Chapter 138: 【Totenkopf Division】 terrifying Earthlings (Please vote for monthly tickets!) (6.2k combined)

Regarding the information on the Imperial Totenkopf Division, Fang Ming searched the game forum and found very little.

It seemed no players had encountered them head-on.

This made Fang Ming and the Blue Star netizens in the stream even more interested.

This unit seemed not only to have a terrifying name.

But also exceptionally mysterious?

This made them have to take it seriously.

Fang Ming found a website and opened a membership.

Then, using the website's photon supercomputer to search the entire network for game plots, half an hour later, he retrieved a few video clips mentioning the Imperial division based on the game plot videos across the entire network.

Looking at those few videos.

Fang Ming clicked on the first one; this player's perspective was in a field hospital.

It was called a field hospital, but it was actually just a military camp built with simple tents, with wounded and disabled soldiers lying everywhere; this player's perspective was holding down a Soviet soldier.

This Soviet soldier's arm had been blown to pieces, covered in blood and filth, and his face showed a terrified expression, resisting everything around him.

He

As he spoke, his expression suddenly grew agitated, and he shouted:

"No!"

"They're here! Those devils!!!"

"I can hear the sound of tanks!"

"Run! Run!!!"

The man's terrified roar triggered a chain reaction; many of the surrounding soldiers began to scream as well, sparking a riot.

This doctor player and the NPCs worked for a long time to calm them down, and only then, during a spare moment, did he explain:

"These wounded soldiers all survived engagements with the Empire's Skeleton Division on the front lines."

"They all have post-traumatic stress disorder now."

"I don't know what kind of battle they experienced, but everyone has become mentally unstable."

"Could the Empire's Skeleton Division be using magic attacks?"

"That shouldn't be possible, right?"

This player didn't seem to be a streamer, and the commentary was just for the video, so the footage ended quickly.

However, this plotline left Fang Ming and the Blue Star viewers in the stream feeling suspicious and uneasy.

Post-traumatic stress disorder?

Just how intense must a battle be to cause this kind of illness?

Is it even more terrifying than over in Leningrad?

The battles of Moscow and Stalingrad were so brutal that soldiers had very short survival times, so they never had the chance to develop it.

However, Leningrad was a long, drawn-out torture.

But even so.

Duan Yu's side was still fine, and some of the military NPCs didn't show signs of stress either.

Yet in this plot, it seemed to be just a single battle.

It was beaten into such a state... it's a bit scary.

Humans are often filled with fear toward the unknown.

Fang Ming clicked on the next video.

The person in the video seemed to be a streamer, explaining the combat situation in his 【Immersive Plot】 mode to the stream.

On screen.

This streamer was at the rear of the main force; this Soviet Federation unit was large and advancing in a certain direction.

The streamer introduced:

"We are currently in the Demyansk region."

"Our Federation side has about several hundred thousand troops, and we have currently trapped over a hundred thousand Imperial soldiers in the Demyansk region."

"As long as we wipe out this Imperial unit."

"The morale on the Federation side will definitely improve quite a bit, but I heard the other side has a Skeleton Division, and many Soviet soldiers here are a bit afraid?"

"Not entirely sure."

"Anyway, whenever the Imperial troops on the other side are mentioned, the Soviet Federation soldiers are very cautious."

"I guess it's the Empire's ace unit?"

"So the difficulty might be a bit higher."

Hearing the streamer's commentary in the video.

At this moment, the Blue Star netizens in the stream, including Fang Ming, were all a bit puzzled.

Something's not right?

I've never heard of any victory in the Demyansk region battle.

Wiping out over a hundred thousand Imperial troops.

There shouldn't be zero news about this; this should count as a major victory, right?

Skeleton Division?

Ace unit?

Can a hundred thousand people break through the encirclement of several hundred thousand?

Everyone continued watching the video.

As the troops advanced, the battle suddenly erupted.

Boom!

Boom—!

The advancing Soviet Federation army suddenly suffered heavy tank artillery fire.

The Soviet army in the front panicked and responded.

And the streamer in the video was in the rear, wanting to look toward the front, but before he could see the battle clearly, he was taken out by a shell.

