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Chapter 103 The Most Tragic Military Parade in History, Shocking the Blue Star (4k)

The CG update on the Polaris website, with just the title "Red Square Parade," has already caught the attention of Earth's netizens.

After all, in the impression of netizens on Earth.

Military parades are displays of the strength of the major federations. They are held every few years or on major holidays, and each parade showcases new equipment.

The data on these weapons, their kill range, frankly speaking, is enough to easily destroy the surface, and they are available in every federation.

This is why a fight has never broken out.

However, in 'Earth', according to the game's progress, the Empire has already swept across Europe and is winning every battle against the Soviet Union, so there's no need to bother with this.

Could it be a Soviet military parade?

Some unfamiliar players, with a skeptical attitude, then clicked on the informational CG of the [Red Square Parade].

Some players in the Soviet Union knew that Red Square was in Moscow and that it must be a Soviet military parade. Could it be that the Soviet Union had some backup plan?
With anticipation in mind, I also clicked on the CG.

The scene slowly appeared.

The view begins with a somber and oppressive atmosphere over Moscow under a gray sky, then slowly zooms in on Red Square.

In the biting cold wind, heavy snowflakes danced in the air, landing on the spires of the Kremlin, the paving stones of Red Square, and on the shoulders of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians standing outside Red Square.

The resolute expressions on the faces of the soldiers lined up for the parade, along with the prayers of the people, added a touch of tragic grandeur to the scene.

At this time.

The stirring Soviet military songs resounded throughout the square.

At Lenin's Mausoleum on the west side of Red Square, the Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union, facing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, delivered a speech in the midst of a blizzard, vowing to fight to the end:
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“We have been in a more critical situation than we are now.”

"When we celebrated the anniversary of the October Revolution in 1918, three-quarters of our territory was in the hands of foreign armed interventionists."

"We lack food, weapons, and clothing, and fourteen countries are besieging us, but we have never lost heart or become discouraged!"

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"The enemy expected us to kneel and surrender immediately, but they miscalculated... We can, and certainly can, defeat the imperial invaders!"

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"The war you are waging is a war of liberation, a just war... Let the banner of the Soviet Union guide you!"

"Ula!"

As soon as the words were spoken, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in and around the square showed excited expressions and shouted loudly:

"Hurrah—!!!!!"

Then the soldiers participating in the parade began to march into Red Square.

The initial military formations were alright, as they were all elites, so the ranks appeared relatively orderly.

However, as the infantry phalanx began...

The scene gradually became very strange. Not only were the ranks of these infantry formations not very orderly, but their uniforms were also very similar, and their steps were chaotic.

Some people even stood in the queue, looking left and right, waving to the onlookers.

The orderly queue was nowhere near what I had imagined.

Upon seeing this, netizens on Earth couldn't help but start a discussion in the live chat.

[No way? That's it? Seeing the speeches and tragic scenes beforehand, I thought it would be something really ruthless? Turns out, these people... even the militia were involved? No regular troops left?]

[Yeah, I got all excited for nothing. I thought I was going to get aroused, but it turned out like this...]

[It's quite an achievement to have gathered these people. Kiev lost hundreds of thousands of men; where are the Soviets going to find people now? These are probably cobbled together from various sources.]

This is truly the end, but their determination is still admirable.

Even with determination, nothing can withstand airplanes and cannons. I can already foresee the fate of the Soviet Union. If they aren't crushed by the empire, I'll eat my words on the spot.

[Hey upstairs, stop trying to freeload. What if you actually manage to hold out?]

Exactly, even though these people are a mixed bag, you never know.

[Heh. Hundreds of thousands of regular troops were wiped out in Kiev. Look at these few people on Red Square, they're not even enough to keep the enemy from running out of ammunition. I'll say it again, if we can hold out, I'll just eat them up.]

Seeing the parade, so different from the tragic scenes and inspiring speeches before it, and so surprising to everyone, some players who supported the Soviet Federation were still hoping for changes to come.

Perhaps this is just an exception?

however.

Then came the infantry and militia formations, followed by the artillery and the old equipment formations, which made netizens on Blue Star's scalp tingle.

Some people have already recognized that some of the equipment is an old relic from the so-called 'Crimean War' era.

