Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Li Xinghe then asked:

"What about the Taiwanese military's missiles? Missiles can easily hit stationary targets like your ships, right?"

Lin Youzi, a military doctor, countered with:

"I can't help but ask, what kind of missile could penetrate the armor protection of a battleship?"

This rhetorical question is perfectly apt.

"what?"

Everyone then seemed to wake up from a dream.

"correct."

This is indeed a question that caught us off guard.

Most currently operational missiles are generally ineffective against the armor protection of battleships. This is because no one anticipated seeing the Yamato battleship beaching itself in the 21st century – a super Showa-era plan. Therefore, no one specifically developed armor-piercing missiles. It's not that current technology can't penetrate battleship armor; it's simply that no one uses battleships anymore, so there's no need for the necessary preparations.

Missiles capable of penetrating battleship-level defenses in one go do exist, but they are extremely expensive and rare. Using a ballistic missile with a warhead of over 1 ton and a supersonic speed to smash such a steel shell is hard to say who would win and who would lose.

Furthermore, the Taiwanese military absolutely does not possess missiles capable of penetrating battleships. The best missile they can muster is the Hsiung Feng III, which is still undergoing testing and has a 225-kilogram high-explosive warhead. The Hsiung Feng II, which can be launched, has a warhead of only 180 kilograms.

After everyone analyzed the map, they discovered that Lin Youzi's Danshui River assault plan was surprisingly convincing.

At the very least, it would allow them to bypass the heavily fortified beachheads on Taiwan's coastline, which had been established for decades, and the tens of thousands of core combat soldiers, and to penetrate Taipei from an angle never before considered. It would be like the German army bypassing the Maginot Line and launching a blitzkrieg against France through the Ardennes Forest.

Li Xinghe clapped his hands and asked:

"When will the warships be delivered? What level of armament have we reached?"

However, despite its excellent design, the weaponry was simply inadequate.

The Cabinet Armaments Office gave a humorous reply:

"As for South Korea's battleships, they won't be launched until at least June this year. Even considering only the most basic floating turrets, the testing of power, armor, and guns will take more than two months. The Shinano-class aircraft carrier is still a long way off, and China's Type 002.5 aircraft carrier is reportedly undergoing overall repairs. However, the Super F-15 program has entered the flight testing and old aircraft modification phase. The restarted production line is assembling new aircraft, and we have introduced a large number of Chinese-made supply chains, which can quickly produce a batch of old-to-new fighter jets."

Anyway, there are no battleships, and you can forget about aircraft carriers. As for the Super F-15, because Toyota's production line has restarted, they can still modify a batch of new basic-function fighter jets for you.

The ambitious operational plan remains highly classified for the time being.

A Ukrainian general who happened to be passing by asked a question out of curiosity:

"Seriously, why did it have to come to this?"

Li Xinghe found it hard to describe that feeling.

The Taiwan Strait campaign was not a new campaign; it was a continuation of the past, a remnant of the Kinmen campaign, a part that the Liberation War failed to achieve, and the final step for the whole of China to break free from its old nest and be reborn.

Li Xinghe offered his opinion:

"Perhaps for the Chinese, a complete upheaval is necessary for a complete transformation."

Chapter 783: Feels Inferior to Taiko's Fifth Generation Fighter Jet (5900 words)

Qingshan Manor.

As the accommodation opposite the Aoyama Command Headquarters, Takajo Satsuki still lives here, managing her virtual female anchor company.

Now, May Sauce's virtual female anchor team has dozens of members, half of whom have gone to China to develop the virtual live streaming market. They mainly take a pro-China approach and are doing quite well.

In a corner of the house, in a place unknown to most.

Ms. Lin Youzi was discussing the battle plan of the battleship rushing into the Tamsui River with the naval officers on her communication network in front of the whiteboard.

"Our main advantage in this matter is the difference in timing and technology."

"With local air superiority, we can use battleships as front-line shields to withstand enemy missile attacks and cover our continuous advance. We can keep winning until the enemy develops stronger missiles specifically designed to destroy battleships! This is the time difference between having missiles that target battleships and not having them. Once the enemy develops missiles with greater yield and armor penetration, we can take the battleships to dismantle them and sell them for steel."

"Low-tech countries like the Philippines, which can't even build their own warships, simply don't have the corresponding anti-ship technology. Therefore, we will continue to enjoy a technological disadvantage. All of this is based on the battleship's role as a human shield, the low price of steel, and the cheap firepower projection of naval guns near the coast."

So theoretically speaking, by a twist of fate, the battleship that Vance was determined to acquire for his own boasting could, in Li Xinghe's hands, be transformed into the Zumwalt-class destroyer that the United States had been dreaming of.

