The Japanese army plans to launch “Operation Reillumination,” hoping to force Chongqing to surrender by using sham peace talks. A military operations file stamped “Top Secret: Destroy After Reading” unexpectedly falls into the hands of a Military Statistics Bureau liaison stationed in Hong Kong. He must get the news past three lines of blockade within seventy-two hours. The assistant just transferred to his side, however, is the very person who sent him before a court-martial two years ago.
