Chapter 26: No way? Is the Empire cheating?!

"What should I do now?"

Mo Xiaomo was somewhat panicked.

Looking at the various suggestions in the bullet comments, she hurriedly issued orders accordingly:

"Quick, have the border troops launch a counterattack!"

"Absolutely do not let the Imperial army break through the defensive line!"

"Right, don't we still have a few hundred planes?!"

"Send them out immediately to bomb them."

"Have all units from the second defensive line move to support the first defensive line."

This immersive plot of the Blitzkrieg on Poland was unfolding exactly according to the original historical development.

The players who replaced the Polish Prime Minister would issue orders that influenced the original development, though such developments were negligible, given that Zhao Ming had set the plot's starting point at the dawn of the day of the blitz.

Although the players were awake at this time, the air force was essentially crippled because the Empire's surprise attack was already underway.

The Empire's actions here.

Were determined by the players' operations, using the complete life histories, thought patterns, and calculated simulations of all the high-ranking Imperial officials that Zhao Ming had redeemed from the [Earth Database] to issue orders.

This was equivalent to the players from Blue Star facing off online against Imperial Marshals and famous World War II generals.

Because Mo Xiaomo wanted to launch a blitz against the Empire.

She had ordered the soldiers to wake up early, which prevented 'her Polish Federation' from being too passive; under the sudden attack, the casualties were significantly lower.

Moreover, even the remaining four hundred or so planes were not all lost, with over a hundred managing to take to the sky.

But other live streams were different.

Many streamers had been completely stunned by the surprise attack; switching between different live streams in the gaming section of Tian Sha Live.

One would see streamers playing "World War II: Rise of the Empire" having a mental breakdown, listening to reports from subordinates in the Prime Minister's office with disbelief:

"No way? The airports are all bombed? Not a single plane left???"

"Is the Empire cheating?!"

"My cavalry brigade was wiped out in one encounter?"

"That's cavalry?! If they couldn't win, couldn't they run? What exactly is going on at the front?"

"Quick, quick, quick, have the second defensive line reinforce immediately!"

"What? The railway was bombed too? Can't get reinforcements there? Then drive, run for it!"

"Damn it? Who set this plot starting point?!"

"You bastard!!!"

In every live stream, the streamers were having major breakdowns.

Due to the different starting times, the progress of the plot also varied.

Some were already stunned, with planes and railways all destroyed, and their cavalry brigades losing contact in a single encounter, not even knowing how they were wiped out.

Others had just entered the game and, hearing reminders from viewers, hurriedly organized a preemptive attack.

But facing the Empire's long-planned conspiracy and the command of Guderian, the founder of modern 'Blitzkrieg' and a famous WWII general, they could only barely hold on for a short time, unable to stop the collapse of the defensive line.

The players acting as Prime Minister could only issue order after order, attempting to stop the Empire's offensive.

But most were wrong instructions, or even futile efforts.

Instead, they accelerated the rout of the first defensive line.

And since the campaign lasted a long time, it was impossible to synchronize with real-time.

So Zhao Ming designed it so that whenever a player issued an order, the game would simulate based on the command, shorten the time proportionally according to the duration of the battle, and then an NPC would report the results to the player.

For example, if the Imperial and Polish Federation forces clashed.

A six-hour battle would be accelerated, and twenty minutes later, an NPC would report the battle result to the player.

In Mo Xiaomo's live stream.

At this moment, Mo Xiaomo looked at the map, already feeling hopeless.

Under the guidance of numerous viewers in the live stream, she kept issuing orders, time kept accelerating, and in the short two hours of the live stream, four days had passed in the game, and the territory on the map was constantly shrinking.

It was actually falling faster than the original Polish Federation on Earth.

The first defensive line had been breached, and the entire border was lost.

The reinforcements from the second defensive line hadn't even reached the first defensive line before they were about to collide with the Imperial army.

Mo Xiaomo was numb, constantly looking at the map in disbelief:

"No way? Is this reasonable?"

"Are the guns in the hands of these one million people real?"

"Why can't I understand this?!"

"Not only is the border lost in four days, but in a few more days, they'll be at the capital?!"

"Did those 800,000 Imperial troops fly over!!!"

It was no wonder Mo Xiaomo was breaking down; the Imperial army's advance never stopped for a moment.

Even here, she had just issued an order to resist the Imperial army, but a few minutes later, a subordinate came to report that the troops had lost contact, and the Empire had already reached the next city?!

No way?

Are they really fighting?

Mo Xiaomo doubted her life.

Just a moment ago, the Imperial army was still in this city, and she had ordered an interception.

As a result, when the next message came, not only had this city fallen, but the Imperial army had already reached the next city.

Is the Imperial army too strong?

Or is the Polish Federation's army too weak?

One million against eight hundred thousand, how could they be at such a disadvantage???

Watching Mo Xiaomo's breakdown.

The trolls in the live stream laughed.

[Hilarious, didn't you want to blitz the Empire just now? Why are you wilting now.]

[Good heavens, Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg... so this is how the lightning strikes, it's indeed fast.]

[To be honest, is the Empire cheating? It's one thing to take one city, but they just got the news, and they've already reached the next city, did so many people fly over?]

[As expected, looking at the difficulty of the [Normandy Landing] battlefield, that old thief Zhao Ming would never let you play easily.]

[Even if it's not easy... but you can't set it to hell difficulty?!]

[How is this even playable?!]

[I'm more curious if Mo Xiaomo will be hanged by Imperial soldiers after the Polish Federation falls.]

[How is that possible? Such a beautiful female Prime Minister, if I were an Imperial soldier, I would definitely... hehehe.]

[Hey, you little rascal~~~]

[Hehehehe, same here~ same here~]

[Don't panic, a streamer next door has already surrendered, and after the Empire executed him, this guy restarted the game, only he became a soldier.]

[Good heavens, so you still have to die...]

[What else can you do if you don't die, how are you supposed to fight this Empire???]

The discussion in the live stream was lively, and the discussion outside was even more so.

Many fans of streamers had found Zhao Ming's account on Tian Sha Live and started a frenzy of criticism, and a large number of trolls had also flooded into the Polar Star Game Company account on the Federation Headlines, wanting to vent their anger at the game's extreme difficulty.

As a result, Zhao Ming set the account to only allow comments from followers.

For a time.

Numerous trolls held their noses and followed Zhao Ming, then started their wild criticism.

The growth rate of the Polar Star Game Company account.

Even alarmed the person in charge of Federation Headlines, who thought something abnormal had occurred, only to find it was caused by Polar Star's clever trick of requiring a follow to comment, and they began to admire it with a strange expression.

Using haters to gain followers, this is truly the first time.

Polar Star Game Company.

The phones in the office were ringing off the hook.

Chi Xue, acting as customer service, was apologizing while hanging up the phone, but as soon as she hung up, it rang again.

Grabbing her hair in a breakdown, she could only go to the office to find Zhao Ming for help.

"Boss, the game difficulty is too high, the players are already exploding!"

"Quick, think of a way!"

"If you don't do something, I'm afraid someone is going to come and camp outside for you!"