Yang Fanglie coughed lightly twice, and several chiefs of the General Staff who were talking in low voices with the people around him immediately quieted down.

"China is also the hardest hit area, the Northeast, North China, the Central Plains, Central China, Jiangnan, Southeast, South China and Southwest China are extremely serious, the affected area is nearly half of the country, the affected population is nearly one billion, and before the new round of disasters arrives, China also needs to carry out a national strategic evacuation." Yang Fanglie paused slightly, and then said, "Although there are so many difficulties, Japan and Japan are good neighbors and friends separated by a strip of water, and Japan was once a member of the Planetary Defense Council, and has made many contributions to defending the right of human beings to exist. At that time, I could promise to help the victims of the Japanese disaster and provide them with the best possible conditions. ”

Tomosuke Yamashita saw hope and looked anxious.

"On what terms?" Stark asked.

"The rescue of Japan is definitely not something that one country can afford, and General Stark mentioned earlier that the main body that bears the obligation is the Planetary Defense Council. If I'm not mistaken, there are tens of millions of survivors in Japan, far more than New Zealand, which has a population of only four million, and that the majority of survivors are wounded, making it more difficult to rescue than the more than four million residents who have been evacuated. "When Yang Fanglie said this, he obviously wanted to emphasize that the help provided by Australia to New Zealand cannot be compared with the rescue of Japan." To this end, my first condition is that the rescue of Japan is a common obligation of the Planetary Defense Council, and that other countries should assume a considerable obligation to provide assistance in the political, diplomatic, economic, scientific, and technological fields, even if they are unable to contribute troops. ”

"General Yang, your proposal is very good, but how to implement it?" Sergeyev asked deliberately.

Stark looked a little unhappy, Yang Fanglie didn't make it clearly, and he could still be vague, Sergeyev asked so directly, isn't it equivalent to letting Yang Fanglie ask for a price?

"Politically, it is important for all countries to recognize the legitimacy of the actions taken by Japan in Japan. The situation is complex, and in many cases it is necessary to take convenient measures, and disaster relief, like fighting fires, cannot be delayed for a moment. If we don't agree politically first, I'm afraid there will be endless consequences. ”

"Of course." Stark wasn't very happy, but he had to agree.

"Diplomatically, all countries should cooperate as much as possible to facilitate the diplomatic actions taken by Japan in the rescue of Japan, especially for our diplomats. In addition, it is necessary to let the whole world know that Japan is the hardest-hit area, and to strive for support and assistance for disaster relief operations as much as possible. ”

"That's fine." Stark readily agreed.

"Disaster relief inevitably requires a large amount of materials, the economic burden is extremely heavy, and there are also financial problems in the settlement of the victims, and post-disaster reconstruction requires a lot of funds. To this end, I would like to encourage Japan to forgive Japan's debts, return the overseas deposits of Japanese companies, and allow Japan to dispose of the assets of Japanese overseas companies during the disaster relief period. I recommend that the Planetary Defense Council establish a special funding review body to oversee the use of Japan's overseas assets to ensure that every penny is spent on disaster relief operations. ”

At this moment, the expressions of several chiefs of the general staff became extremely complicated, but they did not directly oppose it.

"The most important thing is that after the disaster, the currencies of various countries will definitely depreciate severely, so I ask the U.S. authorities to immediately return Japan's hard currency."

"What?"

"Japan's gold stored in the United States."

"This ......"

"General Stark, Japan is not dead yet. Legally, as long as there is a Japanese alive, the gold stored in the Federal Reserve Bank belongs to Japan. Yang Fanglie smiled and said, "The United States is a country governed by the rule of law, General Stark won't think that this gold is American, right?" ”

"But ......"

"General Stark, don't you keep saying that you want to save Japan?" Sergeyev is clearly not going to let go of such a good opportunity. "General Yang Fanglie has made it clear that he is willing to help Japan, but he only asks your country to return to Japan what originally belonged to Japan, and it is used to help the victims of the disaster in Japan. You are like this, you have no sincerity at all, and you still expect us to come to the rescue of Japan? ”

"This matter involves the laws of our country, and I must consult the president."

"No problem, once we have a clear answer, the relief operation will begin immediately." Yang Fanglie did not let Sergeyev continue to embarrass Stark. "Finally, this disaster is extremely serious, and it is a serious test of the capabilities of all countries, and our foundation is not strong, especially in some technical fields, there are still deficiencies, so I hope that countries can provide necessary scientific and technological assistance."

"Disaster relief only?"

"Of course, we are talking about disaster relief, which is naturally limited to disaster relief."

As soon as Yang Fanglie said this, Stark didn't ask any more.

"I have to stress once again that saving Japan is a shared responsibility of all members of the Planetary Defense Council." Yang Fanglie paused slightly, and then said, "According to the rules, we need to vote. However, there are still a few issues that have not been resolved, so I suggest that they be saved for a vote at the next meeting. I also believe that General Stark will give a clear answer when the time comes, so as to decide whether or not to bail out Japan immediately. ”

Now, the ball was kicked at Stark's feet.

