Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Please state your plan. And the foundation of this plan is to bring more North Korean products to Japan, don't forget that."

Li Xinghe then recounted his plan to destroy the passenger plane with anti-aircraft missiles.

He could certainly use those inferior anti-vehicle weapons to destroy the Finance Minister's plane, but to protect himself and completely conceal his tracks, Li Xinghe would rather spend a lot of money to buy anti-aircraft missiles than risk his life.

After the plan was transmitted, the two waited in silence.

Li Xinghe, his eyebrows dancing with excitement, raised them to test the southern beauty:

"You guys still have a lot of Huacheng 6s, right? They're old stuff from the 90s, it's not too much to ask me to share a few, is it?"

The so-called Hwasong-6 is a new version of the Soviet Scud missile, continuously improved by North Korea. North Korea later exported this technology overseas to several Middle Eastern countries, such as Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran, after assimilating and absorbing the technology, developed the Meteor series of ballistic missiles and then transferred the technology to the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis, in turn, created multiple series of ballistic missiles based on this technology, even surpassing their predecessors by developing hypersonic ballistic missiles, deterring US aircraft carriers from approaching the Red Bay.

In the end, it still has to be the offspring of Soviet technology, which is most suitable for attacking high-ranking American officials.

"Wait for the decision from above."

Nan Hao was conflicted; she felt that Li Xinghe's plan was too crazy.

Is it appropriate to shoot the US Treasury Secretary with an expensive anti-aircraft missile?

After a long while, when both of their legs were numb from squatting, they finally received a voice call back:

"The other party is the Minister of State Security of the State Security Department."

Li Xinghe knew the other person's name was Li Changda.

He picked up his phone.

"Code name: Mountain Peak. Your assassination plan is approved. Letting the vicious dogs within American imperialism tear each other apart is our consistent foreign policy. For this mission, we will temporarily lend you a Lightning anti-aircraft missile system, which will be mounted on the ship to carry out long-range strikes."

"Thank you, General!"

Li Xinghe was overjoyed.

This time, the general didn't give Huacheng-6, but instead gave Lightning-6.

The Hwasong-6 is a technological evolution of the Scud missile, but its development ceased long ago after the 90s. North Korea's Lightning-6, on the other hand, is a fourth-generation air defense missile system developed experimentally based on Russia's S-400 air defense missile system.

This change is roughly equivalent to going from riding a motorcycle to flying high in a fifth-generation fighter jet. Its significance is akin to evolving from a snail to a lightning bolt in the sky.

The simplest comparison is that the cost of a single S-400 missile is around $375 million.

Shooting one of the Star River's rockets is equivalent to shooting down eight apartments in Tokyo. Luckily, the general paid for it; otherwise, Li Xinghe wouldn't have earned enough from reselling rice for several months to cover the cost of this system.

After speaking with the person next to him, Li Changda warned Li Xinghe:

"Of course, the Lightning-6 is extremely expensive and cannot be used up and discarded at once. Therefore, we require you to provide the most comprehensive cover plan and to return it in its entirety after use."

Li Xinghe said:

"Of course, I can retrieve the internal identification signal of the USS Shiloh or the Kaohsiung-class destroyer from the US-Japan Combined Forces Command, allowing North Korean ships to enter Japanese waters, rest and wait at a designated port, launch missiles at a designated time, eliminate the enemy, and then immediately withdraw."

Suddenly, there was silence on the other end.

Nan Hao whispered a reminder to Li Xinghe:

"We don't have a large ship, so you'll have to pay for it yourself."

Li Xinghe had no choice but to revise the plan:

"Um... then I'll temporarily charter a 10,000-ton cargo ship to North Korea, load the Lightning-6 missiles onto the ship, and then send it off the coast of Tokyo. After the missiles are launched, I'll return the launcher. How about that?"

The lease price for a 10,000-ton cargo ship is $150,000 per month, and the buyout price is even higher. Li Xinghe is going all out to ensure that he can eliminate this American minister without fail.

With just a few words, the final plan was finalized.

