Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign

With the triggering of the plot and CG of [Skillful Crossing of Jinsha River],

all the Blue Star netizens gathered in Liu Chen's live streaming room.

Waiting for the next action of the Red Team forces.

A new map is hanging in Liu Chen's live streaming room.

At this moment, after seven days and nights of crossing the river,

relying on an absolute discipline that Blue Star finds hard to believe, they successfully completed the photonic supercomputing simulation,

out of tens of thousands of possibilities, only a few successful ways to cross the river were achieved.

Inside the live streaming room,

Liu Chen is panting heavily, following the team over hills and ridges.

Crash!

A slip of the foot sent gravel tumbling down the mountain path, fortunately caught by a comrade behind him.

Liu Chen thanked the comrade and then, not daring to delay, continued on, panting and muttering softly:

"Now... now this is the fifth hill we've crossed."

Liu Chen held his breath, took a few quick steps, and finally reached the top of the slope, exhaling a deep breath:

"Whoo—"

The speed downhill was much lighter.

Moreover, the downhill road was easier to traverse, allowing Liu Chen to shift his focus and bring up the map in the live streaming room, showing it to the netizens.

The map used lines of different colors to represent different rivers.

Liu Chen looked at the golden line on the ground and said:

"This is the Jinsha River."

"We just crossed over. Now our goal is to head towards Dadu River."

"Which is the blue line at the top of the map."

"According to orders, we must reach Luding Bridge within three days."

"From the distance on the map,"

"a full 160 kilometers of forced march in three days... it's simply unimaginable."

"And that's with each person carrying a heavy load."

Saying this,

Liu Chen's perspective shifted to the soldiers advancing ahead, each carrying everything they could manage.

Weapons, ammunition, even the company cook carrying an iron pot, with pots and pans adding up to at least thirty or forty pounds.

Yet still, they jogged along.

And the entire team was in the same situation.

Every soldier wore a thin military uniform, and most wore straw sandals for the 160-kilometer journey... straw sandals... How many pairs would be worn out?

The Blue Star netizens didn't dare to calculate.

Because in those images, many soldiers' straw sandals were already in tatters.

With just those, they were supposed to undertake a 160-kilometer forced march?

How could...

The Blue Star netizens' minds started to doubt but suddenly stopped.

Because this team was always capable of creating miracles.

The Blue Star netizens prepared to keep watching.

Anyway, in-game, a three-day forced march would equate to just a day in Blue Star reality due to the game's fast-forward feature and time ratio.

As the forced march continued,

the Blue Star netizens found out it wasn't just about forced marching.

On the first day of the forced march,

the Red Team that Liu Chen was with experienced several small battles, then continued rushing towards Luding Bridge without stopping.

And there were many such small enemy contingents along the marching route.

In the Blue Star reality, a morning passed.

In the game, the Red Team finished the first day of the march.

With Liu Chen and the Blue Star netizens doing the math, about 45 kilometers were covered in one day and night of marching.

At this pace, as long as the speed was increased a bit in the next two days,

maybe it could actually be completed.

Liu Chen himself found it hard to believe after arriving at this conclusion.

The Blue Star netizens were also a bit stunned.

Many things were just not experienced, not impossible to achieve,

and each Red Team soldier carried such a heavy load, yet one day's forced march covered about 45 kilometers, without any load, couldn't they be even faster?

Maybe covering 160 kilometers in three days wasn't a problem after all.

But the next day,

a new order came down, leaving Blue Star netizens utterly bewildered.

The original three-day plan was shortened to two days.

And since one day had already passed,

there was just one day left to reach Luding Bridge.

And from there to Luding Bridge, there was still a whole 120 kilometers.

This was madness.

Absolute madness!

The first day's march speed was measured at 45 kilometers.

This would mean tripling that distance.

Wouldn't that mean the march had to be at a speed three times faster than yesterday to reach Luding Bridge?

This is impossible!

This would already surpass the human limits known by Blue Star.

There's simply no way to accomplish this.

No matter how many miracles they've created, this simply isn't possible!

Even after this game plot emerged,

it caused an uproar in the game forum, and even the long-inactive Federation Headline surged forward.

The reason was that the one-day and one-night 120-kilometer forced march exceeded human limits.

Many students or experts in relevant fields expressed skepticism, feeling it was a bit too much, even for crafting a stunning plot.

Such unrealistic scenarios crafted purely for plot shouldn't be continued.

And this was just marching.

After reaching Luding Bridge, they were supposed to engage in battle.

Could they fight after a 120-kilometer forced march?

The discussions online were unusually heated.

And every unit of the Great Xia Federation, whether leaders or soldiers, couldn't resist opening Liu Chen's live streaming room while looking at the headlines.

Let's take a look at the Red Army before the establishment of the [Republic], and the process of the "Seizing Luding Bridge".

Unlike those ordinary players and netizens.

Basically, the soldiers of the Great Xia Federation have all experienced the exclusive hidden mission "Bloody Battle of Sanshuli".

