Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"That's called 'when I close my eyes, it's dark'."

What can you do if someone closes their eyes?

“Time magazine has put you on the hook.” Olympia rushed into the conference room.

Amidst the clamor of public opinion, Time magazine featured a photoshopped image of Li Xinghe sitting on a throne on their cover, a central photograph presented to the world. Zhang Xiaoqian and He Yang, as his two henchmen, were placed on either side of him.

It has to be said that Americans really know how to use images for advertising.

In the picture, Li Xinghe wears a simple crown, representing his autocratic monarchical nature; his suit is a modified black suit similar to a Zhongshan suit, alluding to his murky history with China; he wears military boots, which are stepping on the tail of a 'rat' called India, expressing his disdain for India. The carpet labeled 'Indonesia' is already under Li Xinghe's feet.

In Li Xinghe's hands, he held flags from various countries, including India and Indonesia, as if they were playthings.

The map behind it depicts a strategic ambition spanning from Alaska to Antarctica, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, encompassing what is known as 'two continents and two oceans'.

The text at the bottom reads:

He shattered India's winning mentality.

Time magazine commented:

“When you face India, be brave and slap them in the face. The Indians will feel the difference in status from the temperature and force of the slap. Li Xinghe believed that slapping was not enough, so he decided to kick the Indians’ buttocks hard to make them realize that the Allied Army’s boots were no different from the leather boots of the British Indian Governor.”

Clearly, the illustrations and commentary in Time magazine reflected the magazine's sarcastic and cynical nature, comparing Li Xinghe to a Chinese person, the British colonial army that invaded India, and the unreasonable and domineering colonizers.

This approach works well against older Chinese, but fortunately, Li Xinghe doesn't have many moral constraints, so he can openly reply to Time magazine:

"Yeah, I did hit you, so what? What's wrong with that? Next time Mexican warlords launch an armed raid on the border, I'll have someone kill you all first."

Even so, India still has its own winning strategies.

India mobilized several hundred police officers, who stormed into Visakhapatnam, eliminated several street rioters, and then openly declared:

"India has successfully defeated the invaders who had invaded Visakhapatnam, killing more than 400 people and fully restoring order to the city. The coalition forces have fled in disarray with their wounded, and the local traitors who assisted them have also been killed. Indian soldiers have proven with their capabilities that the Indian Defence Force can defend our country!"

Next, Modi himself did not appear, but he sent his deputy to appeal to the entire nation of India:

"The entire nation of India celebrates for ten days the victory in protecting India's territorial integrity."

"India wins!"

Now, the question has reached its most amusing part.

Although Li Xinghe could rely on the Andaman Islands to launch various attacks against India.

But India can close its eyes and pretend it knows nothing. You can attack as you please, and after you're done, I'll shut down the internet nationwide, then shoot a few street rioters as a victory, continuing to win in this illusory world. Indian society is a peculiar, idealistic society; living in that atmosphere, even if Indians know deep down they've lost, they'll resonate through collective winning ideology propaganda, declaring a 'great Indian victory.'

The world is shocked by India's shamelessness, but also happy to see India tripping up Li Xinghe.

Netizens from various countries offered their witty and insightful comments:

"India used its own face to strike Li Xinghe's leather shoes hard."

"Li Xinghe can slap an Indian's face 100 times, but India can claim to have won 101 times."

Chinese netizens offered some quirky and insightful comments:

"Don't even think about breaking the South Asian Ah Q's mentality of self-deception. The harder Xinghe fights, the more Ah Q feels like he's won."

The Financial Times, an international expert in fabricating fake news and a creator of trending topics, immediately began to fabricate a story: "According to sources close to Li Xinghe, due to the excessive cost of attacking India, the 12 trillion yen in reparations may not be recovered, and may even result in paying more. Therefore, Li Xinghe is already considering withdrawing from the Indian battlefield."

