71: Chapter 71 The Future of China Depends on You
Inside the conference room of the Southern Military Region.
The Supreme Commander looked at the generals below.
"After watching the video, what are your thoughts?"
He had heard about this game recently; after all, it was an Anti-War Competition organized by the Huaxia government.
He had already learned about it when the competition policy was first released.
This competition also had some connection to their military region.
The military serves as the sharp weapon of national defense.
As for the Anti-War Competition, it certainly had an impact on their military region.
And now, this game was sitting at the top of the charts with very high popularity.
He had previously heard his young grandson mention this game.
However, he was very busy and wouldn't pay special attention to how a game was doing.
Yet now, the Eastern Military Region had sent them such a video.
After watching it, he was very surprised.
The realism of this game exceeded his imagination, and more importantly, the combat performance of the Eastern Military Region within it.
He had not expected that the elite troops of the Eastern Military Region would suffer a combat loss rate as high as 58% in this drill.
Although the gap in equipment between the enemy and themselves was indeed large.
It still left him somewhat shocked.
At this moment, he looked at the various high-ranking generals below.
He wanted to hear their opinions.
"Chief, I believe we should also introduce this game; it would be of great help in enhancing the strength of our military region's forces."
"Oh, how so?" The Supreme Commander nodded with a smile upon hearing this.
Even without this general saying it, he already had the idea of introducing this game in his mind.
"This game can test the results of our military soldiers' routine training; furthermore, it can also train our soldiers' courage, mentality, and perseverance."
"The spirit promoted within it is excellent; our military exists to protect our home and country. We need to take precautions; we have been at peace for so long, but it is impossible for there to be no wars forever."
"However, we need to be prepared at all times and cannot allow the flames of war to burn upon our territory."
"War only brings disaster to people, so no matter what, we must never bring war into our country."
"Mm, well said." The Supreme Commander nodded with satisfaction.
"Nowadays, most of our soldiers have never seen a real battlefield. The war scenes in this game exceeded my expectations; it is no different from a real battlefield."
"Back when I followed my company commander to drive the Little Devils back to the island, I fought in a small-scale battle. Although there weren't many people, that scene is something I will never forget in this lifetime," the Supreme Commander remarked with emotion.
"However, the longer we are at peace, the more clearly I understand how hard-won peace is. War could break out at any moment. Right now, our Huaxia is competing with other major powers for space resources in outer space; within a few decades, a fight is bound to happen."
This was also the reason why Huaxia was holding the Anti-War Competition today.
Civil war is always the most lethal, and currently, there is restlessness within every country.
Therefore, they are shifting the conflict toward expansion into outer space, but with the current technological level of the countries on Blue Star, the most they can do is develop resources within the star system.
If they wait until the resources within the star system are all carved up, the bomb that is meant to go off will still go off.
"The future depends on you; our Huaxia needs you to protect it."
"This game must be introduced and popularized throughout the entire military region. We can also conduct joint exercises with the Eastern Military Region to get everyone moving and maintain combat readiness at all times," the Supreme Commander finished saying.
The group of high-ranking generals below applauded in unison.
After reaching an agreement, they immediately sent someone to contact Zhou Yang.
At this moment, Zhou Yang was still resting.
The exhaustion of the day had left him mentally and physically drained.
As a result, when this phone call came through, he woke up immediately.
Originally, he wanted to see who was calling and disturbing his rest.
But when he saw the short number, his grumpiness from waking up vanished instantly.
This short number looked very familiar.
It seemed to be from the military region.
He immediately answered the phone.
Subsequently, a male voice came from the other end.
After listening to what the person said, Zhou Yang nodded repeatedly.
"Oh, okay..."
"I understand..."
"That's possible... it will take a day or two."
The call lasted for a few minutes and then ended.
Zhou Yang sat on the edge of the bed, still a bit dazed.
The Southern Military Region?
They also want to develop a new mode?
And they want it to be the same as the Eastern Military Region's.
If they keep doing this, won't the Western Military Region and Northern Military Region come next?
Or even the Space Force?
No, the Space Force probably won't work.
After all, that thing involves flying space warships.
However, since the Southern Military Region had already said so, he could only agree.
Besides that, Zhou Yang felt he should prepare the things for the other two military regions in advance.
In case they also want it, he wouldn't have to go through the trouble.
After all, the probability was quite high.
Among the Four Major Military Regions of Huaxia, two had already come to him, and the remaining two were very likely to come as well.
And Zhou Yang could guess their purpose for wanting this.
It must be for training soldiers.
Perhaps at some point, there would even be a joint exercise of the Four Major Military Regions.
If that really happened, it would be interesting.
Zhou Yang was quite looking forward to it.
...
In Wang Ye's livestream room.
At this moment, he didn't know where he was.
He was no longer wearing a military uniform, but ordinary civilian clothes.
At this moment, he arrived at a station entrance.
He asked an elderly passerby.
"Excuse me, do you know which way to go to Raozhou?"
"What?" The elderly passerby seemed not to have heard and said loudly.
"I said, which way to Raozhou?" Wang Ye raised his volume and asked again.
"Go south," the elderly passerby grinned, revealing a row of large yellow teeth.
The elderly man's clothes looked a bit worn, and he had a simple, honest smile on his face.
Wang Ye felt a headache upon hearing this; he also knew to go south, but he didn't know which road to take.
After all, this wasn't reality; maps couldn't be used.
Even if it were reality, things from the past and present would change.
He was essentially blind right now.
Along the way, he had asked quite a few people.
Stumbling along, he had reached this place.
He didn't know what this place was called, only that he was going to Raozhou.
There was an address on the handkerchief, but he didn't know where it was.
The intelligence of the NPCs in this game exceeded his imagination; they were just like real people.
Any random passerby could answer his questions and had their own personality, emotions, and life.
The place where he was now was a small county town.
This small county town looked reasonably prosperous.
At least it was much more prosperous than the rural areas and no-man's-lands he had passed through along the way.
There were small vendors selling things on the street, and Wang Ye touched the money in his pocket.
Fortunately, he had some money in his pocket when he left.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to make it here.
All along, he had thought this game was just a small map.
They could only move within the battlefield area.
Yet he hadn't expected that the game's map was ridiculously large.
If he hadn't needed to deliver the handkerchief, he would never have discovered this.
As for how he got the handkerchief, it could only be said that he was very lucky; someone had taken him back to the vicinity of Luodian.
Then he dug out the handkerchief.
And then followed the battle line all the way south, leaving the battlefield.