Chapter 433 The Ryukyu Islands
The East China Sea, one of China's three major marginal seas, is the sea area with the largest number of islands in China. Also known as the East China Sea, it refers to a large area of sea outside the Yangtze River estuary of the Yangtze River in eastern China, connecting to the Taiwan Strait in the south and the Yellow Sea in the north.
It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east and bounded by the Ryukyu Islands. It is bordered by China's four major provinces and cities. The area of the East China Sea is about 700,000 square kilometers, almost four times that of Japan's land area.
In the past few years, although this is called the East China Sea, it is actually the inland sea patrolled by the Japanese fleet. The revolutionary government led by Jiang Ruiyuan has no sovereignty over it.
However, now, Feng Shui takes turns to capture it, and China's huge fleet began to be densely arranged on the edge of the western coast of the Pacific Ocean. Even the powerful Japanese navy had to avoid the edge.
Since Taiwan's recovery, the great powers' policy of suppressing China's island chain has been completely broken, and a great power longing for maritime hegemony has emerged. Although the US Navy's main opponent in the Pacific is Japan, it is secretly alert to China, which is also eyeing it.
At Humen Wharf, a couple holding each other's hands and saying goodbye. There are no tears or crying, only a faint melancholy echoing in the wet sea breeze.
Zhang Yinyin is not very familiar with her husband's frequent overseas trips in recent years, but this does not make her doubt about her husband. As time goes by, their marriage is no longer just about flesh? Desire, but about emotional sublimation, and spiritual attachment to each other.
She knew that her husband must have something he had to do, as his wife, all he could do was stay at home silently and wait for Zhong Yang to return.
"Master, you can actually bring your wife with you." Zu Jie, who is over 40 years old, already has the appearance and temperament of a middle-aged man. He has been following Zhong Yang for nearly twenty years, and has surpassed ordinary masters and servants in terms of feelings. He is more like a family member.
"Zujie, when did your words start to become so much?"
Looking at Zhong Yang's cold eyes, Zu Jie just smiled and didn't respond. After so many years behind Zhong Yang, he knew the most about Zhong Yang's character and temper. Zhong Yang has always been cold-faced and warm-hearted.
"Go and arrange the work on the boat, I don't want any accidents." Zhong Yang told the instructions blankly. Then he walked into the cabin inside the boat. The journey was still long and he needed a good rest.
"Yes, Master." He lowered his head and responded. It was not until Zhong Yang's figure disappeared on the deck that Zu Jie turned around and left.
In fact, both of them understand. The fewer such actions are, the better. Zhong Yang does not want his wife Zhang Yinyin to be involved in this matter. As the housekeeper, Zu Jie fully understands it.
The bright colors of pure white and luxurious interior decoration. The 167-meter-long hull has eleven other luxurious suites in addition to the master suite.
This is the luxury yacht "Xianyun" that Zhong Yang took on during his previous trips. In addition to the conventional equipment such as multiple entertainment rooms, cinemas, open-air swimming pools and multiple small speedboats, the "Xianyun" is even equipped with helicopters and medium-sized submarines!
There is a dedicated tarmac at the tail of the hull, and the lower abdomen of the ship also designed a submarine cabin for the submarine!
Considering the safety needs, the security measures inside and outside the yacht are as tight as iron barrels, and they are even equipped with bulletproof glass and motion sensors. Multiple sets of remote communication equipment are directly connected to the satellite system. At least fifty navigators must be hired to ".
The people responsible for the safety work and maintaining navigation on the ship are all reliable guards trained by the underground palace. To this day, this system has been quite strict and huge. No matter how many reliable people Zhong Yang needs to do his job for him, he can always find enough candidates.
Zhong Yang was not present in the bridge, so Zu Jie was the commander-in-chief. The "Xianyun" was directly driven by satellite navigation and had unmanned driving functions, but it was better if someone was present to be responsible for monitoring, which was related to the importance of this mission.
