Chapter 1 Arrival in the Republic of China

  "My head hurts so much!"; Chen Shao rubbed his head and let out a mournful cry, weakly lying on the ground. Chen Shao vaguely remembered that he was playing Red Alert when he suddenly fainted, but looking around, he found himself not in his own home, but in a huge hall, with rows of unfamiliar electronic instruments all around, the lights on the instruments still flashing, and on one wall there was a huge display screen.

  "What the...? Where is this place? Am I being kidnapped or something? But that doesn't make sense either, I don't have any money, no connections, I'm just an orphan, and I haven't offended anyone. I'm a complete shut-in, there's no benefit to kidnapping me at all."

  Chen Shaoyan couldn't help but curse out loud, slowly getting up from the floor, walking over to the chair under the monitor, and sitting down.

  Just sat down, my head still hasn't recovered from the headache, and a very pleasant female voice came from around: "Respected Commander, I am Red Alert Assistant 2012, what do you need me to help with?"

  "Who is teasing me?" Chen Shao hadn't reacted yet and said it casually.

  "Respected commander, Red Alert Assistant 2012 did not understand your question, please clarify the question you want to ask."

  "Ah! Okay, where is this place? How did I get here?"

  "Reporting to the commander, this is the territory of GX Province. As for how the commander arrived here, it's because the commander was chosen by Red Alert 2012 as its master, but due to insufficient energy during time-space transition, it was forced to land in this place."

  "What! How did I end up in GX? What's this space-time rift thingy? Does it mean I can't go back to where I was before? What can I do now?" Hearing the so-called Red Alert 2012's response, Chen Shao suddenly jumped up, his head spinning.

  "Report to the commander, according to the original Red Alert 2012 program, commanders recognized by Red Alert 2012 will shuttle back and forth with Red Alert 2012 to receive training in the Red Alert Empire. As for returning to the commander's hometown, I apologize, Commander, due to Red Alert 2012 being forced to descend from time-space shuttle, the main base of Red Alert 2012 was severely damaged and can no longer perform time-space shuttle. Moreover, contact with the Red Alert Empire has been lost, so except for building buildings, other troops, defensive weapons, super weapons, tanks, ships, etc. can only be built when conditions are met."

  Chen Shao heard this and his heart tightened: "Why can't you go back, isn't this still on Earth?"

  "Report to the commander, this is not Earth, but it is very similar to the original commander's residence on Earth. Moreover, the time here is also different from the original commander's Earth time. According to the base scan, this space-time is still in the Republic of China period in 1914."

  "What's going on? Is this the Republic of China era? Has heaven played a huge joke?"

  "Report to the commander, this is no joke."

  Chen Shao looked around again, touched the instrument in front of him, and a kind of real touch made Chen Shao feel that it was not fake. He couldn't help but pinch his arm, and a wave of pain came, making Chen Shao have to believe that he was not dreaming, all of this was real. Besides, even if someone was playing a joke on him, there was no need for that, and he didn't have any friends who would do something like that just for fun.

  Chen Shao slowly calmed his mind and became completely tranquil. He thought to himself: In my original timeline, I had no relatives, and the only person who cared for me, the director of the orphanage where I grew up, passed away two years ago. I also didn't have a girlfriend, and at 25 years old, I was still a complete virgin, with no attachments or responsibilities. Since heaven has given me this opportunity, I will definitely seize it.

  The Republican era was a time of great turmoil and hardship for the Chinese nation. From its founding to the establishment of New China, China was plagued by constant war, including the Warlord Era, the Anti-Japanese War, and the Civil War. The lives of ordinary people were very difficult. As the saying goes: "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time than a human in a chaotic era." War brought immense disaster to the people, not only threatening their safety but also reducing their quality of life, causing them to lose their sense of happiness.

  The Central Plains region was ravaged by floods, droughts, and locusts, with natural disasters and man-made calamities occurring one after another. Many places were left barren and crop-less, forcing people to sell their children and flee to other regions. Corrupt officials continued to extort and embezzle funds, amassing wealth from the nation's misfortunes.

  War brought disaster to the people. An old saying goes: "To be born in a peaceful era is a blessing." However, since I have arrived here, I must strive to change this society, ensuring that every person on Chinese soil has enough food to eat and can enjoy material prosperity. Moreover, I want to improve the status of the Chinese people in the world, making them the masters of this world.

