Chapter 443 Why the Amnesty Failed
The murder of Tanaka Shigehiro did not actually cause much response among the opposition groups.
Because the people that Tanaka Zhihong has won over are only a small group.
Ichiro Kobayashi had Tanaka Zhihong's crimes made public, and everyone has their own judgment in their hearts.
Some people may also think that Tanaka Zhihong is just a victim of internal strife.
Struggle is inevitable everywhere.
Where there are people, there will be struggle.
To judge who is good and who is bad in the struggle, we must look at their respective positions and starting points. Whoever stands on the side of the country and the general public is just.
Of course, the vast majority of the opposition to the foot basin trusts Ichiro Kobayashi.
As people from Tanaka Zhihong's side came forward to expose Tanaka Zhihong:
This person embezzled public funds, colluded with the authorities in Jiaoben, and even had connections with Ying.
This person hopes to sell out the entire opposition force for his own benefit and advantage.
This is a bit outrageous.
After the incident caused by Tanaka Zhihong, the opposition forces in Jiaoben not only did not fall apart, but became more united.
By the way, after Snyder issued a wanted bounty for Ichiro Kobayashi, he has been working with Department C to try to find Ichiro Kobayashi.
As mentioned before, the infiltration of Department C in the foot basin is simply thrilling.
It has people in all key institutions in the basin.
However, it is quite difficult for it to infiltrate the core departments of the opposition forces.
People from Department C also tried to infiltrate quietly and then instigate a rebellion.
However, once they sneak into a group, they will soon be discovered.
As the saying goes, a fox cannot hide its tail, and their behavior after joining the opposition group will soon arouse the suspicion of the organization.
The leaders of the opposition forces will immediately investigate these people.
Almost without exception, they would soon be discovered to be spies.
These spies suffered a miserable end. Basically, they were executed once they were caught.
Of course, they would be beaten several times before being shot.
Snyder was aware of the split within the opposition forces.
Tanaka even spoke to Snyder on the phone.
When the two were talking on the phone, Snyder patted his chest and promised Tanaka Zhihong that as long as he captured Kobayashi Ichiro and handed him over to Snyder's people, Snyder would reward Tanaka Zhihong with 100 million dollars, and would also help Tanaka Zhihong to go to Giant Eagle and become a rich man in due course.
If Zhihong Tanaka can cooperate to put down this resistance in the Foot Basin, Zhihong Tanaka will receive another reward of 100 million dollars. At the same time, Giant Eagle will assist him in entering the Foot Basin political arena and support him to directly become the Prime Minister.
This promise is quite explosive.
Snyder felt that according to Tanaka Zhihong, he had a high position in the opposition forces and had a group of supporters under him.
If that's the case, then maybe Tanaka Zhihong can really accomplish something.
Snyder is already waiting for the good news that Tanaka Zhihong will kill Kobayashi Ichiro in the short term.
However, on this day, he received bad news: "Tanaka Zhihong was killed!"
He was executed within the opposition forces.
This news was like a bolt from the blue for Snyder.
Holy shit! Isn't this too bad?
Damn it, I was hoping that this guy would really help me kill Ichiro Kobayashi and put down the resistance of Jiaoben.
After all this trouble, he was killed so quickly.
What a waste!
Snyder was even more dissatisfied with the actions of Department C.
Because these guys take up so many resources, but they can't actually get anything done.
Department C has also been struggling recently, but in the process, many of its own people have been killed.
Wasn’t it very good at controlling the foot basin before?
Why did it suddenly stop working?
This shows that Department C is simply unable to cope with the actions of the people in the foot basin.
Just as Snyder was cursing, Howard came to visit again.
"Mr. Snyder, things are not going well!"
"We've offered such a huge reward, why aren't there any reliable informants?"
Howard is very dissatisfied with the current situation.
Snyder smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Because this popular resistance is very widespread, with tens of millions of people taking action."
"There's no way we can suppress it."
Howard said, "Logically speaking, since Kobayashi Ichiro has been exposed, we should be able to find him, right?"
