Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

So from the moment Li Xinghe stepped off the plane, he was met with cheers and commotion throughout the city. Groups composed of right-wing members from three generations—old, middle-aged, and young—were engaging in frenzied, fan-circle-style idol-worship outside a forum called "Peace." Hundreds of thousands of followers were outside, clamoring for Li Xinghe to immediately begin his "emperor" plan.

After settling in, the diplomatic team first began secret offline contacts.

Before the meeting even started, Li Xinghe went to Ulsan and Pohang, cities next to Busan, to watch the shipyard and naval gun tests.

At the modern shipyard in Ulsan, the Yamato, replicated using modern shipbuilding methods, didn't employ the construction techniques of the time. It was simply a steel frame welded with steel plates, with various armor plates and electrical cables being crammed in. The only technically challenging parts were things like the automatic ammunition feed mechanism for the naval guns.

At this time, all three battleships had entered the tower assembly stage, which was even faster than the Shinano, which started construction the earliest.

On a secrecy coastline blocked by the South Korean military, the testing team built a coastal artillery battery specifically for their naval gun tests.

When Li Xinghe arrived, he heard a deafening roar that shook the earth, flames soared into the sky, and a massive, silver-white naval cannon fired a deafening shot at a target at sea.

"boom!!!"

The deafening sound waves swept across the sea, and the giant cannon unleashed a terrifying explosion, tearing the target ship apart.

Li Xinghe walked over, covering his ears, and kicked a project team member who was clutching his ears and feeling dizzy.

"Let me introduce it. Where did this big, useless thing come from?"

The members of the China-Japan-Korea cooperation project team answered loudly:

"Our 510mm cannon barrel uses the same top-notch technology as marine crankshafts. It costs 1000 million RMB to order and manufacture one barrel. A ship has two triple-mounted 510mm gun turrets, so the six barrels would cost 6000 million RMB. Moreover, it has an excellent lifespan and won't break down after firing a few hundred rounds. However, we haven't yet tested how many rounds it will take before it becomes unusable."

Li Xinghe stared blankly at the cannon barrel.

That's 1000 million for a single cannon barrel!

If it's destroyed after firing a few hundred shots, how much money will Li Xinghe have to spend maintaining this pretty but useless turret?

This doesn't even include the price of the turrets, gun emplacements, and automatic ammunition feeders; Li Xinghe was already ready to throw a punch.

“It’s very cheap. The American Zumwalt-class naval gun, the AGS155, costs $3.5 million per unit.” But the project team also had something to say.

Li Xinghe thought for a moment and then lowered his fist.

That's right. This massive 510mm triple-barreled turret only cost tens of millions of dollars, which is incredibly cheap compared to the AGS naval gun that the US made.

"What about the price of artillery shells?"

The project team said it wasn't expensive.

The shells are quite cheap. Based on the combined efforts and calculations of Hanwha, Hyundai, and domestic defense companies, the price of a single new shell is roughly equivalent to firing an entry-level Mercedes-Benz. With large-scale orders, the price could be reduced to the price of a BYD Song.

In Li Xinghe's view, the turrets that cost tens of millions of dollars to build were a waste of money.

Next comes the ship's most distinctive feature.

"The armor is simply amazing! We tested it with our own main guns, and even at firing range, our own guns couldn't penetrate its armor!"

The armor is even more durable.

The Americans paid $3 billion for these three battleships, so the armor was made of high-grade steel plates with a yield strength of over 1500. These were huge shipments ordered from Tangshan at a cost of hundreds of millions of RMB. The armor on each ship weighed an average of 30 tons and could easily withstand missiles with warheads weighing tens or hundreds of kilograms.

If the Taiwanese military were to use Maverick or Hsiung Feng II missiles, or any other portable man-portable missiles, it would likely only result in a 'ricochet' if it were fired at them.

The project team praised its ability to withstand attacks to the extreme:

"Even a regular missile warhead weighing around one ton wouldn't be able to penetrate it. To destroy this behemoth, you'd need at least a hypersonic ballistic missile with a special warhead to forcefully strike it from above."

Li Xinghe nodded and asked in return:

"and then?"

He had already keenly sensed that the battleship project team must have hidden something.

"Did you secretly change something? I just heard six cannon barrels, not nine?"

Normally, the replica Yamato should have nine 460mm gun barrels.

The project team was momentarily embarrassed, and everyone was too awkward to speak.

"Take me to the dock at Hyundai Shipyard in Ulsan."

With a wave of his hand, Li Xinghe and the project team and Han Jun hurriedly took him to the Ulsan factory.

Pulling back the curtain of the dry dock, three super-large battleships under construction come into view.

