Chapter 309: Chapter 168: [Codename ‘Fat Man’] (Part 3)
This self-deceptive news is indeed invincible; Yu Feng and the Blue Star friends in the live broadcast room are dumbstruck:
"Is this even possible?"
"Then do we have to keep dropping them?"
Oddly enough, Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens also have to admire it.
Even though Japan’s behavior is viciously crazy, their determination is indeed strong, still wanting to resist fiercely.
However... that United States officer sneered:
"Of course not."
"Those guys didn’t surrender because it wasn’t dropped on their heads."
"Yesterday, the Federation announced to Japan."
"If they don’t surrender, the next atomic bomb will be dropped on Tokyo."
"Guess what happened?"
Yu Feng’s expression turned strange as he began to understand:
"So... Japan surrendered?"
That United States officer nodded with a smile and said:
"That’s right."
"Decided to surrender, and it was a decision made overnight."
"Japan, in the early hours, entrusted Switzerland to contact the White House to decide on surrender."
"Damn it."
"Not even considering the time difference; Japan and the White House have more than a 10-hour gap. When my father finished his meeting and called, it was still the latter half of the night here."
"As a result, I haven’t been able to sleep until now."
Japan surrendered in the early hours, while it was still noon on the United States side.
After the meeting ended, it was just after midnight here, hearing this kind of news, physiologically wanting to sleep, but mentally utterly awake.
The United States officer said, yawning.
But the joy on his face was still unstoppable.
The war was over, as was the gilding, and finally, he could go home to enjoy.
While Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens had twitching mouths.
Well, well.
Just thinking Japan had such tough bones.
Turns out the sacrifice of millions was because the ones dying were lowly citizens of their own country, not the Emperor, huh?
As soon as they heard it would be dropped on Tokyo.
They held meetings overnight, contacted the White House at dawn.
This is really...
Not daring to delay a single moment, afraid it might land on them, right?
Yu Feng shook his head.
Then, after listening to the conversations, he backed out, went idle, and switched to browsing the player forums outside.
At this time, with the confirmation of the news, players knew that Japan was ready to surrender.
It’s just that the plot, where Japan, previously thought to have hard bones, surrendered directly under a threat from the United States, was truly eye-opening.
Surrendered too quickly.
The previous day was about millions sacrificing their lives; upon hearing about the bombing of Tokyo, they surrendered overnight.
Yet at this time on the ’real-time map’ of the Polestar Official Website.
The color of Japan is still that of the Axis Powers, seeming like no formal announcement has been issued.
And at this moment.
Polestar Official Website released an announcement.
The DLC for the sequel of [Cold War Clouds] is to be updated tomorrow, along with the release of the new game "World War I: Twilight of the Empire".
As the announcement came out.
Players began discussing, this time it really is confirmed to have ended.
Half a day later.
After a few days of skipping, the latest game timeline of various streamers has already reached August 15th.
At this moment.
In Yu Feng’s live stream.
Just reached August 15th, the game screen suddenly transitioned into a CG.
Yu Feng and the Blue Star netizens in the live broadcast room couldn’t help but be impressed, after all, Polestar’s games are well-made, and their CG is superb!
At this moment.
The viewpoint gradually extends, wandering around various parts of the warship where Yu Feng is.
Some soldiers on the warship are cleaning, some are exercising on deck, some are entering the dining hall.
Suddenly.
A voice comes through the broadcast.
It’s a Japanese broadcast that these United States soldiers on the warship completely don’t understand; not only do they not understand, but the CG viewpoint shifts to several United States senior officers.
As senior officers, they can understand some Japanese.
Just they still have bewildered faces, what’s being said?
They quickly call for a translator.
However... the surrender edict is read out in the form of Huaxia’s classical language, and these United States senior officers and the translator cannot understand it.
The screen abruptly switches to Japan’s mainland.
Listening to the broadcast, Japanese people also looked bewildered, not knowing what their Emperor was saying.
Until the announcer said:
"This is the surrender."
Only then did all the Japanese people in the picture realize it was the surrender edict.
Some Japanese civilians in the streets sobbed in disbelief, shouting incredulously, some in their grief and anger committed suicide by disembowelment, unable to believe Japan had lost the war.
