Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Li Xinghe then sat down cross-legged and expressed his gratitude:

"This is a small token of my appreciation; please accept it."

A thick stack of US dollars.

"I'm very grateful that you could come."

Tadashi Nagumo sighed.

Li Xinghe is an outsider; he does not belong to the Seven Guardian Clans, but he is a Celestial Dragon.

Factional disputes within the Japan Self-Defense Forces are rarely publicized. The Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces, two equal-level units, are mainly divided into seven groups, known as the "Seven Defense Groups." The first group consists of politicians appointed after being elected by the people. The next group is the "Suit Group," comprised of military affairs officers, technical officers, and instructors, who come from civilian personnel within the military, the four major defense technology research institutes, and various training camps. Finally, the "Uniform Group" consists of officers from the Ground Self-Defense Force, Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Air Self-Defense Force, elite officers from the three branches.

The conflict between the suit-wearing group and the uniform-wearing group has a long history and can be roughly regarded as a conflict between the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces.

Li Xinghe was different; he was practically an American officer, serving in the Joint Command the whole time.

Li Xinghe could tell from the hidden meaning in his words that it was about factional conflicts within the Self-Defense Forces. Logically, the next Chief of Staff should have been selected, with Saito Satoshi being the next in line. However, Yoshida Keihide was invited back, and the Air Self-Defense Force faction wanted to re-rank the candidates and continue to promote candidates from within the Air Self-Defense Force, causing a great deal of turmoil.

"The Air Self-Defense Force seems very assertive, which makes everyone very unhappy."

Li Xinghe said it in a seemingly casual way.

Nagumo Chuji sold miserably:

“The postwar establishment also had its share of criticisms of my father.”

If we categorize the internal conflicts within the Self-Defense Forces since the Shinzo Abe era, based on the positions of both sides, they can be mainly divided into the 'post-war regime faction' and the 'reform faction'.

This refers to the conflict between two ideas: maintaining the post-World War II Self-Defense Force structure and the complete militarization of the Self-Defense Force.

The conflict between them is quite similar to that between the "treaty faction" and the "fleet faction" in the 30s, both being a conflict between expanding and limiting the military. Officers who advocate maintaining the status quo believe that the Self-Defense Forces are what they are, and that maintaining the current structure is beneficial to the country and its people. Officers who advocate reforming the military, on the other hand, focus on the future, believing that without complete militarization, they cannot face the terrifying threat of China's rise.

Suddenly, one of the women from the Nanyun family opened the envelope and was astonished to find it stuffed full of US dollars.

"Too much! How can this be..."

When Nagumo Tadatsugu looked back, he saw a huge bribe of at least $50, which is more than 1 million yen. In Japan, even the prime minister wouldn't receive such a bribe; it would only be the result of high-ranking bribery within a conglomerate.

This is definitely a large number that could be taken to court.

He turned around in shock, but Li Xinghe smiled and waved his hand:

"After Lord Nanyun's passing, there have been many inconveniences in the army. Please let me know when you need money."

"what do you mean……"

Tadatsugu Nagumo had to get to the bottom of this.

Li Xinghe said seriously:

"I will carry on Lord Nagumo's legacy."

"?"

The entire Nan Yun family was completely dumbfounded.

Li Xinghe was there to bribe him.

Human nature.

He patted his chest and said:

"Before Lord Nagumo passed away, I was on Ie Island, and I wished I could share his fate. Before he left, he entrusted two 3.5-ton coast guard vessels to me for conversion by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. Although the Chinese navy is powerful now and has even entered the waters off Okinawa, I believe that as long as these two aircraft carriers... I mean helicopter destroyers can be commissioned, the strength of the Maritime Self-Defense Force will be further enhanced."

Li Xinghe's ability to lie through his teeth is unparalleled.

In fact, before he killed Nagumo, the two had already been exchanging barbs with Naha on Ie Island, turning into bitter enemies.

When the topic turned to the two new ships, the Nagumo family members eagerly pressed for details:

Are these two ships about to enter service?

Li Xinghe nodded affirmatively:

"Yes, I've already decided on the ship names: Fengxiang and Longxiang."

These are two early aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and their combat capabilities can only be described as questionable. The Hosho was primarily used for training missions, while the Ryujo arrogantly went to its death in the Guadalcanal campaign, getting what it deserved.

The two newly built light aircraft carriers were also of indescribably poor quality.

The two ships are built based on the Coast Guard's hull design, with cramped cabins and a pitiful hangar. They are not only two crab-shell-like vessels built to civilian standards, but even the modification standards are civilian-grade.

