Byron nodded lightly, acknowledging General Morton's view. In this era, soldiers, tanks, warships, and missiles could no longer determine the course of a war.
At most, they could only serve an auxiliary role.
Now, the only thing that determined victory or defeat in a war was mecha.
As General Morton had said, in this era of warfare, whoever had enough mecha and an advantage in top-tier mecha would be able to win the war.
At this moment, General Morton continued, "I admit that we were indeed careless this time."
"We truly never expected the Strategic Affairs Department to be willing to invest such vast resources and launch a cross-sea war of this scale."
"This has never happened before. Looking across the entire history of human development, especially modern history, the agrarian people of the East have rarely displayed such obvious aggression."
"I truly didn't expect this. Even more unexpected was that Zhao Ruifeng would have the courage to fight a cross-sea campaign."
"What supports the Strategic Affairs Department's boldness is the accumulation and foundation built over more than half a century—the eight Divine Mecha, over a hundred Divine General mecha, and a vast number of conventional models!"
"This is an immense force."
"However, the Strategic Affairs Department has Divine Mecha and Divine General mecha."
"We have Apostles and Great Knight mecha as well!"
"Although, for certain reasons, the Loyalty Apostle and Glory Apostle cannot be deployed in actual combat for the time being."
"And because of defensive concerns, we cannot deploy the remaining five Apostle mecha either. But we still have allies in the Iron Gull Strategic Chain!"
General Morton said loudly, "Before this meeting began, I had already received definite replies from several allies."
"The German Iron Cavalry will send their top-tier mecha: the Sun God and Hercules from