Chapter 871 The Difference Between a Big Win or a Small Win (1/2)

On the west side of the Borneo Sea, the bridge of the cruiser "Harpoon".

A group of officers led by Li Minghui were standing in front of the control console, staring intently at the bright radar signal on the screen.

The legion's airship did not take any stealth measures, and in fact there was no need for them to do so.

After all, such a big target is floating in the sky. As long as it is not too far away or too blind, you don't even need radar. You can see it clearly with your eyes.

"Four airships... tsk tsk, what a generous move." Staring at the dancing circles of ripples on the screen, the adjutant standing next to Li Minghui couldn't help but twitch his lips.

The captain on the side also clenched his fists involuntarily and put his hands on the console.

"It's so deceptive. These guys drove right in our faces!"

"...It would be great if the Haiya is still here."

"How many times have you said this, my ears are almost calloused."

The cost of fishing out a sunken battleship and repairing it is no less expensive than building a new one.

At present, the South China Sea Alliance is unable to pay this high cost, and the representatives will not agree to this proposal that does not benefit its own citizens.

In fact, let alone the representative meeting, Li Minghui himself felt that there was no need to build another Haiya.

With the advent of the new era, that thing is destined to be eliminated.

Just like its target "steel airship".

"It doesn't matter."

Li Minghui lowered his arms across his chest, straightened the officer's hat on his head, and continued in a calm tone.

"...Since the academy said they will take action, let's leave it to them."

…

At the same time, another world.

[Battle report update: Great victory in Akale County! 】

[Offensive side: The 36th and 370,000 troops of the Southern Army, and the 7th Air Force of Sailsport. 】

[Strength participating in the battle: 24,000 combat personnel (excluding more than 5,000 clone soldiers). 】

[Combat equipment: One steel airship, 104 "Firebolt" self-propelled artillery, 88 "Conqueror" V tanks, 220 "Beast" wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, 45 "Greyhound" reconnaissance vehicles, armored transport vehicles There are a total of 500 military vehicles and supply cards. There are 20 "Dagger" propeller aircraft, two "Saber" jet fighters, and several exoskeletons and bulletproof armor. 】

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[Defenders: Death Corps, Burning Corps, Goblin Corps, Borneo's 3rd and 110,000 regiments, Golden Gallen Port 1st Infantry Division, Tigers Expeditionary Armored Regiment, Black Panther Expeditionary Armored Regiment, etc. 】

[Strength of participating troops: 47,000 combatants]

[Combat equipment: 120 "Chimera" armored vehicles, 99 "Conqueror 10" heavy tanks, 42 155mm artillery pieces, 20 88mm mortars, 5,000 exoskeletons and power armor, 3,000 transportation livestock , 4,100 bicycles and human-powered three-wheelers. Two "Thunder" fighter jets. 】

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[Battle result: Defender wins! 】

[The 360,000th unit of the Southern Army was completely wiped out! Captured 6,710 combatants! These included Captain Wulf, as well as seven captains of thousands and dozens of centurions.

The 370,000th team evacuated to the Lion State area! More than half of the armored force was lost, and the support team was severely damaged!

Seized were 52 self-propelled artillery pieces, 27 infantry fighting vehicles, nearly 300 transportation vehicles of various types, nearly 4,000 pieces of exoskeletons and unpowered bulletproof armor, 17,000 small arms, and millions of rounds of ammunition of various calibers!

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[Rating: S (Epic victory!)]

The "Wasteland OL" official website forum is as lively as ever today.

Since the launch of the new expansion pack "Southern Barbarian Invasion", battle reports of some important battles will be updated from time to time on the official website forum.

Although not all players have joined the ranks of volunteers, since several well-known regiments have participated in the battle, most players are still enthusiastic about the progress of the battle.

Even though most players have never even been to Borneo.

Quit smoking: "Brother Fang is awesome!!!"

Tails: "Oh oh oh! So powerful! (•̀∀•́)"

Fang Chang: "Don't do bad things... Well, let's stop pretending, my performance this time was really good. Of course, the main thing is that everyone played well. (Pushing glasses)"

Trash Picking Level 99: "6666!"

