Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"It's nothing." Everyone shook their heads mysteriously, which only made the Self-Defense Force staff even more confused.

Only Chinese people can truly appreciate the magical homophonic puns hidden within the characters of this peculiar name.

As the ships slowly entered the dock, the generals and staff officers, oblivious to the storm raging on the financial sea, were only impressed by the new ships and their beautiful new wives, marveling at the drifting raindrops:

"What a peaceful day. What a beautiful ship."

Li Xinghe then said meaningfully:

"Before the sea roars and unleashes a tsunami, the tide always recedes first, making it seem as if the sea is retreating and the sea is calm. Foolish fishermen take advantage of this opportunity to go out to sea to fish, unaware that they have already fallen into the embrace of death."

Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Takuto Ogasawara seemed lost in thought:

"It sounds like you're talking about my wife."

People began to look at him strangely. In the military environment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, being able to maintain his official position despite having a shrewish wife at home shows that he not only has political skills but also the ability to adapt to and enjoy that kind of family situation.

Hu Zhantian praised him:

"Then you really know how to enjoy life."

This served as a reminder to Li Xinghe, who said:

"But to be honest, none of us are married yet, which is not good. Zhang Xiaoqian, you are the first, so you need to resolve your wife issue as soon as possible. He Yang is the second, Hu Zhantian is the third, Park Yoo-shin is the fourth, and then there are all the officers and generals below, they all need to arrange their marriages as soon as possible."

In any case, only those with families can continue to advance in the ranks; this is a time-tested ironclad rule.

How to marry him?

"If you have a wife or girlfriend, hurry up and get married. Just look at the lists of Japanese and Korean conglomerates and have their daughters write marriage proposals to you one by one. Don't you know how to do that?"

Li Xinghe's speechless approval.

While it's generally true that the military shouldn't interfere in the business world in this way, Li Xinghe's coalition army, being newly established, already had very close ties with the business community, so they had to do the opposite.

Zhang Xiaoqian shrugged: "I have a girlfriend in Okinawa, and she's about to enter politics."

He Yang stated, "I also have girlfriends in Myanmar... I have several."

Hu Zhantian even said, "My wife is from Jiangxi and now runs a Jiangxi-style stir-fry restaurant in Hangzhou. She definitely wouldn't be happy if I married a second woman."

As a result, more quotas for marriage alliances fell to mid- to high-ranking military officers.

Li Xinghe made the following judgment:

"Expanding the military to 100,000 personnel is not enough. The current goal is 400,000 to consolidate the vast maritime borders stretching from Hokkaido to Seishu. The goal of three aircraft carriers is also insufficient; we should now build five, or even seven, aircraft carriers to comprehensively control the arc-shaped fourth island chain from the North Pacific to the Indian Ocean and build our defense perimeter."

The Americans' newly proposed fourth island chain strategy, which aims to create a vast encirclement network stretching from Hawaii to Australia and then to India, is indeed being implemented. However, the problem is that the one executing this plan is not the United States, but Li Xinghe.

In the future, this region may become home to more than ten aircraft carriers and hundreds of fighter jets, making it the location of the world's largest military conglomerate.

"Let's go, let's go take a look at the ship."

Li Xinghe led everyone to the Shinano aircraft carrier, which had just been launched. Only Chief of Staff Kobayashi Hiroki of the Ground Self-Defense Force stood in Yokosuka Port, gazing at the seemingly tranquil sea in the distance.

Takuto Ogasawara turned around and asked him:

"Waiting for whom?"

Hiroki Kobayashi's eyes were dazed, but his mind was clear:

"I'm waiting for the tsunami; I want to see what it looks like."

Only Takuto Ogasawara, a fellow member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, could understand his meaning. He wanted to see how the United States, which had once been superior to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, would launch this self-destructive tsunami.

Chapter 871: The White Fox and the Big Rat, Starship Under the Vast Ocean - Vance's Amnesty (5100 words)

It's still raining.

