"It's so fast!"

Ruan Huakai stood on the deck of the Haiyan and couldn't help but sigh.

Over the past week, he has been at sea with the Petrel as commander-in-chief, reaching the first reef in the intended target.

Subsequently, the Haiyan lowered its positioning piles and began the island-building operation.

In just five days, mud gushed out and then piled up near the reef, creating an offshore platform with an area of more than 20,000 square meters at an astonishing rate.

And this is not the limit of the engineering design of the Haiyan.

If it weren't for the fact that the operators were not familiar enough with the ship, and if it weren't for those big and small problems, this cutter suction dredger could at least reach a speed of more than 8,000 square meters of island-building in a single day!

What is this concept?

In the past, it would have taken at least a few months to build an 8,000-square-meter island with their fishing boats and ordinary machinery.

And, because the speed is too slow, the sea will continue to erode the existing foundation, making the already formed ground extremely unreliable.

Even if the island is really built, no one will dare to build infrastructure on it.

Because you don't know when the ground on which you built your house will collapse.

However, now everything is different.

A new era of maritime expansion has finally arrived.

According to this progress, Ruan Huakai is confident that in the next few years, all those islands on the sea will be taken for himself!

As for the Sky Whale?

Although it is a little larger, it is obvious that without the blessing of the world's most advanced technology, its efficiency must not be up to the level of the Haiyan.

Not to mention the daily average of 8,000 square meters, it is estimated that it can reach 2,000

What are you competing with us?

Ruan Huakai became more and more proud, he could almost see that a bright future was in front of him.

And just then, the captain of the Petrel came to his side and spoke:

"Mr. Nguyen, our operational activities here have been basically completed, and according to the original plan, we will go to Bisheng Reef to continue the reclamation operation."

"The estimated departure time is two o'clock this afternoon, do you see if it is carried out according to the plan?"

"So soon?"

Ruan Huakai asked knowingly.

The captain smiled in agreement, and replied:

"Yes, our sailors and workers are working hard, and the Petrel is more capable, and that's because of your foresight."

"Without the Petrel, we wouldn't have been able to achieve this result anyway."

Ruan Huakai nodded with satisfaction, and after a moment of silence, he spoke:

"We don't go to the Reef."

"Don't go to Lifetime Reef?"

The captain looked at Ruan Huakai in surprise and continued to ask:

"So where are we going?"

"Fortune Reef."

Ruan Huakai replied.

"Fulu Reef? It's on the edge of the Huaxia Actual Control Zone, and if we go there now, won't it be a little too risky?"

"You also know that the situation at sea has just cooled down, and we don't have an escort, so I'm afraid it will be dangerous in the past."

Hearing his words, Ruan Huakai pursed his mouth in disdain.

"We don't have an escort, do they have?"

"Things have come to this point, no matter who it is, they will no longer provoke conflicts at will."

"Therefore, our current competition is that whoever builds the island quickly will have an advantage."

"If we already have the Petrel, why are we huddled in our own territory?"

"We're just going to keep going! Go build an island! Go grab the turf! ”

Ruan Huakai's voice was a little higher, and his face showed a bit of hatred.

"Fulu Reef is their actual control area?"

"Hehe, not anymore."

"When we turn that reef into an island, it will be our de facto zone!"

"Now, let's go anchor."

"Follow my instructions and head to Fulu Reef!"

"Understood!"

The captain replied decisively.

He then returned to the wheelhouse and began to give the order to set sail.

Soon after, the large sand dredging ship slowly turned around and headed in the direction of Fulu Reef

After an overnight voyage, the Petrel and other engineering vessels successfully reached the vicinity of Fortune Reef.

Ruan Huakai looked at the empty sea with satisfaction and immediately gave the order to start the operation.

Sure enough, as he thought, the other party's speed was already far behind his own.

The most likely thing is that they are still carrying muddy water in that small part of Treasure Island.

Thinking of this, Ruan Huakai was in high spirits.

This is the breakthrough point that I have been pursuing!

As long as we can build Fulu Reef ahead of them, we can use it as a springboard to continue to expand forward.

