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Chapter 196 [The Encirclement and Suppression by a Million-Strong Army] The CG that will soon shock the Blue Star (6k)

at this time.

The Red Team's plan truly astonished the Earthlings.

Whether it's generals from various federations, military experts from the civilian population, or many Earth players who have played the [World War II series] games.

Everyone thought the plan was too risky.

Whether in World War I or World War II, such extreme maneuvers were extremely rare on the European front.

Most players got into the game through World War II.

Therefore, it's uncertain whether tactics and plans like these for the red side will work.

Although there are still many events for the red side on the [Republic] timeline, it's certain that the red side won't be defeated here.

However, this plan was deemed too risky.

This has drawn the attention of the entire internet across the planet to the game's storyline at this moment.

However, many players of the "Huaxia" historical game series also expressed their opinion that it was worthwhile.

Because there are quite a few such things in the [Huaxia] history series, which can be summarized in seven words.

To die and then to live.

This kind of thing was done by Yu, Han Xin, and even Liu Bang experienced many times when he survived desperate situations.

The Red faction also faces a similar situation.

However, with so many examples to follow, it is clear that the red side is the winner.

This is at most a minor difficulty; the red team will definitely be able to overcome it.

Players of the [Huaxia] series are very confident, but many others have disagreed.

They are looking at the problem from the perspective of those who succeeded later.

How could such a situation be considered a minor difficulty?

When Liu Bang was being chased by Xiang Yu, he kicked his own son off the chariot to make it run faster. Did he know then that he would later defeat Xiang Yu?

In that situation, they even kicked their own sons down in order to save their lives.

One can imagine the crisis at that time.

Like now.

More than 30,000 Red troops were trapped in Gaoxingxu, surrounded by elite enemy forces, and their ammunition and food supplies were about to run out.

Inside Liu Xu's live stream room.

The wounded crammed into makeshift thatched huts, while many others slept under trees, not daring to show any trace of themselves.

Because in the sky, the blue team's reconnaissance planes would occasionally whiz by, casting shadows that shrouded this small area like a nightmare.

Every day, soldiers killed or wounded by air raids were carried into the thatched huts.

They built a series of solid defensive lines, completely blocking the Red team's retreat.

under such circumstances.

Even if you can't relate to it, just take a look at Liu Xu's live stream.

You can understand how desperate this situation is, and how a simple, minor difficulty could easily be dismissed as a crisis.

While the Blue Star players were arguing, they were also keeping an eye on the situation in the live stream.

But no matter how the players on Earth communicate and argue...

At this point, the red forces had already begun their operation.

Inside Liu Xu's live stream room.

It's already night.

In the dark night.

The soldiers on the Red Army dared not light any lamps. All their shovels, guns, and everything else were wrapped in cloth, for fear of making the slightest noise, as they marched hastily along the rugged mountain road.

In the stillness of the night, the only sound was the rustling of straw sandals crunching through the grass.

Judging from the movement trajectories on both sides, it was truly a thrilling experience.

Because the map in the live stream also changes in real time as information is updated.

At this point, the red forces and the blue forces almost collided.

At this moment, the blue team, based on the information uploaded by Jiang Yu,

The 61st, 60th, 52nd, and 9th Divisions near Gaoxingxu are besieging Gaoxingxu, attempting to trap the Red forces there.

The Red team took advantage of the air raids between the 52nd and 9th Divisions.

Before it completely closes, it passes through the narrow gap to the northeast.

The atmosphere in the live stream was tense and solemn; no one dared to make a sound. The viewers on Earth also held their breath, knowing that if they were discovered, it would be all over.

Even Liu Xu and Jiang Yu were nervously watching the movements on the map.

Unlike Jiang Yu.

Liu Xu was actually in the team, watching the blue team's movements. As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, Liu Xu was very worried.

When the nearest distance is on the local map.

You can even see faint lights in the distance, which is the location of the blue team.

No one dared to make a sound; the entire group was completely silent.