Forcing someone to do something difficult: "This is a perfect score. (Funny)"

To put it bluntly, this battle was indeed the most competent one they had fought in recent times.

It is also the most exciting one.

Although they had achieved some local victories before, they still could not change the legion's front line which was advancing unstoppably. The Borneo Army was completely beaten unilaterally.

However, this time it was different. Their friendly forces suddenly became frightened.

Although the opponent is indeed suspected of being careless and underestimating the enemy, it is also their ability to seize the opportunity and maximize it.

But that being said, although Fang Chang didn't pretend to be cool in his words, this guy was all pretending in his actions, which aroused the dissatisfaction of all the good brothers.

The edge of the water: "Gan! We are the main force, okay!"

Debt-eyed: "MMP! It's too much! We are the ones fighting the tough battles, and we are all forced to let you pretend! (angry)"

Ye Shi: "You didn't force us to just pretend. We captured a captain of the 360,000th team, collected 52 self-propelled artillery, and disabled the support team of the 370,000th team... …It’s okay, it’s okay (funny)”

Debt-eyed: “x-on:#%!”

Kuangfeng: "You are a bit of a bully because of your stupidity. (Squints)"

Mole on the run in the canyon: "Something's wrong. Why do I feel like your Burning Corps has been secretly taking advantage of me behind my back? You still want to be the MVP this time! I have a conscience!"

Elf King Fugui: "That's right! I'm so jealous this time, it's too much!"

Irena: "Manual funny."

Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "Let's fight!! (Excited)"

Because there were so many voices of condemnation, Fang Chang probably felt that he was wronged, so he dived into the water without saying a word.

Only Ye Shi was more energetic. He fought with other scholars and argued with dozens of people for hundreds of floors in order to compete for the MVP.

As for the cloud players, they were watching the show on the sidelines, occasionally interjecting a few words, and causing trouble from left to right.

Fortunately, Dog Planning enforces the law impartially and cannot just listen to anyone just because they have a loud voice.

After the battle scores were settled, Death Corps won the MVP of the entire battle with a slight advantage.

After all, they wiped out a division. Although the commander of the division opposite was captured by the Burning Corps, objectively speaking, this head was more like a pick-up.

As for the other division, it is mainly due to the NPC troops.

Lao Bai and Fang Chang had no objections to this result.

Rather, they wanted to give other regiments some opportunities, lest all the benefits go to their own side, which would cause too much hatred and a group of people shouting "cut them off".

As the top 0 corps in the entire server, the ace among the alliance's aces, they originally didn't care about the scores in one or two battles.

Especially Fang Chang himself.

He can get more from victory in the entire war than from victory and rewards in one or two local battles.

Not only him, but also the shareholders of Baiyue Company, as well as other professional players who indirectly benefited from it.

The conversation quickly shifted from the victory or defeat of a battle to what happened after the victory of the entire war.

It was a province with a population of hundreds of millions.

And it is foreseeable that with the end of the war, there is a high probability that there will be a baby boom like the River Valley Province, and the population will usher in another round of explosive growth.

These people need food, clothing, housing, education, hospitals, transportation and supporting infrastructure, etc.

And they have more than just needs. If they meet these needs, they will create wealth that far exceeds the needs themselves.

In particular, the local people are hardworking enough and have good credit conditions. As long as they have the idea of ​​​​struggle, there will definitely be banks willing to lend them a sum of money to help them tide over the difficulties and share the profits when the cake becomes bigger.

An ancient feudal empire will move towards a new era.

They don't even need to rely on external opportunities like the Mammoth Kingdom, because they themselves are the biggest opportunity in the entire wasteland, not even inferior to the space elevator under construction.

The latter are torches burning in heaven, and they will be lights on earth.

Seizing these opportunities is also easy.

Absek doesn't even need to be smart, he just needs to be a normal person.

Watching Elder Brother Fang talk about agriculture, infrastructure, and then immigration to space, some players and cloud players watched with fascination, as if they were really planning to draw a cake.

However, some people rationally expressed doubts.

Thunder Dharma King Professor Yang: "I don't have to pour cold water on you, but I always feel that your idea is too smooth."

Fang Chang: "Actually, don't tell me that you think so. I have thought so myself more than once, but we can't judge the development of objective things based on intuition."

