Chapter 299: Chapter 165: [Okinawa Island Campaign] Bloody Battle at Steel Saw Ridge (5.8k Double-Length)
Some soldiers took boats to avoid the oil slick and tried to retrieve the bodies floating on the sea.
Yu Feng looked around and sighed.
He also joined the rescue team, directing the soldiers around him to bandage wounds and retrieve bodies.
Meanwhile, he opened the ’real-time map’ on the Polestar Official Website in the live stream.
Currently, in the Pacific Theater, with the United States having occupied ’Iwo Jima,’ they only need to capture ’Okinawa Island’ to use it as a springboard and supply base, directly threatening the Japanese mainland.
More importantly, there is an existing Japanese naval base here, along with several air force airports.
Once it is occupied.
All U.S. forces in the Pacific can be resupplied here, allowing for repeated attacks on the Japanese mainland and more convenient, prolonged bombardments over the years.
And now, among the ’Ryukyu Islands’ on the map, Okinawa Island is the largest.
It has already been mostly occupied by the United States, but now they are stuck at the southern defensive line of the Japanese forces. The island’s terrain itself is easy to defend and hard to attack, and to fight on the island’s home turf is to pile up casualties.
Additionally, from the Japanese mainland, continuous suicide planes are being dispatched for attacks. Just taking Okinawa Island alone, with the month-long battle, has already resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and over thirty to forty thousand wounded.
Nearly three hundred warships have also been sunk.
However, compared to the United States’ losses, Japan has suffered even more.
Even the civilians on their homeland are not spared, being forced by Japanese soldiers to join the battle against the U.S. forces.
The results are predictable....
Yu Feng looked at the map, currently stuck at a place called Steel Saw Ridge.
If they can break through the defenses there, they can end the battle for Okinawa Island.
It’s just that Yu Feng is with the fleet, and has not yet received orders to go there. Meanwhile, Yu Feng was directing people to clean up the battlefield and started searching for the place name ’Steel Saw Ridge’ on the Sky Shark Live Platform.
As he searched.
Several dozen live streams appeared before his eyes.
There were both Japanese and Federation camps, all following the latest plot timeline.
Clearly, those who skipped the plot quickly have only come to the [Pacific Theater] for the plot mode after ending their part in the [European Battlefield].
But there is also an advantage.
After all, while other players are still struggling in the unfinished [European Battlefield], if they finish World War II here, they can first experience the sequel [Cold War Clouds] Polestar is preparing to release, and feel the Great Power Struggle.
Because the prerequisite for the sequel is to have gone through ’World War II’ in "World War II: Empire’s Rise".
Yu Feng glanced at the live stream room.
He picked one with relatively high popularity and clicked in.
Inside the live stream room.
The streamer, Meng Hao, stationed in the Steel Saw Ridge area, had just survived a battle and was also cleaning up the battlefield.
However, he noted the death and kill tally he had set up in the live stream room’s top right corner.
In an afternoon, this guy had died a total of seven times.
Thanks to the [Immersive Plot] mode, everyone’s plot was independent.
If it were a large multiplayer game, a few rounds of deaths would wipe out the Federation forces.
But now....
Although dying once means controlling a new body,
with thousands of U.S. soldiers on the island, unless someone could die tens of thousands of times here, it wouldn’t affect the overall situation.
However, Zhao Ming had also accounted for this.
What if some overly enthusiastic players existed?
Once they die thousands or tens of thousands of times, depleting personnel for small engagements, the plot resets to the start of the most recent battle.... but no one has triggered it yet.
Inside the live stream room.
The streamer Meng Hao limped while cleaning the battlefield, mainly rummaging through the bodies to see if there was anything valuable.
Fortunately, because he was a player, as long as he didn’t speak, his presence was low, and basically no one paid attention to Meng Hao’s scavenging.
At this moment, Meng Hao was also boasting to the bullet screen:
"What do you mean my leg got broken?"
"I broke my leg protecting my comrades from bullets while charging."
