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Li Pingkou needed solid information, and Li Mingyang let him get what he wanted.

The incident happened in the first week after the National Day, and it started with a Japanese American named Kojiro Nishimura.

According to the information provided by the Department II, Kojiro Nishimura was a third-generation immigrant. His grandfather moved to the United States when he was young. During World War II, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp specially set up for Japanese immigrants. After the war, he returned to San Francisco and opened a noodle restaurant. He was very famous in the Japanese overseas Chinese community. Kojiro Nishimura's father was born in the United States and was a dentist, providing him with very superior living and learning conditions. At the age of eighteen, Kojiro Nishimura was admitted to the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in atomic physics, namely nuclear physics. After obtaining his doctorate at the age of twenty, Kojiro Nishimura entered the Alamos National Laboratory and achieved high scientific research achievements before he was thirty.

Kojiro Nishimura also has an unknown side: he is one of the main members of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Association.

The association was established in the late 1980s with the purpose of connecting Japanese expatriates from all walks of life and safeguarding the interests of Japanese expatriates in the United States.

After the outbreak of the East China Sea War, the nature of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Association changed.

In the decade from 2019 to 2029, at least two Japanese expatriates returned to Japan in various names through the association. Most of these expatriates are technological elites, including Momoto Takeuchi, the main designer of the Japanese high-energy particle collider, and the high-energy physicist Yokoyama Toshiki, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024. These two are already the pillars of the Japan High-energy Physics Experimental Center.

According to Li Mingyang, the Japanese Overseas Chinese Association is trying to get some top scientists back to Japan.

Among them, naturally, Kojiro Nishimura.

Although Kojiro Nishimura's reputation is far less than that of Yokoyama Totsu, his importance is definitely no less than that of any American Japanese scientist.

The reason is very simple: Nishimura Kojiro's main job is to miniaturize nuclear weapons.

If Japan intends to develop nuclear weapons, it will definitely need Kojiro Nishimura. To put it bluntly, Kojiro Nishimura masters the ability to enable Japan to master the miniaturization technology of nuclear warheads without conducting explosion experiments and produce nuclear warheads with practical application value.

That's why Kojiro Nishimura has been on the "blacklist" of the US National Security Agency, namely the NSA.

Without the approval of the US National Security Agency, Kojiro Nishimura could not only leave the United States, but even the locations where he worked and lived. In any case, there were four NSA agents near him, and his every move was within the control of the NSA.

Even so, Kojiro Nishimura boarded a flight to Japan on October 11, 2032.

Li Mingyang did not say clearly what happened, but Kojiro Nishimura did not return to Japan, but mysteriously disappeared during the flight.

Two days later, on October 13, Li Mingyang formally submitted the conclusive information needed by Li Pingkou.

The Japanese Military Intelligence Bureau arranged for Kojiro Nishimura to return to China, which was previously affiliated with the Ministry of Defense’s Intelligence Headquarters. The main value of Kojiro Nishimura’s return to China was to help Japan design a nuclear warhead with practical application value and establish a mathematical model that simulates nuclear tests.

In order to convince Li Pingko, Li Mingyang came up with extremely conclusive evidence: the nuclear explosion monitoring data stolen by Kojiro Nishimura from the Alamos laboratory.

You should know that these data are necessary for simulated nuclear tests.

To be precise, it is a basic reference for detecting simulated nuclear tests.

Without these data, even if Japan can use supercomputers to conduct simulated nuclear tests, it is impossible to know whether the results of the simulated nuclear tests are correct.

Although Li Mingyang did not say it clearly, it was obvious that Kojiro Nishimura was in his hands.

However, this cannot prevent Japan from secretly manufacturing nuclear weapons, because not only Nishimura Kojiro, one Japanese overseas Chinese who masters cutting-edge nuclear technology, the Second Division cannot guarantee that it will succeed in the next operation. As long as there is a nuclear technology expert at Nishimura Kojiro, Japan can create nuclear warheads with practical capabilities within a few months.

There is no doubt that a few months are not considered sufficient.

On October 15, after discussing with Huang Zhibo, Li Pingko summoned senior leaders to release Japan's nuclear weapons information.

The discussion lasted for a whole day, and finally, under Yi Yuanchao's insistence, only one condemning resolution was passed.

At this time, the US news media had already reported the disappearance of Kojiro Nishimura, but the US official did not admit that Kojiro Nishimura had left the United States.

On the 16th, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation statement on Japan's secret development of nuclear weapons.

As Huang Zhibo expected, the first thing that was held was a public opinion war.

After the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a condemnation statement, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded immediately, claiming that Japan has never and will not have any secret military plans related to nuclear weapons in the future. Japan's national foundation is based on the US-Japan alliance, and Japan will never seek to obtain nuclear weapons.

Diplomatic matters have little to do with Mu Haoyang.

Although at the high-level meeting, Yi Yuanda rejected the war plan proposed by Li Pingko, Huang Zhibo had already launched the war plan formulated by Mu Haoyang in the General Staff.

