The year-long Aum Shinrikyo scourge in Japan and the Ebola virus crisis finally came to an end in the summer of 1994, when China provided Japan with a vaccine to cure the Ebola virus, and a turning point occurred. The Japanese authorities and the Self-Defense Forces, who lost their fear of the highly lethal virus, began to launch a fierce counterattack against the Army of Truth, which was already unable to succeed.
In fact, the most serious blow to Shinrikyo is not the large-scale counterattack and siege by the Self-Defense Forces, but the rupture of the believers' beliefs. Because the "true god" of Aum Shinrikyo, Asahara Shoko, claims that the Ebola virus is a sign of annihilation, the end of the world has come, and only by believing in him can we be saved. But now, the Japanese authorities, who do not believe in him and spurn him, have obtained a way to save the virus. Now you can be saved without believing in him. In short, the Japanese authorities still make most Japanese people feel safe and normal, but they are often humane. Aum Shinrikyo, which destroyed and massacred the city with sarin gas, looked like a terrorist organization after people reacted.
Aum Shinrikyo, which has lost its faith, has seen constant rebellion among its members and handed over the locations and cadre lists of important local church organizations to the government. This caused a major blow to the grassroots Aum Shinrikyo organization, and even the most loyal soldiers of the Truth Army took the initiative to surrender to the enemy, and acted as the leading party to clear out the urban guerrillas of the Truth Army.
After this situation lasted for nearly a month, the Truth Religion suffered another major blow-the actual supreme military commander of the Truth Army, Aoki Moto, was missing. The outside world speculates that he escaped because he saw the end of Aum Shinrikyo and did not want to be buried with Aum Shinrikyo. Considering that this "famous general" buried the lives of thousands of Self-Defense Forces soldiers, even if he defected to the Self-Defense Forces, the Self-Defense Forces would not give up.
Later, the name became particularly legendary. It was rumored that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces offered a huge reward to capture Gen Aoki and make him pay. Some people also said that the Self-Defense Forces were thirsty for talents and hoped to clear the air and invite this military savvy and talented person. People's generals only joined the Self-Defense Forces; others say that Aoki Moto has already fled Japan and went to Papua New Guinea, joining a military organization and continuing his legend.
In any case, the disappearance of Gen Aoki left the Truth Army, which was not considered an elite, not only without a leader and in chaos, but also without unified command. Without the help of effective support, each branch of the Truth Army was eventually defeated individually, or even directly Surrender to the Self-Defense Forces.
Prime Minister Hosokawa Morihiro also promoted the banner of "national reconciliation," claiming that as long as she surrendered to the government and the Self-Defense Forces, all guilt would be forgotten, in order to quell this year-long riot as soon as possible and free Japan from oppression and peace. Quickly return to normal in depression.
This person withstood the pressure to resign, even resorting to wartime means to forcefully dissolve Congress, and acted arbitrarily. Although he has been criticized, it cannot but be said that his various actions are really beneficial to Japan. However, as Shinrikyo is on the verge of collapse, Japan will never allow such a prime minister to continue to serve. Some people even believe that Hosokawa Morihi is responsible for the entire crisis. Not only is he ineffective, but he must be held accountable. And Hosokawa Morihi did make some mistakes, and his butt was not clean, which provided an excuse for the opposition to bring him down.
The aftermath of the Shinrikyo Rebellion was not completely calm until mid-1995. In normal chaos, nearly 300,000 Japanese died due to the virus and the war, which is almost unimaginable in such a modern country. Regardless of the casualties caused, the Truth Army deliberately destroyed facilities in major Japanese cities and caused major damage to the urban economic circle. In this year, Japan's economy, let alone growth, even suffered a serious loss. The damage to the hardware will one day be repaired. However, because Japanese products were unable to be exported abroad for as long as a year, it led to the collapse of countries such as China, Commodities from Southeast Asia, Korea and other countries quickly took over the high ground previously gained by Japanese products.
Because of the Ebola virus, the United States has not provided much support to Japan. Although this is not incomprehensible, the Japan-US alliance has still been affected to some extent. What Japan has suffered from this crisis is not just its economy, population and trust. The Diaoyu Islands in the Pearl of the East China Sea have also been taken back by China, although it cannot build a large-scale military base there. However, China built a simple drone base there in the name of aiding Japan. The drones taking off there can detect military intelligence on Ryukyu and even Japan itself. Japan's entire defensive posture in the Western Pacific has seriously deteriorated.
