It is Kokang and Changchun

　In addition to Kashino, there were also several cruiser girls with water reconnaissance equipment. The water reconnaissance equipment of these cruiser girls was different from ordinary water reconnaissance equipment. They were all equipped with bomb racks that were only available on ship-borne bombers.

　The naval reconnaissance drone launched in ship-mounted mode is, for the KanColle, a single-person drone with super-extended range and built-in ground-strafing capabilities. However, the cannon and machine gun alone aren't enough to kill, so a pylon has been added to allow it to drop bombs and other explosives, acting as a reconnaissance and strike drone.

　In fact, in an emergency, the ship's underwater reconnaissance ship has its cockpit filled with explosives in advance, and can be used as a cruise missile after being released in ship-mounted mode, but the look and feel of that ship is too much like a "kamikaze special attack."

　The Japanese Communist Party felt that this was not a good idea, so they added bomb racks to the ship girls' underwater reconnaissance vehicles and pointed out to the ship girls that it was not recommended to kill the enemy by ramming them.

　While the shipgirls couldn't always be on the front lines, they could be deployed at any time to harass the Self-Defense Forces in the suburbs. Since the targets were small, like individual drones, they were difficult to hit, and the shipgirls' underwater reconnaissance brought tremendous pressure to the Self-Defense Forces.

　In this way, the Japanese ship girls used water reconnaissance to "harass the enemy" every night for a week, making the Self-Defense Forces in the suburbs unable to sleep well for a week.

　In the sixteen-character formula for guerrilla warfare, the next sentence after "the enemy stays and we harass" is

　What? It's "attack when the enemy is tired"; taking advantage of the debuff of the Self-Defense Forces being affected by continuous sleep deprivation, the Revolutionary Army and the Shipgirls launched a strategic offensive against the Self-Defense Forces stationed in the suburbs.

　Perhaps it was due to severe lack of sleep, or the brilliant record of the ship girls beating the Self-Defense Forces in Kansai, or the low morale caused by the prolonged siege of Fukushima. Among the Self-Defense Forces in the suburbs, some battalion-level combat teams immediately surrendered as soon as they saw the ship girls being killed.

　After these battalion-level combat teams voluntarily surrendered, a gap was instantly opened in the defense line. The ship girls and the Revolutionary Army troops immediately rushed in, and then divided and surrounded the entire suburban defense line of the Self-Defense Forces.

　Therefore, in order to avoid being surrounded, the Self-Defense Forces along the entire defense line had to retreat.

　Fukushima City is located in a basin, and the entire outer suburbs are only a few thousand meters deep. Further out are mountains, and the Self-Defense Forces can only retreat along the traffic lines in the valley.

　The Self-Defense Forces retreated in three directions: the highways in the north and south, and the roads between the valleys in the west.

　The Self-Defense Forces retreating south will be stationed in Nihonmatsu City for rest and recuperation. Those retreating north will be stationed in Shiroishi City for rest and recuperation. Those retreating west will be stationed in Yonezawa City for rest and recuperation.

　The Fukushima Front of the Japanese People's Revolutionary Army had achieved a great victory in its first strategic offensive. When the news spread throughout Fukushima City, Party members, leading cadres, and citizens were overjoyed and offered heartfelt congratulations to the revolutionary army and the Japanese Communist Party regime.

　After retaking the suburbs, the food shortage problem in Fukushima City was further alleviated, but it was still not fundamentally solved; when the Self-Defense Forces retreated, most of the farmland, greenhouses, livestock farms and other facilities were burned down, leaving no food.

　Some farmers who had fled to the city earlier, when they returned to their own three-acre farm in the suburbs, looked at the devastated land, agricultural machinery, agricultural facilities, and storage warehouses that had been burned into charcoal piles, and burst into tears.

　If all these agricultural-related facilities were intact, Fukushima City's food self-sufficiency would still allow the city's residents to eat 60% to 70% full.

