120: The US military is plotting a conspiracy, and Fang Le takes the challenge!

According to information from the Anti-War Army's intelligence department, ever since Australia sought help from the United States to quell the banditry in Alice Springs, the United States began military deployments.

The first batch of military deployments, approximately 15,000 personnel, came from Darwin Air Force Base in the north—which has now become a comprehensive base. After expansion, its standing garrison has reached 20,000.

Not only in the north, Australia itself has nearly 40 military bases, scattered throughout various parts of the country. Australia has fully opened its military bases to the United States for passage and use.

Every day, more or less U.S. Military forces arrive at these bases, then transfer from them to central Australia. The scale of these individual batches is not large, but when combined, they are quite substantial.

Fang Le looked at the intelligence in his hand and said to his generals:

“You all assess what exactly the United States is trying to do.”

Army Commander Yue Hanshan: “Actually, the United States’ strategy is already very clear.”

“They want to go to war with us, but they cannot immediately tear up the agreement, or rather, they want to go to war immediately but reality doesn’t allow it.”

“Because moving troops from around the world to South Pacific Australia is itself a massive undertaking, involving the transportation of too many personnel, equipment, and supplies, which takes a long time.”

“The United States can’t just tear up the agreement and start a war before completing its deployment, can it?”

“But if they don’t tear up the agreement, they don’t have a reasonable reason for troop deployment.”

“Therefore, the Alice Springs incident became a pretext.”

“At the current rate of U.S. Military deployment, when the three-month period expires, the U.S. Military will use the pretext of eradicating terrorist organizations in Alice Springs to gather a large number of troops there, without violating the agreement.”

“At that time, they can engage us in close-quarters combat.”

“We have mountains, and so do they. They also avoid the trouble and risks of long-distance raids across deserts and Gobi.”

“One could say this is an overt strategy.”

“Even if we guess their intentions, we cannot take military action to stop them, otherwise it would appear that we were the first to break the agreement.”

“Damn it,” Fang Le cursed inwardly.

He wasn't cursing the U.S. Military for being cunning; on the contrary, he would commend them for their good planning.

He was complaining about how slow the United States was being.

“I directly handed over those 4,000 prisoners to you from the beginning, and later when you attacked my main base, I released all the prisoners I captured. Even later, I returned all the bombers. You should have no worries now, so why haven't you attacked yet?”

“But they're still playing all these silly games!”

Political Commissar Zhao Gang seemed to know what his leader was thinking and explained:

“The U.S. Military is being so circuitous because they have no choice.”

“Last time, we defended Darwin City, and even then, only within the designated military zone. The U.S. Military’s 100,000-strong army besieged the city but failed to take it, suffering considerable losses. The U.S. Military has deeply recognized the combat effectiveness of the People's Army.”

“Later, for your visit, the People's Army’s main ground forces and air force accompanied you, which also caused the United States considerable losses.”

“The U.S. Military, from top to bottom, must be very wary of us.”

“And we are now entrenched in mountains stretching hundreds of kilometers. They cannot find the exact location of our base, and dealing with us will be much more difficult than the Darwin City incident. The United States will certainly deploy even stronger forces than last time.”

“So I speculate that by the time the U.S. Military finishes assembling, their total forces around us will definitely exceed 100,000, and their equipment and firepower will be even stronger.”

“Furthermore, the People's Army’s only external supply route currently is the line from China to Darwin City and then to Alice Springs. By occupying Alice Springs, they are blocking our path in advance. At that point, they could even win against us through attrition.”

Third Division Commander Li Dakui: “If that’s the case, then damn it, let’s make a move before all their forces are assembled. They don’t dare to fight immediately, so we will!”

Second Division Commander Chen Guangming frowned: “Wouldn’t it be bad to unilaterally tear up the agreement without a reason?”

“Our situation now isn't just about ourselves. We and China are considered de facto allies by the world, and all our actions must also consider China's interests. If we tear up the ceasefire agreement and act recklessly without a valid reason, it will negatively impact our international image.”

Li Dakui: “...Damn it, anything involving politics is never good. I’m not saying anything else, do as you please.”

First Division Commander Luo Hui: “Indeed, if we want to tear up the agreement, we need to find a good reason...”

Fang Le waved his hand, indicating: “Alright, alright, no more analysis.”

“I have my own plan.”