Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

It was precisely because of this relationship of giving and being needed that the Kuomintang (KMT) maintained a broad identity based on Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Principle throughout its existence. Before Chiang Kai-shek's rise to power, the KMT was involved in various conflicts, including the Korean Provisional Government, the Vietnamese Communist Party, the Outer Mongolian dispute, the sovereignty of Burma and Thailand, the reunification of Vietnam with France, the deployment of troops to Japan, and even cooperation with India. It appeared to be an Asian hegemon.

Therefore, people often ridicule Chiang Kai-shek for expanding his territory on maps. This is an inevitable consequence of the nature of his political party, mainly because his strength did not allow it. Otherwise, he would have swept across Southeast Asia long ago and returned to his own country.

Therefore, in the eyes of the old Kuomintang, Southeast Asia was the land of overseas Chinese, the land of the three rivers, the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Lancang River. The Kuomintang was supposed to sweep across Southeast Asia and unite the overseas Chinese. In hindsight, everyone knows that Chiang Kai-shek simply lacked the ability to shoulder this grand goal; he betrayed the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia countless times. The river representing the overseas Chinese was thus gradually forgotten due to the loss of its definition.

That's why Li Xinghe said he would exile the person who sang this song to him to the Mekong River (Lancang River).

Li Xinghe laughed:

"Look, you can't even understand this song, and you don't know the connection between the Three Rivers and the Lancang River, so how can you talk about representing the feelings of the masses?"

The DPP representative was defeated.

The sentence that Li Xinghe deliberately chose was relayed back to the island.

The Kuomintang was overjoyed and hastily pointed out that Li Xinghe's ideology was very much biased towards the One China principle, so the Kuomintang should be the one to negotiate with Japan on behalf of the political special zone.

However, as news of the sinking of Taiwan in exchange for industry and autonomy spread among the public, large-scale unrest truly broke out in Taiwan.

Everyone realized that the sky was about to fall.

The number of people emigrating through Japan has surged, with some even jumping into the sea from Yilan County in the middle of the night to swim to Guishan Island, where they escaped on a transport ship from Okinawa.

The DPP supporters who were once native Taiwanese are now packing their bags and migrating elsewhere, becoming former mainlanders or Hakkas.

At an ordinary university in Taipei, a teacher made the following comment:

"Taiwan today is almost like Syria. Don't be fooled by the fact that the country seemed stable before the regime was overthrown. In reality, it was already on its last legs. Everyone is waiting, searching, hoping, or helplessly giving up."

The students below were still jeering:

"Teacher, lying flat is a mainland Chinese term, you're not allowed to say it."

The teacher was so angry that she slammed her hand on the desk.

"Oh dear, at a time like this, who cares about such trivial matters?"

The students' thinking was even simpler:

"Those influential figures on the internet are all saying that starving to death is a small matter, but losing one's integrity is a big matter."

The teacher's answer offered a clearer understanding of social realities:

"Hey~ Do you think they dare to utter a single curse at Vance, Rubio, Li Xinghe, Zhao Juhuan, or Marcos Jr.? They wouldn't dare. They've already booked their tickets. You'd better be grateful they don't sell you out. You students had better leave quickly, otherwise when they're conscripting people, they'll take out all the twenty-somethings and then you'll be next."

The students still didn't understand.

Just then, a military vehicle exuding a menacing aura suddenly drove into the campus.

Young people are trying to trade industry for autonomy, but the old politicians know it's not going to work.

So they directly launched a national defense conscription program.

It's time to prepare for war.

Taiwanese, go to the trenches.

The emergency national defense preparedness plan was activated without informing anyone, and the conscription of men and women from all walks of life began. While military vehicles were driving into universities and factories in Taiwan, chasing after students who were scattering and fleeing, people were still debating whether or not to go to Japan.

Some students shouted as they ran:

"I'm green! I'm pure green!"

The result was naturally that he was knocked to the ground by the butt of a rifle, looking up at the gloomy and dark sky.

The soldier's words were still ringing in his ears when he was already on the conscription truck:

"Even if you stand in the sky, you'll still have to go to the military camp!"

The teacher, who had escaped the disaster, stood on the rooftop, looking at the chaotic and fearful campus, and couldn't help but sigh with sorrow:

"To fight, to retreat, or to make peace?"

Chapter 782: What a fierce struggle, the Showa spirit on the Yamato beachhead (4000 words)

"Conscripting men?"

The island's residents had heard about this before, but they didn't expect that people would start arresting people everywhere to fill the reserve forces today.

Taiwanese military recruiters displayed a stark contrast to their previous submissive demeanor, wielding heavy iron bars and handcuffs, and driving into schools to begin conscripting men. Meanwhile, other recruiters went to street corners, issuing conscription orders to eligible thirties of street vendors and small business owners.

"I dont go."

"We have to go, whether we like it or not!"

