Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Japan's Type 12 anti-ship missile lacks stealth capabilities and is inferior to the JESAM in terms of power, maneuverability, and guidance. However, thanks to the ingenious improvements made by North Korean technicians, its range has at least reached over 1000 kilometers.

With a flight time of just over ten minutes and outdated anti-ship missiles lacking any stealth capabilities, defending against it is indeed a trivial matter for the Americans.

The missile, a Type 2 12 anti-ship missile, was aimed at the US Navy and was easily shot down by an interceptor missile from an escorting Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Such a missile was as laughable as a child waving a toothpick in the face of the US military.

However, in order to evade the missile, the Nimitz was forced to perform a high-angle battlefield maneuver.

That movement caused him to strain his back.

The sailors on the ship ran around in a panic:

"Powertrain compartment shut down!"

"The pipeline short-circuited and caught fire!"

"The island superstructure is on fire! Everyone, quickly take cover and save yourselves!"

It's unclear where the fire started, but it spread to a large fire.

A raging fire broke out on the island superstructure of the USS Nimitz, with black smoke rising dozens of meters into the air. In the dim light of dawn, it became the most beautiful sight on the coastline, like an old yellow dog with its tail between its legs, slinking away towards Pearl Harbor under the protection of other escort ships and fire-fighting water spray.

Everyone was very happy.

Now, the mud has fallen into the American soldier's crotch; even if it wasn't shit, it's still shit!

Li Xinghe didn't know whether to be happy or sad after hearing this:

"Well... I guess that's an achievement."

From both a financial and political perspective, Li Xinghe has won big.

While the general public around the world still doesn't understand where the planes that have crashed and the missiles that have exploded in Tokyo came from, those American financial giants who have fled to the yen safe haven with huge sums of money, and who are disliked by both Vance and Trump, certainly understand that Li Xinghe and Vance have already completed a round of open and covert struggle.

Li Xinghe built an iron wall of defense in Tokyo, remaining unmoved and unscathed despite the siege of three nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle groups and an air force. What a display of valor!

Many American capitalists who came here felt safe.

Warren Buffett, who has a large amount of capital invested in Japan, praised and supported Li Xinghe at a private investment meeting.

“I will invest in him.”

"If you're a smart person, you should put your money in Japan. Among so many madmen, he's a rare, intelligent, flexible, and reliable leader."

After hiding in Tokyo for a few years, these old guys are planning to return to the United States to continue expanding their capital.

Of course, Li Xinghe readily accepted.

Because once they've arrived, he won't let these American tycoons leave again.

You should just stay in Tokyo and enjoy your retirement, old folks.

……

The nurses at the Royal Hospital suddenly exclaimed:

"Born! Born!"

What will happen?

Scarlett Johansson just had a C-section and is resting now, isn't she?

Li Xinghe was pulled back by the nurses:

"Your mother...madam...my love, has given birth. It's another boy. Both are boys tonight."

Has Mikako given birth too?

Li Xinghe is going to take a look.

But Misato and Chiyo, who hadn't slept all night, stopped Li Xinghe from going to see them, and instead told him:

"Go hold the press conference. Now you need to take command of the country."

When it comes to matters of state and family, everyone can distinguish between them.

Li Xinghe gritted his teeth and had no choice but to turn around and head to the Cabinet Residence.

Surrounded by reporters, Li Xinghe told everyone:

"The Tokyo Iron Wall system is safe and sound. We can tell you with absolute certainty that Japan is capable of building a defense against missile attacks from any country. We can protect our own security."

But what the reporters were more concerned about was:

"What countries do the two unnamed F-18EF fighter jets that were shot down belong to?"

Li Xinghe is lying through his teeth:

"It's China."

The reporter was dumbfounded:

"what?"

Li Xinghe said:

"It's China."

"Forehead……"

The reporters were all speechless with laughter.

By not explicitly stating that the plane originated from the United States, Li Xinghe showed the greatest kindness he could show to the US.

Because the United States really does have nuclear weapons.

If a nuclear bomb falls on Tokyo, Li Xinghe's entire family will be finished. (The last two lines are a nonsensical string of characters and don't translate directly.)

While Li Xinghe was still nimbly leaping around, the American media was in a state of despair, as if the nation was on the verge of collapse.

The Washington Post pointed out sharply:

"Japan and the United States are suffering a huge defeat."

The New York Times drew a graphic overnight: an old man being kicked out of a room, with the headline:

"A defeated America is leaving Northeast Asia."

Most media outlets are aware that the US military suffered a defeat in Tokyo last night.

Unfortunately, everyone had to play the riddle-maker and couldn't directly say what happened that night, which made 'China' the most frequently mentioned word in this atmosphere of despair.

It was China's F-18EF that crashed into Tokyo's radar screen; it was China's three-carrier strike group that grazed the edge of Japan's perimeter before slinking away in disgrace.

It is precisely because everyone is a riddle solver that countless conspiracy theories have been born.

Some say, "The joint attack on Japan by China and the United States failed."

Some say, "During joint military exercises between Japan and the United States, a live ammunition assembly error occurred, leading to the plane crash and the aircraft carrier catching fire." This claim has become a widely accepted conspiracy theory used by many media outlets to cover up the incident.

The US-Japan alliance remains intact!

It must also be intact.

