Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

……

Tokyo.

Being criticized and insulted behind his back was a daily occurrence for Li Xinghe, but today, he was enjoying global praise.

Everyone regards him as the strongest warrior of the American forces since the Gulf War.

"The human heart is like smoke, moving with the wind."

Li Xinghe couldn't help but sigh.

While the propaganda war was well-executed, the diplomatic war remained unsuccessful.

To Li Xinghe's surprise, the Viet Cong seemed to have great confidence in their own fighting capabilities.

The Vietnamese Communist Party leadership was quite insightful about their situation. They knew Li Xinghe's political goals and were even more aware that Li Xinghe had less time than they did.

They even made harsh statements to Li Xinghe:

"Your aircraft carrier has a combat radius of only 1000 kilometers and carries no more than 100 carrier-based aircraft. How long can it bomb for? Your battleships may be good, but we are not without countermeasures. I have ample missile supplies. At worst, we can fight another war to unify Vietnam. We, the Vietnamese Communist Party, have resisted the French, the Americans, the Japanese, and Chinese like you. Whether it takes ten, fifty, or a hundred years, Vietnam will eventually be unified and stronger than it is now!"

Although times have changed, the Vietnamese army and the top leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam still have considerable confidence in their Red River Delta defense line. Their main force has not suffered any losses and still has the strength to fight.

A tough statement made with real strength is a tough statement; a tough statement made without real strength is just bluffing and arrogance.

It seems the blows were too light.

Li Xinghe criticized:

“将日本、韩国、澳大利亚的F35、F15、F16、KF21和龙樱都调集到高雄市。集合八百架四代、五代战斗机，空袭越南的河内、海防、岘港、顺化，消灭其岸基导弹力量。空袭越南在河内、顺化、绥和附近的空军基地，消灭他们手上那些老旧的苏30和米格21。”

After a pause, Li Xinghe, who was also aware of the combat range of fighter jets, continued:

"Place two aircraft carriers between Vietnam and Kaohsiung. Have fighters with carrier-based aircraft take off from Kaohsiung, land on the Tamamo-no-Mae to refuel and replenish ammunition, then take off again to Vietnam to bomb the enemy. After bombing, return to the Japanese ships to refuel before flying back to Kaohsiung. Those lacking carrier-based aircraft landing capabilities should use aerial refueling tankers for mid-course replenishment, then land at Saigon Airport, fly over Laos from Saigon's center, and launch a flanking attack on Vietnam!"

Shuttle bombing tactics! Monkeys!

100 carrier-based aircraft? I'll send 800 planes to take off and land in shifts, attacking from both sides and bombing you to death.

Regarding Li Xinghe's extravagant tactics, Gao Tiao Wuyue, who was in charge of relaying the message, pouted:

"Natasha, the South Good Girl, will probably come to see you tomorrow."

This is also a problem.

Li Xinghe pondered and said:

“Um…you help me stop them…no, pass on a message to them, tell Russia and North Korea that I will soon stop punishing Vietnam. Tell them to calm down and not escalate the situation for the time being. Tell them to say the same thing back home. The timeframe is three to four days, and I will take the initiative to end the conflict between Singapore and Vietnam before October.”

It seems they intend to use Vietnam as their large-scale war training ground, preparing for even larger-scale global wars in the future.

During the Taiwan Strait crisis, only two brigades were dispatched to make do. This time, I will personally command the army, navy, and air force to wage a high-tech war against Vietnam, similar to the Gulf War, to show the Vietnamese a thing or two and then force Singapore to sign a more powerful peace treaty.

Li Xinghe could only feel fortunate.

Fortunately, Vietnam, precisely because of its socialist status, hasn't purchased large quantities of modern equipment like Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. Although their combat capabilities are weaker, they can still cause unexpected trouble. The core equipment of the Vietnamese army is nothing more than Soviet-era products from the 70s, such as Scud missiles, much like Iraq during the Gulf War, lacking the ability to cope with the systemic warfare of the new era.

Vietnam's terrain was also a significant advantage. A chopstick cut in half provided Li Xinghe with ample operational buffer space.

This gave Li Xinghe the strategic space to continue his attack and quickly withdraw.

Takajo Satsuki ran out with the orders.

