White House.

Office of the President.

"Last year."

The Minister of Finance is holding a thick economic document and is reporting to Mr. President:

"That is, in 44 years, the government's total fiscal expenditure was $120 billion, accounting for 50 percent of the gross national product, of which direct military expenditure accounted for more than 75 percent, totaling $92.7 billion."

"Of course, a large part of it is used to purchase advanced technologies such as oxygen bottom blowing steelmaking and transfer them to enterprises, technological transformation, and direct holding of major enterprises to increase production capacity, leaving a large part of assets, so the actual expenditure will be less."

"And this year."

The Minister of Finance paused for a moment before continuing:

"By the end of the Battle of Cherbourg in early August, the government's cumulative financial expenditure was $220 billion, which is estimated to account for about 75 percent of the gross national product, of which military expenditure accounted for 95 percent, a total of $209 billion."

"So much!"

Hearing this number, the president lost his mind for a moment.

At the beginning of August this year, $220 billion has already been spent, and there are still four months to go before the end of this year.

I'm afraid it's more than 300 billion.

"The Battle of Cherbourg was too costly."

The Minister of Finance exhaled:

"The direct military consumption on the front line in just three and a half months is as high as $88 billion, and if you add the construction of domestic military facilities, the training of new recruits, and aid to foreign countries, it will be as high as $95 billion."

"There are also ten active aircraft carriers, as well as the construction of next-generation aircraft carriers, which are all big projects to swallow gold."

"The expected GDP for this year is 300 billion, and according to the current situation, this figure is likely to be exceeded."

Speaking of this, the Minister of Finance paused for a long time:

"But, as of now, the government debt is as high as $380 billion."

"380 billion..."

Mr. President was in a trance again.

With the outbreak of the European War in 40 years and the influx of talents and funds from all over the world, the United States completely got rid of the impact of the economic crisis, and the economy recovered rapidly, and even had rapid growth.

After the direct entry of the United States into the war, the huge demand of the war further stimulated the recovery of the economy, and in 42 years, the gross national product had already returned to the level before the economic crisis broke out ten years ago.

Last year, that is, in 44 years, the government came forward to purchase a large number of advanced technologies from the other side, and under the guidance of capital to upgrade the technology of the industrial sector, the steel output doubled, the shipbuilding industry, the automobile industry increased efficiency, and the economy achieved explosive growth at one time.

In addition, the other side chooses the US dollar as its foreign exchange reserve, which is the settlement currency for international transactions.

It is expected that this year, the United States' gross national product will reach $300 billion, more than 60 percent of the world's total, and its industrial production capacity will account for 70 percent of the world's total.

But.

I can't afford to spend 300 billion a year!

Mr. President felt a little dizzy.

Although Cherbourg was captured, an excellent permanent port was obtained, and the supply problem of the front line was solved, the Siegfeiler Line still existed, the main German forces were intact, and the war was still far from victory.

It will take at least another year.

Now, the allies on the Eastern Front have lost their offensive capabilities and can only barely maintain their defensive lines, and as for the British Empire, it has been blown up by the Germans, and it is not even satisfied with the supply of its own troops.

The war was all backed by the United States.

Then, there is the eagerness of the other side.

It is foreseeable that there will be a lot of money to spend in the future, and even if everything goes well in the war in Europe, at least $300 billion in expenditures will need to be prepared, or even more.

"At present, the total debt is 380 billion yuan, which is already as high as 127 percent of the country's GDP, and if the debt is increased to 600 billion yuan, it will reach 200 percent."

The Minister of Finance continued:

"Then, even if we win the war, our economy will fall into a great recession again, a recession worse than it was 15 years ago."

"If the debt exceeds 900 billion or even 1 trillion yuan, reaching 300 percent of the gross national product, then the dollar will collapse directly after the end of the war, and the government and the country will go bankrupt."

"The Great Recession."

"Collapse, bankruptcy."

Mr. President rubbed his forehead, and he felt a splitting headache at this time.

According to the current progress, the end of this war, 600 billion debts are already inevitable, and even 700 billion, 800 billion is possible, but no matter how high it is, it is impossible, the Germans have already declined, and the United States still has enough stamina.

"Is there a solution?"

Franklin looked at his Secretary of the Treasury, who had worked with him to pull the United States out of the economic crisis.