Although the battle situation wasn't clear.

One could feel that the armored unit on the other side was quite elite.

The combat was clean and efficient.

But these things couldn't be analyzed; Fang Ming watched several other videos and found that whenever the Soviet wounded mentioned the Skeleton Division, they all had some degree of post-traumatic stress disorder.

But according to the only battle scene in the video, it shouldn't be that bad, right?

Fang Ming and the viewers in the stream researched for a long time but couldn't figure anything out.

However, this incident did make it to the trending searches.

While many people searched for the Imperial Army, they also noticed the battle in the Demyansk region.

Because not many people had participated in the plot there.

So the battle here was little known.

But as they kept digging, the Blue Star netizens noticed this battle and understood the full picture of it by collecting information.

A few thousand men of the Skeleton Division, leading twelve thousand ordinary Imperial soldiers.

During the Soviet Federation's months-long encirclement, they successfully punched through the Soviet Federation's defensive lines, leading over a hundred thousand people out of the encirclement.

The casualties on the Soviet Federation side were several times that of the Skeleton Division.

No wonder there was no news about this in other regions; it was just too... embarrassing.

But it also indirectly showed the terrifying combat power of the Empire's Skeleton Division.

And what Fang Ming had to face at this moment.

Was the full-strength Skeleton Division, not the few thousand remnants that were encircled in the Demyansk region.

Fang Ming hurriedly collected information in the game.

Fortunately, because of the upcoming battle, the Soviet Federation had also collected quite a bit of information on the Skeleton Division.

And the reason the Soviet officers in the regimental headquarters didn't care was because they had won too many times and no longer took the Empire's Skeleton Division seriously.

But Fang Ming looked at the information collected and felt a bit numb:

"So many armored tanks?"

"Tiger tanks?"

"Never heard of them?"

"The key is so many tanks, plus the current frozen ground; if they launch a blitzkrieg and pincer from both sides, we're finished."

There was no need to even think about it.

Fang Ming estimated that Manstein had already started moving.

After all, the plot had already been triggered.

It's just that Fang Ming didn't know the battle situation would change so quickly.

Just after finishing reading the information collected online and the information he had collected himself, less than two hours of in-game time had passed, and the Empire's counter-push was already almost here.

Evening.

The unit Fang Ming was in was making dinner; Fang Ming was in the tent looking at the map when the urgent alarm sounded outside.

Fang Ming immediately packed his things and went out.

Boom!

Boom!

The muffled sound of artillery shells rang out in the distance; clearly, the vanguard unit in the front had encountered the enemy. Fang Ming quickly entered combat mode and ordered the soldiers to organize.

Afterward, he headed to the regimental headquarters for a meeting.

At this time, everyone in the regimental headquarters hadn't realized the severity of the problem; the regimental commander looked at the map and said:

"On the other side is the Empire's Skeleton Division, and they've encountered our division."

"These guys suddenly appeared here..."

"It doesn't match the intelligence, but it's not a big problem; everyone just needs to be ready for battle."

"The Empire's beasts are just making their final struggle."

"Our mission is to move around the flank and raid the right wing of the Skeleton Division."

"Does everyone understand?"

Everyone nodded in understanding, and Fang Ming didn't offer any more opinions.

Instead, he thought about starting a war with the Empire's Skeleton Division to get an immersive feel for what was so mysterious about this unit.

The sky quickly turned dark.

The Soviet Federation regiment Fang Ming was in had already moved to the flank, preparing to raid the flank of the Empire's Skeleton Division.

Coordinating with the frontal attack of the division headquarters.

At this moment.

Under the cover of night.

The ruins and wreckage on the edge of Kharkov appeared and disappeared in the intense crossfire.

The situation was no longer optimistic.

Upon first contact, the Soviet Federation soldiers discovered the difference in this unit; the previous method of using numerical superiority to constantly push forward and crush the Empire's defensive lines didn't seem to work anymore.

Under the cover of night, they were met with a dense web of fire, and people fell with every meter they pushed forward.

The Empire's Skeleton Division guarded the ruins on the edge of Kharkov, engaging the approaching Soviet Federation soldiers.

