Chapter 765 Public Opinion

In recent years, although the Guo government has repeatedly been involved in scandals such as deceiving the people, whitewashing the truth, and corruption, in general, the people still have basic trust and expectations for their own government.

As the mouthpiece of the party and the country, the "Zhonghua Daily" naturally represents authority and official voice in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, with the voice of the "Zhonghua Daily", most people finally believed this fact that seemed like a fairy tale.

There really is a patriotic assassin organization named Ertijiao!

This Ertijiao assassination group really did something earth-shattering in the enemy headquarters surrounded by heavy troops!

In the domestic public opinion environment where people generally remain pessimistic about the Rehe Campaign, such a sudden "countercurrent" reversal has undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale and confidence of the Chinese people in this war.

In particular, the surrender of the Japanese bandit chief Xi Yiyi made the Chinese people cheer and jump for joy, and everyone rushed to run and cheer loudly.

In this atmosphere of national celebration, newspapers across the country published special editions. In addition to reporting this "good news", they also wrote long and enthusiastic praises for the Ertiejiao assassination group.

Ertiejiao was praised as "the first hero of China". Although people still don't know who Ertiejiao is and how many people there are, this does not prevent many Chinese people from treating Ertiejiao as their idol and becoming the most loyal supporters of the Ertiejiao assassination group.

Gradually, some newspapers began to speculate who the leader of the Ertiejiao assassination group is.

Some newspapers listed several candidates, including Geng Liangchen.

But newspapers generally ruled out Geng Liangchen as an option, because in their view, although the "Tianjin hero" assassinated the traitor Zhang Jingyao, he is now injured and is resting in his apartment. It is impossible for him to appear in Rehe.

Moreover, the fact that Geng Liangchen was recovering at home has also been confirmed by some people.

The most popular suspect is Wang Yaqiao, who is known as the first killer of the Republic of China.

On the surface, Wang Yaqiao is very likely to be the leader of the Ertiejiao!

First, he is in Rehe.

Second, as the number one killer, especially nine months ago, he successfully assassinated Army General Shirakawa Yoshinori in the Magic City, seriously injured Shigemitsu Aoki, and caused the death and injury of thirteen Zhepeng senior officials and senior generals. This person has a "successful precedent".

Finally, the most important point is that He Poguang's sacrifice and the confirmation of his identity almost clearly point to Wang Yaqiao.

Most newspapers are just guessing, and the wording is ambiguous, using uncertain words such as "maybe", "possible", and "high probability".

But there are also a small number of newspapers that firmly put the title of Ertiejiao on Wang Yaqiao, and write about it in great detail, praising Wang Yaqiao as unique in the world, and saying that Wang Yaqiao is the "secret weapon" or "key figure" to defeat the Zhepeng people.

These newspapers cater to the rising nationalism of the Chinese people to a certain extent, but there are also people with discerning eyes who can see the sinister intentions of these newspapers at a glance.

"This is flattery! This is killing with a borrowed knife!" An upright scholar said to the reporter indignantly, "They are so sure about something that is still uncertain. They know that saying this will only make the Zhepeng people pay more attention to the Ertiejiao organization. They are still exaggerating and elevating the Ertiejiao assassination group to the hope of the whole country!"

"Why do they say this? Do they really think that the eyes of the people in the country are blind and their hearts are stupid? Shameless! From ancient times to the present, such despicable and shameless people are rare in a century! It is no exaggeration to say that this is the behavior of traitors! The behavior of traitors who are disguised as colorful but actually rotten!"

These heated disputes are almost staged all over the country.

Wang Yaqiao has many enemies, and countless people want him dead. The situation of pretending to be loyal and flattering does exist, but who is the mastermind behind it?

Like a fog, it is difficult to see the truth.

In addition to Wang Yaqiao, there is another person who has become a hot spot in national public opinion and a "man of the hour".

This person is Tang Yulin.

The higher the praise he received earlier, the more infamy he has now received.

Tang Yulin's name is simply a bad name.

After "Opium General", he successfully earned himself a new code name - Turtle Marshal.

Turtle means turtle, and this creature likes to shrink its head to live longer.

Before the name "Ertijiao" became well-known to the outside world, Tang Yulin's "victory" made people all over the country look at him with new eyes, and many praises poured down on him like a torrential rain.