As the Minister of Finance, he naturally knows that at least $300 billion is expected to be needed for the end of this war.

"Yes."

The Minister of Finance took a deep breath:

"We must win the war and have the absolute right to speak in the world."

"Hmm."

The president nodded solemnly.

"Collect as much gold as possible, preferably 80 percent of the world's gold reserves, and after the war, the dollar will depreciate by another 20 percent, and an ounce of gold will be exchanged for sixty dollars."

"And then."

The Minister of Finance accentuated his tone:

"Through economic, political, and even military means, forcing other currencies around the world to peg to the dollar."

"Dollars instead of gold! Become the only world currency. ”

The Minister of Finance exhaled hard and continued:

"Later, under the pretext of helping with reconstruction, large-scale loan assistance was implemented to Europe and Asia, but it was stipulated that 80 percent of American goods must be purchased in order to solve the industrial capacity that broke out during the war and to occupy the Asian and European markets."

"Use the whole world to dilute these dollars."

"Eurasia?"

The president was stunned.

"Yes, Eurasia."

The Minister of Finance said:

"Our current industrial capacity is increasing too fast, and it is expected to increase to 350 billion US dollars next year, but it is all a deformed heavy industry, and post-war Europe cannot absorb such a huge production capacity, and we must drag Asia into the water, especially the populous country on the other side, and their market is very huge."

"According to conservative estimates, the market size reaches $80 billion."

"If we can get it, then we can get out of the economic crisis."

"I see."

Mr. President waved his hand and motioned for the Minister of Finance to leave.

After being silent for a long time, Franklin breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes flashed, and he said to himself:

"This war must be won."

"Moreover, there can only be one winner."

Then, he raised his head, looked at the Asia-Pacific region, and fell into deep thought.

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Oshu.

Gove.

At eight o'clock in the evening, a crescent moon hung high in the sky.

At night, light bulbs lined up along the flat ground to form a long runway of lights, and a group of people stood at the end of the runway, looking eagerly at the sky in the distance.

Ten minutes later, eight transport planes reminding the huge appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"Eight!"

Then the moonlight, after counting the number of planes in the distance, the leader of the man said in a surprised tone.

As a leader, he has been in China and even trained in the army, and he knows very well that this kind of four-engine transport aircraft can transport about 20 tons of materials at a time, and because of the distance, it will definitely not be able to fully load it when it arrives here.

But eight, even if it is not loaded, this trip transported at least a hundred tons of supplies.

According to advance notice, the trip was full of heavy weapons, including anti-tank guns.

That is, a hundred-ton heavy weapon.

Although ammunition is included, it is a huge amount for a 'self-defense' and 'autonomous' force with a total strength of 600 troops and an estimated total strength of 2,500 troops.

The four-engine transport aircraft is very suitable for non-paved running to take-off and landing, and the unloading is also very fast, and after half an hour, the eight transports have completed unloading and take off again to Natuna aircraft.

"The tanker is already in place."

Looking at the small number of fuel gauges, a contact made the captain of the leading transport aircraft group breathe a sigh of relief.

After carrying more than 3,000 kilometers of materials and carrying 15 tons of materials, this transportation has greatly exceeded the range of the four transport planes, but fortunately, the troops have put into service the latest air tankers and can refuel the planes in the air, otherwise there is really no way to complete this transportation mission.

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"What's the tube on the nose of those planes?"

Putting aside the doubts in his mind, the leader of the Miners' Self-Defense Force here found a few cadres:

"Gather all the veterans."

"Send the anti-tank guns down and organize training immediately."

"Live-fire training!"

He was well aware that the enemy had four tanks this time and needed to be dealt with carefully, however, some of his veterans were trained and could master anti-tank guns with a little familiarity.

And with at least a hundred tons of weapons, the battle was almost unsuspenseful.

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Meanwhile.

Forty-five kilometers away from Gove, in a clearing, there was an Austrian army battalion, tents stood in the clearing, horses were tied around, and in the center of the camp, tall tanks were parked.

An Austrian battalion commander scolded in the camp:

"Damn pigs, I'm going to kill you all."

Oshu is in the southern hemisphere, and it is winter, but Gove is located in the tropics, and in this era before the greenhouse effect has been widely seen, Gove is extremely hot even at night.

And the wild is full of mosquitoes.

