Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Now Vance is under Li Xinghe's control again.

what is it now?

He took Cho Gu-hwan to a secret meeting room to consult with Pentagon officials who were in the midst of difficult negotiations with the South Koreans.

After much deliberation, General John Kane advised Vance to compromise:

"Now is the time to win him over. We absolutely cannot try to do anything to him anymore; we should try to use bait to lure him into obeying the United States."

American imperialism is always arrogant; when they try to reason, it's only because they have no other choice.

Vance only had a personal conflict with Li Xinghe.

But the White House and the Pentagon must find a way to win over Li Xinghe.

Therefore, the Pentagon proposed a strategy of retiring aircraft carriers to buy time:

"Since it's already happened, the USS Kennedy has proven itself in its fully loaded sorties in the Philippine Sea. How about we just decommission the USS Nimitz, which has its island burned to a crisp, and then sell it to him for $1 to scrap? We can also agree to share some knowledge about building aircraft carriers, so that he will have to rely on us to build his dream ship for years to come."

From the Pentagon's perspective, the Kennedy did not make any major mistakes in the F18EF group's full-load sortie. The catapults and arresting cables were used well, and only a few minor obstacles prevented it from demonstrating a stronger operational capability than the Nimitz-class.

If that's the case, then the Nimitz, which takes three steps and stops two, should also be dismantled.

The Pentagon, however, is unwilling to spend money on dismantling the Enterprise, which has already cost nearly $20 billion and is still not finished after 15 years—slower than building an aircraft carrier. Moreover, it would waste its own slipway; it would be better to simply hand it over to Li Xinghe, freeing up the slipway for other projects.

Vance, recalling the Nimitz being burned, found a bittersweet sense of self-consolation:

"He spends tens of millions of dollars every year just on the maintenance of the nuclear power reactor."

The case study involves the now-retired USS Enterprise. As the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it carried eight reactors, and the Pentagon spent over a billion dollars just to keep those malfunctioning reactors running. Therefore, they believed Li Xinghe would definitely suffer losses as well.

Such a statement greatly surprised Zhao Juhuan.

Typical American, they can even hide a victory in a defeat?

That doesn't make sense. Don't Americans have any sense of shame?

They were the ones who were tormented to the point of death by Li Xinghe, causing the US military to be in a state of panic in the Western Pacific, and had no choice but to give Li Xinghe the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier he needed. But according to these Americans, it seems like they won.

Therefore, after summarizing his thoughts, Vance clapped his hands:

"It doesn't seem like it's impossible?"

He even had a wicked plan:

"This decommissioned aircraft carrier will force him to follow American guidance during the more than ten years of dismantling. If he refuses, we'll stop guiding him and let the nuclear reactor explode in Japan, creating a second Fukushima nuclear crisis... Hmph, when the nuclear crisis leaks, he'll have to kneel down and beg me..."

Zhao Juhuan hurriedly drank a mouthful of wine, cold sweat pouring down his back.

We're overestimating the moral character of Americans. They sent us a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but secretly harbored malicious intentions to cause nuclear leaks and pollution. Are they even human?

What a vicious scheme!

Pentagon officials also hoped to win over Li Xinghe, and they proposed the following from a positive perspective:

"If Japan becomes very proficient in repairing Nimitz-class ships, we can also outsource ship repair and dismantling services, which would speed up the construction of new aircraft carriers."

First, outsource the shipbuilding industry, then outsource the ship repair industry, and then the United States can focus solely on building supercarriers.

At this moment, Vance was even somewhat smug.

After a crushing defeat that couldn't be revealed, the United States secured a strong presence in the Western Pacific by binding South Korea with shipbuilding contracts and using aircraft carriers and ship repair and dismantling industries to keep Japan in check. This was a major victory in itself!

Don't ask why Japan wants to distance itself from the United States, and don't ask why South Korea is dependent on Japan, because these are all consequences of Vance's attempt to shift the $2 trillion burden onto Japan.

Take Vans in October, for example. Did they clean up the mess left by Vans three months ago?

Chapter 755: The Nimitz Enters Yokohama, The Female Knight's Fall from Grace (5300 words)

Tokyo.

"This is the world's tallest castle tower in the style of a retro castle, built on the ruins of the Ooku Castle of the Edo period shogun. Although we used a lot of modern reinforced concrete in the construction, we pursued a retro look in the appearance. Therefore, the whole building has many corridors and balconies, making it very suitable for sightseeing."