Since the complete failure of Japan's war of aggression against China in 1940, Japan's power has greatly reduced, and even Manchuria cannot be guaranteed, so it can only retreat to North Korea to survive.
However, North Korea is only a peninsula, with small land and scarce resources, which is not enough to support Japan's war needs. Even in order to ease domestic conflicts, Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese military must explore new sources of wealth and allow Japan to retain the hope of rising.
What puzzled the British and American powers the most was that although the Japanese army was defeated, the naval strength was still strong. Even though the two main fleets suffered a devastating blow, they were actually not hurt. They still had the power to fight, even stronger than the US naval strength before 1942.
But the top Japanese leaders gave up Taiwan very simply and never launched any large-scale war with China. Only small-scale military conflicts are occasionally on the Sino-North Korea border, but that is the personal grudge of local garrisons and does not involve confrontation at the national level.
Roosevelt, Churchill and others have always believed that the Hualian must have reached certain agreements with Japan in secret and supported Japan in the Pacific War from behind.
Otherwise, if the Japanese lost China's resource supply, they would not be able to support the war for even three months! But now, Japan has been fighting with the Americans in the vast Pacific Ocean for nearly two years!
"Sir, according to the satellite channel instructions, our first destination has arrived." The first mate on the ship looked at the information coming from the monitor, turned his head and said respectfully to Zujie.
"Well, I understand." Zu Jie also looked at it. After confirming, he called Zhong Yang's cell phone: "Master, we are here."
I only heard Zhong Yang's faint response from the phone: "Okay, I'll prepare."
In the master bedroom, Zhong Yang put down the books in his hand and began to prepare everything. He opened the door to the sub-space, and there were people waiting in it early. It was Changsheng, the director of the Seventh Research Institute, who was responsible for ship research.
The space here is very wide, with buildings made of metal as materials everywhere, and the structure is mainly large rectangles, like a huge dock. In fact, it is indeed a dock. At the edge of the subspace, a layer of membrane-like objects block the outflow of sea water.
The current subspace is 90,000 square kilometers wide, which is half the size of Guangdong Province. However, only about four-tenths of the area is land, and the rest are flooded with a large amount of sea water by Zhong Yang, simulated into a small-scale sea surface as a place for ship research.
Seven large steel cities stand here just like this, the rumbling sound of machines rolling up a dull roar, melodious and low-key, but it is so exciting.
"President, five 30,000-ton transport ships are ready and can sail!" Chang Sheng calmly directed the transportation of materials. Now that it is all completed, he saw that Zhong Yang has arrived and hurried over.
"How are the new immigrants' mood?" Zhong Yang asked inadvertently as he looked at the workers who were disembarking the boat.
"The quality of this group of newcomers is much lower than before. Now the workers recruited can basically only perform simple physical work, and complex work requires further training and education." Speaking of this, Changsheng's smile began to fade away, which seemed more solemn.
After hearing this, Zhong Yang could only shake his head: "There is no way, the domestic situation has gradually stabilized. The work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Hualian has also been on the right track. The disappearance of a large number of people will cause unnecessary suspicion. By the way, the implantation of the positioning chip has been completed, right? I don't want an accident at this time."
Zhong Yang has always been cautious in his actions and attaches great importance to such issues.
"I have reviewed all of them twice, don't worry, President, there will be no problem."
"That's good, get the crew ready, I'm going to open the door to space."
After hearing Zhong Yang's order, Changsheng quickly took out the walkie-talkie: "Attention for all units! Pay attention to all units! The space gate is about to open, please be prepared to sail quickly. Please be prepared to sail quickly!"
Then, the sound of the whistle sounded. The melodious long and whistle broke through the quiet void and echoed in this round space. The huge space-time crack opened in front of the transport ship. Because it was adjusted, the water level difference between the inside and outside was basically the same, and there was no accident of large-scale sea water backflow.
Zhong Yang, who has had several experiences, has also mastered the tricks very well.
