Chapter 178

Two days later.

Liu Xu's defensive works were almost dug, and the plot on Jiang Yu's side, after frantically skipping for these two days, finally caught up to the timeline on Liu Xu's side.

At this time.

Jiang Yu's stream room had already merged with Liu Xu's for a joint stream.

The time in the upper right corner was half a day ahead of Liu Xu's side.

It was just that the Blue Side and the Red Side still hadn't met.

Inside the stream room.

Jiang Yu was introducing the layout of the Whampoa Principal this time to the Blue Star friends in the stream room.

A regional map was hung in the stream room.

The map still showed the Soviet area, but this time the Blue Side was surrounding the Soviet area in an arc.

Jiang Yu pointed to the map and explained:

"Currently, what the Whampoa Principal has arranged here is exactly the plan discussed directly with the foreign advisory group."

"First is 'driving straight in'."

"With the 6th, 9th, 8th, 14th, 11th, and other divisions in the east, starting from the Nanfeng area, pushing horizontally all the way, looking for the Red Side's main force to annihilate them."

"And the other troops on the periphery of the Soviet area are in an arc shape, forming an encirclement."

"Adopting the 'fortress blockade' plan, shrinking toward the interior of the Soviet area, occupying an area and then building defensive works on the spot, then continuing to advance, compressing the Red Side's living space."

"The Blue Side has already finished the deployment, just waiting for the order from above."

"Each unit will then start moving toward the Soviet area."

"It's just that I don't know what the Whampoa Principal is thinking; they've been in position for more than a day, and there's still no order."

Jiang Yu complained.

At this time.

A communications soldier ran in to notify Jiang Yu to go to a meeting.

Jiang Yu's spirit lifted, and he said to the stream room:

"Brothers, it's about to start."

"I'm going to go see what the mission of my troops is."

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room were also excited; it was finally about to start, after both sides had warmed up for so long, let's see how the Red Side breaks the situation this time.

However.

Just as Jiang Yu went out, he discovered something wrong.

It seemed that the entire regiment's soldiers had come out; at this time, they were lined up and gathered in the center of the camp.

Jiang Yu was a bit confused; looking around, there were no officers, and he couldn't ask what the situation was, so he could only go to the meeting room first.

Inside the meeting room.

Everyone looked relaxed and comfortable, sitting in their respective seats in the meeting room.

Seeing Jiang Yu come.

Many people nodded at him.

Unlike the combat staff who were directly donated with money on the main side, Jiang Yu chose an identity that was in the military, and later spent money to get promoted.

So there were also many close officers.

Jiang Yu walked to his seat and sat down, looking at the Third Battalion Commander next to him:

"What's the situation outside?"

"Isn't there a meeting?"

The soldiers outside were lined up neatly, but inside the room, there was no sign of a meeting.

The Third Battalion Commander leaned on his chair, took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled out two, handed one to Jiang Yu, and said:

"This isn't an assembly, just waiting to listen to the Commissioner's speech."

"We're far from the capital here, just going through the motions is enough."

Jiang Yu spoke:

"Speech?"

"What speech?"

The Third Battalion Commander shook his head:

"A pre-battle mobilization speech, what exactly it is, I don't know."

Just as he was speaking.

The Regimental Commander in front clapped his hands, everyone immediately sat up straight, and the Regimental Commander raised his hand to press down:

"No need to be too serious, after listening."

"Go back and convey the spirit of the Commissioner's instructions to each unit."

"Then write a report."

Everyone responded one after another.

Then radio waves came from the radio, and half a minute later.

The voice of the Whampoa Principal came from the radio:

"This time..."

"《Letter to All Soldiers of the Nation》..."

"... If this wish is achieved, I will resolve to return to the fields, expressing my heart... If it is not successful, then I will sacrifice my life, dedicating myself to the country."

Listening to the broadcast, the surrounding NPCs were used to it.

But Jiang Yu and the Blue Star friends in the stream room couldn't help but widen their eyes and gasp.

Hiss—is this for real?

At this time, the Blue Star netizens were encountering this kind of situation in the game where they broadcast to the whole nation to set a flag for the first time.

Good grief.

If not successful, then sacrifice.

The Blue Star players had all played the "Huaxia" series of games, so they naturally understood what it meant.

It's just that they couldn't believe the Whampoa Principal was this ruthless?

Once the Red Side forces weren't annihilated, he would just die?

Or even if the Red Side forces were annihilated and his wish was fulfilled, he would just return to the fields on the spot?

This is a bit ruthless.

