Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Meanwhile, Xu Baofeng, who had just left headquarters, breathed a sigh of relief and issued orders to his subordinates in Hokkaido:

"Set sail, north to the Aleutians!"

……

2030 11 Month 1 Day.

Vance delivered a televised address, formally announcing the freeze on the 2030 midterm elections.

He said:

"The very real situation is that we have been at war with Mexican drug cartels for two years now. We have launched hundreds of missiles and dropped hundreds of thousands of tons of explosives on drug cartel bases, yet the cartels always manage to come back to life. So, it is time to expand the war to eliminate Mexican drug cartels!"

At the same time, he said:

"In order to achieve the political transformation of the United States of America, I have decided to invoke the story of wartime presidents and freeze the 2030 midterm elections. I also have a major announcement to make tomorrow."

What important thing is it?

That, of course, is the emperor's ascension to the throne, which everyone knows about.

The American judicial system is a synthesis of American customary law, and therefore has many errors and omissions.

The United States has never stipulated whether elections should continue during wartime, but there are indeed provisions for the expansion of wartime presidential powers, which are mainly based on the president's role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

Finally, Thresh landed.

Americans slept soundly.

There's no need to expect another election, or for Vance to turn back and cancel his laughable coronation plans.

Everything is over.

Vance, who would become their emperor, even went to the hastily constructed Mayan Christian Church in the North City to attend his engagement ceremony.

The Billy Graham family, including 14-year-old Austin Billy Graham, were already waiting here.

She was a lovely 14-year-old girl with an adorable oval face, long, reddish-brown hair cascading over her shoulders, and a slightly pouting mouth with a charmingly innocent gaze. Her delicate nose and overall appearance made her look like a beautifully sculpted porcelain doll. Dressed in a pure white wedding gown and holding a bouquet of flowers, she stood there like an angel descended to earth.

Meanwhile, Vance, who looked like a fat pig, struggled to move his large, stabbed buttocks to her side.

Austin's parents were both present, and their expressions clearly weren't as relaxed as they made it out to be.

In return, Vance immediately announced:

"This is the Royal Cathedral. I will donate it to the Billy Graham family mission and appoint a Billy Graham family pastor as the priest here."

Then, they were to go up there to get engaged.

But when he looked up, Vance suddenly realized that it was a Mayan-style building.

This is a full 91 steps, requiring you to lift your leg 91 times consecutively.

Oh no, I forgot I had surgery on my butt!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Vance's newly stitched wound, still tender and fresh, was causing him unbearable pain during his sleep every day.

I hadn't walked more than a few steps when my buttocks started to hurt terribly.

After walking a few more steps, the pain reached my intestines.

Blood continued to drip down, trickling down Vance's pants, causing him immense discomfort.

After descending 91 steps, Vance managed to keep a composed expression, but his buttocks were aching terribly, and he felt as if his entire body was about to split in two because of his buttocks.

So he couldn't care less about the engagement ceremony. He could only hurriedly give Austin a ring, then quickly covered his buttocks and fled the scene, taking a helicopter to the hospital to have his wound stitched up again.

Everyone was speechless.

This is also a rehearsal for the emperor's coronation; he will be married and ascend the throne tomorrow.

After the rehearsal on November 1, the entire United States was plunged into a state of despair from which nowhere.

The political logic that people had collectively built up over two centuries was finally dismantled by the United States itself in just 40 years after the end of the Cold War.

Many highly popular television hosts shared their thoughts:

“Those glories and dreams, those distant mountaintop dreams, are now far, far away from us. We are going to live in a despicable, slow-moving, dictatorial country devoid of ideals and democracy.”

"At least 50% of Americans, 1.5 million people, have lost their will to democracy at this moment."

Just then, a man stepped forward.

That's Trump.

Former President Trump, who spent six months in Florida laying the groundwork for bringing in millions of Haitian Blacks as second-class citizens to work and support the Florida population, has now successfully leveraged Vance's clumsy attempt to become emperor to be propelled to the position of Governor of Florida by his fervent supporters.