Stark also knew that if the issue of returning the gold reserves could not be resolved, Yang Fanglie would not hesitate to put all the responsibility on the United States. Stark couldn't help but feel a headache, he originally planned to use the rescue of Japan to contain China and make China spend a lot of national strength, but he didn't expect to be defeated by Yang Fanglie.

The question is, how do you bring this up to President O'Brien?

Several issues related to disaster relief were discussed, and Stark again adjourned the meeting, without specifying the time for the recess, only mentioning the resumption of the meeting in due course.

Clearly, Stark needed time to convince O'Brien to get to work out the legal issues in the United States first.

At this time, Japan suffered a second wave of tsunami shocks.

This tsunami did not come from the east, but from the west. After the super tsunami swept across the Japanese mainland, its momentum weakened considerably, but it was still extremely ferocious. After making landfall on the Korean Peninsula, the super tsunami rebounded from the land, striking the Japanese mainland again.

The intensity of this tsunami is not very large, the height of the water level is less than 50 meters, but the damage caused cannot be underestimated.

By the time the tsunami struck, about four million survivors had reached the western part of Honshu Island and the northern part of Kyushu Island. None of them received the leaflets dropped by patrol planes, so they did not know that the road would be hit by a second tsunami, and most of them were concentrated on the coastal plains, looking for a way out of Japan.

When huge waves crashed onto the beach, nearly two million people were killed in an instant.

A reconnaissance satellite that happened to pass by took pictures of the tsunami crashing onto the beach, and nearly 50,000 survivors were swept away by the waves on the beach north of Shimonoseki alone. When the water receded, the beach was full of corpses covered in mud, too dense to count.

The photographs taken by the reconnaissance satellites were screened and presented to the 10 chiefs of the General Staff.

The images captured in the photographs are shocking, but the deaths and injuries caused by the tsunami are nothing compared to another, much larger disaster.

Ten hours after the impact, a geological fault zone in mainland Japan extended to Shikoku.

To be precise, it extends to the north of Shikoku Island.

In the previous mega-earthquakes and tsunamis, the damage on Shikoku Island was not serious. In particular, in the super tsunami, the tsunami was weakened by the time of landfall on Shikoku Island, which was shielded by Honshu Island, and there are more than 100 kilometers of shallow water to the south of Shikoku Island, which greatly slowed down the impact of the tsunami and lowered the water level. Of the four archipelago islands of mainland Japan, Shikoku Island has the largest number of survivors, at nearly five million.

However, due to the paralysis of transportation, all these people are stranded on the island of Shikoku.

As the geological fault zone began to extend southwest in the Seto Inland Sea, the island of Shikoku was completely severed and sank under the drag of the Pacific plate.

As long as the geological fault zone continues to extend, Shikoku Island will inevitably sink to the bottom of the sea!

After several hours of observation, geologists gave a relatively clear result that Shikoku Island would sink within 48 to 72 hours.

If the rescue operation is not carried out in time, none of the survivors on the island of Shikoku will be spared.

In total, there are only 10 million survivors of the disaster in Japan, half of whom are on Shikoku Island!

Japan, as a country, is on the verge of extinction, and if it does not have help from the outside world, it will soon be completely destroyed!

When the meeting was adjourned, Zhang Xiaogang returned to the office, intending to sleep on the sofa for a while.

He hadn't closed his eyes for three days and three nights, and he had to intrigue with other people and think about a lot of problems, which had already exhausted him.

It's just that before he could lie down, Tomosuke Yamashita came over.

Stark has been reinstated as a commissioner for Tomosuke Yamashita, only temporarily, and only in work related to disaster relief in Japan.

"Yamashita, what are you doing here?" Seeing Yamashita Tomosuke pull out a short knife with a sheath, Zhang Xiaogang was startled.

Of course, Yamashita Tomosuke didn't come to assassinate Zhang Xiaogang. If he wanted to assassinate Zhang Xiaogang, he would take out not a short knife, but a pistol.

"Zhang, please, save Japan, save the Yamato nation, save my compatriots!" Yamashita Tomosuke knelt down in front of Zhang Xiaogang, holding up the short knife with both hands and holding it high above his head. "Before that, there were no eyes under the mountain, and he was offended many times, and now he apologizes for his crimes!"

"Are you crazy?" Seeing that Yamashita Tomosuke was about to draw a knife, Zhang Xiaogang hurriedly snatched it and waved it on the sofa. "Even if you cut your belly, you can save your compatriots? Your death here with me will only give Stark a pretext and make the rescue operation go to waste. ”

Yamashita Tomosuke was startled, and two lines of tears rolled down.

Although it was just a sentence, it made him feel extremely warm, because what Zhang Xiaogang said was the truth, and it showed that Zhang Xiaogang was thinking about Japan.

"Get up, sit and talk." Zhang Xiaogang sighed. He didn't think about Japan, he just didn't want to get in trouble because Tomosuke Yamashita died in his office. "Drinking? The water supply has not been restored, and the replacement personnel sent by our country have not yet been fully settled, and I only have wine here. ”

Tomosuke Yamashita sat down on the sofa and picked up Zhang Xiaogang's cigarette.

Zhang Xiaogang didn't pay attention to him anymore, and poured himself a glass of Wuliangye that had just been shipped.