The current subspace and smart factories are different from the past. The fixed space connection point in Guangzhou has also been revoked, but has been transferred to a 100,000 mountains, where it is easier to maintain confidential work.
Due to previous wars and turmoil, Zhong Yang's sub-space absorbed 1.2 million residents, and the core population was the first researchers who worked in R&D in smart factories.
Their families and household registration were semi-forced to migrate into the sub-space. Like most of the residents here, they were completely isolated from the main material world and became the first settlers of the sub-space, namely the immigrants that Zhong Yang and Changsheng just talked about.
These immigrants mainly want to make up for the shortage of labor. Mechanical components such as "general workers" and "bachelors" cannot meet the increasingly large production needs.
The empty land also needs enough population to fill it. These human immigrants will reproduce and survive here, and continue the civilization of China, which is also the last spark.
Even now, immigration work has not stopped, but Zhong Yang no longer needs to expand the population base on a large scale, but instead selects some special talents through the contact channels of the ancient Chinese Society. In the present and in the near future, only those with the ability to be recognized are eligible to obtain the right to live here.
Three huge transport ships suddenly appeared in the East China Sea, which must have caused quite a wave of noise. Just because a large amount of sea water was suddenly squeezed out, it was surprising.
However, everyone on the Xianyun seemed to have known it for a long time and turned a blind eye to all this. They were quietly doing their own jobs.
A yacht and three transport ships secretly sailed into the Sea of Japan. In order to avoid encountering American warships, the fleet did not dare to get too close to the center of the Pacific Ocean, but continued to walk north along the China's coastline to the south coast of Okinawa.
Okinawa Island is located in the center of the Ryukyu Islands, southwest of Japan, between the mainland of Japan and Taiwan, China. It is the largest island in the archipelago.
Due to historical problems, the Ryukyu Kingdom has not yet been restored. Japan has expressed a strong resistance mentality on this point. Even the Hualian League cannot be too forced.
After all, Japan still needs to carry out its mission now, and there is no need to anger the Japanese imperial tribe, which is on the verge of collapse, for the sake of the Ryukyu issue. If Taiwan is lost, Japan can still tolerate it and can still fool it at home, because it is China's territory after all.
But the Ryukyu Islands became a prefecture in Japan in 1879, and were a symbol of the power of the empire after the Meiji Restoration. Hirohito would never let his ancestors be shamed. For the army and the people, losing Ryukyu means admitting that Japan's political reforms have been completely failed, and this consequence will be disastrous.
However, the pressure exerted by Hualian was not useless. At least the living treatment of the ancient Ryukyu people in Okinawa has been improved to a certain extent, and in order to maintain sincerity, Japan also agreed not to persecute the local Ryukyu residents to an infinite extent.
There are many islands and reefs here. Only familiar navigators can enter and exit freely. This is not the first time Zhong Yang's fleet has arrived. He is very skilled in walking on the preset waterway.
The fleet entered a secret harbor at the southern end of Okinawa Island without any danger. The Japanese secret troops were waiting here early. Their faces were full of expectations and anxiety.
Because the ship that was about to arrive was filled with the military strategic materials necessary for the empire, Southeast Asia was in a hurry. Faced with the fierce offensive of the American soldiers, they urgently needed various logistics supplies.
Masato Tsuji, standing on the shore with Hiroyo Ikeda, was waiting quietly. Due to psychological problems, Masato Tsuji did not get the opportunity to go to Southeast Asia to fight. But it does not mean that he has lost the favor of the military headquarters. The fact that he was able to perform such a confidential task here is enough to prove the trust of the emperor and the ministers of the Army in him.
"Ikeda-kun, what are the Chinese people thinking?" Masato Tsuji waited anxiously in the military port. He paced back and forth from time to time, and looked up at the distance at the junction of sea and sky. As the scheduled time was approaching, this task was extraordinary for the empire, and he had to pay attention to it.
"How do I know. But now this is the last straw, and we have no choice but to grab it."
