Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

The Korean and Yashima ships also went to find the US military ensign and hoisted it on their own ships.

For a time, these American military flags, which were most likely made in Yiwu, were hung everywhere.

……

The story didn't end after the victory.

Robot dogs, robots, and unmanned patrol vehicles stand in the streets and alleys of Kaohsiung City, while drones fly in the air, searching for traces of the defeated American troops who have hidden themselves in the industrial areas of Kaohsiung City.

They're now targeting people around the factory area.

Fortunately, the US military chose to operate from the steel buildings in the factory area rather than infiltrating residential areas, so there were few incidents of civilians being accidentally injured, and cases of people being taken hostage, theft, and robbery were quickly brought under control.

For the average citizen, this experience is quite peculiar.

Sounds came from machines in the air and along the roadside:

"Attention Kaohsiung residents! If you encounter any criminals, please call 110 immediately... Please call 110 immediately..."

Ordinary citizens, meanwhile, were handing out leaflets to report and arrest US soldiers.

The U.S. military is easily identifiable; illegal immigrants and prisoners all have the typical Latino appearance.

However, those Filipinos are also involved in the "Victory Plan" for the "Three Islands City, Baipuyan City, and Matsu Island," which is currently being heavily promoted, so many Taiwanese people are reporting Filipinos everywhere.

"Alright, American remnants! Capture him!"

The Filipino who was reported is completely innocent:

“I’m Taiwanese, I’m of Filipino descent, I’m a decent person.”

"Take out your ID."

Taiwan has hundreds of thousands of Filipino workers who are responsible for factory jobs that most people are unwilling to do. In this respect, there is little difference between Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan; they are almost identical.

If they have proper identification, that's fine; otherwise, they'll be taken away on the spot and stuffed into a prisoner-of-war camp.

Of course, there are also those who are arrested by accident, and those are probably deliberately reported by Kaohsiung residents who can't stand those outsiders.

Many other cities and counties in Taiwan have not yet responded, but since they have stopped resisting, the Taipei City Committee announced: "Taiwan has been liberated. The Taipei City Committee has been upgraded to a special provincial committee of Taiwan. We will continue to perform our duties and strive to build a better Taiwan province."

In addition, the Taiwan Provincial Committee announced a temporary administrative arrangement based on the current county and city divisions, but also stated:

"With this establishment of the province, Kinmen, Dongyin and other places were assigned to Fujian and Zhejiang. But at the same time, Sanyu City, Baipuyan City and Matsu Island were added to correct historical mistakes."

Internet access in Taiwan is gradually being restored.

Both mainland and Taiwanese netizens are quite unfamiliar with these places.

It wasn't until the Taiwan Provincial Committee released the map that everyone was shocked to discover that the coalition forces had advanced southward and reached right up to the Philippines. An entire island that had once been part of China's tributary territory was returned to China. While its economic value is minimal, its political significance is immense.

A new concept of political cooperation is gradually being promoted, namely:

"Defend Matsu Island and give the Philippines a good beating."

Mainland and Taiwanese soldiers were selected to take turns guarding the southernmost island of Matsu, where they strengthened their national and ethnic consciousness while beating up Filipinos.

……

The tides of history change too quickly. While the entire mainland was bewildered and entered a state of jubilation, feeling a sense of disorientation as if 'Taiwan had been liberated overnight,' another event with profound political implications occurred in Tokyo, Japan.

On July 11, the Cabinet held an official press conference.

The most noticeable change now is that the nameplate on the official head, the current de facto leader, Lu Yuchi Huayingmei, has been changed to 'Lu Huayingmei'.

Following the Chinese naming convention that allows for either 3 or 4 characters, Lu Hua Ying Mei is a very typical Chinese name.

Japanese journalists noticed this dramatic change and privately remarked:

"Without a doubt, from now on we will all be referred to by our Chinese names."

"Her family is Chinese, humph."

While reporters were busy discussing brand names, the stunning and elegant Lu Huayingmei appeared and sat at the press conference, along with relevant staff from BRICS countries and CP/TPP.

She announced to the public:

"In the past two months, as the chair of the CP/TPP, the Japanese government has granted China temporary membership status. During these two months, trade between Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico, and other countries with China has seen significant increases. Therefore, Japan is considering granting China permanent membership."

That's obvious, of course there will be a comprehensive increase. Because the internal goal of the CCP/TPP is 'zero tariffs, zero barriers, zero subsidies', opening this channel to let super-industrial Cthulhu crawl in will naturally lead to a significant increase in trade volume. Massive amounts of zero-tariff industrial goods will instantly fill shipping containers, ready to flood into Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The other countries are still busy arguing in their parliaments about whether or not to accept Japan's proposed 'trial member state mechanism'. They're too busy to handle it all.

