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Unable to obtain any aid from the United States, and with other countries disliking and even hesitant to sell goods to Japan due to China's influence, Japan has truly become an isolated island in the world.

Merchant ships that were originally bound for Japan have now diverted to China's territory midway, even if Japan offers them more money.

They just want to make money, not risk their lives. Who can guarantee that if Ah Zhong sees you transporting things to Japan at this time, and gets in a bad mood, a soldier's finger might twitch accidentally, and an anti-ship missile will hit the wrong spot? Even if Ah Zhong apologizes, what good will it do? You'll still lose your life.

When faced with the choice between money and life, all countries have rationally chosen life.

Besides, it's not like we can't make money by transferring merchant ships to Ah Zhong's territory. If we can build up Ah Zhong's goodwill now, we can give each other face when doing business in the future. As for Japan, I'm really not familiar with that. I can completely forget about it (seriously).

Capital can be quite fickle. If it finds Japan unsuitable, it will immediately abandon it. Even if China hasn't taken action yet, no one can guarantee that it won't in the future. Don't forget the grudges between the two countries. Therefore, international capital immediately made what they considered the most rational decision—to withdraw its investment!

Large amounts of state capital, Japanese capital, and Japanese capital abroad have begun to withdraw and sever ties frantically, trying every means to downplay their image as originating from Japan. They have even launched a name-changing competition, fearing that the dirty history of Japan in the past will taint their pure business integrity.

LOL, businesses have principles? Why don't you mention that prostitutes still have pure hymens?

After all this turmoil, Japan's stagnant economy, which had enormous potential for growth, has finally started to move! Downward.

Whether you're attacking or attacking from behind, just say whether you've made a move or not.

"There's no hope! Japan has no hope! Run!"

The Japanese internet was filled with lamentations, with posts everywhere asking how to get rich quick and where to do so. Many people hoped to get rich directly in China and even managed to do so through various channels, only to be exposed by a vengeful person who claimed to be an anti-Japanese war hero.

No need to guess, this is Qin Shan's doing. Just kidding, he's determined to thoroughly settle scores with Japan. How could he allow those little devils to come in through the channels of certain traitors in China at a time like this? But letting things slide a little is fine too. Let's see who's doing this business. Once we have enough evidence, the Avengers will come knocking and blow it up together.

After successfully deleting the family trees of tens of thousands of people (most of whom were related to Japan, descendants of Japanese who had infiltrated the mainland in the past, beneficiaries of trade with Japan, and die-hard traitors of the new era), the pro-Japanese and pro-Japanese forces within China were wiped out. At the same time, it also made the country understand from another perspective that any compromise with Japan would lead to a dead end.

In the past, it was impossible for ordinary people to hijack politics, but now, at worst, they can go all out and expose you. You can't ignore the opinions of the people, you dare not ignore them, and you must seriously consider the mentality of the majority.

Of course, behind this so-called opinion and mentality lies the power of the Dragon of Desire, which is merely a puppet thrown out by Qin Shan. He can play this simple extraordinary game for many years to come.

Through this indirect method, Qin Shan has effectively acquired the power to manipulate the entire state apparatus.

In other words, if he wanted to be a Brahmin-level figure now, he could easily set the world back on track.

Fortunately, he is not that kind of person; even more fortunately, he is not that kind of person now, at least.

No one understands better than him what a rigid class system of superhumans has brought to Earth's civilization, which is why Qin Shan is extremely resistant to such a future, and he has the ability to make it happen.

Just as Qin Shi Huang purged all foreign clans and forces both inside and outside the court before unifying China, China has also accomplished this task. The country is united in its hatred of the enemy and panic. Even forces that sympathize with Japan have been eradicated. Even if this was not authorized by the higher authorities, it has objectively ensured that there is only one voice in the country—blood for blood!

The descendants of the dragon are known for holding grudges; they can avenge even a feud spanning ten generations!

As a result, the island-circling exercises originally aimed at Japan were further upgraded, with all of China's aircraft carrier fleets deployed, giving the Japanese a super double whammy of attacks. At the same time, the newly launched aircraft carrier was also brought over for training, and at worst, it could be used for live-fire exercises. The needs in peacetime and wartime are of course different, so all the carriers that could be put to use were brought over for training.

While the world's attention was focused on the trembling Japanese, China pulled off a surprise attack.

