Chapter 253: 【Blue Star Federation: How did this become a war of attrition?】(4k)

Looking at the Russian Federation's 4th Guards Tank Division speeding on the map.

These high-level officials of the Free Star Cluster couldn't help but admire.

Nothing else.

Because they are crossing the Chernobyl area.

And the nuclear leak incident in the Chernobyl area was also made into a Polar Star game plot CG before.

For the intensity of the nuclear radiation there, Blue Star players had already known the detailed situation through popular science, not to mention the high-level military officials of the Free Star Cluster Federation.

So looking at them, obviously ordinary people, but at an order, no one had any complaints.

Crossing the Chernobyl area directly.

How can such troops and execution not be admired.

It's just that the people in the plot don't know.

They are still planning how to attack tomorrow, while the Russian Federation's reinforcements are rapidly crossing the Chernobyl area.

Although the night attack did not stop.

But they never broke through the defense line of those VDV airborne troops.

The next day.

The Mobile Corps Commander Allison of the Free Star Cluster Federation had just organized the attack for a while.

Boom—!

Boom—!

Suddenly the airport surroundings were shelled.

The surrounding Free Star Cluster Federation soldiers were also startled; did the mechanized brigade bomb the wrong target?

Why hit their own people?

After a day and a night of attacking.

At this time, Antonov Airport had also been retaken by the Ukraine Federation, with only a portion of the remaining Russian Federation assault team members holding the innermost buildings.

Allison rushed out of the temporary command post to see what was going on.

But seeing the scene.

It was an even more desperate scene than being accidentally injured by friendly forces.

On the horizon in the distance.

Dense tanks wrapped in thick smoke were rushing towards Antonov Airport, firing shells one after another, and almost all the Ukraine Federation troops on the outskirts of the airport were bombarded.

And the flags hanging on those tanks.

Obviously not the Ukraine Federation's.

Allison gasped:

"Hell?!"

"Did a tank division come?"

"How did they get in?!"

Near the capital Kiev, an opposing tank division hit them.

Is this a bit too magical?

With this power on the opposite side, Allison had no doubt that the opponent would rush into the capital.

And their manpower and weapons and equipment here.

Obviously not enough to fight the opponent.

The surrounding Ukraine Federation troops were also quickly organizing counterattacks.

But the high-level military officials of the Free Star Cluster Federation watching the battle in the plot outside shook their heads more and more.

After all, they are the elites of the Russian Federation.

Worthy of being troops who dare to cross the radiation zone.

Different from the previous ones.

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the high and low were judged.

Relying on tactical coordination and the mobility of tanks, after only a moment of exchange, the Russian Federation's 4th Guards Tank Division broke the defense line of the Ukraine Federation troops.

Although they didn't continue to chase.

But the Ukraine Federation troops here were already preparing to retreat.

Can't fight.

Too many tanks.

They are all infantry, although they have heavy weapons.

But they can't fight tanks.

Soon.

The Ukraine Federation troops withdrew.

And the Russian Federation's 4th Guards Tank Division also took over Antonov Airport again.

It's just that Antonov Airport at this time had lost its value.

Because the runway was severely destroyed.

Large transport planes could no longer take off or land.

It could only be used as a temporary strategic point for defense and occupation.

That's right.

It is occupation.

After the 4th Guards Tank Division took over Antonov Airport, they received the remaining 50 or so VDV airborne troop members, but did not withdraw.

Instead, they began to build fortifications and station around Antonov Airport.

This plot.

Made the high-level military officials of the Free Star Cluster Federation watching outside unable to turn their brains around.

Just stationed like this?

Different from what the high-level officials of the Free Star Cluster Federation just discussed.

Some guessed that they would continue to attack and raid Kiev.

After all, this is a whole tank division, and the length of the vehicles and tanks reached more than ten kilometers.

Some guessed that after receiving the remaining VDV airborne troop members, this 4th Guards Tank Division would withdraw, because their purpose was to rescue the 300 airborne soldiers who airborne to Antonov Airport.

Among them.

Those who support the first guess are the majority.

After all, this tank division's strength is elite, and looking at the situation of the Ukraine Federation around, especially the support for an Antonov Airport actually took several hours.

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The elite of this tank division were enough to fight their way back and forth in the capital, Kiev.

But everyone guessed wrong.