Only the legs that keep moving.

As dawn broke and the last soldier passed through the gap of death, the sky began to lighten with the first hint of white.

Standing atop the high mountain.

Liu Xu looked back at the enemy's position at Gaoxingwei, and could even see the smoke rising slowly from the chimneys.

However, not a single enemy soldier discovered them.

At this time, the enemy was still fantasizing about surrounding Gaoxingwei and annihilating them all.

Not a clue.

After this tense night of marching, the main force of the Red Army had all moved out.

Netizens on Earth breathed a sigh of relief.

Just looking at it is terrifying.

After breaking through the enemy's encirclement, the Red Force advanced northwards, heading straight to crush the Blue Force's weakest units in the encirclement: the 54th and 47th Divisions.

And just as envisioned.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the Red Army troops, the Blue Army's 47th Division, which was the first to make contact, collapsed immediately.

Immediately afterwards, the nearby 54th Division joined forces with the headquarters of the 47th Division to hold their ground and seek reinforcements.

Until the 54th and 47th Divisions requested reinforcements.

The blue team was stunned, especially the four divisions that were besieging the Gaoxingwei area, who were severely scolded by the principal of Huangpu Military Academy in the Nanchang Command.

Four divisions, tens of thousands of men, failed to contain the main force of the Red Army.

They don't even know when they ran out, what a bunch of idiots!
It's said they even smashed up the conference room.
however.

Faced with requests for assistance from the 54th and 47th Divisions.

Before any instructions were given in Nanchang, the Blue 8th Division, located next door, turned tail and fled eastward without even engaging in battle.

It left netizens on Earth speechless.

Good heavens, they're not even going to save him.

wrong!

They've stopped acting altogether!
Without even a token gesture, they turned around and ran away.

Those are friendly forces.

At first, netizens on Blue Star only thought that the Blue side had complicated factions, but they didn't expect it to be this complicated.

They're colleagues, no matter what.

They were right next door, surrounded, and actually turned around and ran away.

If all the blue team's troops are like this
Inexplicable.

Netizens on Earth seem to know why these people lost.

Let alone factions.

Even between different divisions and brigades, there's no consistency, this is unbelievable!
Looking at this situation...

The Blue Star players were at a loss for words, and looking at the fleeing 8th Division, they felt a bit conflicted.

However, the red team in the story did not stay.

Upon learning that the 8th Division was fleeing eastward, the Red Army decisively left a portion of its troops to launch a feigned attack while its main force pursued them.

The 8th Division, completely unaware of the situation, had just fled to Huangpi.

They were overtaken by the main force of the Red Army, and the 8th Division, with more than 10,000 troops, surrendered in large numbers after only one hour.

They have absolutely no fighting spirit.

However, it may also be related to the Red team's policy of treating prisoners of war well.

Because the red team truly has preferential treatment.

Holding a gun means you're the enemy; you're doomed.

But if you lay down your gun, you can get travel expenses and rations to go home; those who are willing to be reformed can stay.

then.

Of the more than 10,000 men in the 8th Division, excluding those who died in battle and those who fled, there were none.

More than 6000 people chose to surrender and become prisoners of war.

This number is more than half of the 8th Division at full strength.

Watching the blue team soldiers rushing over to surrender.

Netizens on Earth were completely bewildered.

This is what psychological warfare is all about, isn't it?!
Damn it?

The deceptive psychological warfare tactic, exemplified by the pre-battle address to all soldiers, was a declaration of "fight to the death or die," with 30 troops pressing in, an attempt to intimidate the enemy.

The real psychological warfare involved treating surrendered prisoners of war well. The 8th Division, with a full strength of just over 1 men, saw over 6000 surrender en masse.
This was a direct psychological warfare victory.

A feigned psychological warfare tactic, attempting to pressure the Red team's leadership.

In real psychological warfare, the mere words "treat surrendered prisoners well" were enough to make countless soldiers who wanted to live lay down their weapons.

