Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

The problem persisted even when Kim Jong-un took over, during South Korea's Sunshine Revolution and the introduction of THAAD, and under Min Aung-lae. Even the highly abstract Netanyahu-Gaza war didn't break the deadlock. Now, Li Xinghe's military might has reached Southeast Asia and the Pacific; why hasn't it broken the deadlock yet?

Public opinion in Southeast Asian countries is very agitated:

"China is the real ninja. How can they be so patient?"

"Break it down! Why don't we break it down? Taiwan has already returned to China, why don't we break it down?"

"Li Xinghe is Japanese! China should declare war on Japan!"

"Could Li Xinghe have some tacit understanding with Beijing?"

The media went from being excited to making unfounded accusations, and then to writing wildly imaginative stories.

It should be said that when Li Xinghe dispatched an air battleship fleet into the Taiwan Strait crisis, he had already made it clear that he had a secret understanding with Beijing.

Looking back, both mainstream and independent media outlets agree that Li Xinghe's cooperation with Beijing began with the US's attempt to dismantle Taiwan's life insurance industry, forcing Li to take over the sector, which then evolved into a partnership that divided Taiwan. Those Taiwanese who wanted to go to Japan went there, while those who wanted to stay on the mainland raised the red flag.

Everyone knows that Beijing and Tokyo have a peculiar tacit understanding, but how can this tacit understanding be maintained given Li Xinghe's large-scale southward expansion?

Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Defense Minister Tan Hin Sang went to argue with the ambassador to Singapore on the fourth day after the siege of Singapore.

"Why don't you stop Li Xinghe? Why don't you control Li Xinghe? If you don't stop him, aren't you already tacitly approving and supporting his global expansion strategy?"

The default is to agree, agree is to support, and support means you're in cahoots.

This principle applies universally.

Therefore, after a few days, Southeast Asian countries basically realized that Li Xinghe's global expansion strategy had been tacitly approved. Li Xinghe was able to establish a north-south axis line from Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido, southwards, all the way to Antarctica.

Of course, the same problem applies to the United States.

South Korean media mocked Southeast Asians and defended Lee Sung-ha:

"But it's the same logic, why doesn't the US do anything about it?"

The answer has already been revealed by many American media outlets and think tanks. Even as early as the 2029 coup attempt, think tanks like the Pacific Forum were advocating for it. The US is deliberately indulging its arrogance, attempting to incubate a second Great Japanese Empire, watching China and Li Xinghe compete in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, while it tries to profit from the ensuing conflict.

If it weren't for the domestic opposition, especially given Japan's shameful nuclear energy industry and inability to change its militarization stance, the United States might even have allowed Japan to possess nuclear weapons.

From this perspective, it seems that China and the United States are actually in cahoots on the issue of indulging Li Xinghe.

One has a high moral standard, the other a low moral standard; they have different reasons, but they both coincidentally put Southeast Asian countries on their dinner tables.

That makes even more sense.

With both sides able to make sense, the media in Southeast Asian countries were arguing fiercely, and Britain was stirring up trouble behind the scenes, creating chaos in the public opinion arena.

However, no country was able to quickly complete the military preparations to resist Li Xinghe, so all they could do was criticize him.

Aside from hurling insults, all that's left is to wait.

In an interview regarding this conflict, former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised Li Xinghe:

"Singapore is finished. Li Xinghe is very clever. He always finds the most accurate time to strike, snatching the corpse like a vulture. The United States deliberately dug a pit for him to fall into, but he avoided it all. The United States wanted him to get involved in the Taiwan Strait crisis, but he secretly reached an agreement with Beijing to avoid danger. The United States wanted him to control the Southeast Asian countries and become the leader of Southeast Asia, but he skipped Southeast Asia and first suppressed Australia and New Zealand, who were trying to provoke trouble, avoiding a direct confrontation with China."

The reporter who interviewed him then questioned:

"Then why does he dare to intimidate Singapore?"

Sunak shrugged:

"Because the entire Federal Reserve has resigned."

These two events seem completely unrelated, and mainstream media wouldn't interpret any connection between them. However, almost every paid economic analysis report sold in September mentioned:

The collective resignation of Federal Reserve officials forced Li Xinghe, who was always overly sensitive to economic changes, to immediately launch his own CPTPP settlement bank in an attempt to bypass the drag of the dollar system. Singapore is a key participant in the dollar system's settlements in Southeast Asia, a cornerstone of the dollar system, and a crucial member of the CPTPP. This is the main cause of the conflict.

There's no need for internal decision-making, nor for him to be subservient to Li Xinghe. The recent economic shifts in Japan and South Korea, spearheaded by Li Xinghe, and their increasing alignment with the RMB, all demonstrate his growing desire to break free from the dollar system. Therefore, this sudden, seemingly irrational regional conflict has a perfectly reasonable and widely known justification.

The reporter followed up with:

"Singapore is still a member of the Commonwealth, won't Britain come to its rescue?"

Sunak's humorous reply:

"The Commonwealth of Australia and the Kingdom of New Zealand are also members of the Commonwealth, and are Commonwealth kingdoms."