The sea-to-land strategy proposed by the Americans back then has actually been gradually realized in East Asia.

Listening to the complaints from the regular navy officers through her earpiece, Lin Youzi admitted that her strategy was risky:

"Of course, battleships have indeed become purely shells. Their only advantage is that they cannot be sunk by currently available conventional missiles. In terms of near-shore firepower projection, large-caliber naval guns are no longer as effective as modern 155/203 naval guns."

This is a special way to deal with a special situation. If possible, a group of iron-clad warships, similar to turtle shells, should be built, with 155/203 rapid-fire naval guns on all four sides and close-in weapon systems, to serve as floating artillery emplacements near the shore, blocking the mouth of the Tamsui River and making the Taiwanese military miserable.

Watching her mother write and draw on the whiteboard, Lin Meng, sitting at the craft table, sighed with admiration:

"Mom, you're really pushing yourself too hard. I feel like if this were ancient times, you'd be the kind of devoted, selfless elder, a white-haired old lady in samurai armor, announcing your name: 'I am Lin Youzi, elder of the Jian family, the Ghost of the Mist! For the Jian family's eternal dominance, my Lin family has been bearing children, sleeping with, and killing for the Jian family for generations... Hahaha~'"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Youzi grabbed his waist and tickled him.

The mother and daughter started playfully fighting.

After laughing and having fun, Lin Youzi finally said seriously:

Do you remember Yoko Kamikawa?

Li Xinghe first met the Lin mother and daughter during the assassination attempt on Kamikawa Yoko. At that time, Lin Meng, an air force pilot, had modified a car lock into a pistol, while her mother, retired military doctor Lin Youzi, was imprisoned for the assassination. The origin of this conflict can be traced back to the foolish Nagoya Asian Games.

Lin Meng nodded hurriedly:

“I remember. That old woman seems to have been kicked out of politics. Almost all the Kishi faction politicians are finished. Now they seem to be working for some big companies. I heard that Kamikawa Yoko seems to have gone to do political consulting for a foreign company.”

Lin Youzi then said:

"Yes. They failed, but they didn't fail forever. I don't know what will happen to Xinghe's new government if it collapses for various reasons, but my daughter and I will have no choice but to flee to China and become stray dogs running away from home."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng hurriedly picked up the bomb she had made:

"I'll go blow up Kamikawa Yoko right now."

Lin Youzi stopped her:

"There's no need to be so reckless. We should slowly torment them, making these political elites realize how terrifying the anger of the poor can be."

Speaking of this, Lin Youzi is even more dissatisfied with her daughter's lack of ambition.

She pinched her daughter's round cheeks:

"Stop making explosives. Can't you put on some makeup, dress up nicely, and go to the Prime Minister's residence to get a different job?"

"I... I've already tried my best. I've been on duty at the Cabinet Office."

Lin Meng stuck out her little tongue. Mei Youne Lin Wo Mei Kong Ni Lin Zai Zai Mei Ne...

As her biological mother, Lin Youzi asked:

"Did you and the Taiko (Grand His Excellency) have a proper childbirth in the Cabinet Office?"

"Forehead……"

Lin Meng was taken aback. There really wasn't any. She had always been very well-behaved in the Cabinet Office.

Lin Youzi couldn't help but sigh, realizing that she, a dignified military doctor, had such a slow-witted daughter.

"I still need to teach you how to master the skills, so you don't end up knowing nothing."

As she spoke, Lin Youzi opened the whiteboard and, like a teacher, carefully gave her daughter a lesson on physiology, teaching her the correct techniques.

Lin Meng's expression remained calm.

It doesn't feel as stimulating as being anally violated by the Taiko.

……

The next day.

As the newly appointed chief inspector of the Metropolitan Police Department, Ms. Ryuzaki Hibari dressed in a new outfit and walked into the Metropolitan Police Department one after the other with Higashikawa Yukami.

Two tall, elegantly dressed, strikingly beautiful women, exuding ethereal beauty, entered. The police officers immediately saluted.

"salute!"

"Welcome to Inspector Ryuzaki's new post!"

Everyone knows that Hibari Ryuzaki has been an inspector working with Lee Seong-ha for a long time. Her promotion beyond expectations and appointment to the Metropolitan Police Department to supervise all police officers is naturally to enhance Lee Seong-ha's control over the police system.

The police dared not slack off. As Minister of Public Security, Taishi Hasegawa handed over a secret surveillance record to Hibari Ryuzaki, showing that the Japanese media and academic circles were still heavily entangled with the United States.

Meanwhile, after leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, Higashikawa Yukimi, who had served as Lee Seong-ha's lifelong butler, returned to the Cabinet Office and had a chance encounter with Minami Yoshimi.