But as the saying goes, every gain has its price. Importers in these countries welcomed the move with open arms, while Australian iron ore distributors, beef exporters, and wine merchants were overjoyed, practically weeping with gratitude, thinking they were being given tax exemptions and eager to sell their goods to the Chinese. This, in turn, provoked considerable discontent among domestic beef and wine merchants, who threatened a boycott.

China was formally included in the CPP/TPP, becoming a member of the so-called advanced Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, bringing Australia, Canada, and Mexico into its trade sphere.

Then, Wang, the Chinese Foreign Minister who had been working behind the scenes, appeared and announced:

"At the same time, in return, China has included Japan and South Korea in the BRICS partner member countries. I believe that with the interaction of the BRICS and CPTPP cooperation mechanisms, we will become a more dynamic world economy."

Exchange slots?

The reporters were completely bewildered by the sudden influx of information.

The BRICS countries are a cooperative group of emerging economic powers, while the CPTPP is America's backyard. How can these two seemingly unrelated organizations be tied together?

Lu Yuchi Huayingmei clapped her hands and praised:

"This is a diplomatic cooperation of the century, uniting the BRICS organization with the CP/TPP organization through the mutual exchange of membership quotas. Our economies, finance, industry, and agriculture benefit each other, which is a first-class thing."

This sets the tone for this exchange of membership slots.

A reporter hurriedly asked:

"Do the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister know about this?"

Hua Yingmei's reply:

"I have already spoken with the Prime Minister. He is currently busy with international affairs and has no time to manage the domestic situation."

The implied meaning of this statement is that Ms. Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei, who is Li Xinghe's political pillar and is based in the Justice Society, also has her own political independence. Therefore, it can be deduced that this exchange of CP/TPP members for BRICS members was her own doing.

Hua Yingmei further announced:

"We will also consider joining the SCO."

why?

Because the SCO has many military cooperation clauses, especially those related to counter-terrorism, and military contracts embedded within those counter-terrorism clauses.

She outlined a grand and ambitious blueprint:

"Undoubtedly, this is just the beginning of regional cooperation. Based on the shared sovereignty model of the Ryukyu Autonomous Prefecture, Japan, China, South Korea, and North Korea will consider signing a further cooperation agreement to comprehensively resolve maritime territorial disputes and island disputes. The goal is to create a large-scale economic union with zero tariffs, zero barriers, visa-free entry, and shared maritime, territorial, and resident management. Whether in military, armed forces, navy, or coastal defense, we will gradually formulate a more cohesive agreement based on various treaties of BRICS, CPTPP, and SCO."

Wow, a regional integration strategy involving China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea?

The reporters were awestruck by Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei's grand vision.

A massive industrial behemoth, a joint economy modeled after the European Union, with a population of 1.6 billion, the world's second-largest financial market, the world's largest financial investment position, the world's strongest military industry, and the combined strength of the world's three most powerful industrial nations, will rise in the East of the world.

What kind of alliance is this? A Confucian alliance? A Han alliance? An Asian alliance?

Hua Yingmei Road:

“I call it, Super East Asia.”

……

While Li Xinghe was away, Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei betrayed him and signed a cooperation agreement with China to exchange membership quotas.

But clearly, no normal person would think that Hua Yingmei betrayed Li Xinghe.

Just as the United States simply did not believe Li Xinghe's statement, "My subordinates betrayed me."

"Betrayal, this is betrayal..."

Inside the White House, Vance sat alone, sighing.

Everyone knows that Vance's government is completely finished.

His already fragile regime, after just over a year in power, failed to manage the US debt problem, leading to successive unrest in Japan and South Korea, both under Lee Sung-ha's control. Now, it has created a decisive event that will cause the regime's collapse.

If any non-military mistake can be addressed through media and administrative means to whitewash the past, like the Saigon incident or the Afghan retreat where even the most humiliating defeats can be salvaged from a certain perspective, then the massive collapse in Kaohsiung is hardly sustainable.

The corpses piled up like mountains, with nowhere to hide them. Lieutenant General Matthew McLaney still had his hat left, and the identities of several major generals were all confirmed. There was no official evidence from the First Army, but numerous documents left behind after the Seventh Division was reactivated were all there. How could they possibly conceal it?

The most crucial issue remains: capital, bureaucracy, the public, businesses, schools, and both parties—as a modern Holy Roman Empire comprised of countless sub-state entities, people cannot accept that a weak and incompetent defeated emperor can still rule the White House of the empire.

