The main issue is that this group of active German soldiers failed to defeat five small-time thugs.
At most, they just quietly lost a bit of face.
What happened next was even more absurd. When these five thugs found out the ten soldiers didn't have much money on them, they directly detained them.
The ten soldiers were then forced to give the thugs contact information for the relevant German authorities, so the thugs could demand ransom from them.
Finally, after being held for nine hours, the ten soldiers were rescued by the Chilean police.
The Chilean police later announced that this was an ordinary criminal incident, with no hidden agenda behind it. Those five thugs weren't severely punished due to their age.
It's safe to say, the once iron-blooded German soldiers have now really become like Hans.
Not to mention, the most urgent problem for the German Ministry of Defense nowadays is the army's high obesity rate.