In the live broadcast room.

Not to mention Liu Xu's side, even Jiang Yu on the blue team was amazed by the scene next door:

"That's amazing!"

"To be honest, the red team's psychological warfare tactics are unbeatable."

Do you know why the blue team soldiers don't like fighting?

"Because they were paid military pay, which was often embezzled, and some were even captured during the chaotic period. They tried to go home many times but were caught and brought back."

"How can soldiers be expected to be truly willing to risk their lives under such circumstances?"

"And here, after you put down your gun, they even give you rations and travel expenses."

"This condition."

"It goes without saying how tempting it was for those soldiers who were conscripted."

"That's amazing."

As he spoke, Jiang Yu sighed again.

at this time.

In the game, with the annihilation of the 8th Division, the exposed red forces are gradually being surrounded by the blue forces.

Even though the principal of Huangpu Military Academy was outmaneuvered by the Red Army's tactics, he still had a large and powerful army of 30.

Even if the Red team annihilates the 8th Division.

However, the surrounding troops converged, making it impossible for the Red team to engage in a direct confrontation.

In this regard.

Netizens on Earth are also analyzing the battle situation and figuring out where to break through.

But what no one expected was...

The red team dared to use the same technique a second time, repeating the same pattern.

This team really doesn't treat the blue team like human beings.

As the blue team surrounded them.

The main force of the Red Army, having regrouped, spun off the 12th Red Army as a feint attack force, which advanced northwards under the guise of attacking the Blue Army's supply cities. The main force remained in place, waiting for an opportunity.

The same operation as before.

The result was the same.

hard to imagine.

The troops on the blue side, from the highest-level commanders to the lower-level divisions and brigades, are repeatedly falling into the same trap.

Because of the Red 12th Army's feint attack, the surrounding Blue Army troops were indeed drawn to it.

Meanwhile, the main force remained stationary.

They hide in the mountains and forests, waiting for the right opportunity.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and judging from the marching routes on the map, they were practically head-on collisions.

However, on the Blue Star network, under the watchful eyes of tens of millions of viewers across various federal live streams.

And that's how it happened.

Yes.

The two sides passed each other by once again.

At their closest point, the two sides were separated by only a few kilometers of mountains and forests.

But that's how it happened.

This was an extremely daring move; I thought once would be enough, but I never expected there would be a second time.

It has refreshed the worldview of netizens on Earth.

It also served as a vivid military lesson for the generals of the various federations.

Given this situation.

They didn't dare to do it the first time, but the leader of the Red Team ordered it to be done, and it was successful.

They still didn't dare to do it the second time, but the leader of the Red Team gave the same order, and it succeeded again.

This must have amazed the generals of the various federations on Earth, prompting them to study it.

They even held meetings to discuss it.

And in the game.

As they passed each other again, the blue team was unaware that the red team's main force had already gone into hiding to regroup.

They were still chasing the 12th Red Army, treating it as their main force.

The pursuit of a dozen or so divisions has drawn the attention of netizens on Blue Star to the 12th Red Army, wondering how things will unfold next.

However, the 12th Red Army must have had special strengths to be able to serve as a feint force.

Most of the soldiers of the 12th Red Army were native mountain people from the eastern Jiangxi and western Fujian regions. Faced with the encirclement and suppression by the Blue Army, they had to travel through mountainous roads and take dangerous paths.

This was an easy task for the soldiers of the 12th Red Army.

However, dealing with the soldiers and troops that the Blue Team had brought in from various places became quite difficult.

Seven or eight divisions of troops were unable to catch up with the feinting troops of the Red 12th Army.

It dragged on for more than half a month.

Blue then realized that this was just a feint.

And what about the main force of the red team?

Lost again
As of the time the Blue Team discovered, this 'third encirclement/counter-encirclement' had been going on for nearly two months, and nearly ten days had passed in reality on Blue Star.

In just ten days, the players on Blue Star were thrilled.

