"Commander, we have traveled all the way, from Hainan to the Strait of Malacca, a voyage of more than 1,000 nautical miles, and there is one less base in the middle!"

Konoha is not the commander of the navy in vain, he thinks deeper and farther, and the ships that have lost the support of the base are like children without a mother, helpless on the vast sea.

"That makes sense, so where do you think it's appropriate to build a base?"

Li Baoqiang nodded and agreed very much.

"That Chigua Reef is very suitable, and Taiping Island is even more suitable. If we have the time, energy, and capital, we might as well build a few more. ”

Konoha said greedily.

There is an airfield on Taiping Island, where the Taiwan army is entrenched, and a deep-water wharf can be built in time, and if Taiping Island is really controlled, it will be a good base to go out of the South China Sea.

And the fighters flying from the mainland also have a good transit airport, and with the bases and islands in the South China Sea, without the need for warships, fighters alone can control the countries of the South China Sea, and that will be a huge deterrent!

"Yes, it's a good idea, but it's not the time yet."

Li Baoqiang patted his head, Nanhai Zhudao is not in this plan, and when Indonesia is cleaned up and occupies the Strait of Malacca, he must include Nanhai Zhudao in his bag when he turns around.

When the time comes, it will not be too late for the South China Sea countries, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and other small countries to clean up one by one, and Taiping Island can also help Gu Yunzhi if he wants to.

And that island of Taiwan......

Hehe, as long as the Strait of Malacca falls into his own hands, he firmly controls it, and as soon as he closes his mouth, presumably these countries will fall into his own hands!

"Yes, why don't we leave a squad of soldiers on Chigua Reef to guard it first?" Konoha suggested.

"They stay on the Red Melon? Soaking in seawater? ”

"No, isn't there another broken landing ship stranded? The fighters could live on it. ”

"No, the Vietnamese landing ship has burned out, there are still people living there, let's talk about it when I'm done cleaning up Malacca."

Li Baoqiang vetoed Konoha's suggestion, these displays are all precious Chinese seeds, still on the Chigua Reef, wind and rain, Li Baoqiang is reluctant.

"Or go to Fiery Cross Reef, it's a good place, a permanent building." Konoha was unwilling.

"Why do you have to keep people on your feet?" Li Baoqiang was very curious about Konoha's stubbornness.

Konoha smiled: "It's because I'm too anxious to declare sovereignty on our own islands and reefs, and establish our own meteorological system to achieve early weather warning." ”

"It looks like there's Fiery Cross Reef nearby, it's a UNESCO meteorological observation point, and we can use it."

Li Baoqiang is not ambiguous, he has done his homework enough, and he also knows that there is a Fiery Cross Reef.

"Fiery Cross Reef is estimated that the reef guards above have also been martyred, and it is a good place to stay!"

Konoha agreed, and at the same time admired Li Baoqiang a lot.

"Weather is really important, but not now, I hope to catch up with the big army."

The 131st and 901st ships accelerated to the south and told the formation in front to slow down and wait, and after four hours, the two formations merged again and advanced together towards the Strait of Malacca.

"Look ahead is the Strait of Malacca, to the south is the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and to the north is Singapore."

Konoha stood on the command platform of the 131 ship, pointed ahead and introduced Li Baoqiang.

At this time, the 131 ship was at the forefront of the entire formation, and the tankers, landing ships, and tugboats were all slowly following the 131 ship a few nautical miles behind him.

The 131st ship was to escort the tanker out of the Strait of Malacca, and then turn around and attack Sumatra.

"The strait is so wide!" Li Baoqiang looked at the wide strait in front of him, full of interest, South Asia, I'm here.

"Commander, look, on the right is Singapore, even now, Singapore still looks like a forest of high-rise buildings, very prosperous, I don't know if it has been hit by a catastrophic tsunami."

Konoha is also full of interest, this is a great opportunity for him to make a name for himself, take the Strait of Malacca, and from then on Konoha's fleet will dominate the South China Sea, how can he not be excited.

"Singapore is the ancient Temasek, a small island located on the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordered by the Straits of Johor to the north and Sumatra to the south.

Located at the entrance and exit of the Strait of Malacca, the main shipping route of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, merchant ships from West Niuhe must pass through here to reach Daming and Lusong, otherwise they will have to detour more than twice the sea route, so this can be called the crossroads of the world.

Five hundred years ago, the prince of Sumatra's kingdom of Sri Buddha, Panna, arrived on the island by boat and saw a black beast, which the locals told was a lion, so it was called the "Lion City".

The Sanskrit word "Lion City" is the homonym of Singapore, so the locals and the surrounding princely states call this island Singapore, and only since the Ming Dynasty, China has called it Temasek, as for what allusions are no longer available. ”

Konoha was selling his knowledge and talking eloquently, quite a bit of pointing at the country and scolding Fang Xuan.

As the formation approached the destination of the trip, the waterway had become narrow, and there were boats sailing in twos and threes, mostly sailboats, with a few small steamers emitting black smoke.

Li Baoqiang learned about the recovery of science and technology in the South China Sea from these points, and it seems that the power of the steam boiler has basically recovered, which means that the coastal countries are at least at the level of steam machinery science and technology now.

The wind and waves in the strait were much lighter, and the verdant peaks of Sumatra could be seen from afar, and the cadets couldn't help but cheer when they saw land for the first time after sailing on the sea for so long. But Li Baoqiang inexplicably felt a kind of danger, as if someone was staring at him malicefully on the mountain peak, he raised his telescope and looked at the land, the emerald green rainforest was endless and uninhabited.

The formation was about to enter the entrance to the strait with thirty nautical miles to go, when suddenly a luxury yacht burst out of the sea north of Sumatra, followed by a gunboat, which pursued and machine-gunned the yacht.

"Battle Alert!"

Konoha watched from the binoculars for a while, and immediately sounded the alarm, and the entire formation immediately entered a combat state.

The luxury yacht was shot, but it was still speeding up and fleeing, and on the gunboat chasing behind, there was obviously a black skull flag on a white background, which was clearly a pirate ship!

"Malacca pirates?! Call me! ”

Konoha immediately ordered that this time he must not make the mistake of the naval battle of Chigua Reef, and the enemy will shoot first!

The gunboat apparently also spotted the "giant ship cannon" that suddenly appeared, immediately slowed down, hesitated, turned around and accelerated to escape.

Where can Konoha let the meat of his mouth fall off again, the front main gun of the 131 ship fired again, two shots in a row, caught the small gunboat, and the third gun hit directly, and the gunboat turned into fragments and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The luxury yacht still accelerated close to the 131 ship, and it was obvious that the 131 ship's righteous act made the people on the yacht have a good impression.