09:01, Alpha Military Base, outside Major Walker's office.
Song Heping reached out and knocked three clear sounds on the door panel.
The sound of paper flipping stopped abruptly.
"Enter."
Walker's voice came from inside the door.
Song Heping pushed the door and entered.
This was a room of about twenty square meters, with walls painted in the military standard beige color, which had become somewhat mottled.
On the wall opposite the door hung a giant operational map of the entire Illiguo region, densely marked with red and blue magnets indicating troop deployments and threat areas.
Scattered across the long table under the map were dozens of spread-out action reports and satellite photos.
Walker stood with his back to the door at the window.
The desk was piled high with disordered documents.
Handover lists, equipment depletion reports, transportation schedules.
