"Our civilians were saved, and we don't want to lose any more lives."
Hearing the order through their communications system, a few heads dropped low, as a few hearts—on the contrary—couldn't help but rejoice as they had weren't into gambling their lives again on a suicidal mission.
Their depressed minds could only see the result of that mission with a few scratches on the tough skin of the beasts, and—obviously- that result would come with the total extermination of any squad that would dare to approach them.
Their maddened state had transformed the already dangerous beasts into something that no soldiers from the armed force wanted to approach. And as seconds passed, and the creatures inside of their city continued gorging on the flesh of their allies, they could only see with a heavy heart that threatened to fail that the creatures were becoming stronger.