togophonebook #289 - The whole of North Africa is in chaos (2 in 1, please order)
#289 - The whole of North Africa is in chaos (2 in 1, please order)
After gaining control of the country, the magician said, "I'm telling you, we definitely can't show our true colors right now. We still need to act the part."
In the simulation management interface, he released those persecuted by Babaye, absorbed the elite from the north, and announced tax cuts and reduced spending, preparing to lead the country through the difficulties.
Of course, he happily accepted all of Tom Babaye's private property accumulated over the years, including the 40 million pounds that Gaddafi had given to Babaye.
At the same time, the young magician publicly announced that he did not recognize any of the former president's decisions, including the handling of the Aouzou Strip.
Viewers in the comments said, "Finally, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The following content will mainly be about how to manage the country, right?"
In addition to diplomacy and military gameplay, the game's management interface also provides many internal affairs options.
For example, the magician developed education in Chad, where everyone is practically a dropout from prenatal education, allowing more people to pursue primary school degrees.
To prevent these students, who don't play by the rules, from cheating and to successfully promote the literacy program, the magician stipulated that the test papers be placed in blind boxes. Students would shake them before the exam to randomly obtain a test paper, increasing the mystery and tension of the exam.
At the same time, he carried out urban construction to increase prosperity and obtained rich resources and technology through trade.
For families who couldn't get enough to eat, he adopted a work-for-relief method, distributing relief funds in the form of extra wages.
Magician: "Although these people are poor, we can't let them develop the habit of always reaching out for aid."
Of course, in the African region, diseases and natural disasters are inevitable. Players need to face the spread of virtual diseases and formulate disease prevention policies.
The magician waved his hand, and the country's medical care and education became free.
Of course, in addition to the above gameplay, the VR device's emotional monitoring camera will collect the player's expressions, movements, and tone in real-time. Because of this, the reactions of the NPCs in the virtual world will be directly related to the player's behavior.
Therefore, the magician often travels incognito, roaming the city from the perspective of ordinary people, solving their problems, and increasing the "public satisfaction" index.
Because these decisions were too lifelike, the country's development began to improve, and everyone couldn't help but exclaim, "Is Chad really going to change?"
Of course, whether it's developing education or medical care, the most urgent situation is—no money!
Magician: "We don't have money, but our neighbors do. Besides, aren't the French still occupying the oil fields? It's time for them to spit out the oil wells."
At this time, a cutscene appeared in the game:
"This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
Tom Babaye's death reached the capital of Libya, and Gaddafi was heartbroken.
As a master of self-destruction in the Tongliao universe, three-legged toads are easy to find in this world, but Gaddafi's confidants are hard to come by.
Moreover, the more critical thing is that the succeeding Chadian president, the "young magician," actually doesn't recognize Libya's sovereignty over the Aouzou Strip?
I spent 40 million pounds, the money was spent and the matter was done, but the new president doesn't recognize it?
Gaddafi, in a fit of anger, re-recruited the previous northern rebels—the Chadian United Front.
He earnestly conveyed a message to them:
"Although my previous betrayal left you with nowhere to go, those were just some insignificant misunderstandings. Now, let's reconcile and deal with the magician together."
The northern rebels were divided into two factions, and their leaders were called "Goukouni" and "Habré" respectively.
In a simple tent deep in the desert, Goukouni and Habré had a fierce dispute.
Goukouni: "Gaddafi has money and people. If our brothers join him, why worry about not achieving great things?"
Habré was so angry that he jumped up and down:
"Brother, are you out of your mind? Haven't you heard the international community's evaluation of Colonel Gaddafi? He's a complete idiot. This guy never does anything right in his life. Aren't you afraid of being betrayed by him?
Besides, the Chadian civil war is our own business. We don't need others to get involved."
Goukouni said sarcastically, "So we should hide in this godforsaken desert like mice, watching baboons bare their teeth every day, and being chased around by lions? You can continue to suffer this, but I can't stand it."
Subsequently, the Chadian United Front officially split. Goukouni ran to join Gaddafi, who was overjoyed and provided them with a large number of weapons. This faction reorganized and was called the "Volcano Army."
Habré took thousands of people to work alone and established the Armed Forces of the North.
At this time, the situation in Chad was showing a three-legged balance of power.
The game time progresses in weekly units, and soon it came to October 1976.
