Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

At this moment, Li Xinghe spoke first.

He openly criticized Vance on various social media platforms and Japan's six major television networks:

"Release President Trump! Vance, you have no right to be so ruthless towards a wise and outstanding president."

Media outlets from around the world pricked up their ears and gathered around to watch.

Vance immediately logged in and retorted:

"You're just a nobody who rose to power by relying on the US. If I hadn't given you this special opportunity, you would have been imprisoned two years ago for the Yokota Air Base bombing. Now that you're in power, you dare to interfere in US domestic affairs. I can remove you from office within 10 days."

Now it's time for us to exchange harsh words.

When it comes to making tough statements, Li Xinghe is anything but sleepy. Even if Japan and South Korea are terrible, they are still among the top 10 industrial producers in the world, with strong capabilities in precision instruments and large-scale processing, and their shipbuilding industry ranks second or third.

Li Xinghe found some photos of Japanese and South Korean heavy industry companies and made a stern statement:

"I can produce 1000 tanks in a year! Whether it's the K2 tank, the Type 10 tank, or the new VT tank that we're about to introduce. Our tank onslaught can sweep across California all the way to the Mississippi River, cross the Appalachian Mountains, and storm into Washington."

In response, Vance immediately engaged in an online battle of wits with Li Xinghe, posting a picture of the Abrams tank:

"And we have 2000 M1 tanks in storage alone. Come on, you idiot, our tanks will sweep through the entire Tokyo first."

Comparing tanks is indeed a bit embarrassing; Japan's existing armored forces are extremely weak, which is quite shameful.

So after laying the groundwork for his tank production plan, Li Xinghe began discussing the formation of a long-range naval fleet:

"We can launch 10 Aegis-equipped destroyers within a year! We can produce amphibious landing ships, light aircraft carriers, and drone carriers."

That's absolutely true. The technology for building ship hulls isn't particularly difficult. If Japan and South Korea work together, they could easily build 10, or even 20 ships.

The problem is, without Aegis radar and missile kits, what can this ship do besides wasting money? The United States also lacks the corresponding production capacity to meet the shipbuilding kit needs here.

At that point, we'll probably have to go to China to import core technologies.

Vance can only reiterate:

"We have 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers! We can crush the Japanese fleet into dust at any time."

Li Xinghe's biting satire:

"You should first consider how to get your 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to Northeast Asia for repairs at our shipyards."

The two sides exchanged barbs, neither backing down.

Media outlets from around the world were speechless with astonishment as they watched the leaders of the two countries tear each other apart on social media.

Enraged, Vance began to rage and threatened Li Xinghe with a nuclear bomb:

"If it weren't for America's love of peace, we could immediately mobilize nuclear bombers and drop a nuclear bomb on their foreheads, reminding the Japanese of the pain they felt in 1945."

Li Xinghe directly pointed to the United States' continuous failures in East Asia:

"Without Japan's economic support, the United States would never have been able to achieve its Cold War victory over the Soviet Union. Throughout the Cold War, it was Japan and South Korea that supported the United States' East Asian strategy. Meanwhile, the United States suffered defeats in Korea and Vietnam, which was a disgrace to Vance."

Upon hearing this, Vance became even more enraged and criticized Li Xinghe:

“If I wanted to, I could destroy the Tokyo stock market in a single day, severing the chain of profit that the yen has been stealing from the dollar’s ​​value. Let that clown go back to his 1.5-meter-high doghouse and reflect on his actions.”

Even Trump couldn't pose such a financial threat, so Li Xinghe cares even less.

He began to mock Vance:

"If I wanted to, I could expand Japan's military to 500,000 right now. I could launch five aircraft carriers and 30 missile destroyers. I could also develop intercontinental ballistic missiles, defeat the US military in the Pacific, and easily land in California to rescue President Trump!"

At this point, Li Xinghe finally began to lay out his grand military industrial plan.

This also shows that Vance was talking about the existing strength of the United States, while Li Xinghe was talking about what he wanted to do in the future.

Vance dares to say:

"I will use nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to completely blockade Japan! I will launch global sanctions!"

Li Xinghe responded:

"Then I will immediately lead Japan and South Korea, along with China, North Korea, Mongolia, and Singapore, to form a Greater China Federation!"

In their impromptu banter, Li Xinghe and Vance practically revealed each other's cards.

