Chapter 80: [Operation Barbarossa] Unlocked (3.6k)

Because the main battlefield of the 【Battle of Songgufeng】 at the time involved over a hundred soldiers from the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 335th Regiment, 112th Division of the Republic Volunteers, Zhao Ming only opened 150 slots when creating it. Each round allows 150 soldiers from the Great Xia Federation to experience that battle. Just like 【Bloody Battle of Samsori】, they must wait until they truly cannot push forward.

Only then will Zhao Ming open the data for the Republic Volunteers.

Although the Great Xia Federation's Northern Land Army can unlock the prerequisites by integrating their elite forces.

Due to the population limit in the 【Battle of Songgufeng】, they can only face the enemy head-on.

Once the Great Xia Federation soldiers enter the 【Battle of Songgufeng】.

They will have to defend a small hill with an elevation of only 200 meters, using a force of 150 men to block over 2,000 enemy troops from the US 2nd Division and the Turkish Brigade, who are fleeing south along the main road at the foot of the mountain toward Longyuanli.

The 【Battle of Songgufeng】 is a positional battle.

Therefore, after unlocking, both Northern elites and ordinary soldiers can participate alongside those who unlocked it, without the 14-hour forced march that tests willpower.

There is only a 6-hour fierce battle on the front lines to test combat effectiveness.

Zhao Ming is curious how long the Northern Land Army can hold out when the numbers are similar to the Republic Volunteers, and whether they can repel the US military's charges. After all, they are the Special Operations Brigade of the Northern Land Army.

【Bloody Battle of Samsori】 tests the limits of willpower, while 【Battle of Songgufeng】 is a true test of combat effectiveness.

Right on such a small defensive position.

Only by fighting fiercely for 6 hours, repelling the US military's large-scale charges 5 times, and holding out until reinforcements arrive can the Great Xia Federation soldiers entering the 【Battle of Songgufeng】 complete the mission.

Zhao Ming took a look at the ongoing data for 【Bloody Battle of Samsori】.

If the Northern Land Army holds out for another 21 hours, they will meet the prerequisites to unlock the 【Battle of Songgufeng】.

Zhao Ming set a reminder in the database backend.

Once the Northern Land Army meets the unlocking conditions, a notification will be sent to him upon entering the 【Battle of Songgufeng】, and then he exited the game database.

It will take at least until tomorrow for the results to come out.

Next, he checked the progress of all current immersive plot players. In the immersive plots of some players, the Empire is preparing to launch "Operation Barbarossa," splitting into three routes to blitz the Soviet Federation.

But the players don't know this yet.

Zhao Ming pondered for a moment and began operating within the database.

The shock of individual players triggering the "Eastern Front" is far less than the shock of everyone experiencing the "Eastern Front." Moreover, this earth-shattering strike by the Empire shouldn't just shock the few players with fast progress.

Zhao Ming added a conditional judgment to the game database.

He reduced the number of times plot-skipping is allowed for players with fast progress, making time pass more slowly.

He allowed players with slower progress to skip more time when skipping plots.

After continuing this silently for a period of time, the time for all players in 【Immersive Plot】 mode will synchronize to a single point. Once most players are synchronized, he will unlock the progress.

Let the Empire in the immersive plots of the vast majority of players launch "Operation Barbarossa" simultaneously; the emotional value at that time will certainly be substantial.

But that's not enough.

Zhao Ming thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

He then opened the Federation Headline and logged into his account.

Soon.

A message was edited and sent:

【Polar Star Games Zhao Ming: To celebrate "World War II: Rise of the Empire" landing on other Federation platforms,

the company has decided to launch a celebration event.】

【A plot module will be launched on the main interface of our Polar Star Games official website.】

【As long as players participate in triggering plots in "Earth," or learn touching, shocking, sad, or other stories after interacting with NPCs, they can upload them to the experience plot module on the official website for other players to watch.】

【Each work will be voted on by the players themselves to select the top 100 plot videos.】

【Once winning, the uploading player will receive exquisite peripheral products from the "Earth" IP series customized by our company, and perhaps even keys to hidden plots!】

【PS: It is said that many recipes and dishes in "Earth" can be prepared in the reality of Blue Star~】

Send!

Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction; this will do.

First, use the event to encourage players to interact more with NPCs and learn, and after experiencing the novel gameplay, the "Eastern Front" will open...

Players on the Empire and Anglo-French Federation side have nothing to worry about.

It's just that players currently in the Soviet Federation might have it worse, because familiar plots, characters, buildings, and so on might be destroyed by the Empire.

Miserable... it is quite miserable.

Consider it a contribution of emotional value for the subsequent plot development.

Under Zhao Ming's operation, the Polar Star official website also opened the 【Experience Plot】 module.

Inside, modules were detailed and divided according to different plots.

There are over thirty categories of varying sizes, such as 【Combat】, 【Scenery】, 【Tear-jerker】, 【Air Combat】, 【Story】, etc. Players can upload exciting combat footage, strange stories heard from NPCs, or beautiful scenery within the game to this place.

Choose a category to upload here. The uploading players of the top 100 voted works will receive customized peripherals of the "Earth" IP.

After Zhao Ming's message was sent.

It soon triggered a new round of discussion, and the number of players in 【Immersive Plot】 mode was also trending upward linearly every day.

Ten days later.

Sky Shark Live, Gaming Section.

A life-style player of "World War II: Rise of the Empire" is earnestly learning from the bakery master in the game.

Streamer Xia Ling, wearing an apprentice's outfit, after watching just once.

Under the shocked gaze of the bakery master.

