Chapter 279: The Fuse of War
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After stabilizing the Philippines, the special envoy of the country of Lijian began to visit the countries of Southeast Asia.
According to the speculation of some international observers, it is possible that Lijianguo will sign arms deal contracts with Annam, Malay, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand respectively to strengthen the blockade of Xinhua China.
In order to put Xinhua in a quagmire on the South China Sea issue, the Japanese state also provided huge economic assistance to Southeast Asian countries, and reached a vague consensus on the issue of Xinhua's territorial waters.
The Philippines' large arms purchase order has broken the original military balance in the region, and has also touched the sensitive nerves of Southeast Asian countries.
The Wa Kingdom waved money in the back, fanned the flames, and even intensified the confrontation on the island.
Even the Tianzhu Kingdom is not far behind, in the secret to add fuel to the fire, lest the world will not be chaotic, Tianzhu has long coveted Southeast Asia, especially the Strait of Malacca, which is the "sea bridge" that communicates the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and is also the "maritime link" connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, and is known as the "Gibraltar of the East" by the world, and has always been the focus of competition among various countries in history.
The Tianzhu State regards the Strait of Malacca as a gateway from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and regards it as the only way for the Tianzhu State to fully implement the "Eastward Expansion Strategy" in terms of politics, economy, and diplomacy.
From a military point of view, the navy of Tianzhu State should control the five major straits in and out of the Indian Ocean, and the Strait of Malacca is located, which is also the original intention of Tianzhu State to establish naval headquarters in the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands.
If Xinhua goes to war with ASEAN countries, Tianzhu may have an opportunity to take advantage of it and become a "fisherman" competing with clams.
Annan was the first to take action, importing a batch of military equipment worth more than $700 million to Lijian and Rakshasa respectively, shouting the "Xinhua threat theory" and calling on ASEAN member states to form a military alliance and form a joint force. Fighting against Xinhua together, this mention was echoed by the Philippines and Indonesia.
Most of the $700 million orders were for air force fighters, missiles, surface ships, and equipment of the Sixth Army, but there were no additional submarines to supplement the losses of the navy, and I don't know whether Annan lost confidence in the Kilo-class submarines of the Rakshasa country, or whether he was frightened by the "hidden killers" in the South China Sea.
The current situation in the South China Sea is tense and calm, and the Philippine slogans are loud, but it is unable to come up with decent warplanes and warships that can go to sea to fight. The weapons exported by Lijian have not yet been proficient or even handed over, and the distant water cannot save the near fire.
However, in order to support the Philippines and other countries, the Seventh Fleet of the Lijian State left the military ports of the Japanese State and began to make frequent sorties to exert pressure on the Xinhua State in various sea areas.
Annan is Xinhua's biggest rival in the South China Sea, relative to the Philippines and Malay. More powerful.
The aviation of the Annam Navy can be ignored, mainly for transportation, reconnaissance and disaster relief, and the ships are mainly aided by the Red Empire in the seventies and eighties, most of which are outdated, and the more powerful ones are 11 frigates, the most advanced of which are four Type 11661 "Cheetah" class frigates.
The Project 11661 "Cheetah" class frigate is a new type of warship developed by the Rakshasa State, with a displacement of 21oo tons. Voyage 28 knots.
It is equipped with two four-mounted "Uranus-E" anti-ship missile systems and one twin SA-N-4 short-range anti-aircraft missile system; 2 sets of 533-mm double-barreled torpedo launchers; 1 set of RBu-6ooo type 12-tube rocket depth catapult; 2 mine emplacement devices with 48 mines; The aft deck can take off and land Ka-28 or Ka-31 helicopters, and it has a strong comprehensive combat capability in the open sea.
The first two of the four Cheetah-class frigates were imported from the Rakshasa country, and the last two, except for the main components and equipment, were built by the country itself.
Originally, the six Kilo-class submarines were the "killer feature" of the Annan Navy, and even Xinhua had a headache in the coastal defense area. But half of them were killed by Ye Quan, and they became frightened birds, and the three submarines took turns to go to sea, only daring to move within the support range of their own navy.
The most advanced in the Annan Air Force are the Su-27 and Su-3OMK2 fighters, of which the Su-3OMK2 fighters are heavy two-seat multi-role fighters, which can be used for air supremacy and ground attack. It can carry a variety of advanced air-to-air missiles and anti-ship missiles, with a combat radius of 15oo kilometers, which is enough to cover most of the waters of the Nansha Islands and can cruise in the airspace of the South China Sea for a long time.
But. The number of the two types of fighters was small, only the size of three squadrons, and in the event of a large-scale air battle, they could not withstand battle losses.
Moreover, the key to determining the outcome of the war is the people first, and then the weapons and others, because of the lack of a lot of training, no military expert is optimistic about the Su zhì of the pilots of the Annam Kingdom.
The Philippines, Annan, Indonesia, and other countries were greedy and jealous of the increasingly powerful Xinhua navy, and because of various external considerations, Xinhua hesitated to move; after the Philippines and Annan were attacked, even if they were able to take back the islands and oil production platforms lightly, they did not take an aggressive posture, but strictly ordered the fleet not to act aggressively.
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On the 1o, the Youlong finally locked on a Kilo-class submarine that was patrolling at sea in Annam, and sank it lightly.
The next day, two 10,000-ton cargo ships of Xinhua were seized by the Annan Navy while passing through the South China Sea, and in the process of boarding, they killed and wounded two Xinhua crew members who resisted.
At 3 p.m., while fishing in the waters of the Xisha Islands, a Xinhua fishing boat encountered an armed fishing boat from Annam, which immediately opened fire on the Xinhua fishing boat with a machine gun.
When the two Xinhua patrol boats received a distress signal and rushed to the sea area, Annan armed men were carrying out a robbery, and a Xinhua fisherman fell in a pool of blood.
The officers and men of the Xinhua State on the two patrol boats were filled with righteous indignation, and first shouted for the armed personnel of the Annan State to surrender, and then fired warning shots after failing to do so.
However, more than a dozen Annan armed personnel tried to resist stubbornly to the end, and in the confrontation, an Annan Navy "Bejia"-class frigate rushed to the scene and opened fire on the two patrol boats first!
The "Bejia" class frigate is also regarded as the main combat equipment of the Annam Navy, built according to the technology of the Rakshasa country, but it is called "frigate", but it is not equipped with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, and the weapons carried are mainly 4O6 mm or 533 mm torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets and 76 mm naval guns.
The maximum firing range of torpedoes and naval guns is 15 kilometers, and the maximum combat radius of anti-submarine rocket depth projectiles is 6ooo meters, which has medium and short-range anti-ship and anti-submarine combat capabilities.
The Bieja-class frigate fired at two patrol boats with 76-mm naval guns, damaging the stern of one of the patrol boats and wounding several sailors.
Fifteen minutes later, the battle ended, both of the Xinhua patrol boats were damaged, one naval sailor was killed, seven sailors were wounded, and the Annan frigate was sunk by the Xinhua Su-3O fighters who arrived on the road, and the armed fishing boat did not escape, and was also sent to the bottom of the sea by the officers and men of the patrol boat in anger.
This incident quickly spread around the world, causing an uproar, believing that it was very likely to become the fuse of the South China Sea war and lead to a large-scale regional conflict.