Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Charge! Beach!

For the Japan Self-Defense Forces, which have long served as island defense forces and attached anti-submarine squadrons, amphibious operations are a completely new field.

Fortunately, the opponents they faced were also complete noobs.

The general-purpose destroyers unleashed a terrifying barrage of 76mm rapid-fire guns, bombarding the harbor of Mie City. Amphibious tanks parted the waves, and JASDF aircraft dropped iron bombs, intimidating the resistance fighters draped in red scarves.

The Self-Defense Force officers' suicide assault team landed on the shore, transported by assault boats, and gunfire quickly filled the area.

The gunfire from the resisters quickly faded and gradually became inaudible.

Faced with this scene, Kenichiro Nagumo composed a haiku: "Looking towards Shuri Castle, five thousand soldiers and generals at Mie Port, waves breaking on the palace."

"What a beautiful poem!"

The subordinates applauded.

At Naha Port in Okinawa, the Ryukyu Independence Army was forced to issue a retreat order, sending various resistance groups back to the streets to resume their underground struggle.

Xiao Chongshan Yui, wearing a military helmet and bulletproof vest, leaned on her brother Zhang Xiaoqian and wept.

"Damn it, why did it have to be like this? I'm not reconciled."

The "bottom-ranked hottie" had never experienced war before. After the Ryukyu Independence Army was officially established, she found a cause she was willing to fight for, like many of her predecessors, to expel the American troops. But today, the American self-defense forces have arrived, and they have easily crushed the Ryukyu Independence Army with helicopters, naval guns, and amphibious tanks.

The team of less than 500 people suddenly lost 20% of its members.

For a newly formed CIA-affiliated guerrilla unit, this level of quality is actually quite good. After all, the core members are all CIA agents, and the escapes and casualties haven't immediately brought the team down.

Zhang Xiaoqian imitated the political commissar's tone, encouraging everyone:

"Comrades, are you going to be defeated by this? Our battle has only just begun. The Self-Defense Forces have less than 5,000 men, and I have inside information that they are still starving! As long as the Self-Defense Forces are starving, the 1.4 million people on the island will continue to support us. The more brutally they plunder, the more resolutely we will resist. Our forces will continue to expand, and Okinawa will be our new Yan'an!"

This was top-secret information that Li Xinghe told him.

As long as the army continues to go hungry, the people will certainly continue to support the resistance.

CIA agents fully understood and appreciated Zhang Xiaoqian's Maoist behavior, and carried it forward, spreading many of the Little Red Book quotations to the resistance fighters, which united them into a new fighting spirit to continue the struggle.

It was here, using the melody of an Okinawan folk song, that a CIA agent created a simple and catchy folk song in the Okinawan dialect:

"Fight on and on! Let us throw the last stone before our ancestral graves."

The song quickly inspired the resistance fighters.

After all, a significant portion of the ancestral graves of Okinawans are still buried under US military bases. To pay respects at their ancestral graves, they have to constantly submit applications to the US military and wait for occasional acts of mercy.

……

The same sea, but two different feelings.

On the deck of the Coast Guard vessel No. 1, the crew of "The Story of a Female Civil Servant 2" SP was using all the filming equipment they had to shoot live footage of the Battle of Ryukyu.

Screenwriter Takeshi Sato shouted:

"Wow, take a picture! This is a rare, absolutely real battlefield! Bullets, shells, and aerial bombs are all the most authentic."

Special guest director Masao Adachi, who had previously filmed a documentary about Tetsuya Yamagami, also took out his small camera, continuously capturing firsthand photographic footage of the smoking battlefield. For those soldiers resisting in containers, in port green spaces, and on highways, he specially adjusted the focus to capture their final afterimages.

In this film crew, which consisted mostly of left-wing anti-war veterans, most of them understood that shooting real battlefield footage was just a side job. What they really wanted to record was the final images of those unwavering fighters.

Japan's left-wing movement has experienced too many failures, and even now that war has broken out, the leftists remain pessimistic, believing that the struggle for Okinawa is unlikely to succeed.

Misato held her son's arm tightly, feeling no worry or fear. Instead, she was afraid that Li Xinghe's high status might endanger his life.

"You brat... how did you get so much power? Won't you cause some trouble? How am I going to explain this to my family?"

They hadn't expected that Li Xinghe could actually modify the ship that was still under renovation.

Pull it out and let the film crew film it as they please.

"It's alright, let's talk about the plot of this episode."

