The fiasco during the U.S. Military's Military Exercise had stirred up a storm of public outrage at home. Apart from Brigadier General John, no one had a bigger headache than the President.
After all, the Military Exercise had been held on the President's orders.
When the President first heard the results of the Military Exercise, he was utterly dumbfounded. He had never imagined things could turn out like this.
The Global Hawk had vanished, and dozens of Ship-to-Air Missiles had become fireworks! The missile originally intended as a target had been forced to self-destruct...
What the hell was all this?
How had a Military Exercise meant to put Huaxia in its place turned into this?
Worst of all, everything had been broadcast. The U.S. Military did not even have a chance to cover up its humiliation.
But it had already happened. The senior officials in the United States could hardly bury their heads in the sand, could they?
They had to investigate immediately. As for Brigadier General John, the President even suspected that he might be a spy sent by Huaxia. He had to be brought before a Military Court.
Navy Headquarters called the USS Stennis immediately, announcing that Brigadier General John was relieved of his command on the spot and was to return to the United States at once.
This was damn well the most efficient dismissal order the United States had issued in years.
Brigadier General John—well, the now-dismissed John—was filled with bitterness. This outcome was both expected and unexpected.
It was expected because someone had to be made the scapegoat. What he had not expected was that they would dismiss him outright without even conducting an investigation.
That gave him a bad feeling. They were not merely making him a scapegoat. They were treating him as completely