Excellent assassinations are always this simple: just use a Lightning 6 set to shoot down an American plane and you're done.

Because none of the various air defense and anti-missile missile systems deployed by the United States near Tokyo were capable of intercepting the Lightning 6's advanced equipment, Li Xinghe was certain it would succeed.

Li Changda, representing the general, issued his battle orders:

"Go! Mission order: Lightning over Baekdu Mountain!"

Lee Sung-ha's North Korean codename is 'Mountain Peak,' which means Mount Paektu in North Korea. Therefore, the codename for this operation is: Mount Paektu Lightning.

It seems that North Koreans really like to use slogans and ceremonial expressions.

Therefore, Li Xinghe also replied:

"This time, let the United States give us its answer!"

After that, the communication ended.

Li Xinghe's legs were completely numb from squatting, and he had to be helped out of the men's restroom by Nan Haonu.

All of this, in the eyes of Chris Elizabeth, who was frowning in her office, fully demonstrated Li Xinghe's problem of preferring cute girls to mature women.

"Oh my god, my pension!"

She was in a prolonged period of depression and didn't even notice that Li Xinghe and Nan Haonu had been squatting in the toilet for so long, and that Nan Haonu's skirt hadn't gotten wet at all.

After Li Xinghe dashed out, Nan Haonu learned that the missile system prepared for him was a preliminary version of the S-400 that North Korea had successfully copied but had been sitting idle on. Now that North Korea had replaced it with new missiles, they had simply remembered that they had a bunch of these old, original Russian-made missiles in their warehouse with nowhere to fire them. Actually, even if they didn't return them, it wouldn't be a big deal.

This South Korean female musician flashed her canine teeth with a charmingly mischievous smile:

"Mount Baekdu Lightning, pfft~ What a weird name~"

……

After running away from the Aoyama Army Base, Li Xinghe wandered over to the nearby Kabukicho Korean Street.

Now this place is full of Ukrainians.

And Lee Sung-ha, the worst man in Japan, deceived North Korea about the Lightning-6 shipborne prototype, and now he's trying to deceive the Russians about their missiles.

He found a Slavic-themed bar. Today, Valeria had been taken by Misato for a prenatal checkup, while Natasha, holding her round little belly, was watching a Chinese period drama in her room, her eyes brimming with tears over the love and hate entanglements in the story.

When Li Xinghe finished explaining his battle plan and emphasized the need for an air defense missile system, Natasha keenly sensed that something was amiss.

It seems that there is another party making moves in Li Xinghe's plan.

She knelt up, grabbed Li Xinghe's nose, and asked:

"You...you didn't also arrange to do something bad with other armed forces, did you?"

Li Xinghe grinned shamelessly and hugged Natasha:

I'm preparing for both possibilities.

At her husband's earnest request, Natasha, knowing full well that Li Xinghe was getting something for free, still tried her best to help facilitate communication between superiors and subordinates and managed to obtain some used goods from the Far East Military Region.

She held Li Xinghe's hand and kept talking:

"I can give you an S-200, free of charge. But the matter of getting crude oil supplies to Japan sorted out can't be delayed any longer. And you have to be careful, you'll have to figure out how to get these used ones in yourself."

Needless to say, this is definitely old, unused stock stored in the Far East Military Region's warehouses.

This system's most famous achievement was shooting down a Russian passenger plane during a Ukrainian exercise in 2001, making it a natural-born expert at shooting down passenger planes. Furthermore, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and other former Soviet bloc countries possess a large number of S-200s, which can be explained away as Ukrainian smuggling when questioned.

Natasha still held onto Li Xinghe's arm, offering a small explanation:

"Of course, the Far East Military Region also has some minor requirements. For example... smuggled vehicles, etc."

Li Xinghe understood instantly.

Driven by fear of China's economic power, Russia has been trying to approach China but not become completely dependent on it, so there are actually barriers between Russia and China. But the unfortunate people in the Far East don't care about any of that; continuing smuggling is the best way to lower their living costs.

Thus, Li Xinghe, who relied on his lower body to gather intelligence, obtained two sets of air defense missiles from North Korea and Russia for free, preparing to deliver a devastating blow to Jay Chambord, which was located near Tokyo Bay.

