Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 510 - 243: Shangganling, the United States Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Chapter 510: Chapter 243: Shangganling, the United States Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

What about the old nest?

The Volunteer Army, thinking of this, immediately dispatched a platoon of scouts at night, circling to the United States’ main camp where the 7th Division was located.

Sure enough.

The military forces were thin.

This time Shen Yan’s identity shifted once more, becoming a scout acting alongside the scout platoon.

Following the Volunteer Army, they launched a feigned attack on the main camp of the United States.

Quickly.

The United States forces from three regiments stationed at Shangganling were urgently recalled.

And at this time, the scout platoon that feigned an attack on the main camp had already withdrawn.

As the United States troops were urgently recalled, the Volunteer Army’s 45th Division decisively took action. After a half-night of fierce battle, they recaptured two high ground positions at Shangganling.

At this moment.

After four days of fierce fighting.

Both sides realized something was wrong.

The Volunteer Army initially believed the United States forces were planning a feigned attack in the direction of Shangganling, but the United States’ forces grew day by day.

It seemed this was the main attack direction.

Thus, they began dispatching large forces to Shangganling.

As for the United States.

Initially, they just wanted to use the "Showdown Operation" firepower bombing, thinking to occupy two inconspicuous Volunteer Army positions.

To be portrayed by the media as a symbol of United States’ powerful firepower, manipulating public opinion.

But who could have expected that the positions occupied by day would be retaken by night, with so many reporters watching, the United States could only grit their teeth and continue.

If one regiment was not enough, then two.

If two were not enough, then three.

Until four days passed.

The United States was in a predicament.

Attack? It was unclear how long it would take.

Not attack? The already collapsing public opinion would only worsen, something the higher-ups could not accept.

Therefore.

The Volunteer Army resolutely defended their positions.

While the United States found it difficult to retreat, their aircraft and artillery bombarded in turns, continuously increasing forces in the Shangganling area.

The Volunteer Army fought in a guerrilla style using tunnels dug in the mountains against the United States forces.

The contest between the two sides lasted for more than half a month.

The soldiers of the Great Xia Federation’s Seventh Special Operations Brigade began to doubt life itself after a few days of training.

Because to the end.

After the surface positions were seized by the United States’ overwhelming force, for more than ten days they followed the Volunteer Army in the tunnels.

The United States even blocked the tunnel entrances and released poison gas bombs, attempting to suffocate all the Volunteer Army soldiers underground.

Within the tunnels.

With limited air and poison gas everywhere, the tunnels were filled with corpses.

The Volunteer Army soldiers tenaciously resisted the United States for over ten days.

This made the accompanying Great Xia Federation soldiers doubt life itself.

They had assumed on the first day that it was over.

But following the Volunteer Army, they persisted for a day... two days... three days... lasting more than ten days.

Until November 5th.

The United States halted their attack on Hill 597.9.

Because they realized they couldn’t bring it down, and continuing would only result in more casualties.

The most important thing was.

The reason for attacking the two small heights in the Shangganling area.

Was because it seemed that the Volunteer Army had few defenders here, which could be quickly occupied, subsequently boosting the United States’ prestige for the upcoming elections.

But on November 4th.

On the day of the United States elections, they still hadn’t captured the positions defended by the Volunteer Army.

A further strong attack was now meaningless.

Thus, the United States abandoned the attack on the heights but let the false division in the south continue attacking, while they retreated to the rear to recuperate.

The tug-of-war between the sides continued until November 25th.

The United States announced the cessation of the "Showdown Operation," marking the failure of this operation.

No one would have thought.

The United States initially only intended to use a regiment’s forces, to capture two minor Volunteer Army-held heights, to boost their public image.

How could it develop into this?

In the 43 days of fierce struggle, the United States suffered over 25,000 casualties, while the Volunteer Army had more than 11,500 casualties.

The massive casualties caused public opinion within the United States to erupt once more.