"The Federation should award me a medal."
Saying this, he casually rummaged through the Japanese bodies and couldn’t help but complain:
"To be honest."
"These Japanese soldiers are quite poor indeed."
"After rummaging for so long, all they have are keepsakes like shells."
"But that’s expected."
"On such a deserted island, besides shells, there’s nothing else either."
As he spoke.
A sudden shout came from not far away.
Two soldiers, covered in wounds, pointed and shouted at a frail soldier as if ordering him to come and move the bodies.
That soldier didn’t say much; he simply carted away the body beneath him and then returned to carry the bodies at the feet of the two soldiers as per their orders.
While moving, the two soldiers didn’t stay idle, occasionally kicking the frail soldier.
Seeing this, the bullet screen comments flew across the live stream room.
[What the heck? There’s bullying in the game too?]
[Wow, NPCs bullying NPCs.]
[Bullying exists in real life, why can’t it exist in games? But bullying teammates at such times, aren’t they afraid the guy will snap?]
[What if one night he just grabs a gun and shoots everyone up?]
Looking at the bullet screen, Meng Hao said:
"That won’t happen."
"That guy, Dos, is a corporal."
"They say he’s a Christian."
"Though I don’t really know what Christianity is, it’s supposedly a religion from ’Earth’."
"The creed of this religion revolves around vegetarianism, non-violence, and pacifism."
"It’s said to follow the principle from something called the ’Bible’: ’Thou shalt not kill.’"
"So since the guy got to the battlefield, he’s never even touched a gun. But whenever there’s cleanup, you’d see him moving the wounded and corpses."
"Others are fighting for their lives, while he doesn’t even hold a gun; do you think people will treat him well?"
After Meng Hao finished speaking, the viewers from Blue Star were left speechless.
Well....
That’s actually true.
While everyone is fighting life and death, he doesn’t even pick up a gun, always coming to rescue during battlefield clean-ups.
Just such behavior seems like it’s asking for a beating.
Although Dos might persist because of his religious beliefs, actions like these, especially on the battlefield.... getting kicked a few times could be considered lenient.
The Blue Star viewers didn’t quite know how to respond.
Meng Hao continued, still a bit bewildered:
"Speaking of."
"Although Dos has survived this long."
"His comrades have turned over several times; the fighting here at Steel Saw Ridge is intense."
"It’s impossible to push through."
"Each battle results in significant casualties, yet he manages to survive each time."
"It’s kind of mystifying."
"No wonder the other NPCs have issues or disdain towards Dos."
"After all, whoever teams up with him dies."
"It’s like a curse or something, truly terrifying."
Talking and cleaning the battlefield continued until darkness completely set in, and Meng Hao returned to the camp.
At this point, the camp was silent except for the clinking of bowls and cutlery.
Meng Hao’s leg wasn’t really an issue; he had twisted it while charging, which made him limp.
Having boasted to the live chat for quite a while, he now moved swiftly, leaving his audience baffled—wasn’t his leg supposed to be broken?
Seeing Meng Hao’s smug grin, the live stream was soon flooded with bomb gifts.
Upon seeing this, Meng Hao thanked the viewers—after all, even bombs are a form of money~
Then a fellow soldier from his squad approached him and called out:
"Hey, Alik."
Meng Hao turned around and asked:
"Yeah?"
"We’ve got new members joining us; we might need to prepare our wills."
Meng Hao was a bit confused:
"Huh?"
At that, Dos appeared at the door.
Meng Hao’s squadmate looked helpless and sighed:
"Today’s battle? Everyone from his squad is dead."
"Well... we’ve had some spots open in our squad."
"So here we are."
Meng Hao looked at Dos, his mouth twitching:
"So...."
"Hello."
Nodding at Dos, Meng Hao then turned back to the live stream:
"Hey, folks, place your bets."
"Guess when I’ll get killed next?!"
"Come on, place your bets."
"I bet I’ll die tomorrow!"
"Not die?"
"If I don’t die, I’ll eat...."