Chapter 1,347 Opening the Military Camp

Outside the military base in Yokosuka City, police cars were lined up. Policemen in explosion-proof uniforms pulled up yellow strips around the road at the entrance of the base, holding batons and explosion-proof shields and standing ready. The police chief of Yokosuka City personally stood at the front of the team, shouting to the emotional demonstrators, calling on the people to remain calm and preventing the protesting crowd from continuing to advance to the door.

"Citizens of Yokosuka, please stay calm! Don't believe the rumors on the Internet! The Prime Minister has contacted the US Ambassador and asked the United States to give a reasonable explanation on this matter! Please believe us, believe the Prime Minister! He will definitely give it to you A satisfactory answer..."

Holding a loudspeaker, Sheriff Fujiyama looked at the indignant crowd with sweat on his face.

He has been a policeman for more than 20 years. During this period, he has encountered many situations where people surrounded military bases, but the number of people usually did not exceed 500. After all, the military base in Yokosuka is close to Tokyo. Naval units are stationed here, and aircraft that disturb people like the Osprey are generally deployed in Yokota and Okinawa.

But now, looking around, the black crowd can hardly be seen. According to a rough estimate, there are more than 10,000 protesters surrounding the entrance of the military base. This was the first time he had encountered a situation like this in his more than 20 years of police career.

Sheriff Fujiyama, who was holding a bullhorn, almost shouted until he was hoarse, but the protesters obviously didn't buy it.

"You can only speak for Americans anyway, right?"

"Kneel down! Apologize!"

"Get out of Yokosuka City! Get out with your virus! The citizens of Yokosuka City are not your guinea pigs!"

Just as Chief Fujiyama looked anxiously at the people who started to push the police, the checkpoint at the entrance of the military base finally raised the blocking pole. A Humvee slowly drove out of the military base, parked behind a wall of U.S. Marines, took the loudspeaker from an officer, and shouted to the crowd.

"Please be quiet!"

The harsh sound shook the eardrums of the protesters in the front row, and for a moment it drowned out the slogans of the protesting crowd. Many people have stopped talking, lowered their raised fists, and stared at the man standing at the door, waiting for his next words.

"I am Thomas, Commander of the Seventh Fleet. You may recognize my face, or you may know nothing about me. But these are not important. What is important is that I stand here on behalf of all the U.S. troops stationed in Japan at the Yokosuka Military Base to express my gratitude to Citizens of Yokosuka City, respond sincerely." After reading this sentence in jerky Japanese, Thomas glanced at the speech script in his hand marked with Roman accent and continued.

“Some photos and irresponsible reports circulated on the Internet,

It may have caused you misunderstanding. Here, I would like to issue a statement on behalf of the United States. Those are all groundless accusations. We will hold those who spread the rumors accountable through legal channels! "

There were boos from the crowd.

Obviously, the citizens of Yokosuka are not satisfied with the Americans' arrogant reply. What they need is a reasonable explanation, not

Thomas coughed slightly, turned the speech to the next page, and continued.

"I declare once again that the US military stationed in Japan has never received Takeda Pharmaceutical's servers, and has never assisted the CIA in collecting information related to the T-virus."

"In order to prove our innocence, we are willing to open the military base to the media, and the process of investigation and evidence collection will be broadcast live to the outside world. Whether you believe us or not, you should always believe your own eyes..."

The boos outside the military base gradually subsided.

There were strange expressions on everyone's faces, wondering if they heard correctly.

Open military bases?

Live broadcast of the investigation and evidence collection process in real time?

Is this still a Yankee thing?

It's so abnormal...

Many people have hesitantly lowered their raised hands and slowly lowered the signs in their hands. Thomas's speech already gave them a hint of hesitation. If the Americans really hid the server containing the T-Virus data, would they dare to open the door to the military base so generously?

"Who can guarantee that the servers we see are the same ones as those in the photos?" At this moment, a loud voice sounded from the crowd, "Who can guarantee that you will not have switched those servers during this period?"

"We can guarantee that many of the servers you saw in that room are placed there, and even the placement direction has not changed." Thomas immediately responded to the voice, "After discovering the rumors on the Internet, , we immediately sealed the room, and no one touched the server inside. Our surveillance video can prove this, and anyone who has doubts is welcome to come and check."

Having said this, many people have been moved by Thomas's "sincerity".

To be honest, many Japanese people have already suffered from Stockholm syndrome when facing the US military stationed in Japan. All along, American soldiers who committed crimes in Japan were sent back to the United States, tried in U.S. military courts, and then quickly acquitted.

Now, Americans are willing to open military bases to prove their innocence, which makes them feel a kind of warm care like spring from their father. After all, this attitude of openly expressing one's position and allowing the media to come in to investigate and collect evidence is simply unprecedented!

Of course, the premise of all trust here is based on the fact that everything Thomas said is true, and those servers have nothing to do with Takeda Pharmaceuticals and the T-Virus. As long as the final inspection results come out and the Americans are indeed suspected of collecting T-virus data, their protest stance will remain the same.

However, before the inspection began, the vast majority of the protesters present believed Thomas' confident statement...

The Yankees really weren't kidding.

After Thomas' speech, two civilian officials, escorted by U.S. soldiers, came to the media's broadcast truck and began to arrange matters related to checking the server.

After all, it is a military facility, and it is definitely impossible for a large group of people to enter, so only ten media outlets were selected and allowed to enter.

In this case, the question of who to choose is crucial.

If the American media were chosen, no one would be convinced.

Perhaps out of confidence that the problem will never be detected, only two of the named media outlets are from the United States, and even two Chinese media outlets that may be on their opposite side have been included in the list.

After the list was announced, all civil society representatives present expressed no objection.

In addition to the four major news agencies, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Xinhua News Agency, and the Associated Press, there are also equally influential media such as BBC, CTV, etc. As far as the list is concerned, the Yankees did not play dirty tricks this time. .

As for whether it was obvious...

It will be announced when the test results come out.

The unusually cooperative attitude of the U.S. military made everyone in the audience look forward to the defeat of the Americans, and their faces darkened. No one, including Sumitomo Kenichi and representatives of all anti-US military civilian groups, expected that the Americans would be so cooperative. Because usually even if they are on the disadvantaged side of public opinion, they will just go down unreasonably.

However, this time, they actually just... cooperated?

Sumitomo Kenichi anxiously picked up the phone and dialed Jiang Chen's number.

As soon as the call was connected, he hurriedly spoke.

"The United States has opened its military camps..."

"I know, what next?"

Then what?

Jiang Chen's lazy answer made Sumitomo Kenichi stunned.

"Do you think I'm betting that they will never compromise, never open the military barracks, and carry this bowl of dirty water from Yokosuka all the way back to Los Angeles?"

"……Is not it?"

When he said this, Sumitomo Kenichi had a strange expression on his face, because Jiang Chen had already finished what he wanted to say.

"Use your brain and think about it," Jiang Chen sighed softly. Just as he was about to say something, he changed the subject and said with a smile, "Forget it, let me explain this scene to you. Just sit in the audience and continue watching."

Leaving behind the confused Sumitomo Kenichi and those last words, Jiang Chen hung up the phone.