It was supposed to be a casual game, but the Long March dungeon brought tears to everyone's eye

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Heroic Spirit Space, Madman, Old Squad Leader, Softie, and Eagle Eye stood in a row.

"Holy crap, this positioning is almost unfair!" Chinese viewers flooded the screen with comments.

"With the three-man team that successfully completed both the Long March and the War of Resistance against Japan, plus a veteran squad leader at his peak, wouldn't the Allied powers be under immense pressure?"

Kuang Ge glanced at the comments; the viewers in the live stream were really good at talking, which he really liked.

"Dad, the audience all say we have it in the bag this time."

"Steady my ass!" The old sergeant glared at Crazy Bro. "Once we're on the battlefield, you're all going to fight with one life on your hands!"

Crazy Brother immediately stopped smiling and answered seriously.

"yes!"

The squad leader raised his hand and pressed start, and the four players entered the game.

Kuang Ge closed his eyes and opened them again, only to feel a sudden emptiness beneath his feet.

Then a wave of heat, carrying the smell of sweat, hit my face, and all around me were voices.

The sun overhead was blazing, and the concrete platform beneath our feet felt so hot that even the soles of our shoes were burning.

Hey, a platform?!

Kuang Ge glanced around and saw rows of military vehicles parked beside the railway tracks.

The platform was filled with Red Army soldiers carrying their packs, their various accents creating a lively scene.

A system notification then appeared before the four members of the group.

"Current time: July 1950, Guangzhou Railway Station."

「当前归属：第40军120师360团3连3班，新兵。」

"New recruits?" Crazy Brother looked at those two words again, his expression strange.

They fought for a full ten years during the Long March and the War of Resistance against Japan.

As a result, when they entered the Korean War episode, that old scoundrel Luo stuffed them back into the recruit ranks.

Hawkeye's attention, however, was drawn to the number and the date.

"The 40th Army... fought all the way from the Northeast to Hainan Island, and had just finished the Hainan Island Campaign not long ago."

After the announcement, he checked some of the information that Luo Laozei had made public, and he was no stranger to this unit.

The timing of their intervention was three months before the Chinese People's Volunteer Army officially left the country.

Ruan Ruan listened to a few words of conversation around her, her gaze sweeping over the smiling faces.

"But why are they all talking about going home?"

Not far away, several soldiers were exchanging cigarettes.

A dark-skinned, thin soldier tucked a cigarette behind his ear and spoke of his wishes with a face full of longing.

"If I can return to my post in Henan during this trip north, I'll ask for two days off to go back to the village and visit."

"After the land is divided, I'll have my mother find me a wife!"

Several people nearby started making a fuss.

"You can't even write a proper letter, yet you want to get a wife?"

"So what if I can't write letters? I can farm!"

Another burst of laughter followed, clearly indicating that the battle was over and they were preparing to go home.

This left Kuang Ge and the others completely bewildered.

Heading north? Going home? Is this still the Korean War?

The old squad leader was still enjoying his new role.

He looked down at his new military uniform and then touched the rifle he had just been issued.

A new recruit... He, who had been a squad leader and a platoon leader, is now a new recruit again.

This unique player experience is indeed novel.

The last time he served as a new recruit was more than twenty years ago!

Just as the four were observing their surroundings, a loud shout came from the side.

"Little Class! Little Madman! Eagle Eye! Softie!"

"What are you four standing there for? Line up right now!"

The four of them turned their heads at the same time and saw a young soldier with sunburned, peeling cheeks walking towards them.

He had a rifle slung over his shoulder, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and his hands and forearms were covered in scars from old injuries.

"Wait, Xiao Ban? What does he call the old squad leader?" The viewers in the live stream were taken aback.

"The mighty God of War on the Cliffs is now being called 'Little Squad' by a young soldier!"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! Even by the standards of the old sergeant's Long March years, he's old enough to be this young soldier's uncle!"

Realizing that "Little Class" was referring to the old class leader, Crazy Brother, he glanced at the comments, lowered his head, and bit his lip to suppress a laugh.

He truly never imagined that one day he would hear someone call the old squad leader "Little Squad".

Even the company commander of the elite detachment or the regimental commander of the vanguard regiment have never been called that!

The young soldier strode forward and immediately saw Kuang Ge's face, which was contorted with suppressed rage.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! What's so funny!"

"The team's about to set off, and you're still here laughing?"

As he spoke, he raised his leg and kicked Kuang Ge in the shin.

Without even thinking, Crazy Bro took a half step back with his left foot and dodged to the side.

Squad Leader Shi missed his kick, paused for a moment, then grinned and cursed.

"Hey, Little Madman, you dare to dodge? Not bad, you're pretty slippery!"

"If you could dodge this quickly on the battlefield, you might live a few more days!"

Upon seeing the system's identity notification, Kuang Ge immediately stood up straight.

"Reporting, squad leader! This... this is just a conditioned reflex!"

Don't forget how this conditioned reflex came about; Crazy Brother's peripheral vision was already drifting towards the old squad leader.

The old squad leader took one look, his face darkened, but he couldn't lash out.

After all, he's a new recruit now, and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to kick this kid in front of his new squad leader.

Squad Leader Shi didn't notice the two's subtle actions.

He walked past the four men with his hands behind his back and began his training.

"You four greenhorns who've never seen blood, once you're in the third squad, you have to follow the rules of the third squad."

Squad Leader Shi patted his sunburnt, peeling face.

"My surname is Shi. I fought my way from Shandong to Hainan Island. It was common for bullets to glide past my scalp."

"While you were rolling around in piles of dead bodies, you guys were probably still clueless about where you were!"

Hawkeye stood still, without saying a word.

Even his face started to show signs of strain.

The last time they pretended to be new recruits was when they went back to the starting point of the Long March and pretended to be Tang in front of the old squad leader. Now they are being asked to pretend to be Tang again.

Even the veteran sergeant raised his eyebrows repeatedly, suddenly remembering those two rascals, Crazy Kid and Eagle Eye, from the Battle of Xiangjiang, which made him think that the new recruits had found a treasure.

So... so this is how the players are?

He's a veteran, and now he has to pretend to be a rookie in front of the new squad leader.

The problem is, they fought the Long March and the War of Resistance against Japan for ten years. To say they hadn't seen bloodshed? Sergeant Shi's words really put them in a difficult position!

Squad Leader Shi walked up to the old squad leader and looked up at the middle-aged man for a few moments.

I don't know why, even after the liberation was won, the army was still adding new recruits who were so old.

"And you, Ben."

Squad Leader Shi maintained his stern demeanor and patted the old squad leader's broad shoulder.

Just as his palm was about to fall, Squad Leader Shi paused for a moment.

How can someone be so muscular?!

Squad Leader Shi withdrew his hand, puzzled, but still remained defiant.

"He looks like a quiet, reserved person, but he's actually quite healthy."

"When you get to the battlefield, don't wander off. Follow the veterans and learn how to dig trenches and how to listen for artillery shells landing."

"These life-saving skills can't be bought with money!"