When they needed a strong leader to unite the disparate Borneo people, they almost immediately got a Lasi.

Lacy's approach was too tough. He had the ability to fight, but lacked the skills of a politician, so they quickly got a balanced player like Absek.

From this perspective, they did go a bit too smoothly.

However, sometimes he couldn't help but think that this might not be the choice of the Borneo people themselves.

There is such a force within them.

Although this force is not powerful, it will emerge when the time is right.

However, as before, Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning, still has a different view this time.

"It's not because of intuition, but I feel that there is nothing wrong with the legion's idea of ​​turning livestock into goods. It's just that their internal differences are too great, and this time they happened to break through the critical point of mutual checks and balances, so they got lost."

"You want to turn animals into humans directly and skip the intermediate steps. I think the difficulty is no less than turning stone into gold. Haha, of course, I'm just a cloud, so I can just say a few random words. Maybe there are miracles in the game. Not sure. (Funny)"

Fang Chang: "Tsk, you are quite annoying sometimes. Can you dream a little bit? (Squints)"

Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning: "I am a realist and a pragmatist. In my opinion, stocks that cannot be shorted cannot continue to rise for a long time, so you must get off the car before it collapses. You are in finance and you should understand what I mean. ”

"Even if you get a shadowless lamp out, no matter how many good people you get for them, it can't solve the shadow hidden inside. They are themselves. People have their own limitations. This is their limitation, and it is also your limitation."

After throwing away these ambiguous words, Professor Yang, who had finished pretending to be cool, just like the Ye Ao brothers, dived and disappeared.

As usual, everyone didn't pay much attention.

After all, this was not the first time this guy farted, and he had never done it right before.

As for Fang Chang, although he thought about it for a while, he didn't take it too seriously in the end.

In fact, he knew what Professor Yang said, but that was not important.

This war will determine not only the fate of the Borneo people, but also the fate of the Wilant people.

If the Army of the South was defeated, its disintegration would be almost inevitable.

After all, they had actually wanted to separate their families for a long time. The Eastern Army might have wanted the Southern Army to be defeated, but they were unable to do so in person due to internal checks and balances.

By that time, a wave of liberation movements will inevitably occur in the colonies of the Southern Legion.

The suppressed native forces would be unleashed as the Confederate Army was weakened.

But this is not necessarily a good thing for the Valantians.

As long as they liquidate themselves thoroughly enough and objectively understand the duality in their own history and that of others, they will also have a chance to enter a new era.

It is precisely because of this that even if, as Professor Yang said, the Alliance cannot get all the Borneo people on board the ship bound for the New World, it can at least get some of the Weirant people on the ship.

This is not a loss either.

In other words, their efforts will never be in vain.

As long as they can win.

In the end, it’s just the difference between a big win or a small win…

…

Ever since the legion occupied Shizhou with overwhelming force, people in Tiandu City were in panic.

Especially after hearing about the tragic situation in Lion City, the residents in the city were even more insecure, worried that the fire would fall on them.

But worry is worry, and there is no point in being afraid of some things. What is supposed to come will still come, and life must still go on as usual.

And if you think about it carefully, there is actually nothing to be afraid of. Although a big committee member was scared away, the commander-in-chief hasn't run away yet, and they don't seem to have anything to fear.

And at this precarious stall, two happy things suddenly happened.

One thing is the great victory in Akale County, and the other thing is the opening of the big exam.

Especially the latter.

For most ordinary survivors, that is an opportunity to change the fate of their family.

In a sense, the result of this big test even attracted more attention from the locals than the victory in Akale County.

The streets of Tiandu City.

The newsboy selling newspapers ran through the streets, shouting as he ran.

"Big news, big news!! A great victory in Akale County! The results of the Tianducheng exam are now open!"

When people heard the shouting, they gathered around and several people pooled their money to buy one.

The new version of "Survivor Daily" in Tianducheng is actually not expensive, and they can't afford it if they live in the city.

It's just that the exam has been completed, and they really don't want to spend more money on "useless" things.

The newsboy was a local and was used to this. He knew that a circle of people could sell at most one paper, so he quickly ran to the next street.

There are a lot of people here anyway, so as long as his legs and feet are fast enough, he can sell some.