Halfway there, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

What do you mean by saying this even domestically?

Which domestic country?

Takajo Satsuki's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Oh, so I was the idiot who was kept in the dark!"

……

The news that Li Xinghe had spread that the local operation had ended quickly was indeed reassuring to China, North Korea, and Russia, ensuring that there would be no reversals on his diplomatic front in the short term.

But some scoundrel spread rumors that it was based on an unnamed Russian figure, Medvedev, speaking through a loudspeaker:

"Li Xinghe said he would wipe out Vietnam in three days!"

Chapter 861: Tearing Out a South Vietnam, Sending Hanoi to Hell (5800 words)

early morning.

Water splashes and boats drift on the Mekong River. Countless fleeing soldiers stand on the riverbank, gazing blankly at the sky.

More than 50,000 Vietnamese soldiers fled southwest out of Ho Chi Minh City and into the paddy fields and mudflats of the Mekong Delta. They were heartbroken and felt as if their country had been destroyed and their homes had been destroyed. They were as if they had been attacked by aliens and even lacked the will to fight.

At this moment, the Vietnamese army seemed to understand the saying, "When they were most flustered leaving the temple, the music hall still played farewell songs."

They were eager to cross the Mekong River and head to Can Tho to join the Ninth Military Region. However, upon arriving at this vast delta, they discovered that in this completely indefensible place, various infantry fighting vehicles were everywhere, cutting them off and trapping them in multiple water-strewn rice paddies.

On the vast Mekong Delta plain, paddy fields crisscross and roads intertwine. The Mekong River splits into two branches, branching into more than ten streams before flowing into the South China Sea. Under the dense network of waterways, the entire plain is covered with fertile paddy fields.

Not only that, but loudspeakers were blaring announcements everywhere:

"Listen up, brothers over there! I am Huang Lixiang, commander of the 550th Engineer Regiment of the Fourth Field Army. You were originally entitled to $3000 in severance pay, but your continued resistance has greatly displeased Marshal Li. He has decided to reduce the severance pay to $2000 and order you to get out of the paddy fields, swamps, and lakes immediately. Marshal Li has ordered that if you leave the battlefield voluntarily today, you will still receive $2000. Tonight it will be $1500, and tomorrow it will only be $1000! If you do not come out by the day after tomorrow, the heavy artillery brigade of the US Eighth Army will be dispatched for a comprehensive bombardment..."

Gradually decreasing severance pay became a powerful weapon for soldiers to decide to surrender.

They didn't lay down their weapons because most of those who escaped hadn't even taken them out. After all, in peacetime, regular troops' weapons are locked in warehouses. The armory had already been bombed by drones.

As the Vietnamese army gradually collapsed and surrendered, even Can Tho, a core city in the Mekong Delta, chose to peacefully open the city, and the Ninth Military Region also disintegrated on its own.

Zhang Xiaoqian, He Yang, Hu Zhantian, and Sun Jinde, the four of them, sat in an armored vehicle and stopped by the surging river.

"This is the mouth of the Mekong River."

"Let me correct you, this is the Lancang River. The Lancang River that we will never forget. More than 100 years ago, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia talked about their future aspirations, referring to the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Lancang River as the three major rivers, along with the Five Sacred Mountains, and regarded them as the future of the revolution. 100 years later, we must look back on the past."

A few people gathered together, facing the long river, and reminisced about history.

Zhang Xiaoqian suddenly thought of something and let out a few cold snorts:

"But when we returned, our wealthy overseas Chinese friends in Southeast Asia didn't seem very friendly. After all, we were targeting Singapore first, and the dollar system. That's their lifeline. They'd rather drink coffee in London or buy tickets to lobbying firms in Washington than talk to us."

"That's why we need to surround Singapore first."

Several people said with a smile.

The Mekong Delta in Vietnam produces 2400 million tons of grain.

Its area is only 3.5 square kilometers, which is not large compared to the areas of Japan and South Korea. Compared to China, it is about the same size as Hainan Province.

This small corner of the country produces half of Vietnam's total rice output and exports 95% of its rice. It is four times the rice output of the entire country of Japan, 6.5 times the rice output of South Korea, and one-sixth of the annual rice output of China.