By then, even if they had already completed the construction of Treasure Island, what was the use?

There is only one island, but I have a dozen, or even dozens, of islands, and under the siege and interception, in the end you can only end up withdrawing alone.

"Hurry up, get started!"

Ruan Huakai shouted in high spirits.

Under the command of the captain, the Haiyan quickly found its position, lowered the positioning pile, and the ship was nailed into the sea like a reef, even in the wind and waves more than one meter high.

The cutter group then plunged into the sea, shattering the reef and sediment, and then spewing it down the slurry pump to the rear of the Petrel.

In just a minute, the shallows were already piled up high on the ground.

The diesel engine was running wildly, and thick black smoke was spewing out of the exhaust pipe.

Everything seemed to be going extremely well, but at this moment, in the engine room, the chief engineer's face was not very good.

"We are already completely overloaded, and if we continue to maintain this load, it will not be long before the turbine will have to completely overheat and shut down."

The deputy, who was standing beside him, sighed and replied:

"There's no way, the big guy's request, we can't refuse. The biggest problem now is not on our side of the engine. ”

"I've heard that both the reamer and the rake are already deformed because they weren't of good quality when they were built before."

"If you continue to do this, it is estimated that the reamer will be abolished"

"Also, the hull is also cracked and deformed, and Zhu Laoba has been worried about it for the past two days."

Hearing his words, the chief engineer pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"In that case, then we don't care!"

"Anyway, everyone is overloaded, and there will always be problems somewhere."

"At least in the current situation, our turbine group can still hold on."

"As long as we hold out until someone else has a problem, we won't have a problem!"

The deputy's expression was a little hesitant.

"Is this really going to work?"

"Definitely! Our full set of turbine units are imported, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed, which is not the same grade as those shoddy components. ”

Speaking of which, the deputy could not give any more opinions.

He operated the machine in silence, and a sense of foreboding gradually rose in his heart.

The Petrel has been out to sea for less than a week.

It does seem to have achieved a lot of results, but at what cost?

Perhaps, it will not be long before it dies

And the consequences of premature death are absolutely impossible for anyone to afford

On the other side, the Treasure Island base.

The Sky Whale has been in the nearby waters for 5 days, and the operation has been going on for 4 days, and under its amazing power, this originally endless sea surface has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The crescent-shaped island has been formed, and the accumulated sediment has not yet been leveled, but with the continuous widening of the channel, many construction machinery ships have finally gotten rid of the dilemma of the narrow construction surface and began to pour into the port in the middle of the crescent moon one after another.

This also further improved the efficiency of the construction, and in just four days, the island-building construction team had completed the work that had not been completed for months.

Today, Treasure Island has a staggering 180,000 square meters of sea area and more than 10,000 square meters of available flat ground.

If necessary, there is even a temporary take-off runway on the island for small aircraft to take off.

Feng Ping looked at the fleet working in full swing with emotion, and said to his son Feng Ru on the side:

"This thing is so good, in such a short period of time, such a big island, if it had been before, I really can't think of it."

"It's too fast, if we really want to continue at this rate, wouldn't one day, our entire sea surface be filled in with the ground?"

Feng Ru laughed and replied:

"Daddy, you're thinking too much."

"Don't look at the simplicity of the Sky Whale now, but that's also conditional."

"Most of the near Treasure Island are shallows, which are easy to dig up, so we can build quickly."

"But if you go deeper, it's much less efficient."

"We can now fill up almost 60,000 square meters of sea in a day, which is close to the design limit of this ship."

"If you really want to build an island on a large scale, you need a few more high-powered sand dredging boats."

Hearing Feng Ru's words, Feng Ping glared and shouted:

"60,000 square meters is not enough? Before the Sky Whale, how many levels could we fill in a day, don't you count in your heart? ”

"Besides, even if we don't compare ourselves with ourselves, if you look at the Vietnamese side, they also have boats, how much can they fill in a day?"

"6,000 square meters is the sky!"

