Inside Guangren Match Factory, as the Military Statistics Bureau's agent assault team led by Xu Keming and Leitao's group converged in a pincer movement to silently wipe out the Japanese spies, a sharp air raid siren suddenly pierced the sky. The sound reverberated through the factory, causing hearts to leap and beat wildly. Netherworld and the Military Statistics Bureau agents felt a heavy drop in their chests; they knew all too well that Chongqing was currently shrouded in the shadow of an unprecedented crisis. The Japanese bombing had begun. Almost simultaneously, a low, rumbling sound echoed from the sky, coming from afar and growing clearer by the moment. It was the sound of Japanese bombers and fighter planes.
At that moment, five Japanese bombers, escorted by nine Zero Fighters, arrived in the skies above Chongqing. Acting on Yoshishima Yuko's intelligence that Chongqing's anti-aircraft guns had a range of 12,000 feet, the bombers began releasing their payload just beyond that altitude. Bombs fell like raindrops, detonating in every corner of the city. Flames shot into the sky, and the explosions were deafening. Billowing black smoke rose rapidly, engulfing a large area, and the entire city of Chongqing plunged into a sea of fire and chaos.
The Sichuan Army's anti-aircraft artillery unit reacted swiftly, adjusting their gun angles to fire at the Japanese bombers in the sky. Flashes of fire spewed from the muzzles, and shells whistled toward the Japanese planes. In th…
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