Chapter 105: Ghost Fleet
Well, the Japanese do understand.
That means it's bullying you, what can you do?
Everyone knows the style of Emperor Pu very well, when he can use a big stick, he will never use a feather duster, if he doesn't take the opportunity to tear a piece of meat off the Japanese, he will be sorry for his reputation as a baojun.
Diaper brother can be said to be really desperate at this time, those domestic refinery owners are blocking outside the Prime Minister's Office, and because of the lack of oil supply, four oil-fired power plants have been shut down, if Lucia crude oil is increased by another twenty dollars per barrel, all oil-fired power plants are ready to shut down, because their costs will far exceed the benefits, although oil-fired power plants account for less than 20% of Japan's electricity supply, but if they are shut down, it will also cause a heavy blow to the economy.
At that time, the only thing he could do was to provide government subsidies for these power plants, but what did he take to subsidize them, and now all the funds that can be used by the Japanese government's fiscal revenue must be used to buy the US imperialist treasury bonds and maintain the army's expenses, unless additional yen banknotes are issued, but the consequences of inflation are equally terrible, and now that prices have skyrocketed, the people will have to go crazy if they issue more money.
Poor diaper brother has had to put on his long-lost diaper these days.
Fortunately, what made him grateful was that at this desperate moment, the little dark horse finally extended his precious helping hand, after all, as the boss, seeing the little brother being bullied like this, and not showing anything, that person's heart was scattered, and it was not easy to be the boss these days.
During this time, the small countries in Eastern Europe that have been desperately throwing themselves into his arms have obviously dropped their enthusiasm significantly, and even the most active ones like the monkey country have shown signs of discouragement, and little Lucia is becoming more and more serious in civil strife, of course, this civil strife is not for democracy and freedom, so even if it is to make a show for himself to save his image, the little dark horse must do this.
Twenty tankers chartered by the U.S. imperialist government and piloted by U.S. imperialist naval soldiers set sail from Louisiana laden with nearly five million tons of crude oil to the Guò Panama Canal, avoiding the ports of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other ports that environmentalists have guarded against and sailing directly to Hawaii and then to Japan.
Escorting these twenty tankers is a powerful fleet, very powerful ...
Of course, that means if time goes back twenty years.
Because it was reluctant to carry out this dangerous mission with the active warships that formed the core of the US imperialists' maritime strength, the US imperialist navy simply repaired and dispatched all the other three mothballed Ticonderoga-class cruisers, except for the Valley Forge that it had sunk and played.
In fact, including the escort of the trans-Pacific route, the US imperialists are gradually replacing their capital ships with Kaifeng's ghost fleet, including those Spruance-class, Perry-class, and even some modified auxiliary ships that have not been sunk as targets, which are nothing more than some rocket deep bombs, even transport ships can do this kind of work.
There are too many enemies of the US imperialists, and they know very well that if the losses in the war with the Atlanteans are too great, neither Huaguo nor Lucia will miss the opportunity to challenge them, and Huaguo has secretly started construction of two aircraft carriers, and the public Aegis-class destroyer plan has increased to 20, including the 10,000-ton Aegis-class cruiser has also been publicly unveiled on the Internet, and the number of main warships under construction in those shipyards of Guanghua has exceeded 30 this year.
There is no guessing as to what this number means.
Similarly, the Lucia people have finally crawled out of the quagmire of financial constraints, although the international oil price has plummeted, but because of the continuous blood transfusion of the two countries, the Emperor Pu has been living very comfortably recently, of course, the American imperialists do not know that he is still selling amber to the Japanese in large quantities, and Lucia alone has received more than five billion dollars, and these funds are also turning into the military power of the Lucia.
Warships, planes, submarines, tanks ... Batch after batch of state-of-the-art weapons are sharpening the terrifying claws of the already sick polar bear.
These are all enemies, even more terrible than the Atlanteans, the US imperialism can no longer afford the loss of a second aircraft carrier, they must shrink back their real strength and prepare for the future.
Of course, even their ghost fleet is very impressive.
"Mah, it's gorgeous, it's gorgeous!" Boss Wang couldn't help but sweat a little when he looked at the information provided by Lucia.
