West Sea, near Liumen Reef.

Two fishing boats, together with a small sand dredging boat, are working on land reclamation.

The "fisherman" who is responsible for leading the team is called Ding Wen'an, and his real identity is a sergeant of a certain department in Annan, and he can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face in the lower echelons of the navy.

Therefore, when he was sent to the sea to reclaim the island, in fact, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

What he longed for was a real battle - even if the whole of Annan was now frightened, he still felt that those so-called fourth-generation fighters were nothing more than paper tigers.

He had seen from afar those fighters take off, the vertical take-off and landing was inefficient, and the defense was almost non-existent.

If you can seize the opportunity for the opponent to take off by approaching and observing, and then use the frogman to carry portable anti-aircraft missiles, you can destroy a so-called fourth-generation aircraft with just one shot.

This tactic does not need to take into account the influence of the opponent's radar, and the price paid is also very low.

Even if it fails, it will be a loss of a few worthless soldiers at most.

——

No, it is not even necessary to lose soldiers.

If it fails, it will not be the soldiers who will attack, but the angry civilians

It's the perfect strategy.

But why, the superiors just don't agree?

Ding Wenan was very confused, but he couldn't resist, so he could only take other "fishermen" day after day to build islands in the sea.

Fortunately, the work was not meaningless, and in the space of more than a year, they built more than a dozen islands of all sizes in the sea.

The islands are nowhere near the size of Treasure Island, let alone the airports, and most of them have to work hard to build a helipad.

But he is confident that as long as it develops slowly, these small islands will eventually build bases and ports, and become the forefront of the rebellion against China.

However, this future seems to be a little far away.

Thinking of this, Ding Wen'an sighed and said to the fishermen who were busy:

"Hurry up, we're running out of time!"

"In two hours, it will be time for the other side to conduct routine patrols."

"If you don't want to get into trouble, just finish the work in hand!"

"Someone will come over tomorrow to check, and if we don't complete the goal, all of us won't be able to think about it!"

Hearing his words, the fishermen immediately sped up their movements, and even the roar of the engine of the small sand dredging boat became louder, but the adjutant on the side changed his face.

He looked at Ding Wenan with a bitter look on his face and said:

"Sir, it's not that we don't want to be fast, and the tasks under the superiors have been too heavy recently, right?"

"How is it possible to create 50 square meters of ground with only seven or eight hours a day?"

"Even if there is a dredger, the efficiency is not so fast."

"As you know, the water is relatively deep here, and the dredgers are not very useful."

Hearing his words, Ding Wenan couldn't help but sigh.

Yes, this kind of small dredger really doesn't do much.

If you really want to bring about a fundamental change in your own island-building work, you have to use giant sand dredging boats like those Chinese people.

——

In my own country, there was also a giant sand dredging ship, which was the Haiyan.

Unfortunately, on the first day of launching, in the confrontation with the Huaxia Sky Whale, the "Haiyan" was hit hard.

Not only did he break down and run aground on the spot, but even after he finally got out of trouble, he has not recovered his function until now.

The reason is simple-—— all the damn foreign engineers have been evacuated from Vietnam, and no matter how threatened or tempted by the military, they are not willing to set foot in Vietnam again, and only agree to remote technical guidance.

But what can the shipyard's native engineers do?

I heard that when the ship was being built, they were only interested in making money, and they didn't learn any real technology at all.

Now they need to get hands-on, and it's normal to make a mess.

When you are in a high position, you must shoot all these people!

——

Of course, it's not because they're greedy, Ding Wenan himself is greedy.

It's because they're greedy and incompetent!

Ding Wenan clenched his fists, glanced around, then took off his pants and walked into the water with the adjutant.

I had no choice but to do it myself.

Fortunately, he is not a pampered young master soldier, although he is unwilling to do this kind of dirty work, he often does it when the task is urgent.

I don't find it difficult to do it now.

However, it is one thing to be difficult or not, and it is another thing to work hard or not.

The noon sun was extremely scorching, even with a straw hat, he felt a wave of heat on his head, and he could only keep soaking the straw hat to cool down.

As a result, the evaporated sea water left behind the salt, which knotted the hair into lumps, and the scalp began to dry and sting, which was unbearable.

