XXXIV. No One Sleeps Tonight (II)
Tokyo, Japan, Yokota base of the U.S. Army in Japan
For the post-World War II Japanese, it was a country within a country with the Stars and Stripes flying, a symbol of the world's invincible liliang.
If it is said that the basic perception of the Japanese after the defeat of the Chinese who still lost one-third of their land until the war was fought in Zuihou, and who were still losing their cities and land until the day before Japan's surrender, is still unconvinced, then for the American GIs who threw bombs all over Japan's mountains and rivers and stepped their military boots into the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the Japanese devils were beaten up and surrendered with sincerity.
ββIn this violent shijie where the ghost beast crushes everything, only the guy with the most powerful fists can always be the boss!
The Japanese attitude of surrendering and surrendering to defeat is not only manifested in ideology but also in practical action -- in addition to a series of treaties that could be called "loss of power and humiliation of the country" in those years, the most obvious symbol of the defeated country today is the US military stationed in Japan at more than 100 bases of all sizes throughout Japan.
-- Since August 30, 1945, the same Douglas with sunglasses on his face and a corncob pipe in his mouth. Since the five-star Admiral MacArthur landed at the Atsugi Naval Airfield in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, tens of thousands of flaunting US troops stationed in Japan have set up camp in this once hostile land and firmly rooted the fluttering Star-Spangled Banner.
In the following history, no matter how the world changes, no matter how the state rises and falls. The hundreds of large and small US military bases stationed in Japan throughout Japan have always been like thorny chains, directly piercing the heart of this country, shackling this once powerful and untamed beast to the point of immobility. Even in the 80s of the 20th century, when Japan's economy was the most prosperous, shouting "Japan can say no" and even claiming to "buy the United States", foreign conquerors from across the ocean. He is still the uncrowned king who truly rules the kingdom.
(There are all kinds of U.S. military bases in Japan, but they are all over Japan.) The Okinawa base, which is often in trouble, is only the largest base. However, some of the U.S. military bases in Japan are quite small. It's a liaison station, a small house with one or two people, and even directly inside the SDF camp. Or rent an office in an office building, if you don't pay attention, you think it's a small company, and occasionally there is no one for a long time)
As far as the Americans are concerned, they do not have to protest at all against Japan's transfer of the souls of war criminals to the Yasukuni Shrine, nor do they have to dwell on the issue of war responsibility, still less do they care about the propaganda and demonstrations of Japanese right-wingers. For the real sinners need only be punished, not daoqianβthe fools who once waged war have long since been shot and gallows under the auspices of the American army; The "Imperial Warriors" who dropped bombs over Pearl Harbor have long since become skeletons buried under the waves; The enemy's capital was reduced to a scorched earth under the Stars and Stripes, and the enemy kings bowed down to the demands of the occupying forces. Even the country itself has become a delicious trophy that the US military enjoys to this day, or "a colony that is not a colony...... In that case, why bother with the crazy babble of a handful of ignorant ants?
ββWhat many people don't know is that there are other kingdoms on Shijie. Americans usually have to pay a lot of rent to gain the right to build overseas bases, such as Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam and Subic Bay in the Philippines, as well as American bases in Central Asian countries. The rents of these bases, as well as the consumption of the US troops stationed there, have all boomed the local economy to such an extent that the Filipinos have expelled the US military bases in a nationalist surge. Looking at the depressed market and deeply regretting it, I actually pitifully wanted to invite the American young masters back again. β¦,
However, Japan's US military bases not only did not have to pay rent, but also learned from the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty to make money by engaging in real estate (mainly in the Ryukyus), and even the Japanese Government had to pay for most of the expenses of the US troops stationed in Japan -- because Japan was a defeated country, this was a natural punishment!
In addition, a large part of the expenses spent by the US military in launching the Gulf War, attacking Iraq and Afghanistan, and even suppressing bandits in Somalia over the years have also been apportioned to the Japanese, who are already mired in economic recession. What is even more outrageous is that the control of airspace tens of kilometers around Tokyo, the capital of Japan, still belongs to the US military stationed in Japan. If the Japanese government's own planes want to fly around Tokyo, they have to obtain approval from the US Forces Command in Japan.
Although nominally, the mission of the US military stationed in Japan is to help Japan defend its homeland. But in fact, everyone knows that once a serious conflict of interest arises between the United States and Japan, the US military stationed in Japan will not hesitate to pull the trigger on Tokyo.