On June 9, 2029, under the close greeting of Dongfeng and Yuan Huo, the entire Taiwan was instantly rendered powerless by the dense barrage of attacks. The Taiwanese people who had been watching the comings and goings of the mainland warships on the beach suddenly found that the massive PLA landing fleet was right in front of them.

This is so exciting.

Section 114: Is reconciliation possible?

To make something appear real while it is actually real, and to make something appear real while it is actually unreal—Sun Tzu explained the art of war very clearly long ago.

If you can avoid fighting, then don't fight. If you must fight, then fight quickly and decisively. If you can resolve the issue in 59 seconds, then never drag it out to a minute. Be quick when you need to be quick, and never hesitate, otherwise it could easily lead to someone's death.

This refers to war (serious face).

I thought I was just watching the show, but I ended up being the one performing on stage, and even being thrown onto the stage by someone else.

But it is in turbulent times that true heroes emerge.

While the young men on the beach were huddled together in a state of confusion, someone calmly opened their backpack and began waving a red flag that they had prepared beforehand.

"My lord, there's a road here!"

The first batch of PLA soldiers who landed on the island encountered no resistance, or rather, those who could resist were bombed into incapacitated. The thick smoke rising from behind signaled that Taiwan's coastal defense had become a joke. It would take time to run from the gun emplacement to the front line. You can't exactly hold a rifle and fire at the enemy more than ten kilometers away.

It's not impossible. Let's make a scene first, so that the big shots behind us think we're trying our best to hold out until the People's Liberation Army arrives. Then we can surrender gracefully, and if we're lucky, we might even get to enjoy braised pork with caramelized sugar in the temporary camp.

Resistance? That might have been possible in 1990, but now, haha.

"Go back, hold your ground, and do not retreat!"

Taiwan is well aware of the true nature of its own army, so it has deployed supervisory teams wherever possible, clamoring to fight a Stalingrad-style bloody battle with the People's Liberation Army.

Stalingrad said: You White Army bandits, don't you dare try to mess with me!

If the US hadn't had a civil war, there would definitely be many white mercenaries among these oversight teams. But that's not the case now. The EU and Russia certainly won't target China's exclusive territory, so the oversight teams can only be Taiwan's own.

To ensure the loyalty of the supervisory teams, they even used special drugs on them, which are essentially narcotics. This way, they would be inseparable from the control of the Taiwanese government. After all, only the government can legally provide them with large quantities of drugs. Although this was equivalent to training a group of dual-wielding soldiers, it was still better than having no one to use.

But at that moment, a brave Taiwanese soldier picked up a rocket launcher and fired a shot, shouting, "I won't be cannon fodder for these bastards, I'll kill those sons of bitches!"

With a loud bang, the conflict between the two sides became irreconcilable, and they quickly clashed physically. The battle that took place here also kept the supervisory team bogged down in the fight.

However, the soldier who initiated the attack was nowhere to be found.

If these Taiwanese soldiers were rational enough, they would have realized that there was something wrong with the explosion. Their units were not equipped with those kinds of powerful individual thermobaric rocket launchers. But everyone was caught up in the excitement of the battle, so who cared about these issues?

"That's great, next one."

Having successfully stirred up trouble, Qin Shan tossed the empty thermobaric ammunition cartridge into the dimensional portal, then turned to wreak havoc—or rather, to help Taiwanese soldiers who wanted to surrender to get back on the right track.

"Brothers, let's fight these bastards!"

"How much is a month's salary in New Taiwan Dollars? Why bother with a fancy name!"

"Shoot me? I'll kill you first!"

"To not resist is to die! Brothers, follow me!"

Under Qin Shan's instigation, the Taiwanese soldiers, who were already at odds with their superiors, quickly realized that their weapons could also be aimed at their own officers. In addition, Qin Shan was not the kind of person without a sense of responsibility. Before leaving, he would disable the heavy weapons of the supervisory team and the Taiwanese independence soldiers. This resulted in both sides being able to exchange fire in a relatively fair environment of light weapons. Neither side could do anything to the other in a short time, and they could only remain in a stalemate.

But their stalemate meant that no one was holding the position. When the People's Liberation Army arrived with tanks and armored vehicles, it was a massacre-level clearing operation that wiped out the die-hards in Taiwan on the spot.

