Doctor, I'm really strong!

Moreover, things are not peaceful inside Syracuse either...

Chapter 153: Wake up, it's time to execute Paradox Interactive's war criminals!

(Update delivered, good morning everyone before noon, (～￣▽￣)～)

Mixed formations No. 60 and No. 59

Destination: Kazdel

Liu Jiuli was stationed on the No. 60 experimental ship, accompanied by a guard company, whose commander was Ye Dao.

That's right, it's that Rhodes Island veteran operator who's given away at the start of the game, despite having eight years of combat experience, he only has a two-star rating. It makes one seriously suspect that Rhodes Island pays its employees based on their ratings, because they're so short on money that they're desperately squeezing their veteran staff.

But the reality is quite different from the game.

Experienced veterans naturally enjoy better treatment and take on more important combat missions. Even if they are not necessarily a match for those with exceptional talent in a one-on-one situation, their rich combat experience and command ability allow them to play an unexpected role in grassroots command.

Yes, senior operators are basically mentors or captains of prospective operators. Of course, there are also squads composed entirely of senior operators, but they are relatively few in number.

For Liu Jiuli, these senior operators were people who understood the Doctor's command abilities, so they had at least a basic level of trust in him. Now, with a higher faith and more generous material rewards, they were very suitable to serve as his bodyguards.

Yato is a bodyguard with a sword. I mean, the company commander of the guard company. The deputy company commander is Blackhorn, who, like Yato, is an Oni from the Eastern Country. In the game, they are both veteran operators and both have a two-star rating.

So Hypergryph's design is entirely based on talent, right? The higher the star rating of the operator, the more trouble they can cause.

Two landships sailed across the land of Terra. This configuration might not seem like much, but you should know that more than 80 percent of the mobile cities on the Terra continent are not equipped with landships. They are lucky if they can even have large attack vehicles. Only mobile cities at the capital and provincial capital levels have landship-level armed forces.

Two land-based ships may not seem like much, but they represent a breakthrough from zero to one, the birth of a new and powerful regime. Remember, in the technological field, the difference between zero and one is greater than the difference between one and a hundred million.

Liu Jiuli was studying the system's functions in his temporary office. This was a reminder from Yueying. With the Red Guards' power constantly expanding, the system has now activated the national management mode. Let's begin the Paradox Interactive war criminal path from today!

Of course, that's impossible. In reality, if you dare to raise the tax rate to 100%, your head will be shaking on a street lamp next month. It's the same in every country. Even if you are not overthrown by your own people, you will be killed by other countries while being abandoned by your own people. After all, even someone like Zhao Gou had the dream of expanding his territory.

Liu Jiuli now opens the system map, where his territory is all in red, along with other data such as various local development indicators. One of these indicators is particularly noteworthy to Liu Jiuli, who feels it is similar to a mind detector.

Public opinion index

0 represents neutrality, 1 represents approval, anything above 1 represents support, 5 or above represents fanaticism, and anything below 0...

Arrest him! He's either a spy or a hostile element, a traitor hiding among the people.

This system has a basic requirement for operation: the country's national approval rate must reach more than 60%. If it falls below this value, the system will automatically fail. However, if things develop to that point, you are basically not far from becoming a public enemy and can expect to be overthrown.

Paradox Interactive (P社) players can use the console, but in reality, there's no console for you to play with. Even the invincible systems in novels are just auxiliary functions; there's no way to give you a whosyourdaddy.

The greatest value of this auxiliary management system is that it allows Liu Jiuli to identify untrustworthy individuals within the government. Anyone who tries to oppose faith while upholding it will be removed from the management team.

But this does not mean that the system is invincible.

To give a simple example, within the Ursus people, there are staunch Red Warriors and fanatical Tsarist followers. These two groups are theoretically incompatible, but if a Su Cizong appears, the relationship between the two groups will instantly become harmonious.

The former found an executor of the iron will, and the latter found the perfect Tsar in their hearts. So the two sides can stand in the same trench and fight each other with bayonets outward. In the hearts of the people of Ursus, the Red Guards are actually such a dual fusion.

Liu Jiuli founded the Red Guards and spread a more hopeful faith, thus gaining the worship of the vast majority of Ursus people. He established absolute authority both internally and externally through his powerful strength, so the royalist faction saw him as the hope of Ursus. They didn't care who sat on that throne; they only wanted a new Tsar who could lead them to prosperity.

