Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Rent" means not selling, but lending it to you for use.

In this way, the United States nominally gained an additional aircraft carrier, but it is 'stationed' in the far East and, in terms of military organization, belongs to the US forces stationed in Japan, which have been largely disbanded.

The U.S. military still has over a thousand personnel stationed in Japan, so you can't say they don't exist or that the aircraft carrier has disappeared.

After Vance was basically convinced, he asked:

"What about the inheritance of the Enterprise's name?"

Chief of Staff Grady hurriedly said:

"The fourth ship has been named His Majesty."

The fourth ship, of course, cannot be moved. Although it was named after the shameless, lowly, and weak black cook Miller, it has long been renamed "Her Majesty the Noble, Great, and Holy His Majesty Vance".

"What about numbers five and six?"

The fifth and sixth ships, which had already begun cutting steel plates and were indeed only capable of cutting steel plates for their own amusement, were even less likely to be touched. One was the USS Bill Clinton, and the other was the USS George W. Bush; both were still alive and political faction leaders wielding significant political influence in Pennsylvania and Texas, respectively. Even Vance himself wouldn't easily provoke them.

In fact, due to a lack of slipways, these two ships are currently still in the planning stage, meaning it is unknown when construction will begin.

"Then leave it to ship number seven."

Vance made the decision after much hesitation.

There was no other way but to make a decision. The 38th and 40th Infantry Divisions on the front lines had embarrassed themselves to the point that even the Joint Chiefs of Staff couldn't hide it anymore.

Nevertheless, the Navy remained deeply saddened after the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting concluded:

"What if they don't give it to them? If they don't give it to them, the Navy will always have a reason to stop its construction at 95% and then continue to dig out parts from it to repair the Ford and Kennedy, which they can never fix."

"Send the ship over first, consider it collateral. Exchange it for $30 billion... no, $60 billion in military aid, to cover the fall and winter offensive from September to February next year, and achieve complete control of the US-Mexico border."

Suddenly, the Chief of Naval Operations proposed:

"Is it possible... that we could commission Li Xinghe to build one or two replacement ships for us? Once the replacement ships are built, the resistance from the public might be much less."

This was an excellent suggestion, and everyone went back to continue lobbying Vance.

The cost of building ships on Li Xinghe's side is much lower than that in the United States. The cost of a large aircraft carrier is only a few billion US dollars. He will repair the main body and send it over as a replacement for the Enterprise in the transaction.

“Okay! But I hope he gets to accept dollars,” Vance finally concluded.

Because of the depreciation of the US dollar, Li Xinghe really didn't want it, but Vance insisted that he take it.

Upon learning of this, Li Xinghe instructed that someone be sent to Washington for a face-to-face meeting.

At the meeting, the coalition forces proposed:

“That won’t do. If we mortgage it or build new ones, you’ll just take it back. We need something else. We demand the complete production line capability for the F35 engine.”

While the F-35 isn't a particularly outstanding fighter jet, it remains in the top tier, at least for now, and it's unlikely that another country will have a fifth-generation fighter like it. More importantly, Japan has a complete assembly line for the F-35. Once it acquires the engine production capability, it won't have to rely on the US for support. This is because its domestically produced F-35CN imports avionics and other systems directly from China.

The US side, of course, made exorbitant demands.

Ultimately, the two sides reached a memorandum of understanding on a $600 billion cooperation agreement.

Li Xinghe's side received the USS Enterprise, which was 95% complete, and was provided with a large amount of combat supplies to the United States free of charge for six months. They also undertook the construction of two large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

The United States paid $300 billion in order fees, as well as the transfer of a number of advanced technologies, including the detailed manufacturing production line for the F-35 engine and the complete set of design blueprints for the Ford-class aircraft carrier. It also compensated the US with another $300 billion in export products such as wheat, soybeans and meat, for a total of $600 billion.

After several days of negotiations, the United States finally compromised.

Subsequently, at a press conference in Washington, the United States announced:

"We are announcing a crucial military cooperation agreement with the Asia-Pacific Consortium. The United States will deploy the USS Enterprise to Asia. This agreement includes approximately $600 billion in technology transfer, material sales, and funding for the construction of two large aircraft carriers, as well as maintenance and upkeep of older carriers."

The cooperation did not explicitly state that Li Xinghe would bear the costs of the war, after all, he also sold the same amount of military supplies to Mexico.

When the USS Enterprise was to be sent to Yokosuka Port for outfitting, it was planned to be incorporated into the U.S. military stationed in Japan.

