CHAPTER 631: CHAPTER 303: [BLUE STAR FEDERATION: HOW DID THIS TURN INTO A BATTLE OF ATTRITION?]

If the subsequent transport fleet can land, it will achieve the strategic goal of occupying a complete airport.

Especially an airport capable of handling large transport aircraft.

It will allow the Russian Federation to continuously transport troops and directly attack the capital, Kyiv.

But the Russian Federation overlooked this step.

As the Ukrainian Federation realized this.

The ground air defense forces deployed, and missile locks caused the subsequent support transport fleet, unable to land, to be forced to turn back even if they had already traveled 80% of the journey.

Leaving the 300 VDV paratroopers who suddenly occupied Antonov Airport isolated.

Although they held out for one night.

They waited for the main force from the rear to cross the Chernobyl region to support them.

However, this day of fierce fighting.

Has already destroyed most of the airport’s runway, making it impossible for large transport aircraft to continue landing.

And if large transport aircraft can’t land, it means that troops and equipment can’t be continuously transported, so even if the Guard Fourth Division occupied Antonov Airport.

Repairing some runways to allow small transport planes to land is useless.

Retreating is just a matter of time.

After all, this is the outskirts of the capital of the Ukrainian Federation. Drive 10 kilometers, and you’ll be in the capital; no matter how slow the response, you can’t let a tank division remain unchecked near Kyiv.

However, the war conflict in [2022] didn’t proceed so smoothly.

Obviously modern warfare.

But under Zhao Ming’s arrangements, the Six Major Federations on Blue Star are assigned to some difficult stalemate battlegrounds.

So after experiencing it for a few days, the soldiers on Blue Star always feel something is off.

The technology has improved.

The equipment has been enhanced.

But the war hasn’t changed.

It doesn’t seem much different from World War II; in the end, it turns into an attrition warfare like [Antonov Airport], throwing lives in.

This refreshed some of the Blue Star Six Major Federations’ military understandings.

Because according to their expectations.

The technology has improved, the weaponry has improved, so the war should progress quickly and seem overwhelmingly dominant.

Because previously they were playing the[World War II]series.

It didn’t match the technology of Blue Star so they always thought if it truly happened.

With Blue Star’s technology, it would present as anticipated.

But now, when simulating in the plot, it turns out that’s not the case.

The technology on Earth has progressed.

But the war still gradually turned into an attrition warfare.

Both sides have nuclear weapons.

But no one dares to use them.

It’s the same on Blue Star; all Six Major Federations have super technology kept in reserve but unless absolutely necessary, it really can’t be used.

Once conflict arises.

It still results in small-scale engagements, small-scale wars like this.

So the tactics training thought to be garnered from the [World War II] series, coordination, and other aspects.

Thought to be knocked out when actual combat arises.

But now it seems not to be like that.

Because as they fight.

It becomes the most primitive form of attrition warfare.

Simply put.

It’s about piling lives.

This is very different from the blitzkrieg-like overwhelming methods they envisioned.

How did it turn into attrition warfare?

The high-levels of the Six Major Federations were somewhat distressed.

Because it’s not only the battle against NPCs that would turn into attrition warfare, the Great Xia Federation here and the Antarctic Star Cluster Federation encountered it too; initially, they didn’t know who was on the opposing side.

But after a period of battle, familiar tactical styles revealed it.

The opponent is Blue Star.

But despite having high-tech weapons, they also ended up turning into attrition warfare.

Looking at the occupation and exhaustion within the plot.

Endless soldiers lie in the Virtual Body Sensing Pod, supplementing into the storyline, watching their own soldiers die one by one.

The Six Major Federations on Blue Star understood.

Technology has indeed progressed, but technology is not omnipotent.

As attack technology progresses, defense technology is also advancing, coupled with battlefield transparency with satellites and drones present.

It’s hard to act silently without being detected.

Plus, the essence of war is territorial contention, which requires infantry to advance meter by meter; technology can’t vastly shorten this.

So in the end.

For land, for a house, soldiers still need to rush in and contend.

Thus it turns into an attrition warfare.

Especially when both sides are evenly matched, attrition warfare becomes inevitable.

While technology can accelerate local battles.

It cannot eliminate the opponent’s resistance consciousness, so as long as there are people alive, there will be resistance.

So it can only rely on continuous consumption.

To see which side can’t endure first.

Their lack of considering this layer led to this thinking trap.

But now with examples here.

The high-levels of the Six Major Federations gradually calm down.

Because such wars haven’t happened before, even among the high-levels of the Six Major Federations, there are very few war proponents.

But watching ’Earth’ in[2022].

If incorporated into Blue Star...thinking about it, they can’t bear such losses.

In the environment of Blue Star.

If true combat occurs, mutual destruction is still reasonable.

If it turns into a tug-of-war like in the plot, the internal opposition within the federations might overwhelm, just thinking about the scene gives the high-levels of the Six Major Federations goosebumps.

It’s still necessary to oppose war, to continue promoting "Anti-War Competition".

At worst, if conflicts arise later.

Directly use a virtual map to engage.

Otherwise truly consuming lives and fighting over territories.

No one can bear that responsibility.

Little do they know.

The Six Major Federations on Blue Star still underestimate the following plot developments of[2022].

Only now, it is just beginning.

The harsher parts are yet to come.

....

On the other side.

While the Six Major Federations are battling in[2022]plot, it’s weekend again on Blue Star.

At this moment.

In Yu Feng’s live broadcast room.

Waiting for plot leaks, the netizens are flooding the screen.

After several narrative analyses and player supplements, many netizens on Blue Star also figured out the pattern, so they waited early in Yu Feng’s livestream.

Waiting for Yu Feng’s plot leaks and situation analysis.

Then head to the Polestar’s official forum to check the dedicated zones established by other players, continuously supplementing Earth events.

Perfecting ’Earth’s world view and background.

Because with continuous refinement, the well-documented ’Earth’ can now be simulated normally by the photonic supercomputer.

However, sometimes the results differ greatly from the original plot.

Some supplemented ’Earth’ data post-1960, and started using the photonic supercomputer to simulate, resulting in a nuclear war breaking out that originally hadn’t.

Some succeeded in predicting future Great Power Struggle developments by supplementing the latest data with photonic supercomputer simulations.

Tough it still deviates slightly from the original plot in Polestar.

But it brought great interest to Blue Star players.

Because they find ’Earthlings’ always end up blowing up Earth....

So they continue running simulations to examine various outcomes.

In the live broadcast room, Blue Star netizens are still discussing.

At this moment.

Yu Feng punctually appears in the live broadcast room, greeting the chat room friends:

"Hello everyone, happy weekend."

"Today will step into the 80s."

"It’s getting closer to the Soviet Union takeover."

"Let’s see what changes have occurred on Earth in these short spans of 5 years."

In the live broadcast room, the chat floods the screen, Yu Feng takes out the materials and speaks:

"As usual."

"First we’ll talk about the changes in the Soviet Union, followed by the United States, and lastly the Republic.

"Last week, we mentioned in 1975, the Soviet Union’s long-range troop delivery in Africa was very successful, and military expenditure occupied 23% of GDP."

"It was already the pinnacle military superpower."

"Let’s look at 1976."

"In that year."

"Proxy wars in Africa were heatedly because of the Soviet Union’s successful long-range troop delivery, resulting in intensified civil wars across African regions."

"The Ethiopian Federation switched to the Soviet Union, directly receiving $10 billion in military aid."

"Directly throwing money at it."