.Chapter 46 Decision-making Point

After reading it, Mu Haoyang also lit a cigarette.

Li Pingko was silent for a while before saying to Li Mingyang: "We must not take this matter lightly. Do you have any way to obtain more accurate information?"

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"If we can obtain more accurate information, such as Japan's construction of strategic nuclear submarines, developing ballistic missiles, and manufacturing nuclear warheads, we can make arrangements for the actual situation." Li Pingko sighed and said, "If there is no exact information, even if we are prepared, we cannot be foolproof. If we get the wrong direction, it may cause unimaginable consequences."

"No matter what, at least it can be confirmed that Japan is indeed ready to overcome the last obstacle." Huang Zhibo glanced at Li Pingko and said, "It is absolutely wrong to prepare now, but I also think that we must obtain the exact information as soon as possible to make sufficient preparations."

"We have done our best and will continue to do our best." Li Mingyang smiled. He had long heard that Huang Zhibo was helping him. "The key is that for such a major strategic project, Japan's confidentiality work must be very strict. For this information, two spies have disappeared. I also had to urgently withdraw three spies who had been lurking for twenty years. We suffered heavy losses in Japan's spy network."

"Minister Li, what you mean is..."

Li Mingyang sighed and said to Li Pingkoo: "Even if the intelligence personnel are redeployed immediately, it will take several years to rebuild the complete intelligence network. It won't take long before Japan will find that their strategic projects have been exposed, which will inevitably speed up the project progress. To put it bluntly, by the time we rebuild the intelligence network, it may be too late and it is too late to stop Japan."

Li Pingko's brows jumped a few times and looked at Huang Zhibo.

"Is there any other way to deal with it?"

Li Mingyang sighed and said nothing, indicating that he could not find a way to deal with it in the areas he was familiar with.

Mu Haoyang hesitated for a moment and said, "For such a major project, it is absolutely impossible to hide the truth. There are always clues that can be detected."

Huang Zhibo and Li Pingko immediately looked at Mu Haoyang.

"Strategic nuclear submarines are just platforms, ballistic missiles are just means of delivery, the key is to nuclear weapons." Mu Haoyang paused for a moment and said, "Based on the information I had previously mastered, Japan focused on antimatter bombs, and before 2035, it was impossible for Japan to produce enough antimatter."

Huang Zhibo nodded slightly and looked at Li Mingyang.

"This information is very accurate, and it is already a very optimistic estimate in 2035. If the Japanese government reduces its investment, it will be delayed by several years."

"That is to say, before this, Japan could only make a fuss about fission bombs and fusion bombs."

Li Mingyang nodded and agreed with Mu Haoyang's point of view.

"Then, Japan has to try to produce enough military-grade fission raw materials." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "This requires a large enough factory and enough electricity. If Japan can monitor its power production and consumption, clues may be found."

“Not very likely.”

Mu Haoyang frowned and looked at Li Mingyang, knowing that he had considered this method long ago.

"If Japan turns its focus to fission bombs and fusion bombs, it will reduce the production speed of antimatter and can use the energy to produce antimatter to refine nuclear raw materials. Unfortunately, it is impossible for us to determine where these electricity is going, and it is impossible to know whether Japan is producing military-grade nuclear raw materials. As for the production site, Japan has enough places and enough ability to avoid our strategic surveillance forces."

"So, even if you monitor Japanese resources, it's useless?"

Li Mingyang nodded, as if he had answered the question raised by Li Pingkoo.

Li Pingko sighed secretly, as if there was no solution.

"Maybe, we can think of something else."

"What method?" Huang Zhibo was waiting for Mu Haoyang to speak.

"Japan has no conditions for conducting nuclear tests and no appropriate political environment, so in theory, Japan can only use computers to simulate nuclear explosions."

Li Mingyang immediately frowned and said, "This is the most suitable choice. Although Japan does not have data on nuclear tests, it can try to obtain it from the United States or other countries. This is used as a reference data for simulating nuclear explosions and complete the design of the nuclear warhead through a computer."

"The problem is that Japan does not have domestic high-performance computers."

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"Although Japan has the ability to make high-performance computers and even large servers, the most core technology comes from the United States, and the chips required to build supercomputers must be purchased from the United States. That is to say, Japan's development trends in the field of nuclear weapons can be grasped by monitoring Japan's computer resources." Mu Haoyang paused for a moment and said, "Simulating a nuclear explosion requires a large amount of computer resources. Even if it is used to use the existing most advanced computers, it must be continuously calculated for several weeks. Supercomputers in any country have a task cycle and will not be idle for a few weeks for no reason. Japan can only call computer resources in other names."

"We can find a way to do this."

