Right. The Beta had already wasted Eurasia and the Japanese were pulling their punches in order to save some buildings? Well, actually it's possible all of their artillery and real troops had been placed 100 km from this area (to welcome the beta much earlier) and had already done all they could but still so many beta got through. In that case what happened here could be a bit more plausible. Maybe all the regular troops we saw were also second rate men not fit for the front lines, and thus fell so readily.

Still, all this wouldn't change the fact what we saw was a terrible waste of human lives and precious equipment. I hope they made some changes in the leadership during the jumped years.