No one expected it.

After the Russian Federation's 4th Guards Division made contact with the VDV airborne troops, they did not attack, nor did they withdraw; they chose to station themselves at Antonov Airport.

They built defensive fortifications and repaired the airport runway.

This...

Following the 4th Guards Division's stationing at Antonov Airport.

The original offensive and defensive battle turned completely into a war of attrition.

It was just that because of the 4th Guards Division's powerful firepower, other units of the Wu Federation could not get close, and as the 4th Guards Division repaired some of the airport runways.

Although they could not take off or land large transport planes.

Small ones were no problem, and there was no need to worry about the supplies for this entire division of troops.

The two sides just kept pulling at each other like this.

The high-ranking military officials of the Free Star Cluster Federation watching from the outside also didn't know what to say after watching for a few days.

Fighting to this extent.

The situation afterward was no longer important.

Because there was no tactics to speak of.

It was just a war of attrition.

However, the initial assault by the Russian Federation was still worth analyzing; from the surprise attack on Antonov Airport to the successful control of the airport, the tactics up to that point were perfect.

If the subsequent transport fleet could have landed, they would have achieved the strategic goal of occupying a complete airport.

Especially an airport capable of taking off and landing large transport planes.

It would have allowed the Russian Federation to transport troops continuously and attack the capital, Kiev, directly.

But the Russian Federation side was lacking in consideration at this step.

Because as the Wu Federation reacted.

The ground air defense units deployed, missiles locked on, causing the subsequent support transport fleet to be unable to land; even those that had traveled 80% of the way were forced to turn back.

This left the 300 VDV airborne troops who had made the surprise landing to occupy Antonov Airport as an isolated force.

Although they held their ground for one night.

And waited for the main force from the rear to cross the Chernobyl region to support them.

But this day of fierce fighting.

Had already destroyed most of the airport's runway, and large transport planes could no longer land.

And since large transport planes could not land, it meant they could not continuously transport personnel and equipment, so even though the 4th Guards Division occupied Antonov Airport.

Repairing some runways to allow small transport planes to land was useless.

Evacuation was only a matter of time.

After all, this was the outskirts of the Wu Federation's capital; driving 10 kilometers would put them in the capital, and no matter how slow the reaction was, they couldn't just leave a tank division alone next to Kiev.

It’s just that the war conflict in this [2022] was not going very smoothly.

It was clearly a modern war.

But under Zhao Ming's arrangement, the six major federations on the Blue Star side were all assigned some rather difficult tug-of-war battlefields.

So after experiencing it for a few days, these Blue Star soldiers always felt something was wrong.

Technology had advanced.

Equipment had improved.

But the war hadn't changed.

It seemed no different from fighting in World War II; in the end, it was just like [Antonov Airport], turning into a war of attrition where they just threw lives into the meat grinder.

This refreshed the perceptions of some of the military high command of the six major Blue Star federations.

Because according to their assumptions.

With technology and weapon equipment advanced, war should present a posture of rapid advancement and crushing destruction.

Because they had previously been playing the [World War II] series.

It didn't match the technology on the Blue Star side, so they had always been thinking about what would happen if they really started fighting.

With Blue Star's technology, it should look like what they had imagined.

As a result, now that they were simulating a fight in the plot, they discovered it wasn't like that at all.

Earth's technology had progressed.

But the war still gradually turned into a war of attrition.

Everyone had nuclear weapons.

But no one dared to use them.

It was the same for the Blue Star side; the six major federations all had trump-card super-technologies, but unless it was a last resort, they really couldn't use them.

Once a conflict started.

In the end, it still had to be fought on a small scale, like this.

So the tactics, coordination, and other aspects they had previously thought of using the [World War II] series to train soldiers for.

So that when they really fought in the future.

They could crush the opponent with overwhelming force.

But now it seemed that wasn't the case at all.

Because as they fought.

It turned into the most primitive war of attrition.

To put it bluntly.

It still required piling up lives.

This was different from the crushing, blitzkrieg-like way they had imagined.

How did it turn into a war of attrition?

The high-level officials of the six major federations all had some headaches.

Because it wasn't just fighting against NPCs that would turn into a war of attrition; the Great Xia Federation and the Antarctic Star Cluster Federation also encountered each other, and at first, they didn't know who the other side was.

