Above the blue waves of the South China Sea, a Type 05 destroyer ShenzhenØ is chopping through the waves. Judging from the repeated victories between China and Yugoslavia, China has become the unequivocal leader in this sea area. After the establishment of regular patrols by the South China Sea Fleet, it caused great trouble for Vietnam and the Philippines to replenish the islands and reefs they had stolen. Especially on the Vietnamese side, the navy is playing a particularly good role, and more and more maritime fortresses are sinking on islands and reefs. Their own radars have absolute control over the surrounding waters, and they are equipped with wave-piercing boats and 9-level weapons, making it extremely difficult for Vietnam's supply ships to complete their supply tasks.
After many cat-and-mouse farces, the Vietnamese discovered a pattern. As long as they did not come within 2 nautical miles of the islands and reefs they illegally occupied, they would not be attacked by Chinese navy ships and helicopters. Most of these attacks were warnings. , only when you completely ignore the advice and want to break in, the attack will become fatal.
Within half a year, the navy sank two small supply ships of the Vietnamese People's Navy. Because the scale of the battle was too small and both sides kept it secret, it did not cause any big waves in the international community.
What will happen if the islands and reefs without fresh water and food cannot receive supplies? die
This blocking tactic directly caused the guards on many islands and reefs that Vietnam had seized to die of hunger and thirst. Some sailors who could not bear this fear jumped into the sea and tried to swim back to Vietnam. This was naturally impossible. They Most of them became delicious meals for sharks, drowned, and sometimes were shot to death by machine guns from passing Chinese warships.
The Vietnamese monkey soldiers who did not jump into the sea knew that there was no hope of survival, and some of them committed suicide by drinking bullets.
With Vietnam¡¯s example ahead, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs privately notified the Philippines. Order the Philippines to quickly evacuate the troops and residents on the B islands they occupied, otherwise Vietnam will be a lesson to them. Naturally, the Philippines was unwilling. At this time, the Philippines had not learned the tricks of later generations to fight for international sympathy, nor had it learned to go to the International Court of Justice. After all, the Convention on the Law of the Sea had not yet officially entered into force. I turned around and begged the United States, but I didn¡¯t know that Yu had accepted China¡¯s benefits, such as freedom of navigation, military exercises, shelter from the wind and supplies on nearby islands and reefs. The Philippines definitely couldn¡¯t provide it, but China could. This has facilitated U.S. activities in the South China Sea.
Although the South China Sea is China¡¯s backyard, its strength is not as strong as the United States¡¯ control of the Caribbean Sea, so it can only pinch its nose in exchange for the United States¡¯ ignorance of the Philippines.
The Philippines is very sad now. Once China really adopts the blocking measures it used to deal with Vietnam, the Philippines will have nothing to do. In addition, Nanjie is causing trouble and trouble in Southeast Asia. At this time, East Malaysia has been conquered, and the Philippine Islands can be seen across the sea. Some Philippine politicians proposed exchanging South China Sea islands and reefs for South China Sea liberation and China's promise not to send troops to the Philippines. This proposal has not yet been put on the table, but the red alert spies sent by Qi Yiming to the Philippines have already picked up some clues.
If the Philippines really proposes this exchange, Qi Yiming thinks that the people above will probably agree. Qi Yiming himself was good, but he was a little regretful that he couldn't punish Fei Hou properly. In addition, he has a bigger plan in the later stage. If the Philippines is brought in again, he may not be able to stop it.
Under this situation, the South China Sea Fleet in the South China Sea has become more and more like a regional ruler. Compared with the JD Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, which are mainly exercises, the South China Sea Fleet has really fought in actual combat, and there are often confrontations. This also allowed the South China Sea Fleet to slowly develop into the most impressive fleet in the Republic Navy.
At this time, the 05 destroyer was boringly performing a cruise mission with almost no changes. There were several main types of cruise missions. The type generally performed by a 66-ton destroyer was jokingly called "running circles." The reason why they are called this is because destroyers with strong endurance and self-sustainability can sail relatively far without supplies. They can circle the South China Sea along the nine-dash line without any problems. This process is like an athlete running on a sports field. lock up.
When running in circles, destroyers sometimes encounter other ships, and generally don¡¯t care what they are doing. At most, they send a radio to ask which country they are from. Civilian ships from all countries must give way when encountering warships, and they must answer questions when asked. If you encounter a fishing boat, make sure it is not from your country and it is within the nine-dash line. The destroyer will not take action directly. Instead, it will notify the coast guard patrolling nearby and let the law enforcement ship arrest the person and detain the boat or execute the expulsion.
05Since joining the navy, he has been deeply loved by the officers and soldiers of the navy. There are currently two ships of the same type serving in the three major fleets, with four ships in each fleet. The navy, which has not yet come into contact with the Aegis destroyer, believes that the 052A is already one of the best destroyers in the world today, not inferior to the Adams class or even the Spruance class of the US military.
This love directly led to the fact that after Qi Yiming suspended the production of this type of destroyer for the Navy, the Navy transferred the relevant manufacturing technology to a series of military industrial enterprises, led by Jiangnan Shipbuilding, to build the same type of ship. It's not that Qi Yiming doesn't want to build it for the Navy, but Qi Yiming thinks it's not interesting to build 05 again. He didn't tell the navy that 052 will appear soon. The navy naturally has its own development plan.Draw. Furthermore, the Navy hopes to cultivate the technical level of national defense enterprises, just as companies such as Chengdu Aircraft and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation have been reborn and are becoming truly high-end technology companies.
