Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Do you have any thoughts about a dying person?"

In her eyes, both Baba and Hisahito were dead men in the futures market.

Li Xinghe didn't say it directly, but instead went around in circles to reflect on history:

“From today onwards, or rather from the start of the pandemic in 2019 onwards, we will see more and more unchanging edifices collapse. Those things we thought were eternal are all fragile and unattainable.”

All that seems eternal and unchanging to people will be swept away by the storms of history, broken, smashed, and torn apart without leaving a trace.

"Should we eliminate them?"

The subordinate is asking.

Not only the coastal troops, but also the reformers in the Imperial Palace had the same doubts.

Having finally completed his ostentatious coronation ceremony in front of numerous reporters, Nobuyuki Baba appeared outwardly calm, but inwardly he was still extremely worried.

"Now, you can't keep threatening me."

"Are you threatening me?"

He picked up his phone and quietly asked Li Xinghe when he would let her go.

"I'll make way for you, give you a car, and get out of here to Osaka."

Li Xinghe made a very kind decision to postpone the trouble for a few days.

Shui Jingtian frowned, hugged Li Xinghe tightly, and asked:

"Are you really going to let them go?"

"Let him get lost. If he doesn't run, how are we going to chase him all the way to Osaka? How are we going to extend our reach into the Kansai region?"

Not only did Li Xinghe want to establish a coastal combat brigade in Tokyo, but he also wanted to discuss with the Pentagon the possibility of setting up a coastal combat regiment in Osaka to keep an eye on the Japanese in the Kansai region. The location was easy to negotiate; the gambling dream island, which had been failed by the Japan Restoration Party, was a perfect natural base.

Just as Li Xinghe's plan was going smoothly, the Qingshan Command urgently provided the latest fatal change.

"Chief of Staff Yoshida Keihide has been kidnapped, and a right-wing power grab has emerged within the Self-Defense Forces!"

"what?"

This was the third change that Li Xinghe hadn't expected.

……

A new coup has occurred at the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces Headquarters in Shinjuku Ward.

Specifically, as Yasuomi Morishita was labeled as a 'traitor,' a split indeed occurred between the Japanese Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces.

Ordinary civil servants and bureaucrats were naturally afraid of being implicated in the national turmoil, so they abandoned their posts and went into hiding. These people in suits ran away, but the self-defense forces of the uniformed group experienced serious infighting.

The Eastern Army of the Ground Self-Defense Force suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Li Xinghe, and its influence diminished.

However, the Air Self-Defense Force, which has a clear right-wing tendency, is very angry about Li Xinghe's usurpation of power as an elite unit. Under the instigation of Uchikura Hiroaki, who was expected to be excluded from the next round of the Chief of the General Staff election, they decided to launch a rebellion!

Yoshida Keishu accepted a huge bribe from Li Xinghe, and anything he said would be seen as favoring Li Xinghe, so Yoshida Keishu was the first to be captured by the rebels.

Kei-Hide Yoshida just wanted to retire, and he cried in his office:

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting... I'll quit!"

With his signature, Hiroaki Uchikura was temporarily recognized as acting Chief of the General Staff.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has a stronger right-wing component, also experienced internal riots, just like the Air Self-Defense Force.

Even the right wing of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Air Self-Defense Force are completely at odds.

At this moment, Hiroaki Uchikura suddenly presented evidence accusing Satoshi Saito:

"You are Li Xinghe's spy! You took his money! He was the one who instructed you to steal my position as Chief of the General Staff!"

Because the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Chief of Staff, Satoshi Saito, and his deputy, Koji Yagi, had a good relationship with Li Xinghe and had both received bribes from him. Although ordinary officers were unaware of these matters, they were common knowledge within the Self-Defense Forces during the current power struggle among right-wing forces.

Even Saito Satoshi never imagined that he would lose his status because he accepted $5 from Li Xinghe!

When the Maritime Self-Defense Force officer rushed into the office, facing the pressure from his subordinates and knowing that the situation was hopeless, Saito Satoshi still couldn't help but frown sadly and ask with tears in his eyes:

"Morishita Yasuomi did indeed mobilize troops to Tokyo, but his whereabouts are unknown now; he may already be dead. Aren't you just throwing your lives away by doing this?"

"No, we've had enough of the US-Japan Joint Command!"