Li Xinghe changed the subject, avoiding any mention of his position in the U.S. military.

Misato patted her son's face repeatedly, but to no avail. She had no choice but to invite Yoshiko, Haru, and Nozomi Sasaki over to give a presentation on the episode's plot.

She began to speak:

"The theme of this episode is very simple: a group of pacifists, with the 'Amaterasu Omikami,' a symbol of peace for the country, escape to a small island paradise overseas, while our protagonist comes here to explore and discovers the story of the country on the verge of collapse."

The original version of the story was a utopian tale of a group of desperate communists who kidnapped a princess, a symbol of the imperial family, and fled to an overseas island to establish a beautiful, anarchic state under the rule of a female emperor. This was a bizarre idea that emerged in the 70s when anarchists combined with the imperial system.

"Huh? Why not use the original design?"

Li Xinghe suddenly asked.

"I'm afraid the review process won't be good." Sato wiped away his tears and went back to work.

"It's alright, just film it according to the original plan. Yoshiko will play the Empress. I'm in charge of Fuji TV now."

Li Xinghe immediately made the decision.

Following the Masahiro Nakai scandal, almost all of Fuji Television's Japanese advertisers fled, and the station now relies entirely on advertising from Chinese mobile games. The station's visibly declining state has led Fuji Holdings Group to cease interference in its operations.

It practically became Li Xinghe's exclusive television station.

So what's wrong with me patting the Empress?

They'll even support a female emperor to ascend the throne in the future.

Li Xinghe's bold decision pleased the production team, who then proceeded to film according to the original plan, bringing the female emperor system, anarchism, and the communist movement to the big screen and continuing the brainstorming of the Japanese right wing.

Finally, the half-day landing operation came to an end.

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces occupied Naminoue Shrine and Mie Castle Port, seized the Naha City Hall in Okinawa, and opened up the Meiji Bridge, joining forces with troops trapped at Okinawa Airport and the Okinawa Air Self-Defense Force base. The local suppression of the rebellion was very successful. Residents along the roadside were largely unaffected.

Kenichiro Nagumo laughed.

This marked the first time since the war that the Japan Self-Defense Forces had formally conducted a suppression of a rebellion. For Japan, which had long lacked anti-rebellion laws, this was a crucial step towards becoming a normal nation.

He knew that Li Xinghe was watching the play near the island.

Since the Dokdo sovereignty crisis, when Kenichiro Nagumo's ship was assigned to the Joint Command, their relationship deteriorated, marking a turning point in their conflict. Now, the two are at odds over whether command of the counterinsurgency forces should be held by Li Xinghe, who comes from the public security system and works for the US military, or by the Self-Defense Forces.

"Mr. Li, how did I do?"

Nan Yun deliberately addressed Li Xinghe by his Chinese surname. This was quite impolite of Li Xinghe, who already had a proper surname.

Li Xinghe was speechless and asked him in return:

"Are you an idiot? Do you have any supplies? Do you want to count how much of the Self-Defense Forces' pay goes towards food? They even ordered 5000 Self-Defense Force officers to charge to the death, with planes and artillery bombarding them non-stop. But the rebels on your side don't even look like there are 500 of them."

Kenichiro Nagumo was stunned.

This is a core issue.

The Self-Defense Forces, they don't have food to eat either.

They even eat far worse than the US military.

"Thank you for your grand plan, but the Self-Defense Forces are out of funds for food," Li Xinghe reminded him, then hung up the phone.

Kenichiro Nagumo had an ambitious military expansion plan, including building a medium-sized aircraft carrier for self-defense and developing drone and missile programs. However, all of Japan's newly allocated military budget had been embezzled by Li Xinghe. As a master of corruption, Li Xinghe practically drained the Japanese government's coffers, leaving Nagumo with not a single penny.

Therefore, in order to create the three surface combat squadrons he envisioned, Kenichiro Nagumo has completely squeezed the Self-Defense Forces' food budget to the last drop; the soldiers' meal allowances are less than those of elementary school students. Currently, the Self-Defense Forces are also short of funds and even owe suppliers a significant amount of money.

Upon hearing this, Kenichiro Nagumo panicked.

As chief of staff, he was unaware that war was the worst aspect of national governance, and he had no choice but to seek help from the Ministry of Defense:

"Hello? Defense Minister Nakatani, quickly raise funds for me, whether it's transportation or supplies. I urgently need to feed the officers and American soldiers. Our soldiers currently only have less than two days' worth of rations."

