169: Who would surrender now?!

The Mao Xiong Country's weather was already exceptionally cold.

At this moment, the entire sky instantly began to pour down with heavy snow.

Looking up, the swirling snowflakes almost covered all visible space!

The biting cold instantly intensified by several degrees.

At the same time, the Sky Curtain's prompt sounded in everyone's ears.

“Sky Curtain Prompt: Congratulations, Challengers, you have completed the first phase of the Winter is Coming instance war mission line! Mission rewards and penalties have been reset, and allintegralrewards will be cumulatively settled after all missions are completed!”

“Now entering the final mission phase of the instance!”

“Mission content changed to: Occupy the Mao Xiong Country's other two main cities, and simultaneously control all three main cities in the Challenger's hands, thereby completing the full occupation of the Mao Xiong Country!”

“Mission success will earn 1000integral, mission failure will deduct 1600integral!”

“Considering that the Challenger has completed the first phase of the mission, the surrender option is hereby reopened. All existing Challengers can surrender within three minutes. Surrendering at this stage will offset the previously acquiredintegral, and the Challenger can leave the Winter is Coming instance with no increase or decrease inintegral!”

“All Challengers, please make your choice freely!”

“Countdown: 180…”

“179…”

“178…”

Upon seeing this new mission description, Rommel was stunned.

As expected, this instance really did have a second phase!

It was just like when Ito Hidekazu first challenged the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance.

It also indicated that there was more to this instance, more military endings and instance settings, that could support the launch of a completely new second phase of missions!

How much did Lin Ye design into this instance?

It was too exaggerated!

He truly deserved to be the most sought-after instance design genius on Azure Star today!

To be fair, Rommel himself couldn't even design one-tenth of the first phase of this Winter is Coming.

Now he was being told that this wasn't even all of it…

However, at this moment, besides shock, Rommel's mind was consumed by another, stronger emotion.

Rage!

It could even be said he was furious beyond words!

Because since Lin Ye had opened the surrender option in the ultimate phase of this instance, he was purely treating them like fools.

Having fought to this extent, having expended such immense energy and effort from the Challengers, who would choose to surrender at this point?

“Arrogant!”

“This Lin Ye, with his youthful vigor, is indeed incredibly conceited!”

Rommel roared twice, but he didn't make a decision on his own.

The final outcome still had to be decided by Chancellor Sieglinde.

“Chancellor… what should we do?”

Rommel asked directly in the channel.

He knew that everyone should have received the same Sky Curtain prompt by now, and Sieglinde was no exception.

…

At this moment, Sieglinde was observing all the screens in the command center.

Like Rommel, he was filled with utter shock.

But as a TOP3 existence on Azure Star, his military literacy was extraordinary, and he quickly adjusted his state!

The battle was still ongoing, and as the Commander, he still had to continue protecting his people!

Moreover…

The war wasn't over, wasn't this exactly what he wanted!

He entered this instance precisely to seek more combat stimulation.

Lin Ye had satisfied him!

Wasn't this a kind of prolonged enjoyment?

Thinking of this, Sieglinde's hands began to tremble again as if in a spasm.

He began to diligently analyze the upcoming combat situation.

First, there was one thing to be grateful for: it was now the final stage of the instance.

After completing this mission, there would be no new missions.

What Sieglinde was worried about was not the combat power of the Challengers, but their morale and physical condition.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, then wane, then exhaust.

All existing Challengers had been in the instance for a long time, and continuing to consume themselves like this would greatly affect morale.

Furthermore, it now seemed that this final mission's difficulty was not high.

They only needed to capture Moscow and Volgograd.

What's more, Volgograd was already half-captured.

Their current forces were still abundant, and with a little micro-management, the chances of completing the final mission were still very high.

“Everyone, accept this final mission!”

“I don't think anyone would want to surrender at this point, would they?”

“Everyone, trust me, your Chancellor will lead you to ultimate victory; you just need to hold on a little longer!”

Sieglinde's words were like a reassuring pill, making everyone feel incredibly invigorated.

In an instant, everyone chose to accept this final mission.

“Sky Curtain Prompt: Detected that all Challengers have chosen to continue fighting, the surrender option will be permanently closed!”

“The true Winter is Coming campaign is about to officially begin…”

“Good! General Manstein, General General Guderian, and General Rommel, I will tell you exactly what to do.”

“Next, the Mao Xiong Country will surely counterattack with a large army. Once we directly clash with the Mao Xiong Country, the battle situation will be unpredictable.”

“Therefore… we must launch an extreme quick attack!”

Sieglinde stared at the several sets of images on the light screen, beginning to predict the Mao Xiong army's troop division routes and travel times.

According to his estimations, the Mao Xiong forces would surely dispatch a portion of their troops to retake Saint Petersburg, and then the remaining forces would continue to pursue Manstein and General Guderian's teams.

At the fastest estimate, assuming the Mao Xiong forces were already near Volgograd, even with the Aerospace Force, it would still take at least half an hour to reach Saint Petersburg.

Therefore, the entire campaign must be concluded within half an hour.

“General Rommel, from now on you must divide your troops. Leave a portion of men to garrison Saint Petersburg, then immediately send a portion of forces to Moscow to capture Moscow! At this time, Moscow's forces should still be depleted, so the difficulty of occupying it should not be high.”

“General Manstein, General General Guderian, you two must also divide your troops. A portion of your forces will continue to move within the Blue-Mist Country, and another portion will transfer from the Blue-Mist Country to the White Bear Country, then re-attack Volgograd along the previous route!”

“All actions must be completed within half an hour!”

Hearing Sieglinde's battle plan, the Three Generals all gasped.

Was this the strength of their Settlement's Chancellor Sieglinde?!

From the moment the Sky Curtain gave the latest mission description, less than a minute had passed!

Sieglinde had actually, purely by intuition, given such a comprehensive plan!

Time was pressing, and neither Manstein nor Rommel could meticulously scrutinize Sieglinde's plan for flaws.

At least at this stage, it was a relatively perfect plan; everything was reasonable and logical.

It maximized the avoidance of direct confrontation with the Mao Xiong.

“Yes, Chancellor!”

“Yes, Chancellor!”

“With the Chancellor guiding us, this battle is sure to be victorious!”