But after fighting for a period of time, the familiar tactical style gave it away.

The other side was from Blue Star.

But despite having high-tech weapons, they also ended up in a war of attrition as they fought.

Looking at the occupations and consumption within the plot.

Endless soldiers lying in virtual sensory cabins, being replenished into the plot, watching their own soldiers die one after another.

The six major Blue Star federations also realized what was happening.

Although technology had progressed, technology was not omnipotent.

As offensive technology advanced, defensive technology also improved, coupled with battlefield transparency and the existence of satellites and drones.

It was very difficult to move silently without being discovered.

Plus, war was essentially about territorial disputes, requiring infantry to advance meter by meter; technology could hardly shorten the time significantly.

So in the end.

For a piece of land or a house, soldiers still had to rush in to fight for it.

Wouldn't that just turn into a war of attrition?

Especially when the strength of both sides was close, a war of attrition became an inevitable situation.

Although technology could accelerate local battles.

It could not eliminate the opponent's will to resist, so as long as someone was alive, there would be resistance.

So they could only continue to consume.

To see which side couldn't hold on first.

The reason they fell into a cognitive trap was that they hadn't considered this layer.

But now that there was an example here.

The high-level officials of the six major federations also gradually calmed down.

Because such a war had never happened before, even among the high-level officials of the six major federations, there were very few pro-war factions.

But looking at [2022] in "Earth".

If they substituted it into Blue Star... after thinking about it, they couldn't bear such losses either.

In the environment of Blue Star.

If they really started fighting, mutual destruction would be one thing.

If it were a tug-of-war like in the plot, the opposition within the federation would be unimaginable; just thinking about that scene made the high-level officials of the six major federations’ scalps tingle.

They still had to be anti-war and continue to carry forward the "Anti-War Competition".

At worst, if there were any conflicts in the future.

They could just set up a virtual map and fight there.

Otherwise, consuming human lives and fighting for territory in such a real way.

No one could bear that responsibility.

Little did they know.

The six major Blue Star federations still underestimated the subsequent plot development of [2022].

It had only just begun.

The brutal parts were still to come.

On the other side.

While the six major federations were fighting hard in the [2022] plot, it was the weekend again on Blue Star.

At this time.

In Yu Feng's livestream room.

Netizens waiting for the plot leaks were flooding the screen.

After several plot analyses and supplements from players, many Blue Star netizens had figured out the pattern, so they waited early in Yu Feng's livestream room.

Waiting for Yu Feng's leaks and situation analysis.

Afterward, they would go to the official Polar Star forum to see the special sections opened by other players, constantly supplementing Earth events.

Perfecting the worldview and background of "Earth".

Because with constant refinement, the data-rich "Earth" could already be normally simulated by the photonic supercomputer.

It's just that sometimes the results would be a far cry from the original plot.

Some people supplemented the "Earth" data to after 1960 and started using the photonic supercomputer to simulate it, and as a result, the nuclear war that didn't happen in the original plot broke out in the simulation.

And some people, after supplementing the latest data, successfully predicted the development of the subsequent great power games through the photonic supercomputer's simulation.

It was just that there were still some discrepancies with the original plot from Polar Star.

But it also brought great interest to the Blue Star players.

Because they discovered that "Earthlings" always seemed to blow up the Earth...

So they kept simulating and checking various results.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room were still discussing.

At this time.

Yu Feng also appeared in the livestream room on time, greeting the friends in the room:

"Everyone, happy weekend."

"Today we are stepping into the 80s."

"The time for the Soviet Federation's succession is also getting closer."

"Let's see in these short 5 years."

"What changes have happened on Earth."

The barrage in the livestream room was flooding the screen, and Yu Feng took out the data and said:

"Same old rules."

"First, let's talk about the changes in the Soviet Federation, then the American Federation, and finally the Republic."

"Last week we talked about 1975, when the Soviet Federation's long-range power projection in Africa was very successful, and military spending accounted for 23% of GDP."

"It was already a peak military superpower."

"Let's look at 1976."

"In this year."

"The proxy war in Africa, because the Soviet Federation's long-range power projection was very successful, led to the civil wars in various African countries becoming white-hot."

"The Ethiopian Federation switched to the Soviet Federation and directly received 1 billion US dollars in military aid."

"They just threw money at it."