……

On this day, Li Xinghe spent his own money and, through connections in China, rented two 10,000-ton used cargo ships on the black market, sending them to Vladivostok and Hamhung respectively.

In the afternoon, Li Xinghe was called back to the Qingshan base.

The newly arrived Second Lieutenant Scarlett, after taking inventory at the lower ranks, anxiously reported to Li Xinghe:

"I've secretly checked here. The newly merged army stationed in Japan, although it has a missile battery, doesn't actually have any missiles."

This is normal.

Nonsense, last year, to avoid the year-end audit, the brothers borrowed a missile from each other and finally managed to fool the auditors.

If you check now, it will obviously be empty.

"Let the Ministry of National Defense handle the replacement."

Li Xinghe gave instructions.

But Scarlett shook her head repeatedly:

"The latest Tomahawk missile costs $3500 million... so I predict that we definitely won't be able to make up for it in the near future."

"What the hell? Did you mispronounce a zero... $3500 million for a Tomahawk... Even the Department of Defense's procurement officer wouldn't go that far..."

"It's true, see for yourself."

Li Xinghe crawled over to look at the Ministry of National Defense's procurement report, and his teeth almost fell out.

A single new Tomahawk cruise missile, from the earliest B1 version at $59 to the B5 version at $200 million, is considered quite corrupt by the authorities. However, in the past few years, the Tomahawk missile's value has increased faster than Pelosi's stock price, reaching $3500 million!

It's true; the Department of Defense spent $20 billion to replenish 60 Tomahawk missiles.

Li Xinghe slumped into his chair, feeling as if he had been dealt a huge blow.

We toiled away all year, and even with all the shady dealings and embezzlement, all we managed to accumulate was some tax-free money from selling rice. Meanwhile, the officials in the Ministry of National Defense could easily pocket tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks simply by changing the prices of a few missiles.

"Damn it, if I were the captain of a US Navy ship and saw this quote, I would definitely shoot the Department of Defense's procurement officer first."

"So what do we do now?"

Lieutenant Scarlett pointed out the problem.

Can you tell the Ministry of National Defense that the airspace near Tokyo where U.S. forces are stationed is actually completely undefended?

"I...I...I'll tell the Ministry of National Defense first that the missiles are still there, and I'll figure out a solution later."

Li Xinghe clapped his hands, "It's even!"

Once North Korea acquires its advanced missiles and launches them, then...

The army base's anti-aircraft missiles were all shot down, and in the end, they just said they couldn't intercept anything.

Or, to put it another way, the finance minister personally intercepted an advanced missile from an unknown enemy!

Physical interception is also a form of interception.

Scarlett was confused, but Li Xinghe had something on her, so she could only go back to continue preparing for the formation of the coastal combat brigade.

night.

Li Xinghe was woken up by his mother, Chiyo Hinaki, in the middle of the night.

"what happened?"

Li Xinghe looked completely bewildered.

Chiyo Hinahime kicks his butt:

"Get ready, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is about to raid the Nippon Property Insurance building. Is the rooftop apartment yours? Come back quickly and find a way to remove all the illegal information."

Li Xinghe hurriedly got out of bed.

That was a wedding (or love nest) gifted to him by Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei; it was quite valuable.

After packing, he and Chiyo Hinahime got into the car and set off that very night.

It's not just about launching a surprise attack on Japanese property insurance companies.

Now, all sorts of distress messages are starting to surface.

Even several mega-banks are gradually showing signs of having bad debts to fill.

Whether it's the University of Tokyo, Fuji Television, or Japan Property Insurance, there are companies everywhere that urgently need to be rescued.

Li Xinghe then asked Chiyo Hina:

Do you know the history of shock therapy?

Chiyo Hinaki touched her son's forehead. "He doesn't have a fever today?"

Li Xinghe casually added:

"It's nothing. In English, a giant shark can also mean a loan shark."

Li Xinghe was spouting nonsense, but Chiyo Hina-hime could completely understand what her son meant.