This is a gamble that Li Xinghe will not attack the Indian mainland and will withdraw due to the cost of war. If Li Xinghe withdraws, the Financial Times will gain traffic by being the first to publish the news. If Li Xinghe does not leave, the Financial Times will write an article satirizing him for being ambitious and eager to achieve great things, spending another 120 trillion yen on a 12 trillion yen loan to fight a war of annihilation against India.

Regardless of the outcome, the Financial Times editorial team wins twice.

Li Xinghe was also greatly shocked in Seoul and began to feel depressed:

"What kind of magical Indian Mahayana philosophy of winning is this? How can it be deciphered?"

The coalition forces have achieved two world-class victories against India, yet India boasts of being the big winner. What should be done? Should they launch a land offensive and bomb New Delhi?

Chapter 925: Indian Version of Full-Bandwidth Jamming (5100 words)

The night was dark and hazy.

Seoul has returned to its vibrant nightlife.

The ubiquitous Chinese character signs are the greatest testament to the changing national situation.

However, South Koreans didn't really despair. Since around 2020, the global influence of the Chinese internet has expanded dramatically. All the trending and even annoying memes that Chinese people like or dislike quickly appear on the internet in South Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia (Japan is the most closed and eccentric). Therefore, South Koreans can comfortably enjoy sleepless nights listening to various trendy and cheesy songs in both Chinese and Korean.

The localized skirmishes with India, which amounted to a de facto war, did not cause significant economic fluctuations. In fact, precisely because Li Xinghe was waging war against Indonesia and India, demonstrating the same formidable force as the US military during the Gulf War, not only did chaos not occur, but wealthy Indians and Indonesians quietly transferred assets to Li Xinghe. The increase in military orders also gave many small factories a chance to recover.

To Lee Sung-ha, the dazzling nightlife of South Korea was nothing special.

But the beautiful woman sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window is quite pleasing to the eye.

Duchess Olympia, reclining on a velvet cushion by the French windows, her dangling, stalactite-like body swaying gently, tempted Li Xinghe's eyes. "You Lin Mei, I'm chanting in the sky, you Lin Zai, are you not here yet..."

Her voice was soft and alluring:

"We should consider contacting Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, and other smaller countries to create a situation of mutual protection, thus confining India to the narrow South Asian subcontinent and launching a wave-like offensive that lasts for about a year. Before your nuclear bombs land on their heads, create continuous psychological fear and don't give India a chance to retaliate diplomatically. Indians are most afraid of continuous defeats."

Li Xinghe, of course, could not stand it, so he immediately became the rider of the Duchess's group of plump mares. In the hot embrace of the rear chamber, accompanied by the sounds of lovemaking, he listened to the Duchess talk about her ideas on governing South Asia.

"This is a strangulation strategy."

"Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and wring me out."

With a humorous smirk, Li Xinghe released his essence once more into the voluptuous, large-breasted woman's rear chamber.

After Olympia finished having sex, she took out the "Good Pregnancy Assistant" from her pocket and shook it: "Want to try it next time?"

Li Xinghe asked curiously:

"You want to eat this too? Why?"

Lady Churchill winked:

“My family needs an heir too. Do you want the Churchill line to end?”

Li Xinghe inwardly scoffed. Was the title of Baroness Churchill such a precious title? He thought, "I'll make you Queen of India someday."

……

The next day.

The joint strangulation strategy, designated by Duchess Olympia, targeting the psychological fears of the Indians, has officially begun.

She personally organized a team to act as a liaison.

The Pakistani government responded swiftly, but they also had additional requests for cooperation:

"Lend me some money, the government is about to collapse."

Li Xinghe was speechless and reluctantly lent Pakistan a short-term loan and sent some Southeast Asian rice.

Fortunately, Pakistan, having been paid to do its job, immediately organized over 100,000 troops to conduct exercises and training on the front lines, frequently probing India's reaction.

"Cooperation is possible, but please help us eliminate the Bangladeshi army first. Thank you," Bangladesh replied.

