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April 15, Republic 2783 (1942), Southern Indian Ocean.

The wind was blowing again, and the angry waves roared, as if to vent the infinite anger in their chests. The waves were like thousands of horses, and like vicious wolves, baring their hideous teeth and roaring loudly, as if they were chasing something unrelentingly.

At this time, a large fleet of ships was heading west against the bitter westerly wind.

The Southern Indian Ocean refers to a large area of sea south of the equator in the Indian Ocean, from Mozambique and Madagascar in the west, to Australia in the east, to the Maldives in the north, and to Antarctica in the south. There are not many islands in this area, and there are very few airports and ports available, so it can be difficult to find a docking point. With unpredictable currents and volcanoes, even seasoned captains often avoid the area.

As a result, it became the most inhospitable body of water on Earth and was called the "Alien Ocean of Earth".

But since the end of last year, the wildest of waters have started to come alive a bit. The reason is that this ocean is the closest route from Oceania to Africa, and the huge fleet from Oceania is the closest to take this route. These fleets are carrying Australian and New Zealand whites who do not want to be Chinese.

These Australian and New Zealand whites, whose thinking is still stuck in the "glory of whites, Europe and the United States", with hatred for China, take their property and family members with them on these specially allocated immigration ships to the areas they are willing to migrate.

Right now, the fleet's destination is South Africa. The fleet was carried by white Australians and New Zealanders who had voluntarily relocated to South Africa. After years of war, South Africa is now very underpopulated. In the 20s and 30s, the black independence riots and the repression of the British authorities, as well as the intermediated ethnic vendettas, caused a sharp decline in the local population.

It was only after it was almost stable in 1936 that the local Boers and British immigrants realized that they were on the verge of killing all the local blacks. Now the huge South Africa, with a land area of 1.85 million square kilometers, is now less than 4 million people, with an average of less than 2 people per square kilometer. And it is obvious that such a small population will not be able to develop the country well. Coupled with their eyeing of the United States and Japan, both powers were interested in this rich land.

So they especially need a large population right now to fill, well, a lack of whites to be exact. It's easy to get blacks, and now they don't have many on their own territory, but they can still find tens of millions elsewhere. But they managed to make white South Africa, how could they dye it black again?

As a result, the Australian and New Zealand immigrants have become their best target, and the South African government imitates China and gives this group of immigrants quite preferential treatment, directly giving each immigrant a preferential policy of 100 acres of residential land, plus the attraction of allowing private mining of gold and diamonds. It also grabbed quite a few people from competitors such as the United States and Canada.

The main attraction, of course, is that South Africa is the only one of these receptive countries that has not been involved in a world war. That's right, although South Africa is also a member of the Entente and the British Commonwealth, but under the pretext of internal instability, they refused to enter the war. Britain and France were so angry that they couldn't help it.

This fleet is like a herd of wild horses migrating in the vast wilderness, and a warship with a simple appearance and beautiful shape is like the head horse in the herd, galloping at the front with a light posture.

"Whoa...... "The blue waves of the sea swelled and threw cool, salty droplets onto the deck, and the thick gray spray shattered the bow of the ship.......

This is the Chinese Navy's "Yangon" large destroyer, which belongs to the latest Qingdao-class missile destroyer and was commissioned in February this year. The size and shape of the Qingdao class are similar to the 052D of the later Tu Dynasty, and the weapon configuration is relatively close, and the specific performance may be worse, but the power system is more advanced, because of the silver dragon battery, it is an all-electric drive, with extremely high fuel utilization and a cruising range of 8000 nautical miles / 20 knots.

In the extremely simple bridge of the Yangon, there was a young major officer, with a handsome and extraordinary face as fine as a carved workmanship, and a straight military uniform, which felt like a jade tree facing the wind. He is the captain of this warship, Rear Admiral Li Guoping.

Li Guoping is currently the youngest destroyer captain, only 27 years old this year, the youngest among Chinese destroyer captains. Captain Li was born into a naval family, and he is the current commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Li Ang. Of course, he was able to be promoted to the captain of the destroyer this year, but it was not because of his father's relationship, he was made by himself.

During the South Seas War, he was the captain of the missile frigate USS Jintang, which sank the heavy cruiser HMS Melbourne of the Australian Navy, and the light cruiser HMS Sydney with friendly ships. Later, a destroyer of the New Zealand Navy was destroyed and captured, several torpedo boats were sunk, and a submarine was killed. During the blockade mission, seven more merchant ships were caught trying to speculate. The head is full of brushes, and the luck is so good that even his father is a little jealous.

Officers like war, and once a war breaks out, they can rise quickly, and Li Guoping relied on the Nanyang War to come up all at once.

