Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 508 - 242: [International Public Opinion Situation, the Afraid-to-Lose British Commonwealth] (4k)
Try to catch up with the timeline of the [Battlefield of the United States].
Fortunately, although the [Single Player Story] mode hasn’t been played often or progressed much, the time gap is only about 20 days.
Yu Feng quickly gathered intelligence, and after standing still for a moment, he directly saw the timeline adjust button appear.
In less than two hours, he had already caught up with the latest timeline within the current [Battlefield of the United States], which is during the Iron Origin Defense Battle.
At this moment.
Yu Feng had also collected a stack of information in his hand.
Among the information was the current situation of public opinion in the United States. After glancing at it, Yu Feng smirked and raised the intelligence in his hand, saying to the live stream:
"Brothers."
"Even domestically, the United States is not at peace."
Seeing many curious comments flying by, Yu Feng flipped through the intelligence and said:
"Before the fifth campaign began."
"Domestic public opinion in the United States was temporarily suppressed due to a series of counterattacks."
"But as the fifth campaign began."
"The large-scale counteroffensive by the Volunteer Army exacerbated the casualties among U.S. soldiers."
"All major newspapers have already started calling for peace talks."
"After all, the price of military victory is too high, and this fifth campaign has only lasted a few days, with over 10,000 U.S. soldiers already dead."
"And then there’s the British Commonwealth."
"Just two days into the fifth campaign, the 29th Brigade of the British Commonwealth was crushed, and their elite unit, the ’Gloucester Camp,’ was annihilated."
"There are already anti-war demonstrations within the British Commonwealth."
"Including high-level officials in the British Commonwealth, who are also more inclined towards negotiating peace."
"The Prime Minister of the British Commonwealth and the Prime Minister of the French Federation have already submitted a ceasefire proposal to the United States, but Washington has not responded."
"Now it’s all about the Iron Origin Defense Battle."
"The importance of the Iron Origin Defense Battle was previously analyzed."
"The current situation is that the United States still wants to hold on for a bit."
"If Iron Origin is breached, it would be a victory for the United States, and those opposing voices wouldn’t need to be heeded."
"But if it’s not breached, then the consequences will have to be considered."
"Because failing to break through means failing to disrupt the supply line of the Volunteer Army, which means this war of attrition will have to continue."
"Public opinion has to be considered then."
"Especially since the current situation is opposed domestically and also by foreign allies."
"The key point is still Iron Origin."
"If the Volunteer Army holds, the United States will have to negotiate for peace."
"Because it can’t sustain any longer."
"Actually, ever since the Volunteer Army joined the war."
"The first three campaigns have already dimmed the war rhetoric within the United States."
"Since then, discussions about whether to stop the war have been ongoing."
"It’s just that the high-level officials in the United States still want to struggle a bit more, but they don’t want to go too crazy."
"So they replaced MacArthur, who kept clamoring for nuclear bombings, with Li Qiwu."
"Then they pushed back a little during the fourth campaign."
"But now, with the Volunteer Army’s counterattack, public opinion within the United States can’t stay calm anymore."
"It’s fine when things are going well, but losing even a bit is hard to bear."
"Losing a bit leads to considerations of both sides stopping to solve the issue, without reflecting on their previous domineering behavior."
Yu Feng said this, then suddenly laughed as he looked at the intelligence in his hand:
"It’s also because the British Commonwealth and the French Federation can’t take it anymore."
"Now, who on ’Earth’ fears the United States losing the most?"
"It’s not the Soviet Union, this opponent, nor the Republic, this opponent—it’s the British Commonwealth and the French Federation, these two allies."
"Because if the United States loses the fifth campaign."
"The Soviet Union will certainly make big moves against the entire European Continent."
"By then, the British Commonwealth and the French Federation won’t be able to resist."
"The European Continent is flat enough for the Soviet Union to sweep westward from the east without hindrance."