Right-wing officers from the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Air Self-Defense Force are vehemently denouncing Li Xinghe, a scoundrel, for his instigation of the U.S.-Japan Joint Command, which has severely weakened the Self-Defense Forces. Now, at this critical juncture of life and death, there's no time to discuss whether it's justified or not.

Finally, Li Xinghe and the Self-Defense Forces completed their internal integration.

Therefore, Li Xinghe resorted to his old trick and called the Self-Defense Forces:

"Self-Defense Forces? I am Seikawa, and I would like to have a talk with you."

Hiroaki Uchikura waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to talk to Li Xinghe, making himself appear very confident.

Air Self-Defense Force Deputy Chief of Staff Naito Genichi picked up his phone and began to hurl insults at Li Xinghe:

"Li Xinghe! Let me tell you, you American-born, California-raised Chinese orphan, don't think you can run rampant in Tokyo just because you have some Ukrainian remnants with you. You're far inferior to An Lushan!"

An Lushan?

Li Xinghe smiled slightly. "They're quite cultured," he thought, "they even know to compare Li Xinghe to An Lushan."

While he was mobilizing troops, he replied with vulgar and crude language:

"You know what? When I was in a detention center in Canada, I learned that if a new young guy came to the serious prison next door and couldn't resist, they would knock out eight of his teeth, so he couldn't bite anything, and then he would be used as a mouthpiece for everyone."

In prison, selling one's ass and selling one's mouth are two businesses that have something in common. The problem with the former is that the anus becomes loose and prolapses, leaving one's crotch stained yellow; while the problem with the latter is that one loses their molars and has difficulty eating. You can't live on white protein every day, can you?

Hiroaki Uchikura, Genichi Naito, and the others were all puzzled:

What are you trying to say?

I've never seen someone reveal their embarrassing past.

Li Xinghe grinned maliciously, revealing his fangs:

“What I’m trying to say is that once I catch you, and all of you, I’ll throw you into Tokyo’s most dangerous Fuchu Prison, knock out your eight teeth, tear your buttocks apart, and leave you inside crying and unable to stop. I’ll imprison you for 30 years, and when your buttocks and mouths are all poked and pierced, I’ll throw you out onto the streets to wander.”

The Self-Defense Force members were all terrified.

The minor disturbances in Japan are far less severe than the hellish conditions typically found in American prisons.

Hiroaki Uchikura picked up the phone himself:

“Your withdrawal from Tokyo now is still a peaceful way to step down.”

Li Xinghe scoffed at this:

"With the trash you have, even if you took down two and a half divisions of the Northern Army in Hokkaido, you'd still only be fit to kiss my ass!"

The far-right officers of the Self-Defense Forces roared in anger:

"We will protect Great Japan!"

Li Xinghe also refused to back down:

"Then come on, let Japan burn!"

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. 4500 words. I've learned my lesson and accept the criticism. My update schedule has indeed been getting worse and worse; I need to make changes.

Chapter 657: Li Lushan Bombs Tokyo, Xiao Xinghe Keeps His Word (3900 words)

Although the situation was urgent, to some extent, it had little to do with the citizens of Tokyo.

After all, neither side in the conflict had many men. In the face of such a peaceful army that didn't even know to turn off their cell phones during battle, the probability of death was negligible when spread out among each person.

Therefore, the number of people broadcasting the Tokyo battle live may be ten times that of the two sides actually fighting.

"The situation in Tokyo is extremely complex right now. There are the US-Japan joint forces, the Self-Defense Forces, the Japan Restoration Army, the underground Communist Party, and even the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau. Our only consolation is that in the face of such a terrible threat, those Mio robbers who break locks, kick doors, and beat the elderly dare not show their faces anymore. They are also afraid of dying."

A reporter spoke humorously in front of the camera, occasionally thanking those who had tipped him.

As a friendly country that cares most about its neighbors, China had tens of millions of residents watching the live broadcast of the Battle of Tokyo on this day, and they even raised money in the live broadcast room to sponsor the post-war reconstruction of Tokyo residents, as long as they dared to broadcast the places where the fighting was raging.

Meanwhile, at the Air Self-Defense Force coup headquarters in the Ichigaya Ward, they discussed how to eliminate Li Xinghe.

Having effectively staged a coup and forced Chief of the General Staff Yoshihide Yoshida and Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Satoshi Saito to step aside, the Self-Defense Force officers naturally formed a new clique. Hiroaki Uchikura became the new Chief of Staff, and Genichi Naito became the new Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force.