USS Ticonderoga, USS Yorkton, USS Thomas. The three cruisers of the USS Gates, in addition to the nine Perry-class frigates, are all old goods pulled out of the Philadelphia cemetery and re-serviced, anyway, the US imperialists are not distressed, these rags are piled up in the cemetery and can only wait to be sunk as target ships, as for the inevitable death of naval soldiers, war, there must be a few deaths.
What if there were too many dead people just for money, but now that the Atlanteans are actually thinking about Hawaii, this is no longer a matter of money, even if there are 18,000 sailors who die, they must win this group of seafood.
"Your Excellency, we need weapons, more weapons."
In the Haizhou Divine Beast Palace, Lucia's ambassador to Jinguo smiled as he looked at the words that appeared on the big screen in front of him.
"Your Excellency the Divine Beast, our President has prepared a hundred torpedoes and four hundred mines for your country, and all of them are acoustic mines." He said happily.
Emperor Pu knew very well that in order to now be able to suck the blood of the two countries as he wanted, he must also go all out to win this battle, these twenty tankers could not let them reach Japan in any case, and the four capital ships of the Lucia Pacific Fleet with the Varyag as the core had left Vladivostok and sailed to the Americas under the banner of visiting Venezuela.
At the heart of this fleet is a Shwinya-class intelligence-gathering ship.
According to their routes, it is estimated that they will encounter the escort formation of the US imperialists east of Hawaii, and it is obvious that the Emperor Pu hopes that the battlefield is here, and of course Wang Yue's imaginary battlefield is also here.
"Your Excellency, please convey the gratitude of His Majesty the Emperor of our country to Your Excellency the President, we are friends and we have common interests."
Boss Wang is very satisfied with this, if there is no military and intelligence support from Emperor Pu, it will be difficult for him to continue this war alone, this is a win-win cooperation, of course, if it is changed to the perspective of the Japanese, it can be said that the wolf is a traitor.
However, before he could face the ghost fleet, he had to deal with the enemy at home.
In Jinmen Port, four refined oil carriers loaded with nearly 100,000 tons of fuel oil have left the berth and slowly entered the channel, their destination is Nagasaki, Japan, no one pays too much attention to these four ships, because this is an important oil terminal, Huapec, these giants have to export millions of tons of refined oil from here every year, which is just a very common batch.
But just as the four ships sailed into the Bohai Sea, their photos were also placed on the desk in the chairman's office at the capital's Longteng shipping headquarters.
"This is not a coffin without tears!" Chairman Wang said with emotion.
Sister Lin Tong looked at him.
"See what I'm doing? I did what I said, I said I wouldn't let them reach Japan, and I better warn your ex-husband that it's still too late to turn around, and it won't do anyone any good if you don't tear your face in the end. Wang Yue said to Lin Tong.
"No, I'm not interested in talking to him." Lin Tong said.
"Alright then, let's talk with action!"
Just as Wang Yue finished saying this, in the Haizhou Divine Beast Palace, the crab boss also crawled out of the pool with its spear that had been repaired by the Lucia people with titanium alloy, and swaggered along its special avenue towards the coast in the busy work of the guards and maids of the Jin Kingdom.
At the same time, on the stick artillery position on Yanping Island and in the coastal defense fortress of Jinguo on the opposite side, the soldiers of the two countries were also rushing to their posts one by one.
Well, Mr. Krabs's appearance is such a domineering side leak.
Its task is to intercept the four oil tankers, Boss Wang is now short of manpower, Xiaohua must guard the strait, and at the same time take into account the South China Sea theater, Er Silly and Yinying are in charge of the Pacific theater, and the Yellow Sea battlefield can only be taken care of by Boss Krabs, after all, it is not very far away, from it to the coast of China is less than 100 kilometers, although its speed is not too fast, but it is also much faster than a warship, this distance can be completely done.
However, this shortage of manpower will not last long, Boss Wang is preparing for a large-scale expansion of the army, and he must prepare to face the ghost fleet.
At the same time that Mr. Krabs left the Divine Beast Palace, the four Huaguo frigates also left the military port.
