Above the blue waves of the South China Sea, a Type 052A destroyer Shenzhen is cleaving the waves. Judging from the repeated victories of China and the South African Settlement, China has become the dominant player in this sea area. After the establishment of regular patrols by the South China Sea Fleet, it caused great trouble for Vietnam and the Philippines to resupply the islands and reefs they had secretly occupied. Especially on the Vietnamese side, the navy is playing particularly well, and more and more sea fortresses are sinking on islands and reefs. Their own radar has formed an absolute control over the surrounding waters, and they are equipped with weapons such as wave-piercing boats and Z-9s, making it extremely difficult for Vietnamese ships to complete the task of transporting and replenishing ships.

After many cat-and-mouse dramas, the Vietnamese discovered a rule: as long as they did not get 12 nautical miles of the islands and reefs they illegally occupied, they would not be attacked by Chinese naval ships and helicopters, and most of these attacks were warning, and only when they did not heed the advice at all and wanted to break in, the attack would turn deadly.

Within half a year, the navy sank two small supply ships of the Vietnamese People's Navy, but because the scale of the battle was too small and both sides kept it secret, it did not cause any big waves in the international community.

What happens when reefs with no fresh water and no food are not replenished? Death!

This kind of blocking tactics directly led to the death of the defenders on a number of islands and reefs that Vietnam had captured, and some sailors who could not bear this fear jumped into the sea and tried to swim back to Vietnam, which was naturally impossible, and most of them became a good meal for sharks, or drowned, and sometimes were killed by passing Chinese warships with machine guns.

The Vietnamese monkey soldiers who did not jump into the sea knew that there was no hope of survival, and there were also those who committed suicide by drinking bullets.

Vietnam's example is ahead, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry sent a private note to the Philippine side. The Philippines was ordered to quickly withdraw its troops and residents from the eight islands and reefs they had occupied, otherwise Vietnam would be a lesson for them. The Philippines is naturally unwilling, and at this time, the Philippines has not yet learned the tricks of spilling and rolling around in later generations to win international sympathy, nor has it learned to sue the international tribunal, after all, the Convention on the Law of the Sea has not yet officially entered into force. Looking back and begging the US godfather, who knows that the godfather has received China's benefits, freedom of navigation and military exercises, as well as nearby islands and reefs for shelter and supplies, etc., the Philippines will definitely not be able to give it, but China can give it. This facilitates U.S. activities in the South China Sea region.

Although the South China Sea is the backyard of the Celestial Empire, its strength is not as strong as the United States' control of the Caribbean Sea, and it can only pinch its nose in exchange for the United States' ignorance of the Philippines.

The Philippines is sad now, once China does use the same means of deterrence against Vietnam, the Philippines has no way at all. In addition, the Southern Solution is engaged in wind and rain in Southeast Asia, and at this time it has already knocked East Malaysia down, looking at the Philippine Islands across the sea. Some Philippine politicians have proposed that the South China Sea islands and reefs be exchanged for the Yugoslav settlement and China's commitment not to send troops to the Philippine mainland. This proposal has not yet been put on the table, but the Red Guard spies sent by Qi Yiming to the Philippines have already found some clues.

If the Philippines really proposed this exchange, Qi Yiming would agree to the people who wanted to go up. Qi Yiming himself is not indispensable, but he is a little regretful that he can't punish the Fei Monkey properly. In addition, he has a bigger plan in the later stage, and if he pulls the Philippines in again, it is estimated that he may not be able to stop it.

In this situation, the South China Sea Fleet in the South China Sea has become more and more like a regional ruler. Compared with the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, which are mainly for exercises, the South China Sea Fleet can be regarded as having really fought in actual combat, and there are often confrontations. As a result, the South China Sea Fleet has gradually developed into the most magnificent fleet of the Republic Navy.

At this time, the 052A destroyer was bored and carried out a cruising mission that had almost no change, and there were several main types of cruising missions, and the type of 6800-ton destroyer generally performed was jokingly called "running in circles". It is so called because the destroyers with high endurance and self-sustaining ability can sail relatively long distances without supplies, and they have no problem circumnavigating the South China Sea along the nine-dash line, which is like an athlete running a lap on a sports field.

When running in circles, the destroyer sometimes bumps into other ships, and generally does not care what they are doing, at most they send a radio to ask which country it is. All national ships have to avoid warships when they encounter them, and they must answer questions when asked. If it encounters a fishing boat, ask if it is not from its own country, and it has run within the nine-dash line, the destroyer will not directly attack, but notify the coast guard patrolling nearby, and ask the law enforcement boat to arrest and detain the ship or carry out the expulsion.

Since joining the Navy, the 052A has been deeply loved by officers and men from all levels of the Navy. A total of 12 ships of the same type are now in service with three major fleets, each of which has four. The Navy, which has not yet come into contact with the Aegis ship, believes that the 052A is already one of the best destroyers in the world today, and it is not inferior to the Adams-class or even the Spruance class of the US military.