Jiang Yu and the Blue Star netizens were still shocked.

After all, it was the first time they had encountered this situation.

The highest leader of the Blue Side made such a poisonous oath, so obviously this "Encirclement" couldn't be ended easily.

It was just that when Jiang Yu recovered from the shock.

He found that the surrounding generals had no change in expression, and some were even listening until they were drowsy, dozing off.

Jiang Yu poked the Third Battalion Commander next to him:

"The Commissioner is..."

The Third Battalion Commander leaned over slightly and said in a low voice:

"Don't worry about that, just hand in a report later."

"Every time before a battle, they do this..."

The Blue Star netizens who were just shocked, and some who even planned to upload this plot, stopped their actions instantly.

They do it every time?

Damn!

Thought it was some big news.

After all, it was the first time the Blue Star side saw this situation, so they thought it was very important.

This situation is equivalent to the Empire's leader during WWII publicly announcing in the newspaper that if the Empire's troops couldn't take such-and-such place, he would commit suicide on the spot.

After all, how could such a high-level big shot easily make an oath.

As it turns out, he really did easily make an oath...

The "every time before a battle, they do this" from the Third Battalion Commander shattered the halo of the Whampoa Principal himself.

As the 《Letter to All Soldiers of the Nation》 sent from Nanchang was finished being read.

The Blue Side units also received orders for the next step of action, and the 300,000-strong army acted in unison, rushing toward the Soviet area where the Red Side was located, which made the Blue Star netizens look strange.

Are you kidding?

Why did he have to read this thing before the battle?

At this time, the Blue Star netizens had big question marks flashing in their heads.

The Blue Side had already failed twice before.

As a result, when they fought the third time, they still broadcast to the whole nation before the battle, almost telling the Red Side to their face that I'm going to hunt you down starting tomorrow.

What was he thinking?

However, regarding this, some Blue Star players stood up and expressed.

This should be "psychological warfare."

Using the news of the 300,000-strong army setting off to mentally pressure the 30,000 Red Side troops and the people of the Soviet area.

After all, could the person who could be the head of the Blue Side be someone who didn't understand military affairs?

This analysis post actually became a hit on the Polar Star players' forum.

Many people supported the original poster under the post, feeling that the Whampoa Principal must have thought so.

The post also occupied the headline of the section, and everyone was discussing this matter inside.

And in the game.

As the Blue Side's 300,000-strong army began to move, the Red Side also acted.

At this time.

Inside the merged stream room of Liu Xu and Jiang Yu.

The troops Jiang Yu was in had already set off from their station, moving toward the Soviet area.

Fortunately, because they were the troops executing the "driving straight in" mission, Jiang Yu could live stream the front-line situation.

Otherwise, if they were the troops on the "fortress blockade" side, they could only build defensive works and wouldn't be able to see the situation on the front line.

And Liu Xu's side.

Was hidden in the mountains under the orders of the higher-ups.

The Red Side part where Liu Xu was located was a small branch, and the main mission was to engage in Mobile Corps Commander warfare with the enemy.

So he was also a streamer on the front line.

It's just that compared to the large army on Jiang Yu's side, Liu Xu's side only had this many people, so the danger level on the front line was also greatly increased.

But also because it was a small branch.

So dispersion, concealment, etc., were much more convenient than the main force.

They also sent people out every day to scout for intelligence.

And the common people in the village at the foot of the mountain also helped them cover their tracks; the 30,000-plus Red Side troops disappeared completely after the Whampoa Principal finished reading the 《Letter to All Soldiers of the Nation》.

Three days later.

At this time, Jiang Yu in the game had collapsed.

On the map in the stream room, the location of the Red Side was clearly marked.

But the Blue Side had looked in the wrong direction from the start.

Because at this time, the Blue Side's thinking was that the Red Side was under pressure from their 300,000-strong army.

They would definitely shrink back from the border of the Soviet area to the "Ningdu" area in the hinterland.

So the Blue Side's 11th, 14th, 9th, and 6th divisions, after going down the river, first occupied Guangchang, and then rushed all the way to Ningdu.

Not knowing at all.

That the command post of one of the Red Side's main forces was in the Jianning and Anyuan area in the east.

Jiang Yu was watching the map with his own eyes, but there was no way.

The troops on the Blue Side were convinced that the Red Side was still hiding in the Soviet area, rushing toward Ningdu.

It was conceivable that the next step would be a waste of time and a wild goose chase.

However, Jiang Yu didn't go to tip them off.

