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Chapter 86 [Blitzkrieg against the Soviets] (3.8k)

The old hunter looked anxious and turned to look at Duan Yu:

"Little Olga, go quickly and tell the villagers to hide."

"I'll stop them!"

Duan Yu was completely stunned by these words:
"You stopped them?"

You don't look like someone who can take down tanks.

The old hunter had no time to pay attention to Duan Yu. He dragged his limping leg and quickly walked into the wooden house, rummaging through something. Duan Yu, on the other hand, came to his senses and ran towards the village.

After running less than a hundred meters, I could faintly hear the old hunter cursing behind me.

boom!
A gunshot rang out, startling Duan Yu into turning around.

The whole person was stunned.

The old hunter's cabin was now on fire, billowing thick black smoke straight into the sky.

The old hunter beside the cabin, holding his worn-out old gun that he had used since World War I, aimed at the distant tank and armored formation.

boom!
The old hunter fired another shot, cursing loudly, seemingly trying to attract the attention of the Imperial tank formation.

Meanwhile, the tank and armored vehicle units advancing rapidly in the distance also noticed the anomaly and slowed down, seemingly deep in thought.

But just a few seconds later, the densely packed tank and armored forces continued to accelerate forward.

The empire's tank and armored forces accelerated and headed deeper into the border region.

The old hunter raised his gun, cursing as he was about to pull the trigger.

boom--! ! !
A tank shell hit the burning cabin directly, and the explosion spread out, extinguishing the flames. The old hunter's body was instantly torn to pieces.

The massive tremor also startled Duan Yu back to his senses.

I never expected the game's plot to be so outrageous. One second they're roasting deer legs, the next they're playing a life-or-death survival game?

What the hell is this?
Seeing a tank break away from the formation and rush towards him, Duan Yu disregarded everything else and scrambled towards the village.

There was a muffled sound.

The shells hadn't arrived yet, but the sound was already there.

next second.

The scorching heat from the shell cutting through the air grazed Duan Yu's ears, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

"rough!!!"

A massive impact exploded less than ten meters in front of him, and Duan Yu followed in the old hunter's footsteps, falling to pieces. The game screen went black, returning to the main menu.

He wasn't the only streamer to experience the same thing.

Return to TianSha Live, go to the gaming section, and find the "World War II: Rise of Empires" category.

At this point, you'll see many streamers suddenly looking terrified, and then the screen goes completely black, but almost all of them are players from the Soviet Federation.

However, some players who were also from the Soviet Federation were completely unaffected.

In World War II: Rise of Empires, this sudden scene caused an uproar on player forums, with many players already killed by the Imperial army.

If you randomly click on any post asking what happened, you'll find players looking completely bewildered.

[Holy crap? What on earth happened?]

How could so many people have been killed?

[Game bug? NPC riot?]

[Holy crap, how could such a thing happen?]

[Damn it! I was just trying to flirt with an NPC girl in the game when a tank shell came crashing down on me.]

[Hilarious! Living and dying together, bless them!]

[The Polestar website has been updated, go check it out!!!]

I heard someone say that.

Players flocked to the Polaris website to see what had happened.

Just go to the official website.

There were no update announcements, only a live map in the upper right corner. If you click to enlarge it, you will see a huge outline in the color representing the Empire.

They are advancing deeper into the Soviet Union.

The map is marked by small dots that light up, which then display player information. The map at the point where the dots have all lit up gradually becomes clearer and more detailed.

Players quickly realized that they were submitting information one by one.

Then, players uploaded their death locations and information to the Polaris official website.

As more and more information was submitted, a battlefront stretching over two thousand kilometers from south to north, covering the entire border between the Empire and the Soviet Union, gradually became clear on the map.

A chat function has also been added to the live map.

In the chat room below, players were astonished as they watched the map undergo subtle but continuous changes.

"Isn't this battle line too long? Can blitzkrieg be played like this?"

"I'm still a bit confused. Launching a blitzkrieg against such a vast territory as the Soviet Federation? That's outrageous!"

