Franchise God - Chapter 1613



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Franchise God Episode 1613

Chapter 345: Strategy and Tactics of the Small People (9)

“152mm high explosive bombs? Can you really get them?”

“Of course.”

Although there was no great shortage of shells, it was a suggestion that the commander could not help but listen to in the current situation where there was no sign of the supply line being resumed.

“How much quantity?”

“How much do you need? I can prepare it as you wish.”

“Well, the price is… … ?”

“We follow the local procurement price. Naturally, a slightly higher rate is applied compared to general goods. This is because weapons are risky.”

“……”

You received 11 times the amount of fuel, food, and water, and now you think you should receive an even higher amount of ammunition because shells are weapons?

The expeditionary force commander was astonished at how much they were willing to accept.

“How much would it cost?”

“I will take 16,000 euros per unit.”

It’s a number that makes me want to curse.

If a 152mm shell is usually produced for 600 euros and considering the foreign exchange, it costs 800 euros, doesn’t that mean that the Italian Chinese want to receive 20 times that amount?

Then the quartermaster approached and quietly handed me a note.

“Although our inventory is not at a critical level, we suffered considerable losses in the process of breaking through the defense line. I think it would be a good idea to keep some supplies on hand just in case.”

The commander, who was gritting his teeth, spoke bluntly to the Chinese.

“Please prepare 50,000 rounds as you wish.”

“It’s 800 million euros. Gunpowder has a higher procurement risk than other materials, so you need to pay 50% down payment.”

The commander left his post to report, then returned.

“It will be deposited within 30 minutes. Go back and prepare it.”

“All right.”

The Italian Chinese left Marseille on a cargo ship with a group of military officers with whom he had become quite friendly in a few days.

That night, there was a massive raid on Marseille.

The commander, startled awake by the emergency alarm, rushed to the temporary command and control room.

“What about enemy forces?”

“A company of tanks! A total of 12 tanks have appeared and are attacking! Our tanks are responding, but the enemy’s concealment skills are very good!”

“We must save tank losses! Provide as much shell support as possible!”

“yes!”

The occupying forces threatened enemy tank units by firing 152mm high-explosive shells.

After several hours of fighting, the enemy tank units finally gave up and withdrew.

When an hour passed and there was no sign of the enemy attacking again, only then did the commander breathe a sigh of relief.

“Damn it. You’re making such a fuss over just 12 tanks! What about our losses?”

“Six tanks are destroyed! Their tracks are damaged and they will have to be abandoned! I suggest they be blown up!”

“We can’t afford that. We need to conserve gunpowder. Just destroy the inside of the tank.”

“yes!”

As I assessed the situation of the unit immediately after the battle, I was struck by a sense of crisis.

There were no casualties, but ammunition supplies were depleted to dangerous levels.

“What about the enemy tank units’ damage?”

“Unfortunately, everyone has withdrawn!”

“You’re saying that even though you fired so many shells, you didn’t destroy a single one?”

“Based on the fact that it fired a railgun shell, it is certain that this is a newly produced unmanned tank.”

“I should have captured at least one.”

A new unmanned tank equipped with a railgun would have been a good spoil for the home country.

“But even with the railgun equipped, it’s obvious that our tank is weak since it wasn’t able to completely destroy it.”

“Yes. It seems that there is a weakness that makes it difficult to exert effective destructive power against tanks during intense maneuvers. If we reflect this well in our tactical doctrine, we can greatly increase our chances of victory.”

In this way, it was a stroke of genius to conclude a trade with Italian Chinese for shells.

The expeditionary force’s command waited anxiously for the Italian Chinese to return with their cargo ships.

He returned to Marseille sooner than expected.

‘He’s not your average smuggler.’

A person with a fleet-level fleet, including a luxurious wig ship and a number of small to medium-sized cargo ships.

As you can see, it is not an ordinary ability, but it prepared 152mm shells in a short period of time.

The commander asked the Chinese a question.

“It must not be easy to obtain 152mm shells these days. How did you obtain them?”

“It was originally meant to be a reserve for the Ukrainian front. We diverted some of it from there.”

“Ukraine?”

The commander paused.

This person was said to be making a profit by providing supplies to the Ukrainian military.

However, the Ukrainian military uses 155mm shells.

The 152mm shell is the standard used by the Russian military.

“Weren’t you doing business with Ukraine?”

“A merchant does not discriminate between his counterparties. As long as they have the credit to pay, they will be able to pay.”

“……”

“But General, I’m sorry to say that circumstances have changed so much that I think you’ll have to raise the price a little.”

“Give me more money?”

“Yes. Please change the total of 800 million euros to 1 billion euros. There was some risk involved in the process of stealing the ammunition. Not a single euro of the additional 200 million euros belongs to me.”

“I guess it’s an express fee.”

“I heard there was a skirmish last night, so I was in a hurry and had to incur additional rush fees, but if you are upset, I can cover the loss of 200 million euros.”

“But this is the end of your dealings with us, right?”

“That’s possible. However, I will apply a slightly higher risk rate starting from the next transaction. In the first place, if an accident occurs, the insurance premium rate goes up, right?”

“Very well. I will gladly pay the additional 200 million euros.”

* * *

Having accumulated sufficient supplies through local procurement in Marseille, the Chinese troops began to move westward again.

