Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 126 The Fat Man Falls for a Trick Again

Chen Jiehua continued to paint a rosy picture, "Never sinking! Decisive battle type! What does 'decisive battle type' mean? It means the moment it enters the battlefield is the decisive battle. You can't destroy me, but I can sink you with a single shot!"

"The new ship being designed now will only have a displacement of over 40,000 tons, which isn't much bigger than the Fusō-class, right? Can it become a flagship for decisive battles? Absolutely not!"

"This design needs to be changed! Be bold! Designer, come here, I'll give you a baseline: the displacement cannot be less than 70,000 tons! The main gun caliber cannot be less than 450 mm, and the total number of main guns on the ship cannot be less than 12. Based on this, increase the drainage tanks and thicken the deck. Don't be afraid to spend money! We have plenty of money right now!"

"Damn, you're really arrogant, you must have plenty of money!" The designer stared at Aoki Qiao with his mouth agape, then looked at Prince Bogong, who was the one who made the final decision.

Displacement of 7 tons, 12 main guns of 450mm or larger! How thick must the deck be? You really dare to imagine!
Everyone looked at Aoki Qiao, deep in thought. However, after this data was converted into a virtual image and entered the minds of several big shots, the Kaga-class destroyer with over 40,000 tons of water displacement no longer seemed so appealing!
Over 12 tons of displacement! Twelve super main guns, rampaging across the Pacific as if it were nothing. So what if America has many battleships? I can take them down one by one! So satisfying!
Prince Hirokō and the other high-ranking officials thought it was a perfect idea! They had to build it! "Redesign it for me! Don't worry about being slow, just do it according to the requirements of our Shimazu strategists!"

Soon, the bigwigs scrapped the previous design blueprints and approved a redesign of the new battleship. The design blueprints of the Kaga-class battleship, which were top secret just a moment ago, were now worthless and too painful to even wipe with.

"This new class of battleships can be called the Yamato-class! The highest-class battleships of the Yamato race, unsinkable battleships!"

"Alright! Let's do as Aoki-kun says and redesign and build the Yamato-class battleships!"

"Now that the London Naval Treaty has just been signed, we can't be so quick to contradict the treaty proponents. Therefore, our Yamato-class battleships must be designed in secret. Based on the timeline, it will take about two years from design to the start of construction, and three years from secret construction to final launch, for a total of five years!"

"Over the next five years, all of you generals will need to work hard to find ways to gradually advance the policy and abolish this treaty!"

"As for the cost, I think as long as the army doesn't cause trouble, given the current profitability of the Daihoku Corporation, plus the budget allocated by the Cabinet, the Navy can certainly afford to support the construction of the Yamato-class battleships by cutting back on expenses since they can't build any other ships anyway."

"Does Aoki-kun mean the army will cause trouble?"

"It's not that I'm afraid they'll cause trouble, it's that they definitely will! Shibayama-kun should know that we're using warships to transport profits every month! Won't the Kwantung Army be envious? They can't possibly refrain from making any underhanded moves!"

Sow the seeds of doubt and the genes of conflict in your hearts.

"Sorry! Aoki-kun makes a good point! We'll go back and make arrangements immediately. We'll dispatch the First Fleet to revise its patrol area, including the coasts of Korea and China. In addition, we'll send two additional squadrons from headquarters to Manchuria to maintain the safety and order of the Daiyakusho Company!" After the meeting at the shipyard, Aoki Qiao took a detour to his hometown to visit Aoki Seigen's mother, then went to the Shimazu family to appease the head of the Shimazu household, before taking the train to Tokyo.

It turns out the "Izumo" was returning for major repairs and modifications, and was taking Aoki Takashi back to Japan. I thought it was a special trip to pick him up and drop him off. I was overthinking it.

Since we're already here, and it's not easy to make the round trip, let's go back to Tokyo. We need to make some arrangements with Ozaki and get him an official status to make things easier. Although being a journalist gives him freedom, it's still a bit weak here in Tokyo.

In addition, arrangements should be made for Aoki Seigen's younger brother. It would be best to give him a push and get him involved with the Japanese Communist Party, otherwise, in future conflicts, the authorities might hesitate to take action against him.

Obata Toshishiro also needs to add fuel to the fire. How can he push for another clash between the Kwantung Army and the Red Army?

On November 11, 1930 (the 19th year of the Republic of China), Tu Feiyuan, who had been watching Qing Teng for six months, looked at a pile of useless records on his desk in his office and fell into deep thought.

The "Qing Work" team did a very good job. They recorded exactly when Qing Teng Liu went to the toilet and the duration of each trip! There were two instances where the trips were clearly abnormally long, and the team members promptly went into the toilet to check on the situation. They determined that Qing Teng Liu had diarrhea, but they didn't find anything else.

Qing Teng Liu and Zhao Shi Yu lived together and had a very regular life. They would get up on time every day, wash up, cook, and then go to work after eating. Zhao Shi Yu would run around everywhere, which was the nature of his job.

The "Feather Work" team has been following him for several months now, and the other party is always accompanied by four Marine Corps bodyguards every day, making it impossible to get too close. However, this also means that he cannot do anything else.

After finishing his meal, Qing Teng Liu would go to his usual shop to provide services, picking up medicine for the "fast-moving" drivers, packing it, and collecting money. Every day was the same routine, very disciplined. Members of the "Qing Task Force" even indiscriminately arrested dozens of "fast-moving" drivers picking up medicine, conducting surprise inspections of the drugs, but found nothing else unusual.

Doiyu was originally very patient, but two months have passed without any additional gains. Moreover, his informant in Shanghai reported that Aoki Takashi was picked up by the "special ship" Izumo yesterday!
Tu Feiyuan was starting to lose his temper! "Damn it, so you expect me to guard Zhao Shiyu and Qing Teng Liu every day? You're getting higher and higher, not only do you have two colonels, but you also have a private ship to pick you up. And me? I'm out in the snow in Harbin, Manchuria, counting shit for your maids! This is too much!"
You've definitely calculated this carefully, thinking I wouldn't release the news that you persuaded the fleet faction to agree to the treaty! I'm going to fucking release it! I'm going to tell Headquarters that you were righteously criticizing the treaty faction in the Cabinet one minute, and then you went and persuaded the fleet faction to agree to the treaty the next! You're a two-faced bastard!

When Chen Jiehua arrived in Tokyo by train from Kagoshima, the news that the Kwantung Army had deliberately leaked had already spread throughout Tokyo.

It turns out that it was still our Shimazu war god, Colonel Aoki Takashi, who endured humiliation and hardship, and for the sake of the nation's recovery, he used a strategy of advancing by retreating, and persuaded the bigwigs of the fleet faction with his own strength!

That's amazing!
When His Majesty the Emperor heard the rumors, he initially thought it was a conspiracy by Prince Hiroki and the Fleet faction. He went to verify the source of the information, which came from the Doi-maru organization of the Kwantung Army!
The feud between Doi-man's organization and Aoki Takashi has a long history, and the antagonism between the Army and Navy has an even longer history, so it couldn't possibly be a conspiracy by the Fleet faction. It turns out I misunderstood our Shimazu War God!
(End of this chapter)