Eleven, watching Asian Games and chatting

  After the shooting, the military training team began to form a square team and prepare for the final report of the military training results - the military parade. The first and second companies' female students formed a square team together. However, the selection of the two leaders made Officer Ji hesitant. There were two groups of candidates: one was Lin Fanghua and Tao Jianping from Class 9 of Military Training, whose formation movements were the best, but they had shortcomings - both were not tall, only about 1.6 meters, and were from the same company and class, lacking representativeness. The other group consisted of Zhuoma, a Tibetan girl from Class 10, and Jiang Lu from Company 2, who had advantages - both were over 1.7 meters tall and very beautiful, but their movements were slightly inferior, just above average among all female students. However, these two girls had dance backgrounds, so with intensified training, they should still be able to improve.

  To let Captain Ji choose for himself, he prefers the Lin Tao combination. Although these two girls are not particularly beautiful, they have been training very hard and their grades are excellent, especially their team movements are the most standard and standardized. Moreover, Lin Fanghua's movements and eyes reveal a calm and steady, unyielding military temperament, and her commands are extremely regular and loud, unlike other girls who are a bit coquettish and girly.

  But the school representative, Mr. Guo, privately observed the training situation of the two groups of candidates and still chose the latter group. Captain Ji understood her reason, after all, the latter group was more representative in terms of ethnic composition and class combination, not to mention that their appearance added a lot of points. As for what should have been the most important team action, it didn't seem particularly important to outsiders.

  The instructor can only respect the school's opinion, after all, this parade is to be reported and performed at the school celebration. In fact, things are often like this, beautiful girls always get more opportunities! In the military training team, although Lin Fanghua also gained some fame due to her performance in the lineup and playing with guns, most of the boys and instructors were impressed by those pretty-faced, slender, and charming girls!

  However, Lin Fanghua was unaware of the details of what these leaders had privately discussed and decided. She did not know that she had just missed meeting the leader of the most eye-catching female soldier squad! However, even if she knew, there would be no great regret. Because with her twenty years of life experience, she deeply understood that many things in life are not as desired or perfect! Such vanity that attracts attention is just fleeting clouds!

  At this time, she was crowded in the cafeteria with other students, watching the live broadcast on TV. This was the afternoon of September 22nd, 1990, when China hosted its first major international sporting event - the Beijing Asian Games officially opened.

  Although I knew this event would be very successful, after all, the past time was long and memories had already faded. Looking at the grand opening ceremony of the mass gymnastics performance, Lin Fanghua still thought it was quite interesting. She couldn't help but think of the more luxurious and magnificent Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony 20 years later. Although the economic strength at that time could not be compared with the future, the enthusiasm of the people across the country was no less than in 2008. For example, everyone would sing the promotional song for the Asian Games "Asian Hero", and many primary and secondary school students across the country had donated their pocket money to the Asian Games. Lin Fanghua also remembered that she had donated 50 yuan two years ago. This was indeed a grand event held with the efforts of the whole nation! On the contrary, the subsequent Olympic Games did not see such large-scale donations from top to bottom across the country. However, this is precisely a manifestation of China's growing national strength.

  During the long parade of athletes, the camera panned to the VIP stand where General Vo Nguyen Giap was sitting, representing the Vietnamese government. The students around me couldn't help but make a disapproving noise when they heard the announcer introduce the old general's identity. The deputy platoon leader stood up and asked everyone to be quiet. Most of my classmates had heard "Goodbye Mother" in their childhood, watched "The Flower Wreath at the Foot of the Mountain" and "Triumphant Return at Midnight", and sang "Blood-stained Glory" and "Fifteen Moons". They didn't have a good impression of Vietnam, a country that forgot its gratitude. However, in high school politics class, we also learned that peace and development are the themes of today's world. After all, the sound of gunfire in the southern border had long since faded away, so the students didn't think much about it and continued to watch the live broadcast of the opening ceremony.

  Lin Fanghua, however, couldn't help but think of the international situation in the future when she saw Vietnamese people. More than a month ago, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and the US initiated sanctions against it at the United Nations; it seemed that the Gulf War would break out around January next year. Of course, there was another big event next year, which was the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. But from then on, the US, having lost its opponent, gradually became arrogant and took China, the only socialist great power, as its number one enemy, blockading, attacking, and infiltrating it from all sides. China has always "endured humiliation" and persevered in its own reform and revival path with difficulty. Thinking of the current Western sanctions and blockade against China, thinking of the failure of the first Olympic bid, thinking of the subsequent Taiwan Strait crisis, thinking of the "accidental bombing" of the embassy in Yugoslavia, thinking of the South China Sea collision incident, thinking of Obama's words "If Chinese people live a life similar to that of Americans and Australians, it will be a tragedy and disaster for humanity"... Thinking of these hardships and tests that the Chinese nation must face on its path to revival, Lin Fanghua's heart became heavy. Looking at the TV screen with songs and dances rising in unison, she couldn't help but feel a bit suffocated, but looking at the young and enthusiastic faces of her classmates around her, she felt that the depression in her heart had no way to be vented. Who would believe one's own experiences and things one knows? Reincarnators who know too much about future events may not necessarily have good fortune. These things will become a burden on one's mind, an unspeakable depression that cannot be expressed, and make people feel isolated in the midst of a crowd without realizing it.

