Prologue Chapter 3: Waiting for the Waves in the South China Sea (4)

At the end of December, Sanya gradually increased the number of tourists, mostly rich and gamblers who came here to spend the winter. Looking at the scene in front of him, Wang Xingping was still in a dream, two weeks ago he was still living in the claustrophobic dormitory on the moon, outside the boundless darkness and desert, and the mine shaft that was about to be abandoned.

After returning from the moon, he made a special trip to Shanghai to visit his classmates, and Chase Merce was supposed to be with him, but he was sent here first, because the last three cargo ships were going to Labuan.

Although the season is the off-season for navigation, but when the situation in South Asia is tense and tense, the bureaucrats like to engage in routine 'control'.

Wang Xingping's comfortable days naturally came to an end, Mei Casey took his son and several other development 'comrades' to Labuan to adapt first, only Wang Xingping he was most assured, the experience of serving in the army also determined his mission, three ships, plus Feng Fatzi and Ma Qianhu, three of their own people were assigned to the ship to rest assured, after all, Southeast Asia is not a place to stop.

Since China opened a new canal on the Kra Isthmus 70 years ago, the Straits of Malacca and Sunda have been in decline, and since 2100, when Singapore was de facto annexed by Malaysia, the area has long been a pirate's paradise.

Although the pirates did not have large flying machines, they could not avoid being harassed by them when they traveled by sea. Even if the main channel is more eastward, there are always capable people to keep an eye on it, especially Ma Qianhu and Wang Xingping are both people with military experience, and it is common sense for Chinese cargo ships to carry weapons privately, and ordinary pirates have nothing to do.

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The sea breeze was blowing, and the warm sun shone on his face, which reminded Li Yanling of the previous years, the only close uncle seemed to have failed to give him enough help in the future, and relying on his own hard work, he felt that he was about to reach the limit.

From the bottom of his heart, Director Pang's promotion is more like a blank check, he was thrown into the cold palace, eager to prove his ability, as for the future of his subordinates, Li Yanling is actually not too hopeful, sometimes he even wants to do something by himself in order to get rid of the current mediocre life.

After a long wait, the cargo ship anchored in the port was finally about to set sail, and the message he received earlier made him even more discouraged.

Guoan took over the task this time, and he was originally just an errand runner, and now he was instructed by a foreign unit, and he was even more suffocated by a nameless fire in his heart, which made him have to think about the next step of the charter.

Fortunately, for Li Yanling, there is still some time, and from the analysis of various signs, the people on Labuan Island are probably planning to make a big news during the Spring Festival.

"It's really a good luck," Li Yanling was thinking, and the waiting personnel had already come out of the hall.

"You are Li Yanling?" The faces of the people who came were like frost, and there was no hush and warmth that ordinary comrades wanted to see.

"Yes......" Li Yanling also replied simply.

"Director Pang should have explained to you, and from today onwards, you will be the leader of our group."

"Yes......"

"Tell me about the situation......

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Sunlight shines through the spherical nanomembranes into the room, falling right on the food on the table, and the three of them sit around a circular table.

It's not much like the facilities on the moon, and the desktop is also a one-piece display screen, projecting a holographic image upwards, which is a daily news broadcast that the three of them must watch, and the focus of these days is naturally the situation in South Asia.

Feng Xiaochen looked at Ma Qianhu, swallowed his saliva, and put down most of the bread he was about to pick up. The weight loss in the past two months has been quite effective, not only Feng Chen has lost 20 pounds, but also has some muscle feeling on his shoulders, and with the effect, he naturally insisted on exercising.

Wang Xingping ignored the two of them, chewing on the fried egg while fiddling with his hands on the table, hoping to find some interesting news to replace the chatter in front of him.

The signal rang, and the message of Labuan cut out.

Shangguan Lu's sweet avatar appeared in front of the three of them, "The latest notice, leave the morning after tomorrow and bring your guys back together." Shangguan Lu didn't adjust his posture either, and when he saw that the signal was connected, he made a long story short.

"Xingping, have you read all the books I have opened for you during this time?"

The one who spoke was changed to Mei Kahi, and an old face squeezed out from next to Shangguan Lu.