As the angle of the sun decreased, the sunlight reflected from the water surface began to become more and more dazzling, and most of the time, Ding Wenan was even working with his eyes closed.

The lower body soaked in water for a long time is the most comfortable part of the body, but the rapid loss of water still makes him feel uncomfortable.

He even had some strange thoughts:

If you keep soaking in water like this, your dignity as a man won't be affected, right?

The thought made him shudder, and he quickly jumped on the ground and wrung out his panties.

Seeing this, the adjutant on the side also went ashore to rest, and while drinking water, he also flattered:

"Sir, you're the hardest working of all the squads."

"Not only is it well planned, but you also do it yourself, and the brothers are very obedient to you."

"Otherwise, if you ask everyone to speed up, why is there no one who objects? If it had been placed in other groups, these Diao people would have made a fuss a long time ago. ”

Hearing this, Ding Wen'an's face couldn't help but smile.

He took a breath and said with pretended emotion:

"No way, our task is indeed very heavy."

"The island of tens of thousands of square meters has been built little by little by us, and everyone has done their best."

"We're okay, the shifts I arranged are reasonable, and everyone hasn't suffered too much."

"You go and see other groups, a lot of people are tired and sick and go to the hospital, and there are even suicides by jumping into the sea because they can't stand the hard work."

Speaking of this, Ding Wen'an changed his words.

"But we have to be clear that what we're doing makes sense."

"You see, although the facilities on this island are still very rudimentary, there are also brick and stone barracks."

"We built it little by little, and everyone here carried the bricks of the barracks."

"It won't be long before the barracks here can be officially opened-—— when the time comes, as long as our people move in, even those Chinese people will not dare to act rashly."

"It's a huge step forward and it's a great honor for us"

The adjutant pursed his lips covertly, and secretly thought to himself:

What a glory, at best, is just your "credit".

However, after thinking about it, what Ding Wenan said also made some sense.

If you build a place brick by brick, you will still have a sense of accomplishment whenever you look at it.

That's when it was really hard. A small piece of reef, even standing on the people's side.

Now, the conditions are much better.

He suddenly felt that he was motivated again.

Maybe it's true, even if you don't get tangible benefits, this kind of spiritual satisfaction will make people feel happy.

This is probably the reason why Huaxia is always full of combat effectiveness.

He sighed, got back up, picked up his tools and walked into the water.

Ding Wenan also followed.

After working for more than an hour, seeing that today's daytime task was basically completed, Ding Wenan put down his tools and walked ashore, beckoning everyone to take a boat and prepare to leave.

They can't afford to have unnecessary friction with Huaxia, so just withdraw before they patrol here.

After all, the ownership of this island is still disputed, and as long as it is not a head-on conflict, there is basically no big thing going on.

Within minutes, everyone was on board, the small dredger was at anchor, and everything was well trained.

On the Huaxia side, when the ship appeared on the skyline, Ding Wenan was already preparing to leave with his team.

Standing at the stern of the ship, Ding Wenan held a telescope to look at the Huaxia warship sailing in the distance, but after seeing the shape of the warship clearly, he suddenly frowned.

"It's not their coast guard ship."

He muttered to himself.

The adjutant on the side also immediately looked into the distance, and after a few seconds, he nodded and replied:

"It's true that the ship doesn't seem to be the latest to be sent-—— maybe it's going to be rotated?"

"Maybe, it's not a good thing for us."

"If they've started their routine rotation, it's a sign that they've made this area their territory."

"The situation is very bad, if we still want to keep our island, we will definitely have a conflict with them in the future."

Hearing Ding Wen'an's words, the adjutant sighed and said:

"It's not something we little soldiers should worry about, let the leaders think about it."

"Stupid!"

Ding Wenan interrupted him unceremoniously, and then said:

"We are the front line, and if there is a real conflict, it is bound to be bloody."

"This time it's not like last time, just a fighter jet will force us to withdraw."

"Even from the military's point of view, they have already lost face here with the Chinese people once, and they can't have a second time anyway."

"Otherwise, their rule in the country is over, I can't say this explicitly, just understand."

The adjutant nodded heavily and did not speak.

