Chapter 193: The Battle Begins 2

For decades, although people have been accustomed to peaceful life, there are still a large number of activists, especially those in power, who are full of anticipation of war! On March 21, 40, China and the Philippines clashed in arms, and the two sides declared war on each other in the afternoon, and 30 minutes later, the Indonesian government announced its support for its allies against China, giving all-round support and assistance, and almost at the same time, Vietnam made similar statements, and Malaysia and Thailand also made similar statements; At 15:30, an hour after the government of country Z declared war on the Philippines, it declared a "state of hostility" against Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, saying that it would never tolerate the enemy's "desecration" of China's territorial waters and sovereignty.

Internationally, on February 18, the U.S. government expressed grave concern about the situation in Southeast Asia, demanded that all countries stop its provocative actions, and announced that it reserved the right to take further action; On the 21st, the White House spokesman expressed "regret" over the start of the war in Southeast Asia, and expressed to the world the willingness to maintain the "balance of power" and peace and stability in Southeast Asia, and at the same time announced to the world that four aircraft carrier battle groups were assembling in the waters of Guam (there were originally two aircraft carrier battle groups in the region) to wait for further instructions from the government; At the same time, careful people have also noticed that the United States has activated the orange national alert level. The Indian government also expressed serious concern about the situation in Southeast Asia on the 18th, asked the parties to the dispute to hold dialogue, and immediately raised the country's combat readiness level after the outbreak of war, and informed the governments and international groups of the attitude of "resolutely opposing" the war in Southeast Asia, and the two aircraft carrier battle groups of its navy began to assemble in the waters of the eastern Indian Ocean, and announced the joint exercise of the navy and air force. The Australian government also expressed its willingness on the 18th, saying that it did not want the people of Southeast Asia to suffer from the "disaster of war" again, and then expressed regret that it was powerless about the situation, and "reserved" the right to take follow-up actions, activating the country's highest level of combat readiness.

As early as the 18th, the government of country Z briefed the Japanese government on the latest situation in Southeast Asia, reiterated the Chinese view that the validity of the treaty between the two countries should be maintained at all times, that the Japanese government would remain neutral, and that the Sino-Japanese trade agreement would continue to be effective. On the 21st, the Japanese government expressed its opposition to the war in Southeast Asia, demanded restraint from all countries, and announced a decision on the embargo of war materials for belligerents; The European Union and Russia also expressed their demand on relevant countries to stop provocative actions on the 18th, and immediately announced the decision to impose a temporary arms embargo on all relevant countries, and Brazil and other South American and African countries made similar expressions. Taiwan, another sensitive point of the conflict, remained silent, but quickly raised the state of alert to the highest state of alert, and all the officers and men of the three armed forces stopped taking leave and entered combat posts!

In less than four days, the people of the world have shifted their attention from their homes to the mysterious southeastern Far East, where there are the so-called ten ASEAN countries, as well as part of China's territory, and outside this region, there are the shadows of the United States, Japan, India, Australia, and even other countries. The countries that have already caused disputes and possible wars are almost all of the more powerful countries in the region, and these countries will join forces to "deal with a strong China" with the support of their respective forces. If the war were limited to a few countries, people would not be too concerned, but people invariably think of the famous powder keg more than a hundred years ago, and it is not too late for the world situation to surge! On February 21, Singapore, located at the throat of the Strait of Malacca, finally declared its neutrality, announcing that it would stop the transportation and transshipment of war materials to the warring parties; Cambodia declared neutrality, expressed its attitude of not intervening in the war, and hoped that the warring countries would respect their rights to territory, territorial sea and airspace; The Government of Myanmar declared its grave concern about the development of the situation and its willingness to make a positive contribution to the transformation of the situation in the region; Timor-Leste has also expressed neutrality; Only Laos has declared its support for China's actions, but it has also called on governments to stop confrontation in order to seek peace and stability in the region.

It has been noted that the different attitudes of the traditionally pro-Chinese countries, Malaysia met each other with arms, the Myanmar government flickered its rhetoric, Cambodia declared neutrality, and Laos expressed its support for China, and the government and people of country Z have worked hard for decades and have only one supporter! Of course, the focus of people's attention is the attitude of the countries of the world towards the war, Japan, which originally had close interests, expressed its neutrality and imposed an arms embargo, although her arms embargo is limited, only to indicate the arms embargo on the belligerents, and countries that have not yet entered a state of war are not restricted, and just the day before, three merchant ships that were believed to be full of arms set off for a certain country in Southeast Asia, and the destination is unknown! The United States, Australia, and India have expressed an attitude of waiting for opportunistic intervention, while major countries in Europe, Russia, South America, and Africa have expressed a posture of a comprehensive arms embargo. Of course, the potential strength of the parties to the conflict in Southeast Asia has not yet been fully manifested, and on the morning of the 22nd, the Pakistani government expressed deep concern about the situation in Southeast Asia, deep doubts about the expansion of the war, and raised the country's combat readiness level, Bangladesh announced...... For a time, the situation in South Asia was also cloudy!