He declared on the spot: "Florida does not recognize him."

It's not just Trump.

"California will not obey!"

The California governor's office immediately voiced its opposition.

California, Washington, and Oregon, the three prominent states on the West Coast, have begun to align themselves with the California governor and the Democratic Party's West Coast leadership, condemning Vance's shameless usurpation of power. The three states are demanding the immediate holding of vote counting for the 2030 midterm elections, requiring that elected officials who have already been replaced not remain in their positions and be replaced by new representatives.

"Dezhou will not obey the imperial edict!"

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, known for his extreme anti-China rhetoric, super-magazine style, and pronouncements that "disaster relief is socialism," has finally revealed his true colors as a Republican establishment elite. He opposes Vance's bizarre plan and the frenzied madness of those tech-obsessed financial backers.

Vance's response to this was:

"Send troops to Texas! Send troops to California! Send troops to Florida!"

Large numbers of U.S. troops, under the president's orders, entered major cities in these states. This exposed their lie of resistance.

In the three states mentioned above, their resistance was merely lip service.

When Vance ordered the U.S. military to begin moving, on alert, and entering the city, the states immediately fell silent, only able to offer empty boasts.

It seemed like nothing was going well, but somehow no one could stop Vance's success.

But Vance's popularity also plummeted due to his stubbornness.

It was as if a spark had fallen into the grass, igniting a wildfire in the hearts of countless people across the Pacific, burning fiercely and uncontrollably.

Chapter 875: The Vast Ocean is a Casino, Vance's Coronation is Truly Joyful (4800 words)

2:11 AM Tokyo time on November 2nd.

Soldiers were running everywhere in Yokosuka Harbor.

After the U.S. Seventh Fleet left, the barracks here came under the jurisdiction of the Coalition Marines.

"Damn it, in the army it was always exercises and training missions, but after retiring and coming to the Joint Forces, it's always incredibly exciting real combat missions."

Soldiers rushed around, refueling the fleet, inspecting ships, arranging for the orderly evacuation and identification of ship repair workers, confirming that all places were safe and reliable, and dispatching minesweepers to inspect the bay entrance. All sorts of tasks were everywhere. The army could not leave Yokosuka Port until the mission was completed.

Zhang Xiaoqian and others were preparing to depart in the command post. Wang Yucheng, Chen Chaoran and other naval officers borrowed from China had experienced the air raids and bombings of Vietnam, and were relatively calm at this time.

Just as they were preparing to set sail, a Self-Defense Force intelligence officer rushed over:

"The US military has fled. The USS Washington, which was in Subic Bay in the Philippines, passed through the Sunda Strait earlier today and fled to the western Indian Ocean. The USS Kennedy, which is still in the process of rebuilding its ship, went to Hawaii."

Another intelligence officer responsible for aerial surveillance submitted a summary:

"The Fifth Air Force said it would close its Jeju Island air base and transfer fighter jets to the Philippines. The Seventh Air Force said it had completely withdrawn to Hawaii to supplement Hawaii's air defense capabilities."

In fact, the top brass of the US military is quite cunning; they are probably the Americans most aware of the changes in military power in East Asia. They clearly know that Li Xinghe will definitely shift his influence to Southeast Asia again, and Southeast Asia will inevitably be the next hotbed of conflict. Therefore, they sent their aircraft carriers to the Indian Ocean in advance. Li Xinghe controls the US forces stationed in Japan and South Korea, and naturally, both sides have spies on each other.

Do they want to seize two US aircraft carriers?

Do they want to detain the fighter jets of the Fifth and Seventh Air Forces?

Forget it.

We ran very fast.

Episode 8: The army is useless; you can deduct whatever you want from the army, since the South Koreans are already bearing most of the military expenses anyway.

Looking back at the nautical chart, everyone was speechless:

"They're playing with our existing fleet."

"If a few more submarines come in, it will become a commerce raiding operation."

However, since the US military has already left, we don't need to be polite anymore.

