"Some people say tanks are stupid with a health bar, but I just like to play"
My good friend Ah Wei is a military fan, not very senior, but he likes to play war games very much, "World of Tanks" is one of them, but many "hardcore military fans" always ridicule this game, thinking that "real chariot confrontation should not be reflected through blood bars", but Ah Wei disagrees.
Ever since he started working with World of Tanks in college, Viagra has loved the game, and unlike the average player who only wants to develop the max-tier vehicles at the top of the tech tree, he prefers the game's tier 6-8 vehicles, in his words, "this class of vehicles has the charm of the armor confrontation of World War II". The German Tiger tank was his favorite.
Like most families, Ah Wei's parents were very dissatisfied with his "addiction" to the game, but his father did not object to him playing the game, and he even developed it into his own comrade-in-arms in the game.
I heard Ah Wei say that his father is a veteran, who has been in the army for 10 years, and is said to have served in the armored forces of the northwest Gobi, known as the "ironclad knight on the Gobi". After watching Ah Wei play "World of Tanks", he naturally came to a set of processes from curiosity to his liking to play, which is very natural. So since he is a tank veteran, of course Wei Dad has a soft spot for Chinese tanks.
When I went to his house for a drink during the Chinese New Year, I heard the old man talk about his military deeds and knew that Wei Dad was a gunner of the Type 59 tank, and his years of tank experience made him a treasure of the Type 59. Since playing games with Ah Wei, he is often happy to talk about his past experience in gunfighting, which makes the relationship between his father and son a lot more harmonious. The originally common "father-son-son" relationship is because of the common hobby of games, which makes the two more "comrade-in-arms".
Wei Dad likes to use medium tanks to use mobility to find fighters all over the field and take advantage of the opportunity to deal damage; Instead, the young Ah Wei prefers a slower but more stable heavy tank. When the two team up, Ah Wei usually uses Chongtan to card points in the main position of the map, judging whether to advance or defend according to the overall situation on the field, simply put, to attract firepower on the front line to resist the line and be beaten; Wei Dad uses the Chinese Zhongtan that he is more familiar with to travel all over the field, as a second-line fire support to find the rhythm, and master the rhythm of the battlefield, whether to take the initiative to attack or transfer a line to wander, it all depends on Wei Dad's judgment on the situation on the field. Although the two often do not move on the same route, the minimap and timely language communication also make the two coordinate and enjoy their place.
Interestingly, Wei Dad's desire to buy in the game is stronger than Ah Wei's, the game's Type 59 tank and 3D appearance Wei Dad's have, and there are even many other Chinese gold coin tanks, which are said to be squeezed out of Wei Dad's smoking expenses. In order not to let Wei's mother know, Wei's father also paid Ah Wei a hush money: a medium-class eighth-level gold coin tank BZ-176.
Ah Wei is happy to accompany Wei Dad to "mess around" like this, because when the father and son talked about the past of the tank soldiers, there was light in his father's eyes, there was a deep comradeship in the military camp, there was a firm will of his parents to sacrifice his life for the country, and there was a love for the motherland.
Fortunately, Wei Dad can continue to drive the chariot in the game, and recently Wei Dad is practicing the new heavy tank line of the middle department, and the unique rocket booster mechanism allows the heavy tank to have the general mobility of the medium tank for a short time, which makes Wei Dad have a new game fun, and drive the heavy tank with Ah Wei to advance head-on.
For others, World of Tanks may be just a pastime in their spare time, but for Ah Wei and his son, this is not only an online game, but also the emotional sustenance of a tank veteran, and a bridge and way for father and son to communicate. Maybe driving the former car in the game will make Wei Dad feel a little like a lifetime, because it is the memory of the army that Wei Dad's heart can't erase.