The people at the White House were still following this unusual livestream.
When they saw this, they were crying inside!
Who the hell had planned this? They had certainly plotted to land on Gold Island, but absolutely not by crashing their planes. The price was far too high. And sending two living, breathing men onto the island—were they offering up hostages?
They had already worked out their plan. This flashy "aerial display" would put tremendous pressure on the people on the island.
Once the display ended, the U.S. military would use its missing soldiers as a pretext to demand a search of the surrounding waters, then use that excuse to set foot on Gold Island.
The Americans could justify that move. The key was that, as an island, Gold Island fell under Singapore's sovereignty. That was indisputable. As for treating it as a ship, who the hell would care about a vessel that had not even registered under a flag?
It was in international waters. Nobody had the authority to interfere.
But now those people had asked that question outright during an internet-wide livestream. They were putting the Americans over the fire.
Never mind people from other countries—even some American citizens thought it was a very real possibility.
Fortunately, the two Pilots did not get confused. They immediately answered with righteous indignation, "How could this possibly have been planned? It was purely a coincidence. The flight systems on both our Fighter Aircraft suddenly failed, which caused this incident."
"Failed? Who are you trying to fool?" Difu said contemptuously. "Your F-35 Fighter Aircraft have logged over a hundred thousand flight hours. Has anything like this ever happened before?"
"Uh... no."
"Well, that's hilarious. Over a hundred thousand flight hours without this problem, and now two planes suddenly develop the exact same