　The Japanese Communist Party recorded every act of the Self-Defense Forces destroying people's property, and in the future this would be used as material to thoroughly criticize the Liberal Democratic Party reactionaries in public opinion.

　Then, the Japanese Communist regime in Fukushima began to let party members and leading cadres organize part of the revolutionary army, mobilize and lead local people to rebuild suburban agricultural areas, and work hard to continue to alleviate Fukushima's food problem.

　----------------

　Recently, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party government suddenly claimed that it would discharge the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water, and this time it was determined to implement the discharge plan and even repaired the drainage ditches.

　This action caused the governments of neighboring countries to accuse Japan, and all kinds of abuse from the public were heard.

　In order to find a reasonable reason for discharging nuclear weapons into the sea, Japan specially invited the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, to visit Japan on July 4. The itinerary included the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

　On the same day, the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a safety review report on the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water and allowed Tokyo Electric Power Company to discharge more than 125 million tons of nuclear contaminated water into the sea in batches, which caused an uproar in public opinion both inside and outside Japan.

　This report is not only obviously controversial in the eyes of industry insiders, but also has caused serious suspicion among foreign public opinion and the domestic public that the International Atomic Energy Agency has most likely accepted money from the Japanese government to issue this so-called safety report.

　Subsequently, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Japan's plan to release contaminated nuclear water into the sea. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang WB stated that Japan has gone to great lengths to beautify the contaminated water, including designing the radioactive element tritium as a harmless "mascot" and inventing the pseudo-scientific term "treated water."

　He also pointed out pointedly: "Japan has only one goal, which is to downplay the harm of the nuclear contaminated water. However, no matter how Japan tries to 'whitewash' it, it cannot get away with it in front of the international community. Nuclear contaminated water is nuclear contaminated water. No matter what Japan says, it cannot turn contaminated water into normal water, nor can it shirk the consequences and responsibilities of forcibly releasing contaminated water into the sea."

　China has strongly criticized Japan, but Japan is still like a deaf person and continues to implement the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea.

　There have been waves of protests in the country, and other left-wing political parties such as the Japanese Communist Party and the Japanese Social Democratic Party have strongly criticized the extremely irresponsible behavior of the Liberal Democratic Party government.

　To appease public anger, the Liberal Democratic Party government not only ignored public opinion but also fabricated lies to appease the domestic public and the international community, claiming that the water used to cool the reactors after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident was clean and safe, even drinkable, after being treated.

　In response to this shameless and outrageous statement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again responded, with spokesperson Wang WB sternly retorting:

　"If anyone thinks that the contaminated water from Fukushima is drinkable or safe for swimming, we suggest that Japan put the contaminated water to good use for these people to drink and swim in, rather than discharge it into the sea and cause concern to the international community."

　The Chinese Foreign Ministry's accusation was meant to mock the Japanese government's shamelessness. However, after hearing the accusation, the Japanese government not only did not reflect on it at all, but suddenly had an idea:

　"Yeah, we should make good use of it. Aren't those Red Bandits in Kansai and Fukushima quite active recently? That nuclear-treated water is quite suitable for them to drink and swim in."

　The Liberal Democratic Party began to think about how to spread the nuclear contaminated water on the Japanese Communist Party’s revolutionary base. They thought that Kansai was too far away and would not discuss it for the time being.

　Take Fukushima City as an example.

　"It just so happens that the terrain of Fukushima City is a mountain basin, which is very convenient for drainage from the outside to the inside... Got it, let's do it!" The Liberal Democratic Party made the final decision and then formulated a detailed plan for the "transfer" of nuclear contaminated water.

　Chapter 316: The Role of Torpedoes in the Hands of Shipgirls

　The Liberal Democratic Party realized that the recent war was not in their favor and began to implore Fukumi to send troops directly. However, for the reasons mentioned in the previous two chapters, Fukumi was ready to abandon Japan and focus on the United States, so he did not agree.

