Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Soldiers from the Huangshui Defense Company gathered here.

Many passing officers also came to watch, and then they saw a group of dejected, disheveled soldiers dejectedly walk off the plane and sit on the roadside in a daze. There were about three thousand of them.

When local officers came to inquire, Li Xinghe told them:

"They are... wounded soldiers from the 25th Division who retreated, including some unlucky guys who managed to evacuate from the 3rd Expeditionary Force. The Indo-Pacific Theater is really despicable; they embezzled $86 billion in relocation funds and left the 3rd Expeditionary Force and the 25th Division scrambling to clean up their mess. Now the 11th Airborne Division has also been thrown into Okinawa."

"Me? I'll take them back to the Washington area to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in helping wounded, veterans, disabled, and demobilized soldiers leave the military and find jobs. Don't worry, they're no threat."

The aircraft unloaded infantry fighting vehicles and various weapons.

But Li Xinghe still maintained that they were harmless and that the equipment would soon be handed over to the Pentagon.

In short, they were harmless, ordinary passing veterans.

In reality, Li Xinghe's Huangshui Defense Company only employed one thousand of them, mixing them with the two thousand wounded and disabled soldiers as veterans. No matter how the Department of Defense, the FBI, or the base officers looked at it, they couldn't find any problems.

After a simple sampling survey confirmed that the transfer of the wounded soldiers complied with Pentagon procedures and received approval from above, Andres Air Force Base arbitrarily released the order.

Li Xinghe clapped his hands and gathered the soldiers together to prepare to leave.

At the entrance of the Andres base, Li Xinghe cleared his throat: "Everyone can disperse here. Those who need to go to the veterans' hospital should go to the hospital, and those who need to go to the Veterans Affairs Bureau should go to the bureau. None of you are seriously wounded, so I believe you all know how to get there. Those with contracts with Huangshui Defense Company, follow me."

Even so, most of the wounded and disabled soldiers of the 25th Division and the 3rd Expeditionary Force still followed Li Xinghe's troops.

Sending them to the Veterans Affairs Department is no different from abandoning them. It means they're convinced Li Xinghe has connections, and they're familiar with the team, so they're determined not to leave.

So Li Xinghe, with nearly three thousand soldiers, found himself completely bewildered on the highway from Maryland to Virginia.

Where are we going to put so many people?

Left with no other choice, Li Xinghe went to the Andres base to make contact and borrowed a batch of buses, which then carried everyone and the infantry fighting vehicles to the Pentagon.

This reckless act was pursued by local police helicopters in less than 3 minutes, and less than 5 minutes later, the Pentagon called to inquire.

Li Xinghe explained his difficulties to the Pentagon: "The wounded don't want to leave, the disabled soldiers don't want to leave the unit, and the veterans can't find jobs. They're still with me now. You have to help them out, right?"

Several tens of minutes later, Li Xinghe was summoned to the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A gleaming bald head lit up the office, followed by a smile from the vice chairman, who looked like a typical old white general.

"Hello, I am Christopher Grady, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

Li Xinghe returned the smile, stood at attention, and saluted.

"This is G.L. I am responsible for representing the U.S. military in Japan and coordinating the transport of demobilized soldiers from the Third Expeditionary Force who are unable to make a living, as well as wounded soldiers from the 25th Division, back to the home country. This is my transport report. The military is currently facing some difficulties, and I request the Pentagon's assistance."

Deputy Chief of Staff Grady changed the subject:

"They all call you Big G, saying you're very powerful in East Asia, with your family's influence spanning China, Japan, and South Korea, and that you can mobilize tens of thousands of troops. They say you can advise the million-strong armies of Japan and South Korea, and that you can call the private cell phones of the chiefs of staff of Japan or South Korea at any time. Is that true?"

Li Xinghe

Waving his hand to indicate:

"That's an exaggeration, but it's basically true."

A self-contradictory statement seems to be both a denial and an admission.

