122: "Brothers, fuck the American army!!!"

That day, another explosive piece of news emerged in the world.

The Anti-War Army officially announced a message on various mainstream media platforms.

“A Letter to the People of the World.”

“We are the Anti-War People's Army, and I am Commander Fang, the leader of the Anti-War Army.”

“I hereby solemnly inform the world that our side will abandon the armistice agreement signed with the United States more than a month ago.”

“The reasons are as follows.”

“During the armistice, the U.S. Military attacked and obstructed our visiting fleet and the ground troops responsible for escorting them, causing us considerable damage.”

“The U.S. Military also dispatched special forces to infiltrate our base and carry out sabotage during our visit.”

“Furthermore, the United States obstructed our legitimate trade in goods with friendly parties by setting up checkpoints.”

“While the People's Army has released U.S. prisoners twice and returned all heavy bombers to the United States, the United States has shown no gratitude for the People's Army's goodwill and has continuously plotted to subvert the People's Army!”

“Just over half a month ago, the U.S. Military sent a 1,000-man suicide squad, impersonating the People's Army, to launch a night raid and occupy Alice Springs, taking over ten thousand people there as hostages. This suicide squad used these hostages to fight and put on a show with the official bandit suppression forces sent by Australia, sacrificing many innocent civilians in Alice Springs in the process.”

“For its own self-interest, the United States orchestrated this, completely disregarding the lives of the people of Alice Springs. This is simply a shameless act of terrorism!”

“If the U.S. Military wants to fight fair and square, we are not afraid, but we disdain and despise such schemes and tricks!”

“Therefore, we can no longer tolerate the U.S. Military's despicable behavior. We now declare that the armistice agreement, after being in effect for nearly two months, is officially abolished. Our side will no longer comply with any terms of the agreement regarding the armistice.”

“Our side will consider the U.S. Military's troop movements towards the MacDonnell Ranges as a military invasion.”

“And the Australian government, for the benefit of the United States, has actually used its own citizens as bargaining chips and sacrifices, completely lacking the responsibility a legitimate government should have, and has effectively become a lackey of the U.S. Military.”

“Hereby—”

“We officially declare war on the U.S. Military!”

“We declare war on the Australian military!”

“We declare war on all hostile forces attempting to invade us!”

As soon as this announcement was made, the world was shocked.

Chinese netizens discussed it heatedly.

“Wow, I knew it! That Alice Springs incident seemed strange, but unfortunately, I didn't know the inside story before. So that's what happened. The U.S. Military is too despicable, using that as a pretext to deploy troops, and Australia is too weak, using its own citizens as bargaining chips.”

“The Anti-War Army is excellent! Daring to declare war on the world's number one military superpower. We admire them, truly impressive!”

“Go, Anti-War Army—!”

“Go, Anti-War Army!” was a slogan shouted by many Chinese netizens.

Meanwhile, public opinion in other parts of the world was even more interesting.

Non-Western people criticized the hypocrisy and evil of the United States and the West, citing the U.S.-manufactured Alice Springs incident as a pretext for war.

The Western bloc, however, believed that the so-called Alice Springs conspiracy was a narrative tactic by the Anti-War Army, a reason the Anti-War Army itself sought to start the war early.

In short, the verbal sparring was lively, but the real showdown would be on the battlefield.

Although the United States had already amassed 100,000 troops in the MacDonnell Ranges area,

these personnel came from U.S. Military overseas bases around the world, as well as soldiers from the U.S. mainland, originally belonging to different unit structures.

These individuals first needed an appropriate supreme commander.

Admiral Aris, the four-star Navy admiral who commanded the Darwin City offensive last time, was not overly held accountable after the war due to the Department of Defense's leniency, and thus remained at the Darwin Military Base as the base commander.

This time, he was also the highest-ranking officer among the first batch of U.S. Military troops to arrive in the MacDonnell Ranges, so he temporarily commanded the entire army.

Aris had a deep understanding of the Anti-War Army's combat effectiveness, and the Anti-War Army's premature tearing up of the agreement caught him a bit off guard, but he quickly stabilized and continued to accelerate the ongoing military deployment.

Aris believed that as long as the U.S. Military deployed the encirclement effectively, even if they couldn't win smoothly in the upcoming war, they wouldn't lose, nor would they allow the Anti-War Army to escape.

At that point, they could wear down the Anti-War Army in the mountains.

As for the Anti-War Army, ever since releasing that public letter to the world, Fang Le had been planning his first military operation.