64: Chapter 64 This is a war against aggression
The Company Commander looked at Yan Ze; his answer sounded like a perfunctory response just to have something to say.
"Fine, Company Commander, I don't know." Yan Ze shook his head.
His brain wasn't as sharp as the Company Commander's.
He didn't understand what the Company Commander meant.
"The game's background is set with our China as an agricultural nation, and it's history from a hundred years ago..."
The Company Commander explained the game background he had learned to Yan Ze.
"Isn't this background setting a bit too imaginative?"
"Even at our worst a hundred years ago, we were still an industrial nation. Our industrial capacity was far superior to Japan's." Yan Ze frowned slightly.
"If it weren't set up this way, how would the Little Devils dare to attack our China? The Little Devils' wolfish ambition is enough. If our China were to decline one day, they would definitely come up and take a bite," the Company Commander chuckled.
He didn't have as intense a reaction as Yan Ze.
Of course, when he first learned about this game background setting, he also couldn't quite understand it.
But now that he had entered the game, he found that the game design was truly very comprehensive.
It must have a complete worldview.
There were many things he had never seen before.
For example, the German-style equipment used by the Chinese Soldiers in the game, as well as the Little Devils' weaponry.
Even the weapons manufactured by the Chinese Soldiers themselves, he hadn't seen before.
"But I always feel that there's a lot more to this background setting that hasn't been told. If it were all explained, it would probably make much more sense," the Company Commander continued.
"Then why is it an anti-war game?"
"Because we are the side resisting aggression. If we were invaded and the flames of war burned on our land, could you accept that?"
"I couldn't accept it," Yan Ze replied.
In reality, he still couldn't understand.
The matter of being invaded was too distant for him.
However, he had heard of many other small countries being invaded.
Facing powerful enemies, they had no power to fight back.
The Company Commander saw Yan Ze's reaction; it was within his expectations.
After all, Yan Ze had only been in the army for less than two years.
He didn't have much concept of war.
He himself had been in the army for over a dozen years.
He had also experienced a small battle back then.
In that battle, no one died, but several people were on the verge of death.
Having reached middle age, he saw things much more deeply.
"Hmm, so now you need to treat the Little Devils as invaders to play this game, only then will you truly understand."
"Instead of just treating this war as a drill."
The two chatted for over half an hour.
Then they rested.
Because they had to continue the attack at night.
Since it was difficult to advance during the day, they would rest.
And wait until night to set out again.
At night, Yan Ze followed the Company Commander to charge forward.
Judging by the map, they were nearing the Little Devils' headquarters building.
However, the closer they got to the Little Devils' headquarters building, the more defensive fortifications the Little Devils had.
These fortifications intersected; once one bunker was attacked, the bunkers on the other side could assist.
It was basically very difficult for them to repeat their initial operations now.
The previous Suicide Squad members had basically all sacrificed their lives by now.
On the horizon, naval guns continued to fall behind Yan Ze and his men.
At this moment, in front of him, the machine guns from the Little Devils' bunkers were constantly strafing them through narrow firing ports.
Many Chinese Soldiers were lying on the ground, crawling towards the Little Devils' bunkers.
They held bundles of grenades in their hands.
Braving the Little Devils' machine-gun fire, they kept approaching the bunkers.
But the Little Devils spotted them immediately.
And fired at them frantically.
More than half of the dozen or so people who had just charged up were sacrificed instantly.
The survivors used the bodies of their fallen comrades in front as cover to continue advancing toward the Little Devils' bunkers.
Yan Ze watched them crawl forward, fearless of death.
In his heart, he suddenly understood what the Company Commander meant.
Facing invaders, one must hold the resolve to kill or be killed.
These Little Devils were invaders, occupying the land of China.
Attempting to overthrow China.
Up ahead, a Chinese Soldier crawled to the side of a bunker.
He pulled the pin on a grenade and stuffed it into the Little Devils' firing port.
Although this firing port wasn't large, stuffing a grenade into it was not a problem.
The space inside the bunker was very narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But similarly, in a narrow space, the explosive power of a grenade would be even greater.
Just as the Chinese Soldier stuffed the grenade in, the Little Devils inside immediately picked it up, trying to throw it out of the bunker.
But the Chinese Soldier outside blocked the firing port tightly.
The Little Devils inside were furious.
With a loud bang, the Chinese Soldier was blown away by the shockwave from the firing port, rolling several times on the ground.
The excruciating pain from his stomach swept through his entire body.
However, through the firing port, he saw the inside of the bunker glowing with fire and smoke.
Blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, a smile appeared on his face.
However, he was very unlucky.
The Little Devils in other bunkers discovered the commotion here and strafed the area with machine guns.
Several bullets pierced his body, causing his consciousness to gradually sink into darkness.
Immediately after, the sounds of explosions continued to ring out.
Yan Ze watched from behind as his fellow Chinese Soldiers from his company kept charging forward.
Constantly being hit by machine-gun fire.
The Company Commander saw Yan Ze's reaction.
"Yan Ze, it's our turn." After saying this, the Company Commander stood up and charged toward the Little Devils' bunker.
Yan Ze followed closely behind.
Several of the Little Devils' bunkers had ceased fire.
This was the best time to charge.
Before the Little Devils could react, they quickly captured these bunkers.
Rushing to the front of the bunker, they found the entrance.
Yan Ze cautiously threw a grenade inside.
Only after confirming there was no movement inside did he dare to enter.
Then he saw corpses everywhere.
The Little Devils inside this bunker were unlucky; a bundle of grenades had killed them all.
But there were still living Little Devils elsewhere; as they rushed into the bunkers, they were ambushed by these surviving Little Devils.
However, the Little Devils inside didn't struggle for long before they were wiped out.
After an hour of fighting, they had advanced over two hundred meters.
Occupying several Little Devils' bunkers.
However, they had also sacrificed nearly a hundred men.
The number of men in Yan Ze's company had suddenly decreased by more than half again.
The neighboring company was no better off.
Yan Ze was lucky; he had survived until now.
Just at this moment, the sound of naval guns rang out outside again.
Yan Ze felt the bunker above his head shaking.
The Little Devils knew they had captured this area, so the naval guns were bombarding this side continuously.
Many Chinese Soldiers who were still outside were caught in the naval bombardment and sacrificed immediately.
This continued until dawn, and they hadn't advanced much further.
The closer they got to the Little Devils' headquarters, the slower their rate of advance became.
This was already the fifth day.
At the Command Post, General Huang Wei had bloodshot eyes.
This result exceeded his expectations.
He hadn't expected that these Little Devils would be so hard to chew.
And they were even harder to chew the further they went, looking at the progress of the troops on the map.
General Huang Wei just felt a bit of a headache.
This performance could only be described as unsatisfactory.