Gundam Super G Universe

Chapter 483: The Atlantic Federation's Difficult Old Problem
Red planned to secretly trade the information about the secret passage of the Old Capital Base to the East Asian Republic, but he was not prepared to give it away for free.

After the fall of the Atlantic Federation, the Earth Union was actually in name only. After all, one of the contracting countries had been destroyed, and the East Asian Republic had lost its reason to maintain a state of war with the New Mischi Kingdom.

So the two sides began to hold high-profile meetings in international occasions, and other countries could basically guess that the two countries were likely to cease fire.

In fact, speaking of a ceasefire, the East Asian Republic and the New Misluchi Kingdom did not engage in large-scale fighting in this war. At most, there were some frictions in the territory of the Equatorial Union, and both sides were very restrained.

Red planned to trade the intelligence to the East Asian Republic when the armistice agreement was signed.

Of course, I'm not going to exchange this information for anything particularly valuable, just some food and medical supplies will be fine.

The East Asian Republic is very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. They know that this is just a symbolic request and will certainly not be stingy with even this little bit of supplies.

As for why Red wanted to exchange for such basic supplies, it was of course because the mess left behind by the Atlantic Federation was too bad.

After the fall of the Atlantic Federation, the New Mischi Kingdom quickly took over all the cities, but because there were so many cities, the New Mischi Kingdom’s own civil servants were almost insufficient.

You know, Letty has already sent some capable security guards from the original government building to serve as police chiefs in the Atlantic Federation.

Several capable people from the Secretariat have been sent here to serve as ministers. For example, Elsa is now the Minister of Education and also serves as the Minister of Health and Human Services.

Chris is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and also serves as the Secretary of Labor.

Chris, who is relatively introverted and has less ability, has been appointed as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

But even so, Red still has a lot of problems to face.

The first is the issue of money exchange. The population of the Atlantic Federation is more than thirty times that of the original New Mischi Kingdom. Even though many of the middle class here have negative assets, the Atlantic Federation printed new currency many times during the war, resulting in many non-chaebol companies holding large amounts of funds.

If Red really wanted to exchange the Atlantic Federation currency for the New Mischi Kingdom currency at the international exchange rate, all the banknotes he had in the bank would not be enough.

This is not like the previous conquest of the Oceania Union, when all we had to do was print new banknotes and exchange them for their own currency at a 1:1 ratio.

Therefore, the Atlantic Federation cannot conduct a 1:1 exchange, not even 100:1.

So, Red ordered the liquidation of all companies, regardless of how much cash they had on hand. They only converted their convertible funds into funds based on the scale of their business and the jobs they provided before the war.

As for the civilians, Red waved his hand and all the debts they owed to the banks were wiped out. The property tax would also be reformed, and the houses would belong to the buyers in the future. However, the land was state-owned and could only be leased, not bought and sold.

Civilians with savings can exchange the full amount according to the exchange rate if the amount is below a certain value. If the amount is above a certain value, the exchange rate will plummet until the upper limit of the exchange is reached.

However, if the loan is gone, the credit card must be temporarily suspended, otherwise these people poisoned by consumerism will become debtors again in a minute.

As for loans related to buying new houses and cars, it has been made clear that the review will be slow because the government's finances need to be reorganized. Please be patient.

Of course, if Red does this, all banks in the Atlantic Federation will have to declare bankruptcy.

But what Red wants is for them to go bankrupt. Among the chaebols, the bankers are the most difficult to deal with. They hold a large amount of civilians' money in their hands. If they act recklessly, it will arouse public anger.

So Red is going to just break all the old rules and create new ones.

This is a tactic that can only be used when there is a change of government, and the new government must have sufficient capital.

Obviously, Red meets both conditions.

As soon as the new policy came out, all the old banks went bankrupt, but Red, who had already reaped a large amount of wealth from the chaebols, directly took over all these banks. Ordinary employees did not have to leave their jobs, they just had to sign a new contract and continue working.

As soon as this new policy came out, more than 95% of the civilians cheered. After all, the debt that was enough to bear their entire lives was gone, and the little cash they had in their hands could be exchanged for money at the international exchange rate, so they could make a lot of money.

As for not having a credit card and having to wait a long time for a new house or car loan, these are all minor problems.

