Chapter 221: Dividing the Money and Going Our Separate Ways_4

"I say... sigh, I say fine! I'll buy more!! The excavator, I reckon it'll be delivered by next week..."

"Next week!? Wait 'til next week and you'll be collecting our corpses!"

"Fuck, I thought you couldn't hear..."

Anyway, waging war burns money. You gotta buy equipment, ammunition, supplies, and even hand out bonuses, or else who'd be willing to risk their necks fighting your war.

Even after Li Pan threw around a fortune, doling out tens of millions and giving everyone who fought a bonus of one hundred thousand each to soothe their nerves, there were still many people, at least half, who, upon receiving the money, immediately broke their contracts and deserted without any organization or discipline.

When they originally headed to the Lunar Surface, the company went all out, amassing a hundred-strong cannon fodder infantry. Not only did this include the temporary workers recruited by Li Pan and Panlong Security, but also a substantial number of mercenaries from Yamazaki PMC.