Xiao Ran did not announce the success of the coup until the battle had ended, and the news spread across the entire world in just a few minutes.
In this coup, it could be said that the Federation government and A-LAWS had been calculated against from the very beginning. Xiao Ran could have declared success the moment Cruze led his men in arresting all the current government's key officials, but he had instead chosen to crush A-LAWS, the Federation's greatest military force, and imprison every surrendered A-LAWS member before announcing the coup's success.
With that, the current Federation's greatest military force had ceased to exist entirely. Even if every Federal military base on Earth opposed Xiao Ran now, they would have to consider whether the strength in their hands could truly stand against him. Though the Military Strength of those local forces was inferior to A-LAWS when separated, gathered together, they would indeed be a terrifying force.
What Xiao Ran needed was for the commanders of those military bases to understand that his strength was far beyond anything they could resist. When the enormous Burning Legion appeared beyond Earth under countless stunned gazes, then descended without stopping to hover over the Federation government headquarters, military bases one after another sent documents at top speed to the temporary government currently led by Cruze and El-Elf, recognizing the New Government and expressing their willingness to obey its orders.
The moment the New MACROSS-class Battleship from the Super Dimension Fortress appeared, it drew the eyes of humanity across the world. Compared to the warships of this world, which could at best be called transport vessels, it was a truly terrifying weapon of war—the ultimate embodiment of military might in this world. Its enormous, savage gun barrels needed only a single shot to destroy