While seemingly crucial, it is actually unique. Vietnam exports approximately 900 million tons of rice annually, securing its position as the world's second-largest rice exporter (after India), all thanks to its fertile plains. Its annual rice exports are worth about $70 billion, which may not seem like a large sum in monetary terms, but it serves as a significant stabilizer for its food security strategy.

After viewing the scenery of the plains, Zhang Xiaoqian made up his mind:

"Once we get it, we must not let go; once we have it, we must not loosen our grip. This vast plain must be firmly in our hands to ensure food security reserves for Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan."

Sun Jinde reminded him:

"But how should we govern them? The Vietnamese have, after all, tied their history to their nascent nationalism. If they were to gain control only to have it fall apart again, wouldn't that be a greater loss than gain? And there aren't many Chinese people here."

Several people were discussing it animatedly:

"If it were a place like Malaysia, Indonesia, or Myanmar, where ethnic oppression and exclusion are severe, I would certainly support winning over the Chinese community and using a piecemeal approach. But Vietnam is different. We should all be well aware that the Vietnamese Chinese suffered greatly and lost their power as early as the Le Duan era. Although the main ethnic group in Vietnam is the Kinh, a large number of them are actually Chinese who have a local identity since independence. When dealing with Vietnam, we need to carefully consider the current mental state of the Koreans. We need to start from their spirit."

Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta are home to one million people of Chinese descent, primarily concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City's commercial districts. Since the French colonial period, they have controlled almost all of Ho Chi Minh City's commercial power. During Le Duan's erratic rule, forced nationalization and crackdowns on capitalists led to hardship for the Chinese community. However, after Le Duan's death and Vietnam's reopening, the Chinese community regained its strength and quickly reclaimed about half of Ho Chi Minh City's commercial power. But it was precisely Le Duan's erratic behavior that deprived the Vietnamese Chinese of the ability to expand their commercial empire.

Furthermore, one cannot rely on the local Chinese in Vietnam, not only because of their strength, but also because the differences between them and the Vietnamese are very small. In other words, in Vietnam, a region where Chinese separatism has been successful, the population is steeped in Confucian values. Whether it's worshipping Guan Yu or the grand Qingming and Dragon Boat Festival ceremonies, the differences are minimal.

Vietnamese people often exhibit a duality of tragic ideology and patriotic fervor, a phenomenon also seen in a monkey-like version of the common dualistic mentality among Chinese people.

The ideology of the Chinese school of thought targeting the United States is aimed at the United States.

The pro-China ideology in Vietnam often targets China. They fabricate outrageous online rumors such as "China keeps the best products for itself and sells inferior goods to Vietnam" and "comparisons between Chinese and Vietnamese summer camps." While creating absurd articles praising China, they also constantly instigate public opinion conflicts over territorial issues.

Even Japanese and Koreans don't quite understand this state; it's only the Chinese who are most familiar with this feeling.

This vague, ineffable feeling is a contradictory sentiment—closer to China than that of Japan and South Korea, yet also more repulsive. Therefore, the Vietnamese are a uniquely contradictory group, both most like China and most anti-China.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoqian believes:

"In South Korea and Japan, the approach of using genetic nationalism to tear apart public consensus doesn't need to be too radical in Vietnam. Our main strategy is a psychological offensive. We need to win hearts and minds, to evoke that unique, vague feeling within them. We are not French colonizers, nor are we American colonizers, but we want to achieve a similar effect, to stir up the colonial mentality of the people of South Vietnam."

"Understanding this mentality is essential to understanding how to govern Vietnam."

After some thought, Zhang Xiaoqian concluded:

“Report to the boss and state our opinion. At the same time, tell Nguyen Thanh Nghi that the previous agreement is null and void. He is no longer just the mayor of Ho Chi Minh City. We hope that he will establish the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, appoint himself as the first secretary of the Southern Bureau, and govern the Cochinchina provinces of Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City.”

In southern Vietnam, a separate Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam was established.

Just like Le Duan back then, who created the Southern Bureau. This is also a case of using someone else's methods against them.

From the Mekong Delta to Cam Ranh Bay, this southernmost part of Vietnam is known as the 'Cochinchina Region,' or during the French rule as Cochinchina. This region, with a population of nearly 50 million, including Ho Chi Minh City which accounts for 30% of the country's industrial output and a rice-producing area of ​​24 million tons, and which together account for nearly 70% of Vietnam's GDP, is to be integrated into the new world order map all at once.