"Hey! My son is not on the list!"

"If it's a loss or a loss, I'll say that boy's life is farming and he spent so much money in vain."

"You can't buy blindly. What's the use of buying those old newspapers? You have to buy some useful books!"

"But... what is a useful book?"

"Commissioner Cabaha who asked this question used to work in the Royal Printing Plant, which is now the Tiandu No. 1 Printing Plant. What kind of books does the old man like to read? Wouldn't you ask the employees there?"

"Oh, I wish I knew two days earlier. Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"I also heard what my neighbor said...that guy is very bad, and he does it secretly."

"Then his son passed the exam?"

"A bad guy who got into the exam deserves to be on the exam? I said his son will definitely not be able to pass the exam!"

A group of people chatted for a while, and found that no one was on the list. They felt heartbroken and felt comforted at the same time.

At least it's not just my own children who failed the list, but also the children of my neighbors.

Soon rumors spread that this exam has nothing to do with civilians. The quotas have been decided. Some of the children of military officers will be allocated, and some of the children of educated people will be allocated. Those who can be allocated to civilians will Not much left.

This is actually true or false.

Commissioner Cabaha did indeed act fairly enough. Not only did he conscientiously set up a question writing committee and a paper correction committee, he also established a "double-blind" rule and required no one to leave the suspended building before the test results were out. of heaven.

No one is allowed to write or correct the papers.

In this case, it is almost impossible to engage in favoritism and fraud, and there is no chance to even stuff money.

As for bribing Commissioner Kabah himself, there was no need to think about it. He was willing to go all out and even Abu Saik pointed his nose at him and scolded him. It would be better to go directly to Abu Saik to find him.

However, even if Cabaha did ten thousand things to ensure fairness, it could not overcome the mess left by the old empire. Educational resources themselves were unequal.

There are only a few people who are literate and numeral in the entire Tiandu City. They are either old nobles and former servants, or some wealthy businessmen doing business or accountants in accounting rooms, etc.

Their sons were educated.

Even though Renlianyu is easy to learn and arithmetic isn't too difficult, it still can't keep them from starting one rank higher.

Not to mention that the sons of civilians couldn't beat them, even the sons of the bosses and roughnecks in the army couldn't beat them.

After all, even Absek himself was once a "grey wolf" working on the dock, not to mention the other officers, some of whom were farmers and some of whom were carpenters, and had never touched a book.

But even so, there are still some civilian children selected.

Especially in the selection of preparatory courses, the proportion of children from civilian families selected is much higher than that of undergraduates who are required to be over 16 years old.

These children are real geniuses, just like little fish who are born with sensitivity to numbers.

They have extremely keen intuition about words and numbers. It may take them only a few minutes to figure out a problem that others take hours to think about, and they can even draw inferences in areas of interest.

With a little training, they can easily become great or even powerful in a certain field.

This is also the advantage of having more people.

There are only about a hundred households in Beit Street, and even with the help of the shelter, only one little fish was born.

However, in Tiandu City, which has a population of millions, the number of talents is also exponential.

Maybe Absek himself doesn't know what a huge gold mine is sitting under his butt.

And this gold mine is what Fang Chang covets the most.

The legion treats them as iron ores and mines them, which is a waste of resources!

Of course, it is too early to talk about these distant things at this moment, and the locals are still immersed in the most primitive happiness for the time being.

After all, as long as you pass the exam, you can change your destiny. This kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing doesn't happen often.

Occasionally, there were one or two exclamations in the street, and some people even fainted in surprise, causing a commotion among others.

"Hahaha! I won! My little son won!" An old man in a short shirt flushed with excitement. He has a little son at this age, and there are four or five people in the family at least.

And the fact is that his name is Luo Zi, he is a neighbor who lives nearby, his eldest son is thirty-five or six years old and has already married, and his youngest son is only twelve years old, just old enough to enroll in preparatory school.

When he signed up his younger son, he didn't have high hopes, but he didn't expect to pass the exam.

The sacred cow that carries the sun has really appeared!

Everyone around him was filled with envy and jealousy, but no matter what they thought in their hearts, they had to praise him with their mouths.

