Ning Lei gently pressed the joystick in his hand, and the latest J-7 H fighter equipped by HNA trembled slightly, and the nose quickly lowered and pointed to the distant sea-sky junction.

Looking at the familiar altimeter, the digital code that shows the altitude of the fighter jets quickly rolled on the familiar altimeter, Ning Lei thought with some emotion that no matter what happened in this world, it was from simple to elegant, and from extravagant to simple, he flew over a year, but he was not used to it. He was originally very familiar with the J-7 fighter jet.

As the supreme commander of the fulcrum plan, he must show his existence when his men go to war. As the only flying ace in China, Ning Lei is the core responsibility of the entire plan, and cannot run to the ship formation. He can only fly a plane to say hello over the fleet.

Most of the success or failure of the fulcrum plan proposed by the Republic's military depends on Ning Lei and the long-range aviation forces led by him. In the eyes of the military, as long as Ning Lei leads the fleet to set up air umbrellas over the Nansha, the Vietnamese naval ships and the defenders on the islands and reefs are not seen by the Republic's land and sea.

Through the horizontal windshield of the J-7 fighter, seven straight tracks on the sea surface in the distance are clearly visible. A special mixed formation consisting of two 3000-ton Type 051 missile destroyers, four 2000-ton Type 053 missile frigates, and a 3000-ton Type 072 amphibious landing ship is heading south in the face of the wind and waves.

Ning Lei controlled the J-7 fighter jet and shook the wings a few times, signaling the fleet behind him to follow, then suddenly descended and flew over the sailing fleet.

Xiong Weixin was wearing a raincoat and a big man with a red face standing at the tail of the Wufeng Mountain amphibious landing ship, pointing at the white track.

"Bears. I told you that we are still small, and the tail of a large tanker of 100,000 tons can last for more than ten minutes without disappearing."

If Liang Yuan stood beside Xiong Weixin, he would definitely find that this man with a red face was very similar to the captain of the northern Guangxi Fishing 1544 fishing boat reported on CCTV a few days ago.

For the Republic's Navy, as the Republic gained a foothold in the Nansha Sea, the navy's direct land combat forces increased significantly. The Army participated in the fulcrum plan mainly for the dominant core issues of future war against Taiwan, and the Navy is indeed responsible for defending its territory in the Nansha Sea.

Therefore, although the army took command of the island-landing troops, the navy still organized its own marines into the island-landing troops, representing the Marine Corps. Dong Kaichuan, the battalion commander of the Marine Corps, who pretended to be a fishing boat in northern Guizhou and investigated Nanzi Island a few days ago.

Before Xiong Weixin could reply, a rumbling sound of aero engine came from the sky behind the fleet. After a moment, a team of J-7 fighters became clear in their vision.

"Bears, this is not the new aircraft you told us about for air support, right?" Dong Kaichuan pointed to the formation of J-7 aircraft in the shape of arrows in the sky. He asked loudly with some confusion.

It is still a relatively confidential matter for the F14 fighter and A7 attack aircraft to be continuously put into service in the Republic. Unless Xiong Weixin knows the details by chance, many senior military leaders are still kept in the dark, and Dong Kaichuan only knows some of the details. It is only from the navy's increasingly tough attitude in the Nansha Sea that the country is likely to have a new type of fighter jet in service.

What Xiong Weixin said about confidentiality just before boarding the ship completely confirmed Dong Kaichuan's recent speculation.

"Isn't the one in the sky the new model of HNA equipment J-7? Where is the new model? Don't worry, you will see it in two days." Xiong Weixin said with a loud laugh.

Whether it is the F14 fighter or the A7 attack aircraft, they are non-year-old aircraft with a body life of more than half. How could the Navy be willing to consume its flight life to daily patrols? Therefore, when the special mixed fleet is driving in offshore waters, the safety of the fleet is still mainly HNA's J-7 fighter jets in service.

Seven HNA J-7 fighter jets lined up in front-array formations flew at low speed above the special mixed formation. After passing the Nanning missile destroyer headed by the special mixed formation, the long aircraft leading the fleet shook its wings a few times and began to climb at a high angle.

The group behind the long fuselage seemed to have received a signal, and the neat flight formation was disintegrated in a blink of an eye. The planes in the formation suddenly exploded like blooming fireworks, leaving several white tracks.

"Captain, I will send a message to wish us all the best." Adjutant Gao Ming handed the short note in his hand to Chen Guanghan after leaving the port.

Chen Guanghan took the short note and looked carefully, then looked at the sky in front of the fleet, which seemed like fireworks and said firmly: "Return the call, you will win."

