Within a few days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Country C suddenly held an impromptu press conference, at which the spokesman directly said to the outside world: "...... China hereby solemnly announces to all governments, organizations and individuals that within 72 hours from 0:00 tomorrow, China will carry out large-scale civil engineering construction projects within the coordinates of the South China Sea, and hereby set up a no-navigation zone. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info would like to thank all parties for their cooperation and attention, thank you! ”

The department of country C, which has used all kinds of tall equipment, used holographic images at the press conference at this time, and the speaker himself did not have to stand in front of the microphone, but pasted a pocket microphone the size of a button on the collar.

The spokesman did not give any media a chance to ask questions, and walked away in a whirlwind. But his statement caused an uproar in the outside world.

"The island-building continues? Contrary to the low-key norm, country C has made a high-profile reclaim of land and land. ”

"Intending to dominate East Asia, Country C's intention to obstruct the free passage of the South China Sea is clearly exposed!"

"It is rumored that the facilities on the islands of the Philippines and Vietnam have begun to be dismantled, and the personnel have begun to retreat under the supervision of the coast guard of country C."

All kinds of news flooded the Internet for a while, especially overseas media, and the rendering was extremely strong. The South China Sea issue has cooled down a lot in the past few months, and the hot spots of everyone's attention are basically on issues such as the transition and transformation of Star Alliance, Cuihaixing, and Country C. In fact, before the emergence of Starlink, this aspect had also eased.

The Philippines and Vietnam were relatively quick to instigate, and country C used the means of half threat and half inducement, and if it did not agree, even its political power would be uprooted, and now the air and space fleet of country C is flying everywhere, and destroying the political power of one country is nothing more than a matter of waving a hand.

Malaysia had actually retreated from the three islands and reefs in the southern Spratly three months ago, without making any noise, and avoided mentioning it to the people, after all, such a remote island is actually far away from people's lives.

The discussion on the Internet about the surprise statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also exploded.

Bai Zhongqi also pays attention to public opinion in real time, he not only reads the comments on forums and platforms that are similar to his position, but also picks up different angles, but on the South China Sea issue, the attitude of domestic netizens is very consistent.

"This time we must be completely resolute about the South China Sea issue! The scope of the no-sail zone is so huge, and it covers all the islands and reefs in the Spratlys, and all the islands will definitely be taken back this time. ”

"It's still good to be powerful, no one can mess with us now, and if you say you take it back, you will take it back, and no one dares to make a big noise."

"It must be using Iridium technology to expand the island, maybe some of the islands and reefs can be expanded to the size of the town."

On the other hand, Bai Zhongqi quickly noticed the reaction from other countries as well.

After learning of the situation, President Big Mouth immediately sent a note, saying: "Look, the people of country C are interfering with our important freedom of navigation, and we insist that it is the high seas, not the backyard of country C, and our aircraft carrier is there, and it will not care about any no-sail zones." ”

It's just that as soon as the big-mouthed president was released, the comments below were those who habitually scolded him.

"President, do you think that the nuclear submarine on the White House lawn is not majestic enough and wants to change to an aircraft carrier?"

"No, because King Sichuan doesn't work in the White House at all."

"My God, can you use your brain to pick an opponent who you can do, now the Star Alliance is No. 1, don't let your arrogance cost the boys their lives."

"Although the people of Country C hate it very much, but it is 8,000 miles away, what about the jobs you promised to create, President? Why am I still receiving unemployment benefits? ”

"Maybe this time you can watch the aircraft carriers at sea versus the aircraft carriers in the sky?"

"I love Ivanka!" (Messing into the fog.)

Bai Zhongqi looked at these talented lighthouse country netizens, and not only smiled. He didn't care at all whether the lighthouse country fleet intervened or not, country C was not completely unprepared, and country C also made a lot of preparations for this operation.

Country C itself is brewing some tougher measures, and for several months it has been at the forefront of almost all construction reforms in terms of army building. Not only did the previous battle on the northern continent of Cuihaixing temper the newly reequipped army of country C, but the naval strength of country C was also different from what it used to be.

Everyone knows that once the United States really makes irrational moves in the South China Sea, it will definitely be fully countered by the navy of country C.

The newly commissioned Type 001A aircraft carrier Shandong had already untied its cable and set sail with its own escort formation in the South China Sea the day before the Foreign Ministry spokesman's statement.

This aircraft carrier has undergone a complete magic transformation, and its combat effectiveness is exactly two orders of magnitude from the original design. With the replacement of miniature high-efficiency fission reactors and improved transmission and propulsion systems, the aircraft carrier is able to reach speeds of more than 50 knots. This is even faster than the Littoral Combat Ship of about 3,000 tons in the Lighthouse Country.

The carrier-based aircraft on the Shandong use two types of J-15 Magic Flying Shark and Killer Bee carrier-based UAV, which are not at all the opponents that the existing F-18E/F or F-35C of the Lighthouse Country can deal with. They have a longer combat radius, more firepower, and more powerful avionics.

The main ships of the escort are the 052D and 054A modifications, although the exterior of the hull does not look much different, but the inside has been greatly changed. Add an attack nuclear submarine and supply ship, and this forms the aircraft carrier battle group of country C.

To put it bluntly, although this is still a typical configuration of an American aircraft carrier battle group, its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of a Nimitz-class or Ford-class aircraft carrier battle group.

At present, the underwater fleet of the navy of country C is mainly composed of three major components, with two aircraft carrier battle groups as one, the second is a general destroyer formation, and the third is a small frigate formation in shallow water and internal water.

On such an occasion, although the navy of country C has preset an air and space fleet for second-line support for the sake of insurance, if any battle occurs on the first line, it will be carried out by the surface fleet.

The Shandong aircraft carrier battle group will fully assume the maritime security of the project of building the island.

Bai Zhongqi naturally will not sit idly by, but he will also not directly and obviously intervene. All kinds of defensive weapons in the earth's orbit are facing the ground at the moment, and any changes that occur in the South China Sea, Bai Zhongqi can call the defensive platform weapons in the earth's orbit to strike and expel them.

After the statement announced the time of island building, sure enough, the USS Stennis aircraft carrier battle group of the US Navy swaggered into the South China Sea from the waters of Indonesia, and Bai Zhongqi also arrived over the South China Sea in a spacecraft at this time, ready to deploy the homeland stone.