Chapter 111: Give the

Watching the exchange of bullet comments in the live stream, Fang Ming pulled up the introduction for the [Moscow Defense Medal].

[Moscow Defense Medal]

[This is a war concerning the survival of the Soviet Federation, and also the Empire's first setback...]

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[Post-war statistics show that the casualties on both sides reached approximately 1.5 million (Imperial casualties approximately 500,000, Soviet Federation casualties approximately 1 million)]

[Note: During the Battle of Moscow, lead a small team to launch Mobile Corps Commander warfare, persist for 15 days, and lead the team to break through the encirclement of the Imperial armored forces.]

[Condition achieved: 15/15 (days)]

[Note: We must stop the Imperial army; we have no way to retreat! Because behind us... is our Moscow.]

[This medal is one of the three essential medals for players to enter the Hall of Fame.]

A smile couldn't help but appear on Fang Ming's face, but his tone was also somewhat sorrowful:

"Brothers!"

"15 days, do you know how these 15 days were spent?!"

"Finally completed!!!"

Looking at the medal's introduction stating that this war had over 1.5 million casualties, Fang Ming didn't have much of a concept, but this 15-day Mobile Corps Commander war was truly difficult.

Halfway through, it started to snow heavily, and he had to tangle with Imperial troops for so many days in temperatures of 20 to 30 degrees below zero. Fortunately, he persisted until the last day when the prompt said it was completed.

However, in his current state, he clearly couldn't run anymore.

Fang Ming tried to move his body, but his lower body had already lost all sensation, and several bullet holes in his legs were bleeding, staining the white snow on the surrounding ground red.

In the distance.

The sounds of Imperial soldiers searching and the barking of military dogs were approaching. Fang Ming reached into his pocket,

and his trembling hand pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

Fang Ming took one out and put it in his mouth, while his other hand went to feel for matches:

"I saw a video yesterday where a guy looked pretty cool before charging at a tank. Remember to record a video for me from multiple angles later, that kind of calm-facing-death feeling..."

Bang! A gunshot rang out, and Fang Ming's movements paused.

A blood hole appeared on his neck, his throat couldn't help but make a sound, and then his body fell to the right, completely still.

In the live stream.

Fang Ming's eyes went dark, and he returned to the main interface.

The cold, numb feeling in his body in the game disappeared instantly, and he returned to his normal state:

"What?!"

"Damn it, what happened to the calm-facing-death?!"

"These Imperial soldiers don't play by the rules!"

"Why did they just shoot?"

Bullet comments drifted through the live stream.

[Laughing to death, do you think you're filming a movie? Giving you time to act cool.]

[Be content, a shot is a quick way to go. You led that group of people and toyed with Imperial soldiers for so many days; if you were caught, you'd be beaten to a pulp.]

[That's right, if I were an Imperial soldier searching for you, I'd beat you eight times a day if I caught you.]

[The guy who lit a cigarette and charged at a tank was hiding in a trench, and the Imperial soldiers didn't see him. You were smoking right in front of them; of course they'd shoot you.]

Looking at the bullet comments in the live stream, Fang Ming could only sigh:

"Movies are all lies."

There's no such thing as mutual respect on the battlefield; when you meet, it's just a shot to take you out.

Thinking about it, it made sense.

He had been wearing down these Imperial people for half a month; if he were searching for such an enemy, he would definitely shoot first upon meeting them.

Fang Ming shook his head and then opened the [Medal Library].

Several medals had already been lit up inside, all settled in the game during this period, including the [Battle of Kiev] and the [Battle of Britain].

But those were just small badges; the key ones were the [Normandy Landing Medal] and the [Moscow Defense Medal].

As long as he obtained one more [Stalingrad Medal], he could enter the [Hall of Fame] and be listed alongside those WWII celebrities.

Looking at the two activated badges, Fang Ming said:

"I don't know what the difficulty of the challenge mission for the remaining [Stalingrad Medal] will be."

Saying this, Fang Ming clicked on the unactivated [Stalingrad Medal].

[Stalingrad Medal]

[This is the history of the Second World War... The unprecedentedly cruel street fighting earned it the nickname 'WWII Meat Grinder'.]

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[Note: During the Battle of Stalingrad, lead a 50-man assault team, use the ruins terrain to engage in street fighting with the Imperial army, delay the Imperial army's pace, and survive for 10 days or more.]