"Congratulations, old man, your son will be the commander-in-chief from now on!"

"Hey! When will my family be so lucky?"

A man who was also wearing a short shirt sighed, only hating that his son was not living up to expectations.

This was originally a mutter of self-pity, but it happened to be heard by others, and it immediately aroused ridicule.

"Just you? After all, Mr. Luozi lives in Tiandu, and his ancestors were also wealthy people. You are worthy of eating royal food!"

The man's face immediately turned red when he heard this, and he reached out to grab the man's collar.

"You! Why don't I deserve it!"

The man who was grabbed by the collar also blushed, feeling that he had lost face in front of others, and immediately pushed him back.

"How dare you dare to fight me?! You don't know how to live or die!"

"I'm x-on:#%!"

The exchange of words turned into fistfights, and the two neighbors got into a fight over the trivial matter of whether they were worthy or not.

The ruthless attack seemed to have vented all the resentment of his son's failure to pass the exam.

Seeing this, others pulled them away one after another, and the excited old man also took action.

"Hey, what are you doing! Let go immediately! Do you still have the law in your eyes?"

There is nothing wrong with this righteous statement, but it is the person who refutes it who has the problem.

However, the protagonist's tone of commanding his servants seemed to have skipped many steps and was already sitting in the master's chair.

The people around him didn't think anything was wrong, but instead clapped their hands and praised him.

As the saying goes, a tiger-like father cannot give birth to a dog-like son. Old Roots is so upright, and little Roots must be an upright official when he grows up.

The two guys who were fighting fiercely didn't dare to say anything anymore. After all, the master still had to give him face.

At this time, a man wearing long sleeves squeezed into the crowd, complimented Old Roz with a smile on his face for a while, and then spoke impatiently.

"Old man, how old is your son? Is he married? How many have you married -"

Before the guy could finish what he said, the old man pushed him away with a look of disgust.

"Go away! Even if my son wants to marry, he must marry a scholar. Who do you think you are!"

If the situation were different, he might have agreed. After all, the person in front of him seemed to have a high status. Even if he arranged a baby kiss, his son would not suffer.

However, the neighbors around him praised him too highly, and he unknowingly regarded himself as a person.

The others didn't think it was inappropriate when they heard it, but they all cheered and agreed, praising the old man for his vision and that he must not rush his youngest son's marriage.

The man wearing long sleeves turned blue and white, but in the end he didn't say anything. He gave the crazy mud-legged people a hard look and then walked away.

Similar farces were staged throughout Tiandu City, adding a bit of joy to the serious atmosphere.

Looking at the noisy group of guys, little Gale's face was full of disdain.

Isn't it just an exam?

Look how excited these guys are.

His father was Captain Pikli, a subordinate of the "Tiger King" Duwata.

Although Duwata's power is not as powerful as that of Commander Abu Saik, he is still considered a big shot in Tiandu.

As for that Kabah, he was just a "committee". To put it bluntly, he was a dog raised by Absak, and he was also a disobedient dog.

It was precisely because of this that he didn't pay attention to the so-called big exam at all.

So what if you fail the exam?

Even if he fails the exam, he can still be a captain of ten thousand men in the future!

Not only was there disdain on his face, but so were the young followers beside him, their eyes filled with disdain.

"...a group of low-class people, look at how excited they are."

"that is!"

"It's just that I got a higher score in the exam, can I really change my life with that thing?"

"By the way, Brother Gale seems to have also taken that exam?"

Seeing that the topic suddenly came to him, Gale responded calmly.

"Well, my dad signed up for me and insisted that I take that exam, so I went."

The surrounding followers looked at each other.

In fact, they also went, and they were all forced to go by their father, saying that they wanted to have another road.

After all, their father was just a captain, and he really didn't have the ability to guarantee that they would be able to become captains in the future.

But they didn't expect that the captain's son would actually have to take the big exam.

"So...how do you feel about that topic?" One of the followers couldn't help but ask.

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by another boy who was eager to flatter him.

"Then there's no need to ask! For us, Brother Gale, that kind of question is not a trivial matter!"

"that is!"

The other younger brothers also responded one after another, and they were not shy about flattery and flattery, which made Gale feel very happy with the praise.

