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Chapter 1737 Siam Front (Second update, please subscribe)

Inside the cabin of the C-130 transport plane, the roar of the engine was deafening, but the soldiers' conversations and laughter were not affected at all.

They squeezed into the narrow seats, sitting shoulder to shoulder, with excitement on their faces about to arrive at their destination.

"I heard that the beaches in Siam are amazing. When the mission is over, we must go to Phuket!"

A young soldier said excitedly, waving a wrinkled travel guide that had been flipped through countless times.

"Come on, Wang Haitao."

An older soldier next to him interrupted him with a smile.
"I don't know what you're thinking. There are beaches everywhere. I'm afraid you're still thinking about the little girl from Siam."

"Yes, wanting to go to Phuket is fake, but wanting the women in Phuket is real!"

"Hey, don't say you don't want to!"

Wang Haitao retorted unconvinced.

"We have come so far to serve in a foreign country, we must relax! Right, Yijie!"

Wang Haitao poked his comrade next to him with his arm. Song Mingxuan, who was half asleep and half awake, squinted his eyes and muttered casually:

"That's you. If you get sick, don't let us down!"

His words caused a burst of laughter in the cabin, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy. For these young soldiers, Siam before them was not so much a place where they would serve for the next two years, but rather an exotic tourist destination.

"Siam..."

Song Mingxuan muttered, feeling helpless. He was already 21 years old, and was doing well as the boss of his own video game company.

His Lineage Video Game Company is the largest game company in the world, selling hundreds of thousands of arcade machines every year, with annual sales of over 100 million US dollars!

But even so, he still received the conscription notice sent by the conscription office.

To serve in the military.

It was finally his turn and there was no reason to refuse.

Of course he could refuse, but that would mean going to jail.

Everyone here has their own obligations, and military service is their obligation.

"Well, it's a civic duty..."

Muttering this in his heart, Song Mingxuan frowned.

In order to fulfill his civic duty, he chose to serve in the military and even specifically applied to serve overseas.

This is because serving overseas can shorten your military service.

One year!

Well, it’s just one year… After my service is over, I can return to the company.

More than an hour later, the C-130 transport plane slowly landed on the runway of Udon Thani Air Force Base.

The moment the cabin door opened, a wave of heat mixed with the smell of fuel and metal hit him in the face. Song Mingxuan, who walked out of the cabin, was stunned by the scene before his eyes, just like his comrades.

This military base is shared by SEA and the US military, but it is now mainly used by the US military because the US military will take off from here to bomb Vietnam.

That is, only transport planes coming from the mainland will land here.

The airport was full of US F-4 Phantom fighters, their wings were full of missiles and bombs, and the camouflage paint on their fuselages looked particularly ferocious. In the distance, several F-4s were taxiing on the runway, the roar of their engines shaking the ground. From time to time, fighter jets whizzed past in the sky, leaving white trails.

"Is this...is this the battlefield?"

Wang Haitao muttered to himself, the excitement on his face had long disappeared.

There was even a kind of inexplicable tension. After all, everything was different from what was in the movies. What was played in the movies was always acting. People would die on the real battlefield.

"Stop being in a daze and line up!"

The captain's voice interrupted the soldiers' thoughts. They quickly lined up in an orderly manner and stood under the plane, waiting for their officers and vehicles to pick them up.

At the same time, they looked around curiously. The US military ground crew was busy loading missiles or bombs onto the planes. Occasionally someone would see them, wave to them, say hello or something.

"It doesn't seem like a big deal..."

At this moment, an F-4 fighter jet flew over from a distance, preparing to land. Its fuselage was shaking a little, and it seemed unstable, and even emitted black smoke.

The soldiers all looked up at the same time, following the fighter plane with their eyes.

"What happened to that plane? Was it damaged?"

Someone asked in a low voice.

No one answered.

But everyone knows the answer.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the F-4 aircraft that was emitting black smoke. It landed shakily on the runway, slid for a distance, and suddenly made a deafening explosion.

"boom!"

The flames instantly engulfed the entire fuselage, and thick smoke billowed up into the sky. The two pilots were engulfed by the flames before they even had time to eject. The shock wave of the explosion made the soldiers involuntarily step back a few steps, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.

"Oh my god..." Wang Haitao's eyes widened and his face turned pale instantly. The others were almost the same. They had never felt war so closely before.

"This is war,"

The captain said coldly, without a trace of fluctuation in his voice:
"Although we didn't participate in the war, no one can predict what will happen tomorrow with the current situation, so we must also be prepared!"

The soldiers stood in silence, their eyes still fixed on the burning fighter plane. The black smoke formed a huge shadow in the sky, as if reminding them that this was not a resort.

In the distance, the sirens of ambulances and fire trucks rang sharply, breaking the brief silence. The soldiers came to their senses and looked at each other, with a hint of heaviness in their eyes.

