Chapter 163: Undercurrent

There has been an undercurrent in the base city of Kyoto, and even the most insensitive people can sense that something is going to happen, and it must have something to do with the war in the commercial capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

At the beginning, all the media believed that the 24th Army would definitely sweep through Shangdu with a devastating posture and exterminate nearly 10 million zombies entrenched in it. Some optimists even believe that the war will end before most of the 24th Army reaches Yuzhou Province, because the land-based ICBM forces will be the first to plow Shangdu into a scorched earth with missiles.

After the 24th Army set out on the expedition, I don't know whether it was because of the lack of information on the front line or because the government concealed it, the Kyoto base city once lost the news about the battle in Shangdu.

The days of silence did not last long, and an explosive piece of news came out -- the war in Shangdu was unfavorable, the missiles failed, the air raids were fruitless, and the war was in a stalemate, but the 24th Army still took the initiative.

Immediately after this news was revealed, the news of the dismissal of the person in charge of the media concerned, the rest of the media collectively lost their voices, and public opinion fell silent again. Although there is no official news, the public continues to ferment in private and on the Internet, with indignation, fear, and optimism.

After half a month, the federal government finally spoke, and the "Kyoto Base City Daily" exclusively published relevant battlefield documentary literature, and carried out an all-round narrative report on the commander of the 24th Army's anti-aircraft artillery brigade, and completely created a heroic image of a decisive decision and the rest of his life with a full two pages.

Everyone didn't pay much attention to this senior colonel brigade commander named Wu Junming, and they were concerned about other information revealed in the report -- the encirclement and suppression had completely failed, and the 24th Army was surrounded by a tide of corpses.

Without waiting for everyone to analyze and speculate, the "Catastrophe Counterattack News" published a column article, which described in detail the war process of the 24th Army after it entered Yuzhou Province, and estimated the battle losses of the 24th Army.

The 60 percent battle losses have greatly stimulated the sensitive nerves of the residents of the base city, and the commentators of the current news column sharply criticized the improper command of the military headquarters of the 24 th Army, and even put forward the slogan of abolishing the 24 th Army in the whole structure.

Upon hearing the news, the media from all sides released the latest war records and commentators' articles. The holographic recording materials brought back by the disabled soldiers of the 24th Army have become a sought-after commodity, and the vast tide of corpses in the holographic video has once again aroused the fear of zombies among the residents of the base city, and they realize that the base city of Kyoto may not be a paradise, and it is likely to fall like Shencheng under the siege of tens of millions of corpses.

Pessimism and defeatism spread throughout the base city, and some residents began to demonstrate spontaneously to the Capitol to denounce the crackdown. These people claimed that the tide of corpses in the Shangdu area was likely to disperse to the base cities, causing even greater losses.

As the saying goes, laymen look at the bustle, insiders look at the doorway, and discerning people have long seen the key problems exposed in a series of reports.

In the last days, the original media enterprises of the Federation disappeared with the arrival of the catastrophe, and now all the media in the base city are controlled by the federal government. All media outlets have always been on the same page on mainstream issues and have acted as a voice for the federal government. But this time it is obviously different, most of the media are faintly divided into two factions, competing with each other to dismantle the stage, and the views held are very different, and there are many small media fishing in troubled waters, stirring up public opinion.

The Kyoto Base City Daily is the main media outlet of the federal government's news agency and has a strong influence on the military, while the Havoc Strikes Back News is part of the Combat Readiness Committee and has a strong military background. The disagreement between the two major media on the war in Shangdu can almost be regarded as a divergence of interests between some factions in the government and some factions in the military.

The reports on the surface are still dominated by comments from all sides, and there is very little news on current affairs, and it seems that all parties are waiting for decisive hard material.

Only when the two infantry divisions and other second-line troops trapped in Yuanling were completely surrounded and annihilated by the tide of corpses, the main responsible persons of the operational command and the 24th Army entered Beijing for interrogation, and all the recorders of the whole army were handed over to the Zhanhong giant machine for analysis and calculation, can the dust settle in the battle in Shangdu and the responsibilities of all parties be basically delineated. just

The Combat Readiness Committee building is still the office at the east end, but this time it was replaced by an old man with gray hair. The old man was extremely thin, and his military uniform looked empty on him, and only the two rows of dazzling military medals on his left chest made him look particularly energetic.

The original owner of the office, a bald middle-aged man, stood in front of the old man and said cautiously, "This situation is indeed an accident, but don't worry, the development of the situation has not exceeded expectations, and everything is still under the control of the bureau." ”

The old man's voice was a little hoarse, "Really? So I came to you without even changing my clothes, am I making a big fuss about it? ”

The bald middle-aged man was sweating a little on his forehead, he knew that the old man was one of the top people in the pyramid of federal power, not to mention coming to his office in person, even if he called him, it was enough to make the commanders of many group armies below envious.

This time, the old man came to his office alone regardless of the impact, needless to say, he must have been extremely angry in his heart.

At the moment, the bald middle-aged man said steadily, "Don't say that, it's just that my nephew is really stupid, and I ask you to point out the tricks." ”

Hearing the word "nephew", although the old man's expression remained unchanged, his sharp eyes obviously eased a little.

The bald middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly poured tea and handed it over, "You taste it, this is the best red robe specially left by my nephew." ”

"Don't take this to interrupt, Jijiang, you first talk about your judgment and analysis." The old man took a sip of tea, and his eyes softened a little, this is indeed the best big red robe produced by the six mother trees on the cliff of Wuyi Mountain in Haixi Province.

Wu Jijiang, a bald middle-aged man, said in a low voice, "The combat command is far behind, and under the premise that the communication equipment fails, it cannot obtain the battle situation in front in time, which is unavoidable by anyone who is the commander." It would be very unreasonable to blame the operational command for making a mistake in decision-making. The responsibility for the defeat of the Shangdu war must be borne by the 24th Army. It's just that there is one point, the Ministry of Security has been eyeing this matter for a long time, and the military department of the 24th Army also has their people, and if they don't find someone with weight to explain, they will definitely not be able to get by. So what I mean is that Jing Hai is only going to be in trouble this time. ”

The old man nodded slowly, his face was heavy, "Jinghai, this kid, I said him a long time ago, you should be steady in your work, don't be in a hurry." I didn't expect him to make such a big mistake, the national law is ruthless, since he has done something wrong, he should take responsibility. ”

Wu Jijiang knew that he had made the right bet again, although Lu Jinghai was the son-in-law of the old man, he had always disliked the old man. After his daughter died, the old man even thought that Lu Jinghai had not fulfilled his duty of care. In the past two years, under Lu Jinghai's intentions, the old man began to gradually value him, and even handed over such a big fat difference to him. It's just that no one expected that the war in Shangdu would end up like this.

The commander of the encirclement and suppression operation in Shangdu is Wu Xianye, the second son of the old man, and the son-in-law has no son, so he proposed to throw the pot to Lu Jinghai to protect Wu Xianye, which seems to be in line with the old man's mind. Thinking of this, Wu Jijiang couldn't help but feel a little sad, compared to the old man's parents and grandchildren, his nephew is actually an outsider, maybe Lu Jinghai's today is his own tomorrow.