　However, Shenhai still gave the Liberal Democratic Party some normal support, such as allowing Australia and Indonesia to export food to Japan in order to stabilize the people in the Liberal Democratic Party-controlled areas.

　Historically, the threshold for revolution is very high. Unless the vast majority of people have no food to eat, or the current political and economic situation is truly unbearable for the people, revolution will not break out easily.

　The Japanese Communist Party knew this, and after learning that Australia and Indonesia had begun exporting agricultural products to the LDP-ruled areas, the Japanese Communist Party's Central Political Bureau held a group meeting under the chairmanship of Ibaraki Hanaogi.

　The meeting pointed out that under the current circumstances, it is necessary to further accelerate the pace of national liberation, strengthen the workers' movement and the party's underground work in the LDP-controlled areas, and strive to liberate as many places as possible before the first round of mobilization of the Self-Defense Forces is completed.

　In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese Communist Party specifically emphasized the role of KanColle and fully affirmed their military contribution and partial political contribution to the revolution. Without the help of KanColle, Japan's liberation would not have been so fast.

　Some members of the Politburo were somewhat worried that relying heavily on the ship girls would easily lead to a huge increase in their power. If the ship girls became independent and seized power in the country, it would be a major hidden danger.

　Ibaraki Huashan commented on this: "Kanmusume are not daimyo of the Warring States Period, nor are they military governors of the Tang Dynasty, nor are they mercenaries. They are part of the People's Revolutionary Army, all under the absolute leadership of the Party. They are comrades and fellow soldiers, not enemies.

　Not only did they strongly support us from the beginning, but after the victory of the Maizuru and Osaka uprisings, Comrade Hibiki and Comrade Noshiro also took the initiative to enforce discipline in the rebel troops and reorganized them to establish the leading position of the Party organization in the army. This doesn't look like they are just holding their own troops, does it?

　When the Self-Defense Forces attacked Kyoto not long ago, those ship girls fought bravely and kept the Self-Defense Forces out of the city. Without them, Kyoto would probably have been a brutal street battle, which would have been a disaster for the city's historical sites.

　Are you worried about Mikasa, Nagato, and Hangsen? Judging from their behavior so far, there's nothing unusual. While they sometimes express non-Marxist opinions, they haven't done anything illegal.

　Comrade, if you doubt someone, don't employ him; if you employ someone, don't doubt him. It's normal for them to have different opinions. We shouldn't be petty. If it's not a matter of political principle, there's no need to worry unnecessarily."

　In order to liberate Japan as soon as possible, the size of the army is essential. The Japanese Communist Party also decided to expand the size of the revolutionary army and carry out a new round of conscription.

　As we all know, Japan often uses anime as a signboard for conscription, such as putting up posters with pictures of beautiful girls in military uniforms. The emergence of Kancolle has further promoted this trend.

　The Japanese Communist Party owns all the Japanese ship girls except Yukikaze and Aozuki. These ship girls played a significant role in the recruitment process in the first two months. After all, the charm of real people cannot be compared with two-dimensional paper paintings.

　The Liberal Democratic Party suffered the consequences of this. They also displayed ACG images during their conscription mobilization, but the effect was not as pronounced as before. Young and middle-aged people in LDP-ruled areas privately joked, "The JCP has real ones, so who would join the Self-Defense Forces if they saw something fake? Hilarious!"

　Of course, all of this is based on the drastic reforms of the Japanese Communist Party, which greatly benefited both farmers and urban proletariat. Otherwise, even if there were KanColle, the number of applicants would not have increased significantly.

　In the past, the Chinese Communist Party, through land reform, liberated millions of peasants, who enthusiastically joined the army to defend the fruits of the revolution. Today, the Japanese Communist Party has abolished agricultural cooperatives, nationalized some enterprises, and implemented employee self-governance in small and medium-sized enterprises. These workers have benefited from this, and large numbers of aspiring individuals have enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

　"With so many expansions at once, do we have enough weapons and ammunition?" another Politburo member raised the question.

