Chapter 328: Chapter 175: [Battle of Menglianggu] Unlocking the Database? (2)
Not to mention the surrounding hills have been occupied.
A company of troops can block their half battalion and render them immobile.
Until dawn, no solution was found.
Either fight to the death to break out, or be trapped here to death.
The sky gradually brightened.
All the officers walked out of the tent and came to the mountainside.
As the colonel picked up the binoculars and looked at the flags on the distant positions, besides the company flag of the 7th Company, there was another flag they had never seen before:
"Which ace unit of the 4th Vertical is this?"
However, everyone took turns looking and couldn’t match it with any ace unit in their memory.
Inexplicably.
Everyone’s faces turned grim.
If it’s not a 4th Vertical ace unit, then it means... they are blocked by a regular 4th Vertical unit here?
"Assemble!!!"
Soon.
All the soldiers on the position gathered under orders, and the colonel above yelled:
"...."
"...."
"Those who want to live, charge for the last time, break through the enemy positions at all costs!"
"Those who want to die can stay here!"
"...."
"Do you want to live or die here?!"
As soon as the words fell.
The soldiers below raised their guns and shouted:
"Live! Live!!"
Then all the remaining soldiers and officers quickly sprang into action.
...
Across the way.
On the position, they vaguely heard the soldiers over there shouting something like waves crashing.
Fang Ming frowned slightly, turned up the livestream volume, vaguely hearing them shout something like ’live’ ’live’, his expression suddenly became serious.
Are they going to fight to the death?
Just as he was about to notify others, two soldiers carrying a couple of steaming and fragrant steamed buns ran up, making everyone’s stomachs growl as they smelled it.
"Everyone’s hungry, right? Come and eat!"
Everyone gathered around and each took a steamed bun.
Fang Ming was a little curious:
"Where did these come from?"
"I didn’t see these being carried during the march."
Yu Feng looked towards the foot of the mountain, saying:
"All brought by the villagers to help.">
Within just one night, Yu Feng and Fang Ming also became familiar with the language habits on the side of the [Republic], following Yu Feng’s finger to look over.
Fang Ming saw at the hidden spot at the foot of the mountain, there were many wooden handcarts.
The cooking team and some women and elderly were busy at the bottom.
After everyone took the steamed buns, they quickly returned to their positions, and the abnormality across the way also caught the attention of others.
The leading Battalion Commander walked over, looking at the distant gathering enemy forces, he spoke gravely:
"Everyone had their fill, prepare for battle."
"Everyone knows how we crossed the river, and now that we’ve eaten the buns sent by the villagers, is there any face to live if we can’t win this?!"
As soon as the words fell.
The soldiers around replied firmly:
"No way!"
The leading Battalion Commander took a deep breath:
"Exactly! Not winning this, we’ve no face to live!"
"Looks like the enemy is planning an all-out assault now!"
"The villagers are still behind us, we absolutely cannot let the enemy pass through here!"
"No matter what, we must hold on!"
"Nail the enemy firmly here for me!!!"
As soon as the words fell.
The soldiers also quickly took action.
On both sides.
One side fights for their own lives.
The other carries the expectations of their villagers.
All ready to fight to the death here.
In no time.
Boom—!
Boom—!
The enemy’s shells already hit the positions, and the counterattack began simultaneously.
At the foot of the mountain, the cooking squad put down their spatulas, escorting the villagers away, while the rest picked up guns and rushed to the position for battle.
The fighting started at the break of dawn.
And continued until almost noon.
During which.
The defensive position on this side was even breached several times, leading to fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Even Fang Ming was caught up in it, facing three enemy soldiers rushing up, Fang Ming stabbed two to death with a bayonet, but was impaled in the stomach by the third.
Fang Ming grabbed the man’s wrist with one hand, pulled the grenade on his waist with the other, and, gritting his teeth, lunged forward.
The two rolled, rolling down the hillside.
Boom—!!!
The explosion knocked many charging enemy soldiers down, taking advantage of this moment.
The gap from the charge was quickly sealed again.
The officers on the other side were already in despair, as their troops were almost entirely depleted:
"They’re crazy! Crazy!"
"Those guys have gone mad!"
"What exactly were they promised to fight with such desperation?!"
They couldn’t comprehend it, nor could the soldiers under their command.
Even with their determination to fight to the death, they couldn’t break through the enemy’s positions. Why were they so desperate?
Yet.
