From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 392 Where do we get so much money?
After deciding on the basic policy of using the Rubion and Pella galaxies as "nails" to nail them down under the noses of the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire, Amber began to think about specific countermeasures and development directions.

This process was like playing a highly realistic SLG game, and Amber and Atlas' current situation was indeed somewhat similar to what he had encountered in an SLG game in his previous life.

It was also a giant intergalactic enterprise, and was also surrounded by powerful enemies. But in the end, Amber succeeded in breaking through, using a huge fleet as its "foundation", and then pried open the door to all the surrounding forces - "Open the door, free trade!"

To be honest, when Amber first established Atlas, she had this idea in mind, to achieve final victory through trade and force, but compared to games, reality is often more complicated and more uncertain.

Amber has always believed that she was able to build Atlas and lead the company all the way to the present, and she put a lot of effort into "luck".

Otherwise, how could I, a guy who was bad at playing games in my previous life, have come this far?
However, having said that, Amber discovered that the experience gained from playing SLG games in her previous life was not completely useless. At least some of the experience at the macro level could be used as a reference.

As a relatively special "power situation", the global giant enterprise is very different from an ordinary country. In essence, it is still a company, but its scale has grown to a level that is unimaginable for ordinary people.

Therefore, for giant companies, before they truly grow up and realize a perfect "internal circulation", the bulk of their income still comes from transactions with other forces, that is, making profits through commercial activities.

This is also one of the reasons why Amber does not want to go into direct war with the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire immediately.

At the same time, after the Federation took a cold approach to the Pyla IV incident, Atlas did not continue to "fan the flames" in this regard to embarrass the Federation. Instead, it also tacitly adopted a cold approach.

After all, no matter how much noise people make, some business still needs to be done.

Especially after the federal government has paid a huge amount of "quantum entanglement communication service fees", it does not want to completely fall out with Atlas. Otherwise, wouldn't this additional budget in the current fiscal year of the federal government, which makes everyone feel painful, be wasted?

As for the two "controlled" lieutenant generals, the fleet, and the ground forces that were trapped on the planet and completely lost their command, according to the current situation of the federal government and the group's public relations department, the federal side only plans to take away the two generals, senior officers and the remaining battleships.
Although the federal government did not explicitly state the remaining ground troops, Amber guessed that they were most likely to be left to fend for themselves. To them, it would simply be a matter of classifying these thirty or forty brigades as "missing."

Otherwise, they would have to find a way to pick up these people and transport them back, and there would be all kinds of follow-up issues to worry about. If they were to directly calculate them as missing, not only would they be able to spend much less on disability pensions, but they could also allow these troops to remain on this planet and cause trouble for Atlas or the Empire.

Anyway, except for a few regular brigades that serve as the main force of the attack, the rest are newly formed troops, all of whom are new recruits who have just been recruited under the general mobilization order. For the wealthy and powerful Federation, this loss is nothing.

This approach also perfectly fits Amber's stereotype of the Federation, or rather, both the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire are similar in this regard.

Fleets are important, and capital ships are even more valuable.

Ground troops are unimportant, and infantry are even more like "consumables" of the same level as alloy piercing rods.

Politicians and nobles could send hundreds of young people to the front lines without any scruples, just to maintain the so-called battle line.

Anyway, for these two major human forces, what they lack the most is population, and weapons and vehicles are really similar to the rifles of the old era in terms of their explosive production capacity. As long as the war has not spread to the core galaxy circle where they are, then in this war, these people are not worried about the war situation every day, but their profits and dividends.
Although it is very inhumane, for Amber and Atlas, it is better to have a pig-like opponent than a shrewd opponent.

Since the Federation was going to take the cold approach, Amber didn't mind using this time to continue "developing". After all, a famous quote from a former professional e-sports player was also his favorite.

"I have learned my brother's operation, and the rest is A."

With this in mind, Amber decided to look at the company's current available assets and then evaluate whether to increase the number of shipyards and weapons and equipment production lines, which is a project recently applied for by its two subsidiaries, Atlas Shipbuilding and Atlas Equipment Manufacturing.

Due to the recent "excellent performance" of Atlas' combat forces and fleet, Atlas's exported weapons and ships have had a very good advertising effect.

The sales planning departments of these two subsidiaries also took advantage of this opportunity to shoot commercials for the units.

One of the most viewed ads, and the one that left the deepest impression on viewers, was a Roma soldier wearing a "battle-hardened" white combat exoskeleton, saying in an interview:

"I was able to survive the brutal battlefield and receive a medal of courage, all thanks to this 'Crocodile A2'!"

Originally, the bulk of Atlas Equipment Manufacturing and Shipyard's orders came from the Lubian Galaxy Government to assist them in rebuilding their garrison forces and fleets. The first batch of orders included a full set of equipment for 25 combined brigades and various types of ships for a garrison fleet.

To be honest, this order has actually allowed Atlas to fully utilize its current production capacity, and the profits generated are also very considerable.

But with the end of the conflict on Pyla IV, after the Federation suffered a loss beyond everyone's expectations, the sales hotline of Atlas Equipment Manufacturing and Shipyard exploded.

Of the customers who placed orders, 60% were from the autonomous governments of the galaxies within the Federation, 25% were from the nobility of the Star Dragon Empire, and 15% were from some private military companies and civilian armed forces.
Although the customer service of both companies informed them that the current order volume was too large and the waiting time for production might be long, these customers did not care about this at all. Their thousands of words finally came down to one sentence:

"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

The surge in orders is one of the reasons for expanding the production line, and the other reason is that Atlas' combat forces also need to be expanded, so the production of various weapons, equipment and combat vehicles must also be accelerated.

Especially the equipment research and development center, which has quietly come up with some new gadgets during this period, such as a new type of suspended main battle tank that uses the pioneer gravity control technology, and a self-propelled electromagnetic gun mounted on a 5-axis special vehicle.
As the saying goes, "A gun in hand keeps you calm." If you want to ensure that the two major forces will not easily attack Atlas, "force value" is also a very important thing.

When Amber entered the group management interface and saw the available balance of funds in the group account, he wondered if he had looked at a few digits too many.

"Is it my eyes that are blurry, or is there something wrong with the system? Where do we get so much money?"

(End of this chapter)