27: Chapter 27 Battle of Hongkou

The audience in the livestream room was shocked to see that the matchmaking number was actually three thousand.

"Three thousand players? Is this meant to let players dominate the battlefield?"

"Oh my goodness, brothers, I want to log in. In the game, our China is being beaten so badly by the Little Devils; can't we three thousand players crush the Little Devils now?"

"It's hard to say. Three thousand players isn't that many. In the game, the National Revolutionary Army suffered over a third in casualties while fighting four thousand with thirty thousand; are we players sure we can do it?"

"With our modern tactics, can we really not beat the Little Devils from a hundred years ago? Don't boost the enemy's morale and dampen our own spirit!"

The audience in the livestream room was chattering away.

By this time, Zhou Xiaoyi and the others had successfully matched and were entering the game.

Because it was the official open beta, the number of online players in the game had long since exceeded one million.

Even with matchmaking for three thousand people, it didn't take much time.

It was a successful match in just a minute or two.

This made Zhou Xiaoyi sigh with emotion:

"The matchmaking speed is really fast. During the closed beta, it took me over an hour to match with a hundred people, but now three thousand people matched successfully in a minute or two."

The audience members who were posting barrage comments were immediately drawn to the livestream.

When Zhou Xiaoyi opened her eyes again, she suddenly heard exclamations coming from beside her.

"Whoa, we actually got in!"

"Are you all players? I'm a new player, can anyone show me the ropes?"

"I'm also a new player; are there any closed beta veterans here?"

Zhou Xiaoyi saw a group of people curiously looking around and jumping up and down from time to time.

At this moment, a panel popped up in front of everyone.

"Congratulations to player Wang Ye, for becoming the Regimental Commander of the Independent Brigade's 245th Regiment."

Wang Ye saw the words on his panel and was completely dumbfounded.

"What's the situation?"

"I became a Regimental Commander?"

"Is it playing for such high stakes?"

While Wang Ye was dumbfounded, the audience in his livestream room was also dumbfounded.

"666, Brother Wang, you've hit the jackpot; you actually became a Regimental Commander."

"That's absurd. I thought we players were all just grunts; how come there are Regimental Commanders?"

"It's absurd. What kind of crazy luck does Brother Wang have?"

On the other side, Zhou Xiaoyi's panel showed that she was in the regimental Medic platoon.

She looked down at her attire and it was indeed a Medic's outfit.

She was also carrying a first-aid kit, just like the one she had seen the Medic carry before.

At this moment, someone in the livestream room told her that Wang Ye was a Regimental Commander.

"What? He's a Regimental Commander? And I'm just a grunt?" Zhou Xiaoyi's eyes widened.

Comparison brings pain; she had originally been quite satisfied with becoming a Medic.

After all, she didn't have to charge into battle.

Now that she heard Wang Ye was a Regimental Commander while she was still a grunt.

It really is true that comparing people to others only brings frustration.

"Is this position randomly assigned? Or are there some conditions?"

Zhou Xiaoyi was a bit unconvinced.

"It's probably random. But Sister Yi, if you were made a Regimental Commander, I'm afraid you'd lead thousands of people into a pit."

"That's right. It's not that we don't want you to be the commander, Sister Yi, but you don't want to lose the game, right?"

Seeing that the audience didn't believe in her, Zhou Xiaoyi also had self-awareness.

If she were really made a Regimental Commander, it seemed she really might lead everyone into a pit.

Besides, whether the other players would even listen to her was another matter entirely.

Thinking of this, she immediately stopped caring.

"Where is Wang Ye now? I want to go find him; it'll be safer following him." Zhou Xiaoyi immediately asked the audience.

But the audience didn't know either.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyi had to give up for the time being.

At this moment, new text appeared for Zhou Xiaoyi.

[Campaign Mission: Annihilate the Japanese Army Marine Corps in Shanghai, prevent the Japanese Army division from landing.]

Then another [Personal Mission: Treat ten wounded soldiers.]

Meanwhile, on Wang Ye's side, his mission was different from Zhou Xiaoyi's.

[Regimental Mission: Lead the troops to annihilate two hundred Japanese Army soldiers.]

Seeing this mission, Wang Ye's first thought was that this mission was simple enough.

But he suddenly thought of the background introduction of the Battle of Hongkou.

People fought 4,000 with 30,000 and still suffered 12,000 casualties; there must be a reason for that.

For his own regiment to annihilate two hundred people, perhaps it really wouldn't be that easy.

Afterward, he glanced at the barrage comments. Learning that Zhou Xiaoyi's mission was as simple as treating 10 wounded soldiers.

He was immediately numb.

"So the higher the position, the greater the difficulty, right?"

Wang Ye sighed.

At this moment, suddenly an officer wearing a sergeant's uniform ran over.

"Regimental Commander, the Brigade Commander orders you to immediately go to the Command Post to discuss combat missions."

Seeing this, Wang Ye immediately asked him to take him to the Command Post.

Arriving at the Command Post, the location of the Command Post was inside a four-story building.

Wang Ye walked into the Command Post building.

In the Command Post meeting room, many officers were already sitting inside.

Wang Ye arrived late and sat in an empty seat.

Then another person walked into the meeting room.

Wang Ye saw that person and was stunned.

That person looked a bit familiar; it seemed to be Old Kui.

Wang Ye didn't dare to be sure, so he immediately asked the audience to confirm.

It turned out that person was indeed Old Kui, and he was also a Regimental Commander, of the 246th Regiment.

Old Kui discovered it as well.

So the two sat facing each other, staring at each other.

In the main seat, a middle-aged man with a stern face was sitting there.

He had a serious expression, and his whole person carried an aura of dignity that commanded respect without anger.

"The higher-ups have ordered that our Independent Brigade must cooperate with the 87th Division and 88th Division to attack the Japanese Naval Headquarters in Hongkou, ensure the total annihilation of the enemy, and prevent the Japanese Army from landing in Shanghai."

"Here, we will discuss the specific combat details. Do the two Regimental Commanders have anything to say?" Brigade Commander Li Zheng said, suddenly looking at Wang Ye and Old Kui.

Hearing this, the two were stunned on the spot.

How would they know what to do? They were just two gamers; as for military strategy, they were basically clueless.

"I, we..." Wang Ye froze in place, not knowing how to answer.

At this moment, Brigade Commander Li Zheng sighed and smiled helplessly: "You are both players, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Ye's face showed a look of astonishment.

"Brigade Commander, are you one too?"

Brigade Commander Li Zheng nodded, "Everyone at this table is..."

"I originally thought you two were NPCs and might know some of the game's situation, but now, we are really completely in the dark."

"How about we just take it one step at a time?" Wang Ye said helplessly.

"That's the only way." Brigade Commander Li Zheng nodded helplessly.

After all, they had no information right now.

"Let's introduce ourselves to each other. My surname is Li, and my given name is Zheng."

"My name is Wang Ye."

"You can just call me Old Kui." Old Kui didn't reveal his real name.

However, nobody cared; after all, they were playing a game, not attending a matchmaking party.

"By the way, Brigade Commander Li Zheng, aren't you the Brigade Commander? A brigade headquarters might have some confidential documents or something; we could get information from those things."

"It seems there are some. Let's look for them." After being reminded by Wang Ye, Brigade Commander Li Zheng suddenly realized.

Then he started searching in the meeting room.

Seeing this, Wang Ye and the others also followed suit and started searching.