Looking at the vast sea, Li Guoping sighed in high spirits: "...... Seeing the magnificent waves makes people's hearts roll and their hearts become broad-minded, and this kind of sea view is really worth seeing......"

"Yo, I really can't see it, you're still a wet man......" He Energy, the political commissar next to him, rolled his eyes when he heard it. "I don't see anything good about this place. All year round, there were few merchant ships and no fishing boats. There are no whales, because there are no fish to eat, and they don't come here for fear of starvation......"

"Uh, I'm in a good mood, everything is pleasing to the eye......" Li Guoping spread his hands. This kid has just been promoted, and of course he is in a good mood, and seeing the poor mountains and bad waters of the South Indian Ocean is no exception.

"Helicopter reports, a Japanese seaplane was spotted...... "The intelligence staff officer reported.

More than 200 kilometers in front of the fleet, a Japanese Zero Naval Reconnaissance and a Chinese carrier-based Black Hawk helicopter crossed by, and the two sides also greeted each other. The Black Hawk helicopter was naturally released aboard the "Rangoon", and it was exploring the way ahead.

Although Japan has now also introduced Chinese helicopters, they feel that this kind of thing is too expensive and they are reluctant to equip it more. And they all believe that helicopters are slow, and in addition to the convenience of taking off and landing, they are really inferior to seaplanes. Therefore, most of their warships are still dominated by seaplanes. Of course, their current seaplanes are also shotguns and are more advanced turboprop aircraft.

This news did not attract Li Guoping's attention, the range of the Zero Water Reconnaissance is very perverted, full of 4,000 kilometers (different from the original time and space of the same name). You can see it everywhere.

This time, the "Yangon" was here to carry out an escort mission, and Wen Desi paid more attention to his appearance, and since he had decided to send people away, he had to send them to the place safely. Now, in the midst of the war, if something happens to the migrant fleet, it will be impossible to tell. Although the great powers of this era often did this kind of thing, Wen Deji was different, on the one hand, he disdained to engage in this kind of conspiracy, and his favorite was the upright conspiracy. On the other hand, there are other considerations, so these Australian and New Zealand whites who do not want to be Chinese must ensure that they are safely sent to the ground, and as for what will happen to them there, that is another question.

Of course, in addition to escorting, there is also the meaning of letting the navy conduct long-distance training by the way, so this escort fleet not only has a Heilongjiang-class 10,000-ton light cruiser as the core, but also has four supply ships.

Li Guoping held up the binoculars. Viewed through high-powered telescopes, the vast southern Indian Ocean resembles a "dark grey desert", with no signs of life and no ships to be found, except for the occasional few seabirds.

"Guoping, I said a long time ago, there are no fishing boats in this ghost place...... He Energy was very unimpressed by his partner's actions, he felt that this guy had just become the captain, and everything was fresh.

At this time, the intelligence staff officer reported: "Captain, the helicopter reported that the target was found in the azimuth of 2 points ahead, at a distance of 360 kilometers, on course 236, and at a speed of 20 knots. Quantity 5, probably the ...... of ships of the Japanese Navy"

Li Guoping walked to the chart, looked at it, and said with some confusion: "How can there be a Japanese fleet here? What are they doing here?"

Their location is 30 degrees south latitude and 60 degrees east longitude, this place is far away from shipping lanes and fishing areas, and there is not even a port or even an island for hundreds of nautical miles nearby, not to mention merchant ships, not even fishing boats. Even if it's training, warships generally don't run here.

He spread his hands and said that I don't know.

Li Guoping walked to the command computer and watched the information on the screen. He first connected to the Navy's data link and browsed satellite intelligence.

Soon, he called up the satellite image from half an hour ago, and there was indeed a small fleet in front of it, marked by the 4th Mine Squadron of the Japanese Navy. Subsequently, he called up the information of the helicopter in front of him.

"Light cruiser Nako...... Destroyer Thunder, Ring, Electricity, Dawn...... Sure enough, it was the 4th Mine Combat Team. Li Guoping had just confirmed the image of the ship with identification software, and new information popped up on the screen. The ship-based helicopter that was reconnoitering in front spotted five more warships and transmitted the images back. “...... Ripples, haze, dawn, tide. Oh, the 4th Mine Squadron is all out, and there's a Kenzaki integrated supply ship......"

At this time, the communications staff officer reported: "Captain, the Japanese fleet has communicated with us, and they are asking us about our purpose......

This immigrant fleet is as many as more than 40 ocean-going passenger ships, carrying more than 40,000 passengers, such a large fleet, the Japanese are not blind, of course.