As the plot of Xiaogaoling came to an end.
The video of the Xiaogaoling battle quickly topped the Polestar official forum’s headline.
Its popularity surged like a rocket, even reaching the Federation Headline’s trending list, showing signs of going viral.
Many people, even those who hadn’t played Polestar Games, clicked out of curiosity.
They all wanted to see what kind of battle could generate such overwhelming popularity.
This was also the first time Blue Star players watched the Volunteer Army’s battle perspective up close.
Questions that had long been puzzling them now had answers.
Why could the Volunteer Army, with outdated equipment and fewer ambushers at some sites compared to the United States’ large forces, still obstruct and delay them?
Even causing significant casualties to the United States forces.
Was answered by Company Commander Yang Gensi leading the 172nd Regiment, 1st Battalion, 3rd Company, 3rd Platoon soldiers in the Xiaogaoling position battle.
Relying on the Xiaogaoling position, this small area of high ground.
With only one platoon’s strength, they repelled the United States forces’ 8 assaults, holding their retreating large force at Xiaogaoling for several hours.
Even more shocking, in the face of the United States’ relentless bombing.
The Volunteer Army soldiers demonstrated unimaginable resilience, vividly embodying the motto "The position stands as long as we stand."
Especially during the final 9th assault by the United States.
With only 3 men left, Company Commander Yang Gensi ordered two wounded soldiers to retreat with the machine gun, then charged the United States forces with a satchel charge.
Fighting to the last man, determined to perish with the enemy.
The fighting spirit of the Volunteer Army stunned Blue Star’s netizens.
Even knowing this is a game developed by Polestar Company, they were deeply moved by the [Republic] and its warriors in the game.
Because this is just a glimpse of what’s exposed at Xiaogaoling, what about the entire peninsula battlefield?
Everywhere are such warriors.
The battle of Qingchuan River.
With only 30 men left, Volunteer Army warriors faced an assault of nearly a thousand from the British Commonwealth 27th Brigade, Australian Camp, and launched a fierce attack with bayonets.
With the will to sacrifice, they broke the morale of the nearly thousand-strong Australian Camp and counterattacked.
The battle of Garil Ridge.
Over five thousand of the Turkish Brigade were divided and attacked by a battalion of Volunteer Army forces, and in one night, the Turkish Brigade was crushed, with over 3500 casualties.
The Songgufeng Sniper Battle.
To prevent the US 2nd Division from escaping south, the Volunteer Army’s 112th Division, 335th Regiment, 1st Battalion, 3rd Company used an entire company to hold Songgufeng at all costs.
Facing relentless bombing from US aircraft, tanks, and artillery, 3rd Company soldiers defended the position, using bayonets, stones, and even teeth to fight after exhausting ammunition.
With a company’s strength, they blocked the US 2nd Division for over 10 hours, successfully delaying until the main Volunteer Army forces surrounded them.
And there was the Ice Sculpture Company on Dead Eagle Ridge.
All the officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army’s 59th Division, 177th Regiment, 6th Company froze to death while lying in ambush but preserved the charging posture with their guns aimed, displaying an absolute fighting spirit.
From the original United States perspective, one could feel the shock, but with the Volunteer Army’s perspective.
Looking back at these United States perspectives.
The shock becomes more palpable.
They faced a nation newly risen, a group of warriors with "defend the homeland" etched into their very bones.
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When the United States’ analysts calculated war outcomes using steel production.
They could never quantify how a platoon of Volunteer Army soldiers on the Xiaogaoling position, with just rifles, repelled their mechanized armored troops’ 8 assaults.
Nor could they use cold statistics to quantify how a company of Volunteer Army soldiers on Songgufeng blocked an entire regiment’s worth of United States forces.
And what supported this was the will of the Volunteer Army.
Blue Star netizens recalled that phrase played all over during the [Republic]’s promotional CG, facing a nuclear threat:
"No nuclear threat can scare the standing [Republic] people!"
Blue Star netizens seemed to understand a bit.
Why Volunteer Army rifles could repel tanks, why frozen fingers could still pull the trigger, why burning bodies could still charge.
Because behind these soldiers is a nation newly freed from a century of humiliation, a group of warriors who would rather die in battle than live on their knees.
To the United States, this might be a war.
But to the newly born [Republic], this was not war, but the awakening and resurgence of an entire nation.
It’s the newly born [Republic] declaring to the world: "We will not be trampled on."
It’s the newly born [Republic] proving to the world: "Once we stand, we will never fall."
It’s the newly born [Republic] showcasing to the world: "We not only stand up, we will stand forever!"
On one side is a war machine calculating steel production and ammunition consumption.
On the other is a nation with five thousand years of civilization, calling out the words ’stand up.’
When the two collide.
Their respective powers can’t be quantified with statistics, but the battles on the peninsula seem to have predestined the outcome of this war.
They could never understand how a single company’s force held off their nearly ten thousand strong mechanized armored troops on the Songgufeng position.