"Haven't you heard? They worked hard there for two weeks to fill in more than 10,000 square meters of ground, which was not as much as the two hours that the Sky Whale could do. ”

"You're just too ambitious to know how to eat bite by bite."

"If it's this kind of thought again, be careful to choke you!"

Hearing his father's tone a little displeased, Feng Ru hurriedly put away his ridiculous expression and replied:

"Gee, I don't want us to go faster and faster. By the way, it's said that we're leaving for the next island today? ”

Feng Ping snorted and replied:

"I'll leave in the evening, and I'll be near Fulu Reef tomorrow morning."

"To go that far?"

Feng Ru asked in surprise.

"That's right. The monkeys are there to move, and we have to get ahead of them! ”

A few hours later, the Sky Whale retracted the positioning piles, the gas turbine sprayed a blazing flame, and with the blessing of the ship's integrated power system, the 10,000-ton ship completed a U-turn at sea with amazing agility, and then sailed towards Fulu Reef at a very fast speed.

It was supposed to be the slowest ship in the fleet, but in fact, it was ahead of all the others.

They even had to slow down from time to time and wait for barges that were heavy and immobile.

It took the flotilla nine hours to reach the waters near Fortune Reef.

And the scene in front of him made everyone who had already been informed of the situation a little surprised.

No, of course, it's not surprising that the Vietnamese have already started to build islands.

Rather, I was amazed. They're too slow, aren't they??

It's been two days since they arrived, and they actually filled in such a little?

At a cursory glance, it is estimated to be a few thousand square meters, which is not as big as a standard football field

Shouldn't it be?

Anyway, their Haiyan is also the crystallization of VOSTALMG's latest technology, no matter how you pull your crotch, you can still pull your crotch to this?

Feng Ping stood on the deck, looking at the sand dredging ship in the opposite fleet suspiciously, wanting to find some clues from it.

But sadly, he didn't see anything.

And just when he was puzzled, the voice of the commander-in-chief of the fleet suddenly came from the walkie-talkie on his chest.

"Attention all ships, attention all ships."

"Continue to approach the waters of Fulu Reef and anchor at a suitable location on the east side of Fulu Reef."

"Roger, Roger."

Feng Ru on the side also heard the order, he looked at Feng Ping, and asked with some confusion:

"What are we going to do over there? Across the island, confronting those monkeys? ”

"Now that they've got the lead, shouldn't they call the warship over and drive them away?"

Feng Ping shook his head and replied:

"I don't know exactly what I'm going to do."

"However, it is certainly impossible for warships to intervene directly, the situation has just cooled down, and it is impossible to take the initiative to provoke disputes."

"I guess we'll have to figure it out ourselves."

Speaking of this, Feng Ping suddenly laughed.

"Actually, it's not a big deal!"

"Not to mention that we were on Yongxia Island back then, just this year, when the escort ship hasn't arrived yet, won't we do a good job?"

"You may not be able to beat the Yankees, but it is more than enough to bully and bully Vietnamese monkeys!"

As he spoke, he slapped the rudder, and the No. 1 barge slowly turned at an angle and headed towards the sea area on the southeast side of Fulu Reef.

The Vietnamese fleet on the opposite side had already discovered the movement here, and all construction operations had come to a standstill.

Feng Ru could vaguely see that on their so-called "Haiyan" dredger, there were several armed sailors looking over them.

This made him a little nervous.

If you get too close, you won't actually shoot, right?

While he was hesitating, all the ships had already entered the target mooring position as instructed.

The Sky Whale was guarded between several barges, and directly in front of it was the Petrel, separated by a small piece of land.

Two "flagships", the distance is no more than a hundred meters.

The Sky Whale slowly turned around, its pump mouth aimed at the Petrel on the opposite side.

Then, the voice of the commander-in-chief came over the walkie-talkie again.

"All ships, stay vigilant."

"Sky Whale, the pump port is aimed at the opposite ship, and the blade is turned on."

"Bury them!"

The gas turbine ignited with a bang, and the blade set was submerged in the water.

Then, the turbulent sea water spewed out of the pump port of the Sky Whale with sediment and gravel, and fell straight towards the Petrel on the opposite side!