Meanwhile, the blue team NPCs in the game were filled with resentment, their morale was low, and they didn't want to fight anymore.

Without him.

Nearly two months.

The 30-strong army almost never encountered the Red Army forces head-on.

Like a silly boy being led around, I spent two months climbing mountains in the Soviet area.

To this day, the location of the main force of the Red Army is still unknown. The 8th Division, the only unit to have directly faced the main force of the Red Army, was defeated within an hour, with more than 6000 soldiers surrendering.

How to fight this?
And it's more than that.

The principal of Whampoa Military Academy made a huge show of it this time, especially with the "Letter to the Soldiers of the Nation" before the war. Everyone knew that Nanjing had mobilized 30 troops to encircle and suppress more than 3 Red Army soldiers.

however.

That's quite a commotion.

It took more than two months.

Not only did they fail to eliminate the Red forces, but the 8th Division was also annihilated as a whole.

This is bad.

The whole nation's attention is focused here.

Although they had just won the Central Plains War, many people were still dissatisfied, since the intervention from the Northeast was considered an external aid, a last resort.

And now.

The principal of Whampoa Military Academy mobilized 30 troops, but they were bogged down here for more than two months, and an entire division was wiped out.

Such combat power is bound to give the neighboring warlords pause for thought.

So, while the principal of Whampoa Military Academy in Nanchang was still trying to find a way to suppress the Red forces.

The neighboring warlord launched an attack in order to seize the border region of Hubei and Hunan.

See this situation.

After two months of encirclement and suppression of the Red Army forces, Principal Huangpu had no choice but to transfer a large army to the south for the sake of the overall situation.

This is the end.

The third siege/counter-siege storyline in the game has finally come to an end.

While watching the thrilling spectacle, netizens on Earth were also left wanting more.

Because I'm recalling the plot of this story.

30 versus 3.

Even the slightest mistake could rewrite the history of the Republic.

However, the two near misses, the closest being only a few kilometers apart, were like dancing on the edge of death, yet both were successful.

Ultimately, the warlord's ambitions forced the principal of Whampoa Military Academy to abandon the encirclement campaign.

All of this seems like a destiny bestowed upon someone by fate in a traditional Chinese novel.

Even if netizens on Earth don't believe it.

However, the red team's performance in this storyline is just too similar.

The blue team's third encirclement attempt failed.

The principal of Whampoa Military Academy did not live up to his pre-war motto of "either succeed or die trying."

At this time, the principal of Whampoa Military Academy had already begun to deal with the warlords next door for the sake of "the world".

With the moral high ground in their hands, who would dare to bring up pre-war matters?

Having completed the entire 'Third Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement' process, many Blue Star players went to the region to join the Red Army after the game started and participated in the storyline.

What was originally a single angle from Liu Xu's side has become more varied as more players have triggered it.

There are perspectives from the 8th Division, which becomes the main force in the attack, and from the 12th Red Army, which pretends to be the main force and leads seven or eight divisions of the Blue Army all over the mountains.

More importantly, it was the Red team's counterattack, with its astonishingly brilliant and skillful command, that opened a new world for netizens on Earth.

In the World War II series, the World War I series, and even the Chinese history series of games, the mortality rate of the troops commanded by players who become officers and generals on Earth has begun to soar.

Given any opportunity to maneuver, they wanted to replicate the Red Team's incredible plays during the 'Third Counter-Encirclement' and stage a stunning comeback.

However, many people, even when they have an advantage, still choose to engage in such extreme maneuvers.

then
The result was the complete annihilation or defeat of the entire army.

Blue Star players gradually realized that such extreme maneuvers could not be achieved simply by imagining them out of thin air.

What's needed behind this is a precise grasp of the battlefield situation, accurate calculation of the strength of both sides, and most importantly, an army with an iron will.

until now.

The Blue Star players, reflecting on the Red team's tactics, finally understood how formidable the Red team was.

