131: US military atrocities exposed globally, condemned by the public!

The U.S. Military's frontline soldiers actually shot and killed the surrendered Alice Springs townspeople. General Aris was furious and it took him a long time to calm down and reassess the situation.

What he saw was shocking.

Well, intelligence from high-altitude reconnaissance showed that the residents of Alice Springs were running into the streets like mad, raising their arms and shouting slogans. Was this a call for total anti-war resistance?

The staff officer hesitated, "Commander-in-Chief, how should we fight the next battle?"

It had already been confirmed that the previous shooting of the surrendered individuals was a misunderstanding, triggered by the explosion of landmines planted by the previous occupying forces. Now, the residents of Alice Springs wanted to resist as a whole. Were they really going to treat those townspeople as enemies on the battlefield and kill them all?

Aris sneered.

If it were another general, they might be troubled, but I'm a goddamn hawk. Do I fear your aggressive moves?

"Notify everyone: all artillery units, armed helicopter units, and bomber units of the entire army, deploy! Target all buildings within Alice Springs. I mean all buildings, regardless of size. Use artillery shells, aerial bombs, and air-to-ground missiles for precise strikes on each one!"

"Hmph, don't you like running into the streets and shouting slogans? Fine, then we'll blow up all your houses. Let's see how you defend the town when you don't even have homes, and how long your resolve and will can last!"

The staff officer said, "Uh... General, are you really going to do this? I'm afraid that when the buildings are destroyed, it will affect the civilians on the streets."

Aris glared, "Execute my order!"

At this point, Aris no longer cared about the lives of the nearly ten thousand ordinary civilians. Achieving his ultimate goal was the only thing that mattered.

Even if he were labeled a butcher and brought before a military tribunal afterward, he wouldn't care in the slightest!

Soon after, all of the U.S. Military's long-range artillery units were ready. Aris was about to order the artillery strike when a special phone in the command center rang.

It was a direct line from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Aris had no choice but to temporarily halt his orders and answer the phone.

"This is Secretary Sevitz of the U.S. Department of Defense. Am I speaking with General Aris?"

Aris replied, "You are. Please speak."

Savitz said, "Aris, I order you to immediately cease all offensive actions against Alice Springs. I mean immediately, all of them!"

What did he mean?

He hadn't failed to report tonight's operation against Alice Springs. In fact, the Pentagon had tacitly approved it.

Why the sudden order to intervene now?

Aris argued, "Mr. Secretary, I reported to you my intention to attack Alice Springs. That thing is for us—"

Savitz directly interrupted, "Aris, I know what you're talking about, and I know the importance of that thing, but sometimes, political considerations override everything."

"You'd better check what's happening online right now before you argue with me."

"Oh, and let me tell you something in advance: in a few days, another general will go to central Australia to replace you in leading the Suppression Command Headquarters. You will be demoted to a deputy position. Do not make any major moves before the new Commander-in-Chief arrives."

"After the last defeat, the Pentagon withstood pressure and didn't send you to a military tribunal for interrogation. I hope you don't cause any major trouble this time either."

After Savitz finished his warning, the communication ended.

Aris was stunned.

What exactly had happened to make Savitz's attitude towards him change so drastically, even to the point of sending someone to replace him in commanding the entire army?

Right, the internet!

Aris thought of the keyword, immediately went online to search for news related to Australia, and when he saw it, the internet device in his hand nearly fell to the ground.

It's over—

At this moment, the global internet was unprecedentedly buzzing.

A piece of news that suddenly appeared emerged from many places and spread rapidly, causing a huge stir.

"We are residents of Alice Springs."

"Although our town was previously occupied by a group of bandits posing as the Anti-War Army, we have successfully driven them away with the help of righteous individuals."

"But now we are surrounded by tens of thousands of U.S. Military troops at night."

"They bombarded our entire town with dense artillery fire."

"They also coerced us into surrendering under baseless pretexts, but those of us who went out to surrender were all killed halfway, with bodies strewn across the fields."

"Those were over a thousand vibrant lives! This is a modern civilized society! This is Australia, an ally of the U.S.! How could they so cruelly slaughter those unarmed civilians?!"

"When those civilians were alive, they were our neighbors, colleagues, relatives, the people we loved and who loved us. We absolutely will not allow them to die in vain."

"Therefore, we will fight to the end! We will use the weapons and equipment left behind by those bandits after they were driven away to arm ourselves and defend our town. We will absolutely not let the U.S. Military set foot inside the town. We will live and die with our entire town!"

"God bless us, Amen—"

These messages were simultaneously posted across multiple social media platforms by accounts such as the Anti-War People's Army, the Dragon Country official account, several influential Western and Eastern accounts, the Great Bear Country official account, and so on, making them impossible to suppress.

Furthermore, there were not only written statements expressing the townspeople's resolve, but also a series of videos to corroborate their claims.

Because Alice Springs had actually started live streaming, fully showcasing a series of events that occurred since the town was besieged by the U.S. Military.

This was too much! All people, both Eastern and Western, who saw these news stories online were enraged.

"Holy crap, I knew the U.S. Military was evil, but I didn't know they were *this* evil. Over a thousand civilians, shot and killed just like that—"

"Yeah, those bandits who called themselves the Anti-War Army occupied Alice Springs before, and the U.S. Army arrived there but didn't bother to intervene. Now that the bandits have been driven away, the U.S. Military has mobilized tens of thousands of troops to surround the town and is even bombarding it on a large scale. What's the relationship between those bandits and the U.S. Military now? It's self-explanatory, isn't it?"

"The U.S. Military is completely defying global condemnation! And the people of Australia are citizens of their ally! How can they be so brutal and inhumane?!"

"Sigh, if these messages hadn't been exposed, we wouldn't have known that such a tragic event was happening in Australia."

"Quick, let's go to Alice Springs' live stream to encourage them."

"Alice Springs, hang in there, stay strong..."

The internet device in Aris's hand silently slipped, and his mind went blank.

It's over.

His political career was truly at its end this time.

Next, even before the war ended, he would definitely be sent to a military tribunal for trial.

Moreover, the Pentagon would place the entire blame for this incident on him.

But how did this incident get exposed online?

After all, Alice Springs had already been completely blockaded.

Communication services were suspended, and all personal communication devices had been confiscated and destroyed (done by the occupying forces).

Ah, it's the Anti-War Army!

Aris immediately understood the reason.

It must have been the Anti-War Army who infiltrated the town, using specially carried communication devices to get online.

Damn the Anti-War Army!