The Bangladeshi government's response left Li Xinghe speechless.

You bastard, do you know what you're saying?

But this is indeed the current predicament for the Bangladeshi government.

As early as five years ago, political conflicts arose when the Bangladeshi interim government attempted to reopen the Thuralmonihat Air Force Base, located 20 kilometers from the Siliguri Corridor (a narrow passage connecting India's seven northeastern states), after overthrowing the old government.

The interim government of Bangladesh at the time urgently needed strategic assistance from China, so it pleaded with China to join in the restart of the air force base, meaning it hoped that China would help build the northern air force base and at the same time help the Bangladesh Air Force build up an air force that could deter India from the east.

From India's perspective at the time, this meant that both Pakistan and Bangladesh were about to defect to the communists, one in the east and one in the west, each receiving a JF-17 Thunder fighter jet fleet, effectively wiping out India's military strength twice. Therefore, India was extremely dissatisfied and repeatedly criticized this.

When India criticized the Bangladeshi military, it also stood with India, condemning the Bangladeshi interim government's actions as tantamount to treason. It argued that the Chinese Air Force should not have been invited to be stationed in Bangladesh.

However, the Bangladeshi army has always had a good relationship with China. The current issue is clearly a struggle between the army and the government for the right to interpret scriptures that are in the national interest.

In short, this relationship is difficult to assess.

Therefore, when Li Xinghe proposed the strangulation strategy, the Bangladeshi government hoped that Li Xinghe could send He Yang directly to take down the Bangladeshi army first.

If Li Xinghe had tried to win over the Bangladeshi army, their first demand would probably have been to hand over the Bangladeshi interim government, which was rejecting them, to Tutu.

Li Xinghe never wanted to get involved in South Asia, let alone intervene in Bangladesh on land.

"Forget it. I reckon if I intervene in Bangladesh, there will be a second coup and a temporary interim government will be formed."

Why is things always so chaotic in South Asia?

"Cough cough."

Duchess Olympia, standing nearby, coughed slightly, her expression a little awkward.

She overestimated the political stability of various South Asian countries.

However, Duchess Olympia still prepared a rather intimidating speech for Li Xinghe.

Lee Sung-ha held a press conference at the Yongsan Air Base in Seoul, personally criticizing Modi:

"I have invited all South Asian countries except India to discuss regional defense in South Asia. We must stop the advance of regional imperialist countries. Prime ministers like those who only incite populism and create border conflicts should step down as soon as possible. We will demand that India return the territories of South Tibet and southern Nepal, the border with Bhutan, the independence of Sikkim, the recognition of the people's rights in Jammu and Kashmir, an end to the delimitation of its territory, a commitment not to invade the Maldives and Sri Lanka, a commitment not to interfere in Bangladesh, and that India recognize the Buddhist community in Ladakh as belonging to the Tibetan Buddhist administration in Lhasa, stop the border blockade, allow South Asian Buddhists to make pilgrimages to Lhasa, and grant them freedom of religion."

India has far too many untold problems. If we divide the country according to the unified system of Tibetan Buddhism, there are still a large number of Tibetan Buddhists in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

The border between China and India should be religiously demarcated at the foot of the Himalayas. However, Chinese rockets could be fired from the mountains into New Delhi.

After playing a series of cards on human rights and dignity, freedom of religion, and territorial integrity, Li Xinghe began to talk about his military guarantees for these cards:

"I will launch four more aircraft carriers, and I will organize four carrier strike groups to operate on both sides of the Indian Ocean. I will prevent all merchant ships from approaching India. I will also continue to support the aspirations of local democratic and liberal factions in India for independence, because this is what India deserves after long-term defaults. The cost of this money will be borne entirely by India itself."

India has a 7500-kilometer coastline, but the Indian Navy clearly lacks the ability to determine its own fate in the Indian Ocean, allowing Li Xinghe to arbitrarily choose any place to teach India a lesson.

