Chapter 278 Full Mobilization
Japan.
Although the decision-makers of the major chaebols also acted as bunker boys, they still quickly discussed the current situation through the internal wired telephone.
Especially several chaebol family heads who were hiding in underground bunkers in Edogawa District.
Toyoda's expression was very heavy: "According to the feedback from our business investigators at Sing Tao, it is estimated that it will take several months for the Strait of Malacca to resume navigation."
Yamazaki Nagatoshi gnashed his teeth and said, "Damn it! Now we can only take the Sunda Strait, Lombok Strait and Makassar Strait in Java, which is more than 2,700 kilometers away..."
Because of the Kiev War, global energy and food prices are soaring. Although the oil and gas contracts signed by Japan are long-term, the problem is that transportation costs are not long-term.
After all, Japan's transportation is mainly based on its own shipping companies, and the fuel costs of oil tankers and LNG ships are already rising.
Now it’s making things worse.
Suddenly the range increased by 2,700 kilometers.
America is simply betraying her son.
Suzuki Tatsuro looked at everyone's expressions and suggested, "How about increasing the import of oil and natural gas from Russia?"
"Haha...how about you go talk to America?" Akio Toyoda replied with a dry laugh.
Suzuki Tatsuro suddenly wilted.
America is already furious now, and if it continues to increase its imports of oil and gas from Russia, it may end up getting shot seven times in the back and committing suicide in a few days.
Mitsui Tomishige also looked conflicted. Although the major Japanese chaebols were dependent on America, it did not mean that America would always support them.
After the Kiev War this year, they realized that America intended to raise oil and gas prices in order to reap the benefits of Western Europe.
Although Japan and South Korea are not the main targets, they will definitely be affected.
Originally, they still had some long-term contracts to fulfill, and once Dad had eaten his fill, they could just grit their teeth and get through it.
I'm afraid I'm going to bleed heavily now.
Each ship adds more than 2,700 kilometers to its voyage, and the fuel costs have to be paid out of pocket.
The other two major economies in East Asia suffered the same fate as Japan. The sudden surge in transportation costs was really unbearable.
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Hongsavadi.
The two pipelines that previously transported oil and natural gas to our northern neighbors have been converted for internal use after being acquired by United Group for 3 billion yuan.
Li Xingchen, who has already returned to Chengdu, may be regretting his decision now.
It’s a pity that there is no medicine for regret in this world.
The atmosphere in Yangon, which was originally extremely tense, changed today and the whole city was filled with laughter and enthusiastic cheers.
The abandoned employees of foreign companies who are still staying in Yangon have a lot of bad things to say about the head office. Many of them are not aware of the situation, and many of them have been deceived and then stayed here.
For example, Park Sung-gi of Samsung Heavy Industries thought that his boss took a liking to him and promoted him to become the interim general manager of Samsung Heavy Industries' Hongsawadi branch.
It was not until this morning that he watched the news on the international channel and realized that he was just a discarded pawn.
He ate and drank to his heart's content in the restaurant, venting his anger while cheering with the locals around him.
Suddenly he saw an emergency notice on Hongsavady TV.
[In order to respond to the invasion threat from America, Hongsavadi will enter the second-level combat readiness state from now on. All registered militia members, please go to the designated agency to collect weapons...].
"Registered militia? There are militias in Hongsawadi?" Park Sung-ki looked confused.
My colleagues nearby were also very surprised.
After all, they had worked for more than two years and had never heard of any militia.
But all the new humans understood.
The so-called militia are actually new humans. After all, only new humans have militia skills, and they all obtain corresponding skills through corresponding combat subroutines.
At present, the size of the new human population in Hongsawadi is about 6.32 million, accounting for 12% of the total population of Hongsawadi. Most of these people are young and middle-aged.
Every new human is equipped with weapons and equipment, which are prepared jointly by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their weapons and equipment are stored in the local base city.
After Park Sung-ki and his companions finished their meal and just walked out of the restaurant, they saw pedestrians wearing bulletproof vests, camouflage uniforms, carrying tactical backpacks and assault rifles.
The proportion of these fully armed people is very high, and they walk in groups of three or five in the streets and alleys.
"Gurgle..." Park Sung-ki was frightened.
Even though almost all young people of military age in South Korea have to serve in the military, they do not actually have a weapons reserve to enlist all the people.
Now, in just over an hour, Yangon has filled the streets with fully armed militiamen, and it is obvious that the weapons reserves are very sufficient.
In fact, it was not just Hongsavadi. Luzon, Siam and Ceylon were all simultaneously deploying armed militias.
The size of the new humans in Luzon was even larger, reaching 17.36 million; Siam had 2.13 million, and Ceylon had the smallest population, at only 460,000.
But the total scale is already very terrifying, basically exceeding 26 million people.
This does not yet involve mobilizing the new humans in Java and Malaysia, as well as the natural people in various branches.
Although the militia was not incorporated into the regular army and only formed garrison militia regiments, its scale was already very large.
Since the three places have not banned the Internet or foreign tourists from entering, there are still a large number of tourists in various cities in the three places.
Therefore, the large-scale military deployment in Hongsavady, Luzon and Siam could not be concealed from other forces.
The Sapiens Company had no intention of concealing the truth, and openly armed these militiamen, allowing these new human militiamen to carry weapons and wear combat uniforms to and from get off work.
Star Island.
Inside Changi Base.
Tom now wanted to die. He had never expected that Luzon, Siam and Hongsawadi had developed nuclear bombs right under his nose. He knew that his tenure as the governor of the black ships in Southeast Asia was over.
But the headquarters didn't have time to remove him from his post, and he was also trying his best to collect intelligence.
Tom, who hadn't had lunch yet, looked extremely pale after reading the intelligence that had just been fed back.
"Wang Defa...are they trying to start a world war?"
The militia accounts for nearly one-tenth of the population, and they are fully armed, with a total scale of more than 20 million.
Tom quickly reported the news to headquarters.
The Black Ship Headquarters quickly fed back the information to the Hilltop City Council and the Pentagon.
Conference room in the Pentagon.
Redding Fan, who was eating dinner, almost choked and his face flushed: "Are they crazy? Are they going to fight us to the death?"
Mark William, Edward and others also saw the expedited report.
"Full mobilization?" Edward's migraine was about to flare up, and he hurried to calm down.
Mark William was calmer: "Don't worry, tens of millions of militiamen, so what? They can't swim across the Pacific Ocean. They probably want to blackmail us."
Edward thought for a while and cautiously reminded, "We cannot rule out the possibility that they will go all out. After all, they can mobilize such a large force, which means they may have prepared enough nuclear bunker facilities."
This is also where a number of US military generals are unsure.
If the other party is serious, we will be in big trouble.
The UN General Assembly meeting ended hastily four hours ago.
Now America is stalling for time, pulling in several other powers to prepare for the Hong Kong talks.
The Pentagon’s mission is to find a way to find the super submarine as soon as possible and rescue the Fifth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet.
But judging from the current situation.
Mark William has realized that things may not go as they wish.
