163: Chapter 163 A Blend of Civil and Military Acumen

With the military's involvement, their plan could be implemented more smoothly.

Originally, they just wanted to test out their own ideas and drive the Little Devils back to their homeland.

Unexpectedly, their plan was immediately noticed by Netizens all over the internet.

The surge in popularity put them under quite a bit of pressure.

Moreover, many things had deviated from their expectations.

For example, a large number of streamers entered the game.

These streamers might not necessarily obey them, even though they were the first to enter the game.

Although most players were willing to cooperate with them, quite a few were not.

Regarding this, Wang Ye and his group were equally helpless.

But he couldn't say anything; after all, it was good enough that these players weren't causing trouble.

As for whether they helped or not, that was out of his control.

Now, the involvement of the Eastern Military Region gave Wang Ye a sense of reassurance.

With such a powerful backer joining, he had to hold on tight.

Meanwhile, after the Eastern Military Region announced its participation in the game.

The other three major military regions were not to be outdone and held high-level meetings one after another to discuss sending personnel.

Since friendly forces had already entered the field, how could they not follow suit?

They couldn't let the Eastern Military Region take all the limelight.

They were already being overshadowed by the Eastern Military Region; if they didn't follow along, the gap would only widen.

The commanders also cared about their reputation.

The participation of the several major military regions immediately changed the game.

At this moment in the game, someone from the military region soon contacted Wang Ye.

After all, as one of the planners of the project, Wang Ye had quite a significant influence among the player community.

In the mansion in Shancheng, Wang Ye met General Huang Wei.

Seeing General Huang Wei, his expression became very serious.

This was a Major General, after all.

If this were reality, this level was someone he would never be able to meet.

" Mr. Wang Ye, hello. This is our commander, Major General General Huang Wei. " In the mansion's reception room, an officer introduced him to Wang Ye.

" Commander, hello, I am Wang Ye. " Wang Ye greeted General Huang Wei somewhat nervously.

General Huang Wei could see Wang Ye's nervousness. With a calm smile on his face, he waved his hand at him and said, " Wang Ye, don't be nervous. Actually, our entry into the game this time is to support you. "

" Your grand ambitions make even me feel incredibly fired up. "

" However, while you can build weapons, you are not skilled at fighting. With our help, combining civil and military efforts, completing this operation will surely be a piece of cake. "

" That's great! It couldn't be better to have you commanders here to help us. " Wang Ye nodded with a smile.

He had thought about this before.

Among these players, there were people skilled in all sorts of trades, but few were skilled at fighting.

Even though there were quite a few veterans among the players.

However, it was too difficult to gather them together and organize them into an effective fighting force.

Not to mention the issue of coordination, just finding someone capable of leading troops was not easy.

" Haha, you don't need to worry. We will only be responsible for fighting; we won't get involved in anything else. " General Huang Wei spoke up at this moment, putting Wang Ye and his group at ease.

" No problem. I will have someone arrange accommodations for you commanders. " As he spoke, Wang Ye went to find someone to arrange a place for General Huang Wei and his group to rest.

" No need to go to such trouble; we are also here to play the game. Are you short on manpower? If so, I can send Chinese Soldiers to help. " General Huang Wei waved his hand and said.

" As for manpower, we are indeed very short. " Seeing General Huang Wei say this, Wang Ye thought for a moment and then nodded.

They were currently lacking laborers, because there were too many players in the city, and they simply couldn't find enough people to mine minerals, build factories, and construct related infrastructure.

There weren't many players willing to do manual labor in the game; after all, they hadn't done such work in reality, and they certainly didn't want to do it after coming into the game.

This was the thing that gave Wang Ye and his group the biggest headache.

While players were impressive, not all of them were like that.

" Then I will send Chinese Soldiers to help you; it will serve as good training for them. " General Huang Wei nodded slightly.

With the help of the Eastern Military Region's Chinese Soldiers, the originally slow progress of infrastructure construction accelerated immediately.

Infrastructure was the foundation for building industrial zones; other things could wait, but infrastructure like roads could not.

Without roads, they couldn't even transport raw materials in.

While Wang Ye and his group's plan accelerated, the Little Devils' aggression across the land of China also continued.

Zhou Yang occasionally observed the players' game.

Then he discovered that the players' influence on the game was constantly expanding.

Especially after the players entered Shancheng, the Nationalist Government in Shancheng was almost being sidelined.

This wouldn't do; while there were indeed many capable players.

However, most players were ordinary; they obtained identities but didn't know how to do the work.

When these players gathered, their power was immense, but in terms of individual ability, it was good enough if they didn't cause trouble.

If they were really sidelined, they would probably die even faster.

It seemed he had to limit the identities players could obtain.

Originally, he had set it so they couldn't become those important officials or generals.

Now it seemed he had to restrict it further so that the players wouldn't cause the government to collapse.

Otherwise, internal chaos would erupt before the Little Devils even attacked.

After making minor adjustments to prevent the players from breaking the game, Zhou Yang went back to his work.

If they could still break the game even with this, there was nothing he could do.

...

Time passed leisurely.

Another few days passed.

With the day and night efforts of the players, four months had passed in the game, and they had actually managed to build an industrial zone.

Most of the factories in this industrial zone were basic heavy industries.

Because without heavy industry, they couldn't manufacture guns or bullets.

The most important thing for a country's national defense was heavy industry.

Without heavy industry, they couldn't even build a tractor.

And that was exactly how China was at that time.

A weak industry, with only light industry.

But light industry could not save the nation.

Light industry could produce goods for people's livelihoods, but it couldn't produce weapons for national defense.

Not to mention that this was a light industry without any roots.

The machines were basically imported from foreign countries; the country couldn't produce them at all.

They had built steel plants and machine tools in the industrial zone, and everything was moving in a positive direction.

Most importantly, automatic rifles were also being mass-produced.

These rifles might not be very advanced, but for China at this time, they were sufficient.

Besides this, Li Qingfeng had also scavenged production lines for other types of firearms, including not only rifles but also machine guns.

Anyway, these were things publicly available online, and they were all old models from decades ago.

Of course, these old models were just right for China at this time.

Li Qingfeng had seen the Little Devils' weapons, which were even more backward than these old models.

Building something slightly more advanced wouldn't be excessive, right?

After all, this wasn't bullying antiques with modern equipment.