"The key is not whether it's outrageous or not, but that it actually penetrated the area."

"The Soviet Federation has not yet organized an effective defense, while the Empire is advancing too fast."

"How will we supply such a long front? Who came up with this attack plan, a genius or a madman?"

"A full-scale offensive, with three main attack directions; the goal is to wipe out all the major Soviet cities in one fell swoop."

"Speaking of which, how can we not have a military expert analyze this kind of battle situation? @ShijunTalksMilitary"

"This is hilarious. This guy can't even beat an ordinary general in the Empire, how could he possibly understand a map?"

"So all the dead were on the border of the Soviet Union?"

Players have realized why so many people died.

They were originally all located on the Soviet border, but it seems that those inside are coming soon too; the Empire's advance is too rapid.

at this time.

Inside Polaris Corporation.

[Mood value +28419.]

[Mood value +31812.]

[Emotional Value +248]

The Empire's sudden action has generated a lot of emotional points among the players.

They were clearly caught off guard by the attack.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ming updated the official website with a brief overview of Operation Barbarossa.

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was an invasion launched by the Reich with the objective of rapidly defeating the Soviet Union through blitzkrieg, occupying vast territories from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and seizing resource-rich Ukraine and the Caucasus region.

The Empire deployed approximately 320 million troops, launching a simultaneous attack in three army groups (northern, central, and southern), with the aim of capturing Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev before winter.

Over this period, the game's story timeline gradually became unified into a single day, so when the proportion of immersive players was sufficient, Zhao Ming opened up the progress.

Moreover, since they are all single immersive story modes.

Therefore, even with the real-time map enabled, Zhao Ming is not worried about changes to the game's storyline.

The Eastern Front in World War II often saw millions of deaths in a single major battle.

The role of a single player in the game is too small, so small that they can only go with the flow, and may even be killed by imperial shells before they even see the imperial army.

If they can't win in a fight, then discussions about the Empire and the Soviet Federation will certainly continue.

The outcome of this war is now being discussed extensively on player forums.

Because players are scattered throughout their respective immersive storylines, there are people almost everywhere, so as soon as someone dies, the information is uploaded immediately.

Players will then be able to see the changes in the map.

At this point, the border defenses of the Soviet Union had been completely breached. The battle line, stretching over two thousand kilometers, was chilling to behold; how insane must one have been to devise such a plan?

And it's not just players who are watching and analyzing.

Daxia Federation.

Songgor Icefield, 7th Special Operations Brigade.

Looking at the live map on the Polaris website and the Empire's battle plan, Shen Yan summoned Chief of Staff Qu Guang, who entered:
"What's going on, Lao Shen?"

Shen Yan turned the live map on the projector over:

"Look at this."

"Given the vast territory of the Soviet Federation and the long battle lines of the Empire, which side do you think will win?"

This empire is truly insane; their battle lines have stretched for two thousand kilometers.

Qu Guang glanced at it and said:
"That depends on the Empire's logistical capabilities."

"If we can't break through the Soviet Federation in one fell swoop, given the Empire's expansion speed, we might not be able to keep up with the supply."

"Has the game been updated again?"

Qu Guang looked over curiously.

Shen Yan shook his head:

"not sure."

"This is something that suddenly became a hot topic online, and I just wanted to take a look."

Qu Guang rolled her eyes at Shen Yan:
"You should think about how to clear the [Songgu Peak Blockade Battle]."

“Since it was unlocked a few days ago, no battalion has been able to hold out for 6 hours.”

By gathering elite troops, they successfully completed the defense mission in the Battle of Sansuo, but the difficulty of the Battle of Songgu Peak was simply beyond human capability.

Shen Yan also had a toothache:

"The intensity of the Battle of Songgu Peak was too great."

"But we can't keep asking Zhao Ming for data to see how the People's Volunteer Army fought."

"Let's practice for now."

"The First Special Battalion did not hold out for 5 hours and 13 minutes."

"I'll lead the team in training again during this period."

