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Chapter 228 [The Third Bombing of the Water Gate Bridge] (4k)

With the end of the storyline for Little High Ridge.

The video of Xiao Gaoling's battle quickly became the top story on the official Polaris forum.

And its popularity is growing at an astounding rate, even making it to the top of the federal headlines, showing signs of going viral.

Many people, even those who had never played Polaris games before, clicked in out of curiosity.

They all wanted to see what kind of battle could generate such a huge buzz.

This was also the first time that players on Earth had the opportunity to see the battle from the perspective of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army up close.

The question that had been puzzling me for a long time has now been answered.

Why were the Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops, despite their inferior equipment and smaller numbers of troops at some ambush sites compared to the large US forces, still able to hold off and delay the enemy?

It even caused huge casualties to U.S. federal troops.

And all this.

The answer was given by the soldiers of the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 172nd Regiment, led by Company Commander Yang Gensi, during the battle at Xiaogaoling.

Relying on the Xiaogaoling position, a small but commanding high point.

With just one platoon, they repelled eight assaults by the U.S. federal troops, keeping the large U.S. evacuation force bogged down on Xiaogaoling for several hours.

What is even more shocking is the fact that they faced relentless bombing by the US federal government.

The Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers displayed unimaginable resilience, demonstrating the spirit of "as long as the man is alive, the position will remain."

Especially the final ninth assault by the U.S. federal government.

With only three men remaining, Company Commander Yang Gensi ordered two wounded soldiers to evacuate with machine guns, and then charged toward the U.S. federal troops with explosives.

Fight to the last man, even if it means perishing together with the enemy.

The fighting spirit of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army has deeply impressed netizens on Earth.

Even knowing that this game was developed by Polaris, I was still deeply moved by the "Republic" in the game and the warriors of this nation.

Because this is only a small part of the battlefield on the small hill, what about the entire peninsula battlefield?

Soldiers like this are everywhere.

Battle of the Chongchon River.

With only 30 soldiers remaining, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers bravely attacked the nearly 1,000-strong Australian battalion of the 27th Brigade of the British Commonwealth, brandishing their bayonets.

With a death-defying will, they shattered the morale of nearly a thousand Australian soldiers and charged in the opposite direction.

Battle of Gari Ridge.

The Turkish brigade of over 5,000 men was divided and attacked by a single battalion of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, which defeated the brigade in one night, with casualties exceeding 3500.

The Battle of Songgufeng.

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Faced with the relentless bombardment by American aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery, the soldiers of the 3rd Company held their ground to the death. When they ran out of bullets, they fought with bayonets, stones, and even their teeth.

With a single company, they held off the US 2nd Division for more than 10 hours, successfully delaying them until the main force of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army was able to encircle them.

And there's the ice sculpture on Dead Eagle Ridge.

All the officers and soldiers of the 6th Company of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army died due to the severe cold while lying in ambush, but they maintained their charging posture with their guns in hand until their deaths, showing their resolute fighting spirit.

The impact was already felt from the perspective of the original US federal government, but it became even more striking when the perspective of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army was taken into account.

Looking back at these perspectives from the US federal government.

This kind of shock gives people a more direct feeling.

They were facing a nation that had just stood up, and a group of warriors who had the words "defend the homeland" engraved in their very bones.

These are things that cannot be statistically analyzed using data.

When those US federal staff officers used steel production to calculate the outcome of the war.

They could never quantify how a single platoon of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers on that small hill repelled eight attacks by their mechanized armored forces, relying solely on rifles.

It can never be quantified with cold, hard data how a company of volunteer soldiers on Songgu Peak managed to hold off an entire division of US troops from breaking through.

What sustained all of this was the will of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

Suddenly.

Netizens on Earth suddenly recalled the line that was played across the country in the propaganda CG of the Republic when facing a nuclear threat:

"No nuclear threat can frighten the people of the Republic who have stood up!"

Netizens on Earth seem to understand.

Why could the rifles of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army repel tanks? Why could frozen fingers still pull the trigger? Why could burning bodies still charge forward?

Because behind these soldiers is a nation that has just broken free from a century of humiliation, a group of warriors who would rather die in battle than live on their knees again.

For the U.S. federal government, this could be a war.

But for the newly established Republic, this was not a war, but the awakening and revival of the entire nation.

