Although the construction of Woody Island has been going on for a long time, it has not been on a large scale.

There are considerable differences in technology between the current means of construction and those of the Republic of China that began to blow sand and land 30 years later, and more importantly, Liu Yijiu chose a more prudent means of construction -- increasing the structure of reinforced concrete to strengthen the strength of artificial land.

After all, when the republic was being built, due to technical demonstration problems, these landmasses that were later expanded on Woody Island were repaired on a large scale, which was a very large expense.

Now, preferring to take a longer time to build and a higher cost, Liu Yijiu must also build this side into an incomparably strong military base!

Woody Island, the largest island in the Paracel Islands, has no military port and is surrounded by sand banks, so warships cannot dock and there is no supply base.

Now two huge warships are stationed outside the island, which immediately arouses the cheers of the fishermen resting on the island, waving to this side from afar from the shore.

The construction is underway, which makes the fishermen who have been stationed on it most of the time very happy, after all, although there is fresh water on the island, it can only be used for washing and cannot be drunk because of the pollution of guano.

After the expansion of the island, a number of livelihood projects were first built, such as a freshwater purification plant, a power plant, a post office, and so on.

Fishermen on the island no longer have to go to the South China Sea to buy supplies for their daily needs.

They were very happy that the country had begun to invest in construction in the South China Sea.

Before. They are the main force in protecting China's rights and interests in the South China Sea, and now there are military arrivals and warships cruising from time to time. There is even an air force patrolling here, which makes everyone feel that they have security and only need to fish.

In the future, perhaps, there will be a lot of warships docked here......

"Master, why are you here?" When the fishing boat on the island picked up Liu Yijiu and the others from the warship, Qin Huaibao, who was sent here, was full of disbelief.

He didn't have a chance to live in the first place. Liu Yijiu asked him to return to the base from the logistics department, and after the child was born, he directly kicked him to the island to be responsible for the construction of the island.

"Come over here and fish for sharks. By the way, take a look at the progress of construction. How's it going, are you still used to it here? Liu Yijiu was a little angry with this apprentice who was several years older than himself.

On the South China Sea side, he won't be unable to control his belt.

Fisherman. There are very few young people. If he has a strong taste, then ......

"Now the construction progress here is very slow, but with the improvement of the basic supporting projects, the construction speed here will be faster and faster......" Qin Huaibao naturally knew his own problem, and introduced the situation here to Liu Yijiu.

Now he is far from the attitude of not taking the heroes of the world in his eyes in the past.

"Take me to see the ...... on the island," Liu Yijiu landed on for the first time on the island, which had dominated the headlines of China and even the world for a long time in their world.

The primitive island environment is very attractive, even Li Rui, a seasick person. I was also fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the island.

"The island is 1,850 meters long from east to west and 1,160 meters wide from north to south. According to the construction drawings you provided, the main task at present is to establish an airport in the west and expand the port in the east, and our project is mainly to be built in accordance with the needs of these two aspects......" Qin Huaibao introduced the situation while walking.

"How much progress has been completed?" In 16 months of the Republic, the area of the island was expanded by 40 percent, and Liu Yijiu knew that the current technical means and the scale of investment could not be compared, and the plan was to increase the area of the island by 50 percent in four years.

"The expansion of the seaport is currently about one-fifth complete, and the foundation for the construction of the airport has just begun. During this time, the Monkey's warship was constantly scouting in this direction. They robbed several islands in front of them......" Qin Huaibao sighed.

"Isn't there a warship patrolling here, isn't there a deportation of the monkey's warship?" Liu Yijiu's brows were twisted into deep Sichuan characters again.

"It's useless, the number of warships in our South China Sea Fleet is small, and the tonnage is not large. Moreover, even if there is an air force patrol, when the air force comes, they will run away again...... "The construction of Woody Island will have great benefits for the rights and interests of the entire South China Sea, and anyone who understands can figure it out."

"Well, I'm worried that I'm too bored these days...... "Although I caught a shark, it was because the shark was too bold and took the initiative to bump into it.

If the monkey can take the initiative to bump into it, it will not be missed.

The monkey with the support of the Soviet Union is now arrogant......

That night, Liu Yijiu and the others just rested on the island for one night, as the person in charge of the construction here, Qin Huaibao, a labor prisoner who could not appear in the public eye outside, had all the preferential treatment of the technicians of the Ninth Academy, and even his family members were placed here.

If nothing else, they will make their home here.

Wang Zixin was very grateful for Liu Yijiu's arrangement, and took out all her housekeeping skills to clean up the shark that night.