  Lin Fanghua quietly left the cafeteria and slowly walked towards the girls' dormitory. As she passed by the boys' dormitory, she saw Jiang's room with the door open, and Jiang was sitting on a small stool in the middle of the room, surrounded by a pile of things, busily doing something. She couldn't help but feel curious and walk over, and as she got closer, she saw that there were a bunch of bullet shells scattered in front of Jiang, who was holding a bottle of glue and applying it to a half-finished tank made out of bullets. It turned out that he was making a military-themed souvenir using the bullet casings from their last shooting practice.

  Jiang Pai Zhang raised his head and found it was Xiao Lin, who also looked a bit strange: "Xiao Lin, why aren't you watching the Asian Games?"

  Fang Hua slightly shrugged her shoulders: "The athletes' entrance is too boring! Rank long, you're a tank, really beautiful!"

  Jiang Tao handed over a picture with a smile: "It's this one, Type 79 main battle tank, also known as Type 69-3 tank, with a thermal sleeve on the 105mm rifled gun, and equipped with a low-light night sight..."

  "Hehe, really likes tank troops?" Fang Hua secretly stuck out her tongue: hurry up and stop it, what does a girl like me know about this stuff?!

  "Yes, I've heard of Germany's Blitzkrieg during World War II! Didn't they rely on tank mechanized troops to achieve it? Have you seen the Soviet Patriotic War movies? Those massive army gatherings and battles, with over a thousand tanks advancing across the plains, what an imposing sight!"

  "A single push on the front line can decide the outcome of a thousand miles!" Lin Fanghua couldn't help but recall a famous line from "Soldiers Sortie".

  "Ah, this phrase is accurate! No wonder you're a university student, your language skills are indeed high!" He sighed again: "I joined the army and came to the infantry battalion, and when I took the military academy exam, I only studied infantry command! Actually, I've always liked tanks since I was young. But, being an infantry big brother isn't bad either!"

  "Form up in a line! Later on, the troops will still need to make adjustments. Who knows, you might even become armored infantry, that's pretty intimidating too!"

  Jiang Tao was impressed: "You're a girl, and you really know a lot about the troops! That's right, our army is going to start mechanized construction, and we will indeed form a mechanized infantry brigade. Keep it confidential!"

  "Hehe, I promise not to say what shouldn't be said and not ask what shouldn't be asked. But honestly, it's really a secret, even if I wanted to tell my wife, I wouldn't dare!"

  "Well, as expected of a military-industrial complex kid, you still have a good sense of secrecy!"

  "Alright, stop being modest. You're also a graduate of a military academy and a university student, aren't you?"

  "That's different! How to put it, we're just soldiers, crawling and rolling around, wielding swords and guns all day, we're just rough men. You guys are the real cultured people!"

  Lin Fanghua frowned: "Paichang, you're wrong to say that! You should know that many scientific inventions were born out of war and first used in war, greatly changing the balance of power between the warring parties. Especially with modern warfare's high-tech role, it's even more significant. Not to mention the endless new weapons, ships, and aircraft, but also the forms of warfare, which will not only be on land, sea, and air, but also in space. It won't just be about guns, cannons, fire, and nuclear weapons, but also electromagnetic warfare, information warfare, network warfare, psychological warfare, and economic warfare. Moreover, command and control will move towards automation, digitization, and multi-service three-dimensional coordination. War will become the most rigorous and complex science that encompasses human technological achievements! How can a qualified modern soldier be just a rough person who only knows how to wield a knife and gun?"

  Jiang Tao looked at Lin Fanghua getting more and more agitated as she spoke, and couldn't help but feel secretly astonished.

  Lin Fanghua saw the long queue of eyes and also realized that she was a bit out of place, she smiled self-deprecatingly: "Sorry, I'm a bit out of my depth. You're a top student from Lu Institute, how could you not know these things?"

  "It's okay, you're right! Because nowadays in society there are always people who look down on us, saying we're poor soldiers, and even our low-ranking officers can't find a good match. So I just casually vented a bit earlier. However, I can tell that you would never look down on soldiers."

  "In a society where everyone is money-oriented, those who can still shout out the slogan 'I'd rather lose one billion and be happy' - who dares to look down on them, and who has the qualifications to look down on them?"

  Jiang Tao smiled and said: "Hehe, long live understanding! However, what you just said about network warfare, what digitalization, I don't understand?"

  Lin Fanghua thought for a moment, oh no, at this time the PLA's automation was relatively low, and computer-controlled weapon systems were rarely seen, let alone the internet which had not yet appeared. Besides, he only knew some military terms from watching TV shows and movies, what did he know?

  No choice, Lin Fanghua used her old trick again and told another lie: She saw some unfamiliar terms mentioned in a foreign science fiction novel whose name she couldn't recall, and explained their general meanings. Jiang Tao understood it as similar to "Star Wars" type of science fiction, didn't ask much, but was still very interested, and asked Lin Fanghua that if she saw the book or similar books again, could she help him get a copy.