Chapter 63 Out of control

Shortly after the Yangtze River Porpoise sent back the message, the Dolphin also sent back the good news.

The Dolphin, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Jingbo, lurked in the Pacific Ocean east of Hokkaido for more than a month, and has been quietly following the Japanese Navy's "Xianglong" strategic nuclear submarine. After receiving the order, Xiao Jingbo took several hours to occupy the favorable attack position, and then sank the "Xianglong" with three torpedoes.

As the sister boat of the Canglong, the Xianglong has been performing strategic combat readiness missions in the waters far away from the Republic's Navy's range of activities. It is also said that the main task of the Xianglong is to carry out strategic nuclear counterattacks on the enemy after the attack on the Japanese mainland, rather than launching hypersonic cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads to the enemy as soon as possible.

There is no suspense in the battle. In front of the Dolphin, the Xianglong didn't even have a chance to fight back.

At 9:15 Beijing time, Japan's sea-based strategic counterattack force was completely annihilated.

After receiving the message from the naval commander, Wang Yuanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but feel excited. The head of state called Lin Xiaolei. Not only did he win the navy's outstanding contribution on the phone, but he also allowed the navy's aircraft carrier battle group to enter the Western Pacific, looking for the Japanese fleet to fight to seize the battlefield and sea control.

"First of the People's Republic of China, the time is almost over."

Wang Yuanqing glanced at Jiao Shan who had been following him, nodded, and called Xiang Yinghui over.

"The situation is completely within our control, and it won't..."

Wang Yuanqing suppressed his hand, stopped Yinghui's words, and said: "Help me contact Zhang Zhongxian to tell his army that it has completed the combat mission excellently. Whether the Republic can be ensured depends on the performance of the Air Force."

Yinghui frowned and understood Wang Yuanqing's meaning.

"The press conference is about to begin. I have to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Wang Yuanqing looked at his watch. "The war has broken out. Although we can effectively slow down the speed of Japan's response as three strategic nuclear submarines were sunk by our army. Murakami Sasaki will respond sooner or later."

"You, Japan will use nuclear weapons to fight back?"

"Don't take it lightly. Even if Murakami Satoshi is a very rational person, we cannot ignore the possibility of Japan launching strategic ballistic missiles in extreme cases." Wang Yuanqing said airborne. "I will declare the result on Japan as soon as possible. The Air Force's strategic strike operation can start in advance."

Xiang Yinghui nodded and said nothing more.

According to the combat plan, the Air Force's strategic strike operation will begin after the head of state declares war on Japan. Wang Yuanqing's words mean that if Japan is found to have signs of launching strategic ballistic missiles, the Air Force can bomb Japan's local missile bases and nuclear weapons bases before declaring war.

When Wang Yuanqing left the General Staff and rushed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shang Zhenzheng was also worried about the war.

More and more signs indicate that China has launched military operations in Taiwan, but Sasashi Murakami has not received any exact news, and even the combat troops sent to Taiwan have been in the sea. From night to day, Sasashi Murakami has been trying to figure out what is happening outside.

At 0:30 Tokyo time, Higashiya Katsushika, Kitayama Shikawa, Sato Nobusai and others came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Prime Minister, I just received the news." Higashiya Katsushiro spoke first, "Three strategic nuclear submarines carrying out combat readiness patrol missions lost contact with the base, and two anti-submarine escort warships were sunk by unidentified submarines in the waters east of Okinawa. Before that, our anti-submarine patrol aircraft discovered a submarine and fired anti-submarine torpedoes at it."

“Lost contact?”

Dongji Gusheng nodded and said, "Although the search is still going on, there are many signs that our three strategic nuclear submarines have been sunk."

Murakami Sasaki jumped a few times, and his expression suddenly became nervous.

"The troops sent to Formosa have not sent any messages back so far." Higashiji Katsushi's expression became even more nervous. "I just had a phone call with Tani Shu Ryohei, and the National Security Agency also lost contact with the intelligence personnel sent to Formosa."

"Is there no other way to confirm the situation in the outside world?"

Hirokiya Katsura sighed and looked at Sato Nobusai.

"Prime Minister, we..." Sato Shinsai gritted his teeth and said, "Our military satellite system has malfunctioned, and technicians are looking for the cause, but the chance of dozens of satellites malfunctioning at the same time is almost zero. There is enough reason to believe that our military satellite system has been attacked."

Murakami Satoshi stood up.

"The domestic communication network has been attacked and is now almost paralyzed." Sato Nobusai looked up at the Prime Minister, "From the situation we have already grasped, it was the Chinese hacker who attacked my country's communication network. The technicians are trying to restore some of their communication capabilities, but it is not difficult, and it will take at least a few hours."

"Do we have a few hours?" Sadashi Murakami finally couldn't help it.

"Prime Minister!" Kitayama Shikawa, who had been silent for a while, saw the opportunity and spoke, "Getting angry cannot solve the problem. There is enough evidence to show that China has launched a war against us."