According to feedback from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, this class of light aircraft can only carry 8 F-35Bs and fewer than 10 attack helicopters. Even then, it has to compete with the amphibious assault vehicle for space, which can only accommodate fewer than 4 amphibious assault vehicles and fewer than 500 marines.

Even more critically, the ship's speed was extremely slow because the engine was originally designed for maritime patrol and couldn't support such a large weight after modification. As for electronic warfare, radar, and anti-missile systems, the Americans couldn't come up with any new components, so Mitsubishi Shipbuilding simply cobbled together some domestically developed junk, resulting in a level of performance barely better than nothing.

Fortunately, just as the ship was in bad shape, so too was the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

Even some of the older light aircraft carriers aren't fully equipped with F-35B fighter jets. In a sense, these two ships are drone carriers, incidentally serving as amphibious assault ships. If you consider them light aircraft carriers, they're probably among the worst in the world. But if you innovatively 'discover' that they possess the capabilities of both drone carriers and amphibious assault ships, combining the three into a multi-functional carrier, they suddenly seem much more sophisticated. Even so, Japan's amphibious assault force, the Western Air Force Regiment, only has a little over 600 men, and neither ship can fully accommodate them.

Ships and troops were like a gathering of dung beetles, all stinking together.

Li Xinghe doesn't need the long-range combat capability of two ships anyway. He can directly launch drones and helicopters from Tokyo Bay to bomb Tokyo, which would be enough to fulfill his mission of occupying Japanese ship quotas.

The mention of the two ships at this point is clearly an invitation for the Nanyun family to board.

"Please let me think..."

Just as Nagumo Tadatsugu was pondering and Li Xinghe was pretending to become increasingly familiar with him, the rest of the Nagumo family were still enduring it. However, the Nagumo sisters were the first to lose their temper, crawling out on their knees to retort to Li Xinghe:

"Please stop pretending! It's a fact that many people know that Grandpa had many conflicts with you before he passed away!"

The other people didn't look too happy.

It wasn't just a conflict; just days before his death, Kenichiro Nagumo had threatened to take care of Li Xinghe and kick him into the Pacific Ocean. They were definitely enemies.

Nagumo Tadatsugu was furious and turned around, slapping his twin daughters twice, knocking them to the ground.

"Misaki! Asuka! What are you doing?"

The helplessness of middle-aged people was evident on their faces.

Doesn't Nagumo Tadatsugu know that Li Xinghe had a very bad relationship with his deceased father?

Of course he knew.

However, the reality is that circumstances are unforgiving, with the Air Self-Defense Force and the Maritime Self-Defense Force fighting tooth and nail for the position of the next Chief of Staff. Kenichiro Nagumo's death in Naha City brought him very little benefit, and he was even secretly criticized by many for being the first postwar Chief of Staff to die in battle, with some accusing them of being an incompetent family.

Just like during the Battle of Midway, Chuichi Nagumo's indecisiveness about whether to load the attack with torpedoes or bombs led to the Combined Fleet's disastrous attack, the Self-Defense Forces now seem to be shifting the blame for their failures onto Kenichiro Nagumo.

Although the defeat at Midway was not Nagumo Chuichi's fault, but rather Yamamoto Isoroku's divine strategy of dividing and attacking forces, and the disastrous defeat in the Ryukyu campaign was not Nagumo Kenichiro's fault either, but rather Li Xinghe's overpowered abilities, it doesn't prevent both Nagumos from sharing the blame.

Li Xinghe continued to curry favor with the Nan Yun family:

"I imagine your two daughters have just graduated from the National Defense Academy and are currently awaiting job assignments, right? I am currently responsible for establishing the Tokyo Garrison Regiment and two light aviation and naval forces. There are quite a few positions available, and they are directly under the US-Japan Joint Command. I think you understand the weight of my words."

Although I killed your father, I have several job openings here. Do you want to come?

The joint US-Japan military reform has been discussed for a long time.

Both the US and Japan hope to achieve unified leadership of the Army, Navy, and Air Force by a unified command. The only question is whether the US or the Japanese will be in charge of the unified command.

The Japanese clearly hoped to seize power through Japanese leadership, but the United States preemptively sent General Jacqueline Wong, who immediately took the position.

If the Nanyun family can send someone into the Joint Command now, it will be to secure a position in advance, and they will inevitably be promoted.

Another major benefit is that, as a newly formed defense force, the Tokyo Garrison, whose predecessor, the First Division Regiment, was wiped out by Li Xinghe, will be managed by whom after its establishment.

Whoever Li Xinghe says it is, that's who it is.