[Condition achieved: 0/10 (days)]

[Note: Ura! For Stalin! For the Motherland!]

[This medal is one of the three essential medals for players to enter the Hall of Fame.]

Looking at the medal's introduction, Fang Ming clicked his tongue:

"The number of casualties is even higher than the Battle of Moscow, and the nickname 'Meat Grinder' is quite scary. But the challenge duration is one-third less; I only need to persist for 10 days."

"And I can lead a 50-man assault team."

"If these assault team members are all veterans, then persisting for 10 days shouldn't be a problem. After all, it's equivalent to a reinforced platoon."

"It's still easier than being chased by Imperial armored forces with a dozen people in Moscow."

Fang Ming was analyzing this with the friends in the live stream.

For the [Normandy Landing Medal], as long as you die a few dozen times, you can always meet a few good teammates and complete it.

But for the [Moscow Defense Medal], among all the challengers on the entire network, there shouldn't be many successes yet.

And Fang Ming challenged it right at the beginning.

Half of the time it wasn't snowing, and it wasn't an environment of 20 to 30 degrees below zero.

But now, players who start the challenge are directly in the ice and snow of 20 to 30 degrees below zero, being searched and captured by Imperial armored forces, soldiers, and military dogs.

It's almost impossible to complete, not to mention it's only November.

By the time December and January come around, players who want to challenge it will probably freeze to death the first night they enter the game.

Fang Ming wanted to laugh as he talked to the live stream, and many images of players being frozen silly appeared in his mind.

The challenge for this [Moscow Defense Medal] is truly difficult.

Looking at it this way, the [Stalingrad Medal] should be easier.

Could it be more perverted than Mobile Corps Commander warfare against Imperial armor in the wild at 20 to 30 degrees below zero for half a month in Moscow?

After sighing, Fang Ming came back to his senses.

Then he took a screenshot of his [Moscow Defense Medal] and posted it to his Tian Sha live stream account space, as well as the Federation's headline account.

Then Fang Ming stretched and said to the live stream:

"Brothers, fought all night."

"Wait for me to catch up on sleep first."

"I'm only one medal away from entering the Hall of Fame. Tonight, I'll analyze the war situation and see when the Imperial front line can reach Stalingrad."

"After that, I'll continue to start Moscow."

"After being chased for half a month, I must go in and slaughter everyone."

After saying this, he went offline quickly to catch up on sleep.

Because he had been doing Mobile Corps Commander warfare in the wild for half a month, Fang Ming was still completely unaware of the situation on the Moscow battlefield, fantasizing about leading troops to slaughter everyone...

On the other side.

In Mo Xiaomo's live stream.

"What? Wiped out again???"

"Wasn't that a regiment's worth of troops?!"

"How so fast?!"

Listening to the report on the phone, Mo Xiaomo looked at the map in a fluster:

"How can the Imperial infantry be so perverted too?!"

She originally thought that because of the severe cold and heavy snow, the Imperial armored forces would be slowed down, making it easier to fight. But after being transferred over by the Soviet Federation, Mo Xiaomo realized that wasn't the case at all.

The intensity of the fighting was too high.

The Blue Star players under her command weren't enough to fill the gaps.

Just under the Imperial artillery fire and air raids, a regiment was wiped out in three days.

If you look at the entire front line.

According to the introduction on the [Moscow Defense Medal], this war eventually resulted in millions of casualties for the Soviet Federation, averaging a regiment of people wiped out every day during this period.

It's outrageous!

The key is that in the current situation, Mo Xiaomo has no good solution. The Soviet Federation won't provide her with reinforcements.

The reinforcements she gets are all Blue Star players, but those who can become grunts are all novices.

So sending them up is just "rapid consumption," continue to replenish, and then "rapid consumption" again. It's already a vicious cycle.

On the other side.

On the Imperial side.

The Mobile Corps Commander streamer Cheng Yu, who had previously fought with Mo Xiaomo, also received an Imperial transfer order to be sent to the front line to fight the Soviet Federation.

However, the time was later than Mo Xiaomo's side.

So watching Mo Xiaomo's side being beaten up by Imperial NPCs, Cheng Yu gloated for a while.

But as his own troops were transferred to the front line and fought for a few days, Cheng Yu was also a bit confused.

Boom!

Boom!