"No matter what, Japan must make nuclear warheads to gain strategic deterrence. If the Japanese authorities have made a decision, they will arrange computer simulated nuclear tests at the last moment, first produce enough nuclear raw materials, and make relevant components of the nuclear warhead based on theoretical calculations, and finally use simulated nuclear tests for inspection. In other words, as long as Japan conducts computer simulated nuclear tests, we must be prepared for war."

“Politically speaking, it’s too hasty.”

Mu Haoyang looked at Li Pingko, and he had no say in political issues.

"Even if we get the evidence, we cannot blame Japan. To put it bluntly, Japan can find enough reasons for simulated nuclear explosions, such as claiming to be threatened by nuclear explosions, and finding ways to confront the virus through simulated nuclear explosions, with the goal of reducing the losses of war to the lowest limit." Li Pingkoo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "If we really want to reach this point, even if we insist that Japan is preparing for manufacturing nuclear warheads, it will not receive widespread support from the international community. Instead, it may be bitten by Japan and become the target of public criticism."

"Then build momentum in advance."

Hearing Huang Zhibo's words, all three of them looked at him.

"Japan has crossed the nuclear threshold, and when building the "Chunchao" class submarine and the "Flying Dragon" class aircraft carrier, we all expressed strong protests. Now we can re-talk and raise the issue of Japan's nuclear issue, and first blow up the issue of Japan's plot to develop nuclear weapons and gain strategic strike capabilities. As long as public opinion propaganda is done, even if Japan does not intend to develop nuclear weapons, it will be misunderstood by the international community."

"In this case, Japan can only force it to create nuclear weapons."

Huang Zhibo smiled and said to Li Pingko: "Prime Minister, it is only a matter of time for Japan to manufacture nuclear weapons. If the Japanese authorities take the initiative, they will definitely take the last step at the most favorable time. No one can guarantee that we can prevent Japan from possessing nuclear weapons in a timely manner. Instead of responding passively, it is better to take the initiative and take advantage of our strategic advantages to force Japan to take the step of self-destruction."

Li Pingko was a little hesitant, after all, this was not an easy decision.

If it is really fake, it means that thousands of Chinese soldiers will be stained with blood on the battlefield, and two largest countries in the Eastern world will have a full-scale war. Perhaps, there will be no real winner in this war. As a politician, Li Pingko must consider the various impacts of the war.

Huang Zhibo did not continue to put pressure on Li Pingko, but gave Mu Haoyang a look.

"Before 2035, our military advantage was more obvious. If Sino-Japanese relations deteriorate sharply, Japan is likely to accelerate its expansion. From the navy alone, Japan may acquire four more large aircraft carriers of the "Flying Dragon" class by the end of 2035." Mu Haoyang paused for a moment and said, "If it is dragged until 2035, we are likely to lose the initiative in the war."

After Mu Haoyang said this, Li Mingyang also said: "If Japan intends to create nuclear weapons, it will definitely strengthen its conventional arms before this, so that we will not dare to provoke war easily, so as to ensure that there is a period of peace for a long enough period of time before the nuclear weapons are released."

"Obviously, no matter what our policies are, as long as Japan intends to develop nuclear weapons, war will break out."

Li Pingkoo pondered for a while and said, "The key is to find out whether Japan intends to develop nuclear weapons and whether it has officially launched a nuclear project."

Huang Zhibo smiled and shook his head, and looked at Li Mingyang.

“We will do our best to get the exact information by the end of the year.”

"The faster the better." Huang Zhibo added.

Li Mingyang nodded and said nothing. Huang Zhibo's meaning was very clear. He did not want to wait until Teng Yaohui became the Chief of Staff before dealing with this major incident.

It’s not that he doubts Teng Yaohui’s position, it’s that Teng Yaohui does not have the prestige of him.

To put it bluntly, Teng Yaohui could not do ideological work for Li Pingko like he did, and he could not guarantee that he would completely convince Li Pingko.

For Huang Zhibo, bringing China on the track of war was his last major event as Chief of General Staff.

After Huang Zhibo made his statement, Li Pingko no longer hesitated and immediately asked Li Mingyang to collect intelligence, and at the same time instructed Mu Haoyang to start formulating a specific war plan.

As long as the exact information was obtained, Li Pingko could not refuse Huang Zhibo's proposal.

This time, Mu Haoyang did not ask Huang Zhibo to remind him that after leaving the Chief of General Staff’s office, he followed Li Mingyang to leave the General Staff’s headquarters and got into the special car of the Minister of the Second Department.

Intelligence is important, and the key is that intelligence agencies have to compromise at some point if they are for national interests.

Mu Haoyang came forward instead of Huang Zhibo. First, he had a very good relationship with Li Mingyang and spoke more conveniently. Second, he was the maker of the war plan and had enough reasons to make requests to Li Mingyang. Third, he asked Huang Zhibo to avoid trouble so that he would not get flirted before retiring.
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