　"Don't underestimate the Soviet Union's Cold War inventory," Ibaraki Huashan said without worry. "Even if the Soviet Union only provides us with the Cold War inventory, it's enough for us to deploy twenty divisions."

　The Politburo member said, "Comrade Chairman, I know that the Soviet Union has a huge stockpile of weapons, but will they give us that much?"

　"When we were negotiating with the Soviet Union before, wasn't the total amount of weapons aid written down in black and white? Or were you worried that the Soviet Union would break the agreement halfway through?" Ibaraki Huashan said.

　"Yes..." the Politburo member admitted.

　Ibaraki Hanafu understood that this concern was not unfounded and said, "Comrade, don't worry. The new Soviet Union is quite honest in its diplomacy. I can't guarantee that it will remain honest forever, but at least as long as Comrade Aurora is here, Soviet Russia's diplomacy will be honest."

　The meeting also discussed the issue of increasing domestic production of weapons. After several rounds of discussion, everyone agreed that if they wanted to increase domestic production of weapons to replenish the expanded revolutionary army, they had to conquer the Chugoku region. (The "Chukgoku" here has nothing to do with the China we are familiar with; it is a Japanese geographical name.)

　The Chugoku region is located in the western part of Honshu Island, Japan, and is bordered by

　The Kinki region (Kansai) consists of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Seto Inland Sea industrial zone in the southern part of this region is of great strategic significance to the Japanese Communist Party.

　Only by taking over the Seto Inland Sea Industrial Zone can the Japanese Communist Party take on the logistical production after large-scale military expansion and initially have the industrial support to unify all of Japan, just like the Chinese Communist Party owns the Northeast.

　The terrain of the Chugoku region is much more mountainous than that of Kansai. Kansai at least has some deep plains and basins, while the Chugoku region only has narrow plains along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. The plains where Okayama City and Hiroshima City are located are slightly wider.

　Such terrain would be difficult for human forces to attack, but it was just right for shipgirls (unless there were also shipgirls on the opposing side). So, when the Revolutionary Army on the Eastern Front pushed the Self-Defense Forces attacking Kyoto back to Nara Prefecture, the Japanese Communist Party transferred most of the shipgirls on the Eastern Front to the Western Front, and then, based on the intelligence provided by the White-haired Dumpling, prepared to quickly attack the Chugoku region.

　We talked about the weapons of the revolutionary army before. There are three main sources of weapons for the revolutionary army: Soviet aid, self-production, and captured weapons.

　Recently, the Revolutionary Army has added a new one-time method, that is "archaeology". What is "archaeology"? It means that during the recent operations, a batch of World War II stocks were discovered in some underground warehouses left over from the early Showa period.

　This warehouse was discovered by Ayanami and Shikinami after the Revolutionary Army captured Sennan City. It contained only infantry equipment, many of which were unopened, and could roughly be used to arm a squadron (equivalent to a battalion).

　"Eh? Why are there so many infantry equipment? Didn't the old imperial government run out of resources back then?" Fu Bo looked at these weapons carefully. The inscription on the production date read "Produced in July of Showa 7 (July 1945 AD)".

　Ayanami looked at the open weapons crate before her and speculated, "Even at their wit's end, they wouldn't be unable to produce even a squadron's worth of equipment. Ayanami believes these are probably preparations for the so-called decisive battle on home soil."

　Ayanami picked up an Arisaka Type 99 rifle, thinking about the scene in her past memories of the sailors maintaining the gun, and then she followed the same pattern to disassemble the gun and check its condition.

　She saw that the bolt parts were covered in solidified, yellowed, translucent gun oil, with no visible rust on the surface. After checking, she reassembled the gun.