Once Montpellier is liberated, France will have the Mediterranean back.

That is why the French government prayed more earnestly than anyone else that the Chinese army would be able to destroy Montpellier.

Useful information came in from the Air Force conducting aerial reconnaissance.

?The Korean army is leaving Montpellier in large numbers!

The enemy appears to have concluded that Montpellier cannot be defended.

France was jumping for joy and was already making a fuss as if they had reclaimed Montpellier.

“What about territorial cession! We will completely drive those bastards across the Atlantic Ocean!”

France is no longer capable of waging war.

The people’s livelihood was ruined, and ending the war as soon as possible was the only way for France to survive.

Cool-headed aides expressed concern that the current winning streak was not necessarily a good thing.

“It seems that they are trying to prolong the war. In reality, the Korean army never suffered a decisive defeat. Judging from the fact that they deliberately opened the Ha Su-yeong Line and then blocked the supply route… … .”

“But hasn’t that supply and blockade been abandoned and now completely withdrawn?

“They can no longer afford to maintain the current front line. That’s why they’re trying to shorten the front line to create a favorable situation.”

“…..”

The cautious group was speechless at the hardliners’ remark.

In fact, the railgun tactical aircraft that had been defending the breach point of the Chinese military’s Ha Su-yeong Line withdrew, and the Chinese military was busy clearing away the broken-down vehicles blocking the point’s path.

When the point is fully opened, the Chinese army will be able to receive stable supplies, so the hardliners used this to scold the cautious ones for their timidity.

“What the enemy wants is not a prolonged war, but a quick peace negotiation through a reduction in the front line! Don’t you know that they have achieved everything they could from this war and now they want to end it!”

The acting president of the Senate sided with the hardliners.

“South Korea’s goal from the beginning was to tear down Paris’ landmarks. Now that they’ve achieved that goal, they’re definitely trying to withdraw as quickly as possible before any casualties occur among their own troops.”

Just by looking at the haste with which they abandoned Montpellier, you could see how pathologically the Korean army was trying to protect the lives of its soldiers.

“But it is natural that there will be casualties in war. Those bastards will pay a fair price for their cowardly mindset of sparing their lives.”

The French government was anxiously awaiting good news from Montpellier.

“Your Majesty! We have succeeded in recapturing Montpellier!”

“Oh, as expected!”

“What about the Chinese military casualties?”

“Aside from the destruction of a few tanks, there were no major losses. There was some loss of ammunition stocks.”

The French government bunker was in a festive mood.

They did not know that the Chinese military was taking the lack of ammunition more seriously than anything else.

It was just nice to have the Mediterranean back.

* * *

It was a terrible battle.

How would you describe this engagement?

The Chinese command that entered Montpellier was horrified by the vicious resistance of the Korean army.

The Chinese army suffered damages, with over a dozen tanks being destroyed. There were casualties, but no deaths, so it seems like a truly remarkable achievement, considering the damage alone.

The problem is that most of the supplies we had were gone.

The enemy’s artillery fire dropped a large amount of supplies on the defensive positions after they had been stored there, and the ammunition and fuel exploded, leaving me with no idea how I was going to get through the evening.

Just in case, he ordered a thorough search of Montpellier, but not a single can of useful material was found.

As in Marseille, the Korean army had already cleaned up Montpellier in advance.

A situation where you win the battle, but lose the war.

But I couldn’t report this straight to my superiors.

If you do that, your advancement will be blocked.

Because of this, the commander exaggerated his achievements and reported them to the expeditionary force.

The expeditionary force also exaggerated this achievement and relayed it to the home country, and the military finally exaggerated it once more and reported it to the presidential palace.

So the report that the commentator received was… … .

“They destroyed 72 tanks, 152 self-propelled guns, and over 300 other support vehicles. What an incredible achievement.”

“Yes. When it seemed that they could not defend Montpellier, the Korean army destroyed all their vehicles, supplies, and the city and retreated. During this process, our proud People’s Liberation Army stubbornly forced damage.”

“Thank you for your hard work. But there is no need to announce this fact.”

“Your Excellency, this is the first grand campaign in a long time that will boost the morale of the people.”

“There is no need to provoke Korea too much. They are currently aiming to reduce the front line and expect early reinforcement.”

“If we provoke the Korean people too much, this war will be prolonged too much. We have sent an unprecedented number of troops to a battlefield thousands of kilometers away. We are bearing a heavy burden that we have never experienced since the founding of the country.”

I don’t know how much more they’ll extort with the Yangtze River salt mine, so I can’t rashly announce this record.

‘They took that much from the achievements we had made, so if you mock them while they are actually suffering this kind of damage, they will get even angrier. Aren’t they petty people?’

* * *

Romanov, who was quietly watching Ha Soo-young, who was putting on a silicone mask on her face for her business trip, asked.

“What are you going to sell this time?”

“All the supplies are gone, so we have to sell everything. Oil, drinking water, food, shells. Oh, and maybe sell the missiles too? There are quite a few old missiles left in the Navy.”

“You’ve been so insistent on your farmer identity, but it seems like you’re moving further and further away from farming.”

“It’s not like it’s gone away. It’s just that the essence is the same, but the scale has gotten a little bigger.”

“The board just got bigger? Is this it?”

“Of course. Right now I’m fighting the harmful tides to secure a new farm called France.”