The staff at the Yokohama Mitsubishi Shipyard lit navigation lights to guide the Shinano aircraft carrier, led by a tugboat, into the dock.

The new aircraft carrier boasts a long, sleek hull and a beautifully straight catapult flight deck. Its integrated bridge is truly a product of the new era. Drawing inspiration from the pure white paint scheme of the Tamamo-no-Mae, the Shinano's paint job, designed with the assistance of Japanese art designers, appears both pure and elegant. Beneath the two elevators, the engine room is spacious and expansive, with markings indicating where aircraft will be parked already painted on the floor.

Walking on the aircraft carrier, everyone felt it was very beautiful.

Although not as huge as Tamamo-no-Mae's ship, it was indeed a beautiful white fox.

A beautiful design indicates good aesthetics, and good looks translate to strong competitiveness.

"Let's go, let's go."

After visiting Shinano, everyone should leave and go about their own business.

Takuto Ogasawara quickly grabbed him:

"Don't go, don't go, the main course has just been served."

Then everyone looked back and, oh, discovered that next to the beautiful white fox, there were five large, grayish-brown rat-like ships. Compared to the Shinano, they were indeed... not very good-looking.

In fact, five missile destroyers were also commissioned today.

Rather than the outfitting of the Shinano, the arrival of the five new guided-missile destroyers is the most important matter today.

These are five brand-new guided-missile destroyers, which are extensions of the Arleigh Burke-class 2A-class destroyers and were launched and outfitted in succession with the assistance of Chinese shipbuilding departments.

Incidentally, it took more than two years from ordering the construction of these five guided-missile destroyers to completion, with each ship costing as much as 1500 billion yen. The construction cost of a single ship is comparable to that of the Type 055 destroyer and one-third more expensive than the Izumo-class light destroyer.

Ogasawara Takuto introduced:

"Our new destroyer is 175 meters long, 21 meters wide, and has a draft of 6.5 meters. It has a standard displacement of 1.15 tons and uses two General Dynamics-licensed LM2500 gas turbines, with a top speed of 30 knots."

Speaking of the power system of this missile destroyer, Li Xinghe also had a hard time getting into it.

The Type 055 destroyer next door is equipped with four domestically produced large gas turbines, capable of pushing 150,000 horsepower, hence its high price. The peak speed of the Type 055 has not been publicly announced; the outside world can only speculate that it is around 30 knots and that it performs better in strong conditions, with its top speed remaining unknown.

However, despite having the same tonnage, their horsepower differs by a factor of two. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces' destroyers dare to claim that they can reach a maximum speed of 30 knots, which actually means that they are quite good at running at 25 knots normally, and they will only push to 30 knots in critical moments.

He then raised the following question:

"The Type 055 destroyer uses four gas turbines, while yours only uses two, yet yours are about the same price. Tell me, what makes it so much more expensive?"

The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) quickly responded to this:

"We have introduced a new phased-array radar produced and built in China for this type of destroyer and improved the integrated mast. At the same time, in order to be compatible with American and Japanese missiles, we have developed the MK41 universal launcher modification, with four groups of eight cells per launcher, and 64 launch cells per ship. They can switch between the 650mm caliber of American missiles and the 800mm caliber of our future domestically produced supersonic anti-ship ballistic missiles. In addition, the depth has been increased to 8 meters. In critical moments, it can also be converted into a four-in-one system, merging the four 800mm missile launch cells into a large 1600mm launch cell for launching our G1 ballistic missiles."

The G1 ballistic missile has a diameter that is just slightly larger than 1500 mm and a length of 8 meters.

In other words, the Equipment and Technology Agency of the Ministry of Defense has finally found a successful path for the Type 055 destroyer. Having already successfully developed the G1 anti-ship missile, it has managed to fit a large missile into the guided-missile destroyer, creating a truly modern all-around warship.

Li Xinghe felt like crying when he heard this.

Damn it, the US can't imitate the Type 055 because they lack production capacity for both missiles and the MK41 vertical launch system, their ability to implement the technology is close to zero, and things are getting more and more expensive. Manufacturers and the Pentagon are all in a bind. They really can't make it.

