Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 609 - 292: [Republic’s Anti-banditry Record] DLC Launch (4.2k)_2
"Additionally, all data is confidential."
In contrast with the dispersed Blue Star Players,
The soldiers of the Six Major Federations have a natural advantage in forming teams, whether it is a company, a battalion, or a brigade; all participating together.
This allows for easy organization of large-scale battles.
NPCs here play out the larger strategy, while the soldiers from the Six Major Federations engage in team-based combat under these circumstances.
If the battle originally fought by NPCs were now transformed into a strong brigade of the Six Major Federations, a win could indeed change the local battle dynamics.
Fortunately, there’s the Photonic Supercomputer.
Even if the plot gets altered under such conditions, it will be promptly adjusted based on detailed data and the style of the highest commander.
So there’s no need to worry about the story being reversed and unable to proceed.
Meanwhile, Shen Qinghan also understood.
Originally, the Six Major Federations trained separately, but now they can connect online. It’s randomly assigned, so nobody knows who’s on the other side.
To truly test which unit is superior will depend on battlefield results.
Their opponents could be elite soldiers from Earth or elite special forces from one of the Six Major Federations on Blue Star.
Moreover, given all the data is confidential, nobody will know even if they lose.
Unless their fighting style is too obvious.
Otherwise, in such a battlefield, after a fight, who would have the time to analyze which Blue Star Federation unit their opponents belong to.
After all, the opponent is always the enemy.
Shen Qinghan nodded in agreement, then asked:
"Are there any other materials?"
"I’ll reply to them."
Zhao Ming pondered for a moment, then said:
"The version name is [2022]."
"The exact battle location is between Moscow to the west and Kyiv to the east, at the junction between the two."
Upon hearing this.
Shen Qinghan nodded in agreement:
"Alright."
"I’ll reply to them now."
Zhao Ming gathered some background information on the [2022] conflict and sent it to Shen Qinghan to complete the storyline, also providing time for analysis and discussion among the federations.
Shen Qinghan reviewed Zhao Ming’s materials, then dispatched the battle setup to several federations, including the Great Xia Federation.
As for the Yadong United Federation, which never purchased agency rights.
Shen Qinghan simply ignored it.
After all, it’s been so long, and still couldn’t figure out why the soldiers of the other federations improved so much from their training. Their intelligence work can be said to be quite lacking.
Moreover, given that it’s a federation with the lowest comprehensive strength, whether they’re involved or not doesn’t really matter.
Shen Qinghan finished up and hurriedly left.
Obviously, the company’s affairs hadn’t been completed recently.
After Shen Qinghan left, Zhao Ming continued to filter the storylines.
Occasionally pausing to offer modifications and let the Photonic Supercomputer re-render.
Luckily, the quantity of these storylines is not as large as regular ones.
Otherwise, even if they watched all day, it would take ten days to a half month.
....
After five days.
In Fang Ming’s livestream room.
At this time.
The livestream screen stayed on the [World War II] series.
The DLC for [Republic’s Anti-banditry Record] has been downloaded, but the server hasn’t yet opened. However, it shows a countdown timer with just two minutes left.
Fang Ming was hanging in the game, browsing through the game forum.
Occasionally, responding to the live chat barrage:
"Leaked info?"
"It’s not time yet."
"Yu Feng’s side will spill the next round of details on Sunday, and today is only Friday."
"There’s still two days to go."
"Let’s first experience this new DLC."
"It’s about to open."
"Which faction do you think I should choose?"
Fang Ming said this while looking through the forum posts.
Over the past few days, Blue Star Players have been searching for clues in their storylines and indeed found some news reports regarding the Republic’s [Order to Purge Bandits].
They’ve learned quite a bit.
But this information is still scarce.
And nobody paid attention to it before.
So even though many people searched, not much was found.
But there’s some understanding, and now they’re just waiting for the new DLC to open.
Fang Ming looked at the comments:
"Militia faction?"
"Also an option."
"Militia is a bit more challenging."
"Higher danger level."
"Let’s see what’s really up with those bandits."
Fang Ming noted the barrage leaned heavily towards the militia faction and decided to go with the militia faction, seeing that joining the Liberation Army faction would mean acting along with the main force.
The bandits would surely flee at the first sight.
So opting for the militia faction would ensure a direct confrontation with the bandits.
The two-minute interval passed in a flash.
The new DLC’s button lit up for entry. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Fang Ming clicked in.
And entered the game.
The interface upheld the usual [World War II] series design, but this time the style featured much more blood and decay.
Two buttons floated at the top: [Liberation Army Faction][Militia Faction].
Fang Ming didn’t hesitate and directly clicked to start as a militia.
The scene flickered.
Transforming into a high-altitude view of the Republic, where one could overlook the vast lands below, divided into several colored blocks.
Just like seen in previous official materials.
Except those were pictures.
And now it’s suspended high above the Republic, overlooking the various blocks below.
Looking at the heavily colored areas below.
Fang Ming pondered for a moment.
And chose a region toward the middle, clicking on the Hubei area.
As Fang Ming clicked.
His perspective rapidly dived toward Hubei, and slowly a city emerged, then a county, and his view continued plummeting.
Townships and bandit dens marked by different colors below.
Until a particular village.
Whoosh!
The screen flickered.
Fang Ming found himself on the ground, glanced at his hands, evidently embodying a militia NPC, and looked around the village.
The same small village just seen while descending.
Feels a bit like bungee jumping.
Fang Ming eased himself, then observed the small village.
While in the sky, it seemed close to a larger township, yet this closeness suggested four to five kilometers of mountain trails.
If the bandits attacked, it’s neither far nor near.
A response would certainly be too late.
Defense would be crucial.
Given that the bandits in Hubei here weren’t too many, the region was chosen.
However, upon descending saw two bandit dens near this small village.
Though farther than the township.
The storyline suggests they’ll inevitably come to plunder.
Fang Ming scanned the village.
The village sits in a valley between two mountains, with steep mountain walls, so only the north and south entrances need defense.
The village has around thirty earth houses scattered about, walls covered in bright red slogans prominently in the sunlight.
Assuming one house per family, that’s just thirty or so families.
It’s morning now.
Each household was cooking, smoke rising from their fires.
Seven or eight young men training under a locust tree at the village entrance.
A few teenage boys were with them.
Fang Ming walked over, preparing to understand the situation.
But as he approached.
He heard the teenage boys under the locust tree shouting excitedly:
"Captain’s here!"
"Captain! What will you teach us today?"
Fang Ming was taken aback, then quickly realized his role was that of a militia captain, and said:
"Today, I’ll teach you reconnaissance."
"We’ll head out for a patrol later."
Despite only having initial tasks inside the game, countless years spent on FPS games weren’t for nothing.
Moreover, playing for long inside the [World War II] series.
Fang Ming thought his experience might handle a few bandits just fine?
Upon hearing Fang Ming’s words, the young boys grew more excited.
The soldiers bore names and relationships above their heads, Fang Ming instructed:
"Continue training."
"I’ll take them out to explore."
The young men shouted affirmatively and continued practicing.
Fang Ming led a few boys out of the village’s southern entrance, noticing the newly constructed gate.
Evidently, this arose from recent bandit troubles, prompting the enhancements.
After a hundred meters out.
Fang Ming sensed something amiss.
As trees showed climbing marks, and the large footprints clearly weren’t from village children.
Fang Ming turned around to look.
This distance, if it were darker, could make it hard for the patrol at the gate to notice anything given the forest’s cover.
