Chapter Forty: The Land of Etiquette, Bang Bang Bang!
The path of the Great Way is simple.
Sometimes, the simplest and most inconspicuous things can truly change certain situations.
Just like the allocation of the 'Bobcat All-Terrain Assault Vehicle' and the 'Falcon Rotorcraft' to the Hewei Beach border defense post, life and work here have undergone a tremendous transformation.
In the past, the long patrol route of over a hundred kilometers felt endless and arduous.
On ordinary days, making a round trip along that patrol route would take a whole day at the very least.
If a sudden snowstorm hit, getting stuck and having to survive in the wild for several days was common.
After all, the snow could reach waist-deep, making it difficult to walk, let alone navigate through the snow.
But now, things are different.
Everything has changed.
The Bobcat All-Terrain Assault Vehicle, replacing the military horses, glides over the rugged patrol route as if it were flat ground.
In fact, it has even opened up new, safer patrol routes.
With a cargo capacity of up to one ton, there’s no need to worry even in the wild during stormy weather.
A complete array of supplies and equipment allows the border soldiers to live much less harshly in the wild.
If the weather is good,
the border soldiers at the post can even use the Falcon Rotorcraft, which, after simple training, allows them to fly, making the patrol route of over a hundred kilometers feel like a leisurely aerial journey.
The soldiers at Hewei Beach have no idea which military research institute or which brilliant mind developed these two new pieces of equipment.
But they are genuinely grateful.
At a loss for words, they even jointly wrote a letter of thanks to send back up the chain.
Compared to the improvement in patrol conditions,
the most significant change brought by these two new pieces of equipment is the enhancement of the border defense strength at the post.
Because the post is adjacent to A3, the shamelessness of A3 has always been a source of trouble for the Hewei Beach post.
Perhaps the initial invasion war was forcibly turned into a 'capital defense war.'
The people of A3 are unwilling to accept this.
But A3 is quite an interesting country.
Just like in later years when they often say that the 'Magic City' of the Eastern Great Power is thirty years behind A3's most advanced city, 'Mengmai.'
Their self-deception is world-class.
So, even though they know they can't win, they still have to sneakily 'act cheap' from time to time.
Whenever a political event occurs in A3, they act cheap.
If it's election day, they act even cheaper.
It's unclear whether the people of A3 learned from the pickled vegetable country to divert public attention and shift conflicts using border events,
or if they still harbor ambitions, always coveting a certain mysterious Eastern Great Power.
It's hard to tell; the thoughts of A3 are as complex as the waters of the Ganges.
Just like their history, which clearly lacks experience in resistance; even the end of the colonial era was due to the British Empire's father not wanting them anymore.
Yet they insist on learning combat experience from being beaten.
Even on later international Q&A websites, there are people from A3 asking, "Why did the Eastern Great Power defeat us but not want to colonize us?"
This shows how inscrutable the thoughts of A3 are.
Just like on the border line of the Hewei Beach post, the most frequent cheap acts by A3 are when they run around before the border soldiers arrive for patrol.
They want to use the so-called 'regular patrols' to turn this place into a fait accompli.
"Hey, I’m coming in."
"Hey, I’m going out again."
"If you have the guts, come at me!"
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It is said that movies and novels are adapted from reality.
But the border soldiers at Hewei Beach are experiencing firsthand what it means for art to come from reality.
Scenes from classic films by Zhou Xingchi have been perfectly replicated by A3.
If this scene had happened in the past, the border soldiers at Hewei Beach would have felt a sense of helplessness, like punching cotton.
Because of the long and distant patrol routes, it was hard for them to catch A3 in the act, and they could never arrive at the scene in time.
But now.....
"Squad Leader Ding, they’re coming in again!"
"Descend! Turn on the camera and record it!"
As the Falcon Rotorcraft hovered in the sky, it slowly descended.
Two Bobcat All-Terrain Assault Vehicles rushed toward them.
Suddenly, the A3 people running wild in the valley froze.
They didn’t expect the border soldiers of the Eastern Great Power to arrive so promptly and fortuitously!
In the moment of eye contact, the A3 people felt nothing but embarrassment.
It was like when a child steals money from home, buys a toy, and then gets caught by their parents.
The A3 people, feeling guilty, wanted to approach for a chat.
But they were scolded back by the precise Eastern language.
"Shut your damn mouth, get lost!"
Although they couldn’t understand the Eastern language, the strong tone conveyed ill intentions to the A3 people.
This made them, already feeling guilty, retreat repeatedly.
One leg even stepped over the border line.
"No way, we can’t let them get away with this!"
"Let’s find a way to deal with them, whatever we can get!"
As the two Bobcat All-Terrain Assault Vehicles arrived, Xiao Ding said sternly.
Dammit, I joined the army for this! After two years of hardship, I finally caught this opportunity!
"Alright!"
Thus, as a hand of 'friendship' reached out.
The A3 people thought the Eastern Great Power was easy to talk to, but it turned out to be just a scare tactic, and they were about to get themselves into trouble.
In the next moment,
"Do you really think I was a model student before joining the army?"
"You! Stepped on! My! Vegetable patch!"
"Land of Etiquette! Bang Bang Bang!....."
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The A3 person who was kicked down on the riverbank was stunned.
On the other side,
the newly enlisted soldier said, "Hehe, Squad Leader, he really believed it."
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