In fact, to be honest, the exam questions are still somewhat difficult.

Even if the teacher hired by his father trained him for a week, he still couldn't answer several questions, so he could only scribble some answers and submit the paper.

However, after being praised by everyone for a while, he was a bit stuck at the moment.

This guy has to pretend even if he doesn't pretend, otherwise how can he, the "queen of generals", still hang out on this street in the future?

"...It's just average, it's not very difficult. Anyway, I've filled up the paper."

For the sake of his father's face and his own, he replied vaguely.

And as soon as he said these words, he, who was still a little unsure at first, became more confident in his heart.

Think about it too.

After all, his father is Duwata's confidant! Someone who even Commander Abu Saik has to win over!

How dare a mere education committee member let him fail the exam!

When the boys around heard that their boss had actually filled up such a difficult paper, they all exclaimed with admiration on their faces. They all shouted to buy a newspaper to see where the boss's name ranked in the top 200. Which one is the undergraduate student?

Gale was also curious about where he would be ranked, and even counted several competitive guys silently in his mind.

Abu Saik was a bachelor and had no descendants.

Commissar Duwata's youngest son must be on top. I remember he was seventeen years old.

Also, Commissar Nigli’s nephew seems to be eighteen years old, and his second wife’s wife is only twelve years old. Even if she has to take the exam, she is a preparatory course, which is not the same as the undergraduate exam...

After all the math, I will definitely be in the top ten.

Already having an idea in his mind, Gale proudly directed a few of his younger brothers to stop a newsboy. He then generously took out a hundred-dollar Borneo note and slapped it into the hand of the frightened boy.

"No need to look for it, I'll reward you with it."

Although he didn't know what was wrong with these guys, he was just a newsboy and he didn't dare to offend these guys.

Although there used to be a group of old aristocrats in Tiandu who looked down upon human life, those adults still cared about their face and never beat people themselves, nor did they have contact with the poor.

But this group of guys is different. Their fathers are all members of King Janusz, and they don't care about being shameless. They always beat people by themselves, and they are always fatal.

"Thank you, thank you!"

After nodding and bowing his thanks, the newsboy collected the money and hurriedly fled to the street next door, not daring to stay for a moment longer.

Gale, who was in a good mood, was not as knowledgeable as him, and shook the newspaper in his hand with dignity.

However, when he turned to the page of the college entrance examination admission list, he was stunned.

His name isn't on it.

Not only was his name missing, but the youngest son of "Tiger King" Duwata and the youngest nephew of "Leopard King" Nigli were also missing. They were all names he had never heard of...

Gale's face gradually turned red, then turned livid, like an enraged bull.

How dare this old immortal thing!

The younger brothers who had been heckled earlier also shut their mouths and looked at their elder brother with fear. No one dared to say a word.

They are all sensible children, and they are afraid that they will cheat their father and make themselves orphans.

After a while, Gale took a deep breath and suddenly calmed down.

The list was posted in the newspaper and everyone in the city saw it. It was useless even if he was angry. Changing it would not change anything.

This old guy is so cruel!

Offend everyone you can offend at once!

Pouring his lips in disdain, Gale crumpled the newspaper in his hand into a ball and threw it hard on the street.

"...It's really hard to test this crap."

Seeing that the boss finally spoke to "finalize" this big exam, the younger brothers around him breathed a sigh of relief.

If the boss doesn't speak, it's hard for them to scold him. They're afraid that if they express freely and fail to perform well, it would be better not to flatter him if he slaps him on the leg.

However, within two seconds of their relief, their faces turned into bitter gourds.

The only test...

Doesn’t that mean that everyone who takes the exam is a bad person?

Ah this...

Should I scold or not?

"What the elder brother said is..."

"Ahem, the boss is in charge!"

"Indeed...that thing is just something that low-class people ponder...in short, it's nothing special."

Some people echoed vaguely, and some people tried to add some awkward patches to this statement, but no one dared to point out the problems with this statement itself.

Gale didn't care, and didn't take the flattery to heart at all, he just sneered.

Just wait and see.

He was not the only one who lost face, but everyone. If this list had not been published in the newspaper, there would still be room for redemption. If it had been published, it would be a complete loss of face.

This is a big deal!