77: Brother Longguoqi analyzes the current situation online!

Long Country's internet.

"Damn, this must be the full-scale military exercise announced yesterday morning."

"How come it's still just practice and no real fighting?"

"Yeah, due to the war in Darwin, a large number of U.S. Military personnel and equipment have been urgently transferred from our side, which is precisely when their forces are stretched thin."

"I smoke every day just so there's an extra splash when the dumplings are dropped into the sea. Are you telling me it's not time yet? No way, this can't really just be an exercise, can it?"

"Alas, if we delay any longer, by daytime, the troops the United States withdrew from South Australia will be back. Are we not going to fight then? Even the U.S. Military is anxious for us—"

Suddenly, someone suggested, "Let's go, let's go see what Qi Ge says."

"Qi Ge is going to live stream all night tonight, analyzing the situation."

Qi Ge is a recently popular political commentator whose account is "Long Country Chess Master."

He has live streaming accounts on multiple platforms in the country.

So, everyone went to their familiar platforms to find Long Country Chess Master's live stream.

And tonight, the number of viewers in Qi Ge's live stream kept soaring, not stopping its growth even in the middle of the night.

Clearly, too many netizens were following the war.

When a netizen entered the live stream, Qi Ge was in a rage.

"Don't ask me anymore when the fighting will start, or why it hasn't started."

"I've been waiting for half the night too, and I haven't received any news. You ask me, who do I ask?"

Someone in the bullet chat asked Qi Ge to analyze the reasons if there was no fighting, and when it would start if there was.

Qi Ge then calmed down and analyzed, "If we were to fight, but aren't fighting now, there's only one possibility: now is not the right time... Don't ask about anything else. If you want to ask, look at my ID: 'Qi Ge'. Do you understand that a person is playing a big game of chess?"

"The true purpose of this Long Country military exercise, my speculation is only one sentence: to attract the U.S. Military to return to defense, which can alleviate the pressure on the Anti-War Army in Darwin in the South Pacific. Moreover, this tactic can continuously be effective."

Someone asked why it could continuously be effective, and Qi Ge explained, "You wouldn't want every time you transfer troops to the South Pacific to quell a rebellion, Long Country, this competitor, would conduct a large-scale military exercise in your rear, would you? So, at least the U.S. Military's forces in the West Pacific cannot be moved anymore, and they might even need to add more forces to the West Pacific later."

"Because from a strategic perspective, the West Pacific is more important to the United States than the South Pacific. Darwin is a minor problem, but the West Pacific is a major concern."

"In short, friends who have to work tomorrow can turn off the live stream and rest... I won't go offline. No matter what the final outcome, I will wait until dawn... Forget it, I'll also take a nap. Friends who know my phone number, if there's any new information, call me quickly to wake me up. I'm going to nap."

Qi Ge left the live stream camera, lay down, and fell asleep, while the netizens in the live stream continued to discuss for a while, and many also left.

However, many still did not plan to sleep, wanting to stay up until dawn, waiting for the latest news.

Also awake, like these netizens, were the high-ranking military officials of Long Country.

Defense Minister Dong Changjun had already received several calls from subordinates requesting instructions and had given a consistent reply:

"When to fight requires waiting for orders. No unauthorized action without a command!"

To be honest, if Dong Changjun didn't have enough intelligence, he wouldn't have been able to suppress the desire to seize the opportunity and act.

But they couldn't really fight.

Not long ago, he had received a message relayed by the young leader of the Anti-War Army through his dark chess piece (Wang Jinlu) far away in Darwin City.

Those few words from the other party deeply moved Dong Changjun.

"I'll also be frank, I am also a Long Country person."

"So I also sincerely hope that our motherland can achieve its aspirations as soon as possible."

"My motherland doesn't need to worry about me. I will do my best to counterattack the U.S. Military and keep as many forces as possible tied up in Darwin City."

Instantly, the image of a Long Country man, though young, with a broad strategic vision and a strong sense of patriotism, was etched into Dong Changjun's mind.

It was this spirit of willing self-sacrifice for the good of the nation that touched Dong Changjun.

It also prompted him to adhere to the previously formulated strategy: the exercise would only show a posture but not actually engage, aiming to attract as much of the U.S. Military's main force as possible back, and in the long run, conduct more exercises to make the U.S. Military station more forces in the West Pacific, thus having no mind to annihilate the Anti-War Army.

However, Dong Changjun, based on incomplete intelligence, learned that the U.S. Military was planning a major operation against Darwin City during their large-scale withdrawal.

It remained to be seen whether the Anti-War Army could withstand this crucial wave of attack.

If they could hold on, the South Pacific could form a two-headed snake situation with the motherland, making the United States jump back and forth, exhausted.

If they couldn't hold on and Darwin City fell, Long Country would also lose the opportunity to achieve its national aspirations at the lowest cost.

That would be a double loss.

No choice.

The situation is unpredictable, and sometimes one has to take a gamble.

Under such anxious psychological pressure, with only two or three hours left until midnight, Dong Changjun's confidential secretary, Xiao He, delivered the latest intelligence from Darwin City.

He read the content carefully, becoming more and more incredulous as he read.

"He did it, he really did it... and with such a great victory!"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Excellent—"

Dong Changjun burst into the longest, most unrestrained laughter he had since taking office as Defense Minister, leaving Xiao He bewildered.

"Chief, why are you laughing like that?"

Dong Changjun actually threw the document to him.

"See for yourself."

Xiao He was stunned. A highly classified document, and the Chief was letting him see it, which meant this secret would no longer be a secret.

So, Xiao He also read it in detail. His initial expression was similar to Dong Changjun's, but in the end, he didn't laugh but rather exclaimed in great surprise.

"The United States agreed to such an outrageous, no, even humiliating condition? How is that possible?!"

"How did that Anti-War Army manage it?"

Indeed.

How did they manage it.

Dong Changjun also couldn't figure it out no matter what.

But from this moment on, the image of the entire Anti-War Army, that young and mysterious leader, grew exceptionally tall in his mind.