Chapter 308 American Embassy
Island Embassy!
It is an international practice for countries with diplomatic relations to send ambassadors to each other, and it is an honor for the United States to send an ambassador to an island country. Because the island country is a defeated country, the American ambassador is like a local emperor in the island country. Even the prime minister of the island country has to bow and scrape to please him when he meets him.
Ambassador Green was sent to the island country after Carter came to power. Unfortunately, it was not easy to be the ambassador of the island country. The island country was suffering from the attack of the Soviet Union, and the United States, as the backer, was not strong enough. The diplomats of the island country came to the embassy to complain every few days.
This was already enough to annoy Green, but after the Mieko Ohashi incident broke out, the attitude of the Japanese people changed. They kept shouting at the Americans to go back, making the Americans' days on the island country start to feel fearful.
Just after the incident last year, an American diplomat was beaten up by several guys on the streets of Tokyo. Later, the police intervened to investigate and found out that it was not gangsters who beat them up, but several students from the University of Tokyo. Moreover, after investigation, it was found that these students had nothing to do with the Chi Army and were just acting out of "patriotism."
Under the circumstances at the time, in order to avoid the matter being unable to be handled after becoming known to the public, the matter was handled in secret. The person involved did not receive too much punishment. He was only ordered to write a letter of guarantee and promise not to commit similar acts again, and then he was released.
After that, the staff of the American Embassy no longer went out alone. Even if they had to go out for something, they would go in groups of at least two or three. It has been like this until now.
No one expected that things would turn out like this! The US military tanks drove into the streets of Tokyo, crushing some Japanese people, and later, the tank guns even destroyed the Prime Minister's Office!
Ambassador Green knew that the situation was not good at the time. These soldiers were really stubborn. If they did this, they would definitely make the islanders and the United States mortal enemies! You know, after the provocation, the relationship between the United States and the island countries was already tense enough. Now, bloodshed has occurred! Those military commanders are simply idiots who don't use their brains!
Ambassador Green was hesitating about what report to write to the White House when he got the news that the Soviets had landed in Aomori. He was anxious. With the Soviets coming, what else could the United States do except withdraw its troops in disgrace? Americans were no longer welcome here! Even if they fought a war with the Soviets, the final result was that they had to leave!
He felt a little relieved that even if the two armies were fighting, they would not attack the diplomatic area. There was not only the American embassy here, but also embassies of other countries. This was a ceasefire zone.
Unfortunately, within a few minutes, his fantasy was shattered.
The bombing of the Prime Minister's Office of the island nation caused a large group of islanders to run to the front of the US Embassy to protest, which made Ambassador Green very anxious. It was obviously impossible to stop these people's radical behavior just by relying on the security inside the embassy! And the police outside the island country were obviously just watching the fun, and some even took off their uniforms and joined the crowd of demonstrators!
Just as Ambassador Green anxiously called Yokota Base, hoping that they would send troops to protect them, or use helicopters to take the embassy staff to the troops, after all, it was safer there!
At this moment, the situation changed again. A large group of young people wearing Tokyo University uniforms raised stones and threw them towards this side!
"Bang, bang." Glass was constantly broken and the women hid their heads under the table, screaming. As Americans, as pampered ladies, they had never been frightened like this before.
Even the embassy's security personnel were confused at this time.
The U.S. Marine Corps Embassy Guard, or MSG for short. This unit was established in 1948 to protect the 135 U.S. embassies abroad. This unit is organized at the battalion level, with a total strength of about 1,000 people, and is composed of 9 companies. Each company has several detachments, which are the most basic units stationed in various overseas institutions. The minimum number of people per team is 6.
Countries that are hostile to the United States have more security personnel. For example, the security personnel of the U.S. embassies in Syria and other countries number dozens of people.
In the embassy of the island country, there is only a minimum staff of six people. These six people are tall and strong, but they are actually soldiers who mainly stand guard outside to show the sovereignty of the United States!
In later generations, with the formation of the unipolar world of the United States, the hegemonic style of the United States became increasingly aggressive, making enemies all over the world, resulting in the U.S. embassy becoming the target of hostile forces. The U.S. Embassy in Kenya was once razed to the ground, and ambassadorship became a high-risk profession.
But now, the American ambassador's life is still very comfortable. This is the first time that he has encountered people from the country where he is located throwing stones!
The soldiers hurriedly put on their helmets and held their M16 rifles, trying to drive away the demonstrators outside. Seeing what they were doing, Ambassador Green shouted, "No, no! You can't shoot!"
How many people are there outside? Thousands! How many people are there on our side? Only six of them are armed! After our side bombarded the Prime Minister's Office of the island country, a big mistake has been made! If these angry people are stimulated by the sound of gunfire, they may rush in and tear our side into pieces, and eat them like sashimi without soy sauce and vinegar!
Don't shoot! Hurry up and call the garrison for help. If the First Cavalry Division still in the city gets the news, send tanks over and quickly disperse the crowd! It would be best to send a few helicopters!
Unfortunately, the call could not be connected and the line had been cut off!
"Bang!" At this moment, the "patriotic youths" in student uniforms had already rushed into the embassy. Several of them quickly confiscated the MGS guns, and then took control of everyone in the embassy.
"Kill these Americans and avenge our people in the Prime Minister's Office!" people kept clamoring.
Ambassador Green was kicked several times on the head and one of his eyes was swollen. Listening to the voices in his ears, he knew the situation was not good.
We are diplomats, we have diplomatic immunity, you can't do anything to us! Such words will only arouse greater resentment among these people! If you are not careful, you will be killed immediately! Many people are carrying knives!
"Ambassador Green, we hope the U.S. government will give us an explanation. We hope the U.S. military will leave our land and we will no longer be enslaved!" said a leading student representative.