14 hours, 72.5 kilometers of forced march.

It's unknown how many Great Xia Federation soldiers' wills were tempered.

Now this "Seizing Luding Bridge" plot.

A forced march of 120 kilometers in a day and a night, the distance is even farther than the "Bloody Battle of Sanshuli", it's uncertain whether Liu Chen can keep up.

As for whether the Red Army can complete it?

The Great Xia Federation soldiers, who have experienced the hidden plot of future [Republic], never doubt the Red Army.

The plots after the establishment of the [Republic] are enough to prove the strength of this army.

At this moment, whether it's the generals or soldiers of the Great Xia Federation, they are all waiting for the battle of Luding Bridge.

And in the game.

The troops where the streamer Liu Chen is located, taking advantage of the cover of the morning fog, annihilated an enemy battalion and continued to rush towards Luding Bridge.

On the way, they successively eliminated small groups of enemy forces.

But this is just the beginning of the difficulties.

After a day's march, Liu Chen's side was already too exhausted to speak.

He could only lower the sensitivity to touch, pain, etc., in the settings to maintain his state.

It was already getting dark.

There was thunder and lightning in the sky, and a heavy rain poured down.

The already rugged mountain road turned into a quagmire.

Every step required enormous physical effort, and many soldiers had lost their straw sandals, disappearing without a trace, walking barefoot on the muddy mountain road.

Until late at night, the rain had gradually stopped.

But the troops did not stop.

At this point, the distance to Luding Bridge was only a few dozen miles.

At this moment.

The troops suddenly halted.

On the other side, a long line formed by torches appeared, also heading towards Luding Bridge.

Obviously, it was the enemy reinforcement troops.

Fortunately, the Red Army was in the dark, and the enemy forces with torches on the other side did not discover them.

Seeing this situation, the Blue Star netizens in the livestream also felt their hearts tighten.

But quickly.

The order came from the front, and the Red Army also raised their torches quickly and chased after them, keeping pace with the enemy forces across the river.

Due to the river separating them, neither side could clearly see the situation on the opposite side.

But daring to walk with raised torches so brazenly... the enemy on the other side naturally mistook the Red Army as friendly forces.

They asked for the troop number across the river.

And the Red Army's commander gave them the number of the enemy they had defeated during the day, and accelerated their pace.

The enemy forces on the other side also wanted to speed up, unwilling to let others claim the first merit.

But seeing the torches on the other side moving faster and faster, their soldiers behind were already complaining and could only grumble and stop.

Resting on the spot.

After all, orders are orders, but life is theirs.

Furthermore, after leaving the influence of Nanjing.

The warlords in Yunnan and Sichuan were powerful local rulers, how could they sacrifice just because of an order from Nanjing, they might work, but they might not exert themselves…

The enemy across the river stopped to rest, but not the Red Army.

Liu Chen, in the middle of the team, kept streaming the situation on both sides until the enemy troops on the other side followed them for over 10 miles before stopping and no longer continuing.

Only then did Liu Chen and the Blue Star netizens in the livestream breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment.

The distance to Luding Bridge was only two turns away, just a few kilometers to reach.

Although there was a brief skip of the plot in the game.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream watched Liu Chen marching with the team ever since the order was given.

Even if the journey might feel shorter due to the plot skip, the state of the troops and Liu Chen makes it clear that this is not an impossible task.

But when Liu Chen looked back at the team.

He found many people were missing... yet the team did not stop.

A day and a night, 120 kilometers of march, exchanged for with life.

Until dawn broke.

The iron cable suspension bridge over the Dadu River appeared in the Red Army soldiers' sight.

But when they got up close.

The joy of just reaching Luding Bridge was completely swept away.

It was indeed the iron cables crossing the river.

But those 13 cold iron cables were bare, all the planks had been removed.

If they wanted to cross, they could only climb over on the iron cables, but the machine gun positions on the opposite side were clearly visible, multiple machine gun muzzles were pointed at those 13 iron cables.

The roaring of the Dadu River echoed in their ears, chilling everyone's heart.

How could they get across?

In an instant.

The bullet screen went silent, followed by a flood of comments:

[Damn! Damn! Damn!]

[I'm literally suffocating…]

[120 kilometers of forced march, risked their lives to get here, and this is what they face? Damn!!!]

[The words "Seizing Luding Bridge" but such a dead end…]

[There are machine guns set up on the other side, how do we get across?!]

Liu Chen's gaze turned to the Company Commander, Battalion Commander in the team.

But seeing their eyes full of despair, he fell silent.

The team was silent and still.

There was no choice but to wait for orders in place, while the sky was just getting light, the enemy hadn't noticed them, so they quickly hid for rest and re-organization.

In the outside world.

On the Polestar Official Website's preview page.

As the vanguard troops where Liu Chen was in the game reached Luding Bridge.

The CG of "Seizing Luding Bridge" was quietly lit up.

(That's all for today, let's organize the plot and try to progress steadily.)