As the main force of the regiment arrived, the regimental commander also gave the order to raid.

With the help of the frontal battlefield and the cover of night, their regiment pushed forward until they were within rifle range before being discovered, and the moment they were discovered by the other side.

Intense crossfire began.

The distance wasn't very far, and Fang Ming's regiment soon reached the ruins on the edge of the city.

Wanting to use the broken walls to set up fire points.

However.

It provoked a swift counter-attack from the Empire's Skeleton Division.

Skeleton Division soldiers in black uniforms charged without fear of death; a large group of soldiers pressed to the front, becoming entangled with the Soviet Federation soldiers.

It was clearly a battle of firearms, but it was forced into a brutal close-quarters slaughter.

Fang Ming held a bayonet in one hand and a pistol in the other, firing shots into the heads of the Skeleton Division soldiers who had pounced on the Soviet Federation soldiers.

Bang!

Blood blossomed.

However, slightly off-target, the Skeleton Division soldier who had been shot in the head made a crazed sound in his mouth and struggled to lift his head to look at Fang Ming.

That evil, crazed look startled Fang Ming and everyone in the stream.

Then that Skeleton Division soldier was pushed away by the Soviet Federation soldier beneath him and finished off with a final blow.

But that scene made Fang Ming and the Blue Star netizens shudder.

This unit... seems not right?

Fang Ming's gaze swept across the surroundings and found that all the Empire's Skeleton Division soldiers were somewhat crazed.

They were clearly slaughtering and dying.

But the expression on their faces was fanatically excited, and they were making chilling, strange noises.

They didn't look like normal humans anymore, and their combat style was extremely cruel; the entrenching tools in their hands were all aimed at the heads of the Soviet Federation soldiers, and some even missed.

They even used their teeth to bite the Soviet Federation soldiers.

Watching this scene.

Anyone who didn't know would definitely think this was some kind of zombie game.

But there are no zombies in this game...

There are only these crazed Empire Skeleton Division soldiers.

Fang Ming even saw a Skeleton Division soldier, after killing a Soviet Federation soldier, pick up the bayonet in his hand and cut off the Soviet Federation soldier's ears.

He stuffed them into his pocket, seemingly wanting them as trophies.

But he was soon finished off by several Soviet Federation soldiers nearby.

Even before dying, he was still making chilling, strange laughter.

How is this fighting people?

No wonder those soldiers who engaged with the Empire's Skeleton Division all developed post-traumatic stress disorder.

It would be one thing if they won.

If they didn't win... just this scene alone would leave behind such psychological trauma.

Even knowing this was just a game.

These "Skeleton Division" soldiers were all fictional, but Fang Ming and the Blue Star players couldn't help but worry.

Fang Ming didn't dare to go up for close-quarters combat, instead using his pistol to fire shots from the edge, but just a moment later, the situation on the battlefield reversed.

After the division's soldiers blocked the flank attack without fear of death.

An armored unit appeared from somewhere behind Fang Ming's regiment.

Boom!

Boom!

Similarly breaking in from the rear.

A series of tank artillery fire directly scattered the formation of the regiment.

Seeing this, those Empire Skeleton Division soldiers became even more crazed.

Their movements became faster.

Fang Ming even saw an Empire Skeleton Division soldier continuously smashing the limbs of a corpse with an entrenching tool.

On such a battlefield, they were actually busy dismembering bodies.

Although there was a distance between them.

Fang Ming couldn't see the details, but the impact of this scene truly shocked the Blue Star netizens in the stream.

It refreshed their worldview.

Fang Ming subconsciously raised his gun; the Skeleton Division soldier dismembering the body in the distance seemed to sense it, suddenly lifting his head and grinning savagely at Fang Ming.

The blood-covered face, combined with that savage smile, plus the pitch-black night and the firelight.

It was chilling.

Fang Ming shuddered and pulled the trigger; his instinctual reaction was still there, and one shot hit the Empire Skeleton Division soldier right between the eyebrows.

The grinning Skeleton Division soldier slowly fell.

It's just that even before dying, he was making "..." strange laughter.