The taste of being reduced to a defeated country and a semi-colony is so bitter...... The Japanese were forced to fail to explode in silence, so they could only pervert in silence, and they insisted on deceiving themselves and saying that such a shame was glorious -- it is worthy of the strongest perverted nation in history that invented the "golden grain sheng"!
Among the series of military bases scattered throughout Japan, the Yokota base, where the headquarters of the US forces in Japan is located, is the brain and heart of it. Located at the junction of five cities and one town (Fusao, Akishima, Tachikawa, Musashimurayama, Hamura, and Mizuho) in the Tokyo metropolitan area, it is home to thousands of American GIs, civilians, and family members, covering an area of about 7 square kilometers, with a four-kilometer-long airstrip running from north to south. The base is equipped with the global military command and control system of the US military, which can receive nuclear attack orders issued by the US president.
After decades of post-war operation, the Yokota base has been built quite well, with all kinds of living facilities, including shopping malls, kindergartens, schools, post offices, hospitals, movie theaters, bowling alleys, clubs, etc., and even McDonald's and churches, so that the US military stationed in Japan can live almost the same daily life here as at home, and also make this land far away in East Asia full of strong American atmosphere.
Not far from the fifth entrance to the southwest of the base, there is a building with 2 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. This is the headquarters building of the US forces in Japan. The underground part of the headquarters building is a huge anti-aircraft facility that can withstand a nuclear attack, and in the event of a devastating nuclear attack on the Yokota base, the U.S. Command in Japan will continue to command operations with this strong underground fortress.
This huge, heavily protected underground fortress was initially the imaginary enemy of the Soviet Union, and then changed to China.
However, it was not until decades after the fall of the Soviet Union. The three-defense standby headquarters in Japan was officially activated by its owners for the first time in the underground fortress of the U.S. Army Headquarters building, and the reason was not an enemy nuclear attack. Rather, it is a shocking nuclear power plant leak accident on the Japanese side.
In order to resist the strong radiation that may hit at any time, the senior generals and colons of the US military stationed in Japan left their spacious and comfortable residences as soon as they confirmed the news. The collective was transferred to this underground fortress designed for nuclear war.
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An underground conference room with thick walls on all sides and no windows was a star-studded, smoky scene.
Because of the caverns dug underground, the space in the conference room was a little cramped and the air was quite muddy, but no one cared about this at the time - if you want to resist the pervasive radiation and avoid the dreaded cancer and leukemia, you have to learn to endure. β¦,
ββ¦β¦ Well, judging from the images taken by drones and the Japanese government's announcement, there is actually a graphite reactor imported from Russia in Fukushima? This could not be a hardliner in the Japanese military. If you want to evade our surveillance and secretly develop nuclear weapons in the radiation zone! β
Behind the huge LCD screen, the commander of the US forces stationed in Japan, who had just come to Japan for less than a week, was the gray-haired Edward with sagging cheeks. Lieutenant General Kennedy was smoking a cigar with a haggard expression. On the other hand, he asked a question that was a little clueless.
In general, Edward. Lieutenant General Kennedy was a generous, sluggish, gentle, and even somewhat cowardly good old man, who had been working as a civilian in the Pentagon office in China to handle reports, and was not very familiar with the situation in the Far East. This year, it was all thanks to his well-known background, his seniority -- he was about to retire -- and some friendship with the new president that he had achieved this leisurely and oily beauty.
He had just stepped off the plane on his front foot. When I set foot on Japanese soil, due to old age and infirmity, I finally managed to reverse the jet lag, and I encountered so many chaos at once: protests, riots, and a nuclear crisis...... Poor Lieutenant General Kennedy suddenly felt that some of his brains were not enough.
-- For many years, the US Government has deployed truly elite soldiers and capable officials only in those "hot spots" where conflicts are frequent and turbulent in order to deal with all kinds of sudden crises and at the same time let those with lofty aspirations make meritorious contributions. In other allies and friendly regions with long-term stable and reliable relations, the theoretical number one position of the US political establishment there is often only a gilded post used to support idlers and "reward meritorious heroes."
For example, after being elected and inaugurated, successive US presidents often "gifted" the posts of US ambassadors to European allies such as France, Britain, the Netherlands, and Italy to those rich plutocrats who threw a lot of money to support them during the election campaign, so that these rich men and rich women who had no diplomatic experience mixed up their qualifications in the past, socialized with European magnates, and gilded their lives -- these countries are allies that have not had a major mess for many years and have good relations with the United States. How to deal with communication has long had a set of rules that have been followed for many years, and there will be lower-level officials who will handle some things properly, and if they can't do it, they can directly consult the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Washington. Ambassadors and ladies who know nothing about diplomacy should follow the arrangements of the seasoned attachΓ©s and attend all kinds of receptions, tea parties, balls and charity parties, and put on a show like a star.
