通过上面的例子读者可能还未发现多态的用途，不过确实也是，多态在小项目中鲜有有用武之地。

接下来的例子中，我们假设你正在玩一款军事游戏，敌人突然发动了地面战争，于是你命令陆军、空军及其所有现役装备进入作战状态。具体的代码如下所示：

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
//军队
class Troops{
public:
    virtual void fight(){ cout<<"Strike back!"<<endl; }
};
//陆军
class Army: public Troops{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"--Army is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//99A主战坦克
class _99A: public Army{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----99A(Tank) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//武直10武装直升机
class WZ_10: public Army{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----WZ-10(Helicopter) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//长剑10巡航导弹
class CJ_10: public Army{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----CJ-10(Missile) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//空军
class AirForce: public Troops{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"--AirForce is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//J-20隐形歼击机
class J_20: public AirForce{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----J-20(Fighter Plane) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//CH5无人机
class CH_5: public AirForce{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----CH-5(UAV) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
//轰6K轰炸机
class H_6K: public AirForce{
public:
    void fight(){ cout<<"----H-6K(Bomber) is fighting!"<<endl; }
};
int main(){
    Troops *p = new Troops;
    p ->fight();
    //陆军
    p = new Army;
    p ->fight();
    p = new _99A;
    p -> fight();
    p = new WZ_10;
    p -> fight();
    p = new CJ_10;
    p -> fight();
    //空军
    p = new AirForce;
    p -> fight();
    p = new J_20;
    p -> fight();
    p = new CH_5;
    p -> fight();
    p = new H_6K;
    p -> fight();
    return 0;
}
Strike back!
--Army is fighting!
----99A(Tank) is fighting!
----WZ-10(Helicopter) is fighting!
----CJ-10(Missile) is fighting!
--AirForce is fighting!
----J-20(Fighter Plane) is fighting!
----CH-5(UAV) is fighting!
----H-6K(Bomber) is fighting!

这个例子中的派生类比较多，如果不使用多态，那么就需要定义多个指针变量，很容易造成混乱；而有了多态，只需要一个指针变量 p 就可以调用所有派生类的虚函数。

从这个例子中也可以发现，对于具有复杂继承关系的大中型程序，多态可以增加其灵活性，让代码更具有表现力。