The anti-war voices grew louder.

....

On the other side.

In the Great Xia Federation, within the Seventh Special Operations Brigade.

After half a month of training.

They finally experienced the full process of the Battle of Shangganling; Shen Yan sat up from the training pod, his eyes closed, replaying the scenes of the battlefield in his mind.

This experience was far more than those in other scenarios.

The Battle of Shangganling produced too many legendary warriors; one session wasn’t enough to fully learn from it.

Shen Yan took a moment, came to his senses.

Then stood up.

Qu Guang was already up, stretching his body; seeing Shen Yan rise, he paused his exercises and said:

"You’re up."

Shen Yan nodded, stretched lazily, and said:

"After experiencing everything, the free choice mode is unlocked."

"Trained soldiers can freely choose the time period for training."

"Arrange for the ones who finished training to investigate the training data, select the battlefield accordingly, and I’ll take the other battalions through it again."

Although they had seen some discussion in the internal groups before.

They barely glanced at it, preferring to experience it themselves.

Who knew it would take half a month of training.

This meant that, for now, in the Seventh Special Operations Brigade, only the Special First Battalion and Special Second Battalion had finished training.

The other battalions had not trained yet.

Qu Guang nodded and said:

"No problem."

....

On the other side.

Half a month passed.

The "Fifth Campaign" scenario in the "Battlefield of the United States" for the ordinary Blue Star players also concluded.

After several days of fierce fighting, the United States ultimately did not capture ’Tieyuan’.

And due to not capturing Tieyuan, the world’s dynamics became quite fantastical.

In Yu Feng’s streaming room.

He had collected quite a bit of intelligence in his own "single-player mode" scenario.

Yu Feng organized the intelligence, sharing it with viewers in the live stream:

"The Fifth Campaign is over."

"The United States did not gain any advantage; Li Qiwu’s ’steady advance’ plan failed against the Volunteer Army’s tunnel defenses, and with Tieyuan not captured, the Volunteer Army still has fighting strength."

"Domestic opinion and international opinion both lean toward a peaceful resolution to the Peninsula issue."

"Currently, the focus of various countries has shifted from the battlefield to the negotiating table."

"It is clear that continuing the fight won’t determine a winner, and early negotiations are preferable."

"Currently, the Republic, Soviet Union, and United States all lean towards negotiation."

"However, the Republic’s neighbor strongly demands continued advancement, but the Republic hasn’t agreed, so the Soviet Union has to deal with it."

"However, the Soviet Union also did not agree to a continued advancement plan."

"Also advocates for peace talks."

"Then there’s the situation within the United States."

"Currently."

"The United States has begun to adjust its strategy internally."

"Reportedly, it has shifted from occupying the Peninsula to impeding the comprehensive development of the Republic strategically."

"Originally engaged in a proxy war with the Soviet Union on the Peninsula, the United States has begun to take the emerging Republic more seriously."

"It can be said that the Soviet Union’s strategy succeeded."

"Because before, the United States only had eyes for the Soviet Union; now, after this Peninsula battle."

"The United States has listed the Republic as a major enemy, second only to the Soviet Union."

"It seems like more focus will be on the Republic in the future."

Yu Feng shared intelligence, noting that no new large-scale battles had been launched on the Peninsula.

Only the Volunteer Army relying on their positions and the United States depending on firepower superiority in small-scale offensives; the front line is basically stable, though the outcome of the peace talks remains unknown.

However, each side hopes to gain an upper hand in the negotiation.

So although there are no large-scale conflicts, they are silently deploying troops.

Because the date for the peace talks has not been set.

Before it’s set, a small victory would give one side an advantage in negotiations.

Yu Feng wrapped up collecting the international situation on ’Earth’.

Returned to the "Battlefield of the United States" scenario.

After the Fifth Campaign ended, currently with the front line stabilized, Blue Star players had a bit more freedom.