used in the wasteland world, but also the technology and economy of this world.

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

Even if the Red Police Corps develops a little slower, it is necessary to pave a wider fast track for future economic goals, so as to avoid that once the rapid development is really achieved in the future, the speed of economic development will not keep up with the rhythm.

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 technological products as the foundation, and it is a solid economy of strength. (To be continued.) Enable new URL