After all, not only was he just a small battalion commander, but he also had no grudge against the Red Side; the main thing was to stream this "Encirclement/Anti-Encirclement" campaign, and watching both sides fight with wits and courage was the way to go.

What would tipping them off count as? Furthermore, he was just a small battalion commander, and the Principal might not necessarily listen to him.

And the next step was indeed as Jiang Yu thought.

After the Blue Side entered Ningdu, they realized they had come for nothing.

A wild goose chase.

Inside Jiang Yu's stream room.

At this time, Jiang Yu was hiding under a big tree fanning himself.

In the Ganzhou area in July, the weather was hot, plus they had just gone on a wild goose chase.

The entire troop from top to bottom was very angry.

However, before they could rest.

The order from above came down again, and Jiang Yu could only lead the troops to gather.

Then the 11th Division where Jiang Yu was located was under orders.

To head to the Xiaobu area.

It's just that these NPCs didn't know that Xiaobu and Huangpi were also empty cities, but Jiang Yu knew.

Looking at this order, Jiang Yu couldn't help but go find a few friends to ask around.

Not long after, he returned with a dark face.

At this time in the stream room, the old friends had been watching, so they knew what was going on, and the danmu in the stream room was spamming 6666.

The new friends who didn't understand asked what happened.

Jiang Yu then explained helplessly:

"Damn it."

"The Blue Side has absolutely no intelligence on the Red Side."

"Going down the river all the way to Ningdu."

"Because 'He Yingqin' believed that the Red Side's main force was here."

"And then they went on a wild goose chase."

"That would be fine, the key is that this guy... started believing it for the second time."

"Believing that since the Red Side's main force wasn't in Ningdu, it must be here in Xiaobu and Huangpi."

"And then ordered us to head to Xiaobu."

"Are you kidding?"

"What is this? Isn't this just pure guessing?"

"Not a bit of intelligence!"

The Blue Side didn't have a third-person perspective, so it was understandable that they didn't know where the Red Side's main force was.

But Jiang Yu and the Blue Star friends in the stream room, because of the sharing from Liu Xu next door.

So the map in the stream room clearly marked the current locations of the Blue Side and the Red Side.

The first time they chased Ningdu and went on a wild goose chase, it was understandable.

The second time they chased Xiaobu, they hadn't investigated either; isn't this just pure guessing?!

Next, the Blue Side, as the troops executing the "driving straight in" plan, began to look around like headless flies.

And the troops gathered in Ningdu also dispersed, searching in all directions.

At this time, the Blue Star netizens in the stream room were speechless.

It really was just pure guessing...

But soon, the Blue Star netizens in the stream room knew why the Blue Side was just pure guessing.

After the troops where Jiang Yu was located entered Xiaobu.

The attitude of the people in the city toward them was worlds apart from the Red Side.

Most of the people hid.

And some people hiding in corners, behind window cracks, looking at them, Jiang Yu could also feel the hateful gaze from those pairs of eyes.

Even when passing through a street, someone cursed "white doggies."

The troops, who were already irritable because of the hot weather, under the rage of a company commander, directly fired shots to shock them, and then wantonly arrested the surrounding common people.

They really didn't even pretend anymore.

This scene made Jiang Yu and the Blue Star netizens in the stream room shake their heads.

These weren't local warlords.

But the official troops in the name of the "Republic."

But at this very moment.

Looking at them, they were no different from those warlords, wantonly arresting common people and then forcing them to ask about the whereabouts of the Red Side forces.

Maybe the arrest order from above was to force them to ask about the Red Side's whereabouts, but once it reached the bottom, the soldiers couldn't control themselves; while arresting, they also took quite a few things.

And after those people were arrested.

Didn't say?

If they didn't say, they would beat them first, and if they really didn't know, they would beat them half to death before letting them go.

This chaotic scene.

It's no wonder the Red Side won the hearts of the people so much.

In this kind of world.

With the official troops like this, one can imagine the environment of the "Republic" at this time.

Facing the Red Side forces with such a mass base.

Where would the Blue Side get intelligence?

The Blue Side was still looking for the Red Side like headless flies.

And the Red Side had already started from Jianning, conducting a large detour on the periphery of the Soviet area, merging with the troops in the southwest direction in Yinkeng, and then turning to neighboring Xingguo.

Inside Liu Xu's stream room.

As they entered the Xingguo area, the Blue Star netizens in the stream room and Liu Xu felt a different atmosphere.

Compared to the curses of the people on the Blue Side,

The local people brought eggs to comfort them and organized welcome teams, which made many newly joined Red Side soldiers feel invigorated.

