Even to skeptical Old China Hands, this warxachine appeared much more formidable than anything Chiang Kai-shek had possessed before the Japanese war when he was the undisputed ruler of China.

• 就连多疑的老中国通也认为，蒋介石现在的军事力量看来比抗日战争前当他是中国无可争议的统治者时还要强大得多。