Wasn't that also a case of being extorted and blackmailed by Li Xinghe, who then forcibly took the goods away?

The highest-level delegation of defense ministers from ASEAN countries rushed to Beijing to seek help.

But Beijing has remained silent about these external disturbances, focusing solely on the grand military parade commemorating Taiwan's reunification.

Neither admitting nor denying, neither confirming nor acknowledging.

……

Canberra.

The National Defense Strategy Office has now become Li Xinghe's office.

Zhang Xiaoqian's voice came through the communication channel:

"Boss, the Singaporean media seems to have gone mad. These past few days they've been running around like mad dogs, asking Britain and the United States for help, and even stirring up rumors that the front lines of the civilized world are about to be breached."

Li Xinghe's speechless command:

"They still deserve a beating. Continue the siege of Singapore. Aim your naval guns at their central reservoir and blow it up, so they can't even get water."

Although Singapore is located by the sea, it is actually a water-scarce country. Because rainfall is difficult to retain, numerous reservoirs have been forcibly built. Li Xinghe first cut off Singapore's power, causing a lack of freshwater purification and sewage treatment capacity. Now, he has breached small reservoirs, and within days, Singaporeans will experience the agony of having no water to drink.

Regarding the upcoming joint naval exercises between Chinese and Japanese aircraft carriers, Li Xinghe issued the following instructions:

"What about our Han Kuang Volunteer Army? With the addition of the South Korean supplementary army, we will knock down the islands occupied by the Vietnamese one by one."

"Forehead……"

Adam Villim, also on the web conferencing channel, was momentarily at a loss for what reason to use to attack those islands.

Li Xinghe also had countless reasons:

"Are you stupid? Tell the Vietnamese on the island that the noble U.S. Marines have requisitioned their island to conduct preparatory exercises for island guerrilla warfare against the CCP. Tell them to get out!"

Sitting beside them, the voluptuous Duchess Olympia and the increasingly tall and beautiful Queen Charlotte, watching the commanding Li Xinghe, each had their own thoughts and feelings.

Like a great devil sitting at a banquet, talking eloquently, in an instant, he used a knife and fork to cut and arbitrarily divide the Southeast Asian map, which was placed on the plate as dinner.

Chapter 856: Super Tank Battleship, Aiyue TV Island Seizure Battle (5500 words)

In mid-September 2030, at the China-ASEAN Ministerial Military Talks, the Chinese representative uttered another memorable statement:

"If China had supported Li Xinghe and his cronies, the situation in Southeast Asia would not have turned out this way today (referring to the fact that the countries in Southeast Asia would have been killed by Li Xinghe long ago)."

Their attitude, inside and out, can be summed up in one word: It's none of my business.

China can confidently assure you that they absolutely did not directly support Li Xinghe's military operations.

Because Li Xinghe only bought a lot of manufactured goods; whether these products were further modified into military weapons in his military factory was none of Lao Zhong's business. Does selling some hydrochloric acid manufactured goods equate to selling fentanyl?

Meanwhile, combat exercises in the South China Sea have just begun.

The Vietnamese were dumbfounded as their sea was blockaded, a large number of armed ships appeared 100 kilometers from the coast, missiles and the flashes of gunfire could be seen, and even fishing boats could be seen.

This large-scale combat simulation is itself a military deterrent to Southeast Asian countries.

The first day of the exercise has ended.

The Chinese Navy certainly won't release any combat data to the public, but Japan will.

Major General Shi Huiyu, disguised as a Ryukyuan, addressed the official media in heavily accented Japanese:

"On the first day of the simulated combat exercise between China and the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand played the role of the United States. However, they suffered a significant defeat in the simulated combat. The reason was that the fighter jets that took off from the aircraft carrier were locked onto by the Chinese as soon as they took off, and the anti-lock-on and counterattack capabilities of the F-35 fighter jets were weaker than those of the Chinese aircraft in terms of combat range. This fully demonstrates the gradual decline of Boeing and Lockheed Martin in their radar and missile expertise."

Japan has openly revealed the weakness of its supposedly invincible American-made equipment?

Of course, we need to give the Americans a piece of our mind and, incidentally, boast about our own fighter jets.

The Major General continued to boast:

"Our domestically produced Type 1 Super Dragon Sakura fighter jet possesses stealth and heavy air superiority combat characteristics. Furthermore, it uses a more advanced phased array radar, enabling it to take off and launch attacks from a greater distance."

Of course, he also specifically praised South Korea's KF-21 fighter jet, commended the Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship for its excellent design, and emphasized the maritime pivot combat capability of the aviation battleship.

The three aircraft carrier battleships became comically a human shield in this exercise. Not only did the Zhejiang and Fujian ships send flight formations to conduct simulated bombing and launch missiles to conduct simulated attacks, but even the Tamamo-no-Mae ship and the large-bottomed Japanese ship sent planes to bomb their own battleships to simulate and test their resilience.