Early the next morning, Liu Yijiu and others boarded the warship, and the two warships headed for the Xisha Islands, and Liu Yijiu insisted on going there to have a look.

Although Feng Suhang was very opposed to his decision, Deng Jianjun and others also expressed their opposition with some unspeakable purposes, and there was not much opposition under the tough request of Director Liu, who had a rough style.

The Paracel Islands, consisting of the Yongle Islands and the Xuande Islands, have a total of 22 islands, 7 sandbanks, and more than 10 reefs and shoals, this generation has a saying that half is fish and half water, rich in fishery resources, since the 50s, there has been no shortage of conflicts between Vietnam and China on this, even if the Vietnamese government has recognized China's sovereignty over the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands in 58 years, under the expansion of military strength, and under the provocation of the United States and the Soviet Union, it has always begun to snatch these islands from China.

After all, the Paracel Islands are closer to Vietnam, and Chinese warplanes simply can't effectively patrol the area.

In 1956, the South Vietnamese government of Saigon occupied the coral islands of the Paracel Islands, and in 74 years, the Vietnamese army occupied Ganquan Island and Treasure Island, and on January 19 of that year, the Battle of the Paracels broke out, and the Vietnamese army was expelled from the entire Paracel Islands.

Woody Island belongs to the Xuande Islands, and not far to the west, there are even more large Yongle Islands, these islands were once reclaimed by the Republic Navy, but due to technical reasons and supply problems, there are not too many outposts established there, mainly garrisoned by fishermen.

Now that the Vietnamese have the backing of the Soviets, the attitude of the US imperialists on this is ambiguous, which gives the Vietnamese an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now the Vietnamese know that they can't continue to provoke China, so they have learned wisely, and they have not occupied the islands of Xisha again, and the fishing boats are desperately fishing here anyway, and the warships are also wandering here.

Moreover, in the Spratly Islands further south, Chinese fighter jets are not far enough away, and it is difficult for warships to entangle with them there because of their small tonnage and limited range.

The Yongle Islands are only forty nautical miles away from Woody Island, and it only takes more than an hour for two huge warships to move at full strength.

"I've heard that fishermen here often encounter Vietnamese fishing boats in the Paracel waters, and there will eventually be conflicts?" Liu Yijiu asked Qin Huaibao, who followed the ship.

"But no, those bastards have guns, at first they just rammed with fishing boats, and when there were more fishing boats on our side later, they began to put some earthen cannons on top of the fishing boats...... Qin Huaibao gritted his teeth and said.

The situation here is not optimistic at all.

"How many of our fishing boats are here now?"

......There are no fishing moratoriums and no distant-water fishing vessels, and fishermen on both islands fish around the Paracel Islands.

"Director Liu, I haven't found anything here, why don't we go back......" Feng Suhang didn't dare to mess around like Liu Yijiu and them.

Once a large-scale conflict with the Vietnamese is triggered, he is finished.

The ship belonged to the North Sea Fleet......

"What's the hurry? Old Deng, your test is not finished yet, is it? The ship's supplies are full, how about we go to the Nansha Islands for a walk? Anyway, we are still in the waters of the Republic, we have not gone abroad, and we have not violated discipline......" Liu Yijiu didn't want to go back like this.

"Director Liu, forget it over there in the South China Sea, don't you want to fish for sharks, last night's one wasn't big enough for a big guy at all, or just fish here for a while?" What Liu Yijiu wants to do, Deng Jianjun is already very clear.

He can't be left to chance.

They have been on the South China Sea side for a long time, and naturally they know about Vietnam's invasion and occupation of the islands of the Republic in the South China Sea.

The Vietnamese on the Paracel side are not so bold.

"Yes, Director Liu, the Nansha Islands are thousands of kilometers away from here, and it takes several days to come and go......" Wu Tianhai didn't want Liu Yijiu to have an accident.

If something happens to Liu Yijiu, let alone them, even the entire Nine Courtyards will have to be finished.

"......" Liu Yijiu was speechless, he couldn't drive the warship to the south alone. Then go west and see our fishermen fishing. It's about to be the New Year, and we need a lot of seafood in our Ninth Courtyard, and we'll all collect their catches when the time comes......"

Anyway, it's just unwilling.

"Report to the chief, our ship received a radio distress signal...... Thirty nautical miles southwest of Relay Island, Chinese fishermen clashed with Vietnamese fishermen, and the Vietnamese army sent a warship...... "At this moment, a soldier with headphones on his head ran to the deck and reported to Captain Feng Suhang!" (To be continued.) )