"Mr. Song, Mr. Vargas, I apologize for the poor conditions here, it's not the best environment, have you gotten used to the military camp life these days?"
Su Jie looked at Song Ziming and Vargas, extending his hand for a handshake.
"Not at all, Chief Su, you're being too polite,"
Song Ziming quickly straightened up, and said with formality.
"Chief Su, we're not here for a vacation, in fact, I can even pick up a gun and go into battle if needed,"
Vargas patted his chest to show he was still capable of fighting; to him this little discomfort was nothing.
"That's good to hear, the battle is about to begin, you will stay in the rear and see for yourselves how we will crush the Kerimu Defense Line."
Su Jie exchanged a few words with them, and at this point, Hao Guang came over.
"Chief, please say a few words to everyone, they all want to hear you speak,"
Su Jie looked up at the eager eyes of the surrounding soldiers, nodded, and took the microphone from someone.
"Alright, I'll keep it short,"
"Chief, please come here,"
Hao Guang gave a meaningful glance to his son Hao Guyu, who understood immediately and maneuvered the Spider Mecha's front legs to reach out.
Su Jie stood on them, and the Spider Mecha raised its front legs above the head level, placing Su Jie atop the Mecha, using it as an elevated platform for his speech.
Looking around at the soldiers and Mechas, Su Jie spoke out loud.
"In the international community, we have just exposed the collusion between the Siam King and the Beautiful Country's CIA, but Siam continues its obstinate path, acting as the lapdog of the Beautiful Country, serving as a bridgehead to attack and interfere with Chan Country. They even colluded with An Nan, Zhenla, and Lancang, three other lackeys, totaling four countries participating in the war against us."
Su Jie's voice reverberated, stirring up indignation among many soldiers.
The front-line soldiers were made well aware of the relevant evidence, and now the soldiers of the Jieke Group harbored a unified animosity.
"Those countries of Siam are too hateful, daring to invade us, acting as the lackeys of Beautiful Country, unforgivable,"
"It's true, they falsely charged us with trying to assassinate the King, sparking the conflict. We must drive them out and protect our homeland,"
"Drive out Beautiful Country,"
The soldiers were agitated; under the relentless propaganda of Jieke Group, anti-Beautiful Country sentiment was surging within Chan Country.
Su Jie raised his hand to calm them, and the chatter instantly died down, the crowd falling silent as every soldier turned to look at him.
When the noise subsided, Su Jie raised his right hand and then clenched it into a fist, beginning to speak in a furious tone.
"Beautiful Country is relentless in its desire to exploit us. They attempt to buy off other countries, continually using geopolitical security to ensnare Jieke Group's development, aiming to choke the life out of our group.
In the eyes of Beautiful Country, the world should revolve around them, their position as the Blue Star Dominator should last forever, their words should be the global truth, their standards, the order of the world, placing them forever above other nations and peoples.
Because their US Dollar is the world currency, their aircraft carriers roam the seven seas, their military bases dot the globe, and they can easily topple the government of a small to medium-sized nation.
But I don't buy it. We developed from weakness, not because of alms from Beautiful Country, but through our self-reliance and determination.
Now that we have achieved some success, Beautiful Country and other Western nations want to dictate terms to us, claiming our existence is a danger to the international community, calling us savage and impolite; a bunch of barely evolved barbarians demanding we become their vassals, accept their economic colonization, and become their pawns.
Why should they be able to plunder our scientific achievements with clear conscience, to relegate us to the low-end industries they disdain, to demand we abide by their so-called civilized rules, to leech off us for life, forbidding us from truly standing up?
This war is to openly tell those Western nations, tell Beautiful Country, tell those who label Jieke Group as savage and dangerous,
If your civilization requires us to bow and scrape, then I will show you the pride of our savagery.
Jieke Group, must prevail."
Su Jie spoke with passion, his words forceful and compelling.
The soldiers looked at Su Jie with fervent admiration, chanting cries of victory, rifles aligned, Mechas standing tall, the atmosphere tinged with a religious solemnity.
"Oooh, kill all those Siam lapdogs,"
Hao Guyu, looking at Su Jie's silhouette, felt goosebumps on his arms, boiling with passion, his respect and loyalty to Su Jie growing even more intense, willing to shed blood and lay down his life for this man without any hesitation.
The military photographers snapped photos, ready to report back and disseminate the inspiring speech to the entire army.
Vargas also shouted excitedly, and Song Ziming looked at him askance, seeing the Maozi joining in the chanting with the soldiers, his face filled with resignation.
"This man's reputation within Chan Country is too high, almost mythologized,"
Song Ziming felt the fervent atmosphere and couldn't help but be moved.
But then thinking about everything Su Jie had done for Chan Country, domestically promoting economic growth, increasing the earnings of countless civilians by several times, while also eradicating a multitude of warlords and dark forces within Chan Country, purging the long-entrenched maladies and ending over seventy years of civil war, unifying the entire nation and sparing the people from the torment of internal strife.
Abroad, he established a formidable reputation, repeatedly winning against the intervention of the Eight Nation Group led by Beautiful Country, instilling a sense of pride and dignity in the people of Chan Country, who had just escaped poverty, towards the strength of their nation, evoking a spontaneous national pride.
So it was reasonable for Su Jie to be revered like a deity here, by the people and the soldiers alike.