Chapter 1182: Changes in the Ryukyus IV
It is by no means a simple matter involving the change of ownership of several thousand square kilometers of territory, and of course, mercenaries can also take military measures and send troops to directly occupy the Ryukyu Islands, but the consequence of this is that it is bound to break out into fierce conflicts with some local people who do not want to be independent.
If the referendum can exceed 50 percent, this conflict will be minimized, because the independence of the Ryukyu Islands has become the choice of the majority of the local people, not the choice under the threat of violence, and international public opinion will not think that the mercenaries are an aggressive way to annex the Ryukyu Islands, and even the Japanese government will suffer a dumb loss about it.
"Mr. Wu Chen, I can clearly assure you that now is the best time to hold a referendum, because everyone's emotions are angered by the actions of the United States, and the most important thing is that the Japanese government's improper response has also aroused the disgust of at least 30 percent of the people." Nodoyahiko said.
"I am going to meet with the representatives of the US government soon to discuss the referendum, the US government will send representatives to supervise, the security will be responsible for the mercenary corps and the army, you go back and continue to mobilize the people to support independence, the ballots for the referendum will be printed as soon as possible, and the financial problems will be solved for you, we will be a family in the future, remember, this matter must be dealt with within a week, and it will change later." Wu Chen said.
The Japanese government clearly sensed the urgency of the situation, and the prime minister's request for a meeting with the US president was rejected by the presidential administration, and the US military stationed in Japan began a series of military movements, and a large number of combat troops began to enter Japan from the US mainland, Guam, and South Korea.
"The call for independence of the Ryukyu Islands is getting louder and louder, and the Ryukyu Independence Party has proposed a referendum to let the locals decide the fate of the Ryukyu Islands, and now more and more people are responding, and the United States seems to have acquiesced to this result, and now I am busy evacuating personnel and equipment from the military base on Okinawa Island, I have a very bad feeling." said the head of the Defense Agency.
"I have asked for a meeting with the President of the United States three times, but the Presidential Office has not replied to this, and it is said that important figures in the US military are very dissatisfied with the incident on Okinawa and have joined forces to put pressure on the Presidential Office, and the Congress has also asked the President to sanction Japan to prevent the resurgence of militarism." The prime minister said helplessly.
This is the sorrow that Japan is facing, and it is also the great predicament it is facing, because the fate of its own country is not in its own hands, and everything depends on the meaning of the United States, and what scares the top leaders the most is whether the United States will take measures by force to forcibly change the status quo in Japan or even order the abolition of the Self-Defense Forces.
The summit of the South American countries was successfully concluded, and a press conference was held to announce the establishment of the Community of South American Nations to the world, followed by a meeting on the weapons and equipment of the mercenary corps was also held in Buenos Aires.
There is a lot of money every year, and Macas, who is a mercenary corps and the big steward of the federal government of the Golden Triangle, wants to make up for his wounded soul through the arms and equipment trade of South American countries, which is too distressing.
The weapons and equipment of Venezuela and Brazil were personally finalized by the boss Wu Chen, and Argentina was about to vomit blood for the second Falklands war, and the possibility of procurement was very small.
The remaining countries that can afford to buy weapons are Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Paraguay, which spend a lot of money every year, and it is estimated that the purchasing power is not much stronger, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat!
Among these countries that are interested in purchasing, except for Paraguay, which is a landlocked country, the remaining six countries are coastal countries, and they are very concerned about the construction of coastal defense.
The mercenary corps experts in the research and development of military science and technology are all national treasures of the former Soviet Union, and they have been joining the mercenary corps for eight years now, and they are now also the national treasures of the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle.
They embody their own distinctive values, such as fifth-generation fighters, stealth strategic bombers, strategic transport aircraft, main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, nuclear reactors, unmanned aerial vehicles, submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, computer technology, supercomputers, combat systems, and so on.
The ship design institute of the Black Sea Shipyard, in recent years, has united several departments to design a variety of conventional versions of warships, submarines and speedboats, mainly for export, which obviously has the shadow of the former Soviet Union's military technology, but most of them are the crystallization of modern technology.
The first is the Trident-class missile destroyer of two billion dollars, this type of destroyer is also one of the main warships for export, with a high degree of modernization, and it ranks among the top five destroyers in all countries in the world, and is heavily equipped with Gulf countries, Argentina is also equipped with four, and Australia and Brazil have also ordered.
It is equipped with 12 groups of eight vertical launch systems, which can launch anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ship missiles, and cruise missiles according to the arrangement of the first four and the last eight. In the bow of the ship is an Italian-made Alto 76mm naval gun, flanked by a set of triple torpedo launchers and a set of Kashtan artillery integrated short-range defense systems. There are anti-submarine helicopter platforms and hangars, which are not equipped with the Aegis combat system, but are installed with an active phased array radar on all sides and an integrated combat system.
Colombia is the second largest destroyer in South America in terms of military strength and military spending, with four destroyers ordered at once, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador are all two, and Uruguay is one.
The second is a 45,000-ton sperm whale-class amphibious assault ship worth $3 billion, which originates from the technology of the American Wasp-class amphibious assault ship and is a very advanced modern amphibious combat matrix, equipped with four sets of steam turbine engines and six sets of diesel generator sets, integrated electric propulsion, capable of carrying 24 vertical take-off and landing fighters and 12 helicopters at the same time.
The purchase of such sophisticated heavy equipment, as well as the purchase of VTOL fighters and helicopters, adds up to more expensive than the amphibious assault ship, with Colombia booking two, one each for Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
The cost of aircraft carriers is too high, and ordinary countries simply cannot afford to raise them, but this kind of amphibious assault ship, which is similar to a medium-sized aircraft carrier, makes up for this, not all friendly countries need aircraft carriers, it is enough to have amphibious assault ships.