As for Japan's defense equipment agency and manufacturing plants, due to their own stupidity, conservatism and incompetence, they were constantly doing sit-ups in shipyards and test sites when Li Xinghe needed them the most.

"What about ship-launched missiles?"

The missiles that the Japanese destroyers were originally equipped with were already laughable.

The outdated Type 90 anti-ship missile is a copy of the American Harpoon, an old-fashioned product. Its air defense relies on a mere 64 kg explosive charge, and its flight speed is at least as fast as the supersonic Standard Missile-6. But that's not enough, because the US military's production is insufficient and the price is too high, so Japan can't buy it. Other old missiles are just obviously inferior and substandard.

Chief of Staff Ogasawara immediately replied: "Yes, yes, the new anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles provided by the Japan-North Korea Missile Development Institute are based on the traditional Type 12 anti-aircraft missile and have been named the Prototype Type 01 Anti-ship Missile and the Prototype Type 01 Anti-aircraft Missile, respectively."

这两种导弹的区别不大，战斗部分别为380公斤和120公斤，前者能射300公里，后者能飞100公里。在战斗中都能达到超过1.5-2马赫的超音速飞行水准。

And then it was over.

Compared to the Tomahawk and Standard Missile 2 still used by the United States, which can fly at supersonic speeds and have large warheads, this level of capability is actually quite impressive.

North Korea's missile technology chief, Kim Sok-hwan, tactfully remarked, "Given Japan's missile engine capabilities, as long as they put their minds to it, the final product will definitely be excellent."

This means that the Japanese technicians who collaborated with us were incredibly incompetent, greatly delaying our technical research.

Li Xinghe had no choice but to provide the North Korean R&D personnel with high-end apartments in Tokyo and luxury cars from BYD and Toyota, allowing them to live a more comfortable life and find ways to advance the research progress on their own. As a result, the research on the Standard shipborne anti-ship missile was also progressing rapidly.

The JMSDF officers clapped their hands, warmly welcoming Li Xinghe to name the ship:

"Please name the new missile destroyer formation. The Maritime Self-Defense Force believes that, compared to the mediocre and vulnerable Shinano-class medium-sized aircraft carrier, which is easily defeated by hypersonic missiles, these five new destroyers, which adopt a similar design to the Type 055 destroyer, are the most surprising new maritime force."

At this moment, officers from the Ministry of Defense's Equipment and Supplies Department and the Maritime Self-Defense Force finally uttered a very correct and reasonable statement. The new destroyer should be equipped with dual cores, just like the aircraft carrier, becoming a true battleship at sea, using large ballistic missiles as its main guns to inflict ultimate destruction on the enemy.

Li Xinghe waved his hand:

"Search for unnamed names of command states and prioritize the selection of successor names from old ships."

The JMSDF staff immediately came up with a contingency plan:

“We propose that Nagato-Mutsu-Tosa be an inheritable name. Hiei-Haruna is the name of the old battlecruiser.”

"Let's take these five."

Li Xinghe stood aboard the Shinano, looking down at the five destroyers. They had a total of 320 missile launch slots, capable of holding a large number of advanced anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles; if all were converted to ballistic missiles, they could fit 80.

The only regret is that it lacks hypersonic missiles, putting it far behind the world's leading countries.

"That counts as wiping out the (island) nation's fleet."

Li Xinghe sighed.

When other countries saw Li Xinghe build several ironclad warships and lord it over at sea, they also began their own research on naval armor-piercing missile countermeasures, and started to study modern battleships and missile-piercing warheads. But Li Xinghe went back to seriously study large aircraft carriers and missile destroyers, and started to seriously study naval stealth and missile exchanges.

It can be said that he single-handedly dragged the navies of many second- or third-rate countries into a deep pit.

……

The next day.

Tokyo Prefecture has begun a comprehensive renaming plan to rename its administrative districts.

