Chapter 167: [Republic] Major Events Timeline (7.2k Combined)

When was it opened?

It's one thing that Yu Feng, as a streamer, spends all day in the game and doesn't know.

But how could none of the hundreds of thousands of Blue Star friends in the stream notice?

Yu Feng clicked into the 【Republic】 database.

At the same time, he opened the Polaris player forum; there were quite a few recent posts in the forum about discovering the new 【Republic】 database on the Polaris official website.

Yu Feng glanced at the earliest post time, two minutes ago, and immediately understood:

"This must have gone online synchronously right when I clicked settlement."

"So, was it opened because I triggered the hidden plot of the 【Republic】?"

Although it was a question, it was clearly the case.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for none of the hundreds of thousands of Blue Star friends in the stream to know, and the earliest discovery in the forum was only two minutes ago.

Yu Feng switched back to the 【Republic】 database on the Polaris official website.

What caught his eyes was a timeline-style interface that could be scrolled, with background images and text introductions.

(Ahem, no image, but it's roughly like this.)

Looking at the 【Republic of China】 characters displayed on the first module, as well as the founding time.

Fang Ming in the team room made a light sound, and Yu Feng spoke up:

"What's wrong?"

"Did you find something?"

Fang Ming, looking at the brief introduction below the 【Republic of China】 characters, said:

"The founding time of this Republic of China is about the same as the end time of the Qing Dynasty in the 【Huaxia】 series."

"There is also a historical timeline on the 【Huaxia】 side, and Polaris updates the database every week; they previously updated information on the last emperor."

"The information introducing that last emperor says he abdicated in 1912."

"This Republic of China was founded in 1912, so it connects."

Yu Feng heard this and said:

"After all, it's all happening on 'Earth'."

"It must be connected; it's just divided into several games because of different experiences."

"Let's look at the timeline of when this Republic of China started."

The Blue Star friends in the stream were also watching; many were still at work, so they could only watch the stream.

Yu Feng's gaze turned to the image and introduction of the 【Republic of China】.

【The Republic of China (1912-1949) was a transitional period for the land of Huaxia from imperial rule to a republic, having experienced warlord infighting, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation, eventually giving birth to the new 【Republic】.】

Looking at this introduction, Yu Feng said:

"1912... this point in time is the prelude to WWI in Europe."

"The feudal empires on the European continent are also about to go to war; it seems that not only Europe, but Asia is also undergoing it. On 'Earth' during this period, the whole world is undergoing huge changes."

The Blue Star netizens in the stream were also interested and urged Yu Feng to scroll down quickly.

Yu Feng agreed repeatedly, then looked at the next event on the timeline, 【Restoration of Monarchy】, and clicked it to pop up an introduction.

In the center of the introduction was a middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous military uniform, with two mustaches.

【Yuan Shikai became the President of the Republic of China after the Xinhai Revolution, but gradually moved toward dictatorship, eventually announcing the restoration of the monarchy in 1915, with the reign title "Hongxian," triggering the National Protection War, and eventually Yuan Shikai died in regret. (Plot not unlocked)】

With this photo and introduction, a "careerist" figure.

Was instantly established in the minds of the Blue Star netizens.

After all, just looking at the brief introduction, one could feel the thrill of this event.

The dragon slayer became the dragon, and the president who rose to power through revolution wanted to become a new feudal emperor.

Hiss—Yu Feng's gaze moved to the next one, and the following event was 【Warlord Infighting】; Yu Feng clicked to open the introduction.

【After Yuan Shikai's restoration failed, the Beiyang government split into the Anhui clique (Duan Qirui), the Zhili clique (Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, etc.), and the Fengtian clique (Zhang Zuolin), and there were also warlord infighting in various places such as the Yunnan clique and the Guangxi clique. (Plot not unlocked)】

And the background image in this introduction was a semi-transparent, illusory map of the land of Huaxia, marking the warlords of various cliques.