She completed the production process of potato bread without a single error, and the finished product looked even better than what the master made. Seeing this, the bakery aunt praised her in shock.

Xia Ling smiled and then exited the game.

A small kitchen appeared in the live broadcast room, and Xia Ling appeared in the room, starting to make potato bread according to the steps in the game. Soon, it was finished and sent into the oven.

Xia Ling, having accomplished her task, showed a satisfied expression and then took advantage of the gap to chat with the friends in the live broadcast room.

"The recipes in this game are quite outrageous."

"Besides this potato bread, other things like black bread and carrot tea can be made to taste exactly the same as in the game."

"I also made some vodka, but it hasn't finished brewing yet."

"Once it's brewed, I'll send it for testing to make sure there are no problems before tasting it."

"After all, it's alcohol from a game; I don't know if it's reliable."

"But this bread is edible."

Looking at the question marks in the live broadcast room's barrage, Xia Ling replied:

"Why do I say it's outrageous?"

"Because many game foods are just data for real-world food flavors directly copied over, just with a different name."

"If you pursue the production process."

"The NPC will be clueless because they are just given the data and flavor directly, without a production process."

"But this game actually has the production process for all food."

"Although the taste is average... it's quite novel."

"I'll have to taste the delicacies from other regions later and try making them all."

While replying to the barrage, Xia Ling entered the Polar Star official website and logged into her account.

She uploaded the process of making potato bread both in the game and in reality. Her account interface had several other videos, but they didn't have many votes in the 【Gourmet】 category.

Currently, some of the food items with more votes are 【Flavored Custard】, 【French Foie Gras】, 【Coconut Cookies】, and the like.

Compared to these, the Soviet-style potato bread and black bread made by Xia Ling... indeed don't have an advantage.

On the other side.

Also in the immersive plot, streamer Duan Yu, who is on the Soviet side, is currently building a fire outside a dilapidated small wooden house. A deer leg is set on the fire, sizzling with oil and emitting a meaty aroma.

Duan Yu watched the deer leg roasting on the fire.

And the old hunter sitting opposite the fire, with a flushed face and a full beard, held a knife in his hand, taking a bite of venison and a sip of wine, already somewhat drunk.

Duan Yu poked at the fire.

He randomly drew the identity of a village hunter, but there were too few NPCs in this village, and he lost interest after playing a few times. He couldn't aim while hunting, so he didn't continue playing.

It wasn't until a few days ago that a friend pulled him to play.

And mentioned some event where one could upload stories or plots from the game, and those with high votes could win customized rewards.

Only then did he gain a bit of interest, thinking of the old hunter in the village in the game.

Previously, hearing the NPCs in the game talk, that old hunter seemed to have been a soldier, participated in many great battles, and only returned injured after his leg was shot.

But he always kept silent about things on the battlefield, and over time, people became skeptical.

As Duan Yu, who had played the game for many years, he sensed at the time that there must be a hidden story, but he wasn't interested then, so he didn't look into it. But after returning this time, Duan Yu came over every day to bring wine to the old hunter.

This old hunter, after drinking too much, would actually reveal some previous war stories, directly attracting quite a few friends.

In just a few days.

The number of people in his live broadcast room had increased seven or eight times, all squatting to listen to the old hunter tell stories.

At this time, the old hunter was already tipsy, picking up the hunting rifle beside him and gesturing:

"When I was at the Battle of Tannenberg, fighting those Imperial bastards, it was one shot, one kill..."

"Bang!"

"At a distance of over two hundred meters, I directly..."

Duan Yu's mouth twitched, and he dodged.

He was almost hit in the head by the muzzle, which gave Duan Yu a headache. This old hunter loved to move around when he drank too much, but the friends wanted to hear stories.

Just endure it...

And the old hunter, seeing Duan Yu dodge, couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Little Olga, your courage is not good enough."

"Back then, I faced the machine guns of those Imperial bastards and charged without blinking."

"One shot and I took out that machine gunner..."

The barrage in the live broadcast room scrolled: 【This old man hates the Imperial people quite a bit. Could it be that his leg was shot by an Imperial person?】

【Must be. According to the story the old hunter told, he should have participated in the First World War in the previous background, otherwise why call them bastards every other word.】

【This old hunter says quite a bit, but it's all over the place, and there's too little useful information.】

【It's not that little. At least we know that during the First World War, the Empire was already fighting the Soviet Federation.】

【One shot to take out a machine gunner during a charge? This guy is bragging, right?】

The live broadcast room was discussing the old hunter's story.

At this moment, a faint tremor came from underfoot. The old hunter, numbed by alcohol, had no reaction, but Duan Yu had already sensed something was wrong.

An earthquake?

Doesn't look like it... Duan Yu stood up from in front of the fire and looked around.

Suddenly.

Duan Yu's pupils shrank sharply.

He saw at the end of his line of sight, one, two, three... until countless dense tank armored clusters appeared, visibly growing larger and rapidly driving toward here.

What the hell is going on?!

Duan Yu immediately picked up the hunting rifle at his feet, looked at the drunken old hunter, and hurriedly shouted:

"Run!"

This is the border of the Soviet Federation, and to the west is the Empire. These tanks are charging from the west; what else needs to be said?

The old hunter was still confused. Seeing Duan Yu's actions, he thought some ferocious beast had scared him like this, so he picked up the hunting rifle and stood up, laughing:

"Let me see what kind of wild beast scared you like this. A tiger?"

Saying this, he turned to look.

He saw dense tank clusters charging toward here.

The old hunter instantly sobered up, shocked and angry:

"Damn it?!"

"It's those Imperial bastards! How did they get here?!" ===== CHAPTER 81 =====