"Yes, what else can we do except catch it?" After hearing Ikeda Mitsuyao's absent-minded words, Masato Tsuji murmured, the Japanese Empire was no longer the empire of its previous one.
Even those who are trained in the lower class of middle and lower class will never be told everything. Masatoshi Tsuji and Hiroyo Ikeda still don’t know that the high-level officials of the empire and ancient Chinese will secretly deal, which is a transaction that is soaked in countless human blood.
But the prey is not Chinese, but indigenous people in Southeast Asia, Indonesian monkeys, Filipino monkeys, or Vietnamese monkeys. Basically, except for Thailand and Singapore, two slightly more pro-China countries, the rest of the countries have become bargaining weights on the negotiating table between Japan and China and are being traded at will.
Masato Tsuji's waiting did not last long. The fleet landed, and about 100,000 tons of supplies were unloaded one after another. The military port here was built by the Japanese according to Zhong Yang's request. In conjunction with the mechanical booms brought by the transport ship, a large number of containers were quickly placed in the warehouse at the port shore.
"Mr. Liu Shen, you are very welcome." The two walked forward to welcome the Chinese representative Liu Shen, and took off their hats to pay tribute. In order to avoid the matter being exposed, neither Hiroyo Ikeda nor Masato Tsuji did not wear military uniforms, but changed into a decent suit.
Liu Shen was very satisfied with his fluent Chinese and Gongjin's expression. He smiled and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time. There are 98,000 tons of supplies. Here is a list details. Please check it out."
Looking at the Japanese who were so arrogant a few years ago, now standing in front of him and bowing his head, Liu Shen felt proud, but he would not show this feeling on his face.
"This is our payment for this period. Although it is only half, please accept it first and we will make up for it later." The war consumed too much wealth, and the treasury surplus was not much. Hiroyao Ikeda said so bitterly, but he had to do so.
He knew nothing about the other party's identity, but he must have received the acquiescence of the senior management of Hualian. Otherwise, he would not be able to sell so many advanced weapons to Japan on such a large scale. As for the debt, Japan must have this strength. The war will not end in one or two days. If this supply line is broken, the empire will really be over.
"It's okay, we believe in your credit." He smiled, but actually felt a burst of cursing and contempt in his heart: "Hmph, I'm pretending to be a gentleman if I don't have money, and I'll beg me when you beg me!"
"I am really grateful to Mr. Liu in this way. I also asked me to talk to you in the house and let us do the friendship of the landlords." There was a little flattery in Hiroyo Ikeda's words. With his arrogant personality, it was really helpless to be able to do such a thing.
Because he has known each other for a long time, he is still very clear about Liu Shen’s favorite to play with women. He even invited famous geishas in China and arranged the best food and accommodation arrangements, so that the other party must be at home. This is also the opinion of the military headquarters. Liu Shen, an arms dealer, is a distinguished guest, and must not neglect at all!
Sure enough, after hearing this, Liu Shen's eyes lit up: "Haha, Ikeda Jun is really enthusiastic, then I'm not polite." It's really satisfying to ride Japanese girls in everything. Compared with the supplies sent by Guwen Club, the things provided by the Japanese military are too trivial.
However, this transaction is exactly what the Guwen Club needs. Liu Shen smiled while talking and laughing at Masato Tsuji, but sneered in his heart: "You little Japanese, let's have fun now. Sooner or later, you will still have to pay it back thousands of times. We have time to wait!"
From two hostile countries, three people with ulterior motives talked and laughed, and walked together with arms around. This inconspicuous identity and status unknowingly leveraged the situation of the entire world.
If World War II in time and space was originally a disaster for mankind, then today, such disaster will be concentrated on the anti-Chinese countries in Southeast Asia. Tens of millions of people will be massacred, and the cleaned "clean" land will become fertile and rich in the blood that is like the sea.
All of this is just a transaction, simply hiring a murderer, the only difference is that Zhong Yang has elevated it to the height of national strategy. Since the rising China is not suitable for this kind of infamy, it is most appropriate for the Japanese to do it.
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