When '600 billion' is used to 'lease and order'.

The news that the USS Eisenhower was also heading to Yokosuka, Japan for a major overhaul was tucked in, demonstrating that the United States no longer possessed the capacity to extend the lifespan of such aging aircraft carriers.

The outside world gradually realized that something was wrong.

The Washington Post immediately published an article on the expenditure:

"This is the world's most expensive aircraft carrier sale contract. The total value of the transaction reached $600 billion. Although Tokyo and Washington have come up with many pretexts, it does not change the fact that the United States sold the soon-to-be-commissioned Enterprise in its shipyard to Li Xinghe. And Li Xinghe is still making satirical American films about MacArthur to humiliate the United States."

This is tantamount to yelling at Vance, "He humiliated you, and you still gave him an aircraft carrier? Don't you have any shame?"

British Fleet Street media continued their sarcastic remarks:

"That's right, Li Xinghe is the most interesting warlord in the world. He signed the world's most expensive aircraft carrier deal, $600 billion for the unfinished nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise; he also signed the world's second most expensive aircraft carrier deal, $200 billion for the 50-year-old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz; and he also signed the world's third most expensive aircraft carrier deal, $100 billion for a pre-built aircraft carrier produced by the Chinese."

"Compared to Li Xinghe's efficiency in spending money, the Indians' $42 billion purchase of the Vikramaditya seems reasonable."

In short, it was full of satire, criticizing Van Si for being so daring to give and Li Xinghe for being so daring to accept.

American civilians were outraged by this and engaged in a heated online battle for several days.

Just when everyone was confused and many pro-American elements were still arguing that the United States would not be so desperate as to sell its new aircraft carrier, a new voice came from the United States: "The seventh Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named Enterprise."

This is the final word, confirming the big news that Enterprise will be sold.

Washington was on high alert, with checkpoints everywhere to prevent veterans from causing trouble.

It was expected that the American Veterans Association would take to the streets in large numbers to protest, but when they did, the number of veterans who climbed the Washington Monument was less than 4000. They were scattered sparsely at the foot of the Washington Monument, which seemed more like a display of the weakness of the veterans' group.

It turns out that the economic situation has been so dire in recent years that the number of members in the American Veterans Association has decreased significantly. Moreover, during Li Xinghe's two presidential 'elections' in Washington, many of the veterans were killed in the tank and machine gun fire, and now most of them are dead and in terrible condition.

Only in small bars in some rural towns will you see a few old men angrily demanding that the owner turn off the TV, then weeping all night, unable to sleep, clutching their beer.

"Enterprise account, my Enterprise account!" Are you free, Lin? Are you here?

……

While the United States was making a huge fuss about this, the Ukrainian region was entering the deep waters of reform.

The newly appointed Odessa governor is Chinese, which has aroused resentment among many local rural groups and has also led to numerous protests in the city.

Faced with this situation, manager Alex said without a doubt:

"What can we do? We have no choice but to kill!"

Hu Zhantian was shocked.

How should I kill him? I, Lao Hu, am a respectable man.

Alex, however, said:

"The great Tsar is always cruel, but a Tsar who is not cruel does not deserve to be a Tsar."

Alex also described the situation in other parts of Ukraine.

Those politicians appointed by Europeans did not leave Ukraine after the ceasefire; instead, they each occupied their own territories, leading their respective financial backers to pursue their own agendas. Under the guise of 'reform,' they vigorously promoted Europeanized, Polishized, or Russified political agendas in the regions they controlled.

In comparison, Hu Zhantian, with his appointment to an asset management group and control of estates spanning several states, would be truly absurd if he didn't have his own army and pursue his own political agenda.

Do you really think that a single order can force people in these states to transport millions of tons of wheat produced by Li Xinghe's estate to the port of Odessa?

If you don't want a part of Ukraine to be Sinicized, then you must have ulterior motives.

Are you a spy?

Such an outrageous scene could perhaps only be seen in Ukraine.

Everyone is holding Ukraine's hand, wanting Ukraine to become like themselves.

"Since that's the case, then I, Old Hu, will no longer pretend to be a respectable person." Hu Zhantian immediately filed a report and began killing people.

The coastal combat brigade was deployed into the countryside, killing countless people. More than twenty rural bandit gangs were wiped out, thousands were killed, and tens of thousands of young men were imprisoned or expelled. In particular, drug addicts, human traffickers, and those with Nazi tattoos were either killed or expelled.