Recruiting officers pulled and tugged through the streets, sending those who couldn't resist onto vehicles. Those who escaped didn't have time to worry about their businesses; they ran home, grabbed their valuables and family, and headed for the immigration ship at the port.

The conscription office can recruit whoever they catch.

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan and Executive Yuan were also disrupted by the military's rapid actions. While the Legislative Yuan was still debating the exchange of assets for autonomy, the Executive Yuan was already forced to initiate military preparedness.

The Green Party's investigation department has begun to file emergency appeals against those caught evading military service.

The poor people couldn't help but cry out:

"Which Taiwanese family with assets of over 100 million NTD doesn't own an overseas residence? Who doesn't have sons and daughters living abroad? Stop pretending! You can escape, but we can't! So we have to run away in advance, otherwise, if a missile lands on our heads, we'll have nowhere to complain to the King of Hell."

The news has caused unrest among the Taiwanese people, and it seems that a large-scale exodus is imminent.

The number of immigrant ships sent from Ryukyu was increasing, transporting immigrants to other places.

The Taiwanese military's emergency mobilization response simultaneously provoked Li Xinghe and the Eastern Military Region on the other side of the strait. No one expected the Taiwanese military's reaction to be so swift, and their anxiety to be even greater than anticipated.

There wasn't even time to berate Li Xinghe as a 'little brat,' and the response mechanism was quickly activated.

"The island encirclement exercise has officially begun!"

The East China Sea Fleet has launched an island-encircling operation.

This time, the PLA fleet surrounding the islands was different from the past. It directly docked its ships next to the eastern islands such as Lanyu and Green Island, showing no fear of the enemy's Hsiung Feng II missiles. It landed on the shore and sent officials to take over the local administrative agencies and try to rehearse the political arrangements after landing on the islands.

The Taiwanese military across the sea was quite displeased:

"They completely disregard us!"

The Taitung Regional Command seemed to have been struggling with this for a long time. Around midnight, a missile suddenly appeared, but it fell into the sea halfway through its flight. It is unknown who pressed the missile launch button first, or what kind of fierce struggle took place before the Taiwanese military changed the active radar guidance halfway and abandoned the attack.

The crew on board were ready to launch interceptor missiles, but the Taiwanese military unexpectedly threw the missiles into the sea themselves.

Just imagining several KMT officers fighting and arguing over whether or not to fire in a land-based anti-ship missile center gives you a sense of the intense and conflicting situation.

It seems like the monkeys scattered when the tree falls, yet it also seems like a stubborn resistance to the very end.

……

Tokyo.

Joint Operations Command.

Regarding the question of when the Taiwanese military mobilization would begin, a large group of staff officers stood in a row in front of Li Xinghe to receive instructions.

Chief of Naval Staff Koji Yagi cautiously requested guidance:

"The entire Maritime Self-Defense Force is currently gathered at Mie Port in Naha, Okinawa. The Maritime Self-Defense Force has begun writing petitions written in blood, pleading that preparations for war should be made as soon as possible to prevent the Taiwan Strait crisis from escalating further."

He Yang also suggested to Li Xinghe:

"There are still some die-hards in the Taiwanese military, and we need to be prepared for the possibility of fighting against them."

At least for now, the fighting spirit of the lower-ranking soldiers in the Taiwanese military is lacking, but the military and some political factions still harbor wishful thinking.

Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Hiroki Kobayashi requested guidance:

"Shall we go ashore?"

Li Xinghe shook his finger:

"It is the Taiwan unification army that wants to land on the island, not us."

Everyone knew that this was yet another joint operation by the Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean militaries, disguised as a war.

When it comes to fighting against the Taiwanese military, this brings up a recurring issue.

How many people are actually in Taiwan's armed forces?

Other departments of the Taiwanese military are relatively easy to calculate, but the Army's layered and complex system is so incomprehensible that it's like reading through a book and still not understanding what it's all about.

The Taiwan Army has a total of 132,000 active personnel (self-reported, US estimate 94,000). In addition, according to incomplete statistics, it has one Army Command, three Corps Commands, four Defense Commands, four Regional Commands, three Artillery Commands, one Army Aviation Special Warfare Command, Army Special Warfare Command, Aviation Special Warfare Command, Army Flight Training Command, five Garrison Battalions, three Testing Centers, and one training center each for armored artillery and infantry, totaling 11 centers. It also has one Logistics Command, one Reserve Command, seven Regional Support Commands, three Regional Reserve Commands, four Armored Brigades, three Mechanized Brigades, two Aviation Brigades, and five Coast Guard Brigades, totaling eleven regular brigade-level units. In addition, there are twenty-six regular brigade-level units, one Marine Corps, eleven newly trained infantry brigades, and eighteen county and city reserve brigades.

The above figures range from brigade-level units to corps-level units, comprising approximately 55 front-line combat units, over 20 training and supply units, and roughly 188 lieutenant generals and major generals, more than twice the number of colonels, and an unknown number of lieutenant colonels. Furthermore, the ratio of field-grade officers to company-grade officers in Taiwan is roughly 1:1.

