Long before the counterterrorism exercise codenamed "Mission" began, Hua Nation had informed the international community of the relevant details through legitimate and proper channels.
However, for most ordinary people, it was not until the day after the exercise ended that they truly heard news of this "special exercise," starring the Aerospace Forces.
Besides testing the newly commissioned Thunder landing pods and the newly formed Orbital Paratrooper Forces, the exercise had two other major purposes: deterrence and publicity.
To perfectly capture the "Century Leap" and its breathtaking scenes on camera, the CCTV News reporters assigned to cover the exercise had put in considerable effort.
Not only had they unusually adopted cinematic filming and camera techniques, but in order to capture the landing pods entering the atmosphere from every possible angle, they had destroyed who knew how many expensive pieces of filming equipment.
However, the results were just as astonishing as the costs had been high.
On CCTV News the day after the exercise, after a brief introduction from the host, the half-minute video that had condensed the efforts of countless news workers seized everyone's attention the moment it appeared on screen.
From the commander's order of "Separate from the ship's bay" to the landing pods breaking through the atmosphere, the increasingly rapid and stirring rhythm left every viewer unable to look away.
There was no need for special effects.
Every frame was worthy of a blockbuster!
The close-up shots of those landing pods exiting their bays, the torrent of steel crashing into the ground, and the Orbital Paratroopers charging out through explosions and smoke directly pushed the video—or rather, the film's—atmosphere to its climax! It was so stirring that people's scalps went numb!
Because of this, before the news broadcast had even reached its halfway point, discussions about the military exercise