Chapter 1347 (1/2)
Outside the hengxuhe military base, police cars lined up in a line. The police in explosion-proof clothing pulled up yellow strips around the road at the entrance of the base, holding batons and explosion-proof shields. The police chief of Yokosuka City personally stood in the front of the line, shouting to the agitated protestors, appealing to the people to stay calm and stop the protestors from moving forward to the door.
”Citizens of Yokosuka, please keep calm! Don't believe rumors on the Internet! The prime minister has contacted the US ambassador and asked the US side to make a reasonable explanation on this matter! Please believe us, Mr Prime Minister! He will certainly give you a satisfactory answer... ”
Holding a loudspeaker, Fujiyama police chief looked at the indignant crowd with sweat.
He has been a police officer for more than 20 years. During this period, he also encountered the situation that many people surrounded military bases, but the number of people was not more than 500. After all, Yokosuka's military base is close to Tokyo, where naval units are stationed, while disturbing aircraft like Osprey are generally deployed in Yokota and Okinawa.
Now, looking around, the dark crowd can hardly see the edge. Roughly speaking, there are more than 10000 protestors surrounding the gate of the military base. In his more than 20 years of police career, he encountered such a situation for the first time.
Sergeant Fujiyama, who carried his trumpet, almost hoarse, but the protestors apparently didn't buy it.
”You can only help Americans speak, anyway?”
”Kneel down! Thank you
”Get out of Yokosuka! Get out with your virus! The citizens of Yokosuka are not your experimental objects! ”
Just as Sergeant Tengshan anxiously watched the people who started pushing and shoving the police, the guard post at the gate of the military base finally raised the bar. A Hummer pulled out of the military base, stopped behind a wall of U.S. Marines, took a loudspeaker from an officer and called out to the crowd.
”Please be quiet!”
The harsh voice shocked the eardrums of the front row protestors, and for a time even overshadowed the slogans of the protestors. Many people have stopped talking, put down their high fists and stare at the man standing at the door, waiting for his next word.
”I am Thomas, commander of the seventh fleet. You may know my face or you may not know me. But these are not important. What is important is that I stand here to make a sincere response to the citizens of Yokosuka on behalf of all the US troops stationed in Japan at Yokosuka military base. ” Reading this sentence in raw Japanese, Thomas looked at the speech with Romanization in his hand and continued.
”Some photos and irresponsible reports circulating on the Internet may have caused your misunderstanding. Here, I would like to make a statement on behalf of the US side that those accusations are groundless, and we will investigate the responsibility of the rumor makers through legal channels! ”
There were boos from the crowd.
Obviously, the citizens of Yokosuka are not satisfied with the Americans' high spirited reply. What they need is a reasonable explanation, not
Thomas coughed slightly, turned the speech to the next page, and then said.
”I would like to state once again that the U.S. military in Japan has never received Takeda's servers, nor has it assisted the CIA in collecting T virus related information.”
”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 to the outside world in real time. Whether you believe us or not, you should always believe in your own eyes... ”
The booing outside the military base gradually faded.
There were strange expressions on all people's faces, wondering if they had heard me wrong.
Opening military bases?
Real time live broadcast of investigation and evidence collection process?
Is this still American?
It's abnormal
Many people have hesitated to put down their hands, and slowly dropped the signs in their hands. Thomas's speech has made them hesitant. If Americans really hide the server with T virus data, would they dare to open the door of military base so generously?
”Who can guarantee that we see the same batch of servers and photos?” Just then, a loud voice sounded from the crowd, ”who can guarantee that you won't swap those servers in this period of time?”
”We can make sure that many of the servers you see in that room are there, and there is no change in the orientation of the servers.” Thomas immediately responded to the voice, ”after discovering the rumors on the Internet, we immediately blocked the room and no one touched the server inside. Our surveillance video can prove this, and anyone who doubts it is welcome to come and verify it. ”