It's hard to imagine that 13.2 people, including the three core legions with a total of 6.5 troops, could fit so many organizational structures and units into the organization.

Just hearing the staff list out exactly what departments the Taiwanese military has made everyone dizzy.

A small but speechless rant:

"What fancy stuff? Even our combined forces of 40,000 didn't have such an outrageous display of skill."

The core combat force of the coalition exceeds 4 people, but so far no high-ranking officers have been issued. Everyone sits down and works out battle plans like the Jurchens, argues, and then goes out to fight. Li Xinghe distributes money; it's that simple.

If this army were to issue 188 general titles, Li Xinghe would find it hard to imagine how much its combat effectiveness would plummet.

Someone suddenly brought it up:

"But the Japanese Self-Defense Forces aren't that much stronger than them. The Self-Defense Forces also have many command posts and countless generals."

"So the Ground Self-Defense Force is only responsible for second-line internal riot control."

A group of Japanese staff officers looked ashamed.

Li Xinghe then began to ponder:

How much would it cost us to buy them?

Li Xinghe is rich.

The $600 billion in compensation paid by the Pentagon to Okinawa has basically arrived, with more than half of it in Li Xinghe's pocket.

Given the intense struggle taking place on the island and the historical situation over the past few decades, the Taiwanese military, a staunch supporter of the Kuomintang, has always been a target of Lai Ching-te's faction. Therefore, Li Xinghe would speculate on how much money could be spent to make the Taiwanese military generals give up resistance.

However, the Ground Self-Defense Force's intelligence agency provided the following answer to this question:

"It's not entirely possible. There are also staunch supporters in the Taiwanese military who are extremely opposed to us. A war is inevitable, and we need to address the morale of the troops."

Ultimately, the Taiwanese military is, after all, a remnant of the Nationalist army, and the die-hard pro-Kuomintang faction has always existed.

Just as everyone was discussing matters concerning the Taiwanese military, Lin Youzi, who had always been antisocial, suddenly had a burst of inspiration while looking at the map.

When the Self-Defense Force staff received the order and left the discussion room, Hayashi Yuko spoke up.

In an instant, as if possessed by the spirits of countless Showa-era staff officers, Colonel Hayashi Yuko proposed a battle tactic that no one had ever considered:

"The core combat force of the Taiwanese military is only 3.5 men. Their main defensive forces are lined up on the southwest side of Taipei, while the north side is relatively undefended. In fact, if a surprise attack were launched, breaking through from Guandu on the Tamsui River into Taipei, there would only be the Guandu Regional Command in front of them, and Keelung next door would be completely undefended. If we could use battleships to force our way into the Tamsui River and land, using the battleships' super firepower as cover, our army could enter Taipei overnight!"

"what?"

The crowd's expressions were initially incredulous, then filled with question marks.

Xiao Chuzhang points out the biggest core issue:

"Are the three battleships under construction really capable of breaking through the mouth of the Tamsui River? That's an inland river."

When a battleship is crossing a river, its draft is extremely important; one wrong move and it can run aground. Then you'll be nothing more than a sitting duck.

However, the idea of ​​a surprise attack on the Tamsui River is generally accepted. This is because the Taiwanese military judged that a large-scale PLA landing would definitely come from the west, so they only established a command post at Guandu on the north side to defend against potential enemies. But Li Xinghe's fleet happened to be positioned to the east and north of Taiwan.

After studying it for a while, everyone felt that it was not impossible.

He Yang immediately started searching online for the depth of the Danshui River, and was overjoyed after reading the results:

"The Tamsui River has a maximum draft of 14 meters, which is enough for battleships to enter the main channel. For the sake of national unity, what does it matter if three battleships are stranded in the Taipei waterway? We don't lack money for these toys."

Li Xinghe was drawn in by their noise, and after hearing Lin Youzi's plan, he was stunned.

"You're the modern-day Shinjiro Shigetoku, aren't you? Using the Yamato to fight the Kikusui Special Attack and Operation Tianyi?"

Shigetoku Kamiya, one of the most notorious mad staff officers in the Japanese army, was known for his madness in operational planning. He repeatedly attempted to devise a plan to have the battleships Nagato and Yamato storm the beachhead, using their own armor and heavy guns as ground attack firepower to cover the attacks of the old Japanese enemy.

Hayashi Yuko's sudden, ingenious idea was strikingly similar to the plan to send the Yamato to the waters off Okinawa for Operation Ten-Ichi. The idea was to send the Yamato, as a battleship, ashore and launch a suicidal attack on the American forces.

This is the reincarnation of the Showa-era staff officer, the awakening of the Japanese people's indomitable spirit to fight to the death.

In the command center, everyone began to conduct tactical simulations for this bizarre plan.

The biggest problem is that the Taiwanese military isn't without anti-ship missiles. (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated.)