This preference directly led to the suspension of Qi Yiming's manufacture of this type of destroyer for the navy, and the navy transferred the relevant manufacturing technology to a series of military enterprises, led by Jiangnan Shipbuilding, to build four ships of the same type. It's not that Qi Yiming doesn't make it for the navy, but Qi Yiming thinks it's not much fun to rebuild 052A, and he didn't tell the navy that 052D will appear soon, and the navy naturally has its own development plan. Moreover, the Navy hopes to cultivate the technical level of national defense enterprises, just as Chengfei, Shen Fei and other enterprises have been reborn and have the appearance of becoming real high-end science and technology enterprises.

In the past two years, the navy has lost some innocuous orders to shipyards such as Jiangnan and Hudong, and most of these shipyards are now making their own living, building 10,000-ton ro-ro wheels, bulk carriers, and the like. Or a little ambitious, such as Jiangnan, Huangpu, etc., after the rectification, received the drilling platform and LNG ship technology from the base to study, flat shipbuilding method, sectional shipbuilding and other processes are also being absorbed. But apart from the newly formed coast guard, which has given them a lot of orders for law enforcement ships ranging from hundreds of tons to 3,000 tons, the navy really doesn't take much care of them.

Jiangnan and other enterprises are also unwilling to give up the military market, and after making a total of calculations with the navy, they got the production technology of 052A from the Bohai Shipyard, and the navy also squeezed out some funds and ordered four 052A destroyers, hoping that Jiangnan can keep up with the pace and master the manufacturing technology of world-class destroyers.

Qi Yiming didn't know what to say about this, if he knew it, he would definitely go to Liu Huaqing and ask him to think about it again. But think about it, if you leave a few naval shipyards there for a long time, it is estimated that it will really be scrapped in the next three to five years.

After Jiangnan got the deposit, he was ambitious, and started construction of two ships at the same time, and it is said that the first ship has been completed and launched. This is the first time that Jiangnan has built such a large-tonnage main combat ship, and if it were not for the shipbuilding engineers of the Red Alert to check the whole process in the manufacturing process, it is estimated that there will still be a lot of mistakes.

The weapons and electronic equipment on the ship have basically completed the localization of non-bases, which seems to be quite beneficial to the development of the military industry chain.

Lu Junfu, the captain of the Shenzhen, knew well about the Navy's order of four 052A, and he also felt that it was a particularly wise decision of the Navy. In his opinion, if it weren't for the fact that the country was not very rich, a good ship like 052A should have been built twenty or thirty. After he took over as the captain of the Shenzhen, he was very fond of this excellent ship with beautiful appearance, powerful firepower and strong versatility. Shenzhen gave him not only a job, but also his dream and his glory.

Thinking of this, Lu Junfu couldn't help but sigh slightly, he himself is an officer with a lot of room for development in the navy, he participated in the RIMPAC joint military exercise before, and later there were actual combat tests such as seizing islands in the South China Sea and sending troops to Malaysia. After returning, the Shenzhen will return to the site for maintenance, and he will soon take over his duties, rising to the rank of Navy Colonel, and awaiting a new appointment.

At present, there are only six ships in the navy whose captains are senior colonels, and these six ships are two amphibious assault ships Hainan and Shangri-La, and four 094 strategic nuclear submarines. Lu Junfu did not know that there would be more and more captains of the Navy in the future, and the number of first-class warships such as amphibious assault ships, aircraft carriers, arsenal ships, and strategic nuclear submarines would basically be tens of thousands of tons, and the captains and political commissars would also be assigned to the rank of colonel.

Lu Junfu, who did not know that there would be aircraft carriers and arsenal ships in the future, was quite confused at this time, he had no knowledge of submarines, and he was not familiar with operating amphibious assault ships.

If he does not have a suitable position on the ship, he may enter the fleet command to preside over the work, and then accumulate a few years of experience and join the naval command, and maybe one day he can become the commander of the navy. But these are not his loves, and what he loves is still the position of captain of a ship that goes to sea on the front line.

Thinking about it, he was distracted, until an officer on the ship called him.

"Captain, something on the radar, presumably a small fishing boat, is constantly approaching us, maybe there is no communication equipment on board, and we can't get the message that we will persuade them to leave."

Lu Junfu came back to his senses and nodded, feeling that this situation was probably a mistake into a fishing boat near the Shenzhen, and it was not worth sending a helicopter to go around. However, full of professional spirit, he still told the officers and men of the whole ship to cheer up their spirits, and the observation and communication department increased their attention.

"Captain, it's indeed a fishing boat, well, they're still flying our flag, are they fishermen from Hainan?"

Lu Junfu said: "It is possible, this is already the southern end of the South China Sea, and not far from the southeast is our Nandaemun Zengmu Dark Sand, it is very strange, how can the fishermen of Hainan drive such a small fishing boat to run so far?" ”

Political Commissar Cheng Guang said worriedly: "After sailing so far, these fellows probably have no fresh water and food, so they came over waving flags to prepare some food and drink, and help if they need anything." ”

Lu Junfu agreed with this approach, but still said: "Just let the lifeboat go over and ask, be careful, and be prepared for all situations." ”

A lifeboat carrying several Marines was lowered to the surface, and the motor turned on and sped towards the approaching small fishing boat.