"Drills? What's going on? Why didn't the General Staff know? Lin Ying said into the phone with some surprise.
"Do you need an order from the General Staff for the exercises? The commander of the fleet can decide quite finely. Wang Yue sneered on the side and said, this kind of thing did not surprise him too much, they have supporters in the army, and Huayou also has them, and everyone is just showing their magic now.
"You can rest assured that they won't open fire, and maintaining friendly relations with the Atlanteans is the highest strategic decision, and no one has the guts to disobey it." Lin Ying said.
"Guts? It's not easy to stay sane in the face of a business that makes billions of dollars a month, and sometimes a tremor of a soldier's fingers when he's nervous can solve the problem for them. Wang Yue looked at the palace in the distance outside the window with his hands behind his back and said lightly.
It was a very disturbing accident, he didn't underestimate the guts of those interest groups, and it would be much easier to create an unexpected conflict with the Atlanteans and make the air in this sea tense, and then put pressure on himself, and find at most one or two substitutes for the dead afterwards.
"I'm Chinese, not Atlanteans." Then he added.
Lin Tong is obviously much smarter than her sister in this regard, of course, she may also know her ex-husband better, and quickly understood what Wang Yue meant, gave Lin Ying a look, and the sisters walked out immediately.
Looking at their backs, Wang Yue smiled faintly, the two sides are collaborators, since they are collaborators, then they can't just rush to the front.
The four oil tankers gradually sailed through the Bohai Strait at a speed of 15 knots, and the four frigates also arrived at the exercise position, and the narrowest part of the sea connection between Jinguo and Huaguo, the crab bosses who also came out of Haizhou Bay, also arrived in this sea area.
"The General Staff Department has issued an order that the two major fleets of the North Sea and the East China Sea will hold a large-scale joint exercise east of Zhoushan, and that all the capital ships of the North Sea Fleet must arrive at the exercise area within 20 hours." After an hour of behind-the-scenes operations, Lin Ying hurriedly walked to Wang Yue's side and said.
Wang Yue nodded.
There are still more than 800 kilometers from the current position to the exercise area, and at the speed of those four frigates, they must immediately turn around and sail at full speed to arrive on schedule.
At the same time, in a skyscraper not far from the headquarters of Longteng Shipping, Tang Gongze also received this sudden news.
He angrily kicked away the little actress who was making a coquettish appearance next to him, and then picked up the phone and shouted.
"I need a lip teacher." Wang Yue, who was looking at the scenery, suddenly said.
"Lip teacher? What do you do when you learn lip language? Lin Tong asked in amazement.
"It's fun!" Wang Yue said.
The reason why he wanted to learn lip language was very simple, because on the billboard of another building opposite Tang Gongzawa's office, a peregrine falcon was standing staring intently at Tang Gongze, who was on the phone.
Boss Wang can not only make seafood, but he can also make birds and animals on land, which of course also includes the peregrine falcon, since he knows his enemy, of course he must strengthen the monitoring of him, this peregrine falcon has been staring at Tang Gongze since yesterday, in addition to it, there is also an owl living in the palace, which is used to be responsible for night tracking.
But he didn't know lip language, Wang Yue could only monitor his whereabouts at most, and there was no way to know what he said.
"Your taste is so unique, I really know a lip teacher, I'll introduce you next time, but don't do it to other girls!" Lin Tong said angrily.
"Sister, am I that kind of person in your eyes? It just broke my heart. Wang Yue said sadly.
"Well, you think you're something good!" Lin Tong said unceremoniously.
"Ugh!" Wang Yue was speechless.
Lin Ying watched expressionlessly as he flirted with his sister, and at this time her phone rang again, and her face changed immediately after answering the phone.
"What's the matter, don't tell me that my order is not good." Looking at her face, Wang Yue said in surprise.
"No, three frigates have already started to go south, but one has to stay where it is because of a power system failure, and the tugboat is rushing to it, and it is estimated that it will take ten hours." Lin Ying said embarrassedly.
"Looks like our opponent is on the verge of winning!" Wang Yue said with a sneer.