Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign
Chapter 128 - 111 [Hall of Fame - Zhukov] (2.8k)

Chapter 128: Chapter 111 [Hall of Fame - Zhukov] (2.8k)

The players have limited information, almost unable to reach the high levels of the Empire and the Soviet Union, or federations like Britain and France, and it’s also difficult to get useful information from ordinary NPCs.

The only way to understand is through the Hall of Fame’s introduction.

Although it’s not unlocked, the introduction is short, but over time it’s become quite familiar.

Mo Xiaomo opened the Hall of Fame on her side.

She quickly found the general with the exact same name as the one in the files.

[Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov (To be unlocked)]

[Title: Soviet Hero, Red God of War,]

[Rank: Marshal of the Soviet Union]

[Biography: He is a military genius from a poor background, rising from a Tsarist Russian cavalryman to Marshal of the Soviet Union. He once shattered the myth of the "Empire’s invincibility" on the European Continent at the gates of Soviet City.]

[Famous Quote: Manpower, weapons, military thought—these are the three basic elements of an army.]

[Exclusive Plot: Locked]

[Exclusive Biography: Locked]

[Note: Participate in immersive plots to have a chance to unlock famous figures from World War II. Unlocking them will provide an individual plot and biography CG (perhaps as his staff officer, participate in "Operation Bagration" and experience the shock of a large-scale offensive with a force of a million.)]

"It’s really him!"

"Wait?!"

"Did you see the end of the introduction?!"

"Deep operation?!"

Mo Xiaomo seemed to have discovered a new continent, quickly opening the Tactical Library:

"Is this that deep operation tactic?"

The streaming room was also stunned, what the hell?

Soon, the card of the deep operation tactic appeared on the screen of the streaming room.

[Deep Operation Tactic (World War II/Modern Warfare)]

[...]

[...]

[Introduction: Based on "continuous operations," advocating for a series of continuous offensives to deplete the enemy, preventing their ability to regroup their defenses in a large-scale attrition war (not usable by small countries).]

At this moment.

The left side of the streaming room’s screen showed [Zhukov]’s introduction, and the right side showed the [Deep Operation Tactic] introduction. Looking at these two introductions.

The viewers on Blue Star felt as if they had discovered a new continent.

So....

Is the Empire’s slow offensive, aside from supply issues, also because of this deep operation tactic?

Mo Xiaomo opened the official website’s real-time map, placing it below the two introductions, making it very clear and simple to see.

"Sss—"

"Now it’s clear."

"First, the general commanding the Soviet Union, also a big shot in the Hall of Fame!"

"The Empire’s Blitzkrieg is partly due to supply issues, and partly because this commander from the Soviet Union is using a deep operation tactic."

"The continuous operations are wearing down the Empire’s advance, smoothing it out, so now the entire front seems almost even."

"Of course, except for the northwest where Guderian’s armored army group is commanding."

"But over there, he’s advancing alone without any way to encircle, because someone else needs to advance from the other side too."

With Mo Xiaomo’s explanation, viewers in the streaming room seemed to witness military grandmasters from the Empire and the Soviet Union playing chess on the real-time map.

The Empire, sweeping across Europe with the invincible ’Blitzkrieg,’ has finally met an unyielding opponent.

At this time.

A bullet comment floated through the streaming room.

[In the Hall of Fame’s description of Guderian, it says he was defeated at the Soviet Union’s city... could it be this time?]

As soon as these words were out.

Everyone was stunned, then realized as the viewers in the streaming room began sending bullet comments frantically.

[Holy shit? You might be right? If the current supply situation doesn’t improve, it definitely could be this!]

[Are we witnessing history?]

[Wake up, game history isn’t history, the whole ’Earth’ in this game is fictional.]

[Sss— Guderian vs. Zhukov? Who’s going to live-stream the front line scene?]

[It’s too early, the Battle of Moscow just started, it’s going to last a while.]

[That’s right, besides, in the CG of the Red Square Parade, during that time there’s heavy snow in Moscow, and in the game, it’s only the end of October, there’s still a while before it snows.]

[Oh no, Mo Xiaomo, the self-proclaimed ’Father of Blitzkrieg’ disciple, will see her master defeated soon.]

The bullet comments varied widely in opinion.

Mo Xiaomo, on her side, began to study the introduction of the deep operation tactic, and then checked the data from when the Empire blitzed the Soviet Union.

As the data was reviewed, Mo Xiaomo couldn’t help but gasp:

"400,000... 350,000... Kyiv with 850,000...."

"My goodness."

"Since the Empire began blitzing the Soviet Union, until now, Soviet Union deaths and captured soldiers have nearly reached two million."

"How can there be so many troops?!"

With Mo Xiaomo displaying these numbers and placing them above the real-time map.

