41: Is this a proxy war???

Bang—

Darwin Air Force Base.

The U.S. Military's supreme Commander of joint military operations, four-star Admiral Aris, slammed the table in a rage.

This caused the coffee cup on the table to jump twice.

His chief of staff was startled and quickly asked, “Commander, what’s wrong?”

Aris pointed at the live broadcast of Darwin City on the computer screen in front of him, his eyes practically spitting fire.

“Don't eat sour radishes!”

“What is this masked person saying?!”

“He actually dares to say he wears a mask because he’s worried about our assassination attempts!”

“Is he implying that our People's Army is despicable, filthy, and shameless?!!”

The chief of staff said:

“Commander, please don’t pay too much attention to those word games. I think what we should do most right now is re-evaluate our American military in Darwin City.”

Indeed.

Aris calmed down.

He scrolled through the live broadcast replay on the computer again and again, deep in thought.

He had originally thought that the rebels in Darwin City were just scattered stragglers, and that as soon as Mazhaha and the other high-ranking members of the Indigenous Party died, the rest, lacking organization and leadership, would inevitably fall into infighting and power struggles, collapsing without a fight.

But he never expected that after the night of the air raid, there were no signs of chaos or collapse in the city.

Instead, the high-ranking members of the Self-Defense Forces collectively appeared, and a new leader emerged, formally establishing an army.

In other words, his assassination not only failed to harm the enemy’s foundation, but also inadvertently helped them eliminate power rivals like Mazhaha?

A complete miscalculation, a total miscalculation!

And this newly established army, what’s with this mass line approach? It sounds a bit familiar.

Which country’s army used this before?

Suddenly, Aris’s gaze focused on Yue Hanshan and his group of people in military uniforms, and he was startled.

He discovered a terrifying fact.

Judging from their appearance and skin color.

Yue Hanshan and his group of high-ranking military officials were all East Asian.

And one of Darwin City’s main ethnic groups was Chinese.

Chinese?

Mass line?

Ah, I remember now, it couldn’t be—

A chill ran through Aris’s entire body.

Although Aris was a hawk, he wasn’t blindly rigid.

His study of world military history was deeper than that of ordinary generals.

About eight years ago, he almost incited a direct war between two major world powers because he felt that at that time, the great Eastern power was not yet fully fledged, and when compared to the United States, it was still inferior. That was the best time to strike that country!

However, the mid- and lower-level officers and soldiers of the U.S. Military were afraid of death, and the upper-class rentiers who controlled the power of the United States were short-sighted and afraid of taking responsibility, which led to the non-occurrence of conflict between the two countries!

In fact, at that time, Aris did not intend for the two countries to go to full-scale war.

He merely wanted to demonstrate the absolute military strength of the United States through a limited military conflict, suppress the confidence of that great Eastern power, and slow down its development pace.

And after that window of opportunity, with the ebb and flow, the U.S. Military no longer had the chance, nor the strength, to launch direct or even indirect wars with that great power.

Now, 8 years later, is a critical period for the two countries to seize world leadership.

Could it be that that great power finally couldn't hold back and changed its previous passive defense policy?

Are they going to support forces, or even directly send personnel, to stir up trouble in the United States’ backyard?

Is the Dragon Country going to fight a proxy war with the United States?!

Aris immediately couldn't sit still.

He became even more convinced that this analysis was correct.

“Quick, contact the Pentagon for me, draft a secret telegram. I have important information to report!”

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On the third day of military control, the U.S. Military’s large-scale offensive officially began.