Bab 641: The Descending Alien and... The Dilemma!(1)

From many perspectives, the United States in this era was indeed the most prosperous nation in the world, not only economically but also in terms of military and technological power. Although winning a war isn't just about having an army and high-tech weapons, in terms of military readiness, the U.S. was the first to prepare for a counterattack after the aliens' initial assault. The country had more planes in storage than pilots to fly them, leading to a dire situation in the first major counterattack where most pilots were shot down along with their planes. In the second counterattack, they faced the embarrassing predicament of having too many planes and not enough pilots…