Chapter 501: The Storm is Coming
Coming out of the place of the Dragon Banner, Lang Zhan asked the people waiting outside to send the magnetic storm bomb back, and then went to their temporary camp in Mir alone. Bayi Middle School? Wen???. When he walked in, he met a lot of soldiers along the way, and obviously felt that their eyes on him were different from usual, he just didn't notice, and after finding Mir, he asked straight to the point: "Mir, tell me your plans." β
Mir replied, "Your Majesty, we are now part of the Ryukyu Kingdom Guard. We are already Ryukyuanians. β
Lang Zhan smiled and asked him, "Do you believe it yourself?" β
Mir thought for a moment, sighed and said, "Your Majestyβ"
"Call me Gabriel."
"Yes. Gabriel, I don't think the Ryukyus have the strength to be independent at all. Moreover, it is unlikely that it will receive comprehensive assistance from China. A new security law has just been introduced, which lifts the ban on the right to collective self-defense. If China sends troops to the Ryukyus, wouldn't it just prove the correctness of this policy? What if this is an excuse to send troops to China? Is China ready to provoke a world war? β
Lang Zhan didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "I know what you think." Tell your people that I will not force them to take sides, but weapons must be confiscated. Of course, I welcome anyone to join the Ryukyu nationality and fight side by side with us as a Ryukyuan people. β
Three days later, the Serpent King arrived at Ryukyu with two of his friends. Although Lang Zhan is not familiar with the Snake King, since he can persist at this time, and he also brought two friends, this friendship is worth cherishing. "Snake King, haven't you watched the news?" He asked the Snake King in a joking tone.
"Looked."
"And you're still here?"
The Serpent King laughed and said, "Who told me to get on the thief ship of the Wolf's Tooth?" Besides, when you become the king, the brothers are rising, how can you be a half-official, right? β
"But at the cost of losing your life."
The Snake King was silent for a while and asked, "Does Huaguo care?" β
Lang Zhan's expression became subtle, and he said, "I don't know." β
The snake king touched ~ touched his nose, looked at his two friends, and said: "I originally thought that Huaguo would definitely intervene, although it would not be a problem to win, at least it would not be a problem to save his life, but now it seems that he has misjudged it." Nemo, Cobra, you are not our wolf's tooth now, and if you want to leave, our captain will not embarrass you. After speaking, he looked at Lang Zhan and asked, "Captain, I'm not wrong, right?" β
Lang Zhan smiled and said, "You're right. β
The Snake King and Lang Zhan sang and harmonized, and before they finished speaking, Nemo raised his foot and kicked the Snake King's fart~ shares, almost kicking him out, and scolded: "Snake King, you bastard, how many years have we known each other?" You don't even know what kind of person I am, and I really deserve to fight. β
Cobra: "It's just, it's too bad." As he spoke, he looked at Lang Zhan and asked, "Gabriel, do you still need people with wolf teeth?" β
Lang Zhan looked at them deeply and said, "You have to think clearly, Asia and Africa are not the same, the United States, no, it is only a small one, but it is not comparable to those small African countries." β
"I know. Do you get paid? β
"Of course."
"That's OK."
Although there are only three of them, they are a supporting force after all. Moreover, the skills of the Snake King are not simple. As the weather gets hotter, if he swings well, one person may be able to match a platoon or even a company.
In the past three days, a warship of one man appeared in the waters near the Ryukyus. At the same time, an ultimatum came. The ultimatum demanded that the Ryukyu authorities surrender immediately, and that the Ichichi government would punish them with imprisonment and residence. If not, a government will do whatever it takes to put an end to this farce. After a person's ultimatum, the warning book of the people of the United States also arrived. The government of the United States demanded that the Ryukyu authorities withdraw from the occupied bases and guarantee the integrity of the bases.
An ultimatum and a letter of admonition from the United States were followed by various telegrams from the governments of the Bird Country, the Enamel Country, and a number of other countries. Among them, the vast majority are condemnations, condemning the Ryukyu authorities for ignoring public opinion, ignoring people's livelihood, and brazenly provoking war for the selfish desires of some people; A small number of them persuaded the Ryukyu authorities to recognize the reality and negotiate with the government to resolve the situation from the perspective of reality and the future. Of these telegrams, two were more special, one from Crimea and one from the Wa State Military Government in Burma. In the telegram, the Crimean government first highly praised the indomitable will of the Ryukyu people to pursue freedom and the people~lord, and then declared that Crimea recognized the independent status of the Ryukyus and was willing to cooperate with the Ryukyu authorities in all aspects. In the telegram of the Wa State Military Government in Burma, it did not shy away from proposing that the descendants of Yan and Huang should unite to jointly fight against those hegemonist evil forces.
