Chapter 23: System Upgrade, Goodies Have Arrived!

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In the real world, late at night.
Lin Ran was dozing off when suddenly a rapid series of electronic tones exploded in his mind:
【Ding! Li Yunlong led his troops to completely annihilate the Japanese 29th Mixed Brigade and puppet army’s 20th, 21st, and 22nd regiments! Enemy casualties: 11,326! Total merit points earned: 23,888!】
【Ding! The New First Regiment killed the Japanese Major General and brigade commander Sato Ichiro! Earned 2,000 merit points!】
【Ding! Host indirectly killed a Japanese general (major general)! Reputation +20!】
【Ding! Host’s actions triggered a major historical event deviation! Reputation +20!】
【Ding! Eighth Route Army Headquarters has taken high interest and strong favor towards the host! Reputation +30!】
【Ding! Reputation reached 100, system upgrade!】
Lin Ran rubbed his eyes, taking a moment to process.
“Holy hell!”
Li Yunlong… completely wiped out an entire Japanese mixed brigade… plus three puppet regiments?!
Slaughtered over eleven thousand enemies?
That’s insanely fierce!
Even with the advanced heavy firepower he sent, the disparity in troop numbers was overwhelming!
Eleven thousand to one thousand—breaking through would have been excellent, but Li Yunlong managed a counter-annihilation. He’s a living devil!
“Old Li… badass!”
Lin Ran’s drowsiness vanished instantly.
Not only did they kill over eleven thousand enemies, but they also earned nearly twenty-six thousand merit points. So satisfying!
This battle was exhilarating!
And that soaring reputation!
Most importantly, the system… upgraded!
“I’m rolling in it! This time it’s really big!”
“Old Li is so damn powerful, I can’t let him down! This time… I have to get him some even more awesome stuff!”
Even a military novice like Lin Ran knew the Japanese must be going crazy now!
Li Yunlong’s New First Regiment, and the entire Eighth Route Army, will surely face relentless and unprecedented Japanese retaliation!
But thankfully, the system upgraded!
【Ding! System upgrade complete. Arsenal unlocked to T2 (1946-1965).】
【Ding! This upgrade adds fixed-point teleportation function!】
【Fixed-point teleportation: host may add one teleport point each in the parallel world and the real world.】
“Fixed-point teleportation?”
Lin Ran was stunned. He had thought the upgrade merely unlocked more weapons, but unexpectedly, it included a new feature.
“Can add a teleport point in both the parallel and real worlds…”
Lin Ran was momentarily dazed.
“Damn! This function is incredibly useful!”
Before, when he traveled through worlds, he basically disappeared from one place and appeared wherever he landed.
But with fixed-point teleportation, he now had an extra choice when crossing over!
“America!”
A gleam flashed in Lin Ran’s eyes!
He wanted to place the parallel world teleport point in America!
After World War II, America became one of the only two superpowers, arguably the world’s top power!
And in ten years, another war would erupt!
Now was the perfect time to set the stage in America!

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As for why set up in America? Of course, to make money!
Lin Ran had researched online before—after World War II, 60% of the world’s gold flowed into America.
That’s a huge slice of the pie!
Lin Ran was envious!
He had to find a way to grab a big bite.
Now that the system’s tech unlocked up to 1965, he could bring some ahead-of-their-time technologies to America.
Naturally, these would be civilian technologies.
For example, instant noodles!
Instant noodles were invented by the Japanese in 1950, inspired by our dried noodle tradition.
No matter what, once introduced, instant noodles took the world by storm!
The Japanese profited immensely!
Also, various household appliances—TVs, washing machines, refrigerators…
The Japanese economic boom spanned from the mid-1950s to early 1970s, and Lin Ran planned to intercept that growth!
To hijack Japan’s national fortune!
Follow Japan’s path only to block their way!
As for what to do with all that money? Of course, manufacture weapons!
Don’t forget, America is the world’s largest arms exporter!
Currently, weapons can only be exchanged within the system, which is very limiting.
Lin Ran planned to build an arms factory in America, so he could harvest profits there while transporting weapons here.
Thinking of all this, Lin Ran rubbed his temples.
So many things to do!
So many possibilities!
It sounded great, but whether he could succeed there was uncertain.
“No rush, this can be planned slowly.”
“Eat the rice one bite at a time, walk the road step by step.”
Lin Ran lit a cigarette to calm himself.
“For now, the top priority is still Old Li!”
He had stirred up such a hornet’s nest, wiping out an entire Japanese brigade. The Japanese in northwest Shanxi and across North China were surely going mad!
Li Yunlong and his New First Regiment were about to face the Japanese’s hysterical and unprecedented revenge!
He had to send Old Li even more weapons and equipment.
Lin Ran opened the arsenal and drooled as he looked through the weapons updated to 1965.
So many good things!
He pulled out an A4 sheet and began writing:
“AK-47… one per person not enough, start with 10,000!”
“PKM general-purpose machine gun… stronger and more durable than MG42, start with 3,000!”
“Mortars… 1,000!”
“75mm mountain guns… 500!”
“105mm howitzers… 200!”
Lin Ran reconsidered and crossed out the 105mm howitzers.
“Forget it, no 105 howitzers!”
Go straight for the heavy artillery!
“Caliber is justice! Range is truth! 155mm howitzers… 100!”

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Finally, the cherished 107mm rockets and RPGs!
“RPGs… 1,000!”
“107mm rockets… 200!”
Lin Ran quickly listed them on paper—this arsenal was enough to arm an entire Eighth Route Army division to the teeth.
Even the Almighty himself would tremble before it!
As for planes or tanks, Lin Ran didn’t choose them for now.
Tanks can’t operate well in mountainous terrain, and there’s no airfield for planes.
Even if there was an airfield, few could fly.
After finalizing, Lin Ran calculated the merit points needed.
“Damn! It’s over budget!”
Seeing a number close to 30,000, Lin Ran winced.
He thought for a moment and crossed out the 500 mountain guns.
“With RPGs and 107mm rockets, who needs mountain guns anyway!”
But even after cutting the 75mm guns, it still exceeded the limit.
He reduced RPGs to 800.
“Damn, building an arms factory is imperative!”
For Lin Ran, having enough money to spend was the goal.
He didn’t even know how to spend the fifty million currently in his account.
Earning more money wasn’t as meaningful as doing something more worthwhile.
He took out a pen and recalculated—this time the merit points fit.
“Place the order!”
Swish—
His merit points instantly dropped to only a few hundred.
Meanwhile, in the infinite space, a mountain of weapons appeared.
“Hehe, Japanese scum, your end has come!”
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Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
The Deputy Commander paced anxiously before a wall covered in maps, hands clasped behind his back.
They had just received news that the Japanese in Chang County had mobilized all forces.
That was a full brigade!
Adding the puppet troops in the city, at least ten thousand soldiers.
How could Li Yunlong’s New First Regiment possibly hold them off?
More importantly, if something happened to Li Yunlong, the connection with that big businessman Lin would be cut off.
The atmosphere in the command center grew increasingly tense.
Just then, a figure burst in like the wind.
None other than the brigade commander!
“Report—!”
“A great victory! Guazi Valley… an epic victory—!!!”