"Um... the Prime Minister has resigned, and the Cabinet Office has completely shut down. All capital outflows have been cut off."

Nakatani Gen actually had a slush fund from the Ministry of Defense, but he dared not touch it.

Now is election time, and if you get caught using slush funds, your political career is over.

So I'm sorry, although the government has some money, it's completely shut down. Government departments are completely locked down, and funding channels are completely blocked by the opposition party.

Want money?

You first need to appease the opposition alliance in the Diet. And this alliance is still harboring resentment because Li Xinghe and Koizumi forcibly arrested Baba Nobuyuki, leaving the Osaka Restoration Association half-dead. Nagumo Kenichiro was appointed by the Koizumi government.

Do you think they'll let you go?

This creates a paradox.

If the parliament and government want to approve funding for the Self-Defense Forces that successfully stormed the beachhead, they must first capture the Ryukyu Independence Army.

But if we want to capture the Ryukyu independence army, we need to have enough to eat first.

Kenichiro Nagumo was stunned:

"You have money but won't give it to me? Are you just going to let us starve to death on the island?"

In response, Gen Nakatani humorously replied:

"Japan, that's just the kind of country it is."

……

The Self-Defense Forces landed.

At first, the residents of Okinawa really welcomed the arrival of the Self-Defense Forces. They welcomed the army with food and drink.

The Ryukyu Independence Army, which was rampaging across the island, actually numbered only a few hundred. Naturally, without the ability to mobilize the people, it could only flee in defeat when faced with the Self-Defense Forces that were beaching the island.

After these people fled, the public wasn't too concerned. They just hoped that the Self-Defense Forces could control the rampaging American troops, stop them from looting everywhere, and allow the shops to reopen so that everyone could continue living.

However, when the Self-Defense Forces were stationed at the Air Self-Defense Force base, the public noticed something was wrong.

Wait, why are they stealing things too?

These Self-Defense Forces are even more despicable than the Americans. American soldiers only steal food, but these Self-Defense Force officers come into homes and take the rice cooker and the vegetable garden outside the door. If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but when they eat at the shops on the island, they get to do the same "free food" as the US military.

Bookkeeping?

A Self-Defense Force officer, enraged, hurled insults:

"Baka! You actually keep a tab? We rescued you from that terrorist group, and you want money for a meal?"

"You Chinese devil, get out of here!"

The officers, who were of poor discipline, were robbing food on empty stomachs, causing a great sense of identity crisis among the islanders.

This is even worse than the US military!

Meanwhile, Li Xinghe, who orchestrated all of this, remained on Yijiang Island, a few kilometers away, observing the changing situation.

The following night, Zhang Xiaoqian and his sister Xiao Chongshan Yui, along with dozens of independent members, began their major operation.

“As long as we burn the county’s grain reserves and panic everyone, we will definitely be able to drive them away.”

Yui Kojouyama came up with this plan.

Since everyone is having a hard time, let's speed things up!

Let's burn all the grain in one go and see who can eat it.

The "bottom-ranked hottie" disguised herself as a female student and easily tricked the security guards. The separatists swarmed in, killed the guards, and then disguised themselves as self-defense officers to steal food and set it on fire.

"Let the flames rise!"

The fire in the grain warehouse shot into the sky, visible from half of Okinawa Prefecture.

On the 11th day of Okinawa's 99-day anniversary, the entire island went crazy.

Among the public, the independence activists

They spread false information to them by word of mouth.

"It is said that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. Third Expeditionary Force fought a fierce battle near the Okinawa Prefecture grain depot in order to seize it, which eventually led to a huge fire that burned all the grain reserves on the island."

All the blame should be placed on the Self-Defense Forces and the US military.

The people finally realized that the Self-Defense Forces and the Third Expeditionary Force were all monsters worse than pigs and dogs. If they had to choose one to support, they would choose Ryukyu independence.

The mobilization of the entire population of Okinawa has finally begun.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Only 3900 words today. I'm very sorry, the second, third, and fourth days of the Lunar New Year were busier than I expected. I was practically running around non-stop today. I'm told I have to go again tomorrow, and I should be able to resume a more stable update schedule around the day after tomorrow. I hope you can understand. Orz

Update around 3-4 pm

Nine people came to my house, a big group, and we're going out to eat. I'm really too busy to handle it all, so I'll see them off first and then come back to write this update. Orz.