Tanaka Rui, the general manager of the Imperial Palace construction site, pointed to the super-tall building that was nearly 300 meters high and couldn't help but boast about it.

He is trying to become a Class A architect.

The architects' association dared not refuse to issue the award, because Tanaka Rui was the younger brother of the shameless lawyer Yan Bing Xianzi, whom Li Xinghe personally employed. Yan Bing Xianzi was said to enjoy driving her luxury car to take Li Xinghe out for illicit affairs, which was also part of the social etiquette.

To all of Tokyo, this uniquely shaped building, with its gilded and painted beams that look like it has traveled back from ancient times, is the embodiment of Li Xinghe's rule over Tokyo.

But for the general public, Li Xinghe's rule was not only filled with oppression, spies, and online humiliation, but it also brought about a real political shift.

The Tokyo Iron Wall system, which routed the attacking US forces, had become the unanimous consensus among major media outlets. Although official media only reported that the Self-Defense Forces rescued two pilots from the crashed plane, online media outlets went wild, repeatedly rehashing the events of that night in Tokyo.

It can be said that Li Xinghe's missile launch triggered a collective spiritual climax among the Japanese.

Whether the Japanese like him or not, they have to accept Li Xinghe's existence. Otherwise, if they had a different prime minister, they would have to kneel before the United States again.

Thanks to the shaped network of the Great Firewall in Japan, the exhilarating feeling of triumph experienced by Japanese people here will not spread overseas on a large scale.

Meanwhile, at the Tokyo Royal Hospital, not far from the Imperial Palace, Scarlett O'Hara, the red-haired little witch, lies with her mother-in-law, Kaoru Mama. The two mothers, who have just given birth to sons, share the same husband.

Mikako gently rubbed Scarlett's belly to help her recover quickly from postpartum incontinence.

She asked leisurely:

What name are you going to name the child?

Scarlett nestled lazily in her mother-in-law's arms:

“Noah. Have you heard the story of Noah’s Ark? I feel like I was an ark, drifting from America to East Asia, and then I conceived him, so I named my child Noah.”

"That's wonderful, little girl."

The old folks from the Jian family have already come secretly.

The old patriarch, at forty-eight, wasn't particularly concerned with morality. Upon learning that his granddaughter and great-grandson had a child, he felt it was a family tradition. Kaoru's father, Chiro, was quite critical of the situation, but Chiyo Akako, the grandmother, angrily rebuked Chiro for not being able to produce a son.

Chiro Mamori immediately became withdrawn.

What can I do if I can't have a boy?

Ultimately, after discussions within the Jian family, it was decided that the legitimate heir, born to the eldest sister Jian Meixun, would be adopted by Jian Meixun from Li Xinghe, thus acting as her biological mother while ostensibly as her adoptive mother. This child would then inherit the Jian family line.

His name is Takao Hiramaki, also known as Lee Hsiao-xiong, a very traditional old-fashioned name.

The mother and daughter interacted warmly in the lounge.

But outside the door, the argument between Li Xinghe and the old lady was tense and on the verge of conflict.

General Jacqueline was very displeased with Li Xinghe's action of shooting down American warplanes:

"Kid, you've messed things up! The Pentagon has decided to send me back for a re-examination. You know I'll be forced to resign, or even face a military court-martial!"

The Van Owerst family has almost been led astray by Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe then pointed out her mistake with amusement:

"General, I urge you to face reality. Do you think returning home will solve the current situation? You should immediately take your family to Tokyo and let them live somewhere else. If you don't go back, the Pentagon can't just dismiss you remotely, can they?"

Jacqueline was disappointed and depressed.

"We are the Oversett family! We were born in America!"

Li Xinghe then pointed to Scarlett in the room:

“Her last name is Li, not Van Oversett.”

The argument between Li Xinghe and Jacqueline didn't cause much of a stir, because the old lady held a position but no real power, and Li Xinghe was long past the age of needing to rely on the US military. Some members of the Oversett family could go to Tokyo, while others could remain in the United States.

Children, family, and love are all no match for the international situation at this time.

Amidst the infighting and power struggles, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John Kane arrives in Tokyo as a tinkerer.

……

As soon as General John Kane disembarked from the plane, he told the government officials waiting there:

"We hope to strengthen military cooperation with Japan. We will deliver to Japan a weapon that you will absolutely love: a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier."

Such a shocking news story quickly spread to the battlefield of public opinion.

