The Allied Airborne Forces formation, consisting of 1,131 fighters, 1,545 transport planes and 478 towed gliders, took off from 24 airfields in southern Britain and flew along two routes to the North Sea. The airborne troops were sweating and huddled on canvas seats, each of them covered with countless harnesses, straps, and bullets...... The confident Allied staff officers were optimistic about the victory in the campaign.

On a C-47 transport plane belonging to the transport aircraft formation of the British First Airborne Division, Shen Yi sat in his place with his eyes closed. At this time, he was dressed in standard British Airborne uniform, wearing a British Airborne Corps uniform, a red beret on his head, and an old World War II-era M1 rifle in his hand. All adventurer gear is still in the storage space of the Blood Emblem.

After stepping into the portal, he found himself in the current situation, and looked around coldly, there were a total of twenty-two people on this transport plane, each with a bloody crest on his wrist, it seemed that the city had made up adventurers together.

Is this a cooperative attack? Gather everyone together first, and then put them in the designated place to participate in the battle? Shen Yi observed the heraldry, and the heraldic prompted:

Main quest 1: Successfully land in Arnhem Town. Completing the quest rewards 500 Blood Points. 500 blood points will be deducted for mission failure, and those with insufficient blood points will be wiped out.

Main quest 2: Break out of the German encirclement and go to the Arnhem Forest area, with a time limit of 12 hours. Completing the quest rewards 1000 Blood Points. 1000 blood points will be deducted for mission failure, and those with insufficient blood points will be wiped out.

Main quest 3: Break out of the German encirclement and go to Arnhem Bridge, with a time limit of 12 hours. Completing the quest rewards 1200 Bloody Points. 1000 blood points will be deducted for mission failure, and those with insufficient blood points will be wiped out.

You can choose one of the main quests two and three.

Optional mission 1: Rendezvous with the main force of the British 1st Airborne Division and help the main force of the Airborne Division break through the German encirclement. Completing the quest rewards 2000 Blood Points.

Optional Mission 2: Rendezvous with the 2nd Airborne Battalion of the British 1st Airborne Division and help the 2nd Airborne Battalion capture the Arnhem Bridge and hold it for 10 days. Completing the task rewards 4,000 Blood Points and 1 Skill Point.

You can only choose one of the two optional missions, which can be started after completing the main quest, and you can abandon and accept the optional quests, and return directly after giving up. Once you have accepted an optional task, you cannot give up in the middle of it. During the mission, the direction of the development of the war and the identity of your own side shall not be revealed, and those who violate the rules will be deducted 10,000 blood points, and those who do not have enough blood points will be wiped out.

Obviously, the direction of the main quest directly determines the completion of the optional quests. If you want to complete the optional mission 2 with the highest reward, you can only choose the main quest 3 to complete it. Thinking of this, the corners of Shen Yi's mouth twisted into a smile.

A sudden explosion sounded in his ears: "Dog, Lao Tzu can't parachute." ”

It was a fat man next to Shen Yi, and he didn't know what to do with a sad face at this moment.

Someone gloated and said, "You didn't learn how to skydive? That can be learned for 50 blood points, and you don't need to level up." ”

The fat man replied with a bitter face: "I didn't know what the Market Garden Operation meant at first, but at the last moment I realized that it was too late to learn, and I thought that we would be sent directly to the designated place." ”

Everyone looked at the fat man with sympathetic eyes, and some people even said: "You don't even know the most famous military operation in the history of World War II after the Normandy landings, what else do you know?"

Shen Yi patted the fat man on the shoulder and said: "Don't be so nervous, in fact, skydiving is not difficult, just jump out, and then open the umbrella bag, it's the one you have at hand, it's very simple." Oh no, don't pull now. ”

"You promise I won't fall to my death?" asked the fat man pitifully.

Shen Yi smiled: "To be honest, even if you don't open the umbrella bag, the chance of falling to death will not exceed fifty percent." ”

Everyone's faces changed in unison.

Someone said in a deep voice, "Boy, what do you mean by that?"

Shen Yi smiled and said: "I know that most of you have heard of the Market Garden operation, and this battle was a success in the early stage and a failure in the later stage, so many people must have thought that in the early stage of the operation, everyone would not have any difficulties, right?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Shen Yi slowly turned his head and looked out the window of the transport plane: "Look outside, we have begun to enter the sky above the Arnhem area, and the anti-aircraft artillery fire is intensifying. ”

Outside the transport planes, the sky was full of fires, and the German anti-aircraft guns were firing their might, launching fierce artillery fire on the huge transport plane cluster. In the distance, a large number of German fighters have also flown towards the transport aircraft group, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they will become entangled with the escort fighter formation.

