The surprise raid by the mysterious fighter jet completely altered the situation on a certain battlefield in the Second War Zone. Inside the Central Army frontline command post, the Chief of Staff’s hand trembled slightly as he gripped his binoculars, his eyes fixed on the scarlet contrails fading into the distance. "Report to Chongqing immediately! An unidentified type of fighter jet has been discovered assisting in combat; its weaponry and equipment far exceed current standards!" The frantic clatter of coded telegraph transmissions broke out. Half an hour later, a top-secret document marked "Urgent" lay on Chiang Kai-shek’s desk.
Chiang Kai-shek rubbed the edge of the telegram repeatedly, his expression unreadable behind his gold-rimmed glasses. On the mahogany desk sat the "Air Support Memorandum" just signed with American diplomats, the ink still wet, yet the "mysterious fighter jet capable of right-angle turns" described in the combat report clearly surpassed the capabilities of American equipment. Suddenly, he slammed the file onto the desk. "Tell Dai Li to investigate! Find out exactly which divinity is interfering here!" Outside the window, rain poured down like a deluge, and the Military Statistics Bureau’s network of secret agents was activated overnight.
Meanwhile, the Japanese Military Headquarters in Beiping fell into a deathly silence. A duty officer slapped the combat report onto a map, his finger pointing at the coordinates of the burning artillery positions…
Chapter 473