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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Okinotori Reef

He pondered his thoughts and said: "The Lanfang Republic that was born out of thin air not only shocked the country, but also shocked the world, this small country may change the pattern of the world." ”

The Führer nodded, pondered, and then motioned for Fu Ming to continue.

Fu Ming said to the secretary: "Please turn on the satellite display." ”

The secretary glanced at the Führer, the Führer nodded in agreement, and the secretary used the remote control to turn on a huge LCD screen on one wall, adjust the channel, and a real-time satellite picture appeared on the screen.

Fu Ming pointed to the location of the South China Sea and the Republic of Lanfang in the South China Sea with a laser pointer, and at the same time pointed to an atoll in the Pacific Ocean in the south of the Japanese country, about 1,730 kilometers south-west of Tokyo, about 1,070 kilometers southeast of Okinawa, and about 1,200 kilometers northwest of Guam.

"This is the Okinotori Island of the Wa Kingdom, which is called Okinotori Reef in our country, and the role of the Republic of Ranfang is the same as that of Okinotori Reef. ”

"Hmm. The head of state motioned for Fu Ming to continue, and Fu Ming used the remote control to zoom in on the screen, and continued to enlarge the image of Okinotori Reef until finally Okinotori Reef appeared clearly on the screen.

Not long ago, Shintaro Ishihara, the governor of Tokyo, visited Okinotorishima for an "inspection" and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism set up a sign on Okinotorishima with the words "the southernmost island of Wakuni Province".

Some people in the Japanese state have even taken advantage of this issue to stir up trouble in the Pacific Ocean and further challenge China's maritime rights and interests. In connection with a series of incidents, such as the recent dispute between the Japanese and South Korea over the sovereignty of Dokdo and the claim to sovereignty over the Kuril Islands by Russia, it is clear that the "Okinotorishima" turmoil is not an isolated phenomenon, but has a strong sense that the Japanese have started a new round of overseas expansion since the Meiji Restoration, and at the same time, there is no lack of the meaning of counteroffensive and backwards on the outcome of World War II. Although the "Okinotorishima" turmoil does not involve the issue of sovereignty, this cannot hide the essence of the expansion of the ambitions of the Japanese state. ”

The Führer pondered, and Fu Ming continued: "People have generally noticed the economic connotation of the Okinotorishima turmoil. That is, as long as it is an island of the Japanese state, the Japanese state can set up a 200-nautical-mile maritime exclusive economic zone accordingly, with a total area of 400,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the entire land area of about 380,000 square kilometers of the Japanese state. This is undoubtedly an important reason, for which the Wa Kingdom still wants to refer to these reefs as islands anyway.

It has also been widely noted that the actions of the Wa State were mainly aimed at Huaxia, because Shintaro Ishihara himself said that the main purpose of building power generation facilities on Okinotorishima Island was to prevent Huaxia from "making irresponsible remarks" on the issue of "Okinotorijima" and to ensure the rights and interests of Wa to establish a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone in the surrounding waters. ”

The Führer nodded in agreement: "Yes, people only paid attention to the economic aspect, but the deeper aspect, and did not expect that the wolf ambitions of the Wa State were undoubted, and we did not have a strong counterattack in this regard, except for protests." ”

Fu Ming sighed slightly and said: "Yes, in addition to economic factors, "Okinotorishima" should also have political and military significance for the Japanese state, and the economic value is not necessarily limited to the rights and interests of the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone under normal circumstances. For example, Okinotorishima, which runs between Guam and Taiwan, and is crossed by the Shanghai-Sydney-Wellington route, could make economic gains in terms of docking and replenishment for military and civilian vessels.

It is worth exploring the political implications. It is self-evident that it is self-evident in suppressing and containing China, just as the Japanese state wants to maliciously insert a lever into the Sino-Russian oil pipeline. It is also possible to consider that if a 200-nautical-mile EEZ is established with "Okinotorishima" as the center and overlaps with the 200-nautical-mile EEZ extended by the Japanese mainland, then the vast western Pacific region will become the "sphere of influence" of the Japanese state, and the Japanese will realize a new "southward" strategy in the name of international law and economic activities.

If a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is established around Okinotorishima, it is likely that there will be a dispute with neighboring Taiwan over maritime rights and interests, which will need to be resolved through effective negotiations at the level of sovereign states. As a result, the Wa State could hold a "new card" to support the power in a new form, and if necessary, it could use this card to contain and blackmail the Huaxia Continent.

Some countries along the South China Sea have territorial claims to the Nansha Islands and other islands in China. The fact that the Japanese are now building artificial facilities on the reef and intending to set up a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone cannot rule out an attempt to provoke and stimulate relevant countries to covet China's Nansha Islands and other islands even more. ”

"Yes, a small island, that is, a few square meters, can have a 200-nautical-mile radius of maritime territory, which is not a small amount, and the economic, political, and military aspects are more important, and we have not done enough in this regard. The Republic of Lanfang is ahead of us, ashamed. ”

Fu Ming smiled: "It's not too late to make amends, as long as our maritime awareness is improved and the country invests funds, our great-mother Dark Sand will become a strategic stronghold to choke the throat of the Strait of Malacca." ”

Fu Ming continued to point to the picture: "The military significance of 'Okinotorishima' is also obvious, especially when the Japanese state wants to become a "normal country", revise the name of the "Self-Defense Forces", and actively conduct overseas military operations. "Okinotori Island" is close to Guam, Saipan, the Philippines and Taiwan, and its strategic location is very important, and at the same time, it is not as vulnerable to attack as the Ryukyu Islands, especially for controlling the east coast of Taiwan, and it can completely become the forward base of the Japanese and the Diego Garcia Island of the Japanese when there is "something".

Although Okinotorishima Island is currently only a few reefs, the Wakuni Province has a track record of large-scale land reclamation on the mainland, and since 1987 the Wakuni Province has spent tens of billions of yen to build and strengthen the protection facilities around the two reefs. The Japanese authorities have also built a three-story observation station in the sea near the two reefs, and are now building a power station and an observation radar capable of monitoring the movements of all ships within a radius of 20 kilometers.

It is entirely possible that the Japanese will build "Okinotorishima" into an artificial island of a certain scale in the future.

Attention should also be paid to the actions of Japanese politicians during the "Okinotorishima" turmoil. On the surface, it was Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara who jumped the hardest, while Prime Minister Koizumi did not directly express his position on issues such as the construction of power stations, citing "fear of irritating China too much".

But this is just an illusion. When the Japanese invaded China in the past, they had the routine of singing "double reeds" with a red face and a white face between the General Staff Headquarters and the Kwantung Army, and the Military Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "One

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