Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 556 - 266: The Impact of the Hundred Regiments Offensive
Upon hearing Yu Feng’s words, the Blue Star netizens in the livestream looked over.
They couldn’t help but feel somewhat surprised.
As expected.
Trench digging, something often done by Blue Star players during experiences in the Peninsula Battlefield, was slow even in summer when the soil was soft.
The speed at which Blue Star players dug was nowhere near that of the soldiers from the 386th Brigade in the footage; the trench visibly extended forward with each shovel moving it slightly further.
Moreover, because the main forces were feigning an attack, the devils hadn’t discovered this flank situation yet.
The trench dug by the Red Army continuously extended upward.
As time went on, the Japanese Army’s reinforcements drew increasingly nearer, and even without reaching their designated positions, they had to launch a direct assault.
With a two-sided assault, the forces entrenched at Guanjia Nao, led by the Okazaki detachment, relied on formidable firepower to repel the 386th Brigade’s attack.
However, the commander of the Okazaki detachment, Okazaki Kenchou, was killed by soldiers of the 386th Brigade during the final assault.
As the 386th Brigade retreated, only a few dozen of the 500-strong Okazaki detachment remained, with their commander having been killed.
The 386th Brigade had basically achieved their objective, and withdrew quickly before the Japanese reinforcements, numbering in the thousands, could arrive.
The battle at Guanjia Nao also put the Japanese forces on alert; even with the arrival of the few remnants of the Okazaki detachment, they didn’t advance further.
As the devils withdrew,
Yu Feng initially intended to turn off the livestream.
However, the Red Army forces positioned at Guanjia Nao and Liushu Nao did not leave.
Upon confirming the devils had retreated, the commanders from the Red Army headquarters climbed up to the positions at Guanjia Nao and Liushu Nao.
The Blue Star players were puzzled, wondering why everyone was going up there.
Though they were curious about what the Red Army had become now.
Especially since, after experiencing the Long March in the "World War I" series games, players were scattered at the start.
Rarely did they see the headquarters.
Now, however, they saw many familiar faces.
As everyone observed and discussed,
Blue Star netizens realized they were discussing the devils’ tactics.
Indeed.
The Okazaki detachment held off the repeated assaults of the 386th Brigade at Guanjia Nao; had their commander Okazaki Kenchou not been killed, it might have been considered a failure.
Luckily, Okazaki detachment’s commander was killed, and the remaining devils were rescued.
Soon,
a compiled document of the devils’ tactics at Guanjia Nao was distributed to various companies and began spreading.
Only then did
Blue Star players understand that the Red Army was continually learning from battle experiences.
This learning is what led to the world’s most formidable infantry in later times.
Some Blue Star players, reviewing the trench and pit digging techniques issued to them, realized these were the same methods the devils used to fend off the 386th Brigade’s assaults.
But now they had become a weapon for the Red Army against the devils.
Seeing this, Yu Feng decided not to end the livestream.
He began livestreaming from the room, observing whether the tactics learned and integrated from the devils would have an unexpected effect against them.
And indeed,
at the very initial stage, during the mission to intercept devils,
the tactics proved quite effective.
Afterward, the tactics spread throughout the entire Red Army, while many experienced soldiers offered modifications based on battlefield reality.
The Blue Star players watched as the Republic’s trenches gradually evolved before their eyes.
Through continuous improvements, they started resembling those of later generations.
It evoked a feeling of participation, though it also brought a sigh, acknowledging these lessons were learned through the crucible of war, consolidated through the deaths of countless soldiers.
The battle of the Hundred Regiments was ongoing.
Initially, Blue Star players thought it’d end quickly, but in-game time reached October, November, and even December...
In the real world of Blue Star, more than half a month had passed.
The battle of the Hundred Regiments was just barely approaching its end.
The Japanese assembled a large force for three months of mopping-up operations but couldn’t match the Red Army’s guerrilla tactics, despite amassing many troops.
Once dispersed across the Huaxia Land in North China,
they couldn’t attend to any place where the army and the civilians united.
In just three months’ time,
Blue Star players gathered video from various livestreams for statistical analysis and obtained astonishing data.
From the beginning of the Hundred Regiments Offensive to the end of December,
over four months,
the Red Army engaged in more than 1,800 battles, killing over 20,000 Japanese troops.
The railway destruction extended roughly 470 kilometers, roads about 1,500 kilometers, over 200 bridges, and more than 210,000 railway tracks.
Just looking at these numbers, one can imagine the fury on the devils’ side; with destruction to this extent, the blockade policy was utterly bankrupt.
Not to mention,
there was no way to repair all this damage at the time.
It definitely wasn’t during peacetime.
Just consider the already destroyed areas: approximately 470 kilometers of railway, about 1,500 kilometers of roads, over 200 bridges, and more than 210,000 railway tracks.
The material costs alone are astronomical.
Not to mention the impossibility of repairs, the Red Army wouldn’t just stand by.
If the devils dared to repair, it would be assured further destruction would follow.
Such a scale of work.
Placed in the "Modern Warfare" setting of 1990, even without conflict, it would take several months, if not years, to repair. Japan simply didn’t have the time or resources for that.