In other words, as long as Liu Jiuli remains in this position, both sides will support him, but in essence, they are completely different entities.

The system couldn't distinguish this, after all, he wasn't called Kara, there was no divine connection, and memory sharing was impossible.

There is no better solution at the moment, but Liu Jiuli has a contingency plan to consider, which is to make the Huangwu faction understand one thing: the future prosperity of Ursus is firmly tied to the growth of the Red Guards, so that they will support the Red Guards.

However, this would result in many hellish scenes.

For example, the red flag and the tricolor flag standing in the same trench.

Only then did Liu Jiuli understand why sometimes it is necessary to trust the wisdom of future generations, because some problems are simply unsolvable at the moment and can only wait for subsequent developments and changes.

After learning about the system's new features, Liu Jiuli shifted his attention to something else.

Recently, Future Technology has started to operate a game business. Simply put, Future Technology has added a game company under its subsidiaries and established many studios.

Although these studios are only barely in the basic framework, it doesn't stop Liu Jiuli from indulging his quirky sense of humor.

The studio in Ursus was named Blizzard, the studio in Lungmen was named MIYGYY (guess which three game companies these are (～￣▽￣)～), and if Gaul is liberated in the future, Ubisoft will be located there. The studio in Victoria will be called GW (wake up, this is for selling chess pieces).

Cough cough cough, the name jokes can only go this far. It's just that Liu Jiuli and Yueying can make fun of each other, but no one else knows what's going on. It's a little lonely.

The purpose of these game companies was very clear: to serve as a propaganda tool for the Red Guards. The United States demonstrated to the world through its actions that all of a country's external actions can be used as a means of propaganda. This soft power can even play a role when an empire is in decline, bringing with it a large number of supplies that joined the German army in 1945.

The public opinion arena is also a battleground; if you don't occupy it, the enemy will. Instead of turning those mindless entertainment cultures into a curse that corrupts people's minds, it's better to bring them more progressive and interesting advanced games.

The advanced experience of the Soviet Union tells us that games can also be a learning tool. Hardcore games can cultivate outstanding talents, or at least lay a good foundation for their emergence.

The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. Let's strive on, comrades.

At that moment, an urgent communication was transmitted to the projection screen on Liu Jiuli's desk.

"Report! Leader, an unidentified armed group has appeared ahead of us. Should we take action?"

Section 154: Lapland Chooses to Surrender

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"Kazdel is just ahead, everyone open your eyes wide!"

The leader of the Fonhoof tribe shouted into the communication channel that they were mercenaries from Syracuse, and their mission was to infiltrate Kazdel and cause destruction.

Syracuse originally had no interest in hiring these high-end supplies, but because every single gang member they sent out before had lost contact after entering Kazdel, those they managed to bring back either spouted nonsense about "the enemy's attack being like a flood" or simply went insane, and they didn't get anything useful at all.

If this continues, the costs will only keep increasing. Rather than continuing this unprofitable operation, it would be better to send out combat-capable armed forces. It's definitely not feasible to go it alone, so mercenaries will do.

Thus, this operation was launched, involving a total of seven mercenary teams with a total strength of over three thousand men. After entering Kazdel, they would disperse and harass the enemy. With such a combat force deployed, Syracuse believed that they would definitely achieve results.

After all, the enemy was just a disorganized group called Kazdel, and there was nothing to fear.

The reason they are so confident in their judgment is that the Red Guards have not yet questioned or protested.

Those gang members sent out earlier must have disappeared and been captured by the Red Guards. The other side couldn't possibly be unaware of the actions in Syracuse. Although they certainly wouldn't admit it, the fact that they haven't reacted so far can only mean one thing—the Red Guards are afraid.

Wait a minute, when you were being dealt with in Ursus territory on the northern front, how ruthless were the Red Guards? Have you forgotten?

No, not really. But think about it, the Red Guards went from Ursus to Kazdel, which is an expedition, right? They were unfamiliar with the area, were outsiders, and had carried out a bloody reign over Kazdel (to outsiders, the nobles and merchants who were hung on lampposts are evidence of the Red Guards' bloody rule). Of course, all sorts of problems were bound to arise.