“That’s what I thought,” Snyder said.
"I also thought that once the reward was offered, there would definitely be many people who would inform on the informant."
"The foot basin isn't very big. We should be able to find it after checking it out, right?"
But I really can’t find it!
"The information provided was completely false."
"The people we went to investigate were killed accidentally."
"There are not enough of us who are taking action, so we can't survive."
"There were too many people acting together, and the scene was too big, so everyone ran away as soon as they got the news."
Howard said fiercely: "Damn the Foot Basin authorities. If they had cooperated a little, we wouldn't be in such a passive position like we are now."
"Right now, Inoue Jinwu is just lying down and not paying any attention to our requests at all."
Snyder said: "It's not easy for Inoue Jinwu either."
"He can't even command grassroots organizations."
"Many of those JCs who were involved in the foot basin are now on the side of the opposition."
"The main reason is that JC is having a hard time these days."
"Mr. Howard, you should be able to feel it now, right? There is really no money to be made from this foot basin."
"Now, we evacuate, perhaps with dignity."
"If we had delayed any longer, our losses would have been much greater."
Snyder again suggested evacuating the foot basin.
This evacuation is actually a foregone conclusion.
It has long been on the agenda.
However, because the Eagle King believes that there is still a lot of oil and water to be squeezed out of the basin, he still persists.
During this period of time, the giant eagle has been attacked everywhere in the foot basin.
Various personnel or weapons are lost every day.
The Eagle has been caught in the vast ocean of security warfare.
There are actually quite a lot of mountains in the foot basin area.
There is actually only a small amount of plains suitable for development.
The eagle attacked everywhere and caught people everywhere, making quite a noise and causing considerable damage to the basin.
Because, during this period of time, they have dispatched fighter jets several times to bomb suspicious targets.
Several residential areas around Dongjing were bombed.
Thousands of people were killed or injured in the explosion.
The more brutal they are, the more counterattacks they will receive.
Just two days ago, one of Eagle's fighter bases came under targeted attack, and the other side still used drones.
The drone flew directly into the engine and exploded.
The fighter's engine was destroyed.
There were even some that caused aviation fuel explosions.
That would be terrible, the plane would be blown to pieces.
In that operation, the Eagle lost two of its latest F16s and one Lancer, which was a heavy loss.
Anyway, if this continues, the Eagle Air Force Base will probably suffer more attacks. Howard said, "I have told His Majesty about this."
"But your majesty said that we cannot retreat now. What can I do?"
He spread his hands, indicating that he was helpless as well.
Howard added: "I still think that maybe we were a little too kind to the foot basin."
"We should be more brutal and kill all the resistance immediately if we find any!"
"Perhaps only in this way can those guys become little sheep again."
Snyder shook his head: "Mr. Howard, you don't know how much pressure we are under."
"Our previous airstrikes against civilians have been condemned by the whole world."
"Now people are scolding us everywhere on the Internet."
"We want to whitewash our actions, but people all over the world don't believe us."
"So, we must not take any actions that are too extreme."
Howard was a little unconvinced: "Why do you care about those public opinions?"
"I don't think they can affect us."
“Whatever we want to do, we just need to do it.”
Snyder: “…”
He wasn't quite sure how to tell Howard.
Because Howard still believes that the Eagles are unique and powerful.
"Ahem! Mr. Howard, our reputation is ruined now."
"We are exercising hegemony under the banner of justice."
"If everyone thinks that we are bad and anti-human, then we are likely to be isolated."
“Once we are isolated, we are likely to be sanctioned by the whole world.”
"Mr. Howard, we are already very weak. We can't do anything rash."
“We no longer have the final say in this world.”
Howard shook his head and said, "I still insist that only bloodshed and death can make people afraid."
"So, we must make the whole world afraid of us, and then we can reverse the current decline!"
"We can make people bleed and die, and others can make us bleed and die," Snyder said.
"If we are overly obsessed with violence, then it is very likely that what will result is not fear and terror from the whole world, but violent resistance."