Vance believed that as the President of the United States, he had considerable economic sanctions capabilities and could easily cripple Japan.

However, Li Xinghe is currently the highest-ranking official in the US military presence in Japan. Considering that he also oversees US forces in South Korea, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he is the primary decision-maker for the US military in East Asia. The biggest constraint the US has on Japan is gone, and Li Xinghe is truly sitting on the sidelines watching the show, ready to jump over the wall at any time.

If the time really comes to unite, and Mongolia is removed as a mere figurehead, the new five countries of China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, when put together, would have everything: economy, ports, markets, military, industry, finance, and nuclear weapons. They would absolutely make the United States feel like it's in heaven.

Whether Singapore is willing or not is not something it can decide for itself.

The news of the two arguing on social media became a global sensation.

The comments section below is also a mixed bag.

The "rednecks" split into the Trump faction and the Vance faction. The Trump faction stood with Li Xinghe, angrily criticizing Vance for being incompetent and ruining the country, and for his internal strife being shameful. The Vance faction, on the other hand, accused Li Xinghe of interfering in American domestic affairs and said that he should be immediately subjected to a surgical strike.

Americans passing by often suddenly recall the story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and begin to be wary of and ostracize Asians.

In the Chinese cultural sphere, Singaporeans complain that they still have to do business with Europe and America, and that they shouldn't be dragged into it all the time.

Chinese compatriots kept urging Li Xinghe to bomb Taiwan first, and then immediately crown him King of Japan after recovering Taiwan.

Koreans more or less

I'm not keen on being compared to Japan, but considering Li Xinghe's glorious achievement of having his tanks crush the Yasukuni Shrine, there's not much to say. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if North and South Korea were to reunite within the Greater China Federation?

Some Vietnamese complained that Li Xinghe was excluding them, as Vietnam is also part of the Confucian cultural sphere. Others accused him of wanting to align himself with China. Pro-China and anti-China Vietnamese engaged in a heated debate in the comments section, reigniting the North-South Vietnamese civil war.

Washington was in an uproar, with many advisors advising Vance to stop arguing with Li Xinghe. He and Kay were lovers, so of course he had to speak up for Trump.

Let's get this straight: now it's the United States that needs Li Xinghe's help.

Li Xinghe has not cut off military supplies to the San Diego base, and at the same time he is making threats online. In reality, he is secretly preparing to establish a dictatorship and become king or emperor, and has no interest in joining China.

If he forces Vance to switch jobs, that would be a real problem.

The advisors advised:

"With American capital in one hand, the Chinese market in the other, and Nikkei Finance in the other, this bad boy is basically invincible. What's most amazing is that he is of Chinese descent, so he can flexibly change his stance if things go wrong. Don't provoke him any further."

Vance harbored resentment and suspicion:

"What if he really launches a surprise attack on California?"

The advisors exchanged glances, smiled wryly, and continued to persuade them:

“We think it’s more realistic to first consider the possibility that Mexican drug cartels are about to launch a surprise attack on Texas and California.”

In reality, the drug lords were using products that Li Xinghe had resold in Huaqiangbei.

In a fit of impotent rage, Vance engaged in a final Twitter spat with Li Xinghe:

"Li Xinghe also arrested Japanese Prime Minister Shinjiro Koizumi!"

Anyway, you did it!

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Chapter 720: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Swap Babies and Are Hospitalized Together; Koizumi's True Love Adventure (4500 words)

"We're going to build three aircraft carriers!"

"If you want to launch a missile destroyer, find all the missile experts. Don't have missile technology? Why not go to North Korea and import it?"

In the unified command headquarters, Li Xinghe spoke angrily.

Lin Youzi and Tawara Chiki, who had just arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, exchanged a glance and pushed the door open to enter.

The military personnel in the room, including staff officers, advisors, and general affairs officers, were all sweating profusely and at a loss, unsure how to persuade Li Xinghe to be more rational.

How could you defy the United States?

Although it's because of Trump being detained by Vance, that's a matter for our fathers, and we shouldn't interfere.

But Li Xinghe refused.

He slammed his fist on the table, demanding that the General Staff come up with the next steps in the military buildup plan.

The arrival of Hayashi Yuko and Tawara Chikihime eased the awkward atmosphere at the operations command.

