Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 492 - 235: Turning Point of the Fourth Battle
Qu Guang looked at the map and frowned. The soldiers around him noticed but didn’t disturb him. After thinking for a moment, Qu Guang’s frown didn’t ease, and he spoke:
"This is a bit troublesome."
A soldier nearby couldn’t help but ask:
"Chief of Staff, is there a problem?"
Qu Guang raised his hand to tap the projector, enlarging the ’live map’. Looking at this map, he continued:
"This is a big problem."
"Look at this map, from left to right are Han City, Di Pingli, and Hengcheng."
"Han City belongs to the Western Front, while Di Pingli and Hengcheng belong to the Eastern Front." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Di Pingli is sandwiched between two cities, akin to the connection between the upper and lower body, which is the lumbar spine, while Hengcheng is like the thigh."
"If a leg is cut off, the body can still survive."
"But if it’s severed at the waist, then survival is impossible."
"So now, the United States forces on the Eastern Front are retreating completely, even losing Hengcheng doesn’t matter."
"Because under the United States’ orders, there was no retreat at Di Pingli."
"As long as they hold Di Pingli."
"Then the Eastern Front Volunteer Army cannot break through to the Western Front to cut off the United States’ retreat on the Western Front."
"Only by capturing Di Pingli can the Eastern Front Volunteer Army move without obstruction."
"If Di Pingli is not captured."
"Then to break through from the Eastern Front, means facing obstruction from Di Pingli. With the United States’ superior mobility, even if obstructed for two hours by the Volunteer Army."
"If the adversary gets news, achieving a surprise attack is impossible."
"Two hours is enough for the United States forces on the Western Front to adjust and respond."
"Furthermore, with the United States’ armored firepower."
"Once obstructed, it might not end even in half a day."
"Then the United States forces on the Western Front can support Di Pingli, while the retreating United States forces on the Eastern Front can encircle Di Pingli from behind."
"If such a situation occurs, the entire peninsula battlefield would collapse."
After the words fell.
Many gasps could be heard in the lounge as they looked at the map.
No one imagined that just one Di Pingli could be linked to the entire peninsula battlefield.
However, it’s exactly as Chief of Staff Qu Guang said.
The original intention of the Eastern Front Volunteer Army was to concentrate forces, penetrate and divide, to overthrow the United States forces on the Eastern Front, then advance into Sanshuli, cutting indirectly into the US Army’s rear on the Western Front.
Creating a ’closing the door to beat the dog’ scenario, blocking the United States’ retreat on the Western Front.
But if Di Pingli is not taken.
This ambush effect can’t be created, and if obstructed at Di Pingli.
It’s like being stopped right at the doorstep.
Those inside the door (United States forces on the Western Front) would come out, while from behind (United States forces on the Eastern Front) would converge, putting the Eastern Front Volunteer Army at a disadvantage.
At that time, surrounded from all sides, the Eastern Front is highly likely to collapse.
So if the enemy at Di Pingli is not eliminated, the Volunteer Army cannot cut off the United States’ retreat on the Western Front.
But a forceful assault....
In the lounge, the soldiers of the Seventh Special Operations Brigade of the Great Xia Federation felt a sinking feeling.
The United States forces at Di Pingli, observing their movements.
Evidently, also intended to retreat.
If they retreated directly, then everything would align as Qu Guang and the Volunteer Army intended, they could directly cut the United States forces retreat on the Western Front.
But after moving a little, the United States forces at Di Pingli returned the same way.
Clearly, the United States high command, or Li Qiwu, realized this, so a strict order was given not to allow the United States forces at Di Pingli to retreat.
This is troublesome.
In the live broadcast room.
After just capturing Hengcheng, the various units of the Volunteer Army indeed received the order to advance to Di Pingli.
At this moment.
This basin of only 2.3 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains on all sides at Di Pingli, became the focus of the ’Fourth Battle’, whichever side wins could determine the direction of the ’Fourth Battle’.
....
On the Celestial Shark Live Platform.
In the live broadcast room of the host, Luo Yang.
He happens to be a soldier of the United States, right here at Di Pingli, but unlike the outsiders, there’s no explanation from someone like Qu Guang, the chief of staff of the Special Operations Brigade of the Great Xia Federation.
The importance of Di Pingli is still unknown to them.