The viewers in the live streaming room were a bit puzzled, looking at the two-thousand-kilometer-long frontline between the Soviet Union and the Empire, they finally noticed something was wrong.

At this time, the Empire was struggling due to the extended supply line and the long frontline.

On the Soviet Union’s side, it was resisting the Empire’s troops across the entire two-thousand-kilometer frontline, seemingly without issue.

However!

This was the current Soviet Union, having already lost nearly two million troops?!

Can’t fathom how many troops the entire Soviet Union must have, with millions upon millions, if they hadn’t lost those nearly two million!

Mo Xiaomo looked at the introduction on the [Deep Operation Tactics] card:

"I finally understand why it says (small countries can’t use it) here."

"Just the current troop losses in the Soviet Union are enough to arm two million-strong armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and now the frontline of the Empire and the Soviet Union is enough to span several Polands."

"Seems like big countries are better, unlike small ones, which are gone now."

After saying that, Mo Xiaomo suddenly didn’t know what else to say.

Viewers in the live streaming room gradually came to their senses and fell silent; it was purely a battle of attrition now, with those on the European Continent who couldn’t keep up already finished.

It wasn’t just about weapons, equipment, ammunition, and supplies, but people too...

Hiss—

Have people become expendable resources too?!

The viewers in the live streaming room were greatly shocked.

The discovery in Mo Xiaomo’s live streaming room, along with the upload of the live video, supplemented the worldview within ’Earth’ significantly, especially in the case of the Soviet Union.

More unexpectedly, was this kind of ’attrition’ in the war.

It’s not just about materials; it ultimately became a consumption of personnel. The Empire could make the Soviet Union lose nearly two million troops, yet the Soviet Union had a continuous stream of troops to replenish.

Now, in the players’ forum, discussions about the Empire and the Soviet Union had gradually shifted from the invincibility of the Empire to a three-seven split.

Mainly because, with the analyses, more and more players gathered data together.

They increasingly understood the crushing presence of a ’big country’ over a ’small country’ in this game.

Because on Blue Star, there are only Six Major Federations, and the territory differences aren’t too significant, essentially similar, so many Blue Star users didn’t feel much difference.

But if you put yourself into one of the ’small countries’ in this game’s ’Earth’, just think.

You are a Prime Minister of a Federation, and you have a million strong army under you!

However....

Your neighbor to the left has three million troops, and your neighbor to the right has six million troops....

Your one-million troop is gone; it’s a catastrophe.

Your neighbor loses a million troops and still casually takes out two million troops....

Blue Star’s players, having all experienced being the ’Prime Minister of Poland’, now recalling the situation back then and the current circumstances, also felt their skin tingling.

The countries on ’Earth’ are truly ridiculous.

Blue Star is a bit better, the Six Major Federations are all about the same....

...

The in-game [Battle of Moscow] was still ongoing, fiercely.

Celestial Shark Live.

In Fang Ming’s live streaming room.

A day passed in reality, but in the game, it had already been two days and one night.

[Progress Condition: 2/15 (Days)]

The progress condition for the medal was slowly increasing, indicating that surviving 13 more days would earn the medal.

However....

Fang Ming doubted if anyone could really last 15 days.

Should he prepare food and survive for 15 days?

Just two days and one night, Fang Ming was already questioning his life from being pursued; having over twenty tanks chasing their few remaining troops?!

And military dogs, damn it.

If they hadn’t jumped into a mud hole in the afternoon, rolling in mud, they probably would have been caught by the military dogs by now.

It was late October in the Soviet Union, about to turn November.

Having just had a heavy rain, lying in a mud hole for half a day, the sour feeling can only be imagined.

Until the sky gradually darkened, and the cold started creeping in.

The group, frozen in the mud hole, slowly crawled out; Fang Ming was almost numb from the cold, looking around at his squad members.

Originally twelve people.

But after these two days and one night of pursuit, only eight were left; 13 days were still to go until the end....

Fang Ming took a deep breath; his voice slightly trembled from the cold:

"Everyone, grab your gear, and find a small forest quickly."

"Shelter from the wind."

"Thankfully, it’s just the end of October, and there’s no snow yet, otherwise, if it snowed, we’d be frozen to death."

"Hurry up, let’s move."

But what Fang Ming didn’t know was.... In a few days, the ’Earth’ calendar would reach November, and November of 1941.... was extraordinarily cold.

(PS: Thanks for everyone’s support, the reading background is online, detailed collection methods in the book circle.)

(Responding... Indeed, there’s no manuscript saved, because it needs to be adjusted according to daily content, ensuring new content every day, so I’m afraid to store.... But the outline of the additional Chapters is almost finished and will definitely be supplemented before the 15th.)

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