Sadashi Murakami breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

"The Chinese hackers who attacked our communication network must be the Chinese hackers, and it is very likely that they were hackers organized by the government." Kitama Shikawa's words were very organized,"

A few years ago, we received information that China is developing space weapons against satellites based on its national strategic defense. The United States proved more than 0 years ago that anti-missile missiles that intercept ballistic missiles can attack low-orbit satellites. There is enough evidence that China has invested huge amounts of money in the field of directional energy weapons, and its technical strength is far greater than that of other countries. In other words, China has the ability to attack our country's military satellite systems. If this is a carefully planned war, China will definitely first attack our country's information systems and military satellite systems, so that we cannot grasp what is happening outside in time and cannot respond in time."

Sadao Murakami nodded and signaled Kitayama Shikawa to continue speaking.

"The army sent to Formosa has not sent back the message so far, it could have concluded that the troops had been sent to Formosa." Kitayama Shikawa smiled coldly and said, "We cannot ignore the combat capabilities of the Chinese airborne troops and special forces. According to my guess, China is likely to have mastered our action plan and know that we will send troops to Formosa, so we sent special forces and airborne troops in advance to control Taipei International Airport. Only this situation can explain what happened."

"Does China master our action plan?" Murakami Sasaki immediately frowned.

Kitayama Shikawa nodded and said, "No doubt, China's intelligence system is very powerful, and it is very likely that it has pointed its finger at us from the beginning. In other words, what happened in South Asia may have been planned by China, with the purpose of making us believe that the war on India is about to begin and will not send troops to Formosa."

Sadashi Murakami closed her eyes and looked very solemn.

"prime minister……"

Kitayama Shikawa looked at Sato Nobusai, stopped the words of the General Secretary of the Military Affairs Department, and said, "Although we were defeated in the first round of competition, we have no room for a look back. If the situation is the same as I guess, China captured the military personnel we sent to Formosa, and even intercepted our nuclear warheads, then there is enough reason to start a war against us. At this time, even if we make concessions, it is inevitable."

"Do we still have hope of victory?" Sadashi Murakami glared at Shikawa Kitayama and gritted his teeth.

From the beginning, Satoshi Kamishi realized that China's purpose was likely to be a reason to declare war on Japan. As a result, everyone, including Kitayama Shikawa, opposed the Prime Minister's analysis, insisted that China would send troops to South Asia and actively promote the dispatch of military forces to Taiwan.

Neither Jiya Katsushi nor Sato Nobusai spoke, but looked at Kitayama Shikawa.

No doubt, among the many forces that pushed Japan toward war, Kitayama Shikawa had the greatest influence.

"If we can win, it depends on our purpose of the war." Kitayama Shikawa had no room for maneuver, "If our goal was to defeat China, it would be obviously impossible.

Let alone now, maybe twenty years later, we will not be able to defeat China. If our purpose is simply to stop China from expanding the war and defending local security, we will be confident."

"Sure?" Murakami Sadashi sneered inwardly.

Since appointing Kitama Shikawa as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sadashi Murakami has not underestimated this outright populist. Generals of the military headquarters can only blindly advocate nationalism, or be motivated by nationalism, while civilian officials like Kitama Shikawa can propose specific implementation plans from a nationalist standpoint. Relatively speaking, people like Kitama Shikawa are real nationalists and the "soul figure" who truly have an impact on Japan.

"As long as China realizes that we have the determination to burn together and can cause unbearable casualties and losses to China in the war, China will be afraid, and will not blindly expand the scale of the war, nor will it attack our country's homeland."

"Keichuanjun, what do you think you should do?"

Kitayama Shikawa said with a cold expression: "The most urgent task is to show our determination to fight to the end."

"determination?"

"Start ballistic missiles at China immediately and let China know that we have the ability to destroy more than half of the big cities in China."

Sadashi Murakami was not surprised because he had expected Kitayama Shikawa to say that.

"Prime Minister, now is not the time to hesitate."

"Yes, if we don't fight back immediately, we will lose the war and even lose the country and the race!"

Sadashi Murakami pressed his hand and stopped the two soldiers' words.

The situation was no longer obvious, but the situation was no longer completely controlled by Sadashi Murakami.

If Sasashi Murakami ordered a strategic ballistic missile to China, even if the missile did not land on China, China would have enough reason to launch a strategic counterattack, and use more strategic ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads to subdue Japan, completely erase Japan from the earth. If Sasashi Murakami did not adopt Shikawak's suggestion, the military general who had already stood with Shikawak was likely to launch a "military rebuttal" and force the prime minister to issue a strategic counterattack order. Of course, "military rebuttal" is still a good thing. If Shikawakan can convince the soldiers that changing the prime minister can get Japan out of the predicament, I am afraid that soldiers, including Katsushi Tokiya and Shikawakan Sato, would surrender to Shikawakan for no delay.

This is not a war that should be, at least not the war that Sadashi Murakami hopes to get!
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