Chapter 489: Chapter 489
Outskirts of Hengcheng.
As the various units of the Volunteer Army gradually encircled ’Hengcheng’ on the map, Jin Bin was busy with hard labor.
The white breath condensed into frost on the edge of the steel helmet, yet the pickaxe in his hand kept swinging. Even as a player, he couldn’t avoid following orders like the other southern puppet troops doing hard labor.
Meanwhile, those United States soldiers were drinking hot coffee in their distant tents.
Jin Bin had also experienced the identity of a Volunteer Army soldier, but the treatment from ’Republic’ soldiers towards their northern neighbors contrasted sharply with the attitude of the United States towards their southern puppet troops.
The situations were completely different.
A voice came from the southern puppet army lieutenant in the trench, shouting harshly:
"Those ’Republic’ people may attack anytime."
Jin Bin cursed silently:
"Damn it." The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥
"Even in the game, there are lackeys."
"If it weren’t for the storyline, I’d have shot him dead."
The lieutenant above treated even a single soldier from the United States with a smile, while here towards his own, he would reprimand at every turn.
Players from Blue Star could hardly swallow this anger, especially against such bully-worshiping types.
The bullet screen in the live broadcast room flew:
[This lieutenant’s face changes faster than the peninsula’s weather; are those United States people his real parents?]
[Brother Jin, draw your gun! Shoot him!]
[Don’t do it; the fight’s about to start. Got to let Brother Jin make it that far.]
[The puppet army card is about to expire.]
[Once the Volunteer Army’s battle horn sounds, the streamer just needs to lie flat on a hill.]
Bullet screens were floating inside the live broadcast room.
And the southern puppet army soldiers nearby, upon hearing the lieutenant’s reproach, showed no reaction.
They seemed used to it.
They just silently quickened their pace, but after the lieutenant left, they started whispering, and Jin Bin perked up his ears to listen.
"Hey, Jiho, did you hear?"
"Second Battalion was ambushed by ’Republic’ troops at Hongcheon two days ago, the whole company was wiped out, and they didn’t even retrieve a few bodies."
"Really! My cousin works as a communications officer at the division headquarters."
"He said those ’Republic’ soldiers are like ghosts, sneaking up silently at night, targeting sentries."
"By the time they’re discovered, the bayonets are already in their guts."
"Oh man... I really don’t want to fight those guys."
"Are you trying to get us killed?!"
"Even if we run, now’s not the time. If we’re caught, we’ll be shot on the spot."
The two southern puppet troops talked among themselves, but when the conversation turned sensitive, seemingly afraid of being overheard, they gradually moved away from the crowd.
Jin Bin couldn’t continue eavesdropping, but smiled and said:
"Those guys aren’t half wrong."
"It’s just that these rumors get wilder, soon they’ll say the Volunteer Army can fly and vanish."
"But at this rate of spreading."
Jin Bin kept digging the trench as he talked.
Rumors like these circulated a lot among the southern puppet troops recently, and their effect was that the soldiers instinctively feared the ’Republic’ warriors.
Some even trembled at the mention of the word ’Republic.’
Jin Bin had experienced the identity of a Volunteer Army, the United States, a coalition force, and now as a southern puppet soldier.
Within all these units.
Even the Australian Camp, in the face of the Volunteer Army’s bayonet charge, could at least muster a charge.
While the most common topic among southern puppet troops.
Was privately discussing how to run away.
Other Federation units, like Australia, the Turkish Brigade, still upheld some form of royal honor, trying to defend at least a little.
But the southern puppet troops...
Had no inclination to defend at all.
Even on the official forum of Polestar, which collected combat videos from Federation and national units.
The southern puppet troops almost crumbled at the slightest touch.
The reason they still had so much fighting force was that sometimes the Volunteer Army’s pursuit speed couldn’t even keep up with these southern puppet troops, as if each was trained in long-distance running.
Some players randomly assigned as United States identities even heard Li Qiwu’s furious rebuke.
During the ’Third Battle.’
The United States army group commander Li Qiwu arranged for all southern puppet troops to be at the front line.
During the ’Third Battle.’
To continue advancing, the Volunteer Army organized troops to force-cross the Linjin River.
The Linjin River defenders comprised an entire division of southern puppet troops.
But in this situation.
The Volunteer Army used artillery coverage to force-cross the Linjin River.
In just 5 minutes, they reached the Linjin River’s forward positions.
minutes to capture the Linjin River’s forward positions.
What seemed an impossible barrier to overcome for the United States, defended by the southern puppet troops, was captured by the Volunteer Army’s forward positions in just 11 minutes.
Subsequent forces crossed the river in succession.
Until the night of January 1st, in just one day and one night.
The southern puppet troops arranged by the United States on the Linjin River front were utterly decimated.
This action led the infuriated United States army group commander Li Qiwu to curse the southern puppet troops as a bunch of pigs, only good at fleeing.
Despite relying on the strategic Linjin River.
They only held it for 11 minutes.
Even a few hundred pigs stationed there wouldn’t let the Volunteer Army capture it in 11 minutes, yet those southern puppet troops lost all positions in just 11 minutes.
Letting several Volunteer Army divisions cross the river.
Then they flanked both sides, causing the entire strategic line relying on the Linjin River to collapse.