Commanding such an army is a torment for both him and his soldiers.

At this moment, his command post had retreated repeatedly, almost reaching the rear of Da Haguai, at Jovianos.

As for the frontline at Da Haguai, it had been fully exposed to the military might of Horizon Corporation. Although heavily guarded, Lancaster did not have much hope, merely issuing frantic orders to construct defensive works, even if it meant exhausting the enemy’s forces there.

Simply taking advantage of Horizon Corporation’s lack of heavy firepower, no bombers or missiles to precisely demolish high-standard offensives.

Just as Lancaster was berating the Cuban officers harshly, an email dissipated his bad mood of recent days, even prompting him to exclaim in surprise

"Good! Good! Good! It’s finally here."

After saying this, he sat back in his chair as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

Black Forest Mercenaries, 700 men

UK Zeus Shield Defense Services, 900 men

UK Global Guard, 1000 men

UK Watchkeeper International, 600 men

Judging by the configuration alone, it can truly be called a gathering of elites, with air force, heavy firepower, tanks, and power armor all accounted for.

This was already the largest overseas military operation by Europe in many years.

Among these forces, the UK had certainly exerted a significant effort. As Europe’s largest private military incubator, sources of troops and officers for companies like Global Guard and Watchkeeper International primarily came from the UK’s SAS and corporate security retirees, first-rate by any measure.

In the past, there was no need for such painstaking efforts; the European Community would casually give a color, and entities like Horizon Corporation, a small fry, if not defecting, would willingly surrender with courtesy, or others would be willing to handle these blind adversaries on one’s behalf.

But now, the situation has subtly shifted, the European Community’s influence in Night City had been uprooted

Military Science, the Ye family, and New America were unruly, Kangtao stayed nonchalant, Huang Ban claimed it couldn’t spare forces, everyone was pushing the matter onto the European Community, as if testing something.

Thus, the European Community decided to deliver a thunderous strike, to show these blind fools what it means to remain supreme.

Six massive hovering ships, loaded with thousands of soldiers and equipment, landing from Havana, represented the peak of conventional forces’ firepower, with what West Fire Grass had perceived being just the tip of the iceberg.

But on the surface, no European country officially declared their involvement; everything was transactional.

It was Havana that paid to sign mercenary contracts with military companies, not representing national stances.

Despite this, several major media companies made no shortage of sinister accusations against Horizon Corporation for invasion and massacre, with Europe poised to send heavenly troops.

However, these reports were utterly shattered by the live streams from Voice of the Horizon, after all, videos of battles and how post-war matters were handled were uploaded, leaving no trace of any massacres.

Traditional news media suddenly found that this software they had plagiarized seemed to have become a more influential battleground of public opinion than they had ever been.

After all, no matter how well-written your article is, it can’t outweigh seeing it with your own eyes.

Moreover, these news enterprises, although early on had an advantage, no longer held sway in the war of public opinion even on European soil. After repeatedly defending the corporation, their credibility had evaporated, and if not for monopolizing, they couldn’t even sell newspapers.

When everyone was equally corrupt in the past, Europeans could sit in the seat of "civilization," mocking and accusing others of being uncivilized. But now that someone truly became civilized, they were the most resentful ones, for no one knows more about their misdeeds than they do.

"Situation! Situation!"

While Lancaster was rejoicing, an untimely voice suddenly sounded

It was the communication officer beside him

"Report, the outer supply outpost of Da Haguai has been raided. The garrison is engaged with Horizon Corporation’s forces."

Major General Ron’s face was covered in worry "Mark the outpost location on the map."

This month, he had endured a lot of scorn from the European elites, finally, a moment of respite.

"Yes."

On the command table, amidst red and blue intertwined projected maps, towards the protruding section that belongs to the city of Da Haguai, a small outpost was marked as having been attacked by players.

However, it wasn’t an important location, just a place where farmers who grew tobacco lived.

What puzzled Lancaster was that this wasn’t the first time such incidents occurred, the opposing side seemed intent on attacking these low-value targets.

"Bring up the drone footage of the scene."

It was relatively close to Da Haguai, within the urban network coverage area.

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Due to its proximity to the city, the houses in this village were more presentable, at least not made of straw and wood, using iron sheets and concrete to build small stories instead.

It used to be rural, but now had been requisitioned as a supply outpost, with movable sentinels posted at the entrance and around the village.

However, the morale of the stationed troops wasn’t high as they had just retreated from the front line after suffering numerous defeats.

Low morale is unfitting for a battle

And for them, regaining morale didn’t rely on political mobilization, but on three talismans

Good wine and meat 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Women

Drugs

Thus, the drug lords of Havana for once became generous, supplying as many drugs as needed, feel free to indulge as there was no market for it anyway

Women, at your leisure, whether from the village or the city, do as you wish.