This time, the higher-ups have given a tacit indication that many problems should be resolved directly on the battlefield. Those who can be killed on the battlefield should be killed off while the time is right. In the chaos of war, guns and cannons have no eyes, and the higher-ups will regret it afterward.

With internal strife and fierce external threats, coupled with Qin Shan's constant attempts to create trouble for them, it would be a miracle if Taiwan could hold out. The liberation of Taiwan was more like an armed parade, because wherever the People's Liberation Army (PLA) went, they encountered either surrendered Taiwanese soldiers, Taiwanese soldiers who had killed the supervisory team and then surrendered, Taiwanese soldiers who were having friendly exchanges with the supervisory team, or Taiwanese soldiers who were mingling with the diehards. In short, there was not a single organized position to intercept the PLA. Throughout the entire liberation process, not a single PLA soldier was killed, but a hundred or so were wounded, mainly due to sprained ankles, twisted ankles, and accidental falls. Similar situations occur in daily training, and even more so on the battlefield, so there is nothing surprising about it.

So the reactionary forces that had been expecting a major battle were all shocked to find that three days later, there was no resistance force left in Taiwan. Note that it was not that there was no organized resistance force, but that there was no resistance force at all.

Qin Shan's ruthless actions instigated internal strife in Taiwan, leading to a disastrous defeat for Taiwanese soldiers who were essentially bandits. His deliberate destruction of Taiwan's industrial facilities triggered a chain reaction. Before the People's Liberation Army (PLA) could control the situation, a frenzy of zero-dollar shopping sprees ensued, with gangsters and ordinary citizens engaging in heated firefights with military weapons, resulting in over a million casualties. Taiwan's industrial facilities, which should never have existed, were destroyed in the chaos.

Don't worry, Qin Shan has secretly protected all the valuable items very well, and the People's Liberation Army has taken them over smoothly.

As the red flag was raised in Taipei, Taiwan officially returned to China. The Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang within Taiwan were all labeled as the opposition. Under Qin Shan's covert instigation, more than one million people were arrested, and their final destination was the wilderness of the northwest.

It could be a mine in the Northwest. In any case, China now imposes hard labor on criminals, especially those convicted of treason, offering no chance of probation. Relatives within five degrees of kinship are rounded up, along with all related stakeholders, in a sweeping crackdown to thoroughly eliminate all internal problems in Taiwan. Even so, Taiwan is a large island with over 20 million people, but it cannot exist as an independent province, a municipality, or a special administrative region. Instead, it will remain part of Jiangsu Province, with its capital in Nanjing.

Taiwan has finally realized its dream of becoming Nanjing's little brother. Let's congratulate it (where's the applause?).

There is still a lot of work to be done, but the result is good. Most importantly, with Taiwan in hand, there is an extra knife under our skin, and we could be attacked from behind if we are not careful.

It was already bad enough, but I didn't expect there was still so much room for further decline (groundhog screams).

Especially after seeing the People's Liberation Army raise Dongfeng missiles over Taiwan, Japan's eyes instantly became clear and innocent.

Father! For the sake of our nearly two thousand years of acquaintance, can we reconcile?

Chapter 115: Heaven Punishes the Traitors!

In Asian history, when it comes to flexibility and the ability to claim patronage, only Korea and Japan stand out.

These achievements were all made by our ancestors, who were full of martial virtue. The principle that "spare the rod and spoil the child" is applicable both in ancient and modern times.

There are indeed some dissenting voices in China who believe that the past should be left in the past, that Japan today is not the Japan of the past, and that as long as they are willing to submit to us, everything will be fine.

But Qin Shan doesn't think so, nor will he allow the country to think so.

Because in the previous life, Japan had tried to betray China, but failed. Afterwards, Qin Shan led a team to thoroughly eliminate them. Because he understood the nature of these beasts, Qin Shan was even more determined to eradicate them completely.

It's not impossible for Japan to want to reclaim its patronage, but it needs to demilitarize first.

The dearmament here is not just about military strength, but also means that Japan is not allowed to retain even light industry. All industrial products must be imported from the mainland unconditionally and exclusively, completely eliminating Japan's war-making capabilities. This is to ensure that even if Japan wants to wage war in the future, it will have to start all over again from scratch.