Every US president has gone to great lengths to whitewash their war defeats, even going so far as to fabricate bizarre news claims such as "the United States has never been defeated since World War II," all in an effort to clean up the mess left by those previous presidents.

The biggest consensus has been reached:

"America does not need a defeated president."

The only problem is that Vance still has two years left in his term. The last US president to have an irregular end to his term was Nixon, who was involved in Watergate, and the one before that was Kennedy, who suffered a fatal head injury.

How to get him out of office as soon as possible has become the most pressing consensus in the United States.

The United States is about to descend into internal conflict.

Chapter 814: Lai Ching-te Arrested, Tsai Ing-wen Fraudulently Targeted, Hokkaido Prison (4100 words)

"Turtle, come out!"

Taipei, Hengshan Command Post.

The troops stationed here, who were flooding the area, silently pulled out a large group of people, including Lai Qingde, Gu Lixiong, and Mei Jiashu, who were incoherent.

From the start of the unified offensive until now, the flag on Taiwan Island has fallen to the ground and the five-star red flag has been raised.

In just three days, the world has changed.

Gu Lixiong, the former Minister of National Defense who once boasted that Taiwan would fight to the last man, was now kneeling on the ground, weeping and pleading: "Don't kill me, I support unification! I talked nonsense in the past, I repent..."

Like Gu Lixiong, there have been numerous high-ranking DPP officials who have changed their tune and acted inconsistently in recent days. Some have been frantically posting Chinese flags on mainland websites, while others have been crying and begging to escape to the United States. Their behavior has ranged from erratic and erratic to outrageous, with some female DPP politicians even getting married at lightning speed, only to secretly find mainland spouses – these are not uncommon occurrences.

act like a buffoon.

"Let's go. No one will kill you. You're going to Hokkaido. From now on, we'll be citizens of both countries."

The soldiers herded them onto a BYD bus bound for Keelung Port.

When Lai Sang and hundreds of others arrived, immigrant ships were still setting sail. Spending tens of thousands of New Taiwan Dollars to transfer their pensions and life insurance contracts to Japan, Taiwanese people who rejected Chinese rule were embarking on their journeys.

Meanwhile, roll-on/roll-off ships at the port continued to import cars and motorcycles made in mainland China and Japan. All sorts of electrical appliances and household goods flooded in.

The credit unions in Keelung have been nationalized, and the local capital tycoons behind them have gone to Hokkaido. Citizens in the banks are exchanging their New Taiwan Dollars for RMB to buy their favorite cheap items on Pinduoduo.

Old monopolistic factors are being gradually eliminated, while new factors of production are being generated.

"Wow, that's so cheap!"

Taiwanese soldiers preparing for their discharge were seen using their phones to figure out how to use Taobao.

"The handover is complete. All of Taiwan's submarines are here. Sigh, we're not really enemies, so can we join the People's Liberation Army? I heard your navy is short-staffed."

"It's possible, but there will be a background check. You've just arrived, so you'll probably have to endure some hardship for a few years."

"Don't worry, I'm not from the Coast Guard, and I haven't committed any capital crimes."

Many Taiwanese submarines were anchored in the port. These ships were originally intended as key weapons in the US-Taiwan confrontation, designed to launch surprise attacks on aircraft carriers and cargo ships. However, in reality, the submarine force was detained as soon as the war began. After landing, the Taiwanese naval soldiers and officers naturally asked the People's Liberation Army if they could be recruited due to manpower shortages.

Lai Ching-te and his entourage walked by, but most of the people on the roadside ignored them, and some simply ignored them.

This may be the greatest social death.

As they boarded the ship bound for Hokkaido, they looked back into the distance:

"What will Taiwan become after I leave?"

At the same port, a Taiwanese media professional named Wang Bingzhong, who happened to be passing by, mocked Lai Ching-te and others:

"Taiwan will definitely get better, but you shouldn't even think about it."

Those pro-unification media figures who returned to Taiwan from mainland China, such as Wang Bingzhong and Huang Zhixian, who had previously remained steadfast on the front lines of unification, have received the greatest reward for their arduous efforts. They will participate in elections to become representatives to the National People's Congress of Taiwan Province, fulfilling their long-held political dreams.

Although they still have to engage in a long struggle with Li Xinghe, which will gradually stop only after Taiwan normalizes, at least the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang have been eliminated.

Migrant ships sailed north in batches, traversing the vast ocean for two thousand miles.

Lai Ching-te and his entourage gradually arrived in Hokkaido during the summer.

Hokkaido Island.

This island is nearly the size of a province, with 8.34 square kilometers of land, comparable to the municipality of Chongqing.