One could see the composition of the various forces in the Republic of China at that time, but Yu Feng complained:

"Is it because the plot wasn't triggered?"

"These introductions are too short."

Although one could see what the event was, the introduction was too short, and he didn't know the result.

Yu Feng continued to scroll the timeline to the right.

And what followed were 【May Fourth Movement】, 【Zhili-Anhui War】, 【First National Congress】, 【Zhili-Fengtian War】, 【Northern Expedition】, 【April 12 Incident】, 【Nanchang Uprising】...

Although these events did not have detailed introductions because the plots were not triggered.

But looking at so many "war" events, one knew how chaotic the situation in the Republic of China was at that time.

Until 1928 on the timeline, a few large characters appeared.

【Changing the Flag, National Unification】

Seeing this, Yu Feng immediately clicked in to check, and the Blue Star friends in the stream were also staring; after all, this was unification after more than ten years of infighting, and he saw an introduction pop up.

【On June 4, 1928, after Zhang Zuolin was blown up by the Japanese Kwantung Army at Huanggutun, 27-year-old Zhang Xueliang succeeded as the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Eastern Provinces Security, facing a complex situation of internal and external troubles.】

【Internal veterans of the Northeast Army such as Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai publicly opposed the flag change, and Japan also tried its best to obstruct it, threatening that if the Three Eastern Provinces "arbitrarily hung the Blue Sky and White Sun flag, Japan would definitely have the determination of a strong nation and take free action."】

【On December 29, 1928, Zhang Xueliang announced that the Three Eastern Provinces and Rehe Province would "abide by the Three Principles of the People, obey the National Government, and change the flag," ending the Beiyang warlord era, and also representing nominal unification nationwide. (Plot to be unlocked)】

【Hidden plot: (Tiger Hall Incident).】

Looking at this introduction, Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens in the stream were somewhat dumbfounded:

"Good guy, 27-year-old Commander-in-Chief."

"I couldn't even choose such an outrageous background at the start of the game; is this cheating?"

"And..."

"There's a hidden plot for this event."

"Don't know how to trigger it."

"National unification is... well, said too early."

Yu Feng had just wanted to say national unification, but his gaze turned to the next event.

【Central Plains War】

Clicking to open the introduction, an introduction box popped up.

【Although the flag change allowed for nominal national unification, local warlords such as Feng Yuxiang (Northwest Army), Yan Xishan (Shanxi clique), and Li Zongren (Guangxi clique) still controlled local military and political power, forming a situation of "warlord separatism."】

【Eventually, in April 1930, it evolved into a warlord infighting with over a million troops mobilized on both sides.】

Yu Feng looked at the introduction and said:

"Good guy."

"Warlord infighting, and so many warlords; that must take a long time to fight, right?"

However, looking at the next event.

【Armed Mediation】

After clicking, Yu Feng discovered that what he had just said was said too early...

He saw the brief introduction written:

【On September 18, 1930, Northeast Army Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xueliang sent a telegram to the whole country, and the Fengtian Army entered the pass, with 100,000 Northeast Army troops moving south to militarily mediate the Central Plains War.】

【Due to being attacked from both sides, warlords like Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang successively sent telegrams to resign (dismissed from office), and thus national formal unification was achieved.】

The previous one was nominal unification, while this one was formal unification.

In that case, it should be a bit easier later, right?

After all, it was unified both nominally and formally, but then Yu Feng looked at the long timeline behind it and couldn't help but have a strange expression.

"How many major events must there be?"

Looking at the timeline, Yu Feng clicked and dragged it.

Then the timeline scrolled quickly.

【September 18 Incident】, 【Long March】, 【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times】, 【Xi'an Incident】, 【July 7 Incident】, 【Battle of Shanghai】...

【Hundred Regiment Offensive】... scrolling all the way to 【Japan's Surrender】.

And following closely behind was 【All-out Civil War】.

Seeing this, Yu Feng finally felt a bit familiar, and at first glance, he found 【Battle of Meng Liang】 a few events after 【All-out Civil War】.

