Chapter 955 Public Opinion War
"What's going on?"
Carteres was horrified. He had no idea what was happening. He just felt as if the world had suddenly turned upside down. A pile of garbage that had been piled up next to him for who knows how long suddenly fell on him and buried him. Carteres suffered a heavy blow to the head and fainted.
Carteres didn't know what was going on, but Zhang Tuohai could see it clearly through the drone.
A large hole was blown in the side of the destroyer that was used as the flagship, and a large amount of seawater poured in.
Normally, this level of water ingress in a normally designed watertight compartment would at most cause the ship to tilt, but the redundant buoyancy would still be able to support the ship floating on the sea.
However, this ship was a second-hand retired warship that had exceeded its service life. Carteres did not maintain it carefully after receiving it. Instead, he embezzled and misappropriated funds, which resulted in no maintenance. The little funding he received each year was all used for painting. The surface looked normal, but in fact, the interior of the hull was severely corroded and some of the watertight compartments were connected.
The result was that a bomb that missed its target caused the destroyer to take on a lot of water, and then it capsized.
The destroyer, weighing more than 3,000 tons, hit the sea surface sideways, and a large number of radar antennas were shaken off and fell into the sea.
-The lucky Ma Run had just broken free from the restraints of his equipment and emerged from the sea when he was hit head-on by a huge destroyer, and he was completely killed.
A moment later, the huge destroyer ended its humiliating life, sank to the bottom of the sea, and became a paradise for shallow sea creatures.
The main destroyer is in this condition, and the remaining two frigates are not much better.
One ship was hit by a pierced ammunition depot, causing the ship to explode and the entire frigate was blown into pieces.
On another ship, the oil tanker was ignited by an incendiary bomb, and the entire ship became a burning iron coffin.
“Isn’t that a bit too cruel?”
Miranda looked at the scene on the surveillance screen and felt a little bit sorry.
"Cruel?" Zhang Tuohai glanced at her and then said, "How do you think they would treat the residents of Straw City if we let them land and attack it? How would they treat me and your uncle? How would they treat you?"
"Uh..." Miranda opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but when she thought about the citizens who had no water for several years and could only rely on Coke as drinking water, and the local congressmen who did nothing and even led the police and the army to become accomplices of the Lighthouse Country capital, she couldn't say anything.
This country is rotten from the root, and has fallen from top to bottom, all of them have become accomplices of compradors and the capital of the Lighthouse Country. No one will stand by these civilians. It is easy to imagine what those despised Maruns will do when they rush into the Straw City.
Failure to kill the Ma Runs in large numbers would be cruel to the civilians of Straw City.
They had no choice but to do this if they wanted to survive.
"But is this the only way? Seeing batches of people die at the hands of our own people, they could have avoided this.
Miranda still felt a little bit reluctant.
"Then change this country." Zhang Tuohai stood up. "Get rid of this regime that made them fearlessly die, and expel those compradors and running dogs. Only by cutting off these rotten flesh can this problem be completely eradicated. Otherwise, the rot will continue to expand, causing this country to sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire and eventually be completely destroyed."
"Can we do this alone?"
Miranda's eyes lit up when she heard that, but she was also filled with anxiety.
After all, this is about overthrowing a regime, and it's crazy just to think about it.
“As long as there is an idea, there is an opportunity. The most terrible thing is the idea that there is no change.
Zhang Tuohai put his hands in his pockets and looked at the screen on the monitor: "Since they have started to take action, we can't just sit there and do nothing.
Zhang Tuohai picked up a satellite phone and said : "Operation Robin can begin."
'What is Operation Mockingbird?'
Miranda was puzzled.
“Just watch.
Zhang Tuohai said with a smile.
Miranda was still confused and could only sit and wait.
Not long after, a notification popped up on her phone.
She opened it and saw a message from Bluebird. The title was very scary: "The dictator launched a bloody massacre against free people."
She clicked on it and saw that the press release disclosed that the dictatorial President of Chicken Roll Country, Gonzalez, had carried out an inhumane massacre of the freedom-loving civilians of Straw City. Then Gonzalez was criticized in a series of articles, with a series of charges such as corruption, dictatorship, persecution of freedom, and despotic tyranny being pinned on Gonzalez's head.
Below are a bunch of pictures of evidence of crimes. Although it is unclear what they are, it seems that there is evidence of the crimes.
“Are these pictures real?”
Miranda asked curiously as she looked at the pictures.
“It’s fake, but not entirely fake.
Zhang Tuohai took a look and said.
"Some were staged, some were composited, and most were transplanted from other events. For example, this photo of the massacre took place in Africa, and this one was from the Middle East, but was moved here."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Won't that make people recognize you?"
Miranda asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, those netizens have no ability to distinguish. Moreover, after being provoked by the article, their ability to distinguish is even lower. They will not think about the source of the photo or the authenticity of the incident. They are just a group of emotional animals."
Zhang Tuohai sneered: "Besides, what if they recognize him? Anyway, the manuscript has been sent out, emotions have been aroused, and the first impression has been planted. When someone reverses the verdict and refutes the rumor, the matter has been completed. Our original purpose has been achieved. The first impression of the public when thinking of Gonzales is still that of a brutal dictator. So, does it really matter?"
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Miranda never expected this to happen.
"Do you want to use external forces to oppress and interfere and force Gonzales to step down?"
Miranda asked.
"They are not that capable yet. They are just using them to build momentum, establish our weak image and put some pressure on those financial groups. As long as the external aid is cut off, it will be much easier to destroy Gonzales from within.
Zhang Tuohai said.
Before Zhang Tuohai finished speaking, Miranda's phone started ringing with notifications.
Miranda opened it and saw seven or eight push notifications popping up on her phone. The content of the push notifications was similar, all about Gonzalez's latest developments in the massacre and persecution in Straw City. Each push notification was accompanied by pictures and texts, and some even came with short videos.
The picture is full of ruins, broken bodies and helpless and frightened refugees.
The short video was shaking constantly, and it looked like a battlefield, with gunshots from time to time, giving people a sense of oppression. If Miranda hadn't been in Straw City, she would have really thought that Straw City had turned into a hell on earth.