As for why I was able to recognize it.
It's because some players took photos while visiting museums in Moscow. Although they didn't know the specifics of the 'Crimean War', that didn't stop them from uploading these old photos to the game forum.

They even brought out museum exhibits from almost a hundred years ago, ready for battle.

How desperate must things have gotten?

Fortunately, at the end of the parade, the formation of nearly 200 tanks gave some comfort to the Soviet-backed Blue Star players, but considering the battle situation...

These 200 tanks don't seem to be of much use.

Moreover, some of these tanks were 'old' exhibits in the exhibition hall, and the Soviet players on Earth, who had just been looking forward to seeing them, were now filled with despair.

Damn it.
The departure of the tank formations marked the end of the military parade.

The infantry formations ahead began to scatter, and many civilians rushed into the edge of Red Square, while soldiers also began to emerge from the ranks.

Many soldiers and civilians embraced each other, and their cries and tears gradually drowned out all other sounds.

Upon seeing this, the netizens on Earth who had just been mocking the scene fell silent, and soon the comments section was filled with messages.

[Well, it's not entirely their fault. After all, the game is called 'Rise of Empires'.]

I suddenly feel like crying. I can't imagine what it would be like if I had to go to the battlefield one day. If I died, would my family be as heartbroken as they are in the video?

[What a pity, with so few people, they probably won't last more than a few days.]

[By the way, why isn't it over yet?]

Netizens on Earth noticed something was wrong; logically, the parade should have ended there.

Why is this CG still playing?
on the screen.

Most of the videos showed soldiers and their loved ones embracing and crying on the edge of Red Square. Netizens on Earth thought that this was just something that Polaris Company made to evoke tears.

I don't object to you making me cry, but isn't it a bit much to leave it like this for so long?

The players on Blue Star frowned and continued watching.

Half a minute later, the scene changed, and many soldiers had separated from their loved ones who were embracing in the square, which finally made the Blue Star players' brows relax.

soon.

The scene follows a Soviet soldier who is separated from his family as he enters an infantry formation, and the scene changes accordingly.

This contingent, fresh from the military parade, charged toward the outskirts of Moscow.

Looking down from a high altitude, one can vaguely see the armored group of the Empire in the distance. The scene suddenly freezes in the silhouette of the infantrymen charging forward, turning into black and white.

Then there was a 'click' sound.

Like taking a photograph, a black-and-white photo of soldiers charging forward appears, then slowly unfolds.

[The entire infantry contingent of the 323rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Federation, after the Red Square parade, proceeded to the front lines outside Moscow to engage the 78th and 268th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Motorized Division of the Reich 4th Army.] [Survivors: 0]

The hearts of netizens on Earth suddenly skipped a beat.
The scene suddenly changed.

The initial contingent of military academy cadets, now under the command of their officers, were rapidly advancing northwest, with Red Square and the Kremlin seemingly watching them from behind.

‘click’

The image freezes, revealing a black-and-white photograph of a commander directing his cadets to the front lines.

[After the Red Square parade, all cadets of the Leningrad Military Academy and the Artillery Academy of the Soviet Federation marched northwest to engage the 5th and 11th Panzer Divisions and the 35th Infantry Division of the Reich 4th Army.]

Survivors: 0.

The netizens on Earth who were just mocking the Soviet Union for its lack of resistance were now completely stunned and speechless with shock.

The scene continues.

It was the militia formation that was most ridiculed by netizens on Earth.

at this time.

These militia formations, which appear chaotic and undisciplined to netizens on Earth, have reached the edge of the battlefield to assist the Soviet regular forces in resisting the Empire's attack on the southern side of Moscow.

Most of these militiamen carried old rifles that looked so worn that one might doubt their ability to even pull the bolt. Meanwhile, some militiamen didn't have rifles.

Each person carried several, or even had Molotov cocktails strapped to their body.

A militiaman who was strapping Molotov cocktails to himself suddenly looked up, and a young, smiling face appeared on his small face covered in dust and mud.

‘click’

The image freezes, showing a smiling boy with Molotov cocktails strapped to his waist, frozen in place.

Countless netizens on Earth felt a pang of anxiety, already imagining what fate awaited this young man.

But little did they know that even more heartbreaking things were yet to come, as an introduction slowly emerged.