Zhang Xiaoqian opened the paper and announced:

"I hereby announce that the mission for this operation is: to prevent collective dangers from emerging in Southeast Asian countries and to protect the safety of Southeast Asian expatriates, companies, and factories. To prevent local populist governments from attempting to create riots and incite anti-Japanese, anti-Chinese, and anti-Korean unrest. To demand that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) address the unrest arising from the economic crisis with a pragmatic and objective attitude. If they do not accept this, we will give them a wake-up call."

Operation codename: Spiritual Opium.

The newly arrived Iranian naval officer, Tashiro Misao, tried his best to blend in, saying:

"It sounds like you're saying that populist politics can't solve real problems. But that's certainly true."

Major Generals Chen Chaoran and Wang Yucheng then raised more practical questions:

"I can see this as meaning that if Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei attempt to incite sabotage against factories, banks, expatriates, compatriots, and airline assets in China, Japan, and South Korea, we immediately have the right to send troops to quell the unrest. And if a subversive movement against the pro-Thailand Thaksin political group erupts in Thailand, can we launch a ground attack into Bangkok?"

"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't have deployed 20 South Korean troops in Cochinchina, Vietnam."

Everyone lowered their heads, pondering the meaning of those words.

He Yang then jokingly said:

"Should we bet on the American reaction after we fully enter Southeast Asia?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

No one knows how the United States will react at this moment, or perhaps it won't even have time to react, because an even more reckless army is marching from Australia to American Samoa, attempting to create a colonial independence event. That is the truly sensitive gamble that touches a nerve with the United States.

In this situation, Zhang Xiaoqian suddenly understood Yamamoto Isoroku's anxiety when launching the attack on Pearl Harbor. The only difference was that this time, industrial strength had undergone a fundamental reversal, while the Japanese leadership at the time was complacent and its unilateral "war-for-peace" policy was nothing but self-satisfaction. The United States' strength made them unwilling to be forced to negotiate peace with Japan.

Gazing at the rippling waves of Tokyo Bay, Zhang Xiaoqian suddenly sighed:

"The vast ocean is a casino."

Hu Zhantian's answer:

"But this time they have no more bargaining chips."

Of course, everyone then went back to ask their subordinates:

"Were there any gamblers on board who didn't have the surname Yamamoto?"

The navy is always superstitious.

Given that Yamamoto Isoroku's debut was amazing, but then he kept losing bets, it's definitely better not to bring any Japanese with the surname Yamamoto to the battlefield.

One officer jokingly replied:

"Don't worry. There are only those with the surname Nan Yun, but they definitely don't have testicle cancer. Because neither of them has testicles."

This remark incurred the wrath of Asuka Nagumo and Misaki Nagumo, and the officer was subsequently punished by being made to clean toilets. Meanwhile, former flight officer Gil and medic May were both at home resting during their pregnancies, so there wasn't a single white person on the ship.

……

South Pacific.

The amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra, carrying a contingent of Australian troops, arrived by plane at Tulsi Gabbard and sailed towards Port Palpago, American Samoa.

This small port looks like a fishing village, and in fact, it is pretty much one.

However, this is the only port outpost of the United States in the South Pacific, and therefore of great strategic significance.

When Tulsi disembarked and told the local elders that she hoped Samoa would declare independence, she was refused.

The locals shook their faces like rattles.

"If we become independent, we won't have anything to eat."

American Samoa's status and situation are rather unique; it is indeed a colony, without its own administrative structure. However, this small island of 4.3 people is unwilling to leave the United States.

After all, the surrounding Pacific island nations are all poor, and they can barely maintain a decent standard of living and economic benefits thanks to their US citizenship. Why would they want independence? Putting aside other issues, what if other island nations invade them once they gain independence from the US?

Tursi tried several times, but couldn't persuade the group of old men.

Duchess Olympia, who negotiated remotely, suddenly offered the following terms:

"You can immigrate to Australia to work and live. There is medical insurance and living allowance."