Public opinion is just building momentum for war, and war will break out sooner or later.

The first thing Mu Haoyang did was to adjust the equipment construction plan of the three armies and one army.

The first phase of adjustment focuses on existing and under-construction projects, that is, projects planned to be completed by the end of 2035, all must be advanced to the end of 2034, and at the latest no later than the end of the first quarter of 2035. The second phase of adjustment focuses on medium-term projects, that is, projects planned to be completed by the end of 2037, and the progress must be advanced by one year before the end of 2034. The third phase of adjustment focuses on long-term projects, that is, projects planned to be completed after 2037, must either be temporarily dismantled or delayed construction and development progress in early 2033.

It can be said that the purpose of this move is very clear: concentrate on winning the war in 2035.

The first phase of the adjustment mainly involves the dressing work of two aircraft carriers, four cruisers, four destroyers, eight frigates and four attack nuclear submarines, as well as the J-30 and J-32 projects. The army mainly includes four main armies, namely the 38th, 39th, 54th and 15th Airborne Army. The Marine Corps focuses on reorganizing existing combat forces and improving amphibious offensive forces.

In the last two months of 2032, Mu Haoyang's main job was to implement the first phase adjustment plan.

Under Huang Zhibo's entrustment, Mu Haoyang traveled all over the country in the past two months, not only going to all large military factories, but also to grassroots troops.

As a supporting work, when accelerating equipment construction, backbone personnel must be retained.

To this end, the Ministry of National Defense issued a temporary personnel Regulations at the end of November, that is, before 2035, all officers and non-commissioned officers who volunteered to extend their service for the extended service period will increase by 15% year by year on the basis of the existing welfare, and grassroots soldiers will increase by 12%. Half a month later, the General Staff officially issued new enrollment regulations to the major military academies under it, increasing the proportion of recruiting active-duty soldiers from the previous 30% to 60%, and increasing the enrollment rate of active-duty soldiers.

These two measures have retained soldiers who are about to expire.

You should know that when grassroots officers and soldiers, especially grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers, were mostly between the ages of 28 and 36, and this was the golden age for soldiers.

During this period, Huang Zhibo did something crucial.

Mu Haoyang was not aware of it, and Huang Zhibo could not tell him.

When Mu Haoyang was out, Huang Zhibo specially found Teng Yaohui and determined Mu Haoyang's status in the General Staff. According to the agreement he and Teng Yaohui privately reached, Mu Haoyang will stay in the General Staff for a long time as the commander of the Marine Corps, be responsible for planning and organizing the war against Japan, and serve as the commander-in-chief of the front line after the outbreak of the war. Teng Yaohui must give Mu Haoyang the right to make independent decisions during this period.

To this end, Huang Zhibo also made a promise to actively support Teng Yaohui after retirement.

For Teng Yaohui, he could not refuse Huang Zhibo's proposal.

The reason is very simple: during Huang Zhibo's tenure as Chief of General Staff, the General Staff basically replaced the Ministry of National Defense, and it can even be said that the Ministry of National Defense became a subordinate agency of the General Staff. However, in terms of administrative organization, the General Staff should be affiliated with the Ministry of National Defense and obey the command of the Ministry of National Defense. After Huang Zhibo retired, the relationship between the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense will definitely change, and Teng Yaohui did not have enough prestige to suppress the Ministry of National Defense.

To put it bluntly, if Teng Yaohui wants to become a chief of staff like Huang Zhibo, he will need Huang Zhibo's support at least in the first five years.

Without Huang Zhibo's support, Teng Yaohui could not play with it.

Fortunately, Huang Zhibo is still very young, at least compared to Lu Fenglie back then, he is still young.

By 2035, Huang Zhibo was only 68 years old and had enough energy to continue serving the army. In fact, as a general, he should have retired at the age of 66. By the end of 2032, he was not yet 66 years old, which was equivalent to retiring one year early.

As long as Huang Zhibo's support is supported, Teng Yaohui can not only play with the General Staff, but also suppress the Ministry of National Defense.

For Teng Yaohui, there is another reason for making concessions at this time, that is, when he became the Chief of Staff, he was already 64 years old. Although as a naval general, Teng Yaohui could serve until he was seventy years old, so he could usher in his second term at the age of sixty. However, by 2042, when he left the General Staff, he was already 74 years old, and it was impossible for him to continue to serve, and it was impossible for Huang Zhibo to support the next Chief of Staff after retirement and become the soul of the army.

In fact, Huang Zhibo was only 74 years old by then. As long as he had no health problems, there would be no Teng Yaohui.

Obviously, Teng Yaohui only plays a transitional role.

At this time, a key question arose, namely, who will be the Chief of Staff after Teng Yaohui? Logically speaking, it should be the commander of the Air Force at that time. It was only after the Marine Corps was upgraded to an independent army and the commander of the Marine Corps was also a general, new variables appeared.

From Teng Yaohui's standpoint, he is definitely willing to support a Marine Commander from the Navy.
Chapter completed!