Yu Feng clicked it, and a notification popped up.

【Battle of Meng Liang】

【This was a key battle in the 【Republic】 War of Liberation, hailed as...】

【...】

【...】

【Unlocked: CG opened, plot experience opened, click to get exclusive experience code.】

The introduction was exactly the one that popped up when the plot just ended, except compared to the others, this one showed as unlocked.

It must be because he played this plot.

So is progress shared?

Yu Feng nodded and said:

"For those who want to experience the 【Battle of Meng Liang】 plot, everyone can claim it; just log in to your account."

"Because it's exclusive and bound, you don't have to worry about the experience code being stolen; besides, there's no point in stealing it, everyone can claim it."

Yu Feng clicked on the CG, and the CG played.

The scene that caught his eyes made Yu Feng and Fang Ming's eyes light up, because as the perspective fell from high altitude, the camera swept past the front and landed at the very end.

At the end of the line appeared their two faces.

Players were also made into the CG?!

Hiss—this is... too awesome!

The CG wasn't as long as the plot, but a combination of sliced scenes, but it also included some shots of the two of them.

It really made many friends in the stream jealous.

If only it were them.

And Yu Feng and Fang Ming directly arranged for the stream assistant to forward it to the homepage.

The CG was still playing, and as the CG ended.

The final screen showed the complete map at that time, and only then did the netizens in the stream clearly see the entire layout of the 【Battle of Meng Liang】.

Compared to what Yu Feng and Fang Ming had marked themselves.

This time, they saw all the surrounding troops and offensive routes more clearly, and Yu Feng said:

"Surrounded like this, no wonder the plot ended so quickly."

"It must be that as soon as we finished fighting, they started the all-out attack; in this situation, even with wings, they couldn't fly out."

After Yu Feng finished speaking, he looked at the ones behind the timeline.

By now.

The timeline had become various battles, densely packed together.

One could see the urgency of the 【Republic】 being caught between the Soviet Union and the American Federation, trying to race against time to unify the country.

After 【Battle of Meng Liang】 were 【Advance into Dabie Mountains】, 【Autumn Offensive】, 【Battle of Yuzhong】, and a series of other battles.

But what made Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens in the stream most curious.

Were those three independent vertical boxes.

Namely 【Liaoshen Campaign】, 【Huaihai Campaign】, 【Pingjin Campaign】.

From the independent vertical boxes given by the Polaris official website, one could see the importance of these three major campaigns; Yu Feng clicked 【Liaoshen Campaign】.

An explanation popped up, and below the introduction, there was also an unlocked battle plot.

Yu Feng looked at the introduction.

【Liaoshen Campaign (September 12 - November 2, 1948) was the first of the three major campaigns of the War of Liberation.】

【The Northeast Field Army concentrated superior forces to capture Jinzhou, cut off the enemy's retreat, and then surrounded and annihilated the Liao Yaoxiang Corps, liberating Changchun and Shenyang.】

【This battle annihilated over 470,000 enemies, liberated the entire Northeast, laid the strategic foundation for national victory, and became a key turning point in the 【Republic】's revolutionary war history.】

【At the same time, it is also listed as a classic battle case in world history in the 20th century.】

Yu Feng then looked at the unlocked plot below.

Upon clicking, an introduction box popped up, and the background image of the introduction box was a plain.

【Battle of Tashan】

【Tashan, no danger to defend. (To be unlocked)】

A few simple words and a name made Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens in the stream stunned; Yu Feng clicked twice more, but it was the same:

"That's it?"

"Is the introduction just this little?"

"No."

"This background image isn't Tashan, is it?"

"Where's the mountain?"

Yu Feng suddenly remembered something and looked at the background image.

Because the background images of the previous introduction boxes were basically related to the introduction; for example, 【Restoration of Monarchy】 was a photo of Yuan Shikai, and warlord infighting was an illusory map.

