Jiang Yue had really called it.
The Eagle Country had been far too arrogant, and it had indeed paid the price. The day after Jiang Yue and the others arrived in the Eagle Country, one of its light infantry brigades was ambushed by forces from the underground world and suffered devastating losses.
It was true that a light infantry brigade could not compare to a heavy brigade and was relatively weak within the military's order of battle. It had many shortcomings, such as limited mobility and an inability to withstand high-intensity combat.
But an infantry brigade still had several thousand soldiers, with every battalion fully staffed. It had an independent battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, an infantry battalion, a firepower battalion, and a support battalion.
Even if a brigade like that were caught in a surprise engagement, it should not have been beaten so badly if it had been at all prepared.
That made it clear that the Eagle Country had grown overconfident in the current situation. It had significantly underestimated the fighting strength of the Underground Race and was suffering from serious complacency.
Perhaps this blow would help the Eagle Country come to its senses and give it a better understanding of the Underground Race's tactics and way of fighting.
The Underground Race's operation had also shocked the Eagle Country's entire political and military establishment.
The brigade might not have been an elite unit, but an entire infantry brigade had been routed and wiped out as an organized force, nearly annihilated. For the proud Eagle Country, this was an enormous blow, and it had brought people throughout the country back to their senses.
Jiang Yue was not especially concerned with how the Eagle Country would respond.
But they needed to understand exactly how the Underground Race had carried out the