Boom!!!

A shell exploded nearby.

Fang Ming was blown away by the shockwave; coming back to his senses, he panted heavily in suspicion and fear:

"Can't be distracted, brothers."

"I'll fight first."

Although he said that, the scene from just now kept appearing in his mind, and he couldn't focus at all.

Boom—!

Boom—!

The shells from the Empire's Tiger tanks kept falling.

A portion of the tanks from the frontal battlefield had also split off to come over, but in a situation visible to Fang Ming's naked eye, the shells from the Soviet Federation tanks.

After hitting the Tiger tanks, even if they exploded, it didn't affect their actions at all.

Instead, they braved the artillery fire to exchange fire with the Soviet Federation tanks.

As for the result...

It made Fang Ming doubt his life.

How can these Imperial tanks be so durable? They haven't even taken ten shells yet, right?

Fang Ming and the Blue Star netizens in the stream watched as two Tiger tanks on the Empire's side braved the artillery fire and destroyed four Soviet Federation tanks.

They were even looking for the next target.

Fang Ming, observing the battlefield, didn't notice at all.

A Skeleton Division soldier who had already fallen to the ground had climbed up at some point, a savage smile on his face as he approached.

"——!!"

A low roar exploded in Fang Ming's ear; Fang Ming, hiding behind the ruins, wanted to get up, but was grabbed tightly by the neck and had his ear bitten hard.

Then... rip!

The entire piece of flesh was bitten off.

And then he bit down again.

Extreme terror rose in Fang Ming's mind; his heart pounded as he struggled.

But the Skeleton Division soldier, unleashing his final strength, didn't weaken in the slightest; his large hand clamped onto Fang Ming's neck like a pair of pliers.

Slowly suffocating...

The screen plunged into darkness.

Swish!

Back to the main interface.

Fang Ming jumped up out of reflex, and only after looking at the game's main interface did he come back to his senses.

He had already been killed.

Looking at the game's main interface now, Fang Ming took a few deep breaths and said to the stream:

"Brothers, let me calm down for a bit."

Scattered danmu drifted across the stream expressing understanding.

Actually, many people were just like Fang Ming, unable to come back to their senses.

It was simply too scary.

This scene is just like a horror game; how are those people?

They are living, breathing zombies.

Fang Ming calmed down for a while, rubbed his face, regained some spirit, thought for a moment, and said:

"Hmm... everyone don't be afraid."

"'Earth' is all fictional; this is just a game."

"And it's not a horror game either."

"These can all be explained by science; the Empire has always had a tradition of using drugs."

"These people's feelings, it feels like the kind where they're high on drugs."

"So don't be afraid."

"It just looks scary."

After all, he still has to rely on this game to make a living, so Fang Ming thought of a reason to explain it, not knowing that this explanation was exactly the answer.

Danmu drifted across the stream in fragments.

Fang Ming looked at the start button again and said:

"Continue, continue."

"The 【Battle of Kharkov】 has just begun; at least I have to experience it completely."

"It should still be able to go there."

Saying this, Fang Ming clicked start.

The screen flashed.

Entering the game again, but... looking around, there were only scattered soldiers.

Was the main force scattered?

This thought appeared in the minds of Fang Ming and the Blue Star netizens; Fang Ming immediately checked the time—only one night had passed, no way, right?

It was beaten into this state in one night?

If it's true.

Then it further proves the Empire's long-planned scheme and terrifying combat power.

But what Fang Ming wanted to know most now was the situation of the unit he was in when he started last time.

He was fighting the Skeleton Division just now, what about now?

Fortunately, after starting, Fang Ming's identity was still an officer, and a deputy regimental commander at that.

After asking around, he was completely stunned.

In just one night, the unit he started with last time had been wiped out as a formation, and the Empire's Skeleton Division was still advancing.

The Empire's Skeleton Division didn't rest at all after fighting last night, marching non-stop; following the received news, the real-time map mounted in Fang Ming's stream had already been updated.

The originally flat front line was now uneven.

The Empire's troops had begun to employ blitzkrieg tactics everywhere to push forward, and the shape of the breakthrough and cutting had already formed.