And the background image of this 【Battle of Tashan】... was a plain?!

Hearing Yu Feng's words, the Blue Star netizens in the stream also looked at the background image and were all stunned.

【Damn? Where's the mountain? Is there no mountain in Tashan?】

【Good guy, this terrain is too plain; it's a steel torrent pushing straight through.】

【What is this "Battle of Tashan"? Who is attacking and who is defending?】

【Old Thief Zhao is just this stingy, not giving data.】

【This damn... it really has no danger to defend, a plain that you can see to the end; it can't be the mountain at the end, right.】

In the background image, one side was a village, the other side was crops on a plain; the only thing that might be related to a mountain was... the forest in the middle?

It did look a bit higher than the surroundings...

But this thing... it looked like it wasn't even as high as 【Mamayev Kurgan】 on the Stalingrad side.

【Mamayev Kurgan】 at least had an altitude of over 100 meters, while that forest was just a bit higher than the surroundings, probably not even 60 meters, right?

Fighting on a plain here?

Over 100,000 people died at 【Mamayev Kurgan】 on the Soviet side; what would it be like to fight here?

Little did they know.

The reason it was called 【Battle of Tashan】 was because the village under that forest was called 【Tashan Village】; in reality, there was no mountain there at all.

Just as the Blue Star netizens in the stream were guessing the situation of this defensive battle.

In the barrage, many people suddenly started spamming.

【Go check the event of Crossing the Chishui River Four Times!】

【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times! Crossing the Chishui River Four Times!】

【Damn, Old Thief Zhao must have designed this while high!】

【Go click Crossing the Chishui River Four Times! Don't let me be the only one stunned!】

Looking at the densely packed barrage, Yu Feng and Fang Ming were confused and quickly scrolled the 【Republic】 timeline forward.

Found 【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times】, Yu Feng clicked in:

"What's going on, so many people talking about this event, let me see... Damn?!!!"

【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times (January - May 1935) was the most thrilling strategic maneuver battle in the Long March.】

【Facing the encirclement and interception of 400,000 enemy troops, the Chairman commanded 30,000 soldiers to cross the Chishui River four times back and forth on the border of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.】

【Using the "feint to the east, attack in the west" tactic to reverse-command the enemy.】

【Eventually, they jumped out of the encirclement by crossing the Chishui River four times, reversing the desperate situation with highly flexible "combining walking and fighting," creating a miracle of winning against the odds in war history.】

【Note: Listed as the most impossible battle in the war history of the 'Earth' world.】

The brief introduction above had only a few sentences, but the background image was the most jaw-dropping.

Looking at the introduction.

Yu Feng thought in his mind, what kind of battle would be called the most impossible battle in the war history of the 'Earth' world.

But seeing the background image... Damn? This is impossible!!!

For the first time.

Densely packed troops, red and blue clearly divided.

Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens had an intuitive concept of 400,000 and 30,000...

It wouldn't be intuitive otherwise.

There were too many blue ones; at a glance, there was almost no place to stand.

Can one kill their way out of this kind of encirclement???

At this moment.

Not only were the players watching the stream shocked and confused.

#Crossing the Chishui River Four Times#

This entry was also quickly topped to the hot search.

Causing the entire Blue Star population to be confused.

Because of the popularity of "World War II: Rise of Empires" over the past half year, many people started playing war games, not to mention WWII players.

They could all understand a little bit.

But seeing this picture of 【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times】, they were still stunned.

Many people guessed, did Old Thief Zhao design this while high again?

There were even many players who had already made their own maps to simulate based on the map layout, and the result was that even with infinite firepower cheats, they didn't get through.

Even the photon supercomputer didn't manage it.

400,000 troops fighting 30,000, even hard consumption couldn't hold up.

Photon supercomputer, cheating, didn't win...

Combining these words, many Blue Star players didn't understand, and even suspected if they had misread, blinking their eyes several times but still couldn't confirm.