Gaddafi and Goukouni formed a coalition and marched south. Habré's scattered soldiers in the desert were quickly defeated and ran to the Sudanese border to eat sand.
Seeing that the enemy was approaching the capital, the magician looked at the battlefield sand table in the Governor's Mansion and discussed ways to defeat the enemy with the audience in the live broadcast room.
Some viewers commented, "Why be cowardly? Just go up and fight, let's practice."
The magician shook his head:
"Although there has been some improvement in recent development, it is still a mess. Our country's current military strength is comparable to the Country Garden Army, so it is suitable to carry out alliances now."
At the critical moment, the magician clicked on the diplomacy function button, requested French help, and contacted Habré, who was squatting on the border eating sand.
A few days later, Habré led the remnants that had been shattered and came to join the magician.
Habré said excitedly:
"We Chadians, north and south, are originally blood relatives. Why should we care about the mere hatred of extermination in the past?"
After the two sides formed an alliance, the magician personally went to the military camp and began to train the army.
The first thing the magician had to do for this group of Country Garden Army was to rectify military discipline, especially "absolutely not to take a needle or thread from the people." Secondly, they had to shout slogans and kick in goose steps when walking, and even the quilts had to be folded into tofu squares.
The second thing was to conduct training. For the infantry, the magician began to teach them "tactical insertion" and "three-three system."
After the French envoy arrived, the magician said earnestly:
"When I ruled Chad, I was very cooperative with the French masters, but I can't guarantee that people like Gaddafi, who are missing a string, will rule here, and you can still occupy the oil fields."
The French thought about it, and that's the way it is, so they decided to send troops to aid the Chadian army.
"Your tanks and Rafale fighters, can you also send some?"
"This... I'm afraid I have to add money." The French envoy smiled.
The magician directly took out the 40 million pounds he had swindled from Gaddafi and successfully persuaded the other party.
So, when Gaddafi's coalition forces approached the northern suburbs of the Chadian capital, they were surprised to find that a steel torrent of troops was waiting in battle.
At this time, the VR display switched to the battle command mode.
The world in front of the streamer instantly switched, and he was in a desert command center. The war sand table was presented in front of him, like a realistic battlefield model.
He could clearly see Chad's terrain, troop distribution, and enemy movements. Through the virtual interface, he could easily access various battlefield information.
The gloves equipped with the game device were connected to the system, and he could feel the touch of the virtual fingertips. Waving his arms and gesturing, the troops on the sand table immediately responded and lined up neatly.
The battlefield plan rose up, showing the magician's ingenious battle plan. He easily dragged, zoomed, and rotated the map with his gloves, detailing the movement paths and tasks of each unit.
In the sand table, the troops began to simulate insertion tactics, flexibly responding to the enemy's attacks,
Tanks, planes, and infantry were like real existences, showing exquisite coordinated operations, launching surprise insertion offensives, and effectively disintegrating the enemy's resistance.
Under the light and shadow rendering of the VR device, the magician seemed to be on a real battlefield. He saw artillery fire intertwined, tanks maneuvering, and planes flying over.
After this period of recuperation, coupled with the tactical insertion and three-three system taught by the magician to the army, the effect was surprisingly good when fighting.
Under the joint offensive of the Chadian government army and Habré's remnants, the Libyan army and the Volcano Army suffered heavy casualties,
The magician personally led the team and directly drove the Libyan army back to the national border.
He continued:
"Gaddafi's existence is itself a huge hidden danger in the north. In addition, Libya's oil reserves are very rich. Let's just do it once and for all and take Libya!"
The Chadian army continued to advance into the depths of Libya.
Gaddafi was completely dumbfounded. Not only was the Aouzou Strip hopeless, but the Libyan capital was about to fall.
At this time, the live broadcast room was also swiping:
"Wow, Peach Garden's VR device has really surpassed my understanding of strategic simulation games!"
"Wait, is this still a game? Why does it feel more exciting than a movie?"
"VR holographic war sand table, my head is going to explode, it's simply my childhood dream come true!"
"Wait, does anyone know where to buy this VR device? I want one too!"
"It's still a limited purchase by reservation. Wait for the official version to go online before getting into it."
At this time, the game continued to play the plot.
Gaddafi, enraged, reported the Chadian army's rude behavior to the International League Council.
