Chapter 208: A Self-Contained Organization
21 years, June 23rd.
The waves are endless, between the blue sky and the blue sea.
The Luzon Third Fleet, with all its seven warships, appeared in the Strait of Malacca.
Several destroyers belonging to Xingdao also appeared in the nearby sea.
Although the Luzon Navy had informed Sing Tao about the incident in advance, the presence of seven warships in the Strait of Malacca would have some impact on the already very crowded shipping route.
Inside the cockpit of one of Star Island's destroyers.
Tom and a US major general were observing the Luzon Third Fleet with binoculars.
"1 amphibious assault ship, 3 frigates, and 3 supply ships."
"Counselor Tom, do you have their detailed information?"
Tom put down the telescope. "These warships are all produced by the New Luzon Shipbuilding Company. The amphibious assault ship is called the Luzon class. The full load displacement is 35,000 tons. It can carry 32 helicopters or large drones."
"The frigate is of the Manila class, with a full load displacement of 12,000 tons. The specific weapons it carries are currently unknown; the supply ship is a dual-purpose transport ship they converted."
"What is their technical level?" asked the Rear Admiral curiously.
Tom thought for a moment and said, "The technology of the New Luzon Shipbuilding Company is not bad. At least they can produce their own gas turbines. The aircraft are supplied by the Flying Fish Company, and the other weapons come from the Fernando Weapons Manufacturing Company."
The rear admiral also put down his telescope: "They are very ambitious! They have formed three fleets. Do you have any ideas?"
"I'm sorry, the mainland doesn't have much manpower to invest in Southeast Asia recently. I can only do my best." Tom looked helpless.
The rear admiral frowned, but when he thought of the recent troubles in his homeland, he also felt very tired. After all, Southeast Asia was not as high a priority as North America and the backyard Latin America.
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At this time, in the cockpit of the Luzon amphibious assault ship.
Luzon Navy Rear Admiral Olaf was also holding a telescope, observing several destroyers of Xingdao and the distant Xingdao.
As an archipelago region, the core of Luzon is to develop its navy and air force.
Currently, Luzon has formed three fleets, namely:
The First Fleet, stationed on the east coast of the Luzon Islands, faces the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The Second Fleet, stationed in Manila Harbor, was responsible for patrolling the west coast of the Luzon Islands and escorting Luzon transport ships through the Strait of Malacca.
The Third Fleet is currently heading to the Ceylon Ocean, where it will be temporarily stationed at the port of Dawei in Hongsavady, and will also provide escort services in the waters near the Persian Gulf.
In fact, the Third Fleet will most likely be stationed in the Ceylon Ocean in the future, and will basically be the fleet of Hongsavadi.
In addition, the Sapiens Company also has the Siamese Navy and the Malaysian Navy, and their combined strength is barely acceptable.
The reason why the fleet was hastily mobilized to the Ceylon Ocean was mainly because the Persian Gulf had been