After a day's march, the battalion commander was already irritable, coupled with the hot weather and mosquito annoyance, the battalion commander's mood at this time can be described as tyrannical.

"We're going to leave tomorrow morning, we're going to get to Goff as soon as we can, and we're going to kill all the monkeys."

The battalion commander scolded and gave the order.

"Yes."

The deputy battalion commander immediately went to deliver the order.

At this moment, not a single Austrian officer was worried about the upcoming battle, and even everyone thought that they were just going through the motions, and as soon as they arrived, the farce would be over.

Although they were second-line troops and had not experienced real combat, they were armed with mortars, machine guns, and even four tanks.

Mere miners?

Even if there are so-called veterans who have fought with little devils, how can there be?

As long as the tank charges, it will be captured.

Early the next morning, the battalion commander led the way with four tanks and marched at full speed with more than 500 troops, and the smoke and dust were billowing along the way.

In the afternoon, the infantry battalion finally arrived five kilometers outside Gove.

"Trim for half an hour, then attack."

Although it was already afternoon, and although the troops were exhausted after a day's march, the battalion commander was still ready to attack, and the rest of the officers did not have any opinions.

Just miners!

Half an hour later, still led by four tanks, more than 500 Austrian troops marched along the road to Gove.

"A bunch of idiots."

Looking at the four tanks in the front row, the leading Chinese laborers, and the commander of a battalion of the former Fruit Army sneered, this group of Austrian troops was really arrogant and arrogant, and they didn't even reconnoitre, so they rushed up directly.

Plunged directly into his preset ambush circle.

Not even as good as bandits.

He was also cautious, leaving four anti-tank guns and half of his forces in the rear as a mobile reserve to prevent the enemy from attacking from other places, wasting his mind in vain.

"Open fire."

Then the battalion entered the encirclement, and he gave the order to open fire.

Boom...

Four 75 anti-tank guns, which had long been hidden, opened fire, and at the same time, recoilless guns, light and heavy machine guns, 60, 120 mortars opened fire in unison, and in an instant, the Austrian battalion was caught in a fire net.

Moreover, because of carelessness, the battalion commander was in a tank in the front row and was killed in the first round.

Five minutes later.

The battle ended in a crushing posture, and the remaining Austrians raised the white flag before the first round of fire.

"Gather your troops."

After collecting the captured materials, the former battalion commander of the former preserved fruit led more than 500 troops, as well as more than 2,000 miners and their families, to the inland town of Zell, and they wanted to occupy Zell as soon as possible, avoid the cover of the Austrian Navy, build a position, block the subsequent Austrian attack, and widen the open space over there, and build an airfield that can take off and land four transport planes.

At this time, it was only six o'clock in the evening.

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Meanwhile.

Austrian Prime Minister's Office.

Mr. Prime Minister of Oshu was looking at the telegram from the President of the United States, and he was a little stunned.

"The United States is Austria's most staunch ally, and we will firmly defend Austria's freedom and integrity."

"Does this mean that the so-called autonomy of the miners will be very troublesome this time?"

As Prime Minister, he had a keen eye and read the core meaning of this telegram at a glance.

It means that no matter what difficulties are encountered, the United States will firmly support Ao, support him, and help Ao win in the end, so you must persist in the initial difficulties and do not give up.

"How is that possible?"

The Austrian Prime Minister did not understand.

According to intelligence, the other side has not sent troops to directly participate in the so-called autonomy of Gove, and has not completely torn its face, of course, it is more likely that there is no way to send troops.

After all, the closest airport to Oshu on the other side of the river, and Natuna is the only airport where transport planes can take off.

And Natuna is three thousand kilometers away from Gove in a straight line.

The maximum range of the twin-engine transport aircraft on the opposite shore is not so far, and the kind of four-engine transport aircraft is okay, but the distance of 3,000 kilometers, plus take-off and landing, can hardly carry much cargo, and the cargo volume is not as good as a small truck.

There is no practicality.

Unless it is the kind of transport aircraft with ten engines, it will not be able to fly this far, but this kind of aircraft is very demanding on the airport, and there is no place in northern Oshu that can land a large plane with ten engines.

But why this telegram?

The Austrian Prime Minister did not understand, but the Americans are not fools, and there must be a reason for sending him this telegram.

It was at this time.

"Prime Minister."

A secretary rushed in:

"We lost contact with the 37th Battalion that went to Gove."

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