It was destined that they would never find the answer.
Because they couldn’t see the villagers at the foot of the mountain helping with the transportation of supplies, nor could they see the bridge over the Wen River, which they had bombed, being patched up by women using their shoulders.
As the gunfire gradually faded away, the battle came to an end.
The complete annihilation of this segment of the enemy was achieved.
Over on Yu Feng’s side, after a morning of intense fighting, he finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"We held it, Little Shandong."
"You...."
Turning his head, he suddenly found Little Shandong, who had been loading his bullets, clutching the bullets and rifle, lying on the ground with fresh blood continually oozing from the skull on his head.
It was pierced by a bullet; Yu Feng’s pupils contracted as he shouted loudly:
"Medic! Medic!!!"
He quickly supported Little Shandong, wanting to provide first aid to the NPC youth who had chatted with him all night, but he couldn’t find anything for first aid anywhere on his person.
The medic hurried over, but upon seeing the bullet wound that pierced through the skull, his expression also changed drastically:
"It’s hopeless."
It was a miracle he was still breathing at all now.
At this moment.
Little Shandong, supported by Yu Feng, slowly opened his eyes and with difficulty asked:
"Yu... Yu brother... did we... win...?"
Yu Feng took a deep breath, internally repeating that this was just an npc, just a plot, but the voice from his open mouth trembled slightly:
"We won, we won."
Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Little Shandong’s blood-splattered face:
"Hehe... I knew it..."
"Taking apart the door... wasn’t in vain...."
Little Shandong’s voice gradually faded, and his arm fell limply.
Thud!
The arm flopped down onto the ground.
This was the reason for fighting desperately that those lifeless enemy troops couldn’t understand until their deaths.
The screen on Yu Feng’s side suddenly dimmed slowly.
[Menglianggu Campaign]
Then the plot was triggered.
...
In the live broadcast room.
Yu Feng hadn’t come back to his senses yet and was dazed in the game room.
He hadn’t even clicked on the [settle] button that popped up.
The Blue Star viewers in the live broadcast room felt the same.
Fang Ming didn’t disturb him, instead flipping through Yu Feng’s live broadcast room album, finding the map of the just-fought place.
These were maps of the [Republic] collected during Yu Feng’s time as the editor-in-chief of the United States newspaper in [Immersive Plot] mode.
Although they were paper-based, they could still be roughly understood.
Fang Ming was looking at the map.
After a while.
Yu Feng finally came to his senses, rubbing his face and taking a deep breath:
"Alright."
"This plot was quite intense."
"I’ve calmed down."
"Let’s take a look at this settlement."
Then Yu Feng clicked on the settlement button, which brought up the introduction of the [Menglianggu Campaign].
[Menglianggu Campaign]
[This is a key battle in the [Republic]’s Liberation War, hailed as the turning point of the East China battlefield. The East China Field Army annihilated the entire reorganized 74th Division of the enemy with the spirit of "taking the head of a general among millions of troops."]
[During the campaign, the Liberation Army, at the cost of 12,000 casualties, created the classic example of "winning many with few, weak defeating the strong." This battle completely disrupted the enemy’s offensive deployment in Shandong and greatly boosted the morale for national liberation.]
[This battle, in coordination with the simultaneous strategic advances of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Field Army into the Dabie Mountains, marked the strategic counteroffensive phase of the [Republic]’s Liberation War.]
[Note: Once the [Republic] Database is unlocked, the full version of the [Menglianggu Campaign] can be experienced.]
[Tip: Gaining the 7th Company Company Commander’s favor will allow you to become a soldier in the 7th Company and participate in hidden plots in subsequent plots.]
[Note: Due to your heroic performance on the position, you have gained the attention of the 7th Company Commander.]
Looking at the prompt that popped up, Yu Feng digested it for a moment, then spoke with the Blue Star friends in the live broadcast room:
"[Republic] Database unlocked?"
"7th Company Commander’s favor?"
"Will a company have plotline afterwards too?"
"And since when did the [Republic] have a database? It’s not on the Polestar Official Website, is it?"
Saying so, he exited the game and went to the Polestar Official Website.
Suddenly.
Everyone was stunned, Yu Feng was also surprised:
"Huh?"
"When did this come up?"
Originally, the Polestar Official Website had no [Republic] Database.
But now, in the center of the interface.
Appeared an image labeled as [Republic] Database, with a background of the red dragon paired with five golden stars from the CG.