"How is the research on the new missile going?"

“Um…” Nan Hao Nu shrugged. “Japan’s basic missile technology is a bit too poor. Our researchers are working hard to improve it, but the missile engines produced by Mitsubishi are still too… in need of improvement.”

It's normal and reasonable for North Koreans to look down on Japanese missile technology, because Japan's military industry is truly incompetent. Especially their supporting research and development companies; despite having significant accumulated expertise in civilian engine technology, their missile development is so inept it's infuriating to North Korean engineers.

Then Ryuzaki Hibari caught up and showed Yukimi Taishi's report to her.

After reading it, Yukami Higashikawa raised an eyebrow:

"There's a growing argument on social media that our family's support for the Taiwan unification army is a deliberate attempt to curry favor with China."

They touted Li Xinghe for spending huge sums of money to buy an aircraft carrier, compromising with China, supporting the Taiwanese opposition, and showing significant weakness towards China on the Taiwan issue.

The problem is not showing weakness to China, but showing weakness itself.

Higashikawa Yukimi's cold criticism:

"Is this implying that our rule is weakening? Investigate and find out who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes."

This is an attempt to put Li Xinghe in a dangerous position. This kind of scoundrel must be severely punished beforehand.

"it is good."

Hibari Ryuzaki nodded.

Higashikawa Yukami, still seething with anger, went to see Fuji Rie, who was newly pregnant and Li Xinghe's most trusted older sister. Fuji Rie was building an intelligence control organization to conduct nationwide surveillance, codenamed Public Security Section 9 Secret Team.

Rie Fujiwara isn't very good at intelligence gathering, but her loyalty is absolutely limitless.

"Okay, should we send out Hinako and Sasaki Toya? It seems their assassin group has added a few more people, including a South American-Chinese woman who can eat people."

"Let's monitor it first, and then we'll catch the big fish."

Higashikawa Yukami rubbed her forehead, trying to be patient.

Political forces are stirring beneath the surface.

Although Higashikawa Yukami did not want to bother Li Xinghe, Li Xinghe could occasionally sense the changes on Japanese social networks.

But he didn't care.

It's more satisfying to overcome cleverness with force.

Because the Super F-15 prototype, after hundreds of test flights, has finally been largely finalized.

Li Xinghe and many leaders of the Allied Forces arrived at Yokota Base.

The latest and finalized modified aircraft is parked on the runway, allowing satellites in the sky to take full-frame photos.

This is a large, super-modified F-15 super-deck heavy air superiority fighter with an elegant, symmetrical design, somewhat resembling the F-15 ACTIVE version. It is 20 meters long, has a wingspan of 14.5 meters, and a height of 5.7 meters. Powered by two high-thrust F110-GE-129 turbofan engines, it features all-moving canards, clipped delta wings, and horizontal and vertical tails. Its paint scheme is an elegant red and white stripe with a blue ribbon, giving it the appearance of a graceful eagle in the sky.

Compared to the original F-15, this one has been modified so much that it's almost unrecognizable.

First, the aerodynamic layout has been completely optimized, resulting in a significant difference from the original design. Modifications have been made to the air intake and stealth systems, replacing the two-dimensional adjustable air intake with an adjustable Garrett air intake. The fuselage configuration is now more slender, and the stealth weapons bay configuration has been modified. The internal changes are even more extensive, with the entire avionics system being completely upgraded. Phased array radar, avionics, satellite systems, fly-by-wire systems, distributed electro-optical aperture systems, and so on—almost all avionics components that could be immediately transported were installed and tested.

The only drawback at present is that because the circuitry was modified on the F15 frame, no invisible skin or coating was applied. This will be added after the new B2 model is finalized.

"Wow!"

Everyone who saw the airplane exclaimed in amazement and sang praises.

Airplanes, as the dream vehicle for humankind to fly into the blue sky, and as the embodiment of humankind's precision mechanical engineering, are the ultimate condensation of beauty.

Just like admiring all sorts of advanced aircraft up close at the Zhuhai Airshow, men have taken their philandering to the extreme, falling in love with one after another, and with a whole group of them. They wish they could immediately transform into Muslims and shout to the sky that they want to marry 'J15', 'J16', 'J20', and 'J35' at the same time, while ignoring the J10C in the corner.

The men were shouting and yelling:

"Beautiful! Beauty is good! Beauty is fighting power!"

"She's much prettier than that pretty girl!"

"Looking at such a beautiful plane, I fucking want to ejaculate right down my crotch right now!"

"Dude, are you really going to shoot?"

"You don't understand this feeling of being alone and unknown to others."

The only problem is that these people partying outside aren't air force personnel; they're a bunch of rough-and-tumble army men.