So, unless the situation is tense in East Asia, the commander of the US forces in Japan is also a rather leisurely position -- at least much more leisurely than Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa, where guns are fired on the roadside every day and the streets explode everywhere -- and it is suitable for accommodating a good old man like Lieutenant General Kennedy, who is highly qualified, well-connected, well-connected, and affable, but has little professional ability and military talent.
However, it is precisely because of this that Lieutenant General Kennedy asked the silly question of "will the Self-Defense Forces secretly develop nuclear weapons behind the back of the US military", so that the staff officers and officers present at the conference table were asked. All of them couldn't help but want to snicker to themselves -- the new commander had obviously seriously underestimated the extent of the infiltration of the US military stationed in Japan into all walks of life in Japan, and even regarded the Self-Defense Forces as a truly independent army.
ββ¦β¦ Your Excellency, please do not underestimate our achievements in Japan over the years, especially with regard to the control of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces -- Japan after the war has never had any secrets for the United States! And the Japanese government and the Self-Defense Forces are even more so! To put it mildly, even if a Japanese gang secretly developed nuclear weapons. It is also a higher success rate than the Self-Defense Forces to avoid our development of nuclear weapons! ββ¦,
An intelligence officer said unceremoniously, his words full of confidence, "...... You can rest assured. Everything is under control for the Self-Defense Forces. β
-- Although when China preaches the "revival of Japanese militarism," it often draws together the right-wing violent gangs marching on the streets of Japan with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, which appear to be well-armed and well-armed, and when they see the Self-Defense Forces, they think of the "Imperial Japanese Army" of the past. But in fact. The right-wing violent groups and the Self-Defense Forces are not at all the same people, and theoretically it is not an exaggeration to say that they are old enemies of each other.
This is because, from the very beginning of its establishment, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces have not been able to get rid of the control and influence of the US military. The relationship between the U.S. military and the Self-Defense Forces can basically refer to the Japanese army and the puppet army during the Anti-Japanese War. What's worse is that over time, this control has not been weakened, but strengthened.
Say, for example, the General Headquarters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. At the beginning of the 21st century, it simply moved directly to the Yokota base of the US military stationed in Japan, and since then the aviation self-defense officers have completely accepted the command and management of the US military, which is equivalent to completely becoming the indigenous vassal army of the US military stationed in Japan.
Next, after several reckless moves by the Japanese right-wing Shili, especially after several almost misfires between Japan, South Korea, and China and Japan. The U.S. military stationed in Japan forcibly took control of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force will be placed under the unified command of the US Seventh Fleet in Japan
As a result, the military command of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces at sea and in the air has been completely transferred to the hands of the US military, and the nature is almost no different from that of the Indian native soldiers of the British Empire. Only the huge and useless Ground Self-Defense Force remains, and it seems that American dads do not look down on it for the time being......
Even compared to the South Korean Ministry of Defense, which on the other side of the Tsushima Strait, has handed over its navy, army, and air forces to the command of the Americans. I am afraid that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are not much better -- after all, there is no 38th parallel on the Japanese side, and there is no land enemy to deal with at all.
In short, to put it mildly, in the eyes of the Japanese extreme right-wingers, the Self-Defense Forces are simply the doglegs of the US military stationed in Japan, not some national armed force that can be relied on -- this "quasi-army" has been infiltrated into a sieve by the FBI and CIA (Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency) almost from the very beginning of its establishment, and it is difficult to say who the Self-Defense Forces will shoot at once the United States and Japan turn against each other!
Therefore, the intelligence officer was very confident that if the Japanese Government really dared to develop nuclear weapons without authorization, then I am afraid that as long as it had just put forward an intention, someone would immediately turn against it, tell the whole story, and send it to the intelligence agencies of the US military stationed in Japan as it was.
Lieutenant General Kennedy paid little attention to the intelligence officer's slight disrespect for his wordsβhe had never been a very dignified man anyway, and now he was a newcomer, unfamiliar with the place, and often got lost while walking around the Yokota base. So occasionally saying the wrong thing in the meeting room, and being ridiculed by the local snakes, seemed to him nothing - it just led the conversation back to the point.