Although the general public is still spreading conspiracy theories, and in the Maga group it is even claimed that a fierce battle took place over Japan last night, with the US military sending three carrier strike groups to defeat countless Chinese fleets, and losing two F-18EFs and causing heavy damage to the Nimitz, we still won big!

Anyone with eyes can see that the fierce battle between planes and missiles over Tokyo last night has ushered in a new era.

The United States has lost control of Japan.

Regardless of whether Li Xinghe actually exists, this scenario is already a common prediction: Japan will inevitably break away from the United States in the foreseeable future. Many people believe this will happen in 2040 or 2050, but how could those making predictions foresee the rapid decline of the United States?

The rapid decline of the United States made Japan, under Li Xinghe's leadership, seem so indestructible.

The fire that engulfed the Nimitz's island superstructure has repeatedly proven that this aging supercarrier has reached the end of its life and is almost ready to disintegrate.

And it doesn't even have time to extend its lifespan, because it's needed everywhere to patch holes and put out fires.

Should this veteran, who served the U.S. military for 54 years, be allowed to endure until he disintegrates and commits suicide at sea before his fate is considered sealed?

The US Navy was supposed to be undergoing a wave of ship decommissioning in 2027.

What about the successor company?

The Enterprise is still in the dry dock; its construction has been stuck at 95% for many years.

President Vance, having lost face, stormed into the Pentagon and questioned several chiefs of staff:

"What do we do now?"

The generals on the Joint Chiefs of Staff had no choice but to continue searching for toilet paper.

"The USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is almost... about to be launched. It's just a tiny bit of time away."

The Enterprise was cut into steel plates back in 2018, but there was no scheduled launch date. Later, it was said that it would be launched in August 2026, and everyone was waiting to see what would happen.

The first delay was announced, a full 18 months, followed by another 23 months less than a year later, and has been postponed repeatedly since then. Now it's said to launch in 2032. From 2018 to now, the Enterprise has been under construction for a full 11 years, and it is expected to take another 3-5 years before it launches.

This construction period is incredibly long.

Vance pressed further:

"What about the Columbia nuclear submarine?"

"It's almost here, it's already on its way."

In reality, it was never built; it has been delayed indefinitely, and many modules have encountered problems.

Vance gritted his teeth and continued to ask:

"What about the Constellation-class corvettes?"

"Rest assured, we have finally finalized the manufacturing blueprints."

After nearly 10 years, and after seven years of continuous construction and modifications, the Navy announced that it would no longer change the blueprints, and that we would now focus all our efforts on building this European-made frigate.

Anyway, the Joint Chiefs of Staff has only one opinion.

Once the Enterprise, Columbia nuclear submarine, and Constellation-class corvettes are launched, everything will be alright!

The problem is that there's no water.

The wave of US Navy ship decommissioning since 2026 should have been a complete cleanup of the Nimitz and Eisenhower, all Ticonderoga cruisers and old Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as many small ships such as minesweepers. However, since no replacement ships could be found, these expired and dilapidated ships have to be used as a last resort.

The performance of the Nimitz alone proves that the navy's dilapidated state is no longer capable of supporting high-intensity localized confrontations, not to mention the potential future Taiwan Strait crisis.

Vance began to show off his new plan:

"We need a type of ship that can provide firepower for deterrence near the coast, and intimidate countries like Japan, South Korea, and even the Philippines, which lack offensive missiles."

Upon hearing this, not only the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but even the White House staff looked horrified, as if Warhammer players had seen a 'Cloud Hammer Imp' or single-player gamers had seen a 'Cloud Brahman'.

Vance clenched his fist again in confirmation:

"Yes, we need large battleships that can be completed in a year! We need them to deliver deadly firepower in coastal waters, destroying their coastal cities. They're cheap, reliable, and we won't care if they sink. We should build three to five of these large battleships for coastal firepower projection!"

The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Navy Department were all ashen-faced.

Isn't that the advanced electromagnetic gun for the Zumwalt-class destroyer that was never built?

The plan has failed in countless attempts to prove itself.

Electromagnetic naval guns, battleships, and cheap and reliable?

Who told Vance this idea of ​​restarting battleships, which is not even considered a military enthusiast and is at best a second-rate military reader?

"Your Excellency, which... 'military expert' provided this suggestion?" The Chief of Naval Operations begged Vance to reveal who made the suggestion, as if he had eaten shit. This guy should be sent to heaven immediately by truck.

Vance, of course, couldn't say.

This idea actually stemmed from a discussion he saw on Twitter among military enthusiasts on the Maga military forum about how to suppress regional countries like Yemen. Many of these discussions included theories proposed by various individuals. The argument was that since countries like Yemen, which rely on small drones for defense (assuming they ignore enemy missiles), lack anti-ship capabilities (ignoring the fact that aircraft carriers dare not approach the Red Sea), why not simply send battleships to bombard them near the coast?

He thought this was correct and believed that the Pentagon's corruption and incompetence led to the failure of this sound theory.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff also had reasons to dissuade them:

"That being said, we can't build battleships. We can't exactly restart New Jersey, can we?"

Rebooting it is definitely out of the question; it's so old and worn out.

"And the United States has no production capacity either."

"South Korea has it."

Vance emphasized this point.

South Korea is now the arsenal of the democratic world. Although its shipbuilding industry is declining in competitiveness, South Korea's shipbuilding industry can certainly make up for the losses suffered by the US military.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff had no choice but to continue trying to dissuade Vance: