CHAPTER 68: CHAPTER 68 [TANK CLUSTER] [URBAN STREET FIGHTING]

Once Lin Cheng posted, it didn’t take long for the players of "World War II: Empire’s Rise" to notice.

After all, in the topic square, a historian suddenly popping up felt abrupt, and while the players didn’t understand why, those in the know explained in the comments below:

"Thanks for the invite, I’m in the Capital, a transparent judge."

"A lot of friends might not understand what’s going on, actually, during the internal voting for ’Anti-War Competition’, Shi Jun voted against ’World War II: Empire’s Rise’."

"The reason is that many wars in the game lack logic and couldn’t possibly succeed in reality. The creator completely doesn’t understand military matters, and comparing it with other federations’ works, it would definitely embarrass the Great Xia Federation."

"Lin Cheng, on the other hand, argues that it’s necessary to consider the context of the time, maybe the ’Dunkirk Evacuation’ was reasonable then?"

"Neither side convinced the other, but in the end, ’World War II: Empire’s Rise’ passed the initial judges’ vote."

"I watched the video, and it was Polestar Games that provided the background, right."

"So...."

After this comment was replied to, the players of "World War II: Empire’s Rise" exploded.

Can you bear this?

What does it mean to not understand military matters? Embarrass the Great Xia Federation?

As if you know it all?

How many years has it been since Blue Star fought a war, where did you get that military expert title from?

Wasn’t it self-proclaimed?

You’re at this level and dare to mock others?

The players of "World War II: Empire’s Rise" swarmed into Shi Jun’s account ’Shi Jun Talks Military’, leaving a flood of comments.

[Aren’t you a buddy? Did you push the military simulation into yourself? Really consider yourself a military expert?]

[Hilarious, I checked this guy’s achievements.... He became famous through military chess simulation and warfare strategy game commentary.]

[So this military expert title, was it earned through playing games?]

[Damn, you’re a player, I’m a player, and yet you’re belittling?]

[You...]

As a military blogger, Shi Jun explains hypothetical wars and simulations daily.

Therefore, he has quite a fan base, and seeing their favorite blogger being attacked, his fans jumped into the fray without hesitation.

Lin Cheng and Shi Jun.

The two of them got on the trending searches brightly like this.

Despite Shi Jun having many followers, they couldn’t compete with the massive number of game players.

However, in less than half an hour.

Shi Jun released a video and @Lin Cheng:

"Come on, look at these so-called tactics, brief introductions."

"What national fortune level, what strategic level, do you think these things could appear in reality?"

"It’s entirely the creators’ wishful thinking."

"Even if there are more players, it can’t hide the fact that this game is fictional, ’Earth’, ’World War II’ is just a university graduate’s fantasy, it’s fine for players to follow the trend, but for you as a historian to really consider it historical research."

"If the history department is all at this level.... forget it."

"It’s understandable."

"After all, after that meteor shower, there isn’t much past history on Blue Star, some people can only fantasize from within games."

The video featured screenshots of various tactical cards from Mo Xiaomo’s livestream’s Tactical Library.

Shi Jun’s mockery further escalated, belittling not only Blue Star players of "World War II: Empire’s Rise" but also Lin Cheng, and even taking a jab at the field of history.

This really stirred things up.

Lin Cheng’s fans, though fewer in number, had significant backing from many historians coming out to support him.

Shi Jun also gathered a bunch of military bloggers to engage, but against the massive player base, it was still insufficient. As the incident spread, more and more people joined in.

Meanwhile, at Polestar Games.

Zhao Ming was in the office, discussing game content with Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan sat on the sofa, browsing through future content plans:

"[Tank Cluster][Urban Street Fighting]"

"When will these roughly be available? From the description, they seem highly playable."

"But won’t they conflict with the National Fortune Dungeon?"

The National Fortune Dungeon is also multiplayer online, just like these two are.

Zhao Ming, seated in the boss chair, glancing at the current trending topic on his phone, replied to Shen Qinghan:

"This will be available once the Eastern Front opens, as the story progresses to that point, the names are just temporary, not yet set, using gameplay as a placeholder."

"And it’s different from the National War Dungeon."

"The National War Dungeon is similar to [Battle of Britain], a battleground for tens of thousands, possibly even hundreds of thousands of people in the future, focusing on large-scale warfare."

"While [Tank Cluster][Urban Street Fighting] is akin to [Normandy Landing], accommodating hundreds of people, it’s a dungeon for localized area conflicts."

"Eventually there will be [Airborne Assault][Jungle Guerrilla] styles of combat dungeons as well."

"But it’s all based on the main players’ storyline timeline, not urgent now."

Shen Qinghan nodded and said:

"I see...."

"The gameplay all sounds great, but won’t it go off-topic?"

"And about the Tactical Library."

"There’s quite a lot of theories in there, each with its own interest."

"Won’t it mislead the players?"

Zhao Ming shook his head and said:

"It won’t."

"These theories and tactics are grounded in the ’Earth’ background, feasible in practice, like the [Drone Swarm], in the modern warfare setting on ’Earth’, you could really use them to strike an aircraft carrier."

"With continuous 24-hour attacks."

"But on Blue Star."

"With Blue Star’s current technology... do you think a drone could approach sensitive areas?"

Shen Qinghan nodded, indeed.

Not to mention aircraft carriers.

In Blue Star’s urban areas now, some sensitive departments don’t allow drones to approach.

Getting near results in interference and failure, not to mention being tracked back.

Zhao Ming opened his personal account on the trending platform and started typing, chatting with Shen Qinghan simultaneously:

"But there might be some future warfare tactics that could apply to Blue Star."

Shen Qinghan’s interest was piqued:

"Oh?"

"What tactics?"

Zhao Ming replied with a smile:

"Wait till I’m done creating."

"’World War II’ isn’t done yet, I don’t have the energy to create more."

Shen Qinghan’s lips curled slightly:

"Creating?"