Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign

Exit the game immediately, rise from the Virtual Body Sensing Pod, and speak to Qu Guang in front of me:

"What's going on?"

"Has the military exercise order been issued?"

Shen Yan has been preparing for the joint military exercise lately, and nothing usually disturbs his training time.

Chief of Staff Qu Guang smiled and said:

"Not yet."

"There's still half a month to go, why the rush."

"Come take a look at this."

As he spoke, he clicked on the device in his hand.

The situation map of [Four Crossings of the Chishui River] was projected in front of Shen Yan.

Looking at the map and the situation on it, Shen Yan was a bit tongue-tied:

"How many troops surrounded it?"

Shen Yan knew that Qu Guang wouldn't just show him a map for no reason, so he joked:

"Don't tell me that red army won?"

"How is that possible?"

But after speaking, seeing Qu Guang's expression, Shen Yan's expression changed:

"What the hell?"

"Is it true? Don't tease me?!"

"Isn't this a Polestar game?"

"Is there a video?"

Qu Guang shook his head and said:

"No video."

"But there's a summary."

As he spoke, he opened the summary, and the map in front of Shen Yan turned into a summary.

[Four Crossings of the Chishui River (January - May 1935) was an event during the Long March....]

[Faced with an enemy force of 400,000....]

[Ultimately, Four Crossings of the Chishui River escaped....]

[Note: Ranked as the most impossible battle in 'Earth's' world war history.]

Shen Yan read it several times and stepped out of the Virtual Cabin again, staring at it for a while, and finally managed to just say:

"I could tell there were indeed 400,000 troops."

"How did they fight this?"

"Who commanded them, how did 400,000 fail against 30,000?"

Qu Guang shrugged:

"I guess they managed to escape, otherwise how could the [Republic] be established?"

"Just not sure how they fought it."

"This is one of the major events in the new [Republic] database of the Polestar Official Website."

"There are a lot more battles, but because no one has triggered them."

"So we haven't seen them yet."

"But you with the Polestar Company...."

Qu Guang smiled slyly, the implication was clear, pull some strings, get some storylines in.

Shen Yan waved helplessly:

"Don't mention it."

"Now Polestar is a key support target of the Federation."

"I wouldn't dare to go over there now."

"A while back, some juniors from my family wanted to meddle in Polestar Company's affairs."

"Qinghan broke their legs and dragged them in front of the old master."

"And guess what happened?"

Qu Guang was interested; isn't this kind of dirty family drama most common in TV dramas:

"What happened?"

Shen Yan said:

"The old master had a few doses of 'Rapid Repair Agent' brought in, threw away the anesthetic."

"Injected it into those kids, forced the broken bones to grow back without setting them first."

"Then the old master broke them again."

"Only then did he let someone fix them up for treatment."

"Since then, no one in the family dared to mess with Qinghan, even those who originally didn't get along with Qinghan all quieted down."

"Polestar Company can't be touched haphazardly now."

"Other family pressures were imposed on Qinghan, but the Federation supported her, and those kids thought family connections would be fine, but the old master... tsk tsk."

"Better wait patiently."

Hearing this, Qu Guang was also dumbfounded.

Goodness.

No wonder he's the commander of the Northern Army.

Such a method.

Really ruthless.

The 'Rapid Repair Agent' was meant for rapid bone fracture repair on the battlefield, but it repairs fast and is extremely painful.

Usually used with anesthetic.

If used without anesthetic... it could even be used for interrogations.

Repairing without anesthesia and then breaking it again.

Hiss—

Forget about what happened to those who had their bones broken, just hearing about it made Qu Guang's scalp tingle.

"Let's just wait for news from Polestar."

"The joint military exercise is about to start soon, who knows what will happen."

....

At this moment.

In the president's office at Polestar Company.

Shen Qinghan sat cross-legged on the sofa, took a document from her bag, and handed it to Zhao Ming next to her:

"This is the 'Federation Military Exercise' contract."

"I've reviewed it, no problem."

"If you find no issues after reading, go ahead and sign it."

"The federation military exercise will take place in half a month."

Zhao Ming didn't read it, just took it and signed the document, handed it to Shen Qinghan, and then curiously asked:

"Why was it delayed so long?"

"I thought it wasn't going to happen."

Shen Qinghan took the document, not paying much attention, and said:

"I couldn't help it."

"New things aren't always accepted by everyone."

"People get set in their ways as they age."

Zhao Ming had a strange expression:

"Not really, right?"

"Just moving the military exercise into a game, what's unacceptable about that?"

Shen Qinghan paused on expression:

"Hmm... it's not that."

"The Federation felt that predetermined outcomes lacked challenge and public engagement."

"So they decided... to change it to a public vote."

"This way, everyone can participate, and once involved, naturally focus on the 'Federation Military Exercise' forming a perfect loop."

Zhao Ming nodded.

Indeed.

Even if the ordinary Blue Star People aren't interested, knowing they have a vote would make them want to check it out, or even cast a vote.

Even if they're not interested, what if their vote was chosen by the Federation?

Then they could brag or show off in conversations, saying things like 'Ah? I voted for that, it seems the Federation chose what I voted for...'

Zhao Ming said:

"Very good suggestion indeed."

Shen Qinghan said:

"But it caused some people's dissatisfaction, thinking it was nonsense."

"So there was internal debate, and it took a long time to settle."

Zhao Ming nodded:

"I see...."

But then Zhao Ming thought of some issues:

"If it's a public vote... how exactly will the voting work?"

"Will netizens directly choose the battlefield?"

"Or will it be more flexible, allowing them to designate?"

"I just opened the [Republic] database."

"If it's more flexible, won't netizens all vote for the [Republic]?"

"Bringing the battlefield to an equal state... the Six Major Federations might not win."

Since it's a performance.

If it collapses, it could become a joke.

Shen Qinghan had also witnessed the combat strength of the 'Volunteer Army', so naturally, she understood this point.

But the corners of Shen Qinghan's mouth curled up, leaning back on the sofa, crossing her arms, and lightly tapping her forearm with her right fingertips, she chuckled softly:

"That makes it more interesting."

"The battlefield isn't chosen by us."

"If the Six Major Federations lose... how much on advertising would be saved?"

Seeing Shen Qinghan smiling, Zhao Ming slightly widened his eyes:

"Hiss—"

Say no more... do you realize what you're saying?!

If the Six Major Federations hold a military exercise and are defeated by in-game forces.

The promotional effect would be explosive.

Of course.

Polestar Company won't be the one getting blamed.

The Six Major Federations' forces will have to face the criticism, after all, it's the 'people' who chose the battlefield, what's it got to do with Polestar?

It's just that....

Zhao Ming gave Shen Qinghan a curious glance, a bit insidious, hidden attribute perhaps?

Zhao Ming dispelled the thoughts in his head, then also smirked:

"Got it."

But we shouldn't let the Six Major Federations lose right at the start, they should win a couple of rounds, and then... get crushed by the [Republic].