This is also an aspect of great concern for the United States, so after Japan ended its independence, the United States privately expressed to Japan that it would provide necessary support and reinforcements for Japan's national normalization and enhancement of its military capabilities. This has excited many right-wing forces in Japan. It seems that with the help of the "threat to world peace" caused by China's continuous expansion into the sea, Japan can finally slowly transform from the emasculated country after World War II to a full-fledged country. normalized country.The strength of the Chinese navy continues to improve. In the national defense white paper released in early 1995, the complete fleet organization of the Chinese navy was presented to the world for the first time, causing an uproar around the world. China has 7 aircraft carriers, including 4 Type 002 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, 2 Type 001 aircraft carriers, 1 Ulyanovsk-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; 8 Type 075 amphibious assault ships, 12 dock landing ships; 30 Type 055 Aegis cruiser, 8 052a destroyers, 52 052d Aegis destroyers; 16 054a frigates, 24 054b frigates, 60 Type 056 light frigates; 16 strategic nuclear submarines, including 4 094 and 12 096, 30 strategic nuclear submarines and 40 conventionally powered submarines. (The arsenal ship has not yet been disclosed)
The Chinese Navy may still be inferior to the U.S. Navy in terms of absolute numbers, but in terms of ship quality, the U.S. Navy itself has to wipe out a cold sweat, because the fleets that China has built up are basically new ones after the 1980s. ships, and the total number of Aegis ships with powerful comprehensive combat capabilities exceeds one hundred (054b can be used as a small Aegis). The number of Aegis ships owned by the United States is less than half of this number.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The AIP submarines produced by China are also competed by several major naval powers. The United States assessed at that time that the combat effectiveness of Chinese AIP submarines operating in offshore areas was not inferior to that of American nuclear submarines, and was even better than the Los Angeles class in terms of silent capabilities.
??The nuclear submarines built by China have always been weapons that the United States and other Western countries cannot see through but want to understand. Previously, the United States had never been able to figure out how many strategic missile nuclear submarines China had. Some guessed that there were no more than five, some guessed that there were at least ten, and many even guessed unreliably that there were twenty. Now 16 ships have been announced. Although it is not surprising, it still makes Americans cautiously worried. They don't know the technical level of these nuclear submarines. During the Sino-British conflict, the Americans considered the 094 to be a very threatening weapon when it launched a JL-2 missile equipped with a nuclear warhead. Even if the 094 did not go out to the ocean and only operated in the marginal sea, it would It is enough to threaten Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and other important places in the United States, not to mention that Chinese submarines seem to be keen on activities in any ocean in the world. In the past two years, it is not uncommon for US submarines to encounter Chinese submarines.
¡°As for the Type 096 submarine, except for a few photos confirming its existence, Americans are even more indifferent about the specific technical details. What we generally know is that this type of nuclear submarine is comparable to the American Ohio-class and can launch 24 Julang-3 missiles with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. And other things such as power level, silent level, etc., almost nothing is known.
Now that Americans know that China is equipped with as many as 12 Type 096 strategic nuclear submarines, which are obviously a key component of China's sea-based strategic nuclear deterrence, the nuclear cloud above their heads feels very oppressive.
In addition, China has quietly equipped 7 aircraft carriers. Although the total number is only half that of the United States, the combat capabilities of each one are not bad. The most powerful Type 002 aircraft carriers are enough to compete with the most cutting-edge Nimitz class of the US military. Comparable. Although the Nimitz class is a ship class, the actual individual differences are relatively large, some are more than 90,000 tons, some are nearly 100,000 tons, and the internal details are also different. The design level of China's Type 002 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is very high. The outside world believes that although its tonnage is slightly smaller, its combat efficiency is no less than that of several super-large aircraft carriers of nearly 100,000 tons in the US military.
After China's "National Defense White Paper" was released, the well-known American major newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" published an article titled - China has been preparing for war in ten years, and world peace is at risk. Some other American media have also followed the trend and reported on it, with roughly the same caliber. There is no longer the same kind of adulation and trust in China that existed during the honeymoon period between China and the United States ten years ago.
A well-known journalist wrote: "the most terrifying thing is not the large number of advanced weapons and equipment that China possesses, nor the excellent war art and theory of the Chinese. What is scary is what kind of psychology and purpose the Chinese have. We cannot figure out what kind of thinking allows this country to take advantage of the dividend period of economic development to wildly expand its military equipment, nor can we figure out what China will do next after it has such a powerful force. Because we don¡¯t know, we are legitimately afraid, and we also have enough reasons to arm ourselves to protect ourselves from any unjust armed attacks.¡±
In any case, the opponent the United States faces today is obviously a more difficult opponent than the Soviet Union back then. They may not be as aggressive as the Soviets, but they are obviously smarter. At the same time, they have a navy that is ten times more powerful than the Soviet Union. And the power of this navy seriously threatens the interests of the United States and even seriously threatens the U.S. homeland.