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On April 11, 2035, at less than 10 o'clock in the morning, Mu Haoyang received a call from Li Pingkoo.

The high-level meeting has made a decision to launch combat operations against Japan immediately. Li Pingko and Yi Yuandao have signed the war plan of the General Staff.

The first thing Mu Haoyang has to do is to activate the "Sun Weapon".

However, the relevant preparations are still in progress.

Half an hour later, Du Xiaolei held a press conference at the press conference center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and further explained China's policy toward Japan.

By this time, the explosion in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is no longer a secret.

It has been confirmed by five nuclear powers that Japan is indeed secretly refining enriched uranium, and it is very likely that it has carried out another nuclear raw material, namely plutonium enriched. According to China's announcement, Japan has produced more than ten kilograms of enriched uranium with a concentration of nearly 90% and several kilograms of enriched plutonium, and obtained the necessary raw materials for manufacturing nuclear weapons, so it has the ability to create atomic bombs in a short period of time.

Although not all nuclear powers believe that Japan has produced weapon-grade nuclear raw materials. For example, the US federal government mentioned in its investigation report that Japan's uranium enrichment project is still in its early stages and is still a long way from the production of weapon-grade enriched uranium, which will take at least several years. However, the five nuclear powers all mentioned in the news released that the nuclear radiation generated after the explosion in Iwate Prefecture has exceeded the maximum limit of civilian-grade enriched uranium, that is, Japan has extracted enriched uranium with a concentration of more than 20%.

This is already a sufficient reason for war.

You should know that the International Atomic Energy Agency has long confirmed that 20% is the key threshold for uranium enrichment projects. As long as you cross this threshold, it is not far from manufacturing nuclear weapons. To put it bluntly, from an industrial perspective, as long as the uranium concentration can be increased to 20%, it can be increased to 90%. The difference is only time. As long as Japan has enough time, it can produce weapon-level enriched uranium.

This is also true that the International Atomic Energy Agency has always regarded this as a standard.

At the beginning, when the United States was dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue, it adopted this standard, that is, as long as Iran's uranium enrichment project crossed this hurdle, it means that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.

In fact, if it is for civil use only, twenty percent enriched uranium is not needed at all.

Now, China uses this standard to treat Japan, and the United States naturally has no reason to object.

After the public opinion propaganda began to hype, China's related actions began one after another.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese Ministry of Defense issued a message: it will send a fleet into the Western Pacific to deal with the deteriorating Japanese nuclear issue.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Commerce of China released the latest embargo list and included all equipment related to nuclear facilities.

At around five o'clock, Huang Hanlin held a press conference at the State Council, announcing that China will impose a more severe strategic embargo on Japan in accordance with the rights and obligations granted by the "Washington Treaty", requiring all contracting parties to strictly abide by the nuclear embargo policy. China will intercept and inspect ships from other countries when necessary, so as to prohibit all materials and equipment that can be used for nuclear weapons engineering from entering Japan.

Now, the problem is complicated.

Before this, China's strategic embargo was only a unilateral act, that is, it was not targeted by other countries.

As China expands its strategic embargo scope, other countries will inevitably be involved. If the Chinese Navy intercepts third-party ships, it will inevitably lead to international disputes.

The problem is that the "Washington Treaty" grants relevant powers to five nuclear powers.

In response, the US federal government immediately stated that the United States will strictly implement the embargo clause in the "Washington Treaty", but will not accept China's embargo and blockade policy, that is, US ships have the right to free passage around the world and China has no right to inspect US ships.

So, how can we ensure that American ships do not transport embargoed items?

That night, the Chinese ambassador to the United States met with the US Secretary of State for the first time, proposed an embargo policy, and demanded that the United States actively cooperate.

During the meeting, the Chinese ambassador also mentioned that as long as the United States strictly abides by the treaty, the Chinese Navy will not intercept American ships.

Obviously, the differences and contradictions between China and the United States on the strategic embargo can only be resolved through negotiations, otherwise the United States will be involved in this regional war.

For the United States, this is the only option.

If the United States does not cooperate with China's strategic ban, China will intercept American ships, and the United States will work hard for Japan. The problem is that the United States does not intend to work hard for Japan, nor does it intend to break out with China in the Western Pacific region.

As a result, the United States accepted China's demands.

Starting from April 15, all American ships sailing directly to Japan will be inspected by Chinese inspectors before leaving the port. In order to ensure that the United States maintains its face, all inspections related to the embargo will be carried out within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

To put it bluntly, these inspectors belong to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

In this way, the United States is actively cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency rather than compromising with China.

It was just this night that less than ten people knew about something.