The entire Tokyo prefecture takes a day off, during which town service teams replace all signs and place names within a single day.

Meanwhile, in the bright and clean cabinet office, Takajo Satsuki was reading aloud the civil service recruitment information for the second half of 2030:

"The new year's Japanese joint civil service examination is being prepared. More than 60 people have already registered, of which at least 15 are Chinese students studying abroad. There is currently a lot of resentment among the public, and rumors have spread that Japanese students are not as good as Chinese students in the civil service exam. Many people are demanding that separate lists be made for Japanese and Chinese students."

Is this even possible to have two ranking systems?

Li Xinghe immediately shook his head, denying this: "It's a lie to say that they didn't pass the exam. The truth is that one percent of people of Chinese descent got more than 20% of the positions. After Taiwanese people immigrated to Japan, the population ratio has been adjusted to ten to one, and people should recognize the reality. The main newcomers to the exam are still graduates from Japanese universities."

When it comes to matters of national importance, even Gao Tiao Wuyue is fretting over issues like exams and meals.

She doesn't understand either.

She dropped out of high school.

Just then, the door opened, and a beautiful woman stormed in angrily:

"What's going on? Why were I suddenly appointed as the mayor of Tokyo?"

Are you under pressure?

Li Xinghe asked in curiosity.

Maria Miyake, this stunningly beautiful woman, as exquisite and charming as a virtual idol, stomped her feet and glared angrily at Li Xinghe:

"Of course! After following you for so many years, this is the first time I've found you to be so unreliable. You even insist on appointing me as the mayor of Tokyo, are you crazy?"

Since the original Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly First Committee was purged by Li Xinghe through underhanded means, they could only look for their own people within the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. However, the people in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly who were Li Xinghe's own people were Hanabatake Owashi Tamae and Miyake Maria, the leaders of the Shrine Maiden Party and the Idol Party, respectively.

Since Yuzhi is currently raising her child, the only option is for Maria Miyake to take over control of the Tokyo municipal government for Li Xinghe.

Based on Tokyo Metropolis, Tokyo Prefecture was established, integrating Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba Prefectures to form the largest metropolitan economic cluster in East Asia, accounting for half of Japan's economy. The prefectural and county finances were pooled into a powerful fiscal department with an annual revenue of 30 trillion yen. Such massive tax revenue and fiscal power, along with regional economic integration, finally suppressed all the chaotic political forces that had previously plagued the area surrounding Tokyo.

However, Tokyo alone is a huge and magnificent metropolis composed of 23 wards, with an annual economic budget of trillions of yen.

Maria Miyake felt guilty.

The idol party she leads consists of a large group of young idols who are good at helping with public opinion propaganda. They are capable of helping Li Xinghe with fan circle political propaganda, but they are not good at handling important matters of governance.

Li Xinghe stood up, hugged Maria, and kissed her warmly:

"Don't worry, just use your idol-like influence to solve the problem. I'll assign you the actual support units to handle the work."

Soon, Ms. Maria no longer had time to think about anything.

After a long time, Maria Miyake, her cheeks flushed, covered her bottom and tiptoed out of the room, heading to Shinjuku Ward with her appointment as the mayor of Tokyo.

The appointment of Maria Miyake as the mayor of Tokyo's 23 wards was not particularly surprising, as even outsiders knew that Li Xinghe's Cabinet Office had a special office dedicated to Tokyo's political affairs. This office comprised outstanding governance talent recruited by Li Xinghe from China, Japan, and the United States. Therefore, Maria Miyake's appointment was primarily symbolic.

But another piece of news is quite surprising.

Japan's third most powerful figure, the interim Chief Cabinet Secretary, who is said to be in danger of stepping down at any time, has been given the position of 'Governor of Tokyo Prefecture'.

She will assume a management position in the prefecture-level city where the capital is located, in her capacity as the third executive branch of the Japanese government.

For a time, outsiders couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Li Xinghe and Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei, who orchestrated the 'CPTPP qualification exchange for BRICS qualification,' hadn't broken ties yet?