Chapter 378 A feint shot
Chapter 378 A feint
The weather in Seoul in March is unpredictable.
According to yesterday's weather forecast, today was supposed to be cloudy without rain, but just after ten o'clock in the morning, with a gust of south wind, dense raindrops began to fall.
In the master bedroom on the second floor of the Renwangshan Villa, An Rushong, wearing pajamas, stood quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the raindrops falling densely on the glass window.
Perhaps affected by the thrilling attack last night, An Rushong did not sleep well that night. Intermittent nightmares kept bothering him, but every time he woke up, he could not remember the content of the dream very clearly.
From time to time, there were ping-pong sounds coming from outside the living room of the bedroom. Those were the hired workers repairing the floor-to-ceiling windows of the second bedroom next door. An Rushong didn't need to go out to see, he knew that there were at least six bodyguards guarding the corridor between the master bedroom and the second bedroom.
To be honest, after Brandon's reminder last night, An Rusong also suspected that this attack was planned by Leonard, or at least it should be related to him. But seeing this guy's cautious attitude, he wondered if he was being too suspicious.
Influenced by the attack last night, Leonard took it upon himself to arrange 16 armed bodyguards for the villa. Of course, these bodyguards are temporary and will be withdrawn after the drug trafficking incident of the US troops stationed in South Korea is over. At that time, An Rusong's security will still be his responsibility.
An Rushong is very brave, but also very afraid of death. No matter who planned the attack last night, he is now considering increasing the number of security personnel.
Considering the good cooperative relationship with Blackwater, An Rushong planned to hand over the work of adding new bodyguards to the other party. It would be best to let the other party arrange some people who can cooperate tacitly with Luo Minzhi and the others. After all, he was very satisfied with the work of Luo Minzhi and the others.
The sound of "tapping" footsteps could be vaguely heard outside the door. It was the sound of high heels hitting the terrazzo floor. An Rushong guessed that if nothing unexpected happened, it should be Jenny who came.
Sure enough, a moment later, the half-closed door was pushed open from the outside, and Jenny, dressed in a black suit, walked in quickly.
"There's some noise over at Longshan," the woman said impatiently as she walked into the room. She closed the door behind her, then quickly walked to the coffee table in the middle of the living room, picked up the remote control, and turned on the TV.
"I got the news that the military police at the Yongsan base took action and detained at least six soldiers," Jenny said excitedly while adjusting the TV station with the remote control.
It was not just An Rusong who was on the front line who had a hard time during this period. Jenny, who chose to completely surrender to Leonard, also had a hard time. To be precise, with the overall situation undecided, everyone had a hard time.
The TV screen quickly froze on a program on SBS TV, which was broadcasting an interview with a South Korean military major.
This major officer served at the Yongsan base. Yes, although the Yongsan base is the location of the US Forces Korea headquarters, the entire base is not only staffed by American soldiers. There are also a certain number of South Korean troops stationed there, but their command belongs to the US Forces Korea headquarters.
The major officer interviewed by the reporter in the program belongs to the Military Police Battalion of Yongsan Base. The so-called Military Police Battalion of Yongsan Base is actually the "Military Police Headquarters" responsible for the discipline of the entire US military stationed in South Korea. The battalion headquarters of the Military Police Battalion is located in Yongsan Base, but the four military police companies belonging to the battalion are located in several US military bases in South Korea.
The military police company commanded by Major Brandon is stationed at the Yongsan base. His company should be considered a direct subsidiary of the military police battalion. It is precisely because of this that Brandon's military rank is one level higher.
On TV, a South Korean military major was introducing reporters to the interview on behalf of the Yongsan base military police battalion. In the interview, he claimed that the military police battalion launched an operation overnight and arrested six US military officers and soldiers stationed in South Korea suspected of being involved in drug trafficking. The highest-ranking one among them even had the rank of major.
In the interview, the major also declared that the military police of the US Army in South Korea has been paying attention to the drug trafficking of soldiers for some time and has been actively conducting in-depth and detailed investigations. So far, the military police have obtained certain information and have taken prompt action. According to the South Korean major, although the Status of Forces Agreement in South Korea grants the US Army in South Korea some extraterritoriality, this privilege is not unlimited. The so-called acts that are not subject to South Korean judicial punishment do not include major criminal cases such as drug trafficking.