"It's a little too much, I've just read about the Ming and Qing dynasties, and I'm going to skip the materials of the Yuan Dynasty and look directly at the Tang and Song dynasties."

Reading historical materials is a compulsory course for every person who enters the organizers, Mr. Mei Lao has sorted out a large number of reading materials according to the historical materials and notes of various generations, Wang Xingping is doing this homework, Mei Casey is very attentive, these readings are naturally not boring, as a pastime after work, Wang Xingping is also happy.

In order to keep a low profile, they don't go to the beach much on weekdays, so except for Wang Xingping, who just came, Feng and Ma put aside their routine exercise in the morning, and didn't go out too much, and they didn't go out too much, and they had been there for a long time in Yalong Bay, so there was nothing to see.

There was still one day to go, which was not too tight, and the three of them began to pack slowly in the afternoon.

The things that seal the fat man are the most complicated, and they haven't been fully packed at dinner time.

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Although there are not many warships moored in the entire military port, the port facilities are still well maintained. The autonomous force moved to Sansha, which is no longer the home port of the South China Sea Fleet, but there is always a maritime garrison. In addition to Wang Xingping and his team, there were hardly any other staff members in the port, only some scattered gray uniforms were doing the final inspection of the ships under the command of Wang Xingping and them.

Looking at the sparkling waves on the sea surface and the seagulls soaring in the air, Wang Xingping was not excited at all, the emotions he should have had already passed, and the flowers and plants here have been familiar for more than half a month. Not only Sanya, but also several ports in Haikou and Hainan Island, he also took the time to look at it, but the itinerary was not too long, although he had not checked it in detail, it was enough.

The list from the headquarters, the three of them have repeatedly checked it three times, all of them are second-hand goods from the last century, what unmanned aircraft, off-road vehicles, and fire tanks. There are also various metals and synthetic materials, as well as some breeding stock seedlings, some of which were originally cold crops that are not suitable for growth on Labuan Island, and this time they will simply be brought to the island as well.

Then there are all kinds of drugs, such as the original version of penicillin and some lower versions of drugs have been discontinued for decades, this time it is also thanks to a lot of reliable relationship activities, and it is not easy to customize this batch of drugs, probably some commonly used at the beginning of the last century, and even prepare some refrigerated stem cells for making artificial organs, but it also took a lot of effort.

It's just that although the activities of this line of work are low-key, they can't escape the eyes of the secret observer.

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Another day passed, and at noon, although the temperature was still low and the sea breeze was strong, the sun was still very strong on the three ships. The cargo ship was moving forward in a row, passing through the Zhongsha Islands, standing on the foredeck of the Uranus, Wang Xingping leaned forward and held the railing of the ship's side, looking at the breaking waves under the hull, and suddenly felt a little dizzy. He secretly said, "I'm really useless, I always got on a warship in the army back then, and no one has ever brought a flying machine, so why is it seasick now?" ’

The three cargo ships are not big, not big, they are compared with some of the latest large airships and the like, and it is no wonder that many of them are newly built fusion reactor spacecraft by the military, although the big ones are only 20,000 or 30,000 tons, but after all, they are spaceships, and the speed and convenience are hundreds of times better than the previous sea transportation.

Just like all previous industrial revolutions, the industrial revolution that began with controlled nuclear fusion technology has been going on for decades, and the technological leadership of the first-mover countries in the initial stage has suddenly pushed mankind into the real cosmic age. The moon landing more than 100 years before this, and the helium-3 mines on the lunar surface later, became of little significance almost overnight.

China and the United States are now sending exploration tools outside the solar system, and Europe has also abandoned the gap between countries and started to tackle controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Back to Wang Xingping's team of ships, although they are all second-hand goods, but the avionics of this ship are brand new, the so-called one-person bridge control, of course, in fact, it usually takes several people to complete all the maneuvers of the entire ship, but in the South China Sea, there is no need to worry about pirates, it can all be handed over to the system management, as for the distance to Labuan after passing through the South China Sea, each ship plus other hired crew members is less than 30 people, relying on the system can deal with it.