Will the Vietnamese agree?

"Ho Chi Minh City's per capita GDP exceeds $7000, which is approaching that of some large cities and counties in China. We can leverage Ho Chi Minh City, develop some ancillary industries, and help them enter the $10,000 club. We can create an economic showcase for Southeast Asians."

When the United States first entered Iraq and Afghanistan, the local resistance was not strong, and they all felt that the United States could bring them a bright future.

The coalition forces will build a bright future for the area around Ho Chi Minh City.

He Yang suddenly asked:

"The North Korea-South Korea model?"

"That's right, the North Korea-South Korea model."

Build a new shop window, tear out two Vietnams.

Li Xinghe quickly agreed to their plan.

Originally, Li Xinghe did not have such intentions. After all, his original intention was to take down Singapore, disrupt the important foothold of the US dollar in Southeast Asia, and form a Southeast Asian RMB clearing alliance as a self-reserved territory.

But since Vietnam has joined the anti-Li movement, and Singaporeans are still drinking urine and holding in their excrement, and Vietnam is unwilling to back down, then Li Xinghe has no choice but to intensify the crackdown on them.

Several people went to see Ruan Qingyi.

Ruan Qingyi was terrified.

He genuinely believed that Li Xinghe's promise of peace and neutrality was only made because Vietnam refused to join the CPTPP clearing bank, and that this was due to Li's special military operation against Vietnam. How could he have changed his mind so quickly?

He Yang knocked on his skull:

"You old codger, you think too highly of yourself. If you don't agree, killing you and replacing you with someone else is not a difficult task."

Zhang Xiaoqian also said:

"Think about it carefully. Do Vietnamese people hate the United States? Do they hate China? No, they actually crave what they can't have. If you bring the Coalition Forces to South Vietnam, we can sign a comprehensive investment contract with you worth $100 billion, providing all-round support and upgrading your industry, agriculture, and import and export sectors. We'll transform Ho Chi Minh City into a modern, advanced metropolis with an average GDP exceeding $10,000. We'll integrate the nearby industrial and agricultural provinces and put you on the fast track to development."

Once Vietnam's GDP exceeds $10,000 and its economy has an industrial and agricultural base, the pace of growth to $15,000 or even $20,000 will accelerate significantly. This would essentially turn Vietnam into a monkey version of the North-South Korean confrontation. However, considering the existing order, an open secession will not be implemented for the time being.

When the economy of South Vietnam develops rapidly, far surpassing that of North Vietnam by more than double, the residents of the South themselves will no longer support unification with the North. On the contrary, it is the Vietnamese in the North who will begin to exclude the South, otherwise the Hanoi regime will be swallowed up by the Saigon authorities.

Most of Vietnam's industry, agriculture, and GDP are located near Ho Chi Minh City. If this area is ceded, the north will shrink, and the area around Hanoi will have to become a complete vassal of Guangxi and Guangdong, or it will not be able to survive.

It's a win-win situation. Mei, where am I? Mei Mei Kong Ni Lin Zai Zai Mei...

As Zhang Xiaoqian emerged from Ruan Qingyi's house, she reminisced with deep emotion about the past 25 years:

"In my opinion, the national railway plan for 2025 is correct. We only build northern railways that meet Chinese standards for them, instead of building a nationwide railway that runs through the north and south. In this way, they are in northern Vietnam and are absorbed into the economic circle of Guangxi and Guangdong, while we build our seaports and Southeast Asian economic showcase in the south."

The North and South are torn apart, each taking half. This completely disrupts the country's dream of independent development.

In the north, they can comfortably cut sugarcane; in the south, they can diligently sew clothes.

We are no longer in an era of rapid economic development and industrial globalization.

Sun Jinde's timely joke:

"Half on each side, East Asia to East Asia, Southeast Asia to Southeast Asia. South to South, North to North."

Everyone laughed.

"For the sake of our Five Sacred Mountains and Three Rivers."

"The Three Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains are all within China!"

Several imposing generals, with visions for a new future, made their decision on the future of this rice-rich land on the side of the Lancang River estuary.

To establish a new order.