Krista has never seen such an arrogant and arrogant man.

Regardless of whether Sarni's death had anything to do with him or not, just the fact that he told the story of his beating Sarni in an understatement and indifferent manner made Krista unbearable.

"I will write a press release to expose this despicable officer!"

Krista said angrily as soon as she came out.

In her opinion, this is her most powerful weapon.

"Calm down, Miss Reporter." Meng Shaoyuan looked at it but didn't care much: "This is a war period, and protective measures are taken for those officers on the front line. Don't forget the Espionage Act and the press control system."

Krista fell silent immediately.

This is the tragedy of American journalism!

Who said Europe and the United States are countries with free press?

Who said Europe and the United States are countries of free speech?

When it comes to protecting citizens, Europe and the United States are far more stringent than the National Government.

To control the news, Americans only need one trick:

Wartime Press Policy!

The so-called "wartime press policy" originated in the United Kingdom, was followed by the United States during the Revolutionary War, and gradually matured during the Civil War.

In response to the challenge from the Confederacy, the northern federal government quickly established a press censorship system under the supervision of the Army and required all war reporters to submit their stories to the Military Police Command for approval before publishing.

Under the protection of this system, Army General William Tecumseh Sherman led the Northern elite cavalry to raid Atlanta, triggering a series of humanitarian crises, but no one mentioned them for a long time afterwards.

Of course, there are also some thorns that need to be eliminated. For example, Wilbur Story, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Daily News, was banned by the U.S. military for speaking out about the Emancipation Proclamation.

If the U.S. "wartime press policy" only targeted leaks and certain "inappropriate" remarks during the Civil War, by World War I, this policy could be seen as the beginning of the U.S. government's comprehensive control of news.

In June 1917, U.S. President Wilson signed the Espionage Act, which clearly stipulated: "Anyone who knowingly creates false reports or false statements in an attempt to interfere with military operations of the Army or Navy, or who attempts to incite disloyalty within the armed forces or obstruct recruitment, shall be punished.

will be subject to heavy fines or imprisonment..."

The Espionage Act provides legal endorsement for the U.S. government to implement mandatory news censorship, but it has been abused by the U.S. Postal Service and has become a sharp knife for domestic left-wing political parties and anti-war groups.

On the grounds of violating the Espionage Act, the U.S. Postal Service has successively deprived major German-language newspapers and periodicals in the United States, as well as the organs of American left-wing parties and trade union publications of their mailing rights.

Many newspapers even published a few anti-war cartoons and then had their mailing rights revoked.

Within a short period of time after the Espionage Act was implemented, 44 newspapers in the United States lost their mailing rights. The U.S. government was not satisfied with this, and soon began to impose restrictions on all overseas correspondence letters and telegrams in accordance with the Trading with the Enemy Act.

Mandatory inspection.

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States officially entered the war.

However, in the early days of the war, the U.S. military was always in the unfavorable position of being passively beaten on the Pacific battlefield. In order not to dampen the morale that the U.S. military and civilians had finally gathered, Roosevelt began to adopt more stringent news control measures.

In other words, the US government only wants you to see what they want you to see!

The United States not only has the "Inspection Bureau" that is responsible for censoring the communications between American citizens and the outside world and erasing wartime news that is unfavorable to the United States, but it also has the "War Information Bureau" that is responsible for editing war news and excluding content that is unfavorable to the United States.

Meng Shaoyuan knows very well that this system has always existed in the United States.

From North Korea to Vietnam, from Vietnam to Iraq, the US government has always controlled public opinion.

In North Korea, General MacArthur, who was good at packaging himself, took the power of his victory in World War II and believed that the U.S. military "will flee as soon as the heavenly troops arrive." Moreover, he boasted that he had many old friends in the press, so he was not interested in those who followed the U.S. troops from Japan to North Korea.

Big-name reporters gave the green light and posed to enjoy the halo given by the media.

MacArthur successfully launched the Incheon landing, and the news media that had a tacit relationship with MacArthur vigorously promoted it, which ultimately led to MacArthur becoming a god in the battle.

However, with the entry of volunteers into the war, the United Nations forces led by the US military were once again defeated across the board on the Korean battlefield. A large number of reports about the battles of Changjin Lake and other battles disgraced the US military.

