CHAPTER 89: CHAPTER 85 [BLITZ SOVIET UNION] (3.8K)_2

It was evidently caught off guard.

Zhao Ming updated the brief information on ’Operation Barbarossa’ on the official website.

[Operation Barbarossa]

[Operation Barbarossa is a battlefield invasion launched with the goal of swiftly defeating the Soviet Union through Blitzkrieg, occupying vast territories from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, and seizing resource-rich Ukraine and the Caucasus Region.]

[The Imperial Army committed approximately 3.2 million troops, divided into three corps (Northern, Central, Southern) attacking simultaneously, aiming to capture Moscow, Leningrad, and Kyiv before winter.]

During this time, the in-game plot timeline unified to one day, so when the base proportion of immersive players was sufficient, Zhao Ming opened up the progress.

Moreover, since all were single immersive plot modes.

Thus, even with real-time maps available, Zhao Ming wasn’t worried about changes in the game plot.

On the ’Eastern Front’ of World War II, a major battle could cost millions of lives.

Individual roles in the game were too insignificant, small enough to simply drift with the tide, possibly even getting killed by Imperial shells before seeing the Imperial Army.

Fighting was not feasible, so discussions about the Imperial and Soviet Union were sure to be ongoing.

Currently, the player forum has fully started discussing the outcome of this war.

Due to players being spread across their immersive plots, virtually everywhere, as soon as someone dies anywhere, information is uploaded immediately.

Players can see the map’s changes.

At this time, the Soviet Union’s border defense line has been completely torn open.

The two-thousand-plus kilometers of battlefield lines make one’s scalp tingle—what kind of madness must it be to devise such a plan.

Moreover, not only players are watching and analyzing.

Great Xia Federation.

Songgel Ice Field, Seventh Special Operations Brigade.

Looking at the live map on the Polestar official website and the Imperial Army’s operational plan, Shen Yan called in Chief of Staff Qu Guang, who walked in:

"What’s going on, Old Shen."

Shen Yan turned the projection’s live map towards him:

"Take a look at this."

"This vast territory of the Soviet Union, the Imperial Army has stretched the battle lines so long. Guess which side will win?"

This Imperial Army is truly mad, extending the line by two thousand kilometers.

After a glance, Qu Guang said:

"That depends on the Imperial Army’s logistical capacity."

"If they can’t run through the Soviet Union in one go, judging by the Imperial Army’s expansion rate, subsequent supplies might not keep up."

"Has the game updated again?"

Qu Guang curiously looked over.

Shen Yan shook his head:

"Not sure."

"This is something that suddenly became a hot topic online, I’m just following up to see."

Qu Guang glanced at Shen Yan:

"Better think about how to clear [Songgufeng Sniper Battle]."

"Since it unlocked a few days ago, not a single battalion has lasted 6 hours."

Although gathering the elite succeeded in completing the defense mission in [Bloody Battle of Sanshuli], the difficulty of [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] is simply beyond human capability.

Shen Yan also had a toothache:

"The intensity of [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] is too high."

"But can’t keep asking Zhao Ming for data, might as well see how the Republic Volunteers do it."

"Let’s practice first."

"The First Battalion held out for 5 hours and 13 minutes."

"I’ll lead the team in more practice during this time."

Seeing this, Qu Guang nodded and sat down to start analyzing the battlefield with Shen Yan.

——

At the moment.

Celestial Shark Live, Game Zone.

Someone is live streaming the battle against the Imperial Army.

In the live room.

In-game time has reached the second day of the Imperial Army’s launching of ’Operation Barbarossa’.

Brest Fortress.

The smoke inside the fortress has yet to clear, the roar of Stuka Dive Bombers has not faded away, but the Soviet soldiers lying on the ground quickly rose.

The tremors of the earth can already be felt—it’s the Imperial tanks and armor.

Duan Yu also got up with them.

Brushed the dust off his body, with an expression of melancholy.

This game is addictive; after dying and restarting.

The result is randomly moving to the front lines again; is this deliberate?

No time to think.

Duan Yu, following other soldiers, hid away, the outer tank treads sounding closer and closer as if entering an ambush.

Suddenly!

A metal can was thrown in, followed by choking smoke.

Nearby soldiers coughed constantly, directly exposing their position.

Duan Yu cursed under his breath:

"Damn it!"

"Is this toxic? They’re using every dirty trick!"

Seeing it was a gas bomb and no place to hide around, Duan Yu could only get up and run backward, but hadn’t run far.

Boom—!

A loud explosion from behind.

The wall where they hid was shattered by shells, violently shaking, causing all the surrounding soldiers to bleed from the ears and nose.

Duan Yu stumbled and fell to the ground, distant tank tread sounds drifted in, Duan Yu held his breath, not daring to rise to look.

He curled his body up, trying his best to hide under the slabs, putting some rubble in front.

In this environment.

Even knowing it’s a game, Duan Yu had his heart racing, breathing rapidly.

It was indeed thrilling.

The sounds of treads and dense motorcycles passing over were loud and quiet, Duan Yu lay motionless.

Until the sky gradually darkened.

Duan Yu quietly crawled out from under the slabs.

In sight was pure ruin, unlike the morning rebirth start when it was intact.

The morning had perfect fortress buildings, now not a shred similar to memories.

He didn’t know if anyone continued resisting, but gunfire occasionally sounding far showed the fight persisted.

Duan Yu picked up a gun, looking around the ruins with a sense of disbelief.

Everything destroyed within half a day.

Then shook his head, he looked around, unsure of where to head.

The game gave no hint.

Duan Yu stood in place thinking, watching the live room comments.

He decided to head towards the Soviet Union, mainly to avoid heading towards the Imperial Army, which meant pure death.

Leaving the tattered fortress, the sunlit evening rays brought warmth to Duan Yu, a smile on his face:

"This game may be nasty, but the scenery is quite nice."

"If I record this sunset, uploading to Polestar Games Official Website, can I..."

Crunch—!

A crisp sound underfoot.

A puzzled look on Duan Yu’s face appeared, he was about to look down when a landmine exploded beneath.

The game screen instantly turned black from impact.

Main interface.

The smile still on Duan Yu’s face froze, clenching his teeth he said:

"This damn game.... Do I not believe it?!"

"Let’s go again!!!"

Can I be this unlucky every time???

Restarting the game.

This time wasn’t a warzone; it was instead a city untouched by conflict, its construction grand and impressive, the accent still being Soviet:

"This start isn’t bad."

However.

Live room comments began warning him.

[Not bad, run quickly.]

[You are in Kyiv.... right in the center of the Imperial Army’s advance route.]

(About 500 words to reach 8k, can’t finish a plot, will continue tomorrow, today totals 11.7k including the update! Tomorrow, attempting to double up!)