Their bodies were hung on telephone poles at the crossroads. Crows flew everywhere and snatched the eyeballs from the corpses. Scavengers in the wilderness stole the clothes from the dead. Then people came to buy human organs, remains, and bones. The dead quickly and silently disappeared from the world.

But it doesn't matter, Ukraine's household registration system has also collapsed, so they don't know how many people are missing.

What's even more infuriating is that the Second Coastal Brigade didn't bother mentioning these things, but simply sent a message to headquarters in Tokyo:

"This has further optimized the local population structure, freeing up women of marriageable age. There is an urgent need for able-bodied men."

We have hundreds of thousands of women of marriageable age here, most of whom are unemployed and so poor that they have to sell their bodies. We urgently need 50 strong men from our local area to provide them with love and care.

Isn't this a form of population structure optimization?

Manager Alex brought in his cousin, an Orthodox priest, who proposed:

"A new religious ideology also needs to be introduced."

Religion is needed to stabilize people's hearts.

Who to look for?

The newly formed First Army and the newly formed Second Army are now in the United States.

They had a tradition of idol worship of Li Xinghe and established their own military church.

Moreover, within the Christian tradition, they aren't even considered a cult; they simply regard Li Xinghe as a contemporary war hero and a figure worshipped alongside God. This is considered quite reliable even in the United States.

Their sermons were very simple: they would give gifts and then recite sermons.

"He gives you soil, he gives you salt, he gives you wine, he gives you white cloth."

"He gives you bullets, he gives you a mission, he gives you heroism, he gives you death."

Don't be fooled by the crude preaching and missionary methods of these military churches. On the contrary, they have amassed hundreds of thousands of believers in the United States, especially military families and ordinary people working in the military, who flock to them to pay their respects and donate their earnings. And they're not just pretending; they genuinely believe and even pay tithes.

This is a case of fools pairing up with idiots; a church model that normal people can't understand, yet it happens to be the biggest haven for fools.

Chinese people really don't understand.

But it can be used.

Therefore, Hu Zhantian and the two brothers conspired to establish the 'Oriental Church of Ukraine'.

They put forward a new slogan:

"The church arranges marriages, distributes property, is responsible for education, governs society, and is the state!"

Chapter 961: Immigrant Marriage in Ukraine, Lexington, and Saratoga (5100 words)

Autumn, September.

Odessa Port.

Hu Zhantian discussed the matter with several staff officers and managers in his office:

"Our esteemed Queen is currently giving birth in the hospital."

Which one?

"Both of them."

"both?"

Most people would be stunned to hear this. What do you mean that both queens went to the hospital to give birth?

But those in the know understand that this refers to Queen Naoki of Japan, who became pregnant last year, and Queen Charlotte of Australia and New Zealand, who became pregnant unexpectedly at the age of 15.

Now the two queens sleep in the same room, and several caregivers take turns looking after them day and night. Even their urine is analyzed every day to determine their health status.

"We need to do something to celebrate the birth of the Queen's child."

Manager Alex said from behind.

This is called presenting a gift.

Moreover, it was autumn, and the Ukrainian investment group needed to demonstrate the results of its investments.

The 2nd Coastal Brigade officially adopted the name "Odessa Lions" in Ukraine. They wreaked havoc in the surrounding area, and when it was time to harvest wheat in the fall, the Odessa Lions would ride in tanks and armored vehicles to supervise farmers harvesting wheat in various farms. Anyone caught trying to steal wheat would be arrested and thrown into prison.

When it is necessary to requisition farms controlled by asset management groups from other states, the armored vehicles of the 2nd Brigade will escort large trucks transporting grain across the state border, or directly launch modified armored trains at the train station, aiming long guns and cannons at the nearby Ukrainians, slowly arriving at the city station where they are going to collect the debt, and using cannons and rifles to force the local farms belonging to them to hand over their share of grain.

Thieves, robbers, killers—you can encounter all sorts of people on the road. Embezzlement, corruption, fertilizer theft—the farm is rife with problems; execution is the best solution.

The only mercy the Second Coastal Brigade would show them was to arrest and imprison men who committed non-fatal crimes, sending them to work in the mines. They would put poor women and children on trucks and take them back to Odessa.

This armed raid on rural areas, which left a deep impression on Ukrainians, naturally led to fierce conflicts with local warlords and political groups.

But nobody thought it was wrong.

For Ukraine, the so-called "deep water zone" of reform refers to drowning those who oppose them in a deep pit.

The so-called encounter with a political roadblock is like hanging the enemy on a Land Rover and dragging them to death on the main road.