Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

“We believe that India must be punished most severely, otherwise our stabilization strategy in Indonesia will be undermined. If we retreat now, our goal of integrating the estimated 50 million Chinese in Southeast Asia will be jeopardized. How can the Lanfang Republic, Medan Special City, and Singapore Special Region be maintained? Rather than saying that India is being held hostage, we have also been held hostage by chance. For the sake of Southeast Asia, we must enter South Asia and stabilize South Asia.”

The head of the intelligence gathering department gritted his teeth and proposed:

"It's like fighting the Battle of Guadalcanal. At first, no one's target was this island. But once the competition started, this island became incredibly important. It's not just India that's worried; we're in trouble too. But we can't retreat; if we do, we'll be swept away."

The General Staff first gathered the opinions of the staff officers and the commanders of various fleets, and gradually formed the idea of ​​never retreating.

Once everyone reached a consensus, the discussion moved to the second step:

"How about a swift military strike and withdrawal against India?"

While the generals and staff officers, dressed in various colors and serving different purposes, pondered the situation.

Hu Zhantian, Chief of Staff of the Southern Command, along with many other staff officers, proposed an even more radical operational plan under the guiding principle of "advancing even further forward":

"The Southern Command should launch a special military operation against southern India! It should seize 2.5 square kilometers of land inhabited by 63.5 million Tamils, Telugus, Karnatakas, and Keralas in one fell swoop. It should install Usha Chlukuri as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Furthermore, it should organize pro-wess elections in the other three regions, effectively controlling the southern states and bringing about the downfall of the Modi regime."

The general of the Southern Command frowned at such a shocking statement.

Li Xinghe didn't want to be dragged down by poverty in the region, so he forbade them from going ashore—a ban that everyone knew about.

They won't even let us onto Sumatra, yet they're going to launch a surprise attack on the entire vast southern region of India?

However, the General Staff had its own perspective.

As a chief of staff who came from an armored corps background, Hu Zhantian believed that:

"Because in southern India, there is only one infantry division, three infantry brigades, and one artillery brigade, stationed in the northern part of five southern Indian states, in Hyderabad. They lack mobility, air cover, and warships to defend the sea. They are laid bare before us."

An Indian infantry division has only about 1.2 infantrymen, 3 various subordinate, artillery, logistics, and supply personnel, and 36 155mm artillery pieces.

They had no tanks, only some old BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, assigned to the support company of the infantry brigade. Daily movement relied mainly on a bunch of Indian-made ALS trucks.

The General Staff issued a map showing the strategic distribution of Indian troops.

The Indian Eastern Naval Command has been destroyed, and there is no Indian Air Force stationed here. So, in the entire 63.5 square kilometers of land in the south, there is indeed only this infantry division, which cannot even be considered mechanized, serving as a symbolic presence, living a life of decadence in the big cities.

Therefore, the most important thing in the entire combat process is to ensure that the soldiers' wheeled infantry fighting vehicles can move at high speed and not be paralyzed halfway.

Zhang Xiaoqian counted on her fingers, closed her eyes, and her ears were twitching.

The staff officers also had more advantages on their side:

“We recruited more than 6 South India Rifles, mainly composed of Tamils ​​and Telugus, in Singapore and Southeast Asian countries (originally intended to imprison them in concentration camps). The numbers are sufficient to achieve strategic control over South India. They have lived in Southeast Asia since their grandfathers’ generation, and their loyalty can be controlled.”

Hu Zhantian proposed:

"Using three aircraft carriers, three aviation battleships, six light aircraft carriers, four amphibious landing ships, and dozens of missile destroyers and general-purpose destroyers, we will successively transport at least three airlift brigades, three main divisions, three Lanfang divisions, and 60,000 South Indian riflemen. We will gather all our strength and punch the Indians in the buttocks, ripping out their internal organs!"

Why is it that India has a million troops piled up on the Sino-Indian and Indo-Pakistani front lines, while only one infantry division is in the rear?

Many generals stood up:

“Give us three days. In three days, we can quickly take over the entire southern part of India. Once we take the south, Modi will inevitably be forced to step down.”

The three-day timeframe refers to the fact that their wheeled infantry fighting vehicles can quickly traverse the entire southern part of India along roads.

One day they occupied the port, another day they seized territory, and yet another day they prepared to leave.

Let's do it!

Everyone's hearts burned with fervor.

Zhang Xiaoqian snapped his fingers together, deciding to agree with the General Staff's decision.

Thus, a radical combat report was presented to Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe is about to decide whether to launch a surprise attack on India for the sake of 12 trillion yen, the price of ten aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft.