The number of people in the live broadcast room isn’t much.
And the slight increase in numbers was because in other streams, after getting orders, the Volunteer Army at Hengcheng was headed to Di Pingli, many people were curious and came over.
But upon entering the live broadcast room at Di Pingli.
They ended up disappointed.
Di Pingli is of a basin type.
The basal area is about 2.3 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Under such circumstances, the United States occupying this mere 2.3 kilometers of space.
A circle of about 1.6 kilometers was formed, with 360° defense.
This arrangement made many Blue Star players knit their brows.
Refusing to withdraw, fine.
With such defenses, the Volunteer Army occupying the surrounding mountains from a vantage point...
Isn’t the US Army in the center of the basin courting death?
Blue Star netizens were puzzled but chose to keep watching, while Luo Yang explained the current situation at Dipingli to the incoming viewers:
"Actually, they originally planned to retreat here. The division commander agreed, the corps commander agreed."
"Li Qiwu didn’t agree..."
"The retreat request was denied, and orders were issued to hold this position to the death."
The battle hadn’t started yet, and for a while, it was unclear what was going on here.
Many Blue Star players were waiting.
Half a day later.
Night fell in the game, and the Volunteer Army’s setup was found by Luo Yang in other streaming rooms and posted in his own.
Eight regiments encircled Dipingli, blocking all retreat routes from Dipingli.
If there were no surprises,
The US Army at Dipingli would be eliminated; it was only a matter of time.
But the battlefield is always full of uncertainties.
In the live stream of a Volunteer Army identity streamer located in the artillery camp, on the way to Dipingli, they encountered a large-scale air raid from the US Army.
The streamer didn’t even manage to dodge for a few minutes before being blown to pieces by a swarm of bombs.
And as for that artillery camp, enough said.
At this moment,
The situation on the battlefield reversed again.
Originally, the US Army stubbornly defending the basin, once the Volunteer Army occupied the surrounding mountains, didn’t need to do anything else but bombard them with artillery fire, enough to give those US Army soldiers a hard time.
But now, the Volunteer Army’s artillery support was gone.
The method of attack shifted from artillery-assisted charges to direct infantry assaults.
And the 1.6-kilometer defensive circle constructed by the US Army at the basin’s center was filled with tanks, armored vehicles, howitzers...
What was a surrounding annihilation battle turned into a siege battle.
The previously mocked "Armored Hedgehog" formation by Blue Star netizens now turned into a murderous fortress.
M4A3E8 tanks, M19 twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and other equipment formed fixed firepower points, creating a 360-degree crossfire net and constructing ring-shaped defensive fortifications.
This would form a dimensional-reduction strike against the Volunteer Army’s infantry charges.
Faced with such battlefield conditions,
Many Blue Star netizens couldn’t help but feel their hearts lifted; it’s challenging, too challenging.
The mere data is a gap of despair.
More and more Blue Star netizens focused their attention here.
At this moment,
In Luo Yang’s live stream room,
As midnight approached,
There were no cannons, no charge bugles.
Only countless shadows crawling forward in the snow.
The fighters of the Volunteer Army tried not to make any sound as they quietly approached here.
Although Luo Yang knew the Volunteer Army was sneaking over through other live streams, he didn’t warn the nearby US Army soldiers, watching the original plot unfold.
Suddenly,
A sharp whistle sounded at the edge of the circular defense line.
It was the US Army’s emergency whistle.
As the whistle sounded,
Whoosh—!!!
A flare suddenly shot up from the center of the circle defense into the sky.
Blue Star netizens who were watching felt a chill in their hearts.
Because in an instant, the entire Dipingli basin was lit up like an inferno by the white flare.
The screen in Luo Yang’s live stream room shook violently, and the barrage exploded instantly:
[It’s over! We’ve been discovered!]
[At this distance... it’s suicide!]
In Luo Yang’s perspective,
The densely packed Volunteer Army soldiers in the snow suddenly froze, their half-crouched figures dragging out countless long black shadows under the strong light, like a field of nails suddenly pinned in place.
Luo Yang could even see the faces opposite him clearly.
The US Army commander’s roar shattered the night sky:
"Fire!!"
In no time,
The circular defense line spewed out dozens of strings of fire, the charge bugle piercing through the gunfire at this moment.
"Kill!!!"