"Hiss—"

Looking at the situation on the map.

In just one night, it became this bad?

Is the Empire too strong, or is the Soviet Federation too weak?

That shouldn't be it, right?

Could it be that Manstein's military command is too perverted?

The head of the Empire's three great famous generals.

This title is indeed not just for show.

He perfectly grasped the psychology of the Soviet Federation, constantly luring the enemy deep, and in one night, directly turned the disadvantage into an advantage.

Even looking at the "real-time map" mounted, Fang Ming estimated that the Soviet Federation hadn't come to their senses yet.

After all, they weren't looking at the problem from a third-person perspective.

They would probably send more troops to continue the attack, but the casualties caused by this would also be greater.

Until it finally turned into a major defeat...

Fang Ming and the Blue Star netizens in the stream felt a strange emotion.

They originally thought that after the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, the situation would reverse.

As a result, only half a month had passed in the game.

The situation changed suddenly.

No need to think, this major defeat would directly scatter the morale sparked by the victory at Stalingrad.

The importance of generals was revealed at this moment.

This 【Battle of Kharkov】 and the 【Battle of France】 were the battles where one could most intuitively feel the importance of generals.

It was entirely based on military command ability to decide the outcome.

For a moment.

The feeling that the Allies were going to turn the tide suddenly became uncertain again.

The plot in Fang Ming's stream spread out.

The discussion online about the victory or defeat of the Axis and Allies became murky again.

Those who originally supported the Allies were also a bit uncertain.

Who will win in the end?

Some military experts didn't dare to easily express their opinions; no one could guess this thing.

Who could have thought that just after the victory at Stalingrad, they would suffer a big defeat in the blink of an eye.

But it was indeed more attractive to analyze.

On the other side.

Polar Star Company headquarters base.

At this time, on the edge of Donghai City, near the sea, the company headquarters rose from the ground.

With the support of various technological equipment on Blue Star.

The speed of construction was visible day by day; Zhao Ming walked on the construction site, and the appearance of the Polar Star building already had a preliminary shape.

It looked like the "Empire State Building."

At this time, the secretary came to report on the public opinion online.

Zhao Ming took out his phone and looked at it.

The plot on Fang Ming's side had already jumped to the 【Battle of Kharkov】:

"A bit fast."

Shen Qinghan looked over from the side:

"What's fast?"

"The plot?"

Zhao Ming nodded:

"That's right."

"Need to control the speed of the plot."

"The 【Battle of Kharkov】 is linked to the later 【Battle of Kursk】; this is to be made into a national war dungeon, so it can't be exposed in advance."

"However, the 【Battle of Kharkov】 can be made into a permanent dungeon."

"The Federation competes, while players experience the terror of the 'Earthlings'."

Saying this, Zhao Ming laughed.

Shen Qinghan rolled her eyes, knowing this guy was thinking about how to torture players again.

Zhao Ming looked at the construction site for a while, then returned to the car with Shen Qinghan and pulled up the virtual projections of the 【WWI Series】 and the 【Huaxia Series】.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Ming said:

"The Huaxia history series is a bit too long and not suitable for an anti-war series game."

"This series mainly focuses on the experience."

"It can be launched in advance, coordinating with the Huaxia series peripherals for promotion."

"With this year's support, it should open up the market very quickly."

After all, they won the championship this year, but next year and the year after are uncertain.

If they really followed the order and waited three years to launch the Huaxia series, the opportunity would be gone.

Shen Qinghan had no objections and nodded:

"That's possible."

"But are you done?"

Zhao Ming smiled and said:

"No need to finish it all; the game database on the official website has already updated a lot of game data."

"The early access version is already done, mainly some independent Huaxia dungeons."

"The battle situation in the 【WWII Series】 game is currently hard to call, and if the time advances further, the outcome will be obvious."

"So now is a good time."

"Start promoting the 【Huaxia History】 series game and invite some streamers to experience the gameplay."

"Try the novel feelings brought by different identities and the culture of Huaxia history."

(ps: The Huaxia history series CG is about to be completed, please give me monthly tickets!)