Unfortunately, someone reported 'Big Smart', causing an uproar in the US media, and even the Japanese media caught wind of it and expressed their dissatisfaction.
The United States Ministry of the Navy was utterly humiliated. The Minister of the Navy was furious and immediately ordered a thorough inspection of all materials for this exercise.
This order was both a warning and a threat, clearly implying: Anyone in the fleet hiding anything shady better clean it up immediately, or wait to be exposed and humiliated.
Friends within the fleet specifically reminded Zhou Qingfeng to either get rid of the goods before the fleet reached Tokyo or face the ten heavy trucks being tossed into the Pacific Ocean as fish feed.
To make matters worse, this was considered "force majeure", meaning the 20 million US Dollar shipment fee already paid could not be refunded at all.