Only by standing close to such a giant ship can one feel the insignificance of human beings, as if a person standing under a hundred-meter-tall building is not even as thick as a pillar.

Unlike the battleships that people normally imagine, these three super behemoths, although they still look like battleships, adopt a more modern stealth bridge and integrated mast. The front looks like a super-sized Type 055 destroyer, with missile vertical launch craters starting from the waist, and a flight deck that is almost half the length of the hull hanging on the stern.

It's like combining one-third of each of the battleship, modern destroyer, and amphibious assault ship.

Upon seeing the actual battleship appear before him, Li Xinghe's first impression was that 'it has ultimately embarked on the irreversible path of having a 510mm gun with only 6 barrels.'

Because he remembered a 6-barreled 510 battleship named Shikishima from a game called "Wowo Shi".

Seeing that Li Xinghe's expression was strange, the project team quickly pulled together more than a dozen experts to give a presentation:

"We're designing it as a true near-shore heavy firepower delivery ship! The forward-facing guns are just the tip of the iceberg. During construction, we'll move the superstructure forward and lower the hull, use an integrated mast, add modern radar and fire control systems, and ensure that both the upper and lower armor can withstand a 1-ton warhead. The aft turrets will be removed, and the midsection will be hollowed out to install multi-purpose general-purpose missile vertical launch cells filled with short-range air defense missiles. We'll add Phalanx CIWS and four MK45 naval guns on both sides for fire defense and flanking shore attacks. The stern will be covered with an armored deck, with a drone catapult and helicopter flight deck above, and an amphibious dock and Marine Corps bays below. It's an absolute all-around near-shore killer."

The first person to speak was Korean, and the second was Chinese, speaking in a very enthusiastic tone:

"In combat, it should charge headlong into the enemy's nearshore waters, using armor and artillery to draw enemy fire, countering with artillery, and using Phalanx CIWS and anti-aircraft missiles as a close-range defensive iron curtain. Armed helicopters should take off for close-range air suppression, sending massive vortexes at the enemy one by one! Suicide shuttle drones should target key enemy strongholds and launch a top-down assault! Finally, open the amphibious dock, and assault boats carrying the Marines should finish the job!"

Everyone was very happy and proud.

From last year until now, I've spent most of the last half year just replicating and researching modern battleships. Meanwhile, the US hasn't finalized the blueprints for their missile destroyers, so nothing's been done. We haven't done any proper projects, just created some fancy toys.

Li Xinghe roughly understood.

In short, their fancy descriptions actually describe it as a specially modified armored amphibious assault ship, designed specifically for close-range island assaults and landings. It was the dream ship that the Americans had always wanted in their sea-to-land strategy.

But then again, what does this have to do with the Type 510 naval gun?

Li Xinghe's eyes sharpened:

"Then why use such a huge 510mm naval gun? Why not just remove it and replace it with four 203mm rapid-fire naval guns? The firepower projection would be more accurate and fierce, right? And you don't even need four 203mm naval guns. You could just put two 203mm rapid-fire naval guns in front and bury three rows of huge vertical launch missile silos in the back, wouldn't that be better?! 60 million for gun barrels! Three battleships, that's 180 million RMB!"

The project team pretended not to hear.

Then what's built like that won't be a battleship.

Faced with Li Xinghe's murderous gaze, everyone came up with a new explanation:

"Anyway, the money comes from the Americans, and there's even some left over."

Upon hearing that he wouldn't have to pay the bill himself, Li Xinghe's murderous rage instantly subsided, but a new question arose:

"Who gave you the blueprints for this thing?"

Li Xinghe simply didn't believe that South Korea's own design team could create such a large-scale near-shore armored amphibious assault ship based on the Japanese-reconstructed blueprints of the Yamato. They simply lacked the design capability. Since the Cheonan incident, South Korea's entire naval design effort had focused primarily on countering North Korea's near-shore fast attack craft.

The Korean scratched his head and looked at the Chinese man next to him:

"Ahem, it was a modification plan proposed by China... a Chinese military-industrial partner. It was given away for free, and they even proactively helped us contact Chinese steel and naval gun suppliers. At the same time, they helped design and manufacture an automatic ammunition feeder for the 510mm shells at low cost."

The Chinese ship designer proudly said:

"Everyone wants to see how to modernize battleships in a fun way. China didn't have battleships before, so we should have more opportunities to play with them, right?"

Li Xinghe couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Everyone likes playing battleships.

Men just love big gun barrels.

Chapter 787: Xue Shi Fucking Mom, NTR in the Bathroom, Financial Nuclear Bomb Bombing East Asia (6100 words)

Busan Peace International Hotel.