The comments complained: "Isn't this the hothead who created the famous scene of tearing up the charter on the spot? How did he end up asking for help from the International League?"
Seeing that the public opinion storm was so big, the French army had to step in.
After all, Gaddafi bought a lot of French military fire, and France didn't want to offend Gaddafi, so they tried to mediate.
The French envoy first came to Chad and bitterly persuaded:
"Mr. Magician, Gaddafi is just straightforward. Apart from wanting to kill your whole family, he has no malice. There's no need to make your little friction known to the world, right?"
Turning around, the envoy rushed to Libya and patted Colonel Gaddafi on the shoulder:
"Old Ka, even a mouse will bite when it's cornered. Look at you, you're not stealing chicken and losing rice. It's good enough that the magician is willing to leave you a place to stay.
With my fair favoritism, can I let you suffer?"
Seeing the French mediation, Gaddafi couldn't ask for more. He quickly expressed his willingness to negotiate and ordered the front-line troops to stop attacking.
Later, the magician and Gaddafi signed a treaty of surrender.
The agreement stipulated that Gaddafi formally recognized the opposition in Libya, provided them with military expenses, and the two sides ceased fire at the current actual control line boundary, ensuring that they would no longer attack each other.
As for who would supervise the implementation of the ceasefire—it was actually the magician.
From the agreement, Chad, ruled by the magician, almost swallowed half of Libya.
Moreover, he was both an athlete and a referee.
France's attitude was obvious. Since Libya has an unstable factor like Gaddafi, it will be a hidden danger sooner or later, so let him split north and south.
As long as it is guaranteed that France's interests in Africa are not damaged.
Gaddafi also signed the agreement, but after the signature was signed and the matter was done, Gaddafi came to his senses.
That's not right. If this agreement is signed, Libya will only become weaker and weaker.
Realizing that he had suffered a loss, Gaddafi decided—to break the contract!
Although he decided to break the contract, he had just signed the contract after all, and he couldn't save face.
So, Gaddafi found Goukouni and painstakingly said:
"Brother, I will provide you with money and military fire. You let your Volcano Army go south and recover the land occupied by Chad.
When the international community investigates, you can say that it was Goukouni's independent action.
I pay the money, you show your face, there is no risk for us."
So, in April 1978, the Volcano Army began to launch a counteroffensive. Goukouni led his troops south, even clamoring to counterattack Chad and overthrow the magician's rule.
However, before the Chadian garrison could react, the French took the lead.
Because, the French were completely angry at Gaddafi's breach of contract.
I just came forward to mediate, and you broke the contract afterwards. Is this too disrespectful to me?
After that, the French Foreign Legion beat Goukouni to the point of losing his helmet and armor.
The magician saw that the time was ripe and sent secret agents to Gaddafi's side to go undercover and sow discord.
The undercover agent said to Gaddafi:
"Goukouni is complacent and arrogant. He often says to his officers that if it weren't for you, you trash, holding him back, he would have taken Chad long ago."
Hearing this, Gaddafi wanted to clean up Goukouni in a fit of anger.
Gaddafi's dissatisfaction with Goukouni has a long history. The two sides have different religions and are purely an alliance of interests. Moreover, Goukouni has a high reputation in Chad. Gaddafi is very afraid that he has worked so hard for a long time, and Goukouni will get the benefits in the end.
Now seeing that Goukouni can't even do such a simple thing as defeating the French army, new and old hatreds poured into his heart!
After that, Gaddafi launched a sneak attack on Goukouni, but he found nothing.
Because the magician had already sent someone to remind Goukouni that Gaddafi might be detrimental to him.
Goukouni, who learned that he had been attacked, was extremely angry and decisively expelled all Libyan diplomatic advisors.
He stood up and announced that he would make peace with France alone. I, Goukouni, will never coexist with you, Gaddafi!
The comments complained: "The streamer's trick of sowing discord is so good."
However, just as the magician thought the situation was stable, a soldier ran in to report:
"Mr. President, our ally Habré's army is fighting with our own army, and they have started fighting."
"??????"
After some inquiries, it turned out that a few drunk Habré soldiers had gotten into a brawl with the government army under the command of the magician. Both sides reported the incident to their respective bosses.
The general of the Chadian army discussed the matter with Habré, but Habré was in a bad mood due to being woken up. They started arguing and insulting each other's families.
