118: Chapter 118 The World's Attention

The situation in the conference room right now is this:

Those with the ability and seniority dare not step up, while those who want to step up lack the ability and also dare not do so.

Only General Huang Wei is suitable.

Even if he doesn't achieve a good ranking, it won't look too bad.

General Huang Wei saw all his colleagues staring at him and understood what they were thinking.

But given the current situation, he was the only one who could step forward.

So, he stood up and took on the task of this first trial broadcast.

"Chief, let me do it," General Huang Wei said.

"Very well. In that case, Major General Huang, you will conduct this first livestream."

"You may go and prepare now."

With that, the meeting concluded.

Afterward, General Huang Wei immediately went to prepare for the first livestream.

After studying the new DLC, General Huang Wei decided to start with the Battle of Zijin Mountain, one of the three main scenarios.

The first reason was that the Yuhuatai meat grinder had already been livestreamed by other streamers.

If they played that one again, the livestream results might not be very good.

He chose the Battle of Zijin Mountain because no streamer had played this battle yet.

If their military region livestreamed this, it would surely attract the attention of many Netizens.

As for the third one, the Battle for Guanghua Gate, that scenario hadn't been unlocked by anyone yet. If they livestreamed that, the results might not be as good as the Battle of Zijin Mountain.

Plus, just hearing the name "Battle for Guanghua Gate" suggested the map wouldn't be very large, and the scale of the battle wouldn't be very big either.

In that case, it wouldn't allow him to showcase his command abilities at all.

It's a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

General Huang Wei wanted to experience a large-scale battle.

After selecting the Battle of Zijin Mountain, General Huang Wei immediately began arranging the training troops.

He checked the participating forces for the Battle of Zijin Mountain, which consisted of three regiments.

They were the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Regiments of the Training Corps.

The total number of personnel was approximately 11,000.

After confirming the participating forces, he immediately arranged for the three regiments to enter the game.

These three regiments were all renowned units in their military region.

They had achieved many merits in the past.

After arranging the participating troops, General Huang Wei also entered the game.

At this moment, the Eastern Military Region's official account across the internet released a livestream notification.

People from the other military regions saw the Eastern Military Region's notification and immediately understood what was going on.

Not wanting to be outdone, they also released their own livestream notifications.

They couldn't let the Eastern Military Region steal all the attention from the Netizens.

Less than an hour after the major military regions posted their notifications, it was known across the entire internet.

Upon hearing that all the major military regions were going to start livestreams of the Battle of Zijin Mountain,

the Netizens were all in an uproar.

"Holy cow, what's going on? Are the authorities getting involved?"

"All the major military regions are livestreaming? Is it Chinese New Year or something?"

"I've wanted to see how powerful our Chinese military is for a long time, and now I can finally see it!"

"It was worth tagging them every day. I can finally see the military's performance now. I'm super excited!"

The Netizens were very excited.

After "wwii: eastern meat grinder" was released, many Netizens were curious about how the Chinese military would perform if they entered the game.

Some Netizens even tagged the major military regions every day, hoping the leaders would see it.

Meanwhile, Netizens began arguing about which military region was the strongest.

"Which military region do you think will perform the best? I think it should be the Eastern Military Region. After all, the Eastern Military Region has the strongest comprehensive strength."

"I feel like the Western Military Region will perform the best. Although the Eastern Military Region has the strongest comprehensive strength, I feel their army doesn't compare to the Western one."

"Indeed, I agree. While the Eastern Military Region has the best equipment, I feel the soldiers in the Western Military Region are stronger. After all, the conditions there are truly harsh."

"I think the Southern Military Region isn't bad either. The environment there is also very harsh; it's in the tropics and it's hot as hell."

"You're all wrong. The harshest one should be the Qinghai-Tibet Military Region. That place is high altitude, and breathing is difficult. No other military region is as harsh as that one."

The online discussion was very lively.

This livestream was set to start at 5:00 PM.

During this time, General Huang Wei was making preparations before entering the game.

This was his first time livestreaming.

So, he had to be well-prepared and couldn't make a fool of himself, otherwise he would surely become famous across the entire internet for the wrong reasons.

Since his reputation was at stake, General Huang Wei had to take it seriously.

Time quickly reached 5:00 PM.

Having made his preparations, General Huang Wei entered the game.

The livestream started simultaneously.

Millions of viewers flooded into the livestream room immediately.

They had been waiting outside the livestream room early on, just waiting for the Eastern Military Region's official account to start the broadcast.

General Huang Wei was taken aback when he saw so many viewers flooding into the livestream room.

He had underestimated the attention Netizens paid to them.

However, he was only surprised for a brief moment.

Never mind having millions of viewers in the livestream room; even if millions of people were standing in front of him, he would remain calm and composed.

At this moment, the number of viewers in the livestream room was skyrocketing.

Within just five minutes of starting, the number of online viewers reached over ten million.

The other military regions also started their livestreams simultaneously.

The number of viewers in their livestream rooms was on par with the Eastern Military Region's.

"Woohoo, finally seeing the military's livestream. I've waited so many days."

"I thought it was fake, but I didn't expect it to actually start."

"Haha, I'm watching all four livestream rooms at once."

"Me too. I want to see the performance of our Chinese soldiers."

After an afternoon of spreading, the news of this military livestream not only attracted the attention of Chinese Netizens but also caught the attention of Netizens from other countries abroad.

Among them, those paying the most attention were naturally the Netizens from Japan.

Many in Japan had also played this game.

After playing it, they all cursed that it was a smear against them.

They wanted to report this game.

They even protested, wanting the Chinese authorities to take this game down.

However, after protesting for so many days, it had absolutely no effect.

Instead, they were scolded back by Chinese Netizens.

The key was that they were scolded to the point of having no ability to retort.

They claimed it was a smear, but Chinese Netizens said old habits die hard. They had invaded the Chinese coast just like that hundreds of years ago.

Not only that, but they also dug up comments made by Japanese Netizens on foreign websites identifying with the Little Devils in the game.

Facing this situation, those from Japan currently in China immediately dared not make a sound.

If they continued to distort the truth,

they would surely have their true identities exposed, followed by a real-life confrontation.

Besides that, Germany was also interested in this game.

Because the German-equipped Division, frequently mentioned in the game, seemed to have the "German" part referring to them.

Therefore, when the Chinese military's livestream started, many foreigners bypassed the firewall to watch.

Among them, Netizens from the other five of the six great benefactors all rushed over.

They had been paying attention to this game for a long time.

China was not the only country holding an Anti-War Competition.

All six major powers on Earth had participated.

It's just that the anti-war games from other countries were not as successful as China's, which had garnered attention from Netizens all over the world.