Liu Xu looked at the welcome team and asked the old squad leader:

"Squad leader."

"The masses here are too enthusiastic, right."

The old squad leader smiled and said:

"That's for sure."

"Xingguo is an old revolutionary base area."

"It's one of the first places to have land distributed; the common people have their own land and live a good life, so of course they are enthusiastic."

"And it's not just about distributing land."

"The common people also spontaneously joined the army; there are quite a few Red Guards, reserve teams, and Young Pioneers here, all of which are seeds of revolution."

Liu Xu and the Blue Star netizens in the stream room finally understood.

Why the people here were so enthusiastic.

After all, propaganda also takes time, but coming here was like coming home.

After a short rest in Xingguo.

The Red Side's troops continued to transfer westward, but the Blue Side also discovered something wrong.

This time.

They blocked the gap before the Red Side broke out.

They could only retreat to the Gaoxingxu area.

And the Blue Side's great army followed closely behind.

Gradually, even the Blue Star netizens who were watching couldn't help but get nervous.

Listening to the stream room at all times.

Even at work, they took time to check the situation in Liu Xu and Jiang Yu's stream rooms.

Because at this time, the Red Side forces of 30,000-plus people had already been besieged in the Gaoxingxu area, and the Blue Side had already surrounded the Red Side forces in an encirclement posture.

Within a territory of dozens of miles, all retreat routes were blocked by more than a dozen divisions of the Blue Side.

Such a situation and a critical situation.

Attracted many Blue Star players to discuss, and even the troops of the major federations were constantly paying attention to the situation in the stream room.

At this time in the game.

The Red troops hadn't made a move yet.

However, the Daxia Federation asked Zhao Ming for all the data and deployment of the Red Side's troops at this time.

After distributing it to officers at the regimental level and above in each unit.

They were all required to analyze it and submit a breakout plan.

To see if there were any military geniuses who would coincide with the Red Side when the Red Side broke out later.

Half a day later.

The officers of each unit submitted their plans.

And the Red Side in the game was also about to take action.

Northern Daxia Federation, Songor Icefield.

Seventh Special Warfare side.

After Shen Yan submitted the plan, he came to find Qu Guang; Qu Guang had also just submitted it, and seeing Shen Yan come, he couldn't help but say:

"So fast?"

"What is your plan?"

Shen Yan chuckled and said:

"My plan is to break into pieces."

"The Red Side itself is good at Mobile Corps Commander warfare, so just split the 30,000 soldiers into three waves, disperse them in batches, and gather at the designated location."

"This way, even if the Blue Side wants to chase, they won't have that much energy."

"Ten people here, five people there, seven people over there..."

Qu Guang nodded and said:

"My idea is to break out from the side that hasn't been surrounded."

"The losses might be relatively large."

"But this way, we can try our best to preserve combat effectiveness and look for opportunities to make a comeback later."

Shen Yan also nodded and clicked on the projection.

The situation in the stream room appeared in front of the two; Liu Xu had already started to act, and Shen Yan looked at the projection and couldn't help but wonder:

"Don't know what the situation is on the Red Side."

"Will they follow our thoughts?"

Qu Guang rolled his eyes at Shen Yan:

"How is that possible."

"Both of our plans are standard."

"Not asking for a full score, just asking to pass."

"The Red Side should far exceed our plans."

"But the terrain and environment are limited, 30,000 people locked here, it's really..."

Before he finished speaking.

Qu Guang and Shen Yan looked at the stream room projection, and their eyes widened at the map that was gradually changing under Liu Xu's news:

"Holy crap?!"

"This is too risky?!"

At this time in the stream room, following Liu Xu's narration.

Many Blue Star netizens couldn't help but feel goosebumps.

Facing such an encirclement situation.

The Red Side first sent the local troops, Red Guards, reserve teams, etc., from the Xingguo and Gaoxingxu areas to accompany the main force westward, attracting the Blue Side's attention.

The main force was still hidden in Gaoxingxu.

From the Blue Side troops surrounding them, they picked the weakest one and prepared to beat it up.

But the biggest risk of this plan was the 52nd Division in the north.

It could almost be said that they brushed past their shoulders; if they were exposed even a little, the history of the future 【Republic】 would be rewritten.

Not to mention that they couldn't think of this kind of plan, even if they thought of it, they wouldn't dare to execute it; if there was even a slight mistake, it would be the annihilation of the entire army, who would dare to take such a risk?

Even before it started, the officers of the Daxia Federation couldn't help but worry with trepidation.

The courage and boldness of the Red Side's command were truly astonishing.