At about 11 o'clock, the satellite communication antenna of the Northwest High Energy Physics Experimental Center sent a set of signals to a low-Earth orbit communication satellite, and forwarded them to a reconnaissance satellite in the solar synchronous orbit. More than eight minutes later, the signal reached 300 million kilometers away. Through the orbiting sun observation satellite, the signal finally arrived at the sun rocket that was already on the side of the sun after three strengthenings.

Mu Haoyang is not sure how the Sun Rockets operate.

According to Qian Zhongtai's introduction, after receiving the signal, the Sun Rocket will first separate the load and send the antimatter warhead into the impact orbit. The carrier cabin will start the orbit transfer rocket engine and enter the observation orbit, so as to obtain about half a minute of transfer time after the corona erupts.

Two hours later, the antimatter warhead will enter the coronal tier.

Because the high-energy magnetic field restricts antimatter, and after entering the coronal layer, all equipment in the warhead will be burned in a very short time. After the magnetic field disappears, the antimatter and positive matter will explode in contact, so there is no detonation device on the warhead, and there is no need for this.

From entering the corona to an explosion, it will not take more than one second.

You should know that the temperature of the corona layer is as high as 20 million degrees Celsius, while the insulating layer on the warhead can only last for two seconds at a high temperature of 50,000 degrees.

That's why it takes about two hours and seventeen minutes before the ground center can receive feedback.

At 12:20 a.m. on April 12, the High Energy Physics Experimental Center intercepted information sent by the communication satellite and confirmed that the antimatter warhead had detonated in the corona.

It will take a month to know how much impact this explosion will have.

The reason is very simple. Qian Zhongtai needs to spend one month analyzing the feedback information to determine the impact of the explosion on coronal activities.

Before Mu Haoyang left, Qian Zhongtai only gave a rough answer.

According to him, the antimatter warhead detonated at the top of the corona and did not enter the interior of the corona, and the impact would be far lower than expected.

This made Mu Haoyang feel a little relieved.

Before dawn, Mu Haoyang returned to Beijing and first reported the situation to Teng Yaohui, then rushed to the head of state to report the situation to Li Pingkou in person.

If Qian Zhongtai's judgment is correct, the antimatter warhead will only trigger a large-scale sunspot explosion, with a strength far exceeding that of the naturally occurring sunspot explosion, which will inevitably affect all in-orbit artificial satellites, as well as most ground communications and electronic equipment.

It’s just that it’s certain that the probability of a solar storm will be much lower than one in a billion.

That morning, Mu Haoyang set off to leave Beijing and flew to Zhoushan Naval Base.

The fleet had already been assembled in early March. Four aircraft carrier battle groups formed two special fleets, namely the first fleet with two "Kunlun Mountain" class as the core and the second fleet with two "Yangtze River" class as the core. Each fleet has four cruisers, four destroyers, six frigates and three attack nuclear submarines, and each has two fast combat support ships, a fast liquid cargo supply ship and a submarine carrier.

In another three days, these two fleets will leave Zhoushan and head to the Western Pacific.

According to Mu Haoyang's arrangement, the First Fleet will be commanded by Yang Yufang and Zhang Yuting, who will be the commander of the fleet and Zhang Yuting will be the chief of staff of the fleet.

Mu Haoyang and Zhou Yusheng stayed in the Second Fleet and acted as support force for the First Fleet.

In addition, the landing fleet and the Marine Corps will be fully responsible for Pang Yuelong and Cao Anguo. However, before seizing the sea control power, the landing fleet and the Marine Corps will have to stay in Zhoushan.

After arranging these things, Mu Haoyang called Ma Mingtao.

As before, the Second Division will send intelligence officials to fight with the fleet, be responsible for intelligence liaison, and serve as intelligence consultants in the fleet.

Ma Mingtao stayed in the Second Fleet, and the intelligence staff of the First Fleet were Luo Housheng sent by Li Mingyang.

Since Li Mingyang was in charge of the Second Department, he has broken the previous convention that the fake surnames of the main intelligence officials are no longer mainly Li, but have adopted more surnames.

On April 14, Mu Haoyang boarded the "Yellow River" aircraft carrier.

In this matter, Yan Yingbo was already the major general commander of the "Yellow River" aircraft carrier battle group. Because during the First Indian Ocean War, Mu Haoyang chose this warship again. Fortunately, the main officers on the "Yellow River" participated in the First Indian Ocean War with Mu Haoyang, and they all knew the temper of this navy general very well, and Mu Haoyang also knew them very well.

In the early morning of the 15th, the Kunlun Mountains of the First Fleet took the lead in anchoring.

It was not until the evening of that day that the "Yellow River" turned to enter the departing waterway.

Shortly after dark, the Second Fleet completed assembly in the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, and the First Fleet had sailed out of the sea for six hours.

The Chinese Navy was fully dispatched, and the war reached a point where it was about to break out.
Chapter completed!