[After the Red Square parade, militia contingents composed of workers and students from the Soviet Federation rushed to the Tula defense line to assist the regular army in resisting the offensive of the Reich's 17th and 18th Panzer Divisions.]

Survivors: 0.

Everyone on Earth was stunned.

Especially those netizens on Earth who were just mocking the militia's disorganized formations during the military parade—this is no militia force at all; it's an army composed of workers and students.

How could they possibly march out in neat rows without any training?
Facing two divisions of the Empire's armored army group, what could they use to assist them, and what could they use to fight back?
The boy's smiling face in the black and white photo, along with the Molotov cocktail strapped to his body, left netizens on Earth feeling suffocated.

The fact that they survived at the very end was especially distressing for netizens on Earth.

Workers, students.
I was just looking at a CG.
The end of the picture.

What appeared was a tank formation.

The nearly 200 tank formation, which brought some comfort to many netizens in the Blue Star Federation camp, headed straight for the southwest of Moscow after the Red Square parade.

Amidst the heavy snowfall and thick black smoke billowing from the southwest, the tanks did not stop for a moment.

‘click’

The image freezes, then slowly reveals an introduction.

[After the Red Square parade, the Soviet Union's tank formations marched to Kaluga and Volokolamsk, southwest of Moscow, to engage the 19th and 7th Panzer Divisions of the Reich's 2nd Panzer Army.]

See this.

Many netizens on Earth felt their hearts sink because Guderian was the commander of the 2nd Panzer Army.

The father of Blitzkrieg and armored warfare, the Soviet Union, swept across the European continent with blitzkrieg. And many of the nearly 200 tanks on display are antiques.
Not surprisingly.

Survivors: 0.

As the survival status slowly became apparent, the hearts of netizens on Earth completely died.

The screen gradually turned black and disappeared completely, before reappearing.

[The Battle of Moscow] Stay tuned.

As the trailer for the final scene of the [Red Square Parade] CG video appeared, countless players on Earth were momentarily stunned. At this moment, no one was arguing about the outcome of the battle between the Soviet Union and the Empire anymore.

Instead, I was struck by the CG footage of so many Soviet soldiers dying.

This is a feeling that no movie or game can capture, because there has never been such a scene in the history of Earth.

Therefore, it brought a shock.

The sheer impact of this is unmatched by any other movie or game produced by a photon supercomputer.

The resulting public opinion spread throughout the Federation, leaving many filmmakers and Federation film award winners stunned.

You're telling me this is a game cutscene?

Are you kidding?

How did they come up with this plot? If you have that kind of brain, why make games?!

Hurry up and make a movie out of "The Battle of Moscow"!
It's trending on Federal Headlines.

#RedSquareParade#
#They died in military uniforms during the year their country faced its greatest peril.#
#Battle of Moscow#
#Unwavering will in the face of adversity: the most heroic and fearless humankind.#
#Delving deeper into the background of the game 'World War II,' how many more surprises will 'Earth' bring us?#
#How does Zhao Ming's brain work?#
The game's CG trailer quickly became a trending topic online again.

Blue Star players are no longer just pursuing the battlefield.

Instead, they began to delve deeper into the game, learning from various NPCs in an attempt to discover what kind of magic this world called 'Earth' truly holds.

The next day.

It's around 10am.

In Huang Hao's live stream room on TianSha Live, in the gaming section.

With over 300,000 online viewers, the screen was filled with countdown messages from fans.

[It's 12 hours and 03 minutes past the hour, I'm dying of laughter.]

[It's almost lunchtime, and this stuff is so strong?]

[I've already taken a nap before going to work, and this guy is still sleeping?]

Where can I buy this vodka? I want to get two bottles for my future father-in-law.

【Your little juice? ???】

【.】

[It's been 12 hours and 06 minutes!]

[Holy crap?! It moved!!!!]

At this time.

Huang Hao, who was slumped over the table, shifted slightly, then raised his head in a daze, rubbed his head, and, feeling a bit disoriented, said:
"This wine is quite intoxicating; I almost fell asleep."

There were question marks in the live broadcast room.

[Fainted? You've been sleeping all this time!]

[Keep unboxing!]

[Look what the exclusive souvenir is!!!!]

(End of this chapter)