Blackstone Code Chapter 1220: White lie
At 9:45 a.m. federal time, the Imperial Minister Penggio was in the Pongio consulate. Minister Penggio held a press conference to the federal society.
In front of many federal reporters and even the world's reporters, he attacked the federal government's utterly stupid decision, and made things difficult for Pongio's search and rescue team on the grounds that "the federal government obstructed the Pongio Empire to find the missing nobles". And there was friction.
The friction escalated yesterday and turned into a small-scale battle that eventually cost the Federation thousands of deaths!
Then the federal stock market plummeted, and some defense stocks created a terrible disaster that plunged 30% in the morning!
No way, Minister Pengio seems to be showing off how weak the Federation's army is, and he doesn't even have the ability to be the opponent of Penzio's army!
People will not believe that Minister Penggio is lying, and there is no room for lies in this kind of international incident. It will only become a scandal for a person's life, and a scandal for a country!
Then some media reported the news that at least tens of thousands of troops had been mobilized and boarded and left the port a few days ago. After the news announced by Minister Penggio today, these news were used as a kind of corroboration.
Immediately after, some more appalling news began to spread, such as the news of the annihilation of the 15th and 17th Army Division, and in short, the battle was bad.
Some people couldn't wait to jump out to make a conclusion about this military action, and they even pointed the finger at Mr. President!
Yes, many people may not realize that Mr. President's term is about to end!
In other words, there is still a year and a half left, and the general election is about to begin...
Because the ministers of the Pontgio Empire released a lot of information, the federal government was in a passive state. At 11:00 in the morning, the Presidential Palace held a press conference.
The press officer acknowledged the "friction" between the Federation and the Pontgio Empire at the press conference, and acknowledged that the "friction" was rapidly escalating.
But he said, everything is still under control!
It's not so easy for the federal reporters present, the international reporters, to be perfunctory.
Someone stood up and asked a question that the press officer could not answer
"If the Federals had the upper hand in the battle, why didn't you announce the situation first and try to hide it? Can we think that the loss of the Federation is much greater than what you announced?"
This question...it's actually very unreasonable, it's as unreasonable as "you must be trying to hide and deceive me if you don't tell me".
Although it is unreasonable, the people believe this judgment. You don't tell us because the real situation is worse than what you say.
The press officer didn't know much about the inside story. He just got a press release, a Q&A, and some core content.
He didn't know how to answer the question, and just as he was about to look "I don't know, you might be right", Mr. Trueman turned on the microphone.
"Actually, we annihilated the Pengio army more than we lost, and the reason why we are reluctant to release these data to the society is that we do not want to let the friction continue to escalate!"
In one sentence, everyone's attention turned to Mr. Truman.
He lowered his head, was looking at a piece of data, and then read out the contents of the document, "...As of 18:00 p.m. on xx, xx, about 2,000 enemies will be eliminated in battle. ..."
"...As of 18:00 p.m. on xx, xx, about 3,500 enemies will be eliminated in battle..."
He raised his head as he spoke, waved the material in his hand, and put it back, "This material, which should not have been disclosed to you, tells us that we have wiped out about 8,000 people in three days. enemy!"
Immediately, a reporter stood up, and the press officer looked at Mr. Truman, meaning "whether to let this **** **** ask questions" and "whether to kick him out", Mr. Truman shook his head slightly.
This news is too "popular", and if they don't answer their questions now, they will definitely make up their own in order to seek the attention of the audience and the so-called "first news time".
Some people, especially some people in the Commonwealth, always hope that the Federal Government will be unlucky, and these people have always had problems with their minds.
Instead of letting them scribble the specifics of that battle according to their own ideas, confounding right and wrong and black and white, it is better to release some official information.
Mr. Trueman's hand is holding a red pen and is drawing a box in the upper left corner of a white sheet of paper. Yes, the document he just held up, or the document he is looking at, has a word on it. No, it's just a blank sheet of paper.
But he had to do it, and it wasn't a deception, it was a strategy.
In order to make everything more real, he must draw a "top secret" document by hand as soon as possible.
Generally, top-secret documents consist of a "box" and a single word "top-secret". He looked at the reporter who stood up calmly.