"And the only Imperial force in Europe capable of contending with the Soviet Union has been dismantled, not even allowed to have an army."
"So as long as the Soviet Union exists, the British Commonwealth and the French Federation must rely on the United States."
"If the aura of the United States disappears, the Soviet Union will surely make a move."
"So the British Commonwealth and the French Federation want the United States to initiate peace talks quickly, because as long as there’s no complete failure, the aura of the United States won’t dissipate."
"The Soviet Union won’t readily make a move."
"Looking at the current situation, if Iron Origin can be held, it’s now a matter of various countries continuing to apply pressure to prompt peace talks."
Yu Feng continued to explain the current situation, with Blue Star players in the livestream watching Yu Feng’s intelligence excitedly.
....
On the other side.
With the training of the [Cold Guns and Cold Cannons] storyline, it has been ongoing for several days.
Every soldier in the Great Xia Federation has experienced various forms of torment, whether being headshot by Volunteer Army snipers, engaging in brutal hand-to-hand combat, or perishing in mutual annihilation with the bastion.
The soldiers of the Great Xia Federation were tormented to no end.
Some confidently wanted to compete with the Volunteer Army snipers in sniper skills, only to be counter-killed without exception.
Especially when some soldiers from the Great Xia Federation saw the situation through their sniper scopes.
The Volunteer Army snipers without sights caused another wave of shock.
At this moment.
As the training reached a certain point, the Seventh Special Operations Brigade of the Great Xia Federation started organizing soldiers to enter the [Battle of Shangganling].
In the training room.
Soldiers from the Special First Battalion and the Special Second Battalion were already lying in the training pods, with Shen Yan and Qu Guang explaining from above:
"This time, the [Battle of Shangganling] is different from the previous training."
"The previous training only included the storyline of [Hu Xiudao], but this time it’s the entire battle of Shangganling."
"According to Polestar Company’s statement."
"The difficulty of the battle is not ordinary, even exceeding previous battles, and might require a bit of luck. Once inside, battle locations will be randomly assigned."
"Be prepared."
After Shen Yan finished speaking, the soldiers from the Special First Battalion and the Special Second Battalion lay in the training pods to begin.
Qu Guang and Shen Yan also lay inside.
In the past few days, they had heard some military academy peers discuss this campaign in a chat group, and without exception, everyone said it was extremely difficult.
They just hadn’t experienced it firsthand yet.
As Qu Guang and Shen Yan lay in the training pods, Shen Yan input the key to start.
The screen flashed before their eyes.
They found themselves on a position within the storyline.
Shen Yan looked around, finding only a few warriors from the Special First Battalion’s first company nearby.
Boom—!
Shells landed.
Shen Yan and a few other soldiers from the Great Xia Federation crouched down with other Volunteer Army soldiers in the trenches, waiting for the bombardment to end.
Because the United States would definitely not just shell once.
However, Shen Yan did not expect... this bombardment lasted quite long!
minutes... 50 minutes... 70 minutes....
Shen Yan just felt like his internal organs were already displaced, but the artillery shells continued to fall from the sky without stopping. Based on his experience, Shen Yan calculated that the shell density was over six rounds per second.
And that’s not all.
On the ’real-time map’ ahead, the area of this part of the Volunteer Army’s position covered a bit more than 3 square kilometers.
But overhead, there had been no fewer than 300 planes, dropping countless bombs.
Every breath felt like being in a scorching hell, with the nostrils filled with the biting smell of gunpowder smoke and heat waves.
Though they had heard it was difficult before starting.
This level of difficulty still shocked Shen Yan and the soldiers of the Seventh Special Operations Brigade.
It’s truly extravagant.
And this is just day one of the Battle of Shangganling; for the United States to bombard like this, one shudders to imagine how difficult it will be later, and this is just one position.
Shen Yan estimated that with all positions combined, the United States was shelling at least 300,000 shells a day as a base number, and as for aircraft sorties... at least 3,000 as a base number.