Of course, doing this will definitely cause problems. If a country like Japan does not have modern industry, it basically means that it cannot support a population of more than ten million. Given Japan's current food self-sufficiency rate, if it were to follow Qin Shan's deindustrialization standards, at least one hundred million people would starve to death to ensure internal stability. This behavior is no different from that of the US and Israel.

Therefore, China and Arab countries cannot do this, and no country can do this. Look at Israel, which is besieged and on the verge of extinction. There is not a single country in the world that pleads for it. They all coldly watch it being attacked by Arab countries.

This time, neither the US nor the EU will help them. Even if the Arab countries exact a terrible revenge, the rest of the world won't see anything wrong with it. At most, they'll say that the Arab coalition should be mindful of international perception, then turn the camera around and say, "Sorry, my feet have been hurting lately, and my eyesight isn't very good."

It is foreseeable that after the destruction of Israel, many people will be brought to trial, and all those brought there will undoubtedly die.

"Following the normal procedure, the harmless disposal process in Japan would take a long time, which could increase uncertainty, so..."

Qin Shan felt that allowing Japan to delay the sterilization of its industry for even a second longer was irresponsible to the entire human civilization, so he decided to make Japan have a civil war, just like he did with the United States.

Is it really possible?

The answer is: Mao Mentai.

Now that China has risen to power in full force, no one can stop it. Japan will inevitably be purged. I believe they are prepared to be purged. Sacrifice some militarists, please the new leader, and obediently act as a lapdog. Even if Japan has to pay a price, it will not completely lose hope. It can just lie there and let itself be manipulated.

But were those far-right forces sacrificed willingly sold out?

Of course not, absolutely not. If they were willing to voluntarily withdraw from the historical stage, Qin Shan would believe that Kennedy committed suicide in public.

Since such an absurd thing is impossible, these people are not incapable of fighting desperately to carve out a future for themselves if conditions permit. Moreover, judging from Japan's recent performance, between the two options of simply giving up and demonstrating its self-worth through confrontation, Japan actually prefers the latter.

After all, it has taken so many years of development to achieve its current glory. It is normal for them to think this way, considering that they are one of the world's top five economies and they have already defeated China.

However, in the Japanese's original plan, no matter how the fighting went, the extreme right-wing elements would eventually be sacrificed as offerings, the only difference being whether they were sacrificed on the battlefield or at the execution ground.

Therefore, the far-right forces in Japan still have a considerable market and sympathizers at this time. Although the sympathizers may not be willing to live and die with them, they are not unable to show their flexibility if the situation leans towards the far right.

Since that's the case, then you should resist to the very end!

For Tokyo, night is the beginning of everything, and the Tokyo nights right now are more bustling than ever before, only mixed with the despair of a pre-apocalyptic revelry.

When the massive aircraft carrier fleet surrounded Japan and began to make its presence felt every day, many Japanese realized that war was inevitable, it was only a matter of time, and once the war broke out, everything they had would instantly vanish and become meaningless.

Ordinary Japanese people have no power to change anything; those who do are thinking about how to protect their wealth. The former Japanese Communist Party is now utterly incompetent. Only when the sword of judgment is held to their throats does the whole of Japan realize that it has long been struggling on the edge of a precipice.

Actually, it was like that before. It's just that the United States, because it still needed Japan, set up a table on the cliff. Japan, as the food, didn't see the cliff below the table for the time being. But now, the table and the diners have disappeared, and the Japanese can no longer ignore the bottomless abyss in front of them.

Since that's the case, then let's indulge ourselves, let's indulge to our hearts' content, enjoy every day as it comes, and squander the last bit of our lives before the war arrives.

The streets are filled with drunkards, and even drugs are spreading. Although the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are expanding their recruitment, everyone knows that they are just cannon fodder like the Ukrainian "filler babies," or even worse than Ukraine.

Russia's poor performance means that Ukrainian soldiers can at least see Russian soldiers on the battlefield, but the fear of the American fleet that destroyed their former father, Russia, resurfaces when faced with the vast naval power of Russia.

It's highly likely that they'll join the deep-sea fleet before even seeing the People's Liberation Army.

Ordinary Japanese citizens have given up the struggle, but those in power are unwilling to lose everything they have.