Seeing this, Qu Guang nodded and then sat down to analyze the battle situation with Shen Yan.

-

at this time.

Tiansha Live, game area.

Someone is live-streaming the battle against the Empire.

In the live broadcast room.

In the game, the time has reached the second day since the Empire launched Operation Barbarossa.

Brest Fortress.

The smoke from the fortress had not yet dissipated, and the roar of the Stuka bombers had not yet faded, but the Soviet soldiers lying on the ground quickly got up.

The earth was already trembling; it was the Empire's tank armor.

Duan Yu also got up.

He patted the dust off his clothes, looking dejected.

This game is addictive; if you get blown up, you have to start over.

And then I was randomly assigned to the front lines of the battlefield again. Was this done on purpose?
No time to think too much.

Duan Yu and the other soldiers lay in ambush. The sound of tank tracks outside grew closer and closer, as if they were about to enter the encirclement.

suddenly!

A metal can was thrown in, followed by a pungent fumes.

Soldiers nearby coughed incessantly from the choking fumes, immediately revealing their positions.

Duan Yu, standing behind, cursed under his breath upon seeing this.
"rough!"

"Is this poisonous? They'll use any dirty trick they can think of?!"

Seeing that it was a poison gas bomb and there was nowhere to hide, Duan Yu could only get up and run backward, but he hadn't run very far.

boom--!
There was a loud noise behind me.

The wall where the soldiers were lying in ambush was shattered by the shell, and the violent blast killed all the soldiers around it, causing them to bleed from their ears and noses.

Duan Yu stumbled and rolled to the ground. The sound of tank tracks came from afar. Duan Yu immediately held his breath and dared not get up to look.

I quietly hunched over, trying to hide under the stone slabs as much as possible, while also placing some pebbles in front of me.

In this environment.

Even though he knew it was a game, Duan Yu's heart was pounding and his breathing became rapid.

That was really exciting!

The sound of the tracks around him sometimes grew louder and sometimes softer, and the constant roar of motorcycles kept passing by, but Duan Yu remained lying there motionless.

Until it gradually got dark.

Duan Yu then quietly crawled out from under the stone slab.

What he saw was a scene of ruins, completely different from when he had just been reborn and started the game that morning.

The fortress was intact in the morning, but now I can't find a single thing that resembles what I remember.

He didn't know if anyone was still resisting, but the occasional gunshots in the distance indicated that the battle was still ongoing.

Duan Yu picked up a gun and looked at the surrounding ruins with a sense of realization.

In just half a day, it was all destroyed.

He shook his head and looked around, unsure of where to go.

There are no hints or suggestions in this game.

Duan Yu stood there for a moment, thinking, while looking at the comments in the live stream.

Ultimately, they decided to head towards the Soviet Federation, but going to the Empire would have been pure suicide.
As we left the dilapidated fortress, the setting sun shone down.

A warmth spread through Duan Yu's body, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face:
"This game is really frustrating, but the scenery is really nice."

"If I record this sunset and upload it to the Polaris Games website, do you think I could get a prize?"

Click——!
A light, crisp sound came from beneath my feet.

Duan Yu looked puzzled and was about to look down when the landmine beneath his feet suddenly exploded.

The game screen was instantly turned black by the impact.

On the main interface.

The smile on Duan Yu's face hadn't yet faded when it froze, and then he gritted his teeth and said:
"I just don't believe this shady game?!"

“Come again!!!”

Are the employers and employees really that unlucky every time?
Re-enter the game and start a new game.

This wasn't a war zone, but rather a city untouched by war. The city's architecture was magnificent and grand, though the accents sounded like they were from the Soviet Union.

"This is a good start."

however.

The chat in the live stream has already started sending reminders.

[What a load of rubbish! Run!]

[You're right in the middle of the Empire's offensive route in Kiev.]

(I'm about 500 words short of 8 words. I can't finish writing one plot point, so I'll make up for it tomorrow. Today's chapter, including the extra chapter, is 11.7 words! I'll try to double it up tomorrow!)
(End of this chapter)