His bald head gleamed under the lights, and he stood up and exclaimed:

"The Washington election is in a month. Do you see the military camps around here? Almost every place is crammed with soldiers or defense contractors who have come in for various reasons. Every unit is stationed near Washington, whether by accident or not, for various reasons. At the various military bases or veterans' homes in Virginia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania, they are almost all at full capacity. I don't want to play dumb with you, but you brought back nearly three thousand people, a whole brigade."

The subtext is that it's impossible to arrange accommodations, as the nearby military camps are already full of people who have come in for various reasons.

There's nothing I can do about you wounded soldiers.

Li Xinghe pointed to Arlington Cemetery outside the Pentagon window:

“Isn’t Arlington National Cemetery right next door? Give us some tents, and we can live in the cemetery. Or give me a prison; I can help the government execute all the prisoners while I’m at it. The food in prison is much better than in the army.”

Is it acceptable to let wounded American soldiers live in Arlington Cemetery?

After they die, are they buried directly in the burial chamber?

Imprisonment is absolutely out of the question. If the outside world knew that the Pentagon was throwing returning veterans and wounded soldiers into prison, where would the Pentagon's stance be?

What if reporters see this?

After a brief struggle, Li Xinghe skillfully pulled out a bag of US dollars.

Money can travel anywhere.

The traditional gesture is to express one's goodwill with $5.

For officials in the capital, this is a considerable sum of money. In Washington, D.C., where the cost of living is extremely high, $5 is one-third of the annual salary of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moreover, this money is tax-free and will not be audited by the IRS.

So Vice President Grady squeezed the thickness of the envelope and smiled with delight:

"Next to the Pentagon, in the southwest corner of Arlington Cemetery, there's a place called the Shared Base. It was originally prepared for activities like Boy Scout summer camps and military training camps. There's accommodation and a canteen there. You can stay there temporarily."

These civilian-military co-operation sites are one of the funnels within the U.S. military. They generate revenue, and ordinary employees working there are considered U.S. military personnel. Many Chinese have used these places to obtain military status and green cards.

Li Xinghe readily accepted.

As Li Xinghe was about to leave the office, the bald man said to him:

"I don't care about conflict. In fact, I resigned this month. I signed with the same agency that President Biden previously worked for. My demands aren't high. I don't want to see bloodshed. No matter whose orders, requests, or hints you're on to come to Washington and the Pentagon, peace is all we want to see."

It seems that many people subconsciously sensed that the surge of various soldiers near Washington, while seemingly reasonable upon closer inspection, was completely off overall.

"Of course, I also long for peace."

Li Xinghe went downstairs, took a sip of water, and then spat it out at the entrance of the Pentagon.

He muttered to himself:

"Does that mean you don't kill people during elections? I kill people on Thanksgiving."

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4700 words. The Battle of Washington is currently in production.

Chapter 607: The Day of Okinawa's Defeat, The Veteran's 100-Meter Race (4100 words)

"Are we going to live in a Boy Scout summer camp?"

When the soldiers arrived at the shared camp, they were overwhelmed by the sight of a group of children.

Fortunately, the food at the summer camp was much better than in the military camp, and the recreational facilities were more than enough to meet the soldiers' post-war needs. There was even a green amusement park. Everything was great except for the lack of a red-light district. Of course, for those perverts who love children, this was paradise.

But when the three thousand defeated soldiers, looking dejected, slowly drove into the summer camp with their tattered armored vehicles, the camp staff were stunned. They screamed repeatedly.

"Has America lost the war? My God!"

"Which battlefield did you come from? My God, how did things turn out like this?"

The returning 25th Division and the 3rd Expeditionary Force, being the unfortunate Army and Marines, immediately began complaining to their staff: "We just came back from the Okinawa battlefield! We were facing Chinese guerrillas, supported by the Japanese and Koreans. They were elusive, and fighting them was like fighting in Korea and Vietnam. It was calm during the day, but at night it was a raging sea of ​​people. We were like the Federation forces stationed in the Bug Zone in Starship Troopers!"

