Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 498 - 238: Iron Origin Defense Battle
"I just don’t know what kind of training method it will be."
After all, the story they trained in initially was the "Bloody Battle of Sanshuli."
Having already trained in this story, it’s daunting to think how difficult the Iron Origin Defense Battle must be.
Qu Guang spoke up on this side:
"After all, the situation between the two sides is laid out clearly."
"Even just the data on paper shows a gap that is despairing."
Shen Yan thought for a moment and nodded, saying:
"That’s true."
"Speaking of which, hearing from over there."
"There are more battles coming."
"Zhao Ming is already working on it; it’s the full version of the ’Battle of Shangganling.’"
Qu Guang was a bit surprised on this side:
"The full version of the Battle of Shangganling?"
The Battle of Shangganling was very familiar.
The legendary God of War, Hu Xiudao, repelling over 40 charges by the United States was just a part of the Battle of Shangganling.
It was unexpected that a full version would be created this time.
Qu Guang started looking forward to it as well.
Very soon.
The soldiers in the training room had all entered their training pods.
Qu Guang and Shen Yan also lay inside.
They chose to start.
The screen flashed.
More than a thousand soldiers of the Seventh Special Operations Brigade had already entered the storyline of the ’Iron Origin Defense Battle.’
The aerial perspective swept across the sky over Iron Origin.
From this perspective, soldiers could more intuitively feel how vast Iron Origin was; defending mechanized forces on such plains was practically courting death.
The image suddenly descended.
Subsequently, soldiers of the Seventh Special Operations Brigade appeared on positions group by group, according to pre-entry allocations.
At this moment.
On the first position.
Soldiers of the Blue Star Great Xia Federation, allocated to a position, looked around in some confusion before a real-time map of the surrounding 5 kilometers floated before them.
Looking at the positions marked on the map, along with their own location.
They couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
The combat groups on each position numbered only about 30 to 40 people.
Such combat groups.
Were densely spread throughout various locations on the real-time map in front of them.
While on the opposite side. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Was a contiguous expanse of the United States’ colored forces.
In comparison.
The Volunteer Army seemed like fragile eggs, easily crushed by that enormous armored area from the map.
But in reality....
Combat groups of 30 to 40 people, facing nearly fifty thousand mechanized armored units, were indeed eggs hitting rocks, bound to be crushed.
But at this moment.
Many soldiers of the Great Xia Federation also reacted.
Understanding what tactic the Volunteer Army adopted to buy time for the rear main forces.
At the center positions.
Qu Guang and Shen Yan looked at the real-time map.
Their eyes revealed shock as they exchanged a glance, evidently understanding the Volunteer Army’s tactic.
Exchanging numbers for time.
Since the United States made a collective move, any battle ahead would inevitably stop the rear from advancing, and these combat groups had only one mission.
To use their lives to delay the advance of the United States, freeing up time for the rear main forces to relocate.
Combat groups of 30-40 people, facing the crushing force of nearly fifty thousand mechanized units from the United States, couldn’t hold for long, but delaying them for dozens of minutes was enough.
Each combat group held for a few dozen minutes, or even shorter.
But...
There were over 200 Volunteer Army combat groups here.
This number of combat groups was enough to delay the United States for 3 days.
And these 3 days were just the beginning.
Because the entire relocation of the rear main forces required at least half a month.
These 3 days were just the time the 189th Division of the Volunteer Army was buying for the rear to establish defense lines.
One could say that the Volunteer Army on this battlefield already knew what the outcome would be.
Only by being part of it could one feel the impact.
Because these were troops who knew they would surely die, yet not a single person retreated, with over 200 positions standing at various points, waiting silently for the arrival of the main forces of the United States.
However.
At this time, the people of the Great Xia Federation still didn’t know what was about to come.
Nor did they know why, before entering, Zhao Ming would ask for the classes to be scattered and formed into new teams.
As everyone finished receiving the details of their positions.
The main force of the United States also quickly entered the attack range of the Volunteer Army and contacted the first Volunteer Army position....
....
In the dimly overcast sky.
The sudden roar of shells tearing through sounded.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
Shells rained down like a deluge, fiercely pounding the first Volunteer Army position.
The position was not heavily disguised, as the primary mission was to block the enemy; the 10 soldiers of the Great Xia Federation assigned to the first position followed the Volunteer Army into hastily dug trenches.
Withstanding the artillery assault.
The intense barrage lasted for several minutes; to the main forces of the United States, this small place, which could only hold a few people, had already been flattened by their artillery.
As for the Volunteer Army fighters within, it went without saying.
Having delayed them for less than ten minutes.
The main forces of the United States once again proceeded to advance on Iron Origin.
Yet, just as the engine of the military truck at the front roared to life.
Bang!
Bang!
A series of gunshots sounded.
The soldiers at the forefront of the United States shouted ’enemy attack,’ quickly taking cover behind the armor, as the United States’ heavy firepower swept indiscriminately ahead.
Very soon.
The first Volunteer Army position was pressed once again under the United States’ heavy firepower, unable to lift their heads.
The United States organized their soldiers to approach.
They couldn’t believe that a small hill could harbor the Volunteer Army’s main forces, and judging from the intensity of the counterattack, it was merely a blocking point with the strength of just one platoon.