Like Ding Wen'an, he is not an "ordinary soldier" in the real sense, so his perception of these things is not as rudimentary as that of ordinary soldiers.

The two of them silently watched the warship approach, and because the speed of the sand dredging ship was slow, the figure of the warship began to grow larger and larger in their sight.

It was only then that they discovered that there was not one, but three warships.

All are Type 052.

"Where did they get so many warships? During this time, they have sent warships not only to Africa, but also to us, and the number of warships abroad must be close to 10."

"Not so many, there should be only 6 of them."

Ding Wenan shook his head and said.

"In addition, their recent economic situation is really good, and the speed of warship construction is normal."

"I don't know when we'll be able to have the same speed as them."

As he spoke, his eyes never left the several warships sailing, and when they got closer and closer, Ding Wenan's eyes suddenly widened again.

"The ship doesn't seem to be normal."

"Abnormal? What do you mean? ”

The adjutant asked, confused.

"Its cannon doesn't seem to be the same as the naval guns we've seen before."

Hearing his words, the adjutant hurriedly raised his binoculars, and then, his brow furrowed.

"It's really wrong, it's not an ordinary naval gun, is it?"

"It's bigger, it's longer-—— wait, what's the barrel like it's square?"

"Square? It's true. Maybe it's a problem with the heat dissipation structure. ”

Ding Wen'an put down the binoculars and turned his head to inform the captain to speed up.

From these three warships, he felt a clear crisis.

This sense of crisis comes from his keen intuition.

It's like. If you don't leave now, you may not be able to leave.

"They're not going to go to war, are they?"

The adjutant asked worriedly.

Ding Wenan shook his head and replied:

"Probably not-—— if they do use force, they should attack us outside of line of sight. Most likely, it was just a demonstration. ”

The adjutant breathed a sigh of relief and followed Ding Wenan to re-establish himself at the stern of the boat.

This was their first meeting with the revamped 052C, but they still had no idea of the seriousness of the matter.

They just silently looked at the warship, envious of each other's "wealth".

Gradually, the dredging fleet moved away from Liumen Reef, and the three warships began to turn.

It seems that this encounter at sea is about to end in such a plain and tacit way.

However, just as Ding Wenan was about to return to the cabin to rest, an incredible scene suddenly appeared in his sight.

——

On Liumen Reef, a burst of smoke suddenly rose.

Immediately after, the location of the masonry barracks, which was originally a masonry barracks, was inexplicably empty.

The buildings on that island are gone.

Ding Wenan's heart suddenly lifted, and at this moment, he was even a little weak.

Did you really fire a gun?

He immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at the warship in the distance, but because the distance had gradually narrowed, he could no longer see the muzzle of the ship due to the curvature of the earth.

But "the sound of cannons" has been heard, and it continues.

——

To be precise, it doesn't look like the sound of a gunpowder blast at all, but rather a sonic boom from a supersonic flying object?

It's so weird.

didn't have time to think about it, Ding Wenan hurriedly ran to the cabin, he had to report to his superiors that they had been attacked!

However, the voice on the radio was one step ahead of him.

"We were attacked! This is Hongxu Island! ”

"Spratly Island! We were attacked! The buildings on our island have been destroyed! ”

"It's the same with Daxian Reef! The building was destroyed, but there were no casualties, they just waited for us to leave! ”

"It's shelling, it's shelling! We see the rules of shelling! ”

"How is that possible! We are close to two hundred kilometers away! Their ships are in a position close to the Six Gates Reef! ”

"How could they possibly beat us!?"

Ding Wenan listened to the radio dumbfounded.

In just a few minutes, the "New Island", which had taken us several years to operate, was all hit.

There is no doubt that the buildings on the island should have been destroyed in one fell swoop.

Some islands may have been turned into "reefs" again

How did they do it?

That cannon.

Ding Wen'an's eyes were cracked.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.

In the face of absolute strength, the so-called "hard work" and "diligence" of his own people, as well as "determination", are so insignificant.

Just one ship, one gun, and all your own operations will be ruined.

And you don't even know where the attacker is or what weapon he is using!

It's all over.

After this ship came, there was no place for us to stand on this sea

(End of chapter)