Sorry, but it's clear that it's not just the UK problem anymore. So Rupert Doc first held a press conference in New York on August 21 in the name of News Corporation, formally admitting that his negligence led to the outbreak of the wiretapping scandal, apologizing to all the people, and promising that similar things would never be allowed to happen in the future. It is worth noting that Rupert Murdoch uses the term "negligence" to state that he is jointly and severally liable, rather than directly responsible, and James Murdoch becomes the fattest scapegoat – even though he is Rupert Murdoch's biological son, family affection is not paramount in the face of business interests.

Subsequently, Rupert Murdoch held a shareholder meeting on August 23 to pacify the board members. In the end, Rupert Murdoch raced around the world, meeting in various branches, and doing his best to clear the aftermath of the wiretapping scandal.

The incident finally came to an end with James Murdoch, Andy Coulson, Colin Mayer, Rebecca Brooks, and Les Hinton all having to accept the verdict of the court, and as for the verdict, it will have to wait for the verdict after a special hearing in the British Parliament.

News Corp. has shrunk by more than a third of its industries, and its stock price is still hovering in the single digits, and it is slowly declining, getting farther and farther away from the double-digit threshold, and the only consolation is that the downward trend has finally eased. The investigation of News Corp in the United States, Australia, Canada and other regions has not yet ended, and Rupert Murdoch will be busy for a long time to come.

In other words, News Corp. has sacrificed James Murdoch and a third of its industry, and the countless connections it has accumulated over the past three decades, as well as the staggering amount of direct and indirect losses, have finally brought the wiretapping scandal to rest. What could have been a catastrophe that could have brought down News Corp. completely has been turned around by Rupert Murdoch's bloody policies.

Although News Corp. has suffered heavy losses, it will be difficult to recover even within a few years. But it still makes people have to sigh that Sean Hall lost his own life, and relatively speaking, News Corp's loss is not worth mentioning at all. But that's the social reality.

Evan Bell has always been in the north. Jing watched the Olympics, he didn't deliberately pay attention to the dynamics of News Corp., he knew that everything he should have done had been done, and everything he could do for Sean Hall had been done, and the rest depended on the development of the situation. However, judging by the outcome of the matter, it seems that News Corp is not running out of gas, at least within this year, there is no possibility of going out of business. But who would have predicted that things would come to such an outcome? Not even Evan Bell.

In the last life, News Corp. didn't break its bones at all, but after spending a little effort, it settled the matter, which shows the strength of Rupert Murdoch's business for many years. But this time, with the addition of the unknown factor of Evan Bell, News Corp can be said to have hurt the foundation, and there is no way to recover it in three or five years, and the matter is at least twice as much as Evan Bell remembers, but there is still a distance from ruining it. Evan Bell knows he's done his best.

However, it can also be seen from this incident that no matter how strong Studio Eleven is, there is still a very long gap between it and a real big company, and News Corp seems to be completely collapsed at any time in this incident, but the result is still stable, which is the essence of a real big company.

"You're not going to go to London for a funeral?" Eden Hudson called Guò to inquire that he had just flown back to San Francisco from Edinburgh.

Evan Bell shook his head, "Why should I go?" The corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, but a little bitter, "I'm not his friend, we are enemies, this will not change." ”

Eden Hudson is talking about Sean Hall's funeral, and the police still have no way to confirm whether Sean Hale committed suicide or killed him, but Evan Bell feels that it doesn't matter anymore, because even James Murdoch has become a scapegoat, so even if it is found that Sean Hall was murdered, it will not be a problem for News Corp to launch another scapegoat.

Evan Bell remembered his last phone call with Sean Hall, "When we meet again, we're on opposite sides, don't be soft, don't be sympathetic". Evan Bell knows that Sean Hall doesn't need to attend the funeral himself, they are friends and enemies. Sean Hall disdained to go to his funeral, and he was reluctant to attend Shaun Hall's funeral. So, that's enough, watching News Corp go into decay little by little, that's the last bit of correlation between Evan Bell and Sean Hall.

"It's just that there will be a lot less fun in future interviews." Evan Bell whispered.

The outbreak continues, ask for a double monthly pass! Vice Admiral Yoshiki Hirano, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, who had already regarded the US Second Group on Hawaii Island, which had been compressed into a small area, as a meal on his plate, received a telegram from Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet, and began to deploy in the afternoon of the same day to make preparations for the encirclement and annihilation of the US Second Army.

A battle that must be won without suspense, with neither worries nor the threat of fire from the American fleet, Vice Admiral Hirano, is ready to fight this final battle beautifully, with the least casualties and the greatest results, to reflect the capabilities of the Imperial Japanese Army!