Upon hearing the news, Li Xinghe said to General Jacqueline:

"See? Your descendants had better change their surname to Li."

Admiral Jacqueline stared at the sea in disbelief. What exactly happened between Japan and the United States while she was traveling and having fun in China?

The US-Japan talks quickly began at the Aoyama Command Headquarters.

General John Kane apologized to Li Xinghe with a look of remorse:

“I should have controlled the situation, but I regret that I was unable to dissuade President Vance. So I hope we can let bygones be bygones and not dwell on the past, and let us look to the future.”

"It's alright, President Vance was just angry for a moment anyway."

Li Xinghe waved his hand, appearing nonchalant about Vance's attack, as if he didn't care.

But no one knows that he spent more than three billion dollars on this confrontation.

General John Kane also found it difficult to discern whether the young man's composure was genuine or merely the arrogance of victory. He had his subordinate produce a letter of intent for cooperation:

After reading it, Li Xinghe praised him:

"Although Vance messed everything up, the Pentagon patched things up in many places."

In his anger and frustration, Vance's actions of trying to spite Li Xinghe were truly shameful, and he continued to embarrass himself.

But ironically, while he was making a fool of himself, he inadvertently helped the Pentagon break through the shipbuilding and procurement restrictions of the Jones Act. Now we can sit down and discuss where Japan and South Korea will ultimately stand in the imperialist hierarchy of the United States.

Japan and South Korea have risen from junior partners to collaborators with the United States.

This also reflects Chairman Mao's commentary on the domineering nature of American imperialism.

For Li Xinghe, what surprised him was that after he proposed to buy the retired US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the US was now so desperate that it had nothing left to hide and had no choice but to hand over the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to him.

The US representatives began the talks:

"This is our list of cooperation intentions. We hope that we can achieve our common goals with an open and honest attitude. For example, we hope that South Korea will be responsible for building new destroyers, two phases of landing ships, and various miscellaneous supply ships and minesweepers."

Regarding Japan's role and position, the US representative said:

"We hope that Japan's shipbuilding industry can quickly study and adapt to the situation of the Nimitz and establish a maintenance and replenishment center for US nuclear aircraft carriers in Yokosuka. Future maintenance work on US aircraft carriers will be carried out in Japan. Repair prices will be based on Japanese rates."

This is precisely Vance's new plan with the Pentagon.

South Korea is responsible for building warships, while Japan is responsible for repairing them (and at a low cost and quickly).

Li Xinghe was naturally very willing.

This would not only allow for a rapid understanding of the maintenance and repair of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but also enable the mastery of key related technologies, rapid replication, and transmission of data back to China.

"We agree."

Li Xinghe signed a memorandum of understanding.

The US took the opportunity to propose conditions:

"Of course, we also hope to oversee the dismantling of the Nimitz..."

Li Xinghe resolutely refused:

"Unless the United States is willing to bear at least $20 billion in costs related to the dismantling of the ships, Japan will not agree to accept US ship supervision."

Nonsense! This old lady ship would not only occupy a large dock, but it would also cost nearly $20 billion to dismantle. How could Li Xinghe possibly dismantle it?

The Pentagon also knew that Li Xinghe bought the decommissioned aircraft carrier for his own use, and that by handing the carrier over to Japan, they hoped that the Japanese military could engage in maritime confrontation with the Chinese navy, thus inciting both sides to escalate the standoff. Therefore, they tacitly approved the re-employment of the decommissioned aircraft carrier.

However, at the beginning, at least make a show of it, actually disassemble it, and restart it immediately when needed.

After a series of cooperation documents were signed, General John Kane asked Li Xinghe with a smile:

"May I refer to the treaty we have signed as the U.S.-Japan-ROK Military Alliance?"

Li Xinghe, however, cautiously declined:

"Perhaps we should start with a memorandum of understanding for maintenance and construction cooperation."

Of course, Li Xinghe and Zhao Guhuan could not acknowledge the 'US-Japan-South Korea military alliance'; that would be purely asking for trouble.

The reason we didn't acknowledge it before was because there were significant political conflicts between Japan and South Korea.

The reason for not acknowledging this now is that the power dynamic between the US and Japan, and between the US and South Korea, has reversed. The US now needs related industries from Japan and South Korea to provide support services, while Japan and South Korea no longer need US military protection as much.

On the contrary, excessive military intervention by the United States could lead to a major rupture in the recently eased situation with its neighbors, China, Russia, and North Korea.