  This is Chen Shao's goal for himself, and also a sense of responsibility as a Chinese towards his own nation.

  With a goal in mind, first look at your own innate advantages, familiar historical trends, and the Red Alert base, these are all your capital, Chen Shao believes that with these two points, his goal is not unattainable.

  "General Chen Shao looked at the giant screen in front of him and asked: 'Red Alert base, are you still there?'"

  "Report to Commander, Red Alert Assistant 2012 awaiting your command."

  "Can you introduce me to the specific situation of the base?" Chen Shao now wants to know what this base can bring to himself. If it's like a game, then there's nothing to worry about. Fantasizing about countless Tianqi tanks charging towards Little Japan and Western powers, numerous Wuwei-class warships and aircraft carriers launching missiles and carrier-based planes towards the Japanese mainland. The sky is filled with invaders and Black Hawks wreaking havoc above Tokyo. Weather control devices, nuclear missile silos... Nuclear bombs falling one by one onto America, dark clouds gathering above Washington. Thinking of this, Chen Shao's heart was excited, but the base's response that followed was like a basin of ice water, making Chen Shao's excited heart turn cold and chilly.

  "Report to the commander, the base has been damaged and its main functions are currently limited. Except for buildings, all other technological projects can only be constructed when the scientific and technological standards have reached a certain level. However, to compensate for this, the base has activated an emergency plan A: as long as the standard for producing weapons and equipment is met, the base can start production, including any Earth technology, on the condition that a combat laboratory must be built first.

  At the same time, once a barracks is constructed, although it cannot produce soldiers, any soldier under the commander's command who trains in the barracks can reach level 1 private within three months, level 2 requires one year, and level 3 requires two years. Among level 3 soldiers, there is a 5% chance of producing special forces, and among these special forces, there is another 5% chance of producing a soldier king.

  Constructing an air force command center can train pilots: primary pilots take three months, intermediate pilots take one year, and advanced pilots take two years. Similarly, among advanced pilots, there is a 5% chance of producing ace pilots.

  The tank factory not only produces weapons and equipment but also trains tank drivers, provided that driver training requires a separate specialized barracks. The shipyard can build warships and cultivate naval soldiers and marines, with the same conditions as tank drivers."

  Production of Red Alert units requires money but no resources, while production of non-Red Alert units requires resources but all equipment production needs commanders to hire workers to complete.

  To compensate for the commander, the Red Alert main base's bio-lab can cultivate infantry instructors (can also be artillery instructors), air force instructors, naval instructors, marine instructors, tank driver instructors, engineers, scientists, spies, and technicians. All personnel are designated by the commander to cultivate, except for spies, all other bio-personnel cannot participate in combat. 2 days can cultivate one, can randomly appear, primary, intermediate, advanced, perfect, etc., bio-personnel temporarily cannot be upgraded, what level is cultivated is what level it is. At the same time, the bio-person has a loyalty of 100% to the commander, never betraying, and will unconditionally obey the commander's orders.

  At the same time, in order to protect commanders, Red Alert building units will automatically disguise themselves as Earth building modes.

  After listening to the assistant's introduction, Chen Shaohua helplessly sighed, although it was different from the game, but for himself, all of this was acceptable, after all, it was better than having nothing. With a Red Alert base, he would be able to make a name for himself in this world and fulfill his own wishes.

  "What should I do now?" he asked, staring at the dark screen in front of him.

  "Report to commander, deploy base first."

  "Base expansion"

  Standing in the hall, Chen Shao only felt a slight vibration that lasted for about 10 minutes before it subsided. On his colleague's large display screen, a map appeared with forests, mountains, and a small stream. To the south of the base was a patch of gray dots. At the same time, a small screen extended from the front of Chen Shao's chair, displaying a grid of small images. Only one image was in color, while the rest were black and white. For Chen Shao, only half of these images were recognizable, with the others being completely unfamiliar. The ones he recognized were building units from Red Alert and an oil well. Looking at those strange pictures, Chen Shao couldn't help but ask: "Base, what are those pictures?"

  "Report to the commander, those are factory pictures, including a seed base, dairy cow base, beef cattle base, pork base, steel mill, garment factory, fertilizer plant, daily necessities factory, civilian car manufacturing plant..."

  "Can these buildings be built at any time?"

  "Report to commander, can be built when conditions are met, but production of products also requires commander to hire employees."

  "Base, can I just tap on the picture to build a building? And how much start-up capital do I have now?" Chen Shao couldn't help but want to make a big move.

  "Report to commander, yes, now commander's money is 10,000."

  "Is it increasing money or is it like playing games, mining and drilling for oil? And is my current base a Chinese base?"

  "Report to Commander, yes, because the commander is Chinese, so default to Chinese base."

  After understanding, Chen Shao's finger lightly tapped the small screen, which was the control panel of the magnetic energy reactor. After tapping, a dialog box floated on the control panel: "Do you want to build a magnetic energy reactor? Choose yes to deduct 600 gold coins." Chen Shao directly chose yes, and at this time, a countdown timer floated out on the control panel's image. Chen Shao looked at the time and found that it would take one day to build just one power plant. At this time, Chen Shao discovered that there were two arrows above the building picture, with the right arrow lit up. He couldn't help but tap on it, and after tapping, he found that this was a control to flip the page of the control panel. In the upper left corner, there was also a number 2, which clearly belonged to the second page. The control panel had several pictures, but they were different from the first page - these were all human pictures, and they were all in color. Below the pictures, there were explanations. After reading through these explanations, Chen Shao finally realized that this second page was the control page for selecting bio-chemical personnel training. Looking at the 9 character pictures arranged in three rows and three columns, Chen Shao asked the base: "Base, are all of these bio-chemical personnel being trained immediately?"

  "Report to Commander, yes."

  After hearing the base's response, Chen Shao thought that he currently had no soldiers, so the instructor could be ruled out, and since he hadn't built any buildings, engineers, scientists, and technicians could also be eliminated. Now there was only one spy left to choose from. Thinking of the 007s in movies, Chen Shao directly clicked on the spy's picture, and just like with the power plant, a selection dialogue box appeared, but this time it only cost $500.

  After finishing these, Chen Shao turned directly to the next page and found that there was only one page left, which was the warship construction page, but they were all black and white. After reading it, Chen Shao asked: "Base, what are the specific requirements for building a warship?"

  "Report to commander, technology is ready."

  "What is considered as reaching"

  "Report to commander, sorry unable to answer for now."

  "Why can't it be solved?" Chen Shao scratched his head and asked

  "Report to commander, sorry unable to answer for the time being."

  "Never mind, I guess I won't be able to ask anything else. How can I get out of the base? Can I contact you after I leave?"

  "Report to the commander, you can go out at any time. There are two doors in the command center. The left door leads outside the base. To exit, just tell or press your fingerprint on the fingerprint recognizer next to the door. Similarly, entering is also the same. The right door leads to the biochemical cultivation nest. As for contacting Red Alert Assistant 2012, you can silently think of Red Alert Assistant 2012 in your mind at any time to contact the base. The contact distance is temporarily within 100 kilometers."

  "So can I remotely control you to build items?"

  "Report to commander, affirmative."

  After listening to the introduction of the base, Chen Shao walked directly to the right side of the door, where there was a green screen about the size of a person's palm. Chen Shao stretched out his right hand and pressed it on top, and the entire door slid silently to the right. Upon entering, he found that the space inside was only half the size of the command center, with a huge transparent glass nest in the middle, surrounded by a pile of unfamiliar instruments. The glass nest was densely packed with thin pipes connected to the instruments, and the nest was filled with green **. Chen Shao vaguely saw a fingernail-sized object moving around inside the **. This was probably the spy he had been cultivating earlier.

  After watching these, Chen Shao walked out directly and went to the left door of the control console, calling the base to open the door in his mind and walking out.

  P.S. Firstly, regarding the plagiarism issue, Hualei also acknowledges her own mistake. As a first-time writer, there were many things she didn't understand, and hopes everyone can forgive her for this. In the future, she absolutely will not make this mistake again.

  Everyone has a great Chinese dream in their heart, and I do too. So I took up my pen to write down the Chinese dream that is in my heart. I hope this Chinese dream can resonate with everyone's Chinese dream.

  Finally, new book from a newcomer, sincerely asking for everyone's support, please give this book a few recommendation votes!