Chapter 927: The World's Largest Pinduoduo Fleet (4500 words)

What do you think?

Still in Seoul.

Lee Sung-ha was preparing to return to Tokyo, but a sudden application from the Seongcheon Special Administrative Region left him in a dilemma. Therefore, Lee Sung-ha specifically consulted Moon Jae-in.

After reading the application, Moon Jae-in's expression nearly contorted. He probably never imagined, from birth until now, that the world political landscape would change like this, and as an opponent of war, he found it even more difficult to accept such a surprise attack. So, in the end, Moon Jae-in said nothing, bowed, and left.

He was unable to make any effective suggestions.

After Moon Jae-in left, Olympia entered the room and, with a hint of schadenfreude, suggested to Lee Sung-ha:

"Sigh. In the end, this is a decision that you have to make yourself."

"It's precisely because we can't make a decision."

Shaking the pen in his hand, Li Xinghe was lost in thought.

He started by going through it from the beginning.

Li Xinghe's attempt to get his money back from India was a chance occurrence.

Because if India hadn't offered it up, Li Xinghe wouldn't have even remembered that Shinzo Abe had given away such a huge sum of money, which India was now clinging to. Originally, his only aim was to establish an Asia-Pacific political alliance.

However, it seems inevitable that Li Xinghe would have a conflict with India.

This is not only because India covets the islands of Sumatra and Java, which are held by Tibet, Myanmar, and Indonesia, and because Li Xinghe, who controls them, wants to create their ideal Great Borneo, but also because the United States withdrew from Japan to the Philippines and then withdrew its forces back to the Pacific, leaving a power vacuum in the Indian Ocean-Pacific region.

Power abhors a vacuum.

Especially the position of the master of the Indian Ocean, which is already under contention.

India has always been averse to other countries entering the Indian Ocean, and it particularly dislikes the British (or American) military base in Diego Garcia. When Li Xinghe controlled Australia and the Southern Command supported the state of Yazidarusaran, gaining access to deep-water ports in the Indian Ocean, conflict was already inevitable.

After much deliberation, Li Xinghe could only reach one conclusion:

"That's true, only the strong can enjoy this ocean."

Duchess Olympia stood behind the chair, pressing against Li Xinghe's neck and gently massaging it:

"Yes, India is a continent that only a strong power can control."

Li Xinghe was still unable to make a decision.

He took out his phone and kept scrolling through the family group chat and chat history.

Both Mikasa and Chiyo Hinaki work at the Ministry of Justice. Chiyo Hinaki, despite being pregnant, wanted to learn how to care for children, but she found them really difficult. So she sent Li Xinghe a video complaining:

"Your daughter is so annoying!"

Higashikawa Yukami said:

"Nanka Tomomi is about to give birth. Mom's been really busy lately; she says she's experiencing the same panic she felt when she was preparing for my birth. You'd better come back soon; I heard there are a lot of problems with the town service group that require your careful decisions." (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated to the previous sentences.)

Jill and May, on the other hand, were in a rather erratic state. They were already eight months pregnant and were trying to persuade Li Xinghe to come back and film a 'pregnancy diary'.

Regardless of the date, Li Xinghe had a bad feeling.

Of course, after much thought, Li Xinghe still consulted his dearest little strategist, took a picture of the content, and sent it to Gao Tiao Wuyue:

What do you think?

Gao Tiao Wuyue made a decision for Li Xinghe in just 5 seconds:

"You've driven India to the point of full-band congestion, yet you haven't brought down its government or gotten the loans back. Is that reasonable?"

Even if he can't get the money back, at least from an international perspective, Li Xinghe can renege on his debt.

If accounts can be renege on, then authority cannot be called authority.

If authority is not authority, how can the newly formed Asia-Pacific Consortium implement its unified market and unify administration and tariffs?

Li Xinghe closed his eyes.

For their own sake, and for everything they have created, they must expose India's stubbornness and its insincerity.

Olympia, watching him make his decision from behind, leaned down and whispered in his ear:

"If we're going to fight, we have to be determined to punch India in the back door, with the resolve to fight all the way to New Delhi, force the Indian government to dissolve, and completely defeat the BJP and Modi. Otherwise, we won't fight."

Li Xinghe certainly knew.

But at the same time, we must also be determined to curb the aggressive stance of the Southern Command over the past year.

His first consideration was the possibility of failure, so he consulted with Nippon Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding:

"What is the construction progress of the new aircraft carrier?"

The large-scale aircraft carrier construction plan initiated in the middle of last year to expedite spending is still in full swing.