Shen Yi's voice floated like a ghost: "The so-called early success of the market garden operation is actually just a pretense of self-deception. The entire airborne operation was dominated by the capture of the three most important bridges in Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, and it is only known that the airborne troops managed to take the two bridges, but it is not known how much damage they suffered. In fact, the second bridge was not taken by the Airborne Forces, but was barely taken by the ground troops after they arrived and the Airborne Forces attacked from two sides. During the entire operation, the Germans suffered only 3,300 casualties, while the Allies lost more than 17,000. Among them, the US 82nd Airborne Division suffered 3,400 casualties and the 101st Airborne Division suffered 3,800 casualties. All the airborne troops who participated in Operation Market Garden suffered heavy losses in this operation, and the heaviest losses were the British 1st Airborne Division, which is the unit to which we now belong, the entire British 1st Airborne Division plus the Polish Paratrooper Brigade, a total of 10,000 people, and less than 2,000 people finally left the battlefield alive. Casualties of the Airborne Forces...... And it didn't start with a ground offensive. ”

"Poor 1st Airborne Division......" everyone sighed together.

500 blood points is not that easy to earn. In essence, the adventurers here are still ordinary people, and no matter how strong they are, they can't stop the cannonballs.

A large group of adventurers are depressed and want to curse, but they can't help it.

The butcher-like man said to Shen Yi: "Can you tell us about the specific situation of the market garden operation?" The city has given five tasks, two out of three and one of the two, we want to hear about the Arnhem Bridge, which may be helpful for everyone's later choices." Take advantage of the time now, figure out the situation, and jump off the plane later, I'm afraid you will have to fight on your own. If the following breakthrough directions can be unified, it will be beneficial to everyone. ”

I didn't expect that butcher-like man to have such a calm and agile mind, and even Shen Yi couldn't help but pause.

Indeed, due to the optional missions, it is doomed that adventurers may well choose a different direction to break through. If everyone can unify the direction of the breakthrough, it will be much safer.

Shen Yi looked at the sky outside, and then said, "There are three minutes at most, and we are about to prepare for a skydive, I'll make a long story short." Operation Market Garden was proposed by Marshal Montgomery, and from the very beginning the whole plan had many problems, such as inflated confidence, underestimating the Germans, insufficient preparation for war, insufficient detection of the enemy, and insufficient coordination. Due to intelligence errors, Montgomery had no idea that in the area where the Allies were scheduled to land, the Germans had already deployed two panzer divisions of the 2nd SS Panzer Corps and part of the airborne 1st Army. The Allied airborne troops who lacked heavy equipment were airborne on the heads of the German armored troops, and the Allies carried out altitude parachuting, with an average parachute height of 366~457 meters, much higher than the standard parachute jump height of 244 meters in World War II. To make matters worse, only two hours after the Allied air assault was launched, the commander of the German 1st Parachute Corps, Stuarten, obtained an Allied battle order from a downed glider. He took this order to the headquarters of Army Group B to meet the commander-in-chief Moder and plan a German counteroffensive. Among the German generals, Stuart was more familiar with the Netherlands than anyone else and understood the major shortcomings of the Airborne Forces - such as insufficient maneuverability on the ground and the lack of heavy weapons. In the end, Moder chose Anheng as the training area of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, and Anheng was the final target of the British 1st Airborne Division. ”

"Damn it!"

"Stupid!"

Everyone tasted the breath of death from Shen Yi's last sentence, and finally couldn't help but scold.

"Talk about the Arnhem Bridge. The butcher man continued.

"The airborne process of the British 1st Airborne Division did not go well, in fact due to the intense aerial artillery fire of the Germans, they were forced to parachute early, and most of them fell into a small forest far from Arnhem, where they were besieged by the Germans. A small part broke through the line and approached the Arnhem Bridge, which was the 2nd Airborne Battalion of the 1st Airborne Division of the British Army. They were the first to enter the city of Arnhem and occupy the northern section of the Arnhem Bridge, but they were gradually surrounded by SS armoured forces and found themselves completely isolated. The battalion, under the command of its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Frost, fought to the death against the Germans and held out until 20 September. Lieutenant Colonel Frost, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, led most of the wounded to surrender to the Germans, who accepted their surrender. But the remnants of the 2nd Airborne Battalion, led by Major Ralph, refused to surrender and continued to fire at the Germans, who immediately began shelling them with Tiger tanks. On 21 September, Tiger tanks blasted down the last wall of the remainder of the 2nd Airborne Battalion and completely regained control of the Arnhem Bridge. After that, the Allies were unable to get close to the Arnhem Bridge until two months later, when all the trapped troops were finally rescued. ”

"A mission to kill completely, Montgomery idiot. Someone grumbled.

"I've always disliked him. "There's another interface.

The twenty-two adventurers on the transport plane all hated Montgomery at this moment.

The fat man next to him asked blankly, "I said, how do you remember so clearly?"

"The task gave me an hour to prepare, and I checked the information now. ”

"I can't remember that clearly. ”

"I have a grandmaster-level memory. Shen Yi said coldly.

"Can memory be strengthened? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Someone on the other side knocked on the fat man's head: "Stupid, he teases you, like you, the more you strengthen, the more stupid you become." ”

"Haha. Everyone laughed.

The butcher-like man smiled bitterly: "No wonder you will give a reward of 4,000 bloody points, damn, you have to fight hard with the Tiger Tank." What do you say, north or south?"

To the north, it is to occupy the Arnhem bridge, and to the south, it is to save the main forces of the 1st Airborne Division. Clearly, this is a matter of life and death.