However, because if this unit were to be established quickly, Shigeru Ishiba could mobilize it immediately, Li Xinghe has been delaying taking action.

Thinking of this, Nagumo Tadatsugu became even more agitated, and disregarding the fact that this was before his father's spirit tablet, he suddenly knelt down in a deep bow.

"I...I would like to volunteer!"

Although he was a second colonel in the Air Self-Defense Force, Tadatsugu Nagumo had always been in charge of base affairs, theoretically matching his expertise in base defense. The Tokyo Garrison Brigade, on the other hand, was a completely new organization independent of the Self-Defense Forces. Furthermore, his father had just died, and now was the perfect time to leverage his father's influence.

Once you join the Tokyo Garrison, you'll not only have a prestigious position, but you can also be promoted directly to Major General and inherit the prestige of the Nagumo family.

Tadatsugu Nagumo desperately needs this position.

Although he was well aware that many people in the Self-Defense Forces disliked Li Xinghe, especially those in the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

"Forehead……"

Li Xinghe pretended to ponder.

The transfer of a second-ranking air force colonel to a general directly under the Cabinet Office is such a good exchange of benefits that it should be carefully considered.

Seeing Li Xinghe deep in thought, Nagumo Tadatsugu immediately brought out his adorable twin daughters:

Go apologize to him!

Asuka and Misaki were stunned, not expecting their father to throw them out of the house so quickly.

Seeing Li Xinghe still in a daze, Nagumo Tadatsugu gritted his teeth and pleaded:

"Please take them away."

The twin sisters, Asuka, is wearing a white military officer's uniform, while Misaki is wearing black mourning clothes.

……

Osaka.

The hastily conducted election only garnered a little over one million votes from Osaka residents. The vast majority of Osaka residents had little interest in the election, so the results were announced after just one day of counting.

The results of the Osaka election are in.

The New Japan Restoration Party, with 34% of the vote, surpassed the Old Japan Restoration Party's 31% to become the largest party in Osaka Prefecture. With the increasing number of Chinese people and business owners doing business in China in Osaka, the far-right Japan Restoration Party, advocating a pragmatic and pro-China stance, became the largest party in the parliament.

However, when the results were announced, the media across Japan were terrified and immediately united to block Nobuyuki Baba.

The desperate coordinated statements by right-wing netizens and media:

"We must never allow pro-China figures to enter the government!"

"The final step in defending Japan is to drive the Chinese out of Japanese politics!"

"World War III began in Japan!"

For the general public in Japan, they are brainwashed by American media, and then Japanese media follow suit.

Amidst the anti-China and anti-communist global propaganda tone following World War II, the suppression of public opinion in the Western world, and the fear of industrial loss and post-war reckoning, the entire nation was on edge, with a tension that could not be openly expressed.

That is to reject Chinese people.

Even if business is allowed and Chinese people can settle down, the Japanese right wing will go into a frenzy and refuse entry to anyone related to China once it comes to politics.

For example, if Li Xinghe were to publicly reveal his Chinese ancestry, right-wing voters in Japan would also fiercely reject and attack him.

After all, Japan is a country that produces political suspense dramas and can make the secret of the big boss a sin by setting up "having Chinese blood".

Therefore, after the Shin-Ishin Party won the general election, it was blocked from entering the Osaka City Council by right-wing forces from all over the country.

It was only then that Nobuyuki Baba understood why the Americans had manipulated him to run for office with a pro-China stance.

This is the best way to incite social conflict.

Either the Japanese themselves undermine their own electoral system, preventing pro-China figures from entering politics; or they allow pro-China figures to enter politics, undermining the Japanese people's political consensus.

Stubborn to the end, completely blocking both ends.

As civil unrest escalates, Osaka Prefecture is completely paralyzed.

The CIA seamlessly transferred the equipment in Okinawa to Osaka Prefecture and handed it over to Nobuyuki Baba.

The CIA told him:

"The choice is yours: either you try to get into the Osaka City Council yourself, or we'll send you in."

Pistols, incendiary bombs, smoke bombs, shields and spears, relentless propaganda, and full CIA involvement.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4600 words. I slept until 12:30 again today, oh my god.

Chapter 642: Live Broadcast of Beating Up a Japanese Man, Yuzhi Takes Photos and Undresses People (4500 words)

"Fuck..."

Emmanuel held his daughter Enya in one arm and scribbled furiously on official documents with the other.

Now that she is in Japan, she is gradually gaining a better understanding of Japanese politics and no longer has to be on edge every day preparing to fly to Hong Kong. However, her busy work schedule does make her feel uncomfortable.