In a ryotei (traditional Japanese restaurant) in Tokyo, prominent figures from the Japanese government are exchanging ideas. This is typical of ryotei politics in Japan, which is essentially a place where privileged individuals discuss the distribution of benefits. However, today, the atmosphere is noticeably different. Many people have exquisite food laid out in front of them, but there is no kabuki, and the atmosphere is somewhat oppressive.

Because the negotiations between the Japanese government and China in private fell apart.

Let me make it clear beforehand that this has nothing to do with China. It's entirely because the Japanese are asking for too much, unwilling to offer anything in return, and even wanting to discuss the Diaoyu Islands.

Holy crap! Do you even know what situation you're in? You're the kind of person who should be kneeling down to negotiate, but you dare to stand up and say you want to maintain your dignity? Fine, I'll help you maintain your dignity!

China's stance is clear: the Diaoyu Islands belong to us; the Ryukyu Islands must regain their independence; the far-right forces within Japan must be dealt with; Japan's attitude towards history must be corrected; and compensation must be paid for the emotional damage done to the feelings of the Chinese people. Exactly twenty-one demands.

Having taken over Taiwan, gained access to the Tumen River, and suppressed South Korea and North Korea, China now has an abundance of cards to play against Japan. A few random cards could make Japan suffer terribly.

Moreover, China and Japan have a deep-seated national and personal grudge. This time, China is prepared to personally roll up its sleeves and go to war. Judging from its stance, it won't stop until it beats Japan to a pulp. And Japan's current small size means it can't even withstand a regular slap, let alone a hard punch from China. Do you really expect those weak Self-Defense Force soldiers to inflict tons of damage?

Fun fact: Japanese soldiers, like their German counterparts, are part of the civil service system, and their salaries and benefits are very poor; their food standards are only slightly better than those of South Korean soldiers.

Moreover, after World War II, the standard for the United States to re-conscript armed forces (initially the police) in Japan was a clean background, anti-authoritarianism, anti-dictatorship, anti-war, etc. (just say they opposed the Emperor). To put it bluntly, these were the non-citizens in Japan during World War II. If these people could honestly serve the Japanese elites, I would rather believe that the Soviet Union was referring to Jiangsu.

As the original host, Fumio Kishida (whose ancestral home was Hiroshima, where the US military failed to suppress bandits back then), seeing that everyone seemed uninterested, took the initiative to speak up: "Gentlemen, let's not talk about national affairs today. I'll start by having a drink with everyone."

With the Prime Minister taking the lead, everyone else naturally has to give him face. To put it bluntly, a ryotei (traditional Japanese restaurant) is the Japanese version of Lolita Island. The perversion of the Japanese and the perversion of American capitalists are of the same ilk. In addition, some Japanese industries are so plentiful that you can eat your fill. So if you really let loose, there are a lot of things to do.

In addition, with the Japanese economy recently experiencing a downward trend, the overall attractiveness of the sex industry has been rising steadily, with fresh blood being injected every moment. This has led many young people in neighboring countries to say that there are too many teachers and they can't handle it, to the point that no amount of nutritional drinks can make up for it.

But Tokyo was destined to be anything but peaceful tonight. Just as Kishida and the others were gradually opening up and getting ready to have a good time, a group of masked armed men rushed in with a shout of "God punish the traitors!" and tied up Kishida and the others without saying a word.

"It's you!"

Kishida knew the leader; he was a staunch hawk within the Self-Defense Forces. He had a close relationship with Sakamoto Yuichi, who had previously gone swimming in the sea; they were practically best friends. After Sakamoto Yuichi's death, this man had been sidelined, but now he had unexpectedly caused such a commotion.

"Prime Minister, come with us." The other party grinned maliciously as he lifted Kishida Fumio up.

Other soldiers followed closely behind, cramming the remaining high-ranking Japanese officials into a van, and then sped towards Roppongi Hills in Tokyo (the location of the new headquarters of TV Asahi).

Meanwhile, mutinies of varying sizes occurred within the Japanese Self-Defense Forces around Tokyo, and all achieved unimaginable success. These successful far-right extremists immediately began to mobilize forces to blockade Tokyo. About an hour later, the Asahi TV anchor was forced by armed right-wingers to conduct a live impromptu broadcast, during which the right-wingers issued a declaration of war to the entire nation and the world.

"We will fight this war to the very end! Japan will never surrender! Great Japanese Empire, Banzai!"