Habré, being a mercenary, couldn't defeat the regular Chadian army and fled into the desert to eat sand.
At this time, Goukouni, who was being hunted by Gaddafi, fled into Chad.
The magician had a clever idea and instructed the regular army not to make things difficult for him.
The magician helped him twice, and Goukouni was deeply moved. He immediately announced to the public, "President Magician is my brother from another mother. Our past battles were just internal family conflicts."
Goukouni and the magician joined forces again, rampaging in Libya, beating Gaddafi and Habré in the process.
The magician's goal was achieved: to exhaust the enemy's strength through repeated conflicts.
Habré was completely defeated and wagged his tail to come back and rely on the magician.
The audience in the live stream was amused:
"Hahaha, a new era's man of three surnames?"
"In the African region, don't have too high expectations for the loyalty of generals. It's good enough if they're useful."
Afterward, they fought back and forth with Gaddafi's remnants in Libya. France completely gave up and didn't care. The neighboring countries were disturbed and stepped in to mediate.
Gaddafi was initially stubborn, but as his troops dwindled, he finally couldn't hold on.
Eventually, when the Chadian army approached Gaddafi's hometown, they reached an agreement.
The agreement stipulated:
"Libya has been an integral and sacred territory of Chad since ancient times."
To make the annexation of Libya more presentable, the magician clicked the [Fabricate Claim] button on the game interface.
He hired a famous historian at great expense to create a book called "The Ancient Mediterranean Scrolls." According to the scrolls, Chadians lived in Libya more than two thousand years ago, and it was their "Promised Land."
After fabricating the claim, the magician felt more justified in his actions. He immediately announced:
Gaddafi must leave immediately, disband the Libyan local army, France must withdraw completely, and neighboring countries must not interfere in Chad's internal affairs.
At the same time, the magician formed a new government and established a new country spanning Chad and Libya. In the new country name input box, the magician typed the words "Great Magic Republic."
Meanwhile, Goukouni served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Libyan Province, and Habré served as the Defense General of the Libyan Province.
The audience in the live stream went crazy:
"Hahahaha, what's with the Great Magic Republic?"
"Did I learn history for nothing?"
"This is the charm of this historical simulation game."
"It's all messed up! I have to admire the excellent matching mechanism in the African region."
However, although the new country was established, how could a simple agreement restrain the warlords in Libya?
On the streets of the Libyan capital, there were as many as five different factions of troops patrolling, each claiming to be the legitimate government of Libya.
At this time, the magician, who was busy rectifying internal affairs in the Chadian capital, was preparing to send someone to tell Habré to wipe out all these mercenaries.
However, before the order could be sent out, a subordinate ran over to report:
"Mr. President, this is terrible! Goukouni and Habré, these two superficial brothers, are fighting again in the Libyan Province."
The reason why these two superficial brothers fought again is unknown. It is said that it was a trivial daily quarrel.
Goukouni was not as brave and fierce as Habré in battle, and was soon defeated.
In order to completely overwhelm his opponent, Goukouni also showed an unfathomable lack of principles. He was too embarrassed to return to the capital to ask the magician for help, so he went to another well-known benevolent ruler from Tongliao - Congolese President Mobutu.
Goukouni requested aid from Congo in the name of assisting in suppressing the rebellion.
The magician was furious. Isn't this a clear case of inviting wolves into the house?
At this time, Mobutu, who received the news, was overjoyed.
He had long coveted the fertile oil fields in the Great Magic Republic and was worried about not having an excuse to send troops. Wasn't this like a pillow being delivered when he was sleepy?
Just at this time, Gaddafi was exiled in Congo.
Mobutu hurriedly summoned Gaddafi to the presidential palace to meet Goukouni.
Gaddafi and Goukouni looked at each other in silence. The two people, who were sometimes friends and sometimes enemies, and whose relationship was more unstable than Schrödinger's cat, looked at each other, extremely awkward.
Mobutu put their hands together and said firmly:
"You two are more familiar with the situation in the Great Magic Republic than I am. I will give you a team and ask you to counterattack the Great Magic Republic. After it is done, you will be the regional officials there.
If brothers are of one mind, their strength can break gold!"
Gaddafi and Goukouni were in tears: "Brother, thank you for recognizing our talents."