Faced with criticism from the news media, MacArthur became furious, changed his attitude of giving the media a green light, and demanded that the U.S. government quickly implement a comprehensive, formal, and mandatory press censorship system.

In January 1951, in order to maintain a positive image of the U.S. military, the U.S. government required that all reports on North Korea should not contain any remarks that would damage the morale of the United Nations troops or embarrass the United States, its allies, and neutral countries.

According to the regulations issued by the Pentagon, if a reporter seriously violates relevant regulations, he may be sent to a military court.

In this regard, reporters complained that according to this standard, the word "retreat" should also be changed to "advance toward the rear."

In the later stages of the war, the U.S. military, which was good at creating a glorious image of itself in newspapers or movies, remained quiet, as if the war had not happened.

This is free speech in the United States.

Even in the Internet age, the United States is still like this.

In order to ensure that it takes the initiative in the global online public opinion war, the US military established the Defense Media Agency and controlled nine satellites to release news beneficial to itself to the world as soon as possible.

So what do those yellow-skinned and white-hearted people who always advocate that the United States is the place with the greatest freedom of speech think?

Meng Shaoyuan's words left Krista speechless.

She knew that negative reports on a US military general who had made great achievements on the front line could not appear in newspapers!

What's more, he "merely" beat up an insignificant Filipino woman?

Krista was frustrated.

However, Meng Shaoyuan suddenly said: "Miss reporter, there is actually nothing to be sad about. I once heard a saying that good people may not be rewarded, but bad people must not be rewarded. Now, you have seen what Colonel Dillon is.

Such a person, are you willing to help me and let this colonel get the punishment he deserves?"

Krista couldn't believe it.

Charles is just a lieutenant colonel, is he really capable of it?

Meng Shaoyuan just said lightly: "His ugly scene may never be known to the public because the US military is unwilling. What I can do is to let him get the punishment he deserves."

Krista didn't quite understand.

What does it mean?

But at this time, this reporter who had come to the Philippines with great ambitions and arrogance had already deeply felt that this place was completely different from what she had imagined!

She thought that what she could see was the overwhelming power of the US military on the battlefield, and the cheers and worship of the US military and Americans in the Liberated Areas.

But what she saw was the darkness hidden under victory!

Krista asked tentatively: "Can you tell me what you are going to do?"

"No." Meng Shaoyuan flatly refused: "But I hope you can cooperate with me. The guarantee I can give you is that you will definitely see the final outcome of Colonel Dillon."

Krista was silent for a while, and finally nodded silently.

Yes, there is nothing you can do about it.

If the war was over, he might be able to use his family's power to punish Colonel Dillon.

But now, I can only watch helplessly as this colonel continues to be at large.

Therefore, all hopes are pinned on Lieutenant Colonel Charles!

…

"elder brother!"

As soon as he saw Meng Shaoyuan, Meng Zhejun happily came up to him.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Everything is settled."

"Well, brother, Sarni is safe now."

"As long as it's safe."

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "I will arrange Sarni to a place where no one knows her. You will still be with her for the time being."

"elder brother."

Meng Zhejun suddenly started to hesitate.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Meng Shaoyuan saw this.

"Brother." Meng Zhejun mustered up his courage: "I want to be with Sarni forever."

Um?

Meng Shaoyuan was a little surprised.

In the whole plan, Sarni is just a pawn.

Of course, this chess piece was truly saved from the devil's cave.

According to Meng Shaoyuan's plan, he would give Sarni a sum of money so that she could live anonymously from now on.

But, did Meng Zhejun, a silly boy, really fall in love with this Filipino woman?

Meng Zhejun blushed: "Brother, originally I carried out the mission according to the plan, but, I discovered that I like Sarni."

Is this love?

Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Okay, the kid from before has grown up and it's time to start a family. Originally, I thought about waiting until I get to the United States to help you find a wife. Now, I don't have to worry about it. Let's do this, from the Philippines

The situation has been stabilized, you take Sarni to the United States first, everything has been arranged there."

"Brother, I don't want to go to the United States." Meng Zhejun said unexpectedly again.

Meng Shaoyuan was stunned.
To be continued...