The newly established "Republic" declared to the world: "We will no longer be at the mercy of others."

The newly established Republic proved to the world: "We have stood up, and we will never fall."

The newly established Republic will show the world: "We have not only stood up, but we will stand tall forever!"

On one side is a war machine that calculates steel production and ammunition consumption.

On one side is a nation with five thousand years of civilization, shouting the words "Stand up!"

When the two collide.

What both sides possess cannot be quantified with data, but the battles fought on the peninsula seem to have already determined the outcome of this war.

They could never understand how a single company could hold off nearly 10,000 of their mechanized armored troops on the Songgu Peak position.

And this is the ending that Blue Star players inexplicably felt.

Although the war is not over yet, the outcome seems clear.

The fighting spirit of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army became a major topic of discussion among Blue Star players, because soldiers with such a spirit could only be eliminated by eradicating them completely.

Otherwise, the final victory would certainly have belonged to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

Because they couldn't imagine how a UN force of nearly a thousand men, which had been routed by 30 Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, could defeat such a force.

As videos of the battle at Xiaogaoling spread.

It seems that the Volunteer Army faction has been opened up on Polaris, and more and more players or streamers are triggering the Volunteer Army's perspective.

It also allowed players on Earth to experience the predicament faced by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

When a player with a US federal identity, who was drinking hot coffee and playing cards, was killed by Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers, he was randomly assigned to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's side at the start of the next game.

These Earth players, randomly assigned the identity of volunteers, originally intended to display their prowess.

But it couldn't even get through that cold, snowy night.

Only then did the players on Blue Star realize the true extent of the Volunteer Army's difficulties.

This difficult situation forced the US federal troops on both the eastern and western fronts to retreat across the board.

This further fueled the challenge among Blue Star players.

Many people keep starting new games, hoping to randomly get the identity of a volunteer soldier and challenge the limits of their willpower.

Meanwhile, the challenges were in full swing among the Blue Star players.

In the first phase of the battlefield, U.S. federal troops began to withdraw from Hagaru-ri. Although they were repeatedly blocked by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army along the way, they were, after all, a fully organized mechanized armored force.

They have been slowly withdrawing from Hagaru-ri towards the 'Water Gate Bridge,' a key point on the eastern front.

Many players on Earth were also drawn to this crucial battle that was about to begin.

at this time.

Inside Li Ran's live stream.

As soldiers of the main force of the 1st Marine Division, after withdrawing from Yudam-ri to Hagaru-ri, they naturally served as the vanguard when retreating to the rear.

We have now arrived at the Water Gate Bridge.

Unfortunately, the Watergate Bridge had already been destroyed. Li Ran hid behind the stalled truck, trying to avoid bullets coming from all directions.

It's been over an hour since the fierce battle started.

It would be easier if it were during the day.

But unfortunately it was nighttime.

It was the home ground of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and Li Ran looked around at the battlefield on both sides of the road.

Although the number of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers on both sides of the battlefield was not large, their fighting style rendered the U.S. federal troops helpless.

Their prized mechanical armor was useless in this situation.

Its only purpose was perhaps to allow soldiers to hide behind those tanks and shield themselves from enemy bullets.

After all, the armor thickness is still quite good.

There is absolutely no other way.

Howitzers and aerial bombing, tactics that have worked every time on other battlefields, seem to have no effect on positions occupied by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

Whether it's bombing during the day or at night.

The bombing lasted for half an hour, an hour, or even two rounds, a full two hours.

As they charged forward.

They would always be defeated by wave after wave of volunteer soldiers who rose up.

This left the commanders of the U.S. federal forces helpless.

Mechanical armor is useless, bombing is useless, and heavy machine guns can't hit the enemy's positions. Once they get close, the enemy forces them into hand-to-hand combat.

Then it gets broken down again and again, and so on.

Just like it is now.

Sudden.

Shouts from U.S. federal soldiers echoed in the distance:

"Three o'clock!"

Li Ran quickly turned his head and saw several blurry figures moving rapidly down the hillside, rushing towards the distant Shuimen Bridge.

The Shuimen Bridge has already been bombed once.

The bridge was currently made of temporary wooden planks, and Li Ran even suspected that tanks would collapse it if they walked on it. But he never expected that the Chinese People's Volunteer Army would still blow up such a bridge.