Maybe it's in the subconscious, Vice Admiral Hirano has the meaning of competing with Admiral Yamamoto, in the Eastern Pacific Theater, the Navy can fight a beautiful war of annihilation, why can't the Imperial Army? Not only can, but also to play more beautifully and excitingly!

Of course, the premise is that the opponent is already in a desperate situation of being isolated and helpless, and is a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and has no ability to fight back at all, otherwise, Lieutenant General Hirano will never have the courage to come and train his hands with the US Second Army, which still has more than 60,000 troops.

Originally, the Seventh Army had already made a very complete deployment, and as long as it launched an all-out attack on the US troops trapped at the landing site according to the predetermined plan, the time for the end of the battle should not exceed two days, but Lieutenant General Pinghuang obviously did not want to end the Hawaii Island campaign so plainly.

On the afternoon of 4 July, at Pearl Harbor, where the headquarters of the Seventh Army is located, Lieutenant General Hirano held a military meeting, which was attended by the commanders of several divisions under the Seventh Army, brigades and regiments directly under the command, commanders of divisions under command, commanders of artillery groups attached to military units, commanders of military air units, and commanders of combat vehicle units attached to military units.

Obviously, these Japanese generals were full of confidence in the victory they were about to win, and it was already evident from the expressions on their faces, and they all seemed confident and confident!

Lieutenant General Hirano, looking at his subordinates with a smile, his face was full of red light, and said: "Gentlemen, the military meeting held today has only one content, that is, around how to completely annihilate the remnants of the US Second Army in the most wonderful way, for this reason, I order Chief of Staff Nobuto, together with the General Staff, to formulate a detailed plan, and now, I will ask Chief of Staff Nobuto to announce the battle plan!" ”

Major General Nobuto, Chief of Staff, stood up and pulled out the large battlefield situation map that was covered, and said: "Commanders, according to the orders of His Excellency the Commander, the General Staff has formulated an encirclement and annihilation plan codenamed 'Clearer, Operation, and the core gist of the plan is to achieve the best results with the minimum casualties, the 13th and 14th Divisions are the left flank attack troops, the 17th and 18th Divisions are the right flank attack troops, the 19th and 23rd Divisions, the Oshima Brigade and the Kamo Brigade are the frontal attack troops, and the above units, in the evening today, Enter the attack position and launch an attack on all fronts at 5 a.m. tomorrow, July 5! ”

"In addition, the artillery group of Major General Kijiro Officermori's military dependents, before the attack begins, will carry out an hour of covering, indiscriminate shelling, and at the same time, Major General Suzuki's air team, which is responsible for bombing the artillery positions of the US army, and the tank unit to which the tank commander Major General Sasaki belongs, will be divided into three parts to provide cover and close fire support for the attack of the infantry division!"

After Major General Nobuto finished speaking, he looked at Lieutenant General Hirano and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander, the battle plan has been deployed, please advise!" ”

Major General Nobuto said it easily, and the Japanese generals below looked at each other a little, this Chief of Staff Nobuto simply took it for granted, originally, all divisions and regiments were already in the existing attack positions, ready to fight, but as soon as this plan was taken out, it involved several divisions and regiments, adjusting their positions with each other, and the troops of more than 20,000 people, did they say that they would be mobilized?

According to the original deployment, more than 80,000 troops of four divisions and regiments participated in the attack, which is enough, and the space on the battlefield is limited, which is good, and there are more than 100,000 people in six divisions and regiments plus two brigades and regiments at once, is it not necessary! Such a battle plan, His Excellency the Commander can also approve? What a hell of a life!

The reaction of the commanders of each division had long been expected by Lieutenant General Hirano, and in the original plan of Chief of Staff Nobuto, there were no troops from the later two divisions and two brigades to participate in the attack, and it was revised at his own behest.

If you want to enter the sight of the base camp, and if you want the local people to know about Hirano Yoshiki and the Seventh Army, you must take out all your troops in this battle, and make an overwhelming attack to play with momentum

Lieutenant General Hirano stood up and said in a tone of lesson: "I know your inner thoughts, but what I want to tell you is that you still need to fight with all your strength!" What's more, we are facing more than 60,000 American soldiers who are still fighting in a trapped beast, and a bloody battle is inevitable. ”

"I have ordered the press officer to rush back to the mainland by plane, to pick up the reporters of the largest newspapers in the country, to the front line to do local interviews, the reporters will arrive on the island of Hawaii tonight, and tomorrow, they will see the Imperial Japanese Army's first joint attack of infantry, artillery, tank, and air forces!"