It wasn't until they watched the simulation video played by that player that they were convinced it was true.

Then a new question was born.

Is this reasonable?

Many people rushed to Zhao Ming's account to remind him to modify it to be more reasonable, so as not to ruin his reputation.

However.

This was the actual situation; how could Zhao Ming change it...

On the other side.

Great Xia Federation, Northern Army.

Songor Icefield, 7th Special Operations Brigade.

With the joint military exercise approaching, there was less than half a month left until the start.

Because it was the first time competing in the game, the six major federations spent a lot of time formulating rules and discussing, but it also gave the major federations plenty of time to prepare for battle.

In the training room.

Shen Yan was training in the game when he suddenly received a notification.

He immediately exited the game, got up from the virtual somatosensory pod, looked at Qu Guang in front of him, and said:

"What's the situation?"

"Did the military exercise order come down?"

Shen Yan had been preparing for the joint military exercise during this period, and usually, no one or anything would disturb him during training time.

Chief of Staff Qu Guang smiled and said:

"Not yet."

"Still half a month away, what's the rush."

"Take a look at this."

Saying this, he clicked on the device in his hand.

The situation map of 【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times】 was projected in front of Shen Yan.

Looking at the map and the situation above, Shen Yan was somewhat tongue-tied:

"How many troops were surrounded here?"

Shen Yan also knew that Qu Guang wouldn't find him with a picture for no reason, and joked:

"Don't tell me this red troop won?"

"How is this possible?"

But after saying this, looking at Qu Guang's expression, Shen Yan's face changed:

"Damn?"

"Really? Don't tease me?!!"

"This is Polaris's game, right?"

"Is there a video?"

Qu Guang shook his head and said:

"No video."

"But there is a brief introduction."

Saying this, he clicked on the introduction, and the map in front of Shen Yan turned into an introduction.

【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times (January - May 1935) was in the Long March...】

【Facing the 400,000 enemy troops...】

【Eventually, they jumped out of the encirclement by crossing the Chishui River four times...】

【Note: Listed as the most impossible battle in the war history of the 'Earth' world.】

Shen Yan read it several times, walked out of the virtual pod, stared at it for a while, and after a long time, only said:

"I can see that there were indeed 400,000 troops."

"How did they fight this?"

"Who commanded it, 400,000 troops fighting 30,000 and didn't win?"

Qu Guang shrugged:

"They must have escaped, otherwise how would the 【Republic】 have been founded?"

"Just don't know how they fought."

"This is one of the major events in the newly opened 【Republic】 database on the Polaris official website."

"There are quite a few battles behind it, but because no one triggered them."

"So they can't be seen for the time being."

"But you and Polaris company..."

Qu Guang smiled as he said this, and the meaning was already very obvious: go through the back door and get some plot copies.

Shen Yan waved his hand helplessly:

"Don't mention it."

"Polaris is now a key support object of the Federation."

"How dare I go again."

"Not long ago, some juniors in the family wanted to interfere in Polaris company's affairs."

"They were dragged to the old man by Qinghan after she broke their legs."

"Guess what happened?"

Qu Guang was also interested; isn't this kind of family drama the most common in movies and TV shows:

"What happened?"

Shen Yan said:

"The old man had people get a few 'rapid repair agents' and threw away the anesthetics."

"He injected them into those kids, and the broken bones grew back without even being set."

"Then the old man broke them again."

"Only then did he let people set them for treatment."

"Since then, no one in the family has dared to provoke Qinghan, and those who were at odds with Qinghan have also..."

"Polaris company can't be easily touched now."

"Previously, other families pressured Qinghan, but the Federation stood up for her, and those kids thought their own family would be fine, but the old man... tsk tsk."

"Better to just wait honestly."

Hearing this, Qu Guang was also tongue-tied.

Good guy.

As expected of the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army.

This method.

Really ruthless.

That 'rapid repair agent' was originally for rapid bone repair on the battlefield, but this thing repairs fast, but it's also extremely painful.

