Chapter 27 Okinotori Reef
Fu Ming never concealed his personal opinions from the head of state. The two had a life-and-death relationship between them, so Fu Ming dared to boldly express his thoughts.
He thought about his thoughts and said: "The Lanfang Republic, which emerged from nowhere, not only shocked the country, but also shocked the world. This small country may change the pattern of the world."
The head of state nodded, pondered, and then signaled Fu Ming to continue speaking.
Fu Ming said to the secretary: "Please turn on the satellite display."
The secretary glanced at the head of state, and the head of state nodded in agreement. The secretary used the remote control to open a huge LCD screen on the wall, adjusted the channel, and a real-time satellite image appeared on the screen.
The picture is a picture of the Asia-Pacific and Western Pacific Ocean. Fu Ming pointed to the South China Sea and the location of the Lanfang Republic with a laser pen. At the same time, he pointed to an atoll in the Pacific Ocean in the southern part of Japan, about 1,730 kilometers west of Tokyo and southeast of Okinawa.
About 1,070 kilometers, about 1,200 kilometers northwest of Guam.
"This is Okinotori Island in Japan, which our country calls Okinotori Reef. The role of the Orion Republic is the same as Okinotori Reef."
"Yes." The head of state nodded and signaled Fu Ming to continue. Fu Ming used the remote control to enlarge the image of Otsunobu Reef until the Otsunobu Reef clearly appeared on the screen.
"Not long ago, Japan's Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara went to "Okinoto Island" for "inspection", and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan established signs with the words "the southernmost island of the country of Japan" on "Okinoto Island",
This small place that even two big sumo wrestlers could not play at high tide, without fresh water or soil, even Robinson and "Friday" could not feed several reefs for a few days, once again attracted the attention of many people.
Some people in Japan have used this issue to make trouble in the Pacific Ocean, further challenging China's maritime rights and interests. In connection with the recent disputes between Japan and South Korea on the issue of Dokdo sovereignty and the sovereignty of the Kuril Islands against Russia.
The incident, the "Onodori Island" storm was obviously not an isolated phenomenon, but it had a meaning that Japan had started a new round of overseas expansion since the Meiji Restoration, and it also had the meaning of counterattacking and calculating the outcome of World War II.
Although the "Okinoto Island" storm does not involve sovereignty issues, it cannot conceal the essence of the inflated ambitions in Japan."
The head of state thought, Fu Ming continued: "People have generally noticed the economic connotation of the "Okinoto Island" storm. That is, as long as it is an island in Japan, Japan can set up an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles accordingly.
The total area reaches 400,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the entire land area of Japan's about 380,000 square kilometers. This is undoubtedly an important reason. For this reason, Japan will refer to these reefs as islands no matter what.
People also generally noticed that Japan's actions were mainly aimed at China, because Shintaro Ishihara himself said that the main purpose of building power generation facilities in "Okinoto Island" is to prevent China from "Okinoto Island" from "Okinoto Island" issue.
"To ensure that Japan has set up its exclusive economic zones of 200 nautical miles in its surrounding waters."
The head of state nodded and agreed: "Yes, people only noticed the economic aspects, but on a deeper level, they did not expect that Japan's wolf ambitions were undoubtedly revealed. We did not have a strong counterattack in this regard except for protests."
Fu Ming sighed slightly and said, "Yes, in addition to economic factors, "Onoki Island" should also have political and military significance for Japan, and its economic value is not necessarily limited to the 200 nautical miles exclusive under normal circumstances.
Economic Zone rights. For example, Okinobi Island is located between Guam and Taiwan, and the Shanghai-Sydney-Wellington route passes by it. If it can be built into a decent island, it can be used for military and civilian purposes.
The ships provide economic benefits in docking and resupply.
What is worth discussing is its political meaning. It is self-evident in suppressing and curbing China, just like Japan maliciously thrusts against the China-Russia oil pipeline. It is also possible to think about it: if you use "
The 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone is established as the center of the circle, which coincides with the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone extending from Japan. Then the vast Western Pacific region will become the "sphere of influence" of Japan, and Japan will use international law and economy.
In the name of the event, the new "going south" strategy has been realized.
If a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone is established with "Okinoto Island" as the center, it is likely to have a dispute over maritime rights and interests with the adjacent Taiwan, and this dispute needs effective negotiations at the level of sovereign states to be resolved.
Therefore, Japan can hold a "new card" that supports ** forces in a new form. If necessary, this card can be used to restrain and blackmail the Chinese mainland.
Some countries along the South China Sea have territorial requirements for islands such as the Huaxia Nansha Islands. Japan is now building artificial facilities on the reefs and intends to set up an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles. It is not ruled out that there will be provocations, which stimulates relevant countries to further increase the number of islands such as the Nansha Islands in my country. Coveted attempt.”
"Yes, a small island, a few square meters, will have a radius of 200 nautical miles of marine territory. This is not a small number, and the economic, political and military significance is more important. We do this in this regard.
It's not enough. The Republic of Lanfang walked ahead of us, ashamed."
Fu Ming smiled: "It is not too late to make up for the dead. As long as our ocean awareness is improved and the country invests money, our Zeng Mu will become a strategic stronghold that will strangle the throat of the Strait of Malacca."
Fu Ming continued to give instructions to the picture: "The military significance of "Okinoto Island" is also obvious, especially when Japan wants to become a "normal country", modify the name of the "Self-Defense Force" and actively carry out overseas military operations. "Okinoto"
Bird Island "close to Guam, Saipan, the Philippines and Taiwan, its strategic location is very important, and it is not as vulnerable as the Ryukyu Islands. It has great military value in controlling Taiwan's east coast, and is completely in the event of "even things".
It can become the advance base for Japan and the island of Digo Garcia in Japan.
Although "Ononobi Island" is only a few reefs, Japan has a record of large-scale land reclamation in its local area. Moreover, Japan has spent tens of billions of yen since 1987, surrounding the two reefs
Protective facilities have been built and reinforced. The relevant parties in Japan have also built a three-story observation station on the sea surface near the two reefs. Now they are going to build a power station and an observation radar, which has a surveillance radius of within 20 kilometers.
The ability to move all ships.
It is entirely possible for Japan to build "Ononodo Island" into an artificial island of a certain scale in the future.
The Japanese politicians should also pay attention to the way they act in the "Okinoto Island" storm. On the surface, the one who jumped the most fiercely was Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, and Prime Minister Koizumi did not directly express his opinion on the construction of power stations. The reason
It is "worrying to overstimulate China."
But this is just an illusion. When Japan invaded China in the past, there were the General Staff Headquarters and the Kwantung Army. The Military Department and the Foreign Ministry had a red face and a white face singing the "double act". We should not childishly mistake the technical discrimination in Japan as strategic.
Chapter completed!