Chapter 258: Chapter 155: [The End of the North African Battlefield] The Birth of the Allied Military Genius (6.8k Double Chapter)
Even the United States of America’s Eisenhower isn’t bad; a future Five-star Admiral, he also made it into the Hall of Fame.
And just from the bold act of delegating authority, you can sense he’s a commander who doesn’t follow conventional paths.
Otherwise, who would dare hand over their nation’s army to be commanded by another country?
However, thinking about it, Blue Star players believe the overwhelming advantage of the British and American Federation, paired with the severe supply shortages on the Imperial side, means Rommel might be powerless even if he comes over.
’Desert Arc’ is indeed correct, but the prerequisite is that armored tanks need fuel to move....
Blue Star players, observing this offensive and command, finally found a bit of confidence; yet there was more discussion, including about Montgomery.
Because of the different identities of the players, the varying plots, and after piecing together the complete Tunisian Campaign.
Players discovered that the United Kingdom’s Montgomery’s command was also quite competent, with flexible tactics, no wonder he could oppose Rommel.
However, the only issue is... why isn’t he found in the Hall of Fame?
Is there not enough space?
After all, Rommel is in the Hall of Fame, so this United Kingdom commander who could match Rommel shouldn’t be unheard of.
For a moment, many Blue Star players couldn’t figure it out.
But this isn’t the most important matter; Blue Star players discussed fruitlessly for a long time and then shifted the topic elsewhere.
A pinned post in the Polestar Forum.
[Vote~ Choose who you think is the strongest ’Earth’ commander~]
Even though Polestar doesn’t provide an official ranking, it doesn’t stop Blue Star players from causing a stir; they collected commanders active on various battlefields.
Then, voting started, and several administrators pinned it in the forum.
In the post, even though:
[Montgomery (7,288,112 votes)] [Manstein (7,187,225 votes)]
[Guderian (6,982,247 votes)] [Eisenhower (5,871,247 votes)]
[Zhukov (7,052,472 votes)] [De Gaulle (1,578,727 votes)]....
No rankings have been compiled yet.
But judging by the votes, commanders recently active have higher vote counts, like Montgomery, who commands troops in North Africa and is about to end the North African Battlefield.
As well as Manstein, who just reversed the situation in the Kharkiv battle.
Because players’ military ranks have risen.
Participating in plots sometimes lets them encounter high-level commanders, leading many players to campaign for votes for their respective ’Earth’ commanders.
Some even started buying votes.
Luckily, it was discovered in time, and a batch of temporary bans was issued to stop it.
This situation was reported to Zhao Ming.
Zhao Ming also noticed the post in the forum, looking at the commanders listed.
This number of votes....are you serious?
Seeing beneath the post, some people were defending Montgomery out of admiration, questioning why such a commander couldn’t be chosen for the Hall of Fame.
At the corner of Zhao Ming’s mouth, a slight twitch occurred.
Wondering if after the Market Garden Operation plot surfaces, players who experience it will still support Montgomery.
Looking at the overwhelmingly leading ’Montgomery’, plus people in the post nearly hailing him as a military god, defeating Rommel, ending the North African Battlefield, and so on....
Zhao Ming suddenly thought.
If the Market Garden Operation plot is released, it might be criticized for lacking logic.
How could such a ’military god’ make such rookie mistakes?
But.... that’s just how he commanded!
Zhao Ming’s expression turned odd—it is what it is, this isn’t the first time, previous battles like the Battle of Britain, Dunkirk, were also criticized for lacking logic.
But those are historical facts, Blue Star players just aren’t aware.
Judging by this, we need to add a plot before Market Garden Operation, like Montgomery’s pre-battle speech, to allow Blue Star players to get involved.
After all, inspired by a ’military god,’ Blue Star players will feel more secure when parachuting....
Taking a quick glance at the forum’s post, Zhao Ming decided not to bother further.
It’s all player-initiated; it doesn’t affect much, so Zhao Ming directly opened the database, retrieving Montgomery’s data pre-Market Garden Operation.
Selecting a scene that involved interactive close-up experiences for involved Blue Star players.
....
Meanwhile.
Yu Feng’s Immersive Plot mode has reached the point where the North African Battlefield is about to end.
Though it hasn’t concluded, the remaining territory is too little for the Imperial side to hold on any longer.
The United Kingdom’s Federation, as the country ending the North African Battlefield, attracted many new Blue Star players, while the Imperial live streams saw a contrasting trend.
In various battlefield live streams, Blue Star viewers joked around: ’Anchor better run, the Imperial is doomed.’ ’North Africa is gone, quick escape.’
Such comments, that filled with teasing, were everywhere in the streams.
Imperial faction streamers were left helpless; telling them doesn’t change anything, after all, it’s not like they don’t want to retreat.
Supreme Leader orders a fight to the last breath.
Even daily life streamers were similarly subject to such mockery.
United Kingdom players grew arrogant, and their reputation soared.
However soon... a live stream flipped the online narrative.
It was an Imperial Camp streamer.
Originally a fishing enthusiast, intrigued by "World War II: Empire’s Rise," which simulates a star planet with many different fish species.