ββ¦β¦ Ahem, since the Japanese side does not seem to be hiding any secrets from us, then this nuclear crisis is simply a nuclear leak caused by a terrorist attack......" Lieutenant General Kennedy puffed on his cigar, "...... Have you figured out who made this mess? β
ββ¦β¦ So far, no terrorist organization has admitted responsibility for the incident. The intelligence officer replied, "...... According to some unconfirmed information circulating within the Japanese government, the incident was probably the work of the Japanese antisocial extremists. β
ββ¦β¦ Is it? Like those guys who rioted in Tokyo in the past two days and paralyzed the whole city? Lieutenant General Kennedy shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "...... If the Japanese police had been able to show the ruthlessness of the rioters on the Qinger Street that we had suppressed back then, and directly drove the armored car onto the street, what kind of flashbangs, rubber bullets, tear gas, and so on on the ground, I am afraid that this riot would have been calmed down a long time ago, and where would it be as passive as it is now? ββ¦,
He glanced around at the officers present, and then got to the point...... Just a few dozen minutes ago, the Japanese cabinet openly stated that it was no longer able to deal with the nuclear crisis under the current turbulent situation, so it asked our military and the Seventh Fleet for help...... I kicked the issue to the White House, and the White House kicked it back...... So, I'd like to hear your opinions. β
In response to this question, all the US military generals and colonels present frowned, raised their eyes and looked at the large screen on the wall where the latest images were projected, only to see that the fire had almost engulfed the graphite reactor, the dense smoke soared into the sky, and the colorful glow loomed, a terrifying and strange scene.
ββ¦β¦ This one...... Your Excellency, the intensity of radiation in the vicinity of that graphite reactor is estimated to have reached thousands of millisieverts, and it will even be further enhanced......" An officer immediately stressed the difficulty of the matter...... We can't let the boys go to their deaths for the sake of the safety of the Japanese! β
-- During the Cold War, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China all organized actual combat exercises under the conditions of nuclear war, that is, detonating a nuclear bomb in front, and then a few hours later, infantry wearing protective clothing began to attack the radiation field...... But the problem is that this was many years ago.
ββ¦β¦ In addition, the radiation intensity in the Tokyo metropolitan area, although not particularly high at the moment, will definitely become more dangerous as time goes on. Another officer pointed to a new crisis," ...... The Seventh Fleet, which is anchored in Yokosuka, has already made several requests to set sail immediately and take refuge, and diplomatic missions such as the embassy in Tokyo have been asking us for help! Your Excellency, we must make a choice now! β
-- The views of these two officers vaguely reflect the true aspirations of the vast majority of US troops stationed in Japan: If they encounter an ordinary natural disaster, there is nothing to say about letting the US troops stationed in Japan go out to brush up their presence and show their demeanor as a great power. But if it comes to such a fateful moment when the sky is falling apart and life and death are at stake, do you really want the American GIs to sacrifice their lives for these yellow-skinned monkeys in the Far East and sacrifice their lives as martyrs?
We came here across the ocean to enjoy the pleasure of being superior, not to be coolies and death squads for the Japanese!
As a result, Lieutenant General Kennedy, who was also uninterested in this dangerous errand and lacked knowledge of Japan, pushed the boat down the river and gave the order to evacuate his own team and the expatriates first. In order to ensure that American nationals can leave Tokyo smoothly, the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department must cooperate with the US military to clean up traffic and maintain order. As for the work of risking one's life to save Fukushima, we can instruct the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Air Self-Defense Force to assist in the implementation -- if there is a mess in our own country, we must save our own people, so don't keep bothering us foreigners!
As for whether this refusal to take responsibility would anger the Japanese government, which had high expectations for the US military, and lead to a new wave of anti-US aggression in Japan, the intelligence officer told Lieutenant General Kennedy -- there is no need to worry about it: "...... It is true that in today's Japan, we may not be able to keep the prime ministers we like in power for a long time, but we are sure that any prime minister we hate will be easily removed from power! β
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the emergence of an anti-American regime in Japan, and today's Heisei dead house does not have the courage to rebel against the American father at all!
In short, if even the Japanese own Air Self-Defense Force refuses to learn from the Soviet Union's spirit of sacrifice in Chernobyl, and braves the deadly radiation to extinguish the fire, then why should the US military stationed in Japan, as a foreign conqueror, make such a move?
Then, when the immobile US troops stationed in Japan finally made the decision that "the Japanese should learn to rely on themselves," and His Excellency Chief Cabinet Secretary was so angry that his eyes were black and his chest was pounding, the secret Liliang deployed by the Chinese side in Japan also quietly launched active activities...... (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )