I built an armada.

Chapter 422: Fighting is a small way to get rich

Then wouldn’t our fighting be in vain?

"Will the leaders agree?"

Wanlong still had some doubts.

"Will do."

Su Dingping smiled and nodded, "In the past, when they had taken advantage, the leaders would naturally think that the matter should be stopped here and the peace should be maintained."

"But now, with the rapid increase in strength, the leaders will not be satisfied."

Upon hearing this, Wan Long instantly understood that strength had changed the mentality of those leaders.

In the past, being cautious was the top priority, but now what is needed is to take the initiative and show your strength so that others will not take advantage of you.

The powerful naval fleet gives the leaders strong confidence!

Su Dingping reached out and patted Wan Long on the shoulder, saying, "Okay, we still have a lot of things to do, so don't worry about that for now. Help me carry this box over first."

"Okay."

Wan Long was full of energy, shouting, "Let's build a few more 10,000-ton destroyers. Sooner or later, we will teach the Xiongying tribe a lesson and let them know that our Longxia tribe is not so easy to mess with."

Su Dingping paused, and suddenly recalled the days when he was rich and could spend military funds like crazy.

The source of funds was a light aircraft carrier that was robbed from the Donghuang tribe.

It was sold for billions of dollars.

It's so refreshing to make money like this.

With large capital investments, both scientific research and production can be done much faster.

Thinking of this, Su Dingping had to admit that if it weren't for the light aircraft carrier "invested" by the Donghuang tribe and the compensation of over 10 billion US dollars after the defeat, his scientific research progress would not have been so fast. He would have been constrained by funds and had to slow down.

To put it bluntly, it is impossible to do scientific research without money.

"It would be much better if I could make some extra money this time."

Su Dingping had to admit that the primitive accumulation of capital was really very important and its position was extremely critical.

Money is not omnipotent, but it can solve 99% of the problems in the world. The remaining 1% is due to insufficient money invested.

Whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation or travel, nothing can be done without money!
This is even more true for integrated military factories. Without a large amount of financial support, it would be impossible to even produce a single brick or tile, let alone build a tall building from scratch.

"Wanlong, please help me contact the Navy Command right now."

"I have something important to tell them."

"quick."

Seeing Su Dingping so anxious, Wan Long immediately took out the satellite phone and contacted the Navy Headquarters as quickly as possible.

Naval Headquarters Base Command Center.

"Commander, there's an urgent call from the Integrated Military Factory."

The staff officer hurriedly brought the satellite phone, and Liu Huaming and other leaders were all stunned.

At this critical juncture, Su Dingping suddenly called, which seemed a little unusual no matter how you looked at it.

"What's matter?"

"Report to the commander, I don't know, it's General Su who is in a hurry to discuss something with you."

Upon hearing that it was Su Dingping who made the request personally, Liu Huaming did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and hurriedly took the call.

"Dingping, I'm Liu Huaming. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Su Dingping said quickly: "Commander, you must tell Zhou Qinglei and the others that they can abandon the other ships, but they must seize the aircraft carrier of the Thousand Buddha Tribe."

Xu Dongguo and others who were standing by and listening attentively thought something had happened. After hearing what was said, they all showed a helpless expression on their faces.

Liu Huaming was embarrassed and asked quickly, "Dingping, at this critical moment, is it inappropriate to still be thinking about an aircraft carrier?"

In fact, what he really wanted to say was that according to the navy's development strategy, what was needed was a large aircraft carrier, preferably one with nuclear power.

There is absolutely no use in keeping such a light aircraft carrier. Just repairing and maintaining it will cost money.

But at present, the Navy does not have enough talents to manage it, let alone spare money to invest in it.

"Sir, there is nothing wrong with this."

Su Dingping took a deep breath and explained very seriously, "This aircraft carrier was sold to the Thousand Buddha Tribe by the Eagle Tribe a few years ago. We snatched it away to use it for research and to sell it for money."

"We don't use that stuff ourselves, we sell it."

"Commander, we are short of money. Don't you want to take this opportunity to make some money?"

"At the moment, we only have enough money to buy a 10,000-ton destroyer. The remaining money has been used for other purposes. We can't just run out of money like this, right?"

When he heard the word money, Liu Huaming suddenly felt dazed and his head immediately became big.

money!
What he fears most now is the mention of money.

Although I went to an integrated military factory with Xue Shuai two days ago, Xue Shuai also said that military expenditure is not a problem.

However, Su Dingping still painted a bigger pie for them, building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is a large surface ship that is more advanced and more powerful than the Eagle Tribe aircraft carrier.

He didn't even dare to mention how much funding would be needed.

I was afraid that my heart would not be able to withstand the sudden stop.

There is also a tri-service integrated military factory. The infrastructure alone will be a huge project and will definitely require a lot of money...

This also includes various subsequent carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based aircraft production lines, etc. Which one does not require money? He didn't dare to ask a single word.

He knew very well that if he asked, he would be asking for trouble.

If Su Dingping asked for one or two hundred billion dollars, he would have to find a place to cry.

"In fact, Dingping's opinion is not impossible to consider."

"Although the battle has reached a critical moment, it does not seem to affect the capture of the Gabbet aircraft carrier."

Xu Dongguo, who was standing by, took a sip of tea, weighed the pros and cons, and reminded in a low voice.

"That's right. If we can grab it and sell it for money, it's indeed a good idea."

"Dingping's idea is good. War is all about money. If we don't pay, we're just stealing money from others."

"Commander, we can adopt Dingping's suggestion."

Several leaders echoed this. They all knew that although the current navy looked glamorous on the surface, it was actually so short of money that it was almost crying.

Now Su Dingping proposed to seize the enemy's aircraft carrier and sell it for money to alleviate the dilemma of insufficient military expenditure. This is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it?
At most, after destroying the rest of the warships, they could surround the Gabet aircraft carrier alone, force it to surrender, and then pull it back. Stealing the Qianfo tribe's aircraft carrier was indeed a way to get rich.

For the development of the navy, Liu Huaming risked everything.

"Dingping, I accept your suggestion. I will inform Zhou Qinglei right away."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Huaming and other leaders all smiled bitterly.

When they finally made more than 20 billion US dollars last year, they laughed for a long time and couldn't sleep at night.

When has the navy ever been so wealthy?

But just over a year has passed and we are back to the situation before liberation, with the lack of money driving people crazy.

"In more than a year, not only are $20 billion gone, but we are short of money again."

Xu Dongguo smiled bitterly, "Thinking back to the 20 billion US dollars, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep for several nights. Who knew it would be spent so quickly?"

"Money is becoming increasingly f*cking useless. More than $100 billion is not enough to sustain two years of consumption."

Qian Wenbing couldn't help but swear, "Now I know why those guys used to despise our navy so much. It's all because our navy was built entirely out of money."

"Without enough money, we can't even fight a decent war."

Then, Xiao Chongjun also took over the conversation: "Without money, how could we have such good equipment today and achieve such an unprecedented victory in just a few minutes?"

"To put it bluntly, the development of our navy requires a large amount of military expenditure."

The discussions of several of his generals naturally reflected the fact that the navy was a veritable big spender.

Liu Huaming showed a helpless smile and said directly: "Although the money is burned quickly, as you said, our navy is developing faster."

"Everything we lose has its own advantages and disadvantages. All the money we spend is worth it."

"If we hadn't lost so much money, we wouldn't even have a 052-ton destroyer, let alone an aircraft carrier, let alone an advanced warship like the D."

As he spoke, his emotions also became excited.

"If our navy hadn't been lucky enough to have met Su Dingping, even if we had burned tens of billions of dollars, it would have been in vain and useless. We would be lucky if the navy's situation could be one-tenth of what it is now."

"Everyone, we should be content."

Liu Huaming's words were unanimously agreed by everyone. The current navy is the product of the combination of Su Dingping and money.

Having money is not enough without Su Dingping.

It won’t work even if you have Su Dingping but no money!
Both are indispensable!

"Commander, the lesson is that we were just speaking casually."

Xu Dongguo and others naturally agreed very much and responded with a smile.

They all knew that Liu Huaming was telling the truth.

The same amount of money will have completely different effects in the hands of different people.