Li Xinghe raised his finger and angrily told the media:

“Unless Modi repays the 12 trillion yen loan, I will continue this strangulation chain forever until India collapses. I will take back this debt, whether India repays it honestly or I take it back myself.”

India is actually taking Li Xinghe's threat very seriously.

If China and the Asia-Pacific converge, with China attacking from the north, Li Xinghe attacking from the sea, and Pakistan containing the main force of the Indian army from the northwest, then India will become a piece of fat meat on a plate.

Therefore, Modi vehemently denounced:

"This is an Abbcnmps encirclement from all directions!"

The four-way encirclement network is tentatively named as follows: A for the Asia-Pacific region, B for Bangladesh and Bhutan, C for China, N for Nepal and P for Pakistan, M for the Maldives, and S for Sri Lanka.

In reality, only China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh would immediately respond to Li Xinghe's four-way encirclement strategy. Nepal and Bhutan still need to be courted, while the Maldives and Sri Lanka are not particularly important.

But it doesn't matter, because Indians scare themselves.

They also knew in their hearts that the Indian army was not well-liked in South Asia, and that its imperialist aggression had long made it an enemy on all sides.

"But we don't have any money."

Defense Minister Singh was deeply distressed by this.

If India wants to prevent Li Xinghe from landing along its very long 7500-kilometer coastline, it will need to add at least 40 more divisions to defend the coastline.

Such a long coastline would essentially require India to add another million army troops, increasing funding by at least 60% of its current military budget, and deploying an army equivalent to the combined forces used against Pakistan and China to defend the southern coastline day and night. Given the low discipline of India's militia, their arrival would likely provide a significant boost to the already difficult-to-control urban Maoist guerrilla forces, gaining them a large popular base.

Furthermore, considering that half of the Indian army's current salary expenditure is used to pay the lifetime pensions of retired officers and soldiers, not to mention who will be in charge of the officers of this newly formed force of one million, the defense finances will definitely collapse in the next 20 years.

This is the dilemma of India's military reform. Because military service offers a lifetime of high-welfare benefits, Indians are eager to take the recruitment exams at the age of 18 or 9. After serving for 15-20 years, they return home in their thirties with a lifetime pension, get married, have children, and live a life of ease. Half of the 50% of India's defense budget allocated to salaries goes towards pensions.

In other words, a quarter of India's annual military budget is spent on supporting veterans.

India once considered reforms, reducing the military service period from 20 years to 2-3 years and launching the Firefighters program. However, Indians could not accept this measure that would cut off their path to advancement in life, and it was abandoned after fierce opposition.

The reason why the Indian army, despite its nationwide selection of top talents, repeatedly suffers disastrous defeats on the battlefield is that, modeled after the British army, officers and soldiers have completely different recruitment and promotion paths, with vastly different statuses and powers.

Li Xinghe thought this would force India to stop and return the money.

Just think about it: building a new million-strong army would require hundreds of billions of dollars in expenditures every year, as well as unpredictable and enormous pensions. It would be better to just pay back the money as soon as possible.

But India is just that unconventional.

As the Asia-Pacific Consortium meeting was drawing to a close, India gave Li Xinghe another big opportunity.

Duchess Olympia, feeling embarrassed, pulled Li Xinghe into the conference room.

She admitted that she had misjudged the situation:

"The Indian government has announced a nationwide mobilization plan."

"India says that in order to resist the threat of encirclement from all four directions, they will mobilize another million reservists in India and form 40 coastal defense infantry divisions. They also plan to organize a large-scale industrial transfer inland from the coast, a so-called 'India Second Front.' They also say they are entering a state of national defense mobilization, and Indians are prepared to accept the long-term lack of electricity, water, and internet access. Indians should demonstrate their resilience and courage, and... fight you until victory. During this period, only a limited number of officially designated programs and channels will be broadcast regularly to Indian viewers."

Shutting down the nationwide network?