For ordinary people, this was already enough gossip to feast on. In fact, the news had already topped the trending lists of mainstream media in every country around the world.
There was no helping it—the impact of this incident was simply too great. Most people were speculating about whether the United States would take any major action in response.
After all, their losses had indeed been severe. Four pilots had died, and two F22 fighter jets had crashed. The fighter jets were secondary; the truly painful loss was that of four elite pilots.
Naturally, the domestic side promptly held a corresponding press conference. In keeping with the spirit of international humanitarianism, they would provide one million dollars in financial compensation to the family of each fallen pilot—two million dollars in total, of course.
As for those American military pilots whom you yourselves declared had been killed by "terrorists," what did that have to do with us? You should blame the terrorists for that.
Naturally, condemning the terrorists was indispensable.
The American side responded quickly as well. This time, they said nothing else, merely that the United States would remain committed to fighting terrorism around the world. They expressed profound mourning for the pilots who had died in this incident and said the nation would award them the appropriate medals, among other things.
They also stated that, as a major power, they had an obligation to fight terrorists and hoped terrorists around the world would not launch attacks against Americans.
If there were further attacks targeting Americans, they would show no mercy. In addition, for the free United States, they thanked the four American pilots for their brave sacrifice. They were true American heroes, and so on.
Jiang Yan Hai watched the press conference. He did not watch the officially translated