　Ayanami nodded. "The weapons are in good condition. What I'm more interested in is why this warehouse was forgotten after the war. If it hadn't been forgotten, these weapons would have been destroyed or resold long ago."

　Ayanami suddenly remembered a piece of news that during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian army found hundreds of boxes of brand new, unopened Thompson submachine guns in an underground warehouse somewhere in Ukraine.

　At this moment, just as at that moment.

　"These are not important now. What's important is that we picked up a bunch of equipment and related ammunition for free." Fu Bo said with relief.

　Afterwards, Ayanami and Shikinami began to count the ammunition, and while doing so, they made another discovery: On the stack of boxes were inscribed the Chinese characters "Type 4 Anti-Tank Mine."

　"Huh? Isn't this the stinger mine used by the army's cavalry... ahem... troops?" Fu Bo asked in surprise, "They even have something like this..."

　When Ayanami saw the anti-tank grenade, her eyes lit up as if she had discovered a treasure. In "Battlefield 5", the anti-tank grenade was her favorite explosive to play with.

　When Ayanami still had some free time, she would use a stinger mine every day to stab vehicles and people on maps of the Pacific War such as Iwo Jima and Wake Island. She was so happy.

　"To humans, this is a suicide weapon that takes the lives of soldiers lightly and sends them to their deaths, but in our eyes, this thing is very good!" Although Ayanami's tone was relatively calm, she was very excited in her heart, saying that she could finally play Taijun Happy Stick (nickname of the Thorn Thunder) offline.

　So Ayanami immediately put these mines into the ship's space for use in the next battle.

　These weapons that once represented militarism's disregard for human life are now being used again on the lackeys of bureaucrats and financial tycoons in a way that was unimaginable before. Isn't this a kind of justice-oriented NTR?

　There is a similar incident in history: Japanese troops stationed in Indochina left a large number of lancet mines there after surrendering. Later, during the First Indochina War, the Viet Minh troops obtained and equipped themselves with the Type 4 anti-tank lancet mines left behind.

　During the Battle of Hanoi that broke out in late 1946, a Viet Minh battalion commander named Nguyen Van Thanh tried to use this weapon to attack French tanks, but the bomb did not explode after hitting the target.

　As time went by, the Type 4 anti-tank mine actually became a symbol of the Vietnamese military and civilians' continued struggle for national liberation, which was probably something the Japanese army never expected at the time.

　Anyway, humans cannot use these things for life safety reasons. Only by giving them to ship girls can their power be safely exerted. Why not do it?

　"Sister Ayanami, the effectiveness of the Four-Type Thorn Mine's anti-armor capability is really..." Fukibo reminded his sister that the actual effect of this thing on armored vehicles was not satisfactory.

　Historically, the Type 4 lance mine, captured and tested by the US military, was found to be capable of vertically penetrating approximately 6 inches of armor, making it highly capable. However, its attack range was extremely short. Therefore, it wasn't the lance mine's inability to penetrate armor that was the problem, but rather its rarity in reaching enemy armored vehicles, hence Fukibo's comment.

　Lingnan shook her head slightly and smiled: "Fubo, this

　You don't understand. The real fun of stabbing mines isn't in stabbing cars, but in stabbing people, stabbing the enemy."

　At this time, the door of the warehouse was opened and a group of revolutionary soldiers walked in. They were called from somewhere else by Ayanami to check and take over this underground warehouse.

　Afterwards, the revolutionary army confirmed all the items in the warehouse and moved them out and confiscated them. Except for a box of Type 14 Nambu pistols that were taken away to be destroyed as scrap metal and recycled, the rest of the weapons and ammunition were distributed to the militia.

　When handing over the weapons, Ayanami told the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army squad that she had taken the grenades privately, and asked them to allow her to take them away.

　After a series of steps, Ayanami finally got the approval of her superiors. Since the torpedo would be destroyed after it was handed over, it would be better to give it to the ship girl so that she could play her final role.