Anyway, daily necessities are very cheap now compared to before, so there is no need to worry about starving to death.

But many companies and those high-paid employees really suffered heavy losses, with their assets shrinking by more than half.

But they dared not speak out, as the New Mischi Kingdom was typically reaping the wealth of the former Atlantic Federation's high-end companies and wealthy individuals to satisfy people's livelihood.

In the past, these companies would have united to lay off a large number of employees and create unemployment as a protest.

However, now the companies in the New Misluchi Kingdom and Orb are sharpening their knives for such a big piece of fat meat in the former Atlantic Federation market. They lay off employees in the morning, and these skilled workers will be snatched up by their counterparts from the New Misluchi Kingdom and Orb at noon.

The unemployment rate in society is now terribly low, a large number of new companies have entered the market, and the market is very competitive. Old companies have no choice but to increase wages and benefits to retain their old employees.

As for protests, if you dare to say on the street that the new government's economic policies are not good, you will be beaten to death by passers-by. Passers-by said that without this policy, their endless loans will be back. I finally have a few days of relaxation, and you want me to be in debt again. If I don't kill you today, I'll think my fists are weak.

The money problem was barely solved in this way. As long as the vast majority of civilians were satisfied, the original bourgeoisie and upper class could only swallow their anger.

Although Red had downgraded the assets of many of them, they were far from being driven to death, and they could only curse themselves at home.

After the issue of money, comes the issue of guns and "independence".

The former is relatively easy to deal with. Red came up with a policy that guns could be exchanged for the currency of the new Mislichi Kingdom at original price, and he also enacted a strict gun ban law.

At the community level, there will be special gun control specialists who will go door to door with metal detectors to search for guns. They will carry search warrants and portable recording devices.

Red is very strict in this regard. These gun control commissioners are given very high benefits and are fully armed. These jobs are basically done by newly retired people from the Atlantic Federation, and they also have the cooperation of local police.

However, as long as the body recorder does not malfunction due to an attack, the law enforcement must be stopped immediately. If it violates the law, basically this lucrative job will be out of the question. However, the public is quite cooperative on this issue, because once the credit card is stopped, their long-established consumption habits make them very uncomfortable.

The security on the road is much better now. Guns are not very useful, and the government is cracking down on them. If you can exchange them for money but don't, you may end up in jail.

Of course, this is a long-term task. Originally, there was an overabundance of civilian guns in the Atlantic Federation. Many people might not remember how many guns they had at home. When they were sorting out old things at home, they might find a dusty old pistol from a jar.

Let's leave the gun issue alone for now. Red is using both a stick and a carrot.

But for the latter, Red was very harsh and one-size-fits-all.

Now the most important task of the New Mischi Kingdom Army on the land of the former Atlantic Federation is to crack down on "independence" dealers, the kind that directly use MS to destroy homes.

As for those "consumers", they will all be locked up and forced to quit smoking. If there is no place to go, they will be thrown into the prisoner-of-war camps. There are not many people in the prisoner-of-war camps anyway, and all the expenses will be included in the military expenditures. There is no room for negotiation.

Finally, even if there is the problem of homeless people on the streets, Lux's international rescue organization is very experienced in dealing with these people. They can help the black uncles in Africa find jobs. As long as these homeless people still want to return to normal life, they will not be afraid of being out of work.

As for those who really want to give up, there are legal means to make them choose between life and giving up.

In short, it will take some time to clean up the mess after occupying the Atlantic Federation. Although a lot of troops have been recruited after the Atlantic Federation was streamlined, initial stability can be achieved. If overall stability is to be achieved, it will take at least one or two years to change the living habits of the Atlantic Federation civilians that have been poisoned for a long time.

It’s just that Red is consolidating his new territory and maintaining domestic stability, but international changes will not wait for Red.

Normally, the Atlantic Federation that provoked this war has been destroyed, the Earth Union no longer exists, and PLANT and several other countries on Earth should start negotiations.

However, although Durandal said he was willing to cease fire, he actually did not want to do so at all.

In order to carry out his destiny plan, Durandal must ensure that he has enough say in the Earth Sphere.

It is now a fact that the New Mischi Kingdom has annexed most of the Atlantic Federation's land. In a few years, it will surely grow into an opponent that is ten times more terrifying than the Atlantic Federation.

