60: Dong Changjun changed his attitude towards the Anti-Japanese Army

“Yes, a major criterion for determining the outcome of a war is still the casualties on both sides, as well as the number of prisoners of war. This topic is also more talked about.”

Immediately, many people @ the official account of the U.S. Military, "U.S. Military Joint Military Action Command," asking about the U.S. Military's casualties on the first day, including how many people were captured.

But this account did not respond to netizens' questions for a long time.

This made the Anti-War Army's data become the default fact.

The netizens suddenly became restless.

“Oh my god, did the U.S. Military really suffer so many casualties and captures on the first day? According to the battle damage ratio, it must be four to one or even five to one compared to the Anti-War Army. Is it really that outrageous?!”

“That’s the U.S. Military, the arrogant and incredibly powerful U.S. Military. This is absolutely impossible. The Anti-War Army must have concealed and falsified the numbers of their own dead and captured—”

“You’re an amateur. Some things seem counter-intuitive on the surface, but they are very consistent with realistic logic… Although the U.S. Military has more overall personnel and better and more comprehensive equipment, street fighting is different from war on the plains. The effect of artillery fire coverage is reduced, the role of high-precision weapons is limited, and the defending side also has geographical advantages and has made early deployments. What if you are the U.S. Military?”

Soon, titles like “U.S. Military defeated on the first day” ranked high on various search lists.

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Dragon Country, Ministry of Defense.

Minister Dong Changjun took a deep breath as he looked at the numerous battle reports Xiao He, his assistant, had brought.

More than 300 dead, compared to 800 or 900 dead, and more than 200 captured. Is this battle damage ratio real?

Although there was the home advantage of street fighting, the Anti-War Army was, after all, a newly formed army.

As for the U.S. Military, no matter what, every participating soldier had undergone many high-intensity training sessions. The U.S. could not send pure rookies to fight.

And if the numbers of dead and captured on both sides were not faked, then the actual combat power of the Anti-War Army far exceeded the initial expectations.

Dong Changjun originally had no extravagant hopes for the outcome of the war in Australia.

Like most military observers in the world, he believed that the Anti-War Army would ultimately fail, and the duration it could hold out would be a minimum of one week and a maximum of half a month.

Because Darwin City lacked strategic depth, and the Anti-War Army itself, in order to show righteousness and avoid disturbing the public, specifically designated a large number of areas as non-combat zones. This meant that the Anti-War Army could only use a circular area in the outer city of Darwin City for resistance.

Saying it was self-defeating is an exaggeration.

But it was definitely restricted.

But now it seems that the combat will and ability of this army are not weak at all.

Even those battle stories made him recall the equally heroic combat deeds when Dragon Country resisted foreign aggression in the last century, when it fought against the international coalition led by the U.S. Military.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Dong Changjun was in a trance, as if the shadows of the two armies, past and present, overlapped.

Well, it seems that the layout for Australia needs to be changed and updated. We cannot just maintain the original cold observation.

Dong Changjun picked up the phone.

He called the intelligence department. He wanted to contact Darwin City, and the local forces directly related to Dragon Country!!!

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Darwin City.

The memorial service had just ended when the Anti-War Army's ground office was visited by a large number of people.

“What, you mean the leader who came is surnamed Zhuang, and claims to be a former city councilor of Darwin City?”

Fang Le thought for a moment and instructed the guard, “Please invite him in quickly.”