Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Shui Jingtianping's expression froze instantly, then he sighed.

Sigh, really, don't expect anything from the moral character of the fake ice queen, Xianzi. As a college friend, she had already burned away all her dignity when she knelt down and begged Shui Jingtianping to help her borrow tuition fees for studying abroad.

When it was the fake Xianzi's turn to be fucked, Shui Jing Tianping scratched the fake Xianzi's face:

"Call me Mom!"

"Mommy~"

For Yan Bingxianzi, Shui Jingtianping was truly like a mother to her, so she called her that without any pressure.

After he had his fill of pleasure, Li Xinghe teased Shui Jingtianping:

"You want to be the Minister of Justice, don't you?"

The water mirror balance nodded.

Li Xinghe took a step back:

"For now, we can only appoint you as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, and you will be responsible for the comprehensive revision of the judicial provisions."

The fake ice cream seller next door tried to take advantage of the situation:

"And me?"

"What... what makes you, a lawyer, so special? Do you think you can be the president of the All China Lawyers Association? Take care of your family business first."

The fake ice cream seller, Xianzi, is indeed highly skilled. Li Xinghe has so much money and assets, much of which are illicit or gray money. If exposed, it would cause a lot of trouble. Xianzi handles everything and gradually launders a large amount of gray money.

Shui Jingtianping proudly tossed her long ponytail and left with Yan Bingxianzi after getting the job she wanted.

Li Xinghe, however, felt that someone was still watching him.

I have a feeling that it's not just Shui Jingtianping and the fake ice fairy who are squatting here.

Li Xinghe pondered:

"No, if this keeps up, I probably won't be able to leave this office today."

At this moment, the Cabinet Residence in front of Li Xinghe was like a demon's lair, with a vixen lurking in every corridor, trying to drain him dry.

So he chose to escape through the toilet window and then climb over the wall to run away.

Having just scaled the wall with the help of a female special forces member, Niizawa Taiho, looking pitiful, unexpectedly hugged Li Xinghe as she passed by outside.

"Why can't I go even though Mom is going?! I want to go too!"

Hira Emi was appointed as a special goodwill ambassador for this trip. Media outlets in China, Japan, and South Korea have all reported on Lee Sung-ha's collaboration with Hira Emi, traveling to Busan as husband and wife for the peace talks. Furthermore, Hira Emi is widely recognized in media reports as a Chinese immigrant, so it's quite reasonable for Lee Sung-ha to bring this Beijing native, who speaks with a strong Beijing accent, along on his visit to Shanghai.

They are athletes trained by the Beijing national team.

"what?"

Li Xinghe had a headache and was just about to leave Tai Feng behind when he heard the Nagumo sisters, Asuka and Misaki, who were waiting outside in their car, roll down their windows and say, "The fleet is about to set off."

Helpless, Li Xinghe had no choice but to take the fuming Niizawa Taihou to the departing fleet.

Watching Li Xinghe flee in a disheveled state, Shika Michika, who had just suppressed Ayako Aso's uprising, pressed down on Ayako, who was lying on her lap with a self-righteous expression, while holding onto the collar around her neck. She then picked up the phone and dialed Kannon Taki Aoboro: "Is Aoboro's mother there... Yukimi... Please have the Chinese BRICS and CP/TPP negotiation teams enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately. Hmm, our plan needs to begin."

"...It's very dangerous."

Hua Yingmei's reply:

"When the Americans find out, well... they'll probably go crazy and send me roadside bombs like crazy, right?"

Li Xinghe's voyage will completely change the history of Japan.

……

The ocean is infinitely vast, and the aircraft carrier is so majestic.

At Yokosuka Port, a large fleet is preparing for a port visit.

The Tamamo-no-Mae, carrying the Type 1 Super Battle Ryuzakura with its decks covered in them, led the way like a golden nine-tailed fox. Behind it were six light aircraft carriers with F-35Bs docked on their decks: Hyuga, Ise, Izumo, Kaga, Hosho, and Ryujo. On the surface ships, the former USS Shiloh guided-missile cruiser remained, while the Takao, Nachi, and a group of Mogami-class, Kongo-class, and Maya-class guided-missile destroyers were deployed, forming a massive surface combat group.

If we were to rank the maritime forces in East Asia, this force would indeed be of paramount importance.

Li Xinghe's command center was moved from the Kaohsiung to the Tamamo-no-Mae.

Fortunately, Hirai and Niizawa Tai are both there, so life isn't too boring.

Departing from Tokyo, just over a day later, the fleet crossed the waters off Ryukyu Island and encountered the South Korean 7th Mobile Fleet, which included the amphibious assault ships Dokdo and Marado, as well as three Sejong the Great-class destroyers.

The fleet sailed westward and arrived at Baoshan Port in Shanghai just as the Taiwan Strait crisis had entered the high-pressure phase of Typhoon Fengshen.