The course of events is determined from the very beginning of choosing an opponent.

If we choose to attack Nanjing with elite troops, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. However, if we capture a force that has already been terrified by the Red Army, we can crush it.

The resulting chain reaction will, like this, affect the entire battle situation.

As the plot unfolds, based on the reactions from Nanjing, netizens on Blue Star are already vaguely guessing what the "Four Crossings of the Chishui River" will entail.

It is clear that there will be further encirclement and suppression operations.

The red team's strength is far inferior to that of the blue team. Even in the simplest war of attrition, the red team will slowly be worn down.

Netizens on Blue Star anticipated that Nanjing would launch another encirclement and suppression operation.

I just didn't expect it to be this big.
Four days later.

Someone on the blue team triggered the 'Fourth Encirclement Operation'.

40 troops were mobilized from Nanjing.

The number of troops attacking the Soviet area again made the Blue Star players nod in agreement, as they had guessed that many based on the order of events.

Just the next day.

Someone on the red team triggered the 'Fifth Counter-Encirclement Operation'.

This time.
The blue team mobilized a full 100 million troops to surround the Soviet area and adopted a conservative tactic of 'fortress blockade' to pass through the 100 million troops.

They gradually eroded the Soviet areas, shrinking the living space of the Red Army forces.

The thing that netizens on Earth were worried about has happened.

Compared to the blue side, the red side's weakness lies in attrition warfare.

蓝色从10万大军、20万、30万、40万、再到现在的100万大军，还拥有飞机、大炮、机枪、充足补给，可见其的实力。

The Red side could only develop and strengthen itself among civilians, and its weapons were mainly rifles with scarce ammunition.

In this situation, the most difficult battle for the red side is a war of attrition.

After four failed attempts, the blue team finally realized that in terms of combat and command, they were not on the same level as the red team, and that this was the only way to encircle and annihilate them.

Ironically, this is the most effective method.

Faced with such an encirclement, the Red Army, which in the storyline had only about 100,000 soldiers, was reduced to a mere 100,000.

It's clearly impossible to go head-to-head with 100 million people on the blue team.

We just don't know what to do yet.

Meanwhile, netizens on Earth felt numb just looking at the map in the storyline; all they could see were troops, forming an encirclement entirely by the military.

This method of encirclement and suppression is truly the only way.

Many people have already started researching the plot of "Crossing the Chishui River Four Times" in advance, after Polaris Company released the "Crossing the Chishui River Four Times" data package for download.

No one has cleared the game yet.

However, after learning about the storyline during the 'Third Counter-Encirclement Campaign,' the Blue Star players, who had figured things out, also made considerable progress.

the other side.

On the Polaris side.

Seeing the successive triggering of the 'Fourth Counter-Encirclement Campaign' and 'Fifth Counter-Encirclement Campaign', Zhao Ming checked the backend to see if there were any other upcoming campaigns.

As the command was entered, player profiles quickly popped up.

Depending on the progress, the predicted trigger time will also vary.

Zhao Ming looked at the events and arranged the trigger times of events such as "Bloody Battle of Xiang", "Seizing Luding Bridge", and "Crossing Snow-capped Mountains and Grasslands" in order.

Some of these events occur before the "Four Crossings of the Chishui River," while others occur after it.

The predicted events for these instances have been slightly adjusted and brought forward, so that basically one event can be triggered per day.

Zhao Ming then opened the [Republic] timeline.

Zhao Ming had previously completed the small events on the timeline of the [Republic].

However, the game's CG and player storyline haven't been integrated yet. Looking at the storylines like "Bloody Battle of Xiang" and "Seizing Luding Bridge," Zhao Ming plans to release some story CGs first.

Other event CGs, both big and small, will be added later.

The next day.

The official website of Polaris has released some CG clips of the storylines such as "Bloody Battle of Xiang", "Seizing Luding Bridge", and "Crossing Snow-capped Mountains and Grasslands".

(End of this chapter)