If it weren't for the reluctance to go too far, according to the old Japanese military tradition, they should have directly called it the Air Force Ministry or Air Force Minister by now.

"Can the JMSDF planes take off?"

The Air Self-Defense Force officer first looked at the Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel, but the Maritime Self-Defense Force officer shook his head, indicating that it was impossible. Although the four helicopter destroyers, including the Kaga and Hyuga, could launch and recover F-35Bs, they were far away at the Yokosuka Naval Base, and it would take time to deploy them.

And the main problem is that,

The coordination between different Self-Defense Forces is very troublesome. It is said to be under a unified leadership, but isn't this just a struggle over who is the leader?

"We'll take off our planes right away and bomb these bastards to death."

Forced into a corner, Hiroaki Uchikura gritted his teeth and decided to launch an air raid on Li Xinghe.

But Li Xinghe's troops are all near the Imperial Palace. Wouldn't bombing him be the same as destroying the Imperial Palace?

Although the Self-Defense Force officers around them were shocked, they had already detained the Chief of the General Staff, so they didn't care whether the Imperial Palace had been bombed or not. In any case, Emperor Naruhito was in Li Xinghe's hands, and his fate was unknown.

Although electronic warfare suites and threat response capabilities have been removed, an aircraft is still an aircraft; simply taking off is quite simple.

However, in the rush, the only aircraft that could be urgently mobilized and taken off from the Kanto Plain was the 7th Air Wing under the Central Air Force, deployed at Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture. The entire regiment consisted of only the 3rd Squadron, which had only F2A fighters and T4 trainers, two outdated military aircraft.

"The F2A is enough, and the T4 with bombs is also good. They don't even have anti-aircraft weapons."

Air Self-Defense Force officers boasted about their combat capabilities.

The next problem has arisen.

Japan has no usable air-to-ground offensive missiles!

They only have some outdated anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, such as Sparrow and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, or Japanese-owned Type 80 and Type 93 anti-ship missiles. Without the assistance of electronic warfare kits, these missiles are far too ineffective against ground targets.

Left with no other option, the officers could only search the armory and use whatever they could find.

"Dig out the warehouses! Dig out all the MK80 low-drag aerial bombs, JDAM attack bombs, and C87 cluster bombs. Use whatever you can!"

……

When the F2A and T4 aircraft of the 3rd Air Force appeared on the northeastern horizon, the Aoyama Command was greatly shocked.

Maria immediately relayed the message to Li Xinghe: "Run! The Self-Defense Forces have sent planes to bomb you!"

"Holy crap!"

Li Xinghe never expected that the Self-Defense Forces could pull off such a brutal stunt.

The plane roared in.

The soldiers from Ukraine finally abandoned their lazy habits and darted around like agile wild boars amidst the whistling death bombs. Countless terrifying experiences had taught them to find safe spots to avoid American-made aerial bombs almost instinctively.

Meanwhile, combat drones and smaller drones launched from the Ryujo and Hosho aircraft in Tokyo Bay rushed over to provide support. Large drones specifically interfered with the low-altitude flight paths of the aircraft, while smaller drones directly collided with their engines.

Caught off guard by the interception, a T4 trainer jet was interfered with, and the pilot had no choice but to eject. The plane trailed a long plume of smoke as it landed straight above the Changhe Hall of the Imperial Palace.

Boom!

Hisahito, Nobuyuki Baba, and reporters from various media outlets, who had just escaped from here, stared in disbelief as the 64-year-old post-war main hall was set ablaze amidst the sounds of planes and bombs, turning into a blazing torch that illuminated the Tokyo sky.

"Mom!" Yu-Jin screamed, and ran wildly with everyone else.

Under the threat of fighter jets from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Li Xinghe certainly wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die.

Immediately after the first round of bombing, he gave the following orders:

"Damn it, let's get into the Imperial Palace! I want to see if they dare to blow it up!"

Coastal combat brigades and opposing divisions from all directions broke through the old gates, drove their tanks and infantry fighting vehicles directly into the Imperial Palace, hid under the cover of greenery, and then began to prepare for air defense operations on the spot.

Not only at the Imperial Palace, but Hisahito just completed his enthronement ceremony here. After all, he is considered the Crown Prince of Japan.

Come on, bomb it! I have meat shields!

Just as Li Xinghe was feeling triumphant, another air raid struck.

They really did throw bombs into the Royal Palace!

In the eyes of the coup officers who were already desperate, the Imperial Palace was now the best target.

"They really dare to blow it up?"