"The Imperial Army, we need such a shocking victory, our Seventh Army, even more, in the sky, the Empire's air eagles, fighter planes soaring, on the ground, ten thousand cannons are fired, chariots roar, soldiers are overwhelming, rushing towards the enemy, making the Americans tremble in front of our Imperial Japanese Army! Do you understand my intentions? ”

Lieutenant General Hirano, almost in poetic language, depicts a brutal battle full of poetry and picturesque, Jin Ge Iron Horse, and the Japanese generals below thoroughly understand that His Excellency the Commander of the Dare to Love Family is to show his command skills in front of all the people in the country, not so much that this is a battle, but that this is a personal performance of Lieutenant General Hirano!

Understand the joints, the big guy is not a fool, who doesn't have long eyes to sweep the interest of His Excellency the commander, anyway, this is a battle with almost no suspense, it is good for all the troops to participate, stained with some aura of victory, there are only benefits, there are no harms!

So, the applause rang out warmly, as if he had been infected by the pride and ambition of His Excellency the commander, and the passion was over, but the problems faced were not solved, and the artillery commander, Major General Kijiro Mori, stood up and said: "Report to Your Excellency the commander, the department is very optimistic about your plan, but there is a practical problem that must be solved immediately!" ”

Lieutenant General Hirano's eyes flashed with a hint of unhappiness, and he secretly scolded this guy for not being interesting, if he tried his best to oppose it, then find an opportunity to drive him out of the Seventh Army, but on the surface he still said calmly: "Mori Xijun, if there is any problem, please bring it up, is this a combat meeting!" ”

Major General Kijiro Mori also knew that his words would not please His Excellency the Commander, so he said: "Your Excellency the Commander, during the last attack on the US landing force, the artillery almost used up all the shells, although a batch has been replenished, but the number is far from enough, and each artillery group is not enough for a base number, and I am worried that the intensity of the artillery bombardment is not enough, which will affect the plan of His Excellency the Commander!" ”

Lieutenant General Hirano was relieved, it turned out that Mori Xi this guy was not ruining his own fun, but he had practical difficulties, but he was wrong to blame, he was clear about this matter, so he smiled and said: "Mori Xijun, I appreciate your outspokenness very much, well, the time of the attack will be postponed by one day, changed to five o'clock in the morning on July 6, there are still more than thirty hours to go, I will order the logistics department to replenish the shells you need!" ”

Major General Mori Kijiro said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander, for understanding the difficulties of the department, as long as there are enough shells, the position of the Americans will become the most desolate land, and after the troops of the princes go up, they will only have to clean up the battlefield, and when the time comes, I am afraid that even a complete body of American soldiers will not be found!" Therefore, the Ministry of Labor believes that this campaign is more appropriate to call it 'Destroyer!' ”

Lieutenant General Hirano applauded and laughed, and applauded again and again, "I want the west!" Mori Xijun's construction yì is very good! This campaign to annihilate the U.S. Second Army was changed to 'Destroyer, action, from spirit to **, completely destroy 60,000 American soldiers!' ”

Major General Nobuto, the chief of staff on the side, frowned slightly, and he reminded worriedly: "Your Excellency Commander, just because of the lack of shells, the time of the attack was postponed, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, in case the Americans take any action, for example, desperate counterattack, you just said that the trapped beast is still fighting, if this is really the case, it will bring unnecessary trouble to our campaign, the department thinks that it is enough to have tank troops and air forces!" ”

Lieutenant General Hirano smiled mockingly and asked rhetorically: "Chief of Staff Nobuto, it's unfounded, you mean that the Americans will fight back?" Do they have that kind of courage? Do you have that ability? I'm afraid that what the Americans are thinking about now is how to surrender in order to save their lives, but it's a pity that the Seventh Army does not accept prisoners of war! The Empire's precious grain will not be used to feed a herd of American pigs! ”

It seems to be ridiculous and seems to rob white, this is still based on Major General Nobuto, who has followed him for many years, if he is replaced by other generals, Lieutenant General Hirano will definitely say more bitter words than this, obviously, this is a childish almost intolerable worry!

Major General Nobuto swallowed a mouthful of saliva, lowered his head, and no longer bored himself, Lieutenant General Hirano looked at his subordinates and said: "Just follow the plan, go back and prepare, Mori Kikun, I have bought you more than a day to prepare, I don't want reporters to see things that shouldn't be seen!" ”

The Japanese generals stood up and shouted in unison: "Hayi! Please rest assured, Your Excellency, that the department will do its best! ”

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