Modeled after the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, these two large carriers extensively utilize civilian construction techniques, feature two steam catapults, and have a displacement of nearly 9 tons. They are known as the Yamato and Musashi. By outsourcing the construction of the carrier sections to different shipbuilders, the construction speed has been increased, and the two newly built large aircraft carriers have now entered the stage where the main assembly is basically complete.

Several shipyards provided their answers:

"It can be launched by the end of the year, and preliminary outfitting and sea trials can be carried out next year. It is expected to be officially commissioned by the end of next year."

Li Xinghe also consulted with the aircraft industry:

"What about the Type-1 Super Battle?"

The answer was acceptable:

"Report: The monthly production of the Type 1 Super Battle Dragon Sakura has increased to 6 aircraft per month, and the assembly rate of the F-35 is 2 aircraft per month. The main obstacle is... the engine manufacturing capacity of Ihi Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries has an upper limit."

The Type 1 Super Battle Dragon Sakura has finally been completely redesigned and produced this year. Previously, it was all about disassembling and modifying F-15s, but this year both the engine and the airframe are brand new, marking the start of Block 2.

Only after confirming that everything was in order did Li Xinghe call Zhang Xiaoqian:

"I have partially approved this special mission. I permit it to carry out a rapid military operation to force Modi to step down, overthrow the current Indian government, and compel them to repay their debts. Anything else is strictly prohibited. I also have an order before carrying out this mission: all staff officers who formulated this operational plan must be dismissed after the operation and return to the Joint Operations Headquarters for six months of political education to clear their minds. I don't want to see a group of elite staff officers forget their political thinking after having fun outside."

"Yes!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiaoqian glanced at the General Staff Headquarters of the Southern Command with a hint of schadenfreude. He figured the staff officers, still sketching on maps, probably hadn't realized that their super-combat plan to crush India in one fell swoop had actually angered Li Xinghe.

If the special military operation goes smoothly, they will be promoted in rank, but their political studies will be suspended.

If things don't go well, they'll have to go back home and start over as retired military officers.

"All personnel, listen up! Prepare for action!"

Zhang Xiaoqian relayed Li Xinghe's instructions:

Operation codename: Shooting the Sun Golden Crow.

……

2031 October.

The various fleets of the Allied forces, which were originally mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia, began to appear frequently in the Singapore waterway.

It includes three aircraft carriers, six light aircraft carriers, three aviation battleships, four amphibious assault ships, and so on.

Although the US aircraft carrier was in the Philippines, Li Xinghe could fully trust the Shandong carrier strike group stationed in Okinawa and committed all his main warships to the Indian Ocean.

Such a fierce momentum instilled fear in Southeast Asian countries.

What was even more unpredictable to them was what Li Xinghe was planning to do with so many aircraft carriers.

Is the attack on the Cambodian Hun Sen regime, which is already universally resented and driven to near-madness by its desire to install its son Hun Manet in power, the choice between eliminating the Thai military government and installing either Phetchabun or Yingluck as its representative to return and seize power in Thailand? Or is the option to dismantle Malaysia entirely and establish a buffer zone north of the Sin Chew Daily?

Southeast Asian countries are whispering amongst themselves.

In Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, a city where half the population is Chinese, Chinese people flocked to the southernmost island of Indah to watch the coalition fleet appear in the Strait of Malacca.

First, several general-purpose destroyers defended the area, followed by a super-large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a white base and shimmering gold lines.

"Wow, what a cool sci-fi design! Is this the refitted Nimitz?"

"What's it called, Nine-Tailed Fox Ship?"

Next came a ski-jump aircraft carrier that looked like it had a round rear end, following behind Tamamo-no-Mae.

"This is a Japanese ship, a sister ship to the Chinese Shandong and Fujian ships. It is said that it used the bow of the Shandong and the stern of the Fujian, so its rear end looks very big."

People pointed and whispered:

"A 9-ton aircraft carrier and an 8-ton aircraft carrier are indeed big. Look at the small one following behind; it doesn't look very capable."

The Shinano, mocked for its small size, trailed at the waist of the formation, but it wasn't so bad after all. A medium-sized catapult-equipped aircraft carrier with a full displacement of 5 tons, it could already take on the French Charles de Gaulle alone.

"Then there are light aircraft carriers, right? The deck is full of F-35Bs."

At this moment on the high seas, the 90,000-ton Tamamo-no-Mae and the 80,000-ton Nihon, serving as carriers for the Type 1 Super Battle Ryuzakura and the F35B respectively, advanced in a line as the head of the entire massive fleet.

Behind it is the Shinano, with a full displacement of 5 tons. This was the first medium-sized aircraft carrier built independently during Li Xinghe's tenure, capable of carrying 35 aircraft.