The war of counteroffensive in the Mountainous Country ultimately lasted six days, roughly 160 hours.
But in reality, only about three days and fifty hours were truly hard-fought. The rest was cleanup time for all sides.
In the fortresses, by the coast, across the plains, fighting could be seen everywhere. But in truth, it was already an encirclement and annihilation campaign after the main enemy forces had been crushed.
The real decisive period had been those first fifty hours, when the East Country People were still present.
Yet when the results came out, everyone in the know was stunned.
"...A great victory! A great victory!!"
"A great victory on the Mountain Battlefield! A great victory for our South Island Military Region! Three quasi-gods killed, over 300,000 invaders encircled, annihilated, or driven away!!"
When the news reached the country, every television station, newspaper, radio station, and online media outlet went mad.
This was the first major victory in three years of unrelenting bad news!
At once, the entire nation erupted.
Ever since the Plane War began, nothing but negative news had flowed in, and everyone's lives had been affected.
Even though the authorities had worked hard to regulate things, the inflation and soaring prices caused by the war were unavoidable. Even though the military industry had worked hard to absorb more talent, given the Eastern Kingdom's immense scale, relying solely on domestic circulation would inevitably result in overproduction in many areas while other industries suffered from insufficient production.
Everyone knew it was not the Eastern Kingdom's fault, nor was it society's fault. Well, considering how strange and shameless some people could be, at least most people understood the situation.
Still, they would surely ask one question—not only of the authorities, but of themselves as well.
"How much longer do we have