145: More than 100,000 American soldiers were captured. Can you believe it?

Yue Hanshan: "Good news, we've captured Douglas, the U.S. Military's supreme commander, but Aris, the deputy commander, escaped. I suspect he fled into Alice Springs."

Fang Le waved his hand, indicating, "Forget it, catching one main target is enough. We can ignore the deputy for now."

Fang Le then asked, "By the way, what's the damage situation for the big guys?"

Even though the Mechanical Warriors are brave and invincible according to the system's description and their actual combat performance, this doesn't mean there won't be battle damage. The combat power and defensive capabilities of the Mechanical Warriors all have limits.

Yue Hanshan: "The big guys are always on the front lines, so battle damage is inevitable. According to preliminary statistics, out of the five thousand big guys deployed tonight, about four hundred are severely damaged and unsuitable for continued combat, and another six hundred need maintenance, but given our base's technical conditions, I'm afraid we can't maintain them."

Fang Le was helpless; a fifth of the 5,000 Mechanical Warriors were lost in a single battle.

The big guys are a black technology from the system. It seems that until he has the ability to repair these Mechanical Warriors, he still needs to use them sparingly, otherwise, for every one used, there will be one less from the 50,000 Mechanical Warrior quota.

Fang Le: "Alright, in short, we won a great victory in this battle. Old Yue, tell the logistics kitchen to prepare extra nutritious meals for everyone at the base after the battlefield is cleared and the prisoners are housed!"

While the Anti-War Army was celebrating, the U.S. Military was reporting losses.

It was dawn in Australia, and almost nightfall in the United States.

Due to concerns about the war in Australia, the high-ranking officials of the U.S. Department of Defense did not even rest during the midday.

Until, finally, the latest intelligence was sent over.

After listening to the intelligence content, the U.S. Department of Defense high-ranking officials collectively broke down.

Secretary of Defense Sevitz roared and cursed.

"What kind of joke is this?!"

"Fake news, it must be fake news—"

"100,000 in the center, and another 50,000 on the north and south fronts, a total of 150,000. How could they be completely annihilated in just one night, unable to even hold out? Even the French back then didn't raise the white flag and surrender that quickly—"

Chief of Staff Claire was also quite shocked.

Regardless of the U.S. Military's combat effectiveness, how many people does the Anti-War Army have in total?

It definitely wouldn't exceed fifteen thousand. A total troop ratio of one to ten, yet they achieved a complete victory in an extremely short time.

Although there must have been factors of luck involved, strength certainly played the major role.

Has the Anti-War Army's combat effectiveness truly become that powerful?

No,

There's a problem!

Claire: "There must be hidden circumstances we don't know about. Let's first have our U.S. Military officers stationed in Australia question the scattered troops who fled back from the front lines."

Questioning would take time, so Savitz and Claire simply stayed in the office, napping while waiting for news.

Then, as night fell, they were awakened by an urgent call.

Upon answering, it was indeed a situation report from Australia. According to a U.S. Military officer there, he had questioned at least a dozen batches of U.S. Military scattered troops, totaling several hundred, who had been received and settled locally.

The officer painstakingly extracted the reasons for the U.S. Military's rapid collapse.

The U.S. Military's fatal collapse occurred on the last night.

Suddenly, on the various battlefronts where the fighting had been stalemated, a group of special American military appeared, with terrifying combat power and tall, robust bodies.

These American military wore unknown armor and were completely unafraid of their firearms, grenades, and incendiary bombs.

Although these tall soldiers were not large in overall number, when dispersed and cooperating with regular Anti-War Army units, they could quickly tear through the U.S. Military's defenses, disrupt the U.S. Military's deployment, and shatter the U.S. Military's morale. Thus, a chain reaction occurred, and the U.S. Military quickly saw a large number of deserters, leading to an uncontrollable collapse.

"Soldiers with terrifying combat power, tall and robust, not large in overall number, unafraid of firearms, grenades, and flames..."

Savitz and Claire carefully pondered this part of the description, and were simultaneously startled.

"It's those things—"

It's the Anti-War Army's "Bio-Warriors"!!!

In the Darwin City offensive and defensive battle a few months ago, the Anti-War Army relied on the participation of these things to quickly complete the breakthrough.

These things are very good at fighting tough battles; with them, there is no unassailable fortress!

Claire: "If such things joined the battle, then our People's Army's rapid collapse this time is understandable."

"According to the estimates from the last Darwin battle, the Anti-War Army deployed about a thousand of these Bio-Warriors at that time, and this time, it's probably several times more. Thousands of Bio-Warriors, in a large-scale battle of over a hundred thousand, may not be able to reverse the overall strength comparison between the two sides, but if used at critical moments and key battlefields, they can quickly achieve victory!"

"We were too careless before, thinking we had an absolute numerical advantage and had the Anti-War Army surrounded with geographical advantages. Even if we didn't win big, we wouldn't lose big. Who knew, sigh."

Then, Savitz thought of another matter.

"Not good—"

"We just recently had NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) call an emergency meeting, asking NATO member countries to send troops. The troop movements of NATO member countries are still underway."

"If the news of our rapid collapse spreads, those wavering guys might immediately withdraw their troops."

Claire: "We can only hide it for as long as we can."

But it certainly can't be kept secret.

Because there's something called the internet.