"We are no longer the strongest. Now, the dragons are fully capable of crushing us in terms of conventional military strength."
"So, at this time, we must maintain order."
Reality is so ridiculous.
The civil officials advocated war, while the military generals sought peace.
Howard was a little unconvinced: "How could a dragon possibly crush us in terms of conventional combat power? I don't believe it!"
Snyder shrugged and said, "We seem to have reported many cases of fighting between the two sides."
"Haven't you seen it, Mr. Howard?"
"I can tell you responsibly that in all the many fights we've had, we've never once gained even the slightest advantage!"
"Let's compare them. Our fighter planes just took off from the Foot Basin Base, and the enemy's radars, satellites, and reconnaissance drones have already locked onto our fighter planes!"
"The enemy can launch missiles with a range of 200 kilometers to attack us. Their aircraft only need to launch the missiles, and then their early warning aircraft, reconnaissance drones and satellites will guide them and lock us at a long distance without us knowing."
"May I ask, how do we fight this war?"
In today's air combat, even among the Lizards and the Bears, they do not have any decent systematic information combat system.
Their short-range missiles can only reach a maximum of 70 to 80 kilometers.
The maximum speed of their missiles is only one or two Mach.
The Dragon's air-to-air missiles can easily reach a range of 100 to 200 kilometers, and some can even reach a range of 300 to 400 kilometers.
The speed of Dragon's missiles can reach nearly Mach 10. Once locked, there is no possibility of escape.
This battle is really difficult to fight.
A general like Snyder knows how far behind his own army was in past systematic confrontations.
The Eagles always brag about how awesome their fighter jets and bombers are.
However, in an actual systematic confrontation, to be honest, almost all of the Eagle's fighter jets are sitting ducks.
If a real fight breaks out, they estimate that even ten of their planes might not be able to outperform one of the other's.
Howard scratched his head. He had indeed seen quite a few confrontation cases.
But he didn't quite understand.
He felt that that kind of confrontation was not actual combat.
If a real fight breaks out, it’s not certain what will happen.
No matter what, on paper the Eagles have an absolute advantage.
"I always feel that you, Mr. Snyder, have been deceived by their false public opinion."
"I really don't believe they can be better than us."
Snyder shook his head and said, "We are on the front line."
"We can truly feel the strong pressure from the other side."
"So, Mr. Howard, how could I be deceived by false public opinion?"
"Now, the dragon is watching us."
“There’s a good chance they’re already providing support.”
"This is also the main reason why the opposition forces in the foot basin were able to form a strong organizational capability so quickly."
"That's why I want to say that we can't hold on here any longer."
"If we keep going on, it's estimated that tens of thousands of us might be reimbursed here."
Howard was skeptical.
He said, "It just so happens that I have to fly back to see His Majesty."
"I will bring your advice to His Majesty once again."
"Let's see what His Majesty says."
Snyder said, “That’s fine.”
"Please talk to His Majesty. The current situation is very unfavorable to us."
……
When Snyder and Howard were talking, Inoue Jinwu was actually quite distressed.
At the beginning, he was full of hope that the lower-class people would cause trouble.
Because he thinks that if the public makes a fuss, it will put huge pressure on the eagle, which is also a good thing, isn't it?
The eagles were too rampant in the past. If they were not allowed to see the power of the people in Jiaoben, they would really treat Jiaoben as a fat sheep.
However, these unruly people are making more and more trouble.
Moreover, according to the information that Inoue Kintake currently has, even many people from the Foot Basin Army have joined the opposition.
This is definitely not a good thing.
This will shake the foundation of the current ruling elite.
If this opposition force continues to grow, I think they will become a real force to be reckoned with.
What will happen after the eagle leaves in the future?
Will this force overthrow the King of Foot Basin?
No matter what, Inoue Kintake has become a member of the ruling elite.
Of course he couldn't and didn't want this to happen.
It is for this reason that Inoue Kintake has been trying to recruit this resistance force.
However, his offer of amnesty had no effect. (End of this chapter)