Ultimately, the three battleships were attacked by dozens of missiles of varying sizes. With the assistance of 120 vertical launch missile pods and a large number of drones and helicopters, these three massive tanks managed to hold out until the end of the first day of the exercise, with none of them sinking, demonstrating their maximum durability.

Canberra.

The subordinates compiled the intelligence and handed it over to Li Xinghe:

"If a ballistic missile were to penetrate our air defense network, there is still a chance that it could damage our ships."

Li Xinghe waved his hand, indicating:

"That's enough. There isn't a single nation capable of using hypersonic ballistic missiles, armed with armor-piercing warheads, to attack our battleships."

The missile technology of North Korea, Iran, and the Houthi rebels is all derived from the Soviet Union. Russia's missile technology also originated from the Soviet Union. These countries are now either secretly allied with Li Xinghe or purchasing various industrial products from him; they are no longer in a state of confrontation.

Li Xinghe turned around and asked:

"Is the Singapore government still barking like a dog?"

The staff officers replied:

"They've stopped yelling. Since several large reservoirs were destroyed by our artillery fire, Singapore is currently under water rationing and working on dam repairs. Hehe, in a few days, they'll probably soften up."

The millions of residents on Singapore Island, including many wealthy individuals and companies from mainland China, have nowhere to escape and are now scrambling for reclaimed water from treated sewage. This reclaimed water contains excrement, urine, and various other forms of wastewater. Thus, drinking urine has become another meme circulating in Singapore these past few days.

Li Xinghe thought for a moment, then issued the order to another unit:

"Send the order to the Han Kuang Volunteer Army to prepare for the operation to seize the island from Vietnam."

"Yes!"

……

"Operation to seize islands in the South China Sea against Vietnam has begun."

Major General Adam Vilim never imagined that he would become a major general in the Chinese system in his forties, and be in charge of leading a low-intensity operation to recapture lost islands in the South China Sea.

It's a very difficult thing to talk about, but the Han Kuang Volunteer Army was the first military unit to obtain a formal organization within the China-led maritime order.

It predates the coalition forces, which are currently defined in a much more ambiguous way.

Now that they were officially recognized as a state unit, the Han Kuang Volunteer Army was entitled to the benefits of being equipped with coast guard vessels, and they were assigned many older models of coast guard ships. Of course, in the United States, "old" refers to dilapidated ships that have been in use for decades, while in China, "old" often means ships that have been built for several or even decades and still have a long service life.

If anyone asks them about their identity, they will say that they are from the Han Kuang Volunteer Army.

But when they do bad things, they claim to be U.S. Army Pacific troops.

Unlike the Coast Guard, the Han Kuang Army dares to open fire indiscriminately in the South China Sea, strafing passing fishing boats with machine guns and cannons. After firing, they will tell the other side that if they have the guts, they can go to the U.S. Pacific Command and complain to Commander Paparo about us.

Indeed, due to their increasing aggression in the South China Sea, fishermen from Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia have become increasingly hesitant to operate near the disputed waters, fearing that they might be the next unfortunate ones to be shot dead at sea and labeled as "killed by the US military."

As the helicopter flew over the ocean, Major General Adam Velim located his troops and landed on his flagship.

At this moment, the Han Kuang Volunteer Army, carried by six 4000-ton coast guard vessels, was drifting on Wan'an Beach.

Wan'an Shoal has a shallowest point with a depth of 17 meters. It is a relatively well-known shoal in the Sino-Vietnamese maritime conflict because the two countries confronted each other here for more than five months in 2019, forcing Vietnam to dismantle its oil and gas wells. Since then, the shoal has been under Chinese control.

On this vast ocean, looking around, there is not a single piece of land to be seen.

Matteo, who had once dived with a bomb to blow up fiber optic cables in Yilan County, has now been promoted to major and is now a battalion commander.

He reported to Major General Adam:

"This is the southwesternmost beach of the islands in Southeast Asia. The shallowest part of the water is 17 meters deep. There are still remnants of oil and gas fields and stilt houses built by the Vietnamese. We are preparing for blasting operations."

"Blow up the garbage left by the Vietnamese."

"Yes!"

At Adam's command, the sea churned and trembled. Thanks to the demolition team's efforts, the remaining Vietnamese tripod was completely destroyed and fell into the sea. Cheers erupted from the six coast guard vessels.

In any case, after several years of effort, the Han Kuang Volunteer Army gradually settled in Taiwan, Zhejiang, and Ryukyu, established families and lives, and became more identified with their Chinese identity.

Whether based on the United States or China, Vietnam is an excellent target for hatred.

Adam summoned the battalion commanders of several nearby battalions:

"This tidal flat, which was only recovered from the Sino-Vietnamese standoff in 2019, will soon no longer be our front line. We must turn back and gradually reclaim the islands from the most remote places. All the islands we gain will be under our actual control. The more islands we control, the more funding we will receive!"

He announced:

"Our primary objective is to reclaim Nanwei Island, which is occupied by Vietnam, and to control Baijiao Reef, Aonan Reef, and Jindun Reef, cutting off the main route for Vietnam to intervene in the South China Sea and plugging all the loopholes in the southwestern corner of the Spratly Islands."