"We were fooled by Trump and the Pentagon. It's not a scenic resort area at all. Every ravine and forest is teeming with enemies, and every cloud hides a drone."

"Their firepower was even more ferocious than ours, with swarms of drones dropping bombs that were more terrifying than the swarms of flying insects in Starship Troopers."

Naturally, the routed soldiers exaggerated the guerrillas' fighting capabilities and completely believed they were facing a Chinese regular army disguised as soldiers. Otherwise, it would be inexplicable that over 30,000 American troops were besieged and harassed to exhaustion by the guerrillas on a mere small island. Although only a few hundred died, the number of wounded was enormous, and the relentless harassment and hunger siege increased the army's fear of the enemy.

Moreover, rumors circulated that South Korean veterans were also on the other side, so they believed that the opposition forces from China, Japan, and South Korea were all in Okinawa. Therefore, after reasonable exaggeration, it turned out to be the Third Expeditionary Force and the 25th Division, a mere 30,000 starving ghosts facing 16 billion people.

So isn't it reasonable to lose a battle?

The summer camp staff were even more shocked. Working next to the Pentagon, when had they ever seen the horrific scene of wounded soldiers being abandoned in a Boy Scout camp?

So they took out their phones and immediately started uploading videos to Douyin:

"Wounded soldiers from the Okinawa battlefield were abandoned in a Boy Scout summer camp."

"Where is Okinawa? Japan? Isn't Japan just China? So the US and China are already at war!"

"We were defeated by China?"

Online public opinion then began to ferment:

"The brutality of the Okinawa battlefield is comparable to that of Afghanistan, yet the Pentagon has never explained that hundreds of people have died in Okinawa alone in the past month."

"So wouldn't the 11th Airborne Division just be going to their deaths if they went in? As long as there's no heavy armor and air support, the more people they send in, the more hostages they get, right?"

"The Japanese army has been defeated, and their chief of the general staff has been killed, but the Pentagon has never announced it, and the major media outlets have remained silent!"

American netizens offered even more humorous comments:

"The critical reception of Captain America 4, a terrible movie, seems to have reversed. We've finally realized that the United States can't beat Japan, let alone a small island in Japan that's trying to gain independence."

"It's not hard to imagine that if Okinawa, with its 0.12 million square kilometers, can tie down 3 of the main force in the Pacific theater, then if the Chinese were to deploy a guerrilla force in Hawaii, with its 1.7 square kilometers, they could tie down 54 U.S. Army troops. If the Chinese were to deploy a guerrilla force in Australia, the entire population of the United States would be unable to defeat them."

"So the claim that the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan is indeed a lie! Atomic bombs never existed! If atomic bombs were really that powerful, why weren't they dropped on Okinawa?"

As the situation began to escalate, the Pentagon finally realized how foolish it was to keep such a group of wounded soldiers near the Pentagon. This was extremely damaging to the image of the U.S. military, which has always needed strategic intimidation.

Therefore, the Pentagon hastily issued instructions to their $150 billion annually cyber army to delete all relevant information and use AI-powered virtual accounts to bombard the comment sections of all relevant individuals, suppressing the voices of normal people.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson explained: "The wounded soldiers are exaggerating; in fact, they received extremely good treatment and care. We're bringing them to Washington for treatment."

Has it been cured? The relevant false information was deleted because it endangered national security.

A $150 billion cyber army is certainly formidable in its combat power, quickly deleting information that threatens U.S. national security. After all, this department's budget is more than half that of the entire CIA.

Unsurprisingly, the classic conspiracy theory on the American internet has begun.

Some rational rednecks started engaging in verbal sparring in war forums:

"Two divisions of US troops, totaling 30,000 men, were routed by Chinese guerrillas in Okinawa. This time alone, 3,000 wounded soldiers have been sent back. Can you imagine how many died and how many were captured?"

