Many people are wrong, thinking that Japan is afraid of our J-20 and our aircraft carrier battle group. All wrong! The truth is that Tokyo is not afraid of how advanced your weapons are, they are only afraid of how cruel your methods are.

The decision-makers in Tokyo are like a mirror in their hearts, advanced weapons are at most a deterrent on the battlefield, and what really makes them restless is China's means of directly poking the lifeline and drawing salaries from the bottom of the pot.

Japan's lifeline is energy, the island country has almost no decent local energy reserves, more than 90% of the crude oil imported in 2024 will come from the Middle East, and more than 80% of these life-saving oil tankers will have to squeeze through the narrow waterway of the Strait of Hormuz to transport to Japan.

This means that as long as this route is cut off, Japan's energy supply is equivalent to being choked. They themselves know this, after the US air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, the Japanese government immediately panicked, fearing that Iran would block the strait, quickly announced subsidies for gasoline prices, and also urgently expanded the emergency reserves of liquefied natural gas, from the previous annual purchase volume of about 210,000 tons, to at least 840,000 tons per year.

But this reserve will not last long, Japan's industrial production, power supply, transportation and logistics are all supported by oil and gas, once the strait is blocked, energy prices will soar instantly, factory machines will stop, gas stations will line up so that they can't see the end, and the daily lives of ordinary people will fall into chaos.

More importantly, China's area denial capability has long been nothing more than talk, the Dongfeng series missiles in the Eastern Theater Command accurately hit the intended target in live ammunition fire, and if this strike accuracy is used in the blockade of key waterways, any transport fleet that tries to break through will have to weigh the consequences.

It is not enough to cut off energy, Japan's industrial system is a "precision instrument in a glass cover", looking advanced but unable to withstand the toss. More than 70% of the country's core industries are gathered around Tokyo Bay and Osaka Bay, and the pillar industries such as automobile manufacturing, electronic chips, and precision machinery are all gathered here, and most of the refineries, ports and terminals, and power hubs that support these industries are mostly distributed in coastal areas, with almost no strategic depth.

China's long-range fire strike capabilities have long been tested in actual combat, and the long-range rocket launchers in the Eastern Theater Command have thundered in live-fire in the Taiwan Strait, accurately covering the target area.

Take the automobile industry as an example, Japan is a major exporter of automobiles in the world, but automobile production requires the coordinated supply of thousands of parts, once the port is blocked and the parts factory is hit, the entire industrial chain will be immediately broken.

What's worse is that although Japan's chip manufacturing is advanced, raw materials and equipment are highly dependent on imports, and the transportation of these materials also has to pass through China's controllable waters.

Japan's defense system looks bluffing, but in fact it has fatal shortcomings, and it cannot stop this kind of precision strike at all. Their proud Aegis system and Patriot missiles are mainly aimed at traditional ballistic missiles, and in the face of China's hypersonic weapons that can change orbits, the interception success rate is pitifully low.

The Rocket Force units of the Eastern Theater Command carried out too many areas and multiple types of conventional guided fire assaults during the exercise, and all missiles accurately hit the target.

Interestingly, Japan deployed a large number of military forces in the southwestern islands to create a so-called "forward defense", but the core area of the mainland was weakly defended. Once a conflict breaks out, China's naval and air forces can contain its forces in the southwestern islands, while using long-range firepower to directly attack key targets on the mainland.

In addition to hard crackdowns, the containment of the network and electronics is even more unguardable for Japan. Today's Japanese society is highly dependent on digitalization, and financial transactions, power dispatching, traffic control, and communication services are all supported by complex network systems.

China's cyber warfare capabilities are no longer what they used to be, and they can launch precise cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, as long as Japan's financial payment system is paralyzed, the stock market will fluctuate instantly, and corporate funds will not be able to flow; cutting off the power dispatch network, the city will fall into darkness, and industrial production and people's livelihood security will be completely stopped.

In terms of electronic warfare, China's electronic warfare aircraft and ground jamming equipment can effectively suppress Japan's radar and communication systems, making it impossible for their fighters to take off, warships to navigate, and troops to communicate, and the entire defense system to become "deaf" and "blind". This kind of invisible smoke strike frightens Japan more than bombs, because it can paralyze the operation of the entire country without causing a large number of casualties.

The core reason why Japan is afraid of these methods is that their national structure is too "fragile", with all key functions concentrated in a few areas, no redundant backups, and once a node is destroyed, the entire system will collapse.

They spend a lot of money to introduce advanced weapons and expand their armaments, essentially trying to rely on hard power to deter them, but they encounter China's strategic idea of focusing on weaknesses. The J-20 and the aircraft carrier battle group are indeed powerful, but they are tools used to break Japan's defense shell, and what really makes Japan completely lose its ability to resist is the subsequent series of strikes against energy, industry, network, and transportation.

These methods do not pursue the number of enemies killed on the battlefield, but by destroying the foundation of the country's operation and causing Japan to collapse from within.

In the current international situation, peaceful development is the right way, but if Japan insists on going further and further on the wrong path, when it really has to show its sword, these methods that make it afraid may become a reality. At that time, no matter how advanced the fighters and warships are, they will not be able to protect its lifeline, which is the reality that Tokyo's top management knows best.