If other professors were engaged in scientific research, I'm afraid that the money would have been burned out long ago, let alone advanced missile destroyers like 052D. Maybe even 052C would still be in the scientific research stage.

Of course, if the powerful 052C and 052D had not been put into service in large quantities, it might have been impossible for the East Coast Maritime Self-Defense Force to even take back its aircraft carrier.

Not to mention that defeating the independent forces of the East Desert Sea, forcing them to surrender and pay compensation would naturally mean that we wouldn't be able to earn that much extra money.

If the navy wants to compete with other tribes in the waters of Dongzhou, or even sweep across more than 20 warships of the combined fleet of three tribes as it is doing now, it must have income.

And that aircraft carrier must be obtained no matter what!

After analyzing the seriousness of the matter, Liu Huaming made a decisive decision with his eyes shining with determination.

"That would offend the Thousand Buddha Tribe, and I will bear all the blame!"

"Contact Zhou Qinglei immediately and ask him to seize the Gabbet aircraft carrier for me no matter what."

"Send another batch of comprehensive support ships to tow the Gabbet aircraft carrier back to me!"

Zhang Zhaoxin, who was not far away, felt his blood boiling when he heard this. This was the kind of domineering thing that the navy should do, to let those tribes that had troubled the Longxia tribe remember that war comes at a price!
"Yes, Chief!"

Zhang Zhaoxin immediately took the order, turned around and walked out.

Compared to the excitement of the naval chiefs, the Tiexue Forum was silent.

There are clearly more than 200,000 military fans and netizens gathered here, but very few people speak. They are all eagerly waiting for the latest news.

Apart from the news about the military exercises, no other news has been released so far.

Even though there are many resourceful netizens who search for news on the Internet, they still can't find anything, as if there is no news at all.

Everything is silent.

For them, no news is the biggest news, proving that historical events are happening, but no one knows about it.

The more this happened, the more nervous they became, and they kept refreshing the webpage frantically.

Some people even went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website to wait, and some asked for information through connections, hoping to be the first to get the news about this stage.

In fact, they were not aware of the ongoing naval battle in the South China Sea. Not to mention the outsiders and the insiders, even the intelligence agencies of those powerful and omnipresent tribes knew nothing about it at this time.

Almost all netizens are still in a state of confusion. They have no intention of doing anything else and are all heavy-hearted.

There was even a clock on the homepage of the Tiexue Forum, showing: 11:45.

Seeing the time passing quietly and the second day getting closer, netizens suddenly couldn't sit still.

"Brothers, it's already 11:45. There are still more than seven hours before the chief sets out. I'm afraid he's still asleep, but we can't sleep at all."

"Damn it, I really want to throw a bomb at the Donghuang tribe to wake that old guy up. Why is he, the guy who stirred up the situation in the Dongzhou sea area, sleeping soundly while we have to wait here for news?"

"The Eagle Tribe has dispatched a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group, plus the combined fleets of the three tribes. With such a large-scale maritime force, we have no chance of winning. Just thinking about it makes me feel that it is difficult. I am afraid that the navy will be in trouble this time. It is all the fault of the damn chief."

"Don't mention it. There are wars everywhere on Blue Star. The Western Alliance is also going to fight with the White Bear Tribe. This may be the unprecedented third major war on Blue Star."

"It's not just Europe. Just look at the tribes around us. Which one of them is good? I heard that the White Elephant Tribe and the Iron Monkey Tribe are sharpening their knives, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to attack us."

"Damn it! Normally, the White Elephant Tribe and the Iron Monkey Tribe are so dishonest and like to jump around. Now that we are in this crisis, they are probably going to take advantage of the situation and rob us."

"They are just a bunch of bastards. I really want to kill them all!"

"Alas, our country has suffered so many disasters. Falling behind means being beaten for other tribes, but for us, falling behind means we can't have a single day of peace. I pray that our tribe can survive this and become stronger as soon as possible!"

"It's no longer possible to be weak. The Western powers, led by the Eagle Tribe, are suppressing and containing us in various ways. We need to work harder."

"Not long ago, I saw those immigrants mourning their parents, but today they are all decorated with lights and lanterns."

(End of this chapter)