"Let's go,"

The captain waved his hand.

"Our car is coming."

The soldiers followed silently, their steps becoming heavy and firm. Song Mingxuan turned his head and stared at the burning F-4 fighter.

"Why didn't the pilot escape in time?"

As an engineer, Song Mingxuan not only knows about computers or video games. In fact, he has strong hands-on skills. He and his friends built the world's first arcade machine in the garage.

Now, looking at the burning fighter, he wondered why the ejection seat didn't deploy.

"Did the pilot fail to react?"

As an engineer, he had his own questions. While his comrades were discussing the F4 fighter and the US bombing of Vietnam in the car, all Song Mingxuan was thinking about was the ejection seat of the plane.

“Maybe we can study it!”

When Song Mingxuan arrived in Siam amid the explosion of American fighter jets, he didn't know that a huge uproar had already occurred at his home in Genting Highlands.

"How can Mingxuan go to Siam? That's the front line!"

Although he is over seventy years old, the king's uncle feels heartbroken when he thinks of his precious grandson on the front line.

Over the past decade, he has spent most of his time and energy on his grandchildren. He loves his grandson Song Mingxuan very much. When playing cards with his friends, he will take the initiative to mention him, and his face is full of pride when he mentions him.

But now, his precious grandson was thrown to Siam, how could he not be angry.

"Didn't you ask? Ask Yi'an..."

Before her father could finish, Lautre said:
"Dad, you know even Yixuan has been to the battlefield. No one here is special than anyone else."

"It's different, it's different. Yixuan is an officer, and Mingxuan, he never liked guns since he was a child, he likes... Oh, he's an engineer! The 82nd Army should need him, otherwise, I'll give them a call and ask."

The 82nd Unit is a technical unit that conducts research in military-related fields. Unlike ordinary enterprises, the military has sufficient budget to support the R&D and technical application of military equipment. Their R&D capabilities and technical reserves in these fields are higher than all SEA universities and most scientific research institutions in the world.

Therefore, many young people want to join the 82nd Unit. However, this unit has very high requirements for the intelligence level and comprehensive quality of applicants when selecting new recruits. They need to pass strict tests and evaluations before they can enter. There, they have the opportunity to come into contact with the world's most advanced defense technology.

A considerable part of the advanced technology of SEA start-ups is derived from the knowledge reserves in the military field. Because SEA's military technology has a very high degree of penetration into the civilian field, many soldiers serving in related departments have mastered the corresponding technology when they retire and can go directly to work in the company; but the vast majority of people will choose a related major for systematic study and further study based on the technology they learned in the military.

Of course, this also means that they can serve in the 82nd Army without going to the front line, but can serve in their home country and engage in certain research work.

"Mingxuan will definitely not agree to it."

Lautré glanced at her father and said:

"You only need to serve two years in the Army, three years in the 82nd Unit, and only one year overseas before you can retire. Mingxuan is not willing to stay in the Army for too long. After all, he has his own company now."

Listening to his daughter's explanation, the uncle said:
"So, Mingxuan chose to go overseas by himself?"

"Yes, he took the initiative to apply for it. He also specifically asked me not to tell you, saying that your health was not good and he was afraid that you would worry about him."

"He's my grandson, how can I not worry? He hasn't come to see me for a month..."

When the uncle mentioned that he had not seen his precious grandson for a month, he felt a surge of longing in his heart, while his daughter beside him advised:

"Dad, if you miss him, just go to Siam to see him, or ask someone to pick him up. He has weekends too."

"Yes, yes. He was busy with work in the past, but now that he is in the army, he should have some time on weekends..."

When the uncle said this, a smile finally appeared on his face. Seeing her father finally smile, Lautley finally breathed a sigh of relief. God knows how nervous she was when she received her father's call.

My son is joining the army, it's no big deal.

Every man has to serve in the army, but the problem is, once you go to Siam, what's the difference between that place and the front line? It's the forefront itself.

God bless you, and keep you safe.

Then Lautre and her father started chatting there, talking about the company's operations and their children. While they were chatting, the uncle-in-law specifically asked about Song Mingxuan's electronic games.

"Mingxuan's game can make money, but is it a legitimate job?"

In the traditional thinking of the uncle, games...are not a serious job after all.

"I have no idea,"

Lautre shook his head and said:
"But his father said that industries related to the electronics industry are the most promising industries. Whether it is electronic computers or game consoles, they are related to the country's destiny and people's livelihood."

Just at this moment, a piece of news came out on TV - "...International Electronics Corporation has launched the world's first parallel vector computer, with a computing speed exceeding GigaFLOP/s, that is, one billion floating-point calculations per second..."

Listening to the news on TV, the uncle said with some doubt:
"One billion times? How fast is that?"

(End of this chapter)