The newly constructed Jieke Avenue is spacious and clean, stretching 9.8 kilometers long and 120 meters wide, extending east to Cangnan Gate and west to Yuntian Gate, with the 438-meter high Jieke Group Headquarters Building at its center.
A million strong crowd gathers on both sides of Jieke Avenue, waving national flags, lively and bustling.
As Su Jie's car passes, the crowd resembles a surging blue wave, waving blue-bottomed national flags, their eyes filled with passion, and the shouts echoing in the sky. At this moment, everyone is chanting a single name.
A research institute once conducted a survey on Su Jie's support rate among the citizens of Chan Country. It's said that after the results came in, the research institute suspected a data error because the support rate for Su Jie in Chan Country was as high as 98.3%.
How much is Su Jie's adored by the people of Chan Country? An ordinary fruit farmer once wrote in a letter to Su Jie: "I have finally fulfilled my wish and successfully developed a brand new precious strawberry variety. To demonstrate my admiration and respect for Commander Su, I beseech you to name this new variety 'Su Jie Strawberry'."
Jieke Group receives thousands of such letters every day, written by people of all ages and professions, including workers, farmers, soldiers, intellectuals, government employees, and even elementary school students.
Amongst the letters, from young girls caught up in romantic feelings, one wrote: 'Commander Su, I heard that you have no children. As a citizen of Chan Country, this keeps me awake at night. Therefore, Commander Su, I ask that you let me have a child with you; it is the most sincere wish of a Chan Country woman.'
The most common theme among the letters sent is the expression of gratitude towards Su Jie. Without Su Jie, Chan Country would just be scattered like sand; with Su Jie, Chan Country was reborn, and its people truly stood up.
This is easy to understand; imagine your country embroiled in civil war for decades, warlords ruling over territories, and the populace suffering in poverty, with 85% living below the poverty line, and inflation worsening day by day.
When you travel a long distance, you have to pay toll fees more than a dozen times because you pass through various warlord territories, almost like crossing different countries, necessitating payment.
Your children cannot afford school, cannot eat enough, while your wife cannot afford medical care and must continue working while pregnant.
Your relatives might be killed, harmed, trafficked, recruited, or exploited at any time in armed conflicts.
To survive, you must grow opium for the warlords and pay head tax; you could be randomly conscripted, given a gun, and thrown onto the battlefield, being used as cannon fodder in the warlords' strategy of sustaining the army with drugs and protecting drugs with the army.
Then suddenly someone stands up, helps you drive away the warlords, ensures your children can attend school, have bread and milk daily, your wife no longer engages in heavy manual labor, can afford medical care, you earn more money and don't risk life to grow opium.
In such a tragic country, if someone tells you this and fulfills all promises, while also leading your country to defeat surrounding beasts and wipe out Southeast Asia, confronting Blue Star Dominator head-on, instilling an unprecedented sense of national pride.
Wouldn't you support this person as a leader and follow them?
In a nation shrouded in darkness, even if this savior is Chinese, so what, supporters are fervent enough to die for him.
Those who have nothing understand what it means to cherish.
Even though the external world labels Jieke Group as an extreme terrorist force, calling Su Jie a bloodthirsty demon and war-monger.
In the eyes of Chan Country's people, this is the leader they most adore and should be followed to the death.
With Chan Country's citizens' fervent gazes, the convertible carrying Su Jie reaches the parade troop lined up and waiting.
Sunshine streams through clouds, spilling onto the broad Jiekoda Road, reflecting on soldiers' shiny steel helmets and cold gleaming bayonets, forming dazzling light spots, like a forest of bayonets.
Genetic Warriors dressed in biological armor, adorned with heavy weapons, their somber gaze sent chills down spines.
The Spider Main Battle Mecha's 203 mm main cannon muzzle towered high, its gigantic 12-meter size cast a large shadow, like a moving mountain or a living giant beast.
Su Jie stood up from the convertible, raising his right hand at a 45-degree angle, saying: "The interests of Chan Country and its people are above all."
"Long live Commander Su."
The response was a tidal wave of passionate chants.
"Long live the people."
"Victory to Chan Country."
In the call and response, Su Jie cast his gaze over each parade formation, finally stating: "May victory and glory always favor everyone."
A thunderous sound arose, soldiers saluted Su Jie, the Spider Main Battle Mecha raised a long metallic leg, mimicking a salute, a scene of grand solemnity.
Behind Jieke Group's military parade formation, more soldiers followed, these soldiers were sent by Southeast Asian countries to join the inspection parade troops.
With the big brother organizing a parade, the little brothers could not pass up the chance to join the festivities, seeking opportunities to win favor from the big brother!
Compared to Jieke Group's soldiers, these Southeast Asian countries' soldiers displayed a much weaker spirit, even though they were the elite, handpicked from their countries.
This is understandable; if their spirit was strong, they wouldn't have been swept away like leaves by Jieke Group's autumn breeze.
After the inspection, the parade officially began, and Su Jie returned to the grandstand stage.
Amidst the resonating drums, the parade formations moved in orderly fashion, soldiers had keen gazes, their steps uniform, like pieces of moving puzzle.
Especially when the Spider Main Battle Mecha advanced, each step shook the ground and mountains, profoundly impacting.
As the parade reached its climax, the Magic Bird Fighter aircraft formations formed the numbers 10–12, celebrating Su Jie's birthday.
Above the majestic grandstand stage, the banner designed personally by Su Jie for Jieke Group unfurled from high above, hanging prominently atop.
A million-strong crowd and army gathered together, holding flags, marching in formation, raising banners, chanting deafening slogans, drumbeats, and powerful military music, forming a symphony named Empire Rising.
Tens of thousands passionately shouted, sang, hailed Su Jie on the grandstand, celebrating in an intoxicated frenzy.
On both sides of the grandstand, the dignitaries and guests from Southeast Asian countries bore solemn expressions, yet their hearts were extraordinarily complex.
Because this army had conquered their countries, now they had to personally come here and play along.
The parade involved deploying over 100,000 ground troops, 268 Spider Main Battle Mechas, numerous tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft, making this parade exceptionally magnificent, broadcasted live by many media to places around the world.
The formidable military power of Jieke Group was unmistakably showcased in this parade, instilling fear across global countries.
Jieke Group's known military strength currently stands at 1.2 million formal troops across land, sea, and air, with thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, five Mechanical Combat Brigades formed by Spider Main Battle Mechas, each brigade containing 134 Spider Main Battle Mechas.
The Magic Bird Fighters and various aircraft, including helicopters and transport planes, numbered over a thousand, alongside six Devourer-class deep-diving cruisers.
Those not publicly revealed, such as the Steel Camp's Genetic Warriors, outsiders speculate that although it's called a camp, the number of Genetic Warriors likely exceeds a thousand people.
Such military force is a truly terrifying and extraordinary existence.
If you factor in the forces of Southeast Asian vassal countries and war potential, Jieke Group could mobilize a vast number of troops in total war.
With Jieke Group's base camp on the Southeast Asia Peninsula, the secure survival environment naturally prepares it as a battlefield for Jieke Group, not fearing any enemy sending ground troops to invade.
Not to mention, in the tropical rainforest environment of the Southeast Asia Peninsula, just the Genetic Warriors alone could make any global army's scalp tingle.
Who would be so reckless to engage Genetic Warriors in jungle warfare?
With such military power, Jieke Group is truly fully-fledged, a presence every country must take seriously.