Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 521 - 249: Ceasefire Negotiations

At this moment.

In Yu Feng’s live streaming room.

Many Blue Star players who are addicted to Polestar Company’s games have developed a habit similar to following a TV series.

As long as they have free time each day, they will click into Yu Feng’s live streaming room to take a look.

Since the fighting is continuous on both sides, there’s no option to skip the storyline.

On Blue Star, Yu Feng’s side streams for one day, yet the in-game storyline advances only two or three days at most, due to the nearly uninterrupted battles between both sides.

During the day, once the Federation has occupied the positions.

Once night falls, the Volunteer Army attacks and reclaims the positions.

Hence, there is no idle time to skip the storyline.

Blue Star players are witnessing firsthand how this battle is expanding step by step.

As the fight progresses to this point.

Half a month has passed within the game’s storyline.

The small high ground in front of Shangganling, initially defended by only two companies, has now gathered the main forces of the Federation’s 7th Division and the Volunteer Army’s 15th Corps.

Both sides have begun a brutal battle for control.

From Yu Feng’s perspective.

At this moment, far away in front of Shangganling, inside the Federation’s base, military trucks are transporting artillery supplies, preparing for a new round of attacks.

Yu Feng spoke:

"The Federation is diverting artillery from other regions."

"According to my collected internal information."

"In the past half month, the Federation has fired no less than 1.9 million shells, yet still unable to destroy the defensive system of the Volunteer Army."

"Putting myself in the shoes of the Federation’s soldiers or higher-ups, they would be on the verge of collapse."

"Does anyone still remember the original objective of the Federation?"

"Exactly."

"The Federation intended to fight a ’splendid battle’ to gain momentum for the federal election."

"Clark, the United Forces’ Commander-in-Chief, Van Fleet, the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation’s 8th Army, and the puppet army’s Commander from the south, inspected the front lines multiple times."

"They identified this vulnerable point in the Volunteer Army’s defense for their show."

"Originally, they intended to put on a show, but 1.9 million shells could not break the Volunteer Army’s defense."

"Who wouldn’t feel like falling apart?"

"There’s another piece of news that’s even more absurd."

"I only learned about it last night."

"It’s said that before the ’Showdown Operation’ began, the Federation’s higher-ups set a limit on casualties."

"Can you guess how many people?"

Watching Yu Feng tease his audience, the live streaming room’s barrage of comments guessed:

[20 people?]

[50, surely, considering the Volunteer Army’s visible combat capabilities.]

[???]

[Aren’t you counting the 18 artillery battalions as people? Maybe 10.]

[Many Federation soldiers died in the initial wave toward the high ground. Probably 50.]

People discussed via barrage comments.

Yu Feng waited for a while until the discussion cooled down a bit before continuing with a smile:

"200 people."

As soon as he finished speaking, the live chat fell silent, followed by a screen full of question marks.

[????]

[How few? Did you just say how few?]

[Does the Federation have such little faith in their troops? A casualty limit of 200?]

[Wow, isn’t this too cautious?]

[18 artillery battalions supporting, and against 2 companies, there’s a casualty limit of 200?!]

[That’s too outrageous!]

Yu Feng laughed and said:

"That’s right."

"You didn’t mishear, it really is a casualty limit of 200 people."

"In the Federation’s plan."

"With support from 18 artillery battalions, over 200 airstrikes, two regiments attacking the Volunteer Army’s positions held by two companies, the Federation was expecting to have a casualty allowance of 200."

"As long as they seize the positions, and the casualties remain within 200 people."

"The Federation could boast widely to the press, make a big splash."

"It would be their victory, defeating the Volunteer Army without pressure."

"But everyone saw the process."

"They did not succeed."

"Now the Federation is unable to back down, continuously sending reinforcements, and the Volunteer Army is also continuously sending reinforcements."

"The number of casualties has long exceeded 200."

"In just this past half month, the United Forces have suffered more than 3,000 casualties."

"The artillery bombardment has far exceeded the peaks of world conflicts back during World War II."

Looking at the distant battlefield, Yu Feng saw both sides still fiercely contesting.

On the two small high grounds in front of Shangganling, the surface positions have already fallen; indeed, they can no longer be defended. By zooming the perspective in Yu Feng’s live streaming room,

one could see that after half a month of relentless bombardment on these small high grounds in front of Shangganling.

The surface rock layers have basically been blown into dust.

Federation soldiers walking up feel like they are stepping into a quagmire, their feet sinking up to 30 centimeters deep, as surface fortifications and trenches have long been destroyed.

The Federation has captured the surface positions, but the Volunteer Army has dug countless tunnels.

They appear every night from different locations, fiercely contesting positions with the Federation.

Both sides refuse to give in.

And the originally planned propaganda has been delayed repeatedly.

Because at this stage, if they don’t breakthrough Shangganling’s positions, or defeat an entire corps of the Volunteer Army, it no longer counts as a victory.

Considering the significant casualties endured by the Federation.

Originally intended as a small campaign.

But at this stage, they must completely destroy the opposing Volunteer Army’s defensive line to count as a victory.

But....

They haven’t even taken the two small high grounds in front of Shangganling, let alone destroy the line.

Yu Feng continued live-streaming.

The tug-of-war persisted until early November when it ended because November 4th is the day of the Federation’s election.

If they could achieve a victory on that day and quickly transmit it back to the Federation, then the long-fought battle would not be considered a failure, hence the Federation’s attack intensified that morning.