If PLANT continues to develop at its current scale, Durandal has no confidence in competing with Red for international discourse power. By then, promoting the Destiny Plan will only become a joke, and PLANT will not be promoted domestically.

Therefore, Durandal began to visit the earth frequently, began to seek allies, and advocated the establishment of a new independent country in western Europe to join his organization.

Durandal called this organization the Alliance for the Destiny of Humanity, meaning that the fate of all mankind is linked together.

According to Durandal, he hopes that all countries on Earth will join this organization, which is abbreviated as the Life Alliance, so that there will be no war in the future.

However, Durandal's reasons were high-sounding on the surface, but in fact, the major powers on Earth all had the same idea: "Why do you, PLANT, form such an alliance?"

First of all, the Eurasian Federation firmly opposed the establishment of a nation in western Europe, saying that this was a conspiracy by PLANT to split the Eurasian Federation. The so-called life alliance should be translated as an alliance that wants the lives of all people on Earth.

The New Misluchi Kingdom explicitly rejected Durandal's invitation. Letty made it clear that the current situation in the international community is unclear and there is no basis for the establishment of the PLANT alliance.

The East Asian Republic also officially refused to join the Life Alliance and demonstrated its opposition with practical actions.

The combined forces of the East Asian Republic and the Eurasian Union achieved a great victory in the battle against the ZAFT army led by the Minerva at the Old Capital Base.

They successfully sent special forces to infiltrate the old capital base and broke through the fortress by attacking from both inside and outside.

The ZAFT troops stationed here were almost completely wiped out, and the Minerva evacuated in a damaged state. It was said that only Heine and Lei, the pilots on the ship, returned, and the fate of the others was unknown.

After hearing the news, Red went to ask if the East Asian Republic had any captured Impulse Gundam pilots.

Then he soon received a reply from the East Asian Republic. The Impulse Gundam was severely damaged and crashed in this battle, and the pilot was seriously injured. If Red had not asked about it and the East Asian Republic had not provided emergency treatment, she would probably have died.

When Red heard that Lunamaria was still alive, he decided to rescue her first, and then give her to Lacus. She was not considered a weak character in the movie, and she would be a help when fighting against the Destiny Plan.

Anyway, with Lunamaria's relatively simple brain, Lux can easily fool her.

As for how to get the people back, it can be done with two ordinary military medical tanks.

The whole process is to have the British Isles send three treatment chambers to the Old Capital Base, one of which is used to keep Lunamaria alive, and the remaining two are delivered, and then Lunamaria is sent back to the New Mischi Kingdom and handed over to Lux.

Once the old capital base was destroyed, the only thing standing in the way of the East Asian Republic and the Eurasian Union's joint forces was the Alliance of Nobles.

However, the East Asian Republic accepted Red's suggestion and thought that this aristocratic alliance would be a good troublemaker in Europe, so it did not attack.

The East Asian Republic has absolute dominance over this coalition, and the Eurasian Union's forces have long been just following orders and not doing anything else.

Therefore, after the subsequent negotiations between the East Asian Republic and the Noble Alliance, the attack route was changed to directly land in Monaco through the Eastern Mediterranean, which was already under their control. The Noble Alliance, as a fence-sitter, would provide cover and assistance along the way.

ZAFT could only passively defend against the new offensive of the East Asian Republic. The failure of the Old Capital Base implicated ZAFT's troops in North Africa. The Suez Canal could no longer be fought for, and they were forced out of the former Egyptian area by the ground forces of the East Asian Republic.

Of course, Aslan didn't take the blame in the end, because Durandal openly withheld supplies from ZAFT in Europe and Africa, and many resources were diverted to the troops led by Minerva.

Aslan lacks soldiers and resources, and it would be good enough if he can hold on to his current territory in Europe.

The dramatic changes in the European situation directly led to the Durandal Life League falling silent after a few days, and in the end only the United States of South America publicly expressed its intention to join.

Moreover, due to the failure of the Minerva, Durandal's direct force, Durandal was forced to transfer more of ZAFT's power on Earth to Aslan.

The ZAFT troops in South America began to transfer to Europe in large numbers and joined Aslan's army, which increased the number of troops at Aslan's disposal. He was already trying to find a way to counterattack the former Egyptian region.

(End of this chapter)