Major Finley gazed at the approaching steel Great Wall a kiloter away, despair deep in his eyes.
They had received orders to pursue the Caldeia forces and thus moved away from their original defensive line, effectively relinquishing their ho-ground advantage.
If they were fighting an invading force unfamiliar with Cuba's terrain, it wouldn't be so bad; unfortunately, the masters had already scanned and modeled the surrounding landscape before the players ca to Cuba.
The accuracy of electronic devices surpasses human mory of terrain.
Moreover, the data network between the players was far more tily than that of the Cuban army.
Even without a word spoken, Caldeia's players could decipher where the Truth Departnt's forces were heading, which units they engaged with, their distance, possible enemy movents, and positions, accurately marking out checkpoints with the help of UAV vision.
This was incredibly frightening, even terrifying.
To prevent leaks or internal betrayal, lower-ranking soldiers and officers generally weren't privy to strategic deploynts — they just went where they were told without question.
Even during the legendary crossing of the Red Water, from a god's-eye view it seed unparalleled and unparalleled, yet the soldiers experiencing it were utterly bewildered.
They simply knew they were running back and forth all day without sighting the enemy, clueless about their mission, yet exhausted, and many of them held grievances, even as they broke through the encirclent.
On the other hand, players were precisely inford of strategic deploynts, with a shout in the channel, everyone knew what to do, and roles were clearly defined.
Under the command of the cyber headquarters, the Truth Departnt organized two spearhead platoons to advance alternately, engaging whenever possible, skirting encounters otherwise, dividing forces if unavoidable, with the spearhead platoons drawing attention while the main force looped around, waiting until the spearheads disengaged from battle to join up.
By the ti Major Finley received news of the armored company's destruction, the Truth Departnt's forces had infiltrated between him and the friendly forces at the rear, obstructing reinforcents while targeting Major Finley, and the mobile Caldeia force at the front had stopped unexpectedly, launching a counter-encirclent to annihilate them.
Major Finley made several attempts to break out, only to be forcibly blasted back by the MT-3s.
Ultimately, after four hours of fierce fighting, he was inevitably taken down by the players, with three nearly crippled companies abandoning a significant number of corpses and fleeing over their comrades' bodies.
This also scared the Cuban forces, which had been trying to breach the Super Earth's defense lines, retreating in the direction of Da Haguai and breaking the blockade.
With the Super Earth broadcasting live, this news caused an uproar across the globe.
In one night, two forces with a combined strength of only six hundred lead the enemy, four battalions plus two companies nearly double their own strength, on a wild goose chase, collapsing half of them, even running one or two hundred kiloters on foot.
Even with prosthetic enhancents, it seed too far-fetched.
You're telling this is the capability of a small company?
Even military technology units might not have such prowess, right?
In an instant, Horizon Corporation's na resounded far and wide, with their reputation soaring from "rising fa" to "renowned."
The happiest had to be Military Technology.
The next noon, the Comrce Departnt joyfully pushed open Lucas's office door.
"President, Congo just placed an arms order exceeding five billion Orokin with us, and both Egypt and Ethiopia have expressed willingness to negotiate military contracts."
"Oh?" Lucas was sowhat surprised; wasn't that the European Community's territory?
If they were to purchase, they should prioritize military equipnt from their suzerain, France. Why the unprecedented order with them?
This piqued his curiosity.
"Explain."
This surprised the Comrce Minister, who thought Lucas already knew.
"You didn't watch last night's live broadcast? You agreed to let Horizon Corporation advertise our company in their live stream. This is probably the most brilliant marketing move by Military Technology in the last decade. Absolutely incredible! Please accept my admiration."
Although this had nothing to do with Lucas personally—not even a hundred n, contracts worth re millions wouldn't reach Lucas—the credit undeniably went to the leaders, even if undeserved, or how could they progress?
"Live broadcast?"
Lucas vaguely recalled sothing related to Cuba, asking with a tone of surprise.
"Did they win using our weapons?"
"They won!"
The Comrce Minister's tone was brimming with excitent, though the good brother boasted all night, the Truth Departnt later posted real battle footage on the account, allowing others to comprehend what transpired.
"And they won big ti; our advertising effect exploded!
It wasn't just the international market, even New Arica and Night City's dostic civilian orders surged. This morning alone, sales hit a historic high since the War of Unification!
Investors flocked to follow suit, and our stock prices went through the roof!"
For weapons, nothing beats live combat for promotional efficacy; only in battle can weapons reveal their true nature.
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