In China, air traffic control was still implemented in the south, and traffic control was implemented on some transportation routes, and after the outbreak of the New Year's War, the whole country entered a state of local war. First of all, a state of war was initiated in the southeast, south, and southwest regions, and some civilian airfields were also temporarily requisitioned, and army units drawn from the northern, northwestern, and other military regions quickly entered the Liangguang and Yunnan regions, and the elite troops of the first division of the army rapidly moved south in batches. The Navy also carried out war mobilization, and the Yellow Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet were reorganized under the unified command of the East China Sea Fleet Command; The South China Sea Fleet is responsible for combat and patrol duties in the northern and southeastern coastal areas of the entire South China Sea, and is responsible for combat duty in the northern half of Hainan Island, while the powerful South China Sea Fleet is responsible for combat duty in the southern headquarters of Hainan Island and the entire area of the South China Sea, of which the Philippine region is also in his combat duty range, with Sanya, a seaport in the southern part of Hainan Province, as its main base. At the same time, the military requisitioned and refitted a large number of commercial ships anchored in southern ports and on southern routes, and some southern ports were also requisitioned during wartime; Many domestic enterprises have also entered a wartime state and a sub-war state, especially the military industrial enterprises have been in full operation, and other private enterprises like Donglin Electronics have also received a new batch of national orders...... All kinds of war propaganda are being carried out urgently and in an orderly manner, and all kinds of propaganda carried out in the past seem to have played a role, and the whole country has quickly shifted from an economic crisis mentality to a war mentality, and the news media, especially on the Internet, have sharp criticisms and accusations against certain Southeast Asian countries everywhere, and everywhere there are descriptions of the living conditions of the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and everywhere there are descriptions of the forbearance of these countries by the governments of country Z over the years.

China is mobilizing for war, while Southeast Asian countries have already prepared for war. According to intelligence, within a few years, Vietnam has rapidly increased its army from 300,000 to 500,000, and its total number of reservists has reached more than 1 million, more than one-third of which are stationed along the 80-kilometer line of the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the armies of the rest of the countries have also been expanded. In addition to the army, various countries have greatly strengthened their air force building, and the Philippines and other five countries have purchased a large number of new advanced fighters of various types from the United States, Europe, Japan, and Russia, a considerable part of which are fighter planes, completely ignoring the serious impact of the economic crisis in the region on the people. According to the statistics of the "Military Defense Briefing", within four years, the five leading parties have purchased a total of 300 billion US dollars and a total of 900 billion yuan of various types of advanced military fighters, equivalent to 125 billion euros, ironically, China exported more than 120 multi-purpose advanced fighters to Malaysia, plus weapons and equipment and spare parts, amounting to 80 billion yuan.

When the government of country Z announced that it had entered a state of high national combat readiness, the Vietnamese army immediately entered a state of combat readiness, and the border patrols increased significantly, and when the war broke out, the army of the Northern Military Region began to assemble on a large scale and quickly entered the 50-kilometer area of the border line, while the border patrols were significantly reduced. Some of the remaining countries have also carried out build-up and live-fire exercises, the navy has carried out a small contraction, and the air force has been constantly patrolling the sea area, with the air forces of India, Malaysia and Thailand conducting a large-scale force exercise in the waters of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea...... India has carried out an emergency mobilization, and its army units have begun to mass-assemble along the India-Pakistan border, and the eastern part of the Sino-Indian border with Tibet has also been greatly strengthened. The U.S. Air Force has carried out a large-scale transfer work, a large number of warplanes have been stationed from all over the world to military bases in northern Australia, the army is also urgently assembling, and giant military transport planes are shuttling around the world, and a large number of military personnel are soon sent to northern Australia.

The political activities and military mobilization of various countries have had a serious impact on the economies of various countries and even the economy of the whole world, and normal economic activities have been seriously disrupted! On February 18, the North American stock market and the Far East stock market fell again in the midst of the recovery, and on the 21st, almost all the major stock markets around the world fell to the limit, and people were once again faced with the blow of the stock market collapse, but because the stock market had not regained its strength, the loss was not very large! Relative to the stock market, more serious economic events have occurred.

On February 18, the government of country Z announced that it would freeze all kinds of deposits in Chinese banks of Southeast Asian countries and suspend the business activities of its invested enterprises; On the 20th, it was announced that it would temporarily freeze the bank deposits of India, Australia, Japan, the United States, and other countries in China, while the transfer of various materials, especially funds, had been stopped two days earlier, and two days later, it was announced that it would formally freeze all kinds of deposits in the banks of China, and that Australia, the United States, and India would freeze all kinds of deposits in Chinese banks, and that they would freeze their investments in China, and at the same time it announced that they would unfreeze all kinds of bank deposits and investment activities in China from Japan and other countries (except for the five countries in Southeast Asia). At the same time that the government of country Z announced such measures, countries around the world also responded urgently, and on the 18th, Southeast Asian countries announced the freezing of various accounts and investment activities in China's territory; On the 20th, the governments of India, the United States and Australia made-for-tat decisions with the governments of country Z, while countries such as Japan and Europe "expressed understanding" of the economic policies of the governments of country Z, but asked for "careful consideration" to reduce the losses of countries in China; On the 22nd, the United States and other three countries announced that they would freeze the business activities of various investment industries in their territory (except for individual enterprises), while Japan and some other countries agreed with China's approach...... On the morning of the 22nd, the government of country Z announced that the support for all war materials of the Philippines and Vietnam would be regarded as a provocation, and China had the right to detain and confiscate them.