Now, the situation of the Self-Defense Forces and the Coalition Forces being divided into two factions has taken shape.

The General Staff has drafted a general "Maru-5 Plan," which aims to build a medium-sized aircraft carrier and add five destroyers by 2035. It also plans to restart the development of domestically produced fighter jets and consider cooperating with South Korea to build a fourth-generation-plus aircraft to make up for the deficiencies.

And breakthroughs in several missile technologies, such as anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.

In this regard, we might really need to learn from North Korea.

It can only be said that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are truly incompetent, exceptionally so in every aspect. Even with Li Xinghe's repeated urging, their response has been remarkably slow. The only hope is that a few military industrial enterprises can leverage the technology transfer to create something new.

Emerging from the Cabinet residence, the officers of the United Front Work Department paid more attention to Li Xinghe's family's stocks.

At the latest Sally Group press conference, the group launched new software:

"Look, this is the Sally payment app, or Spay for short. This brand-new app allows you to pay for anything you spend on Sally anytime, and you can also share it with friends while chatting. There's no read receipt indicator, and it's all about ease and freedom. It's definitely not a copy of WeChat! However, we have already secured development partnerships with WeChat and Alipay, and we're jointly developing a hybrid payment code with both of them. In the future, you can use multiple apps to scan the same payment code to complete payments conveniently."

To put it bluntly, after acquiring Didi and copying Meituan, they are once again replicating WeChat's rise strategy to create a new social ecosystem in Japan.

As a brand-new business of the Sally Group, the payment and lending business, which carries a financial license, was launched quickly.

After all, this is how the financial industry makes money, and Japan's general lending business is still relatively weak. The launch of Spay is another leap forward for the group in order to improve its stock price and raise funds.

The officers all went to buy Li Xinghe's stocks.

Meanwhile, the big capitalists who fled from the United States to Tokyo were also working hard to acquire Sally's stock, and the $50 million equity that Li Xinghe invested has now swelled to the level of $5000 billion.

There is a consensus among everyone:

As long as Li Xinghe doesn't fall from power, Sally, as a tech unicorn, can continue to thrive.

Meanwhile, Kokubun Tsukiya, the eldest daughter of the Sally Group, is suddenly visited by her younger sister, Kokubun Makabe.

She looked at her increasingly beautiful and elegant younger sister and sighed:

"With the group's business so busy, how do you still have time to come see me? I already have mountains of lawsuits against incompetent and derelict bureaucrats and related personnel of the Liberal Democratic Party."

Makabe Kokubun is indeed very busy, dealing in Russian oil.

But she came with a secret message today, so she teased her sister:

"Tch, you talk like you're so strong, but you don't even dare to go up against Xinghe. It must be tough for you to sneak around in bed at night, right? You just don't have the guts. If you don't do it a few more times, maybe Mami-kaoru's mom will be sad."

Kokubun Tsukiya's face immediately turned green.

As someone with social anxiety disorder, what could she possibly say?

Does she want to have another threesome with Mikasa's mother? The problem is, Mikasa is also pregnant and is currently considering going into hiding.

Kokubun Tsukiya raised her long neck:

"You talk like you're so brave! Aren't you no good either?"

Kokubun Makabe's eyes darted around as he plotted the next accident:

"I... well, I just love seeing your butt sticking out."

Just as the two sisters were playfully bickering, the news was broadcast.

"Lu Yuchi Huayingmei announces she will not run for the next prime minister!"

This is big news.

Although Li Xinghe is a very promiscuous person, Lu Yuchi and Hua Yingmei have been a long-time couple since the beginning, so how could they turn against each other so quickly? It doesn't make sense.

Therefore, there was a great deal of commotion among the people.

Kokubun Makabe then said to her sister:

"Kazumi Shikamachi announced that she was so busy with work that she did not realize she was several months pregnant. She is currently resting in the hospital to take care of her pregnancy due to overwork. Aso Ayako will preside over the general election after the dissolution of the two houses... Misato's mother also brought her luggage and went to the hospital to take care of her temporarily."

Yueya covered her face helplessly:

"Ugh, the work is so sloppy!"

It was clearly a time when the woman from Miri was nine months pregnant and needed to be hospitalized for examinations and to prepare for childbirth, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the hospital together to try and switch places.

"Let's go, to the hospital."