A massive fleet entered the port, with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier anchored on the shore.

The Chinese welcoming team has also arrived; please ask Lao Wang to lead the group.

Lee Sung-ha, arm in arm with Pyeong Eung-mi and Shin-tae Tae-bong, struck a pose of returning home, shaking hands and taking photos with a group of generals from the UN forces, the Self-Defense Forces, and the South Korean military.

Then the media swarmed around.

In a formal media interview, jokes are out of the question, so Li Xinghe picked up a bunch of microphones and said seriously:

"I know many media outlets and comedians enjoy hearing my jokes about Shanghai's Gangbo Ning, but in such a formal setting, I hope everyone can be a little more serious. This is my first time in Shanghai, and I have a wonderful experience. I love the greenery and cityscape here. Many Japanese cities, due to their early construction, have narrow streets and lack of greenery. I will invite urban designers from China to Tokyo to share their experiences."

serious?

The media was speechless at Li Xinghe's antics.

The Taiwan Strait crisis is on the verge of erupting, and the powder keg is piling up.

Your wife, Lu Huayingmei, is currently in Tokyo holding hands with Aso Ayako, entering and leaving the Cabinet Office residence as best friends, while you are now taking your Chinese lover and her daughter to Shanghai to enjoy yourself. Where exactly do you show any semblance of seriousness?

We're just waiting for you to break the news and make a big splash.

A reporter suddenly asked:

"Are you in Shanghai at this time to discuss with China the 'Shikotan Island relocation plan' circulating in Taiwan, which involves moving all Taiwanese residents to Hokkaido? What is your assessment of this plan?"

That was a really direct question. Even the other reporters seemed a little stiff.

Li Xinghe had no choice but to put on black-rimmed glasses and criticize the reporter:

"You guys are always trying to create a big news story. How can you spread unverifiable rumors about such important national events so easily?"

Having come to Shanghai, where that old man left behind most of his life's memories, how could I not tell some jokes?

Therefore, Li Xinghe went on to criticize the reporter:

"Too young too simple, sometimes naive."

+1s.

At this point, it's absolutely crucial not to answer core political questions in front of the media; let's just make some jokes instead.

This is quite a discovery, much to everyone's delight. However, this particular piece of knowledge is very characteristic of the political sphere, and the general public won't understand it.

How to report on it became another difficult problem for the media.

Anyway, when netizens saw Li Xinghe openly making jokes, they all went wild in the comments sections, lamenting that it was impossible for the story to continue.

On their first day after arriving on shore, Li Xinghe, Ping Yingmei, and Tai Feng attended an official event and then rested, but exchanges between the two armies had already begun.

Although the Tamamo-no-Mae's hangar is very large, it used to be able to hold 90 aircraft and can still hold 70 aircraft of various colors, for this trip, Li Xinghe's hangar only contained 40 Ryuzakura A-type aircraft, which were early assembled aircraft pieced together from a large number of F-15 inventory and some newly produced structural parts.

Taking this opportunity, Li Xinghe sent someone to inquire:

"Regarding the steam catapult issue of the Tamamo-no-Mae, could you please ask the Chinese side for coordination and assistance, and consult with their steam catapult engineers?"

Some might ask, is he crazy to hire a Chinese engineer who specializes in electromagnetic catapults to fix a steam catapult?

actually not.

In terms of steam catapult technology, China is also superior to the United States.

Before the electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier 003 Fujian, there was also a group of researchers working diligently on the steam catapult technology tree. That group was not well-known, but they had indeed dedicated countless efforts and their gray hair to the development of national military science and technology.

Just as you have to go to the Luoyang Air-to-Air Missile Research Institute of AVIC to find the PL-15 air-to-air missile, these various scientific and technological research sites hidden in different cities and not well known to the public are the treasures that embody the crystallization of military industry.

The 704 Institute began its research on steam catapult technology as early as the last century, during the "891 aircraft carrier" project. After the new aircraft carrier project 048 was launched, the 704 Institute devoted itself to research for 18 years, and finally passed the comprehensive acceptance test of steam catapult technology before the construction of the 003 Fujian ship. It can be said that it has very rich steam catapult technology capabilities.

Such a painstakingly developed technical project, with the concerted efforts of everyone involved and thorough theoretical and practical verification, has just been launched. Surely it will yield excellent results, right?

Then, the electromagnetic catapult project, which had only been established in 2011, happened to pass by, crushed it into speed bumps, and sent it away.

For no other reason than that electromagnetic catapults are too advanced.

The efforts of the entire institute over the past decade were left in the dust by the groundbreaking vision of a genius. Countless black hairs turned to white as dust. This kind of disappointment, where all efforts ultimately came to nothing, has been repeatedly played out in the past few decades of the crazy explosion of science and technology.