The fact that the hotel has changed its name indicates that it has changed its operating entity. The last time Lee Sung-ha stayed here, South Korea was experiencing a cryptocurrency crisis, and people were jumping off buildings like rain.

Li Xinghe's room was in the most secure, deepest suite.

But as soon as they entered the room, while Zhao Lieshu was visiting the South Korean delegation, Li Xinghe was grabbed by Dongchuan Xueshi:

“My mom let it slip while she was drinking that day. She knew you before I did. I came later.”

"Tell me, what exactly happened! Did you sleep with her first?"

Higashikawa Yukami approached Li Xinghe's face with a dangerous expression:

"You wouldn't be..."

"No, I knew you before I knew her!"

Li Xinghe's eyes darted around.

No wonder Guanyin Taki Ao-nori followed Li Xinghe all the way to Busan. It turns out that her family work had gone wrong. It would be fine if she had let the average idiot, Nan Katomi, slip through her fingers, but she had let Higashikawa Yukimi slip through her fingers. She was another person in charge of the Japanese CIA, so how could she not have guessed?

"Forget it. I could probably guess. She's a Communist, and she met with you beforehand, how could I not guess?"

Higashikawa Yukami removed the deep purple stockings from her long, slender legs and placed them in Li Xinghe's hands, avoiding further discussion of the topic and turning to her own family conflicts:

"Stop talking. Take this and tie my mom up in a bit. I'm going to get my revenge on her!"

"So how will you get revenge?"

Li Xinghe was very obedient at this time.

Yukimi-chan pulled out the ace product that Kannon-Taki Bluebird sold, a fake Great Galaxy. First, she put on the special belt, then hung the large one on the outside. Although Yukimi is a weakling when getting fucked, she shouldn't be a weakling when having sex, right?

"Um... never mind."

Li Xinghe shrugged.

When Guanyinlong Qingniao received the text message and returned to her room, she had already fallen into an ambush.

Li Xinghe gently covered Qingniao's eyes with Xue Shijiang's stockings, then pulled her to lie down on the bed.

"Wow, what's the surprise?" Mother Bluebird asked innocently.

He peeled back his mother's light blue nightgown, revealing the voluptuous breasts and buttocks that Li Xinghe had dreamt of countless times. The muscular thighs and athletic buttocks of the 1.85-meter-tall former volleyball player were like a feast unfolding before his eyes.

Higashikawa Yukami first gently stroked and teased her with her fingers, then said fiercely to the bluebird mother whose eyes were covered by stockings:

"Mommy, I'm going home now!"

"Waaaaah~"

Guanyinlong Qingniao seemed to have no idea that the one lying on top of her this time was not Li Xinghe, but her daughter Xue Shijiang.

Li Xinghe said he was unable to help.

Then Higashikawa Yukami parted her mother's plump breasts, thrusting her hips and entering in single file, causing Kannon-taki Aotori to let out a plaintive sob and groan.

"Wow!"

This was the first time Xue Shi Jiang had such a magical experience; she realized that this was what it felt like for a man to have sex with a woman.

Li Xinghe sighed, not knowing how to clean up, so he simply went to the bathroom to wash up.

"what?"

Upon entering the bathroom,

In the small bathroom, a warm and sensual atmosphere filled the air.

A stunningly beautiful woman with a curvaceous figure comparable to Guanyin Longqingniao, wavy hair, and alluring charm, dressed in pure white lingerie stockings, blended the allure of a bar with the innocence of a young maiden, and was waiting for Li Xinghe. (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentences.)

"me……"

Minami Katomi, she's Tokyo's number one devoted simp.

Li Xinghe couldn't help but lean closer:

"Is this also Mother Bluebird's order?"

“She ordered me… to take this opportunity to get pregnant with your child…” Nanga Domee explained softly.

As expected, everything about Yukimi-chan was under the control of Bluebird's mother.

Li Xinghe, however, mischievously kneaded Nan Jiaduomei's hidden breasts, which were no less impressive than those of a bluebird, and affectionately inhaled her natural fragrance:

"How am I supposed to know anything about the woman in my arms? What if there are complications after the baby is born? Let me introduce myself first."

Nan Jiaduomei's face flushed crimson, her beauty captivating, and her breath came in short, intermittent gasps.

"Waaah... I am... I am Minami Katomi, a graduate of Kyoto University... I am Kannon Taki Aotori's roommate, and I like her..."

Listening to Nan Jiaduomei's pure love speech, Li Xinghe hugged her, whose body was even softer, and buried his face in her deep cleavage.

"I want to marry the Bluebird, sob sob, stop licking me, I feel guilty..."