Many people were so excited that they burst into tears, and even some literati were brewing words and wanted to write poems and articles for him.

But now, these literati just want to tear up the paper and burn it, and then crush the pen they just used and throw it away.

Those who were excited and burst into tears for Tang Yulin's "resisting the Japanese invaders and protecting our mountains and rivers" were as disgusting as being force-fed a pile of shit.

They thought that the "patriotic iron-blooded general" who had returned to the right path was actually still a dog that could not change its old ways. When Ertijiao risked his life to win him a great opportunity to reverse the situation, he hid in the summer resort, feared the enemy and did not move forward, watching the opportunity to fight was lost, so that the three brigades of the Eighth Division retreated calmly without any damage.

He failed to live up to the results that Ertijiao had fought for with his life, and also failed the expectations of the people of the country for him.

That's fine, at most he was incompetent, stupid and cowardly.

But he shamelessly took credit for the achievement, claiming that it was his own merit in defending the summer resort city that made the Eighth Division "frightened and fled"!

This is not stupid, this is shameless and bad!

The scolding was overwhelming, but did it affect Tang Yulin?

There was still a follow-up impact, but at least not now.

As an opium general, Tang Yulin no longer cared about the people's scolding. Not only was he not ashamed, but he was complacent about his wit.

He even felt justified in his "merit".

When Zhang Shaoshuai called to question him, he only asked back: "Did the devils retreat?"

As long as the devils retreated, it was his Tang Yulin's merit, and no one could take it away.

He really thought so, although he did not deny that his merit "had a component of luck".

The situation in Rehe seemed to be reversed, but the top leaders of the Guo government were still busy fighting for power, including Zhang Shaoshuai, who was still generally pessimistic about the situation in Rehe.

The reason was naturally because of the all-round gap between the enemy and our strength, and the unreliable Rehe Chairman Tang Yulin.

They believed that the temporary success or failure of a local area would not affect the final result and the overall situation. The fall of Rehe was almost a foregone conclusion. Everything they did now was actually a desperate struggle to give an explanation to the people of the whole country.

And since Tang Yulin's reputation had already been ruined, they had someone to take the blame, and they boldly interrupted the transportation of materials to Rehe.

On the Zhepeng side, because the photos of the Eighth Division Headquarters appeared in the newspapers of Westerners, they completely lost face.

Muto Yixin, who had just arrived in the Splendid State, was furious when he heard about this. He personally called Doiyuan Xianji, the head of the highest secret agency of the Special High Technology Department, and ordered him to conduct a thorough investigation in person. No matter who was involved, he would never tolerate it!

Doi-Yuan quickly gave Muto Nobuyoshi the answer - a colonel who became an intelligence broker for the sake of US dollars, along with more than a dozen officers, were abandoned and escorted back to the country, and what awaited them would be a severe trial by the Edo Military Court.

Because of the unfavorable public opinion environment, Muto Yixin once again asked Doi-Yuan, the spy chief, to cooperate to reverse the negative image caused by this incident.

Doi-Yuan was ordered to start a public opinion war in a critical moment.

He cleverly used some "traitors and public intellectuals" and began to publish some questioning voices in some newspapers close to Zhe Peng.

For example, some people questioned that war is a national event and represents the image of the country, while assassination is a despicable and vicious act and should be despised. Would the assassination of enemy generals by two-kick firecrackers surprise "friendly countries" and have an impact of distrust or even contempt for the Guo government?

Others questioned whether killing a few enemy generals could really change the war? If it really could, then why would all countries simply train assassins? Why spend money and material resources to build an army? After all, assassination is a side job. Whether it is Ertiejiao or Wang Yaqiao, they are just skins who do not understand the overall situation. Such momentary courage is not worthy of too much praise.

What's more, some people even condemned Ertiejiao for being reckless and ignorant, and a common man who harmed the country. Because they think that assassination will not only fail to solve any problems, but will anger the Zhepeng people, let the Zhepeng people vent their anger on the people, and take bloody revenge on the people.

Therefore, Ertiejiao did this only for his own pleasure, regardless of the lives of the people. This person called on Ertiejiao not to act again, to find excuses for the Zhepeng people to hurt the people, and to hand over knives.