The even more mindless far-right openly declared on small forums:

"We should send a large-scale US military attack on Okinawa, just like Israel attacked Gaza! We should use aerial bombs to turn every inch of Okinawa upside down!"

"Gaza has 200 million people, Okinawa has 140 million people, Gaza is 365 square kilometers, and Okinawa is 1200 square kilometers, with only a small portion being residential. So if Israel can do it, why can't the United States?"

The rapidly changing situation online led to a large group of media reporters peeking out from outside the base in just half a day, trying to rush in and interview people to find out the truth.

Seeing that things were not going well, Li Xinghe recently sent people to close the base and send the children back to their parents.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of Staff Grady, who was in charge of making their arrangements, also called:

“Something’s not right. Some people are using the wounded soldiers you’re escorting as an excuse to launch a public opinion campaign. Keep an eye on those wounded soldiers right now. The Pentagon will send people from the Department of Veterans Affairs and military hospitals there to provide medical treatment and post-war support. Make sure they get new clothes, are in high spirits, and don’t embarrass themselves in the group photos.”

Li Xinghe looked back at his defeated troops and smiled bitterly:

"Just don't send morgue attendees who are extremely obese, and no children either, obese children are not allowed. Send some normal blonde cheerleaders, a dance will satisfy them, and give them some Franklin, it can cure any disease."

"It's not impossible. The Pentagon could provide them with a subsidy for summer camp rent and meals. This subsidy could be given to individuals to cover their accommodation and food expenses during this period."

"Um... let's find a big-butt cheerleader to dance with."

Li Xinghe hung up the phone.

Well, the Pentagon's response was not beyond Li Xinghe's expectations. They were willing to give out money, but it was just for food and lodging, and the money still had to be returned to the Pentagon. Isn't this just the old trick of distributing rice to people during disaster relief and then taking it back?

But they are the Pentagon after all, so we can't skimp on the face they deserve.

The bleak atmosphere at the Boy Scout camp only slightly improved after a batch of new uniforms and a medic arrived.

But it was only slightly so, because the Pentagon's quack doctors only habitually prescribe addictive painkillers, and their treatment skills are inferior to those of Japanese doctors. The wounded soldiers and veterans felt refreshed immediately after taking the drugs, which made Li Xinghe grit his teeth and want to kick these military doctors out of the camp.

Later, the Pentagon brought in the famous New York Knicks cheerleading squad to put on some energetic music and dance for the soldiers. The Pentagon then sent Deputy Chief of Staff Christopher Grady to clean up their mess.

Li Xinghe readjusted the authority of the Huangshui Defense Company staff, requiring them to supervise two wounded soldiers each, so that everyone could live a harmonious and happy life.

So, under the lens of a specially invited military reporter, this newly returned army was impeccably dressed. Accompanied by Deputy Chief of Staff Grady, they watched the cheerleaders' big butts swaying, their faces rosy, and even the lame ones could jump up and cheer.

Therefore, the so-called 'defeated remnants' do not exist.

Everyone was happily making dumplings together.

After the promotional photos were taken, Li Xinghe didn't even bother going home; he headed straight for the CIA. The recent crisis of leaked documents was escalating, and he didn't want to suffer the consequences.

Upon arriving at Langley headquarters, Li Xinghe presented his pass and inquired about his personnel file.

Unfortunately, the recent personnel changes at the CIA were more significant than Li Xinghe had anticipated.

The female employee who was receiving us was very puzzled:

"Are you... from the Tokyo East Asia Bureau? No, wait, the East Asia Bureau was just damaged due to the riots in Tokyo, and the director and most of the staff are said to have died in the fire..."

Li Xinghe explained his job position.

"What is the Tokyo Special Activities Center? There is no such department in the files. Please let me check your pass... Is this real? I'm sorry, there have been many departmental changes recently, and a large number of files have been destroyed under the pretext of being useless. Your file may have been mistakenly deleted as well."