In the eyes of the rulers of Syracuse, the Red Guards in Kazdel were certainly not yet firmly established, and various forms of resistance were emerging one after another. Even if they could not obtain any reliable intelligence from Kazdel at the moment, they could still imagine the Red Guards being exhausted and on the run in Kazdel.

Haha, serves you right. Kazdel is full of troublemakers. You're stuck in a quagmire and can't get out.

It is precisely because of internal instability that the Red Guards, even though they know that it is Syracuse that is causing trouble, dare not directly and openly protest, which is a fact that shows their weakness.

You offended those local nobles. Only nobles and gangsters can properly manage those unruly people who refuse to pay the 80% tax rate. You wiped them all out, and look at Kazdel, it's in chaos now, serves you right!

The above is Syracuse's own interpretation, but the truth is...

Liu Jiuli: "This is a rare live target for training. Let's take our new recruits up there for some practice."

Now they've even brought their newly completed experimental ships over for actual combat, truly making the best use of them.

Therefore, ignorance is bliss.

"You bunch of fools, can't you smell the blood in the air?"

The mercenary captain turned around and saw a Lupo girl with long white hair smiling at him.

"Lappland, don't forget your promise."

"Yes, yes, I won't act rashly, Captain."

The Fengti tribe captain frowned. If it weren't for the fact that this young lady was indeed very strong in combat, he wouldn't want such a disobedient person in his team.

"I hope to keep my word."

“Of course, but Captain, I’ll say it again,” Lappland pointed to her nose, “there’s a bloody smell in the air, and it’s very fresh.”

"what?"

boom!

The massive explosion forced the convoy to brake abruptly. Not far from them, a dense barrage of bullets rained down on the earth, and with the terrifying aftershocks, something was rapidly disappearing.

"Captain, those people over there look like ours."

"It's the third squad."

The Fengti tribe captain, holding binoculars, gritted his teeth and looked into the distance. A car had just emerged from the smoke, and those inside were indeed his own people. But these lucky guys were quickly overwhelmed by the new barrage of bullets and never appeared again.

"Captain, what should we do?"

The Fengti tribe captain didn't reply, but turned around and ordered, "Mage, launch the drones!"

A small quadcopter drone quickly took off and, under the wizard's control, began to ascend to observe the surrounding situation. Then it spotted two landships ten kilometers away.

"Damn it! Land-based warships! The Red Guards have land-based warships!"

The Fengti tribe captain wished he could kill and rape the guy who gave him the intelligence. Before the operation, he said the enemy was nothing to fear and that all they needed to do was harass. Now the enemy had brought out a landship. You're telling me this is harassment? You try harassing a landship with your own flesh and blood!

"retreat!"

The Fengti tribe captain decisively chose to run away. In the mercenary business, doing something that is impossible is not called bravery, but suicide. Unless you are fighting for your own life, in this situation, self-preservation is the top priority.

At that moment, Lappland walked over and said, "Hey, you don't think you haven't been exposed, do you? Do you think you can outrun a cannonball?"

"Shut up! If you want to wait to die, then stand here. Everyone, get on the bus!"

Lappland shrugged, and then actually didn't get on the car, standing there looking in the direction of the landship.

"Captain, she (Lappland) is really not coming up."

"That crazy woman is asking for it, so let's grant her wish! Speed ​​up, split up and run!"

The convoy turned and attacked from behind, while Lappland smiled and looked up at the sky.

"What a bunch of adorable fools."

In the sky, three armed helicopters were rapidly approaching. The mercenaries' idea of ​​splitting up and running away was correct; using the main guns of the land-based ships to deal with them was clearly not worth the effort. But what if the enemy could fly?

In addition to these three armed helicopters, there were also an equal number of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the sky. Lappland's keen observation skills allowed her to spot these little cuties hovering above the convoy early on.

From the moment they approached the area, they had already been detected. The drones' observation range was much farther than Rupert's eyes, so when Lappland saw these drones, she knew that they had been monitored for a long time, and that the other party was either preparing to devour them or on its way to devour them.

She just hadn't expected that the enemy's attack would involve both land-based ships and flying units.

So stop arguing and just accept reality.

So, Lappland smiled and raised his hands toward the approaching armed helicopter.