　Just like that, during the battle to attack Wakayama City two days later, a dramatic scene occurred at an alley: a Self-Defense Force infantry squad was running frantically in front, and a girl with long blond ponytail and red and white mechanical ears on her head was chasing them with a grenades held high.

　Chapter 317: Japan's Left-Wing United Front

　Regarding the relations between political parties within the base area, there was finally good news: the core faction finally decided to cooperate with the Japanese Communist Party and join the left-wing united front advocated by the Japanese Communist Party.

　The JCP has devoted considerable energy to working with the core faction. After all, at the time, the JCP committed right-wing opportunist errors and, in the anti-Security Treaty struggle of the 1960s, distanced itself from and criticized the students who were among the first to fight.

　Therefore, with such a dark history and the core faction’s own understanding, the core faction’s work is not easy.

　After hearing the complaints from the comrades in the United Front Work Department, Ibaraki Huashan frowned slightly and sighed: "I'll go and see what's going on. Come on." So she took the time to go down and do the work of the core faction herself.

　Within the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, Ibaraki Hanasu has the nickname "the preaching fairy". The reason for this nickname is that she is the kind of person who cannot tolerate any flaws in the eyes of the people around her and often preaches to her comrades.

　In addition to discussions on theories and political affairs, she also preached about other comrades' living habits, emotional problems, and household matters, which made the comrades who were members of the Central Standing Committee and the Political Bureau unable to help but complain privately that Ibaraki Hanasu was like an old mother.

　Ibaraki Huashan came to the representatives of the Central Core Faction. One of the Central Core Faction representatives was a senior member of the Dongshen faction. He felt that Ibaraki Huashan looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember the relevant elements, as if something was hindering his thinking.

　This is all thanks to Zi Ma's ability, otherwise, when this representative of the nuclear faction saw Ibaraki Hanafu, he would definitely not be able to help but exclaim in shock, "Wow, this cosplay is so damn authentic," and would even seriously doubt whether it was the real person.

　After personally attending the scene, Ibaraki Hanasugi took the representatives of the core faction on a tour of the base area, persuading them to see the social landscape after the JCP's reforms. The core faction gave positive reviews of the JCP's development in the base area, particularly its self-governance among small and medium-sized enterprise workers, while also offering different opinions.

　In fact, the core faction is not extreme or stubborn, but just radical. At least it is much better than the Red Army. They began to realize in the early 90s that they seemed to have gone too far in some aspects in the past.

　If this continues, Japan's socialist revolution will be nothing more than a Showa-style red dream, fleeting like a blooming flower.

　So in May 1991, the core faction established the "May Program", turning from the previous line of pure armed struggle that was divorced from the masses to the line of workers' movement.

　"Hide your own partisanship and violence, change your previous extreme behavior, and gradually integrate into the Japanese workers' movement" - from the "May Platform" of the Center-Core Faction.

　In order to attract new members, after the new program of the Central Nuclear Faction was established, it began to try to carry out social movements, workers' movements, and participate in legal activities such as rallies, marches, and demonstrations to actively enhance its influence.

　A few days later, after inspecting the construction of the Japanese Communist Party's base, the core faction found that the political environment of the left was indeed much more relaxed than that of the Liberal Democratic Party. At least they did not have to be knocked on the door by the police every now and then as in the past, and they were convinced by the powerful verbal slapping of Ibaraki Hana.

　However, one of their prerequisites for joining was that the united front must exclude the Revolutionary Marxists. They constantly emphasized that the Revolutionary Marxists, despite their Marxist name, were in reality a fascist organization with a debt of blood owed to the Centralists, and that the united front could not tolerate two tigers in one mountain.

　The accusations of the Central Nuclear Faction were not groundless. The Ge Ma Faction did do some very mean things to the Central Nuclear Faction. They even sent assassins to kill Honda Nobuyoshi, the then supreme leader of the Central Nuclear Faction, who was sleeping in his apartment.