Outside the camp, the Soviet Federation's artillery fire kept bombarding the area around Cheng Yu's armored brigade's position, and some even hit the armored tanks.

Cheng Yu hurriedly ordered the personnel to evacuate, and he himself squeezed into a vehicle and was forced to retreat to the rear of the front line.

And the Blue Star players under his command who couldn't leave in time, or the armor that hadn't been started, had already been captured or eliminated by the Soviet Federation military NPCs who rushed in.

Cheng Yu sat in the car, unable to help but look back:

"Hell."

"How can the Soviet Federation's combat power be so fierce?!"

"It's killing me."

Previously, the friends in both live streams often watched both sides because they were opposing each other.

But now, watching the scene of Cheng Yu being beaten up.

The friends in the live stream also gradually discovered something wrong. How come the streamer on the Soviet Federation side was being beaten up, and the streamer on the Imperial side was also being beaten up?

Aren't there only these two factions in total? How come everyone is getting beaten up?

No?

Why am I a bit confused?

Wait, wait...

The streamer on the Imperial side is getting beaten up, the streamer on the Soviet Federation side is getting beaten up... This is still not right???

Where is the problem?!

Thinking about it, the friends in the live stream finally remembered.

Previously, both sides were just newbies pecking at each other, but now they are being transferred to fight the "Earth" local NPC troops on the opposite side. It's those "Earthlings" who are too perverted!

Thinking of this, the friends in the live stream sent bullet comments one after another.

[Streamer, don't be a coward! Give the "Earthlings" a taste of their own medicine! Prove that we Blue Star players aren't useless!]

[That's right! They are just some "NPCs"! Can't they be beaten by us real people? Everyone brainstorm, and we have the full map (real-time map), can't we deal with them?]

[Being bullied like this by NPCs, if this gets out, won't we be laughed at!]

[Streamer, turn around! Catch them off guard!!!]

Cheng Yu looked at the bullet comments and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

It's easy for you to say while standing there. Why don't you try being bombarded by artillery?!

"Quick, quick, quick!"

"Speed up!!!"

The bullet comments in the live stream drifted by, all mocking.

[The streamer is too cowardly, not worthy of being a Blue Star person!]

[Too shameful, losing face even in the game.]

[Fortunately, those "Earthlings" are NPCs, otherwise, the streamer would be laughed at to no end.]

Cheng Yu looked at the bullet comments and couldn't help but want to speak, I'm cowardly, your...

Whoosh! The sharp whistle of artillery shells in the sky rang out, and the convoy had just rushed out a few hundred meters.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

Covered by a round of artillery strikes.

In the pitch-black live stream screen, only one sentence from Cheng Yu popped out:

"Damn!"

Afternoon.

After more than half a day of fermentation.

Players who chose to challenge the medal mission on the first day of the [Battle of Moscow] were now one after another showing off the [Moscow Defense Medal] they had obtained.

Scattered across the entire network, there were at least three hundred people.

It looks like a lot.

But looking at the backend data from Polar Star, just the players from the six major federations participating in the [Battle of Moscow] numbered over 14 million.

And those challenging the [Moscow Defense Medal] numbered over 800,000.

But until now, only over three hundred people had succeeded.

Although there were still dozens of people in progress, according to this ratio, there wouldn't be many who would achieve it in the end, especially when Moscow entered December and January.

That was already 40 degrees below zero.

Doing Mobile Corps Commander warfare in that situation, you would freeze to death in one night. Zhao Ming estimated that by the time it ended, there would be about a thousand or eight hundred players on the entire network who would obtain the [Moscow Defense Medal].

Although it looks like a lot.

But if you put them into the Hall of Fame, it's still too many.

So the last medal is the [Stalingrad Medal], and the difficulty of obtaining this is several times harder than the [Moscow Defense Medal].

If the [Moscow Defense Medal] can be obtained by thousands of people, it would be good if the [Stalingrad Medal] could be obtained by a few people, and it's even possible that no one will obtain it.

As for why... because Zhao Ming is currently designing the [Battle of Stalingrad] dungeon.

According to the exchanged data, Zhao Ming wandered through the buildings in the dungeon:

"Kitchen... Imperial soldier, living room... Soviet soldier."

"Put two Soviet soldiers on the third floor here, two Imperial soldiers on the second floor here..."

"Hiding two in the entryway..."