"Mr. Truman, if we have achieved amazing results in battle, why are we sending at least 50,000 to 60,000 more troops to Nagalil?"
You stand in front of a group of people, and if there are only a few people in the group, you can see through it at a glance.
If there are a dozen people here, you might want to count them.
If there are dozens of people here, you can only make a rough guess.
If there are hundreds of people here, thousands of people, you may only think there are three or five hundred people here.
If there are thousands of people standing together, people's first impression is one or two thousand people.
On the issue of "number of people", people always subconsciously compress their cognition, which is caused by people's ignorance.
In fact, there were 100,000 troops rushed to Nagalil, but people couldn't count them, they only thought that it was 50,000 or 60,000 people.
This question is also very critical, but Mr. Truman has already had a psychological plan, and he answered it quickly, "Because we don't want to let the friction heat up, we are still rational, but we have to prevent our The opponent loses his mind and does something terrible."
"They went to Nagalil not to make up for losses from previous battles, but to prevent a larger battle from breaking out."
"We promise here that we will try our best not to spread the scope of the battle and not escalate the battle, but if the Pontgio Empire tries to challenge our bottom line, we don't recommend going to war with them at this time!"
The flashing lights became more intense, and people stood up to ask Mr. Truman. Among the many questions, the most common question was "Do you mean to declare war on the Pongio Empire?"
The conference room is completely boiling. If the Federation declares war on the Pongio Empire, it is very likely that World War II will break out!
You must know that the World Development Committee has not been established for a long time. If a large-scale military operation is held now, it must be 24 countries together. This is not a world war, so what is a world war?
Finally, Mr. Truman raised his hand and pressed his hand, stood up and replied, "This is not a declaration of war, it is just a warning, a warning to our opponents!"
"The Federation has never been afraid of war. If you want to fight, you must prepare for a full-scale war!"
He said that he packed his things, got up and left. I don't know if he was in a hurry. A corner of the document was exposed outside the folder, and the signature "Top Secret" was printed in bright red.
This scene was filmed by many reporters. In the supplement or supplement issued in the afternoon, this photo with the header of the "top secret" document was quoted in order to increase the authenticity.
After returning to the office, Mr. Trueman was sitting in his chair. He was waiting for a message, a good news from the front!
At the same time, the first bombing squadron took off, and a total of thirteen planes flew towards the predetermined location. After ten minutes, the second squadron took off, and then the third squadron...
A total of 104 aircraft in eight formations, carrying 208 cluster bombs, tens of thousands of small fragmentation bombs will explode within the bombing range, no matter where they hide.
In the woods, on the tidal flats, and even in the river, these bombings cannot be completely avoided, and the bombing is continuous!
When the plane just flew over the designated spot, the sound of "tongtongtong" from the cannon suddenly sounded in the woods, dull and full of power!
One after another machine shells shot into the air, and before a bomber could drop the bomb~IndoMTL.com~, it was hit on the fuselage.
The bomber was smoking and began to "bow its head". The pilot desperately and angry wanted to pull up, but apparently there was a problem with the transmission, and he couldn't control the plane's lift.
In his last desperation, he opened the bomb bay and threw both cluster bombs out in one fell swoop!
The first plane fell with a huge fire.
"Up, fast, up!"
The radio communication was full of panic orders. The Pengios knew that the Federation had an absolute advantage in the plane, so they were equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft guns.
The entire jungle seemed to be shaking and shaking, and countless cannonballs blazed into the sky from under the canopy.
Because of the occlusion of the tree canopies, the pilots could not capture where the anti-aircraft guns were at all, and could only bombard them slightly in advance.
One after another, the planes crashed, and a feast of explosions and blood began with the dropping of cluster bombs!
The falling plane will burst into flames, and with the bombardment like an earthquake, the dense forest will be destroyed in pieces!
The bombing lasted for more than three hours. Except for the cluster bombs used at the beginning, the subsequent use of ordinary aerial bombs.
Some people may think that this is "revenge", but it is not, or can be.
After all, when Lynch and the Ministry of Defense settle their bills, they calculate the money based on the number of takeoffs and the number of bombs dropped. If you keep the plane parked at the airport, you won't make much money!