It's usually used with anesthetics.

If not used with anesthetics... this thing could be used for interrogation.

And he repaired it without anesthetics, then broke it again.

Hiss—not to mention what happened to those kids who were broken, even Qu Guang felt his scalp tingle just hearing it.

"Then let's wait for news from Polaris."

"The joint military exercise is coming up soon, don't know what the situation will be."

At this moment.

Polaris company, in the CEO's office.

Shen Qinghan sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, took a document out of her bag, and handed it to Zhao Ming beside her:

"This is the contract for the 'Federation Military Exercise'."

"I've read it, no problem."

"If you read it and there's no problem, sign it."

"The Federation military exercise will be held in half a month."

Zhao Ming didn't even look, directly took it and signed the document, handed it to Shen Qinghan, and then asked curiously:

"Why did it drag on for so long?"

"I thought it wasn't going to be held."

Shen Qinghan took the document and didn't care, saying:

"No way."

"New things, not everyone can accept them."

"People are like that when they get old."

Zhao Ming's expression was strange:

"Not to that extent, right?"

"Just moving the military exercise into the game, what's there not to accept."

Shen Qinghan's expression paused:

"Um... it's not that."

"It's that the Federation thinks pre-determining isn't challenging enough, and the public doesn't have participation."

"So they decided... to change it to a national vote."

"This way all citizens can participate, and after participating, they will naturally pay attention to the 'Federation Military Exercise', forming a perfect cycle."

Zhao Ming nodded.

Indeed.

Even if ordinary Blue Star people don't pay attention, if they know they have the right to vote, they will want to take a look, or even cast a vote.

Even if they aren't interested, what if they vote correctly, and the Federation chooses what they voted for.

Then they can brag or show off a little when chatting: "Ah? I voted for that, it seems the Federation chose what I voted for..." and so on.

Zhao Ming said:

"A very good suggestion."

Shen Qinghan said:

"But it caused dissatisfaction among some people, who think it's nonsense."

"So the internal debate dragged on for so long before it was finalized."

Zhao Ming nodded:

"So that's it..."

But then Zhao Ming thought of some inappropriate points:

"If it's a national vote... how is this vote cast?"

"Do netizens choose the battlefield directly?"

"Or is it freer, specified by netizens?"

"I just opened the 【Republic】 database."

"If it's freer, netizens might all vote for 【Republic】."

"Bringing the battlefield to an equal state... the six major federations might not be able to win."

After all, it's a performance format.

If it collapses, it will become a joke.

Shen Qinghan had also seen the combat effectiveness of the "Volunteer Army," so she naturally understood this point.

However, the corner of Shen Qinghan's mouth curled up, she leaned back on the sofa, hugged her chest with both hands, and tapped her right fingertips on her forearm, laughing out loud:

"Isn't that more interesting."

"We didn't choose the battlefield."

"Once the six major federations lose... how much publicity money will be saved?"

Looking at Shen Qinghan's smiling appearance, Zhao Ming's eyes widened slightly:

"Hiss—"

Don't say... you really don't say?!

The six major federations hold a military exercise, only to be crushed by the troops in the game.

This publicity effect will explode directly.

Of course.

The one being scolded definitely won't be Polaris company.

The troops of the six major federations can only suffer a bit, after all, the battlefield was chosen by the "public," what does it have to do with Polaris?

It's just that...

Zhao Ming looked at Shen Qinghan strangely, a bit dark-bellied, is this a hidden attribute?

Zhao Ming dispelled the thoughts in his head, and then the corners of his mouth also curled up:

"Understood."

But you can't let the six major federations lose right away; how can they not win two games, and then... be crushed by the 【Republic】. ===== CHAPTER 168 =====

Zhao Ming dispelled the thoughts in his mind, and then the corners of his mouth curled up:

"Understood."

However, he couldn't let the six major federations lose right from the start; they had to win two games, and then... be crushed by the 【Republic】.