The telegram from the military junta of the Wa State of Burma was okay and did not cause much repercussions. As soon as the telegram of the Crimean government was made public, it immediately caused an uproar~ waves. The Wa State Military Government in Myanmar may have been instructed by the Chinese government behind it, but the Chinese government has not been caught with any evidence of supporting the Wa State Military Government, so outsiders can speculate, but it can only be conjecture. Crimea is different, the President of the Republic of China has officially signed a document to include Crimea in the Federation of Urus, so that this statement of the Crimean government is intriguing - a person and the people of the United States can't help but wonder, the Crimean government made this statement, is it the instruction of the Oros woolly bear? After all, Crimea, as a union republic, has no diplomatic powers.
Amami Oshima, after the zombie crisis, with the withdrawal of some of the rice troops stationed in the Ryukyus here, it replaced the Ryukyu Oshima and became the most important military base in the country. With the high-profile declaration of independence by the Ryukyu authorities and the election of Lang Zhan as the king of the Ryukyus, the people of the United States were worried that the Ryukyuan people on Amami Oshima would make trouble, so under the pretext of preventing the infection of the zombie virus, they directly drove the Ryukyuan people to live together and began to set up a military restricted area.
A self-defense force suddenly sent troops to the Ryukyus, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was the idea of the people of the United States. This is also the case, for example, now, in a meeting room of the Seto City Hall on Amami Oshima, the person presiding over the meeting is a Major General of the United States. And a soldier in the conference room, obviously two of them have the rank of lieutenant general, but they can only honestly sit opposite a group of Mi military academy officers.
The major general of the United States, named Jonathan Wilder, who presided over the meeting, was Patrick Hope's successor.
ββ¦β¦ Now the biggest problem for your army is street fighting. Our operational staff officers conducted a great deal of actual combat exercises, and the final result was that if there were sufficient helicopters to provide air support, and then the method of echelon advance and the method of seizing and cleaning one block after another, we should be able to completely occupy the city in three days. In order to deter China, the Chinese government has decided to send two more aircraft carrier fleets to the Ryukyu Sea and another aircraft carrier fleet to visit the bay at close rangeββ"
"General, why do you visit at close range instead of visiting?" One by one, the lieutenant general asked.
Jonathan coughed twice, but did not answer.
It's a question that Jonathan can't or has no authority to answer. Compared to the Ryukyus, the role of the bay in Sino-Chinese relations is much more sensitive. Moreover, the United States government has given assurances to the Chinese government that it will not seek a military presence in the bay.
What Lang Zhan didn't know was that outside his field of vision, the intelligence analysis and Asia-Pacific affairs experts in the United States have been in an extremely busy state recently.
To use a not too appropriate analogy, if Wanwan is a ball that Huaguo has fallen out, it is always used by the United States to blackmail Huaguo. Then, Ryukyu is the egg of the rice country. Originally, Huaguo didn't have the opportunity to blackmail the rice country, but because of the zombie crisis, the rice people themselves did sterilization surgery and removed the Ryukyu from their bodies, so the rice guys tasted the taste of being held in their hands for the first time in their lives.
Curbing the rise of China is one of the most important national policies of the US government today. The United States is the hegemon of today, and it is not like those small countries that just talk about it. For a long time, the Ryukyu Islands have played a very important role in the strategy of the United States against China.
If China wants to exhibit, it must be able to go out and come back. The reason why I want to lift the ban on the right to collective self-defense is also based on the same considerations. As a result, Wanwan and the South China Sea are obviously places that one person can't hit with eight poles, but he still throws himself into them without hesitation, and even spares no capital to single-handedly plan the farce of international arbitration.
"Looking at what the Chinese government has been doing since the 9o's, our think tanks have come to the conclusion that the probability of Chinese troops intervening in the Ryukyus is very low. Of course, this is not absolute. If you can't end the war quickly, if you create a tragedy in the Ryukyus, then everything can happen. β
"The Ryukyuan people are also the same person, so how can we raise a butcher's knife against our own people? Even if such a thing happened, it would be the result of Gabriel's careerists holding the Ryukyu civilians hostage-"
Jonathan frowned and said, "General Yamamoto, hearing you say this, you don't seem to be sure about a quick solution to the Ryukyu independence crisis?" β
Yamamoto, whose full name is Hiroshi Yamamoto, is the commander of the Combined Fleet (Self-Defense Fleet) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. He looked at the other lieutenant general beside him and said to Jonathan: "General, whether we are sure or not, whether I say it or not, we have to ask the opinion of Director Kawamura." β
Kawamura Hiroshi, the director of the Western Front of the Ichichi-6 Self-Defense Force, is also the commander-in-chief of the Ichichi-6 Self-Defense Force's Ryukyu Special Force. He glanced at Hiroshi Yamamoto, looked at Jonathan, and said, "General, as you said, the difficulty of this military operation is how to quickly and fully occupy the city while ensuring the safety of civilians. Originally, we were very confident, but, as you know, Huaguo sent a special force of 300 people to the Ryukyus. Moreover, the leader of the team is Ouyang Nan, a rising star in China who is known as the 'fire poppy'. β