Chapter 479: Chapter 479
And this is also the outcome Blue Star players inexplicably sensed.
Although the war is not over, the result seems to be clear.
The Volunteer Army’s battle will has become the focus of discussion among Blue Star players, because soldiers with such willpower can only be defeated by total eradication.
Otherwise, the Volunteer Army is bound to win in the end.
Because they cannot imagine how the United Nations troops, which were shattered by thirty Volunteer Army soldiers in a bayonet battle, could defeat such a force.
With the circulation of the video of the Xiaogaoling combat.
It seems Polestar has opened the Volunteer Army camp, and more and more players and streamers are experiencing the Volunteer Army perspective.
This allowed Blue Star players to experience the challenges faced by the Volunteer Army.
When, sipping hot coffee and playing cards, the Blue Star players in the United States identity are killed by Volunteer Army soldiers and are randomly put into the Volunteer Army camp in the next game,
these Blue Star players, having been randomly assigned the Volunteer Army role, were eager to showcase their might.
But they couldn’t even withstand the cold snowy night.
Only then did Blue Star players understand just how challenging the situation was for the Volunteer Army.
Yet this difficult situation drove the United States troops on both fronts into full retreat.
This further fueled the Blue Star players’ desire for a challenge.
Many kept restarting to randomly get a Volunteer Army identity for a challenge on the limits of will.
While Blue Star players were enthusiastically engaging in challenges,
the first batch of United States troops on the battlefield had already started retreating from Hengfeng-li, despite facing repeated Volunteer Army attacks. After all, they were a fully organized mechanized armored force.
They had already slowly retreated from Hengfeng-li towards the ’Water Gate Bridge’, which is the key point in the Eastern Front.
Many Blue Star players were drawn to the imminent battle at this critical point.
In Li Ran’s livestream room.
After returning from Riutang Village to Hengfeng-li and heading to retreat to the rear, as the vanguard, the main force of the United States 1st Marine Division had already reached Water Gate Bridge.
But unfortunately, Water Gate Bridge had already been blown up.
Li Ran’s side hid at the rear of an extinguished truck, trying to avoid the bullets coming from unknown directions.
More than an hour had passed since the fierce battle began.
If it were daytime, it would be easier to say.
But unfortunately, it was night.
It was the Volunteer Army’s domain. Li Ran looked around at the battlefield on both sides of the road.
Despite not many Volunteer Army troops being on both sides, their tactics left the United States forces powerless.
Their pride in mechanical armor was useless in this situation.
The only function might be to allow soldiers to hide behind the tanks to block incoming bullets.
After all, the armor thickness was acceptable.
Apart from that, there was no other way.
Howitzers, air raids, these tactics that worked wonders on other battlefields, didn’t seem to kill anyone on the Volunteer Army’s ground for unknown reasons.
Whether it was daytime bombing or nighttime bombing.
Half an hour, an hour, or even two rounds of bombing for a full two hours.
When they charged ahead,
they would always be knocked down by waves of Volunteer Army soldiers standing up.
This left the United States forces’ commanders helpless.
Mechanical armor was useless, bombing was ineffective, heavy machine guns couldn’t hit the opposing positions either, and once they moved closer, they were forced into bayonet fights.
And then they were repeatedly crushed, over and over again.
From afar, came the shout of a United States soldier:
"Three o’clock direction!"
Li Ran hurriedly turned his head to see some blurred figures swiftly moving down from the hillside, rushing towards Water Gate Bridge in the distance.
Water Gate Bridge had already been blown up once.
The bridge surface was now temporarily reassembled with wooden planks, and Li Ran even suspected that a tank walking over it would cause the bridge to collapse, yet didn’t expect the Volunteer Army still wanted to demolish such a large bridge.
Several charges had already been organized, and the surrounding firepower was all for covering the suicide squads demolishing the bridge.
The United States side’s howitzers targeted the vague moving figures on the hillside, explosions spread across the hillside, and several Volunteer Army figures rolled out.
However, before the United States soldiers could rejoice, those rolled figures climbed back up and quickly continued rushing towards Water Gate Bridge.
"Oh my God, why aren’t they afraid of death?"
"Damn it! That bridge is as fragile now as my sister’s toy block!"
"We can’t let them near the bridge!"
"All heavy firepower, hit them!!!"
Li Ran was idly firing blank shots, his gaze fixed on those vague figures rushing towards the bridge.
The surrounding United States commanders’ voices grew increasingly anxious.
Watching as those swiftly moving figures reached underneath the bridge.
"Stop! Hurry up and stop!!!"
The United States commander couldn’t help but collapse, his face twisted:
"They’re all mad!" Google seaʀᴄh 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁
"For a broken bridge, really?!!!"
But no matter how much they cursed,
they couldn’t change the fact that... the bridge had been blown up again, and as Li Ran looked with the magnifying function, this time it was worse, even the bridge base was blasted down.
With Water Gate Bridge destroyed the second time, even the bridge base was blown up.
The surrounding Volunteer Army’s cover fire quickly retreated, leaving the United States commander howling at the sky amid snow and wind.
In Li Ran’s livestream room.
Watching this scene, Blue Star viewers were rather joyful.
[The Volunteer Army is truly ruthless; they even blew up the bridge base, making the repair difficulty overwhelming.]
[The nearby United States engineers might cry themselves dizzy in the restroom.]
[Volunteer Army: Do you remember? I’m asking if you remember? How did you blow up my bridge back then?]
[Great, it’s the wheel of fortune.]
[Exactly, back then they bombed the Volunteer Army’s bridge, now they’ve been blown silly by the Volunteer Army.]
Comments kept flooding the livestream room, while the battlefield gradually fell silent.
United States soldiers gathered the bodies around them, as for other locations, they’d have to wait for tomorrow.
Li Ran retreated to a corner and closed his eyes.
The skip button quickly popped up.
After clicking skip, it was already the next morning.
Li Ran opened his eyes and looked at the surroundings.
They arrived at night yesterday, shortly afterward the bridge was blown up by the Volunteer Army, so the surroundings were unclear. Now he looked around at ’Water Gate Bridge’ in the distance.
Only then did Li Ran realize why the United States commander cursed angrily the night before.
It was called a bridge, but was actually more like a dam structure.
There was just an extra constructed passage beside.
That passage was currently the only road, with steep cliffs below and rugged slopes above, the troops could only march over the bridge.
And now with ’Water Gate Bridge’ blown up, that enormous gap.
It could no longer be repaired with wooden planks.
Even the bridge base was blasted down, and such a large gap.
No amount of planks could withstand the weight of armored vehicles and tanks crossing here.
Moreover, the area was barren, with no wood even to be found.
Li Ran received the order to clean the battlefield, following other United States soldiers climbing hills to search for fallen Volunteer Army soldiers and traces from last night’s attack.
Although they saw nobody around now, they all knew the Volunteer Army was surely watching them somewhere.
Everyone’s movements were cautious.
And ’Water Gate Bridge’ restoration progressed slowly, Li Ran finished cleaning the battlefield and watched as reinforcement troops continuously arrived at Water Gate Bridge.
But the progress of repairs hadn’t made much headway.
Engineers were still fixing the bridge base, the road was crowded with United States soldiers eager to retreat, but the gap at the bridge blocked their exit.
Until the fourth day.
From the second explosion to now, nearly four days of time had passed, and ’Water Gate Bridge’ was barely restored.
Before the United States troops could organize their crossing, as night fell.... Volunteer Army forces quietly encircled again.