The screen switches to a high-altitude view.
Japan is gripped by immense panic, countless people weeping bitterly.
In stark contrast.
Are the soldiers of the United States not far from the Japanese homeland.
As the scene shifts.
You can see the sailors on the warships cheering, waving clothes, United States sailors on the ships sharing the news, some laughing wildly as they plunge into the sea.
Their excitement is beyond words.
The perspective zooms to the high skies of ’Earth’, showing the colors representing the Axis Powers rapidly retreat from Southeast Asia and parts of the Asian Region.
The scene shifts from one country to another.
The entire ’Earth’ is enveloped in a sea of celebration.
The scene changes.
August 19th.
Japanese representatives respectfully bow to representatives of the Soviet Union and hand over the surrender documents.
September 2nd.
On the United States "USS Missouri" battleship, the Japanese Foreign Minister bows and hands over the surrender documents in the presence of nine countries.
September 9th.
Nanjing, [Republic] Central Military Academy Auditorium, the Japanese Commander-in-Chief in the Asian Region, Yasuji Okamura, bows and hands over the surrender documents.
September 12th.
Northeast Asia Allies, Japanese Southern General Shiro Ishii bows to United States Commander Mountbatten....
September 13th.
Australia, Japan surrenders to....
September 16th.
Japan surrenders to the British Commonwealth....
...
...
A series of surrender CG scenes.
Players on Blue Star were left wide-mouthed, good heavens, how many countries did Japan have to surrender to, almost every few days it was surrendering to another country towards the end.
As the scenes continue to shift.
Until December 13th, when Japan surrenders to Indonesia.
At this point.
The scenes come to a complete close.
Then slowly emerges the subtitles.
[World War II, was the most brutal global conflict in human history on ’Earth’.]
[Its catastrophic consequences brought the world populations immeasurable pain and trauma.]
[Between 1939 and 1945, the flames of war swept across the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, engulfing 61 countries and over 2 billion people in war.]
[The global military and civilian death toll reached as high as 70 to 85 million.]
[Among these, the Soviet Union lost about 27 million people, the Republic’s casualties exceeded 35 million, and countries like Poland and Yugoslavia lost nearly 20% of their population.]
[70% of these were innocent civilians.]
[The post-war economic collapse caused a global GDP decline of about 30%, the European Continent was in ruins, hunger and plague spread, producing 60 million refugees, orphans, disabled, countless broken families.]
[The war fostered genocide, forced labor, and the first use of nuclear weapons, profoundly altering the human perception of war.]
[Moreover, the war accelerated the disintegration of the colonial system, but it also sowed the seeds of the Cold War, whose shadow has not yet dissipated.]
[Behind these cold statistics lies the suffering of countless individuals and the regression of civilization, warning future generations to cherish peace and reflect on the costs of violence.]
The subtitles slowly roll by, looking at these cold statistics in the subtitles.
Yu Feng and the Blue Star players in the livestream held their breath, their minds blank, over 70 million deaths, how catastrophic...
They hadn’t paid much attention before.
But now, after Polestar Company has released the data, Blue Star players realize how severe the ramifications of war are.
Over 70 million deaths.
Over 60 million war refugees, orphans, disabilities....
Yu Feng is still caught up in these numbers.
The main interface suddenly pops up a prompt.
[Calculating player "World War II" performance... ]
[Do you want to download [Cold War Clouds]]
Looking at the two prompts, the first is continuously processing data, Yu Feng doesn’t know what it is calculating, so puts it aside, while the second is a download prompt for the sequel.
Without hesitation.
Yu Feng directly clicks download.
A few seconds.
The sequel "Cold War Clouds" DLC update loaded successfully.
The entire game interface shifts.
It transforms into a somewhat chilly ice blue color, Yu Feng nods, it certainly fits the ’Cold War’ theme.
At this moment.
The sequel "Cold War Clouds" opening CG pops up.
In the CG.
Slowly passing over the Earth from the sky,
[The White House]
At a press conference.
The United States president looks stern, responding coldly to journalists questioning about the use of atomic bombs:
"All weapons, including atomic bombs, against [the Republic] are being considered."
Just one sentence, Yu Feng and the Blue Star stream viewers faintly gasp.
Nuclear threat?!