As a result, the three Japanese merchant ships, which had been under China's close surveillance, first made a short stay at sea on the morning of the 22nd, and then turned back immediately after going south for less than four hours, ending a short trip to Southeast Asia; According to some analysis, the supplies were destined for the Vietnamese city of Le Chi Minh, but were forced to stop near the Zhongsha Islands in the South China Sea and eventually aborted the journey.

The economic crisis had already isolated the markets of North America and the Far East, and the war in Southeast Asia had completely separated the two markets, especially since investment between the United States and China had to be suspended before it could resume. All American enterprises in China were unable to carry out production and business activities, and these companies that had been in operation for less than half a year were forced to stop production, and similarly, Chinese enterprises that had been in operation in the United States for less than half a year had to be urgently stopped, and these enterprises became the first victims of the war. At the same time, a large number of deposits of American companies that have not yet been transferred out of the Bank of China have also been frozen, and from the 18th, up to trillions of yuan of deposits cannot be withdrawn, and to make matters worse, due to the impact of the Chinese New Year, many companies have not been able to transfer funds from the Bank of China for at least five days, and these funds have also become victims of the struggle between the two countries, although in the meantime a larger amount of money has been transferred. Compared with their American counterparts, Chinese enterprises have relatively few deposits in the United States, and these deposits are basically used for the production of enterprises in the United States, and at most they are only a few hundred billion yuan. But even so, the impact of the war on the companies of the two countries is still very large, the economic crisis has just passed, all walks of life are recovering rapidly, it can be said that a day is worth a thousand gold, every day delayed, its losses will be several times the usual, even if these companies are allowed to operate in the future, they will definitely be greatly injured and in a disadvantageous position in market competition!

Since both countries are economic powerhouses, they are very integrated into each other, from the restaurant industry to the service industry to the various types of manufacturing...... For example, American beverages and restaurants in major cities in China had to close down, McDonald's, KFC, Texas beef noodles, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc. were ordered by the government to close down almost at the same time, and various large shopping supermarkets such as Nomat and Wal-Mart were also forced to close again after two years of opening and became market spectators. The situation between China and Australia is similar to that of the United States, but China and its other adversary, India, have taken different measures, with China being more cruel and India being more merciful. All Indian deposits and investments in China are prohibited from being transferred and operations are suspended, while India has closed most of the operations of Chinese companies in India, frozen most of their deposits, and in particular not allowed all capital outflows. Due to the relatively large scale of India's investment in China, and because China's market prospects are relatively good, as long as the Indian enterprises in China can support the past, almost none of them have transferred their hands, and they have more deposits, and now they have been frozen and stopped business by the government of country Z, and the losses are relatively heavy, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction in the Indian business circles, and unanimously demanded that the government take retaliatory measures; The Indian government has also taken retaliatory measures, but the effect and impact have been minimal, and they have caused fierce debate in the country, which seems to be a bit anticlimactic.

Not only have hostile countries imposed blockades and economic sanctions on each other, but domestic companies in the countries concerned have been greatly affected, and even economic activities around the world have been greatly affected...... Many of China's enterprises have already entered a state of wartime production; military factories are running at full capacity, the production of all kinds of bombs and missiles is being accelerated, advanced fighters are being assembled rapidly, the improvement of fighters is being carried out in a hurry, and new weapons and control systems are being cited...... Even a number of civilian factories and enterprises were diverted to the production of military products...... Some factories and enterprises have already drawn up relocation plans. Many large cities have carried out population evacuation or formulated emergency evacuation plans, and air defense drills and fire drills are carried out almost every day! This has limited the production of some industries, while the production volume of some industries has skyrocketed instantly, such as the production of food enterprises, textile enterprises and biomedical industries, etc., has risen a lot, and the output of other industries such as new materials and machinery has fallen again......

However, the situation in the United States is better, after all, for more than 100 years, wars have been fought far away from the homeland, but unlike China's domestic stability, the United States has set off a huge armistice and non-war demonstrations in just a few days, and many people oppose the government's participation in this "meaningless" war in the Far East! The Indians are more complicated, nationalists believe that the war in Southeast Asia will infringe on [India's] interests, and demand a tough attitude from the government, but there are also many people who oppose the government's entry into the war, because "this is indeed not the best time for India to join this war", compared to China, India's own national strength is insufficient, coupled with the heavy losses during the economic crisis, it has not yet recovered, and many people still live in a Chinese company's "rentless" commercial space, "can not withstand the toss of war". A serious consequence of India's rivalry with China is that India's enterprises in China are once again lagging behind their counterparts in Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Europe, and this kind of "loss of inaction" is difficult for Indians to bear. However, the Indian government is obviously unwilling to show weakness in the face of this powerful Asian neighbor, and the navy, land and air forces have rapidly assembled, and in some respects even surpassed the speed of China's build-up, and its ability and determination have been amazed by the world!