Several waves of attacks have already been organized, and the surrounding firepower is all to cover the suicide squad as they blow up the bridge.

boom! boom! boom!
The US federal artillery shells fired at the figures that were vaguely moving on the hillside. Explosions spread across the hillside, and several Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers tumbled out.

However, before the US soldiers could get excited, the figure that had rolled away got up again.

And it continued to rush quickly toward the water gate bridge.

"Fire! Fire!"

"My God, how can they not be afraid of death?"

"Damn it! That bridge is as fragile as my sister's building blocks now!"

"We must not let them get near the bridge!"

"All heavy firepower, fire!!"

Li Ran was firing blanks as if he were just going through the motions, while his eyes were fixed on the few figures that were vaguely rushing towards the bridge.

The voices of the surrounding U.S. federal commanders grew increasingly urgent.

They watched as those figures moved quickly and rushed under the bridge.

"Oh, no!"

"Stop! Stop now!!!"

boom--! ! !
The U.S. federal commander broke down, his face contorted in pain.
"Fk!!!"

“They are all crazy!”

"Is it really necessary to make such a fuss over a broken bridge?!"

But no matter how much they curse.

The undeniable fact is that the bridge was bombed again, and from Li Ran's perspective, using the zoom function, it was even worse this time, with the bridge foundations collapsing.

With the second bombing of the Watergate Bridge, this time even the bridge foundation was destroyed.

The covering fire of the surrounding Chinese People's Volunteer Army was rapidly retreating, leaving only the US federal commander roaring to the sky in the wind and snow.

Inside Li Ran's live stream.

The viewers on Blue Star were quite amused by this scene.

The Chinese People's Volunteer Army was truly ruthless; they even blew up the bridge foundations, making the repair extremely difficult.

The U.S. federal engineers standing nearby must be crying their eyes out in the bathroom.

[Volunteer Soldier: Do you know me or not? I'm just asking you, do you know me or not? How did you bomb me back then?]

Wow, what goes around comes around!

That's right, those who bombed the bridges built by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army back then are now stunned by the bombs themselves.

The chat room was filled with non-stop comments, while the battlefield gradually fell silent.

U.S. federal soldiers gathered up the bodies in the surrounding area; as for those in other places, they would have to wait until tomorrow.

Li Ran found a corner and closed his eyes.

A skip button will pop up soon.

With the click to skip, it was already the morning of the second day.

Li Ran opened his eyes and looked around at the situation.

We arrived here last night, and the bridge was blown up by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army not long after, so we are still unaware of the surrounding situation. At this moment, we look around and at the 'Water Gate Bridge' in the distance.

Only then did Li Ran realize why the US federal commander had been cursing and swearing last night.

It's called a bridge, but it's actually a structure similar to a dam.

However, a new passageway has been built next to it.

This passage is currently the only road, with steep cliffs below and rugged mountain slopes above, and can only be crossed by marching across a bridge.

Now that the 'Watergate Bridge' has been destroyed, there is a huge gap.

It's beyond repair; a wooden board can no longer fix it.

Even the bridge foundation was blown up, leaving such a huge gap.

No matter how large the wooden plank, it could not withstand the weight of an armored vehicle or tank passing over such a large gap.

What's more, this place is completely bare; there aren't even any wooden planks left.

Li Ran's orders were to clean up the battlefield. He followed other U.S. soldiers up the hillsides to search for the bodies and traces of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who had attacked the previous night.

Although there seemed to be no one around, they all knew that the Chinese People's Volunteer Army was definitely watching them from somewhere.

Everyone moved very carefully.

The repair of the 'Water Gate Bridge' was progressing slowly. After Li Ran finished cleaning up the battlefield, he watched as more troops continued to arrive at the Water Gate Bridge.

However, the repair work has not progressed much.

The engineers were still repairing the bridge foundation, and the roads were crowded with U.S. soldiers who wanted to retreat, but the gap in the bridge blocked their escape route.

one day.
Two days
Three days
until the fourth day.

It has taken nearly four days since the second bombing that the 'Watergate Bridge' was barely repaired.

however.

Before the US federal forces could organize a large force to cross the bridge, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops quietly surrounded them as night fell.

(End of this chapter)