This view has an extension and follow-up. Some people agreed with this statement and said that if Ertiejiao is really a hero who is willing to dedicate himself to the country, then he should "do what a hero should do" and take the initiative to find the Zhepeng people to surrender, instead of enjoying the cheers himself and letting innocent people become victims of Ertiejiao's "reputation-seeking". If Ertijiao really did this, this person might still praise him as a "man", otherwise, he would despise Ertijiao...

Can some people's thoughts really be so distorted that they ignore facts and right and wrong?

Can some people's views really go against morality and common sense?

In fact, not really. As intelligent and advanced creatures, people have been educated to be kind since childhood, and at least they cannot be without a sense of right and wrong and morality.

But he still said so, and even thought so...

This is bad.

Or lying with open eyes.

In order to cooperate with what these traitors said, Doiyuan also suggested that Muto Yixin really executed 380 people and attacked more than 1,000 "anti-Japanese elements" in the newly occupied areas of Chaoyang, Nanling, Kailu, and Beipiao at one time!

These "anti-Japanese elements" were all randomly arrested by them on the streets!

This is a bloody revenge!

Not only revenge, but the Zhepeng people also broke their usual practice this time and allowed the media to publicize their atrocities.

They said with certainty that these were just some stubborn anti-Japanese elements who "violated laws and disciplines" and they "executed them according to the law" according to the wartime laws, but the sensitive number of 380 clearly revealed their intention of revenge!

Tenfold revenge!

This is the attitude that the people of Zhepeng want to express!

This incident caused an uproar in public opinion across the country, and all walks of life were indignant about the beastly behavior of Zhepeng.

But at the same time, the voice against Ertiejiao also began to grow because of this incident.

Many celebrities jumped out and said that Ertiejiao should be responsible for the tragic deaths of more than a thousand innocent people. If it were not for his reckless behavior, more than a thousand innocent people would not have died tragically.

Although the people felt that the devil Xiao Zhepeng was more to blame for this incident, they also had some complaints against Erqiji due to the subtle influence of public opinion.

After all, so many well-educated gentlemen say that Erqiji is a reckless person.

The hero who was originally praised by everyone suddenly became a mixed bag of praise and praise overnight.

This is evident from the unpredictable nature of world affairs.

When Su Yi knew about this, he had already met with Hua Kezhi and others in Yebaishou County, at the intelligence station of the Sanqing League.

The news was told to him by Liu Haiqing. As the country's largest intelligence chief, Liu Haiqing was still relatively young, but his business had already spread, so he was naturally very well-informed.

"Xiao Geng, why don't you stop temporarily." Liu Haiqing advised on the phone, "Public opinion is very unfavorable to you now, and if you kill again, the Japanese are already on guard, and it will be difficult for you to succeed. Even if you succeed, The bloody revenge of the Japanese will be blamed on you again. "

Su Yi sneered: "Put it on me? Did I kill the person? Aren't these innocent people killed by the devils?"

"Japanese are just beasts, but you are a good person..."

"A good person should be pointed at a gun? What kind of bullshit is this?" Su Yi sneered, "I don't care how the so-called public opinion describes me, I only do what I think I should do! Those innocent people were The people killed are very pitiful, but this is the tragedy of troubled times! This is the tragedy that slaves must face!"

"I knew I couldn't persuade you." Liu Haiqing sighed, "But can your body still hold on? Tomorrow, your medicine will be over and you will enter a period of weakness. You don't really want to Is this where my fate lies?"

"Of course not." Su Yi said, "I asked Luo Yu. He has a way to stabilize me in this situation. And now that I am not alone, I don't need to do everything myself. What's more, what you said before You're right. The Japanese are now on guard against me. If they want to assassinate me again, I'm afraid they will have to slow down their actions in the future."

"Who do you want to deal with next?" Liu Haiqing asked.

"I originally wanted to deal with the Zhe Peng defenders in Lingyuan." Su Yi said, "But now that they have all retreated to Chaoyang City, it is difficult to do anything. How is the situation over there?"

"There is a stalemate." Liu Haiqing sighed, "We are in urgent need of supplies. There is also Marshal Zhang in Jinling who only said that he would find a way to coordinate, but there has been no progress."

Su Yi sneered: "Maybe they don't want anything to happen."

I was given a yellow card warning again. This copy will undergo major changes in the future.