Due to the shallow draft and great resistance of large amphibious landing ships, they are slow ships in the navies of all countries around the world. The Type 072 amphibious landing ship equipped by the Republic can run up to 18 knots, which is already the top speed among amphibious landing ships.

Due to the drag of the Wufeng Mountain, the speed of the entire special mixed formation could only be maintained at about 15 knots. Therefore, the special mixed formation specially chose to set sail in the evening. In this way, when the fleet arrived at the waters near the Twin Reefs, thousands of miles away from the Zhanjiang base, it would be the dawn of the third day. The next whole day would be enough for the three Republican armed forces to launch a fatal blow to the illegal armed forces entrenched on Nanzi Island in Vietnam.

The large-scale coral reef plate can be said to be the pearl left by the Creator in the ocean. From a high altitude, a little bit of emerald rings scattered in the deep blue and distant sea water, mysterious, profound, beautiful... The magical craftsmanship of nature always exceeds the limits of human imagination and vocabulary.

The Twin Reef located at the center of the South China Sea is a super-large atoll with an approximate rhombus. From the overall perspective of the atoll, it is about 16 kilometers long and about 8 kilometers wide. The northwest of the atoll has developed into Beizi Island with an area of ​​0.14 square kilometers and Nanzi Island with an area of ​​0.13 square kilometers.

There is a central waterway between Nanzi and Beizi Shuangdao with a width of 9 meters and a depth of 2 kilometers. The waterway directly connects to the super-large lagoon in the middle of the atoll. The lagoon water depth in the atoll is between 3,050 meters. The bottom of the lagoon is abnormally flat, with almost no raised reef piers. It can be said to be a natural good harbor. The super-large lagoon and reef area also leads to the Twin Reefs, which have a better growth space than Yongxing Island in the Xisha, and is more suitable for future naval nuclear submarine advancement base.

After the reef, the deep-sea sea area is more than 1,000 meters. Is there any sea area that is more suitable for the combat readiness of strategic nuclear submarines than this place? Of course, the funds used for land reclamation before that must have been astronomical. However, as the Republic's economic strength continues to increase in the future, the amount of money is a strategic weapon that is key to the survival of the nation. It should not be an important factor.

A few clouds floated in the azure sky. The sun, which had just poked its head out of the sea and sky communication line, emitted bright yellow light. Under the reflection of the sun, the white coral sand embankment around Nanzi Island was shrouded in a large area of ​​light golden glow. The tall coconut trees and the low northwest grass polenta swung slightly under the gentle caress of the wind. The dark blue, jade, grass green, and white several pure colors of nature are harmoniously intertwined together, creating a large scroll of soothing and beautiful tropical style.

Nguyen Zhiqing is a major battalion commander of the Second Coastal War Zone of the Vietnam People's Navy and affiliated with the Nansha Task Force. He is the highest military commander of the Vietnam People's Navy's garrison in Namzidao. Nguyen Zhiqing has an independent rest room on Namzidao.

After eating the tough French breakfast bread, Ruan Zhiqing left the officer's residence and walked towards the barracks area. Feeling the gentle wind blowing on his face, Ruan Zhiqing nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that today was another typical good weather in Nansha.

"Report to Comrade Battalion Commander, the call from the Coastal War Zone Command." A thin communication soldier ran to Ruan Zhiqing with half a piece of white paper and saluted.

"Remember!" Ruan Zhiqing stood firm and said with great momentum.

"Recently, the Chinese Communist Party, together with the Western bourgeois counter-revolutionary group, are raising momentum through newspapers and radio stations, making a spy on our Nansha territory, turning black and white, laying the groundwork for its invasion. The guards of the islands and reefs stationed in Nansha must be vigilant, wait for the defense of Nansha without losing an inch of land, the Second Coastal War Zone Command of the Vietnam People's Navy." The correspondent loudly read the content of the telegram.

After listening to the telegraph soldier reading the telegram, Ruan Zhiqing thought for a while and said, "All forums must be on duty 24 hours a day. If there is less than one base of ammunition in the fortification, it will be immediately filled."

"I understand, Comrade Battalion Commander." The correspondent stood attentively and replied loudly.

After hesitating for a moment, the short communication soldier asked in a low voice: "Battery Commander, do you think the Chinese cultivator will come to Nanzi Island?"

After patting the correspondents' shoulders, Ruan Zhiqing said softly: "The Nansha Sea is not as good as the northern Vietnamese region. The sea and air force of the Vietnamese People's Army is extremely powerful near the Nansha Sea. If the Chinese Cultivator cannot come, it can only be said that he is lucky. If he really dares to come to provoke near Nanzi Island, as long as we stick to it for an hour, the powerful air force from the local area will send all the Chinese Cultivator ships to the bottom of the sea to feed sea turtles."

