Seven twenty-nine in the evening.
News Broadcast.
"Dear viewers, today is November 29th. Starting next month on the first, it will be our country's new conscription season. This year's conscription promotional film, produced by the Capital Military Region, will premiere on major military and online channels..."
Conscription, as one of the most important events of the year for Long Country.
The media giant, First Channel, also broadcast a promotional segment during the final moments of the news.
Most people watching News Broadcast now are middle-aged and elderly.
Along with children forced to watch the news by their grandfathers or fathers, and some middle and high school students who don't have evening study sessions.
When they heard about the new conscription season, they learned the promotional film would premiere on the military channel.
After the News Broadcast concluded, everyone switched to the military channel, awaiting the premiere of the promotional film.
Seven forty in the evening.
Military News Channel commenced.
After the host finished the opening remarks and reported relevant military news, the new conscription season promotional film was finally played.
The beginning featured five large characters engulfed in flames: 'Conscription Promotional Film.'
As the subtitles disappeared, the main film began.
The powerful voice of a squad leader boomed from the TV speakers, followed by training footage and background music entering the frame simultaneously.
The novel promotional film caught the attention of the viewers, making their eyes light up.
This was almost entirely different from previous years' promotional films; it was a complete overhaul.
This year's promotional film was down-to-earth, youthful, and completely showcased the daily lives and training of new recruits in the army.
After the first segment of the video, a large-scale military exercise mobilization commenced.
Watching the screen filled with the thunder of artillery and the smoke of gunpowder.
And the fierce battles between the Red and Blue armies, with personnel engaged in gunfights and intense combat in the forest.
If it hadn't been announced beforehand that it was a military exercise, viewers would have thought a real war had broken out.
The spectacular visuals, paired with the impassioned, soaring soundtrack, made the promotional film incredibly stirring.
Previous years' promotional films mostly showcased various aircraft and artillery.
In comparison, this year's promotional film truly advertised the soldiers' spirit of enduring hardship, showing no fear of fatigue during training, and their unyielding determination and courage to challenge themselves during military exercises.
Just as the audience was marveling at the excellent promotional film, the images on the screen changed, and anxious shouts echoed from the speakers.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu... don't sleep, wake up quickly, Xiao Wu..."
An urgent shout was heard.
The young soldier slowly opened his eyes, his pupils unfocused.
"Company Commander... have the enemies retreated... give me my gun... I can still fight..."
"They've left, you drove them all away!"
"Xiao Wu, you must not sleep, listen to the Company Commander, don't sleep... when we get back, I'll have the mess hall cook your favorite steamed fish..."
"Company Commander... I didn't disgrace the soldiers of Long Country... I didn't disgrace the Wu family... I'm so tired... Company Commander... really so tired..."
Watching the young martyr fall, still inquiring if the enemy had retreated in his final moments.
All the viewers in front of the television fell silent.
When they saw that the martyr named Xiao Wu was only twenty years old.
Everyone's eyes welled up with tears!
He was only twenty, at the prime of his youth. At this age, he should have been making friends, falling in love, and living a carefree life.
But he ultimately sacrificed himself on the border defense line, forever frozen at the age of twenty.
Later, as short clips of the final moments of each young martyr were played.
The youngest among the fallen was only nineteen, the oldest twenty-seven. The average age of each was not over thirty.
Some had not yet married or had children, some had not yet supported their parents, some had not yet seen their newborn child...
Yet they had passed away forever!
Amidst the sorrow, the promotional film reached its conclusion.
The moment "I swear..." began.
Listening to the sonorous, unified oath from a hundred voices, the viewers in front of the television stood in solemn reverence.
Until the very end, "Those who offend my Long Country will be punished, no matter how far away they are."
Even separated by a screen and transmitted through speakers, one could feel the final determination and fighting spirit of the soldiers of Long Country.
The viewers in front of the screen.
Included ordinary people, veterans, educators, writers, laborers striving for the future, and people from all walks of life.
After watching the new conscription promotional film from the military, not a single person was unmoved.
In reality, it caused a huge stir, and young people surfing the internet were also profoundly shaken by the promotional film.
Below the promotional film on every website, the comment section was almost entirely dominated by one comment.
"Heroes, rest in peace!"
These four simple words flooded the entire comment section.
They were bidding farewell to the martyrs in their own way.
At the same time, many passionate youths left the same message.
"I'm enlisting, everyone, farewell!"
Tonight, the online world lacked its usual negativity and clamor.
Instead, there were more netizens sending off heroes and making vows to join the army.
And on this very night, in front of the martyrs' graves in every city, countless flowers and candles appeared.
More wine and delicacies that were rarely seen before were also present...
In front of Wu Longlong's tombstone, there were not only flowers and candles but also a steaming plate of steamed fish...
In front of Lin Yang's tombstone, candles and flowers covered the ground, and a young girl's photograph was placed separately in a cleared space...
In front of the tomb of the martyr who sacrificed himself at the young age of nineteen, there were various game consoles, mobile phones, and other items that young people loved the most....
In front of the grave of every martyr mentioned in the promotional film, there were their favorite items from life, and various things they had not seen, thought of, or touched in their final moments....
Someone might ask, why did this promotional film cause such a strong reaction?
This is because the final recorded clips of the martyrs were classified information that had never been publicly disclosed by Long Country for decades.
And tonight, it was the first time the military of Long Country announced the deeds of its heroic martyrs to the entire nation.
....
The impact of the promotional film lasted for an entire week.
In martyrs' cemeteries and graves across every city, one could see the presence of the people of Long Country.
They did not frolic or take pictures like tourists; instead, they quietly paid their respects with flowers they had purchased before quietly departing.
The conscription offices of various local armed forces departments and conscription websites were swamped, with websites crashing from the traffic.
In just one week, the number of people who signed up to join the army exceeded fifteen million.
Previously, various local armed forces departments had to heavily promote conscription through various channels.
Now, a few-minute-long promotional film had directly broken historical records for the number of applicants.
Among the millions, university students accounted for half, followed by young people who graduated high school but couldn't get into university, and unemployed youth, and so on.
Capital Military Region.
As the first batch of Capital University freshmen who were most affected.
After mediation and arrangements by military and school leaders, those who were qualified for enlistment would have their records noted, and they could re-enlist after graduating from university.
A few freshmen with outstanding training performance would retain their student status while enlisting and would join the company for training with the new recruits in March after the conscription period ended.
Ultimately, the event of all Capital University freshmen enlisting in the army gradually subsided.
A single promotional film sparked a nationwide wave of enlisting.
Gao Fei, the person in charge of the promotional film.
At this moment, he was sitting in a bright recording studio, being interviewed by a beautiful military reporter.