The engineers from Institute 704 rushed over, took a look, and shook their heads in disapproval.

"The Nimitz's steam catapult system, due to years of neglect and overuse, has blown up."

Even the coalition officers who sailed with the ship knew about this, but the question was how to fix it.

The US steam catapult supply chain was shut down long ago by its parent company, Bw Corporation.

Even the US military itself, wanting to repair its aging fleet of aircraft carriers, now has to find spare parts left over from the original depots. The Nimitz and Eisenhower were originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2025, so the US military simply didn't stockpile enough spare parts. Now, not only are the Nimitz's steam catapults malfunctioning, but most of the other carriers are also experiencing problems. The US military is racking its brains trying to find replacement parts, and many of its carriers, while still operational, are essentially dead.

There are absolutely no spare parts available.

Xiao Chuzhang, who accompanied the group, sighed with emotion:

"If you contact Bw Company now, they'll probably have to come back to you and ask where to order the goods."

Hu Zhantian also made jokes about the US military:

"What I find even funnier is that the electromagnetic catapult that BW Company installed for the USS Ford and USS Kennedy is still not fixed. They first put the original design on the ship, and then, due to the extremely high failure rate, the technical engineers manually fine-tune it, adapting it to each ship bit by bit. It has a very handcrafted feel to it."

Working with Li Xinghe for a long time, everyone becomes a master of dark humor.

The engineer from Institute 704 answered seriously:

"If your cylinder blows out, contact Jiangsu Changli. They are a world-leading manufacturer of precision cylinders and hydraulic cylinders. However, yours might require some approval. If you want to install a new cylinder, it will take at least a month or two to repair."

In short, even if the United States is gone, we still have it.

We not only have them, but we also won't sell them to the Americans, leaving them to stare helplessly in their shipyards and aircraft factories at a large number of Nimitz-class destroyers that can't be repaired and F-35 fighter jets with faulty radars.

The application was submitted immediately here, while more people were sent over to visit.

Engineers from Jiangnan Shipyard who couldn't go on their business trip to Yokohama all came to watch.

It remains a top-tier large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to this day, with a huge hangar capable of carrying 70 carrier-based aircraft, and a power plant and catapult compartment that, while not advanced, have a distinct steam-powered industrial feel—all of which are quite fascinating.

Of course, the Jiangnan Shipyard no longer looked up at this giant ship with awe.

Whether it's the newly assembled nuclear-powered aircraft carrier section at the Dalian Shipyard, or the new aircraft carrier that Jiangnan Shipyard is assembling immediately after the Japanese carrier, both have surpassed the Ford-class in tonnage and length, not to mention the old Nimitz-class.

Today's technical exchange meeting was a great success.

The Shinano and Nihon will not undergo catapult modifications because they were not pre-designed within their hulls. However, starting with the next batch of aircraft carriers, the introduction of the steam catapult system developed by Research Institute 704 could be considered.

So when Li Xinghe arrived at the Peace Hotel that evening, he suggested to Lao Wang:

"Hey, the steam catapult project from Institute 704 is just sitting there anyway, can I borrow it?"

Old Wang shook his head:

"My little darling, I won't let you fool me this time."

Li Xinghe's "deception" was masterful; he cleverly tricked Vance into breaking two taboos in the US's foreign procurement of warships and the transfer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Now, with the refurbished Tamamo-no-Mae in hand, not only has his bargaining power greatly increased, but even the US Navy has to come to Li Xinghe for help.

Please, please help us repair the other old Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.

On the other hand, without the engineers from China, Japan, and South Korea working day and night, feeling their way across the river, designing repair plans together, dismantling and patching the ship under the guise of tourism, and replacing the entire island superstructure, it wouldn't look brand new.

Therefore, how much technology to give Li Xinghe, which technologies can be used on American ships, and which cannot be used are all things that need to be considered.

The night at the Peace Hotel was not peaceful.

Old Wang and Li Xinghe were chatting when, soon after, Li Xinghe's sister, Li Daiyao, arrived. Then came many, many people Li Xinghe didn't recognize; they carried various labels: Eastern Theater Command, Fujian, Central Military Commission, and so on. Representatives from the Joint Forces, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, and the South Korean military also arrived one after another.

Everyone is having a secret meeting here; this is the last meeting before the war.

At the start of the meeting, Li Xinghe stood up and exclaimed to everyone: "Mei Ne Lin You Wo Lin Kong Ni Lin Zai Zai Mei Ne..."

"We're having a meeting here today. This meeting was rushed, with little prior planning. But in this world, how often can we prepare in advance? When the time comes, when the moment arrives, we have no choice but to do it. To paraphrase a movie line, we're eating a half-cooked meal."

Li Xinghe waved:

"But we have to discuss Taiwan's future at this rushed moment."

Chapter 802: Mona Lisa's Smile, Bloodstained Land (5100 words)