Watching the communications soldiers jogging all the way to convey the order they had just issued, Ruan Zhiqing nodded with satisfaction and walked towards the office of the station.

Pushing open the office door, Ruan Zhiqing took off his military cap and hung it on the wall, took out a set of rulers from the filing cabinet, then walked to the desk and gestured with a ruler to the large-scale map of the South China Sea in front of him. For Ruan Zhiqing, the words he just said to the correspondent soldier were not official words, but the true thoughts in his heart.

Since the despicable Chinese Air Force ambushed six fighter jets of the Vietnam 372nd Aviation Division on August 9, Nanzi Island has successively reinforced a company of 37 double-barrel air defense anti-aircraft guns and a company of 57 double-barrel air defense anti-aircraft guns. At present, the entire island can definitely be described as a line of gun barrels. There are more than 20 small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns on this island with a radius of 1,000 meters, and it can completely form an anti-aircraft gun battalion.

With such powerful firepower in his hand, coupled with bunker fortifications at the northeast and southwest ends of the island, even if a large fleet attacked, Ruan Zhiqing was confident that he would hold on for an hour and support the local air force fleet to support him.

Faced with powerful air power, battleships with powerful military equipment during World War II were sent to the seabed by small planes. Chinese thin-skinned missile ships that did not even have the strength to hold on for a while when facing air strikes. As long as they could persevere until their own fighter planes flew over the invading Chinese fleet, it meant that the goddess of victory had lifted her skirt.

Ruan Zhiqing was gesturing the plan for defense operations on the map. A burst of rapid running sound came from the concrete road outside the window. Just as he raised his head, the office door was knocked open by a People's Army soldier.

"Battlefield...battalion commander, there is...there is a situation." A short, black and thin Vietnamese People's Army soldier gasped.

"Bastard, look at what you are now in a panic. Wuhuangyue, you are really not a qualified People's Navy soldier." Ruan Zhiqing ignored the situation and angrily scolded the People's Army soldier who brought the intelligence.

"Is it because the sky fell or was Hanoi conquered by the Chinese? Five years ago, the People's Army Army in Vietnam faced the aimless artillery attack of the Chinese. It still stood firm and did not expose its target when half of the entire regiment was killed. Finally, it took one stadium at the moment of the general attack." (Note 1)

"Faced with the firm, bold and unyielding martyrs in the history of the People's Army, can you be worthy of your military uniform now?" Ruan Zhiqing slapped the table and scolded the soldiers who reported the news to their heads and silently.

"snort."

Seeing Wu Huang shrinking his head more and more silent, Ruan Zhiqing snorted heavily before asking: "I found something, tell me."

"Battery Commander." During the period of being scolded, Wu Huang became more and more powerful.

"The Chinese large fleet was found in the northwest direction. At present, the entire formation consists of at least one missile destroyer and two missile frigates, plus a large ship that cannot be called. Now the entire formation is quickly moving towards our island."

"Go to the barracks to notify the political commissar that the entire island will be loaded with ammunition and immediately enter the highest alert state. I will send a telegram to the Second Coastal War Zone Command to inform us of our situation." Ruan Zhiqing gave an order, and took out the telescope from the filing cabinet and walked out of the door quickly.

In the telescope, eight or nine kilometers away from Nanzi Island, a large ship with a short and thick curve was slowly sailing towards Nanzi Island. Two large-class missile destroyers of the main equipment brigade of the Chinese Navy were slowly turning, pushing their hull across the island. Two 130mm double-mounted naval guns located at the bow and stern of the ship were raised with muzzles facing the direction of the island.

"Lao Ruan, what's going on?"

Ruan Zhiqing felt someone patting his shoulder, turned his head to see Huang Mingzhi, the political commissar of the island guarding the island, was standing beside him.

"It's coming in a fierce manner." Ruan Zhiqing said very briefly.

The two of them were lying in hidden fortifications, pointing at the Republic fleet outside the sea. A communication soldier hugged, holding half a piece of white paper in his hand, and ran over from the center of the island.

"Report to the battalion commander, political commissar, and the Chinese sent a clear code telegram."

Ruan Zhiqing snatched the telegram, and a line of text came into view. The People's Government of the Republic of China announced that illegal immigrants on Nanzi Island should be noted. At the request of UNESCO, the Government of the Republic decided that the South China Marine Currents and Climate Observation Station will be built on Nanzi Island. From now on, Nanzi Island will be requisitioned for scientific research purposes. Thirty minutes later, illegal immigrants are asked to carry their personal belongings in the northeast of the island to wait for boarding and leaving the island.
Chapter completed!