However, compared with the original avionics equipment of the original ship in the early part of the last century, it is not difficult to engage in such a body at the moment, and there are many restrictions on solar furnace technology, but the avionics equipment controlled by the freighter is a product that is not restricted from export, after all, it is only steering and daily management, and there is no way to use it militarily. Therefore, the transaction volume is not small, and the price is quite cheap, so some civilian departments simply modify it for temporary use.

"Dolphins." There was an exclamation from the fat man in the headphones.

"Woman ......"

Ma Qianhu also sighed inside, Feng Xiaochen's problem can't be changed, and it's a fuss when he sees anything.

"Why don't you go some sea fishing?"

Wang Xingping proposed, speaking of which, coal has been fishing for many years, and there must be many fish where dolphins are chasing, kindergarten children can know this truth, and there is no need to explain too much to Ma and Feng.

"Tired of the rabbits on the moon? Craving fish? ”

Ma Qianhu joked that both of them were born in the army, and they were also cordial, and they were already brothers and sisters in a few days.

Ma Qianhu has never been to the moon, nor has he suffered too much, and he has hung up on the idle job of national public office, although it is just a salary waiting for death, but as long as he is willing, the food stalls in Sanya have not let Ma and Feng spend money.

Wang Xingping heard that Ma Qianhu came to make fun of him again, and he was not annoyed, but replied with a smile: "I have eaten the roast rabbit in Chengdu, what is the rabbit on the moon?" ”

Wang Xingping is right, the moon because of the oxygen and water movement has not been effective, there is no decent breeding industry, occasionally people plant some seeds brought by the earth indoors, but also ornamental-based, the moon's food supply is mostly the earth's processed materials, directly compressed to the moon after molding, can be directly sent from the earth to send fresh ingredients, that are supplied to the lunar government departments.

"You don't know the moon mess yet? It turned out that more than 80 trillion yuan was invested, and even if a drop of water was not saved, even if it was lost, and then he tossed and turned to develop Mars, and he didn't look at why Sun Qian could hold on to Mars for so long, of course, the moon has become a paradise for us social dregs. ”

Fifty years ago, China's first scientific expedition team landed on Mars, because of the storm when evacuating a team named Sun Gan, who thought he would die, he relied on the living warehouse and the potatoes in the inventory to grow vegetables on it for more than four years, until he established contact with the earth and was rescued, it was precisely because of this event that the prelude to the development of Mars was also opened.

I only heard Feng Xiaochen's familiar voice coming from the earpiece: "I received the traffic command signal, we have entered the territory of Huangyan City." ”

(Note: The original Huangyan Island, after 30 years of land reclamation, was established in 2046, with a permanent population of 80,000)

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After sending the signal, Li Youlin let out a sigh of relief.

Originally, I thought that if I was doing a traffic dispatch in Huangyan, where the emperor was far away, I wouldn't get into any trouble, but when I got up early this morning, the dispatch room was occupied by a group of fierce gods.

The leader only shook his documents for a while, and he couldn't even read the words, but the person opposite was a Beijing official who even his own boss had to flatter, and he claimed to be in charge of national security, which was a character who could not be offended. It's okay to say elsewhere, but although the South China Sea is now China's inland sea, further east is the territory of the Americans.

Therefore, whatever the other party wanted, he had to be recruited, but fortunately, after tossing for a long time, there was no movement in the end, and Li Youlin was just doing a routine.

"Team Bo, just let them go?"

Coming out of the dispatch bureau, Zhen Xiaoye cautiously asked about the scene just now, in his opinion, since he didn't do anything, it was really a bit redundant.

"Think it's too much?"

"Nope." Zhen Xiaoye hurriedly denied it.

"Remember, our mission is to end the pot in one pot, even if only a few dozen people activate the device on the island, it will be a storm in the end, so this time, we have to do it foolproof."

"Foolproof?" In fact, what jumped out of Zhen Xiaoye's heart was 'speak lightly'.

Captain Bo will be mistaken, and only said: "Since they have set a date, we are not in a hurry, our identities are ready-made, and we can always make them comply." ”

"Not to mention ......"

"Didn't that guy get in there......