In the past two years, the Navy has only lost some innocuous orders to Jiangnan, Hudong and other shipyards. Most of these shipyards are now making a living on their own, building things like ro-ro wheels and bulk carriers of 10,000 tons. Or those who are a bit ambitious, such as Jiangnan, Huangpu, etc. after rectification, have taken over the drilling platform and LN and other technologies from the base to study, and are also absorbing technologies such as flat land shipbuilding method and segmented shipbuilding. But except for the newly formed Coast Guard, which gave them many orders for law enforcement ships ranging from several hundred tons to three thousand tons, the Navy really didn't take much care of him here.
Jiangnan and other companies were unwilling to give up the military industry market. After some calculations with the Navy, they obtained the 05 production technology from the Bohai Shipyard. The Navy also squeezed out some funds and ordered four 05 destroyers. Hopefully, Jiangnan can keep up with the pace and master the manufacturing technology of world-class destroyers
Qi Yiming doesn¡¯t know about this. If he does, he will definitely go to Liu Huaqing and ask him to think about it again. But think about it, if several naval shipyards are left hanging there for a long time, they will probably be ruined in the next three to five years.
After Jiangnan received the deposit, he became very ambitious and started construction of two ships at the same time. It is said that the first ship has been completed and launched. This is the first time that Jiangnan has built a main battleship of such a large tonnage. If there were no red-alert shipbuilding engineers to check the whole process during the manufacturing process, there would probably still be a lot of mistakes.
The weapons and electronic equipment on the ship are basically non-base domestically produced, which seems to be quite beneficial for promoting the development of the military industry chain.
Lu Junfu, the captain of the Shenzhen Ø, is well aware of the Navy¡¯s order for four more Type 05s, and feels that this is a particularly wise decision by the Navy. In his opinion, if the country was not very wealthy, twenty or thirty good ships like the 05 should be built. After he took over as the captain of the ShenzhenØ, he was very fond of this excellent ship with its beautiful appearance, powerful firepower and high versatility. ShenzhenØgave him not only a job, but also his dream and his glory.
Thinking of this, Lu Junfu couldn't help but sigh slightly. He himself is an officer with great potential for development in the navy. He previously participated in the RINPAC joint military exercise, and later had actual combat tests such as seizing islands in the South China Sea and sending troops to Malaysia. This cruise may be his last Once appeared as the captain of the Shenzhen ship. After returning, the Shenzhen Ø will return to the site for maintenance. He will soon hand over his duties and be promoted to the rank of naval colonel, waiting for a new appointment.
It is very difficult to take over a captain at the senior colonel level in PLA. Currently, there are only six ships in the Navy whose captains are senior colonels. These six ships are the two amphibious assault ships Hainan and Shangri-La, and four 094 strategic nuclear submarines. . Lu Junfu didn't know that there would be more and more senior naval captains in the future. Amphibious assault ships, aircraft carriers, arsenal ships, and strategic nuclear submarines. These first-class warships are basically tens of thousands of tons. Captains and political commissars must also be assigned to senior colonel level. class.
Lu Junfu, who did not know that aircraft carriers and arsenal ships would be commissioned in the future, was quite confused at this time. He had no knowledge of submarines and was not familiar with operating amphibious assault ships. Although he could learn these things, what he yearned for was to be on the big screen under the blue sky. At sea, use your own artillery and missiles to teach the enemy's ships a lesson.
Without a suitable shipboard position, he might enter the Fleet Headquarters to take charge of the work, and then accumulate a few more years of experience and join the Navy Headquarters. Maybe if he does well, he can become the Navy Commander one day. But these are not what he loves. What he loves is still the position of a captain who goes to sea on the front line.
He was lost in thought until an officer on the ship called him.
"Captain, what is probably a small fishing boat on the radar is constantly approaching us. Maybe there is no communication equipment on the ship and we cannot receive our message to persuade them to leave."
Lu Junfu came to his senses and nodded, thinking that this situation was probably a fishing boat that accidentally strayed into the vicinity of Shenzhen No. 1, and it was not worth sending a helicopter to take a look around. However, he was full of professionalism and asked all the officers and soldiers on the ship to cheer up and the observation department to pay more attention.
"Captain, it is indeed a fishing boat. Well, they are still flying our national flag. Are they fishermen from Hainan?
Lu Junfu said: "It's possible that this is already the southern end of the South China Sea. Not far to the southeast is our Nanmen Zengmu Shoal. It's strange. How can fishermen in Hainan travel so far in such a small fishing boat?"
Political Commissar Cheng Guang said worriedly: "After sailing so far, these fellows probably ran out of fresh water and food, so they came here waving flags and prepared some food and drink. If you need anything, please help."
Lu Junfu agreed with this approach, but still said: "Just put the lifeboat over and ask. Be careful and be prepared for all situations."
A lifeboat carrying several marines was put on the sea. After starting the motor, it quickly sailed towards the approaching small fishing boat.