Ch. 30 - Surprised Zhao Ming: Blue Star People Have Some Skills?!
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Seeing the screen filling with bullet comments, Fang Ming was stunned. "What the hell? Is this real or fake? Someone actually cleared this? The Northern Army? Officials are also joining the game?"
His team was already among the top FPS streamers in Sky Shark Streaming's gaming section, yet, even they had only persisted thirteen minutes at most, couldn't even tear open the defense lines—the game difficulty was this ridiculously hard. And it could still be cleared?!
But the bullet comments were flooding uniformly, so it obviously couldn't be fake. Though fans were a mixed bag, no one could unify mockery from both fans and anti-fans to make him watch some video. Although it was hard to believe, Fang Ming still told his teammates, then ran to Federal Headlines. As soon as he entered Headlines, he saw several trending topics at the top:
【”Normandy Landing” beach assault successful.】
【Northern Army: Dominating the battlefield, when it comes to fighting, we're professional.】
【The difference between professional and non-professional...】
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Fang Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes. Holy shit? It really was the official account of the Great Xia Federation's Northern Army! This is too ridiculous! What kind of background is this? Even has official endorsement. Better tone it down in the future... he'd spent the whole afternoon cursing Polar Star Games Company and their boss. Hiss— Suppressing various emotions in his heart, Fang Ming clicked into the Great Xia Federation’s Northern Army's official account.
The pinned video that caught his eye had a “Normandy Landing” cover. He clicked the video to play, and the screen was completely black before slowly brightening. On the landing craft stood fully armed Allied soldiers, each with a serious expression. The aura on them was completely different from that of ordinary players—these were obviously Great Xia Federation’s Northern Army soldiers.
The leader was speaking while making various tactical hand signals, seemingly deploying post-landing tactics. The slightly dark tone, plus removed noise leaving only the roaring waves and wind sounds of the battlefield, created a cinematic quality that hit you in the face.
The scene changed to show the beach landing assault had already begun. Instead of blind charging, everyone immediately sought cover behind obstacles, providing fire suppression cover for other comrades and NPCs who hadn't yet charged onto the beach. These well-trained Northern Army soldiers maintained silence throughout—even when comrades or NPC bodies were blown to pieces nearby, they remained calm. Without modern real-time communication, the Northern Army chose to communicate through tactical hand signals, deploying missions while relying on the steel anti-tank obstacles on the beach to begin counter-attacking the imperial defenders. The battle was exceptionally fierce, with soldiers constantly falling in the video footage, but likewise, imperial defender fire points were also being quickly eliminated, giving the Allied side opportunities to advance.
The scene changed again to show the imperial defender fire points on Omaha Beach with their defense lines torn open in a large gap. Barbed wire was blown open by explosives, machine gun positions turned to ruins, and Allied soldiers poured through the torn gaps continuously, rushing into the defense lines to engage in fierce combat with imperial defenders. The footage kept switching, showing brutal combat everywhere, until the switching footage gradually darkened—the sky was actually getting dark.
The smoke-filled beach was completely silent, with Allied soldiers cleaning the battlefield under the setting sun. On the brutal battlefield, an Allied soldier shouted "Assemble!" and Allied forces from all directions quickly gathered. Obviously these were the Great Xia Federation’s Northern Army soldiers, and quite a few had survived—they looked densely packed. The footage completely ended here.
Video comment bullet comments scrolled.
[Sheesh, Northern Army is insane!]
[Bruh, the level that top streamers couldn't clear all day just got cleared like that?]
[LMAO those streamers would be actual cannon fodder on a real battlefield. This video shows what real soldiers look like]
[Damn, this got my blood pumping. Makes me wanna enlist]
[Quick, someone call those streamers to come learn, hahaha]
[LMAO I'm gonna try a round... aaaaand I'm back]
[Wait bro? You lasted three seconds?!]
Fang Ming was also shocked watching the video. This kind of absolute obedience and coordination—they were far behind indeed. He watched the video over and over, clicking repeat, and after a long time had to sigh. "To fight like this, we still need practice. This coordination is incredible..." But their eighty-plus people couldn't achieve this level of coordination. However, Fang Ming also discovered some crucial issues.
The most crucial imperial defender fortresses and fire points were definitely not destroyed by explosives—explosives couldn't achieve that effect. Some fortresses were completely destroyed, and those were steel and concrete fortresses. Where could explosives and explosive charges blow them open? The imperial defensive fortresses and fire points were the most difficult part of this game. Since they weren't blown open by explosives and explosive charges, then there was only one possibility: air support would follow up. They just hadn't persisted to that step. This was obviously a war of attrition—it was all about endurance. Just looking at the final battlefield cleanup footage with the sky already dark, you could imagine the duration.
Fang Ming returned to the channel and gathered his previous teammates, sharing his discoveries. Yu Feng also noticed this point and said, "Looking at the Northern Army's operations, they didn't charge immediately. Instead they preserved their strength as much as possible, obviously waiting for support. Those fortresses and machine gun positions should have been bombed by air support. But this difficulty is really ridiculous. The Northern Army garrison zone borders the Slavic Energy Federation side. The north is freezing cold where they train tough people and elites. Even the mess squad is much stronger than ordinary people. Ordinary players simply can't handle this difficulty."
These top FPS players had been beaten like this—ordinary players didn't need mentioning. After Yu Feng finished complaining, the group continued discussing tactics until someone suddenly noticed with surprise.
"Hmm? The game updated?"
Meanwhile, at Polar Star Games Company, Zhao Ming was celebrating with company employees, eating the ordered feast when he suddenly saw the trending topics, which left him confused. He'd even added quite a few machine gun positions—this difficulty level was cleared in half a day? Looking at the news trending topics and Northern Army's video, Zhao Ming was somewhat surprised. Blue Star people also had some skills—they really cleared it?
Originally he'd planned to open other “Normandy Landing” battlefields when no one could clear it, but now someone had completed it—and it was the Northern Army level that cleared it—this would definitely hit ordinary players hard. Zhao Ming's plan had to change.
Putting down what he was holding, he returned to the office and released updates for things he'd originally prepared to update later, since World War II lasted a long time anyway—no harm in updating early. With the release, players playing “World War II: Rise of Empire” gradually received game update notifications.
[Update Content]
[ “Normandy Landing” battle now open: other four landing beaches, players can freely choose maps.]
[Landing battle difficulty: Omaha Beach > Juno Beach > Gold Beach > Sword Beach > Utah Beach]
[Opens “Normandy Landing” battle speedrun leaderboard.]
[Current leaderboard “Normandy Landing” Omaha Beach]
[First place team: Great Xia Federation’s Northern Army, Third Army Group, Seventh Special Operations Brigade; Time: 1 hour 37 minutes (Time to capture this beach section, not the entire beach front).]