"I chose to go north. Shen Yi said: "You are free." ”

"This kid is really bold. Someone muttered.

"I've met this kid, a rookie, and I've heard that the novice mission is not low, and it seems that he also killed the vampire Dracula. Someone suddenly interjected.

The others looked at each other: "How is that possible?"

Everyone muttered to each other, but Shen Yi just chuckled lightly, and casually took out the equipment that had been prepared long ago from the bloody crest.

"Oh my God, the spirit musket, the infinite bullet box, the bulletproof jade pendant, and the Kevlar body armor, this guy is really rich. Someone exclaimed, and they began to believe that Shen Yi had indeed completed a high-level task, otherwise it would be impossible to afford these things. Everyone looked at it for a while, if this was not a cooperative attack scene, I was afraid that someone would have already hacked Shen Yi, of course, whether it can succeed is another matter.

"May I ask you why you chose to go north? I don't believe you're just aiming for a big reward. The butcher-like giant man asked a question that surprised Shen Yi again.

Shen Yi looked at the strong man and said with a smile: "My name is Shen Yi, what's your name?"

"The name doesn't make sense in this place, you call me King Kong, everyone calls me that. ”

Shen Yi nodded, this strong man is indeed worthy of this title: "If you pay attention to the hints on the coat of arms, you will find that the first optional task is to assist the First Airborne Division to break out of the encirclement. Do you know when the 1st Airborne Division broke out of the encirclement?"

"It won't be two months later, right?" King Kong immediately realized the meaning of Shen Yi's words.

Shen Yi nodded and said: "There is the main force of the First Airborne Division in that forest area, so the German encirclement and suppression troops are also the most. And the situation of the 2nd Airborne Battalion, although dangerous, in fact, since the troops of the Airborne Battalion and the Airborne Division were separated, the Germans did not need to use too many troops to deal with them. The real focus of their attack is still the main force of the 1st Airborne Division. And those of us, if we had chosen the mission of the 1st Airborne Division, then we could be sure that in the face of the powerful German artillery fire and the flood of offensives, with our current strengthening, we would basically not be able to play any role. But if we go to the Arnhem Bridge, no matter how weak we are, with the advanced weapons in our hands alone, we can bring great help to the 2nd Airborne Battalion, and the comparison of combat effectiveness between the two sides will make a greater change than that of the 1st Airborne Division. In other words, when we go to the Arnhem Bridge, our variables play a greater role. ”

Everyone suddenly realized. Someone immediately said: "So, the chances of survival of going to Arnhem Bridge are higher than the chances of survival of saving the First Airborne Division?"

Unexpectedly, Shen Yiyi shook his head and said, "No, the survival rate of saving the First Airborne Division is greater." Don't forget, the 1st Airborne Division in history eventually escaped 2,000 people, and the 2nd Airborne Battalion was basically wiped out. ”

In other words, if we choose to save the 1st Airborne Division, no matter what, the mission will definitely be completed, the difference is only whether we can survive or not. And if you go to the bridge, you can't be sure of the outcome, Arnhem Bridge may be taken, or it may be taken down and it will only last a few more days, right?"

"Yes. ”

"If so, I'd rather go south. ”

Shen Yi sneered: "How many days of food have you brought? Is it enough to eat for two months? Do you know how the British First Airborne Division spent the two months besieged? Relying on grass roots and tree bark to survive the day! There are many people who died of starvation at all, or died of injuries without timely treatment. How many of you have guns with unlimited ammo, and what are you going to eat and what to use in the last minute?"

Everyone was stunned.

Shen Yi: "Before everyone came in, no one knew what the mission was, and I don't think many people were ready for a long-term battle." Those who want to stay there for two months and finally rush out, just go. I'm not going to go anyway, so I'll take food with me for ten days, and I'll only go to Arnhem Bridge. By the way, don't forget that this is a co-op attack scenario, and the more people there are, the higher the success rate. In my personal opinion, half of the difficulty of the Arnhem Bridge is actually reflected in the fact that there will not be too many adventurers who will actively choose to attack the Arnhem Bridge, and as long as this problem is solved, the mission will be half successful. ”

King Kong laughed, "No wonder you're so kind to tell us this. ”

Shen Yi immediately replied, "That's right, I need to use the strength of all of you to tell you this. I believe that people who don't have the courage to face the challenge of death, even if they complete the main quest, may not have the confidence to complete the optional quests. After all, the airborne division suffered heavy casualties there, losing three-quarters of its soldiers. There is no guarantee that after choosing the first optional task, you will be the one who will survive to the end. But if you choose to break north, at least you can share the risk with each other, and it will be much easier to break through. After completing the main quest, if you don't want to take risks, you can choose to return. If you are willing to take the risk, you will stay, wouldn't it be better for everyone?"

When these words came out, everyone looked at each other.

Finally, it was King Kong who was the first to nod: "Good boy, not only has guts, but also has brains." Okay, I think that's it. After everyone parachutes, break through to the north together, and after completing the main quest, those who are afraid of death will return, and those who are not afraid of death will continue. How?"

"That's it!"