Therefore, in the future, the US military in South Korea will actively cooperate with the South Korean military prosecutor's office to conduct a more in-depth investigation into the drug trafficking scandal involving US troops in South Korea until the case is thoroughly investigated.
After the news interview was broadcast, SBS TV station gave a comprehensive review of the entire scandal, including the fact that the scandal was first exposed by the news pop-up window of NGN software, and the incident in which An Rushong, the chairman of NGN company, was attacked at his home last night.
Yes, early this morning, the incident of An Rushong being shot in his new villa was reported on the news. Not only did major TV stations and radio stations report on the incident, but major newspapers in South Korea also published the news.
To put it bluntly, the whole of South Korea now knows that An Rushong was attacked last night, and it can even be said that the whole world knows about it.
The incident of the attack was not first announced by An Rushong through the NGN news pop-up window, but it was JTBC that first broadcast this explosive news in the form of a rolling insert late last night.
As the chairman of NGN, An Rushong was the first person to announce the drug trafficking scandal involving US troops in South Korea. Over the past period of time, he has been at the center of the vortex created by this scandal. Therefore, when he was attacked at this critical juncture, and the attacker even used a sniper rifle, any normal-minded person would link this attack to the US troops in South Korea.
This is indeed the case. Early this morning, public opinion related to An Rushong's attack flooded the entire Internet. On the Yahoo News hot list, more than half of the entries were related to this topic and An Rushong himself.
Before the attack, although the vast majority of people on the Korean Internet supported NGN for exposing the drug trafficking of US troops stationed in South Korea, some people held a negative view of An Rusong. Their reason was that NGN spread such news without providing any evidence, which would inevitably undermine the alliance between the United States and South Korea.
That's right, in Korean society, there are always some people who are staunch supporters of the United States. In the eyes of these people, without the United States as an ally, the Republic of Korea would not exist for a day, so the United States is the savior of the Republic of Korea and the savior of the Korean people. No matter what time it is, Koreans should be grateful and should be in awe and gratitude to the American father.
With this mentality in place, no matter what the United States has done to the Republic of Korea, no matter what crimes the US troops stationed in South Korea have committed, the South Korean government and the people should not raise any questions, let alone jump out to oppose or condemn. Otherwise, it would be a sign of ungratefulness and a desire to lead the Republic of Korea to destruction.
All kidding aside, there are indeed many people in South Korea who have this kind of slave mentality. Those who support the conservatives are generally like this. If not, President Yoon would not have so many supporters in An Rusong's previous world.
So, don’t use the Chinese mentality to measure the thoughts of other countries, because the more you think about it, the more dizzy you will become.
"This may be Major Brandon's way of dealing with the situation," An Rusong yawned after patiently reading the news, and said lazily, "It seems that he has a deep prejudice against Colonel Leonard. Even at this moment, he is unwilling to really take a good stand."
What Jenny saw in the news was that the military police had finally taken action, and it seemed that they were going to take ruthless action against the drug-dealing American soldiers. But in An Rusong's view, the military police had only raised one foot and made a false move to take a step. As long as the situation was not right, or in other words, Leonard's side did not really take the initiative, they could always retract their foot.
How did An Rusong figure this out? It's simple. If the military police really wanted to take action, the one who stood up for the interview today would not be a Korean major, but a real American military police officer. Now, the Korean major who stood up to express his position is, to put it bluntly, a chess piece that can be thrown out and sacrificed at any time. If the military police want to regret it, they just need to remain silent. As for the status of the Korean soldiers mentioned by the Korean major in the US military stationed in South Korea? Why does he speak on behalf of the US military stationed in South Korea?
Therefore, this piece of news, which seemed quite exciting to Jenny, actually did not have much value in An Rushong's eyes. Its emergence could only be said to be a sign that the U.S. military stationed in South Korea had already experienced a certain degree of division when facing external pressure.
However, this rift is not very deep and has not reached the point where it cannot be bridged. The final decisive factor will still depend on the game in Washington.
Yes, An Rusong saw it clearly. What can really determine the future direction of the US military in South Korea is not the public opinion in South Korea, or even the public opinion in the world. The so-called drug trafficking scandal of the US military in South Korea can only play a supporting role in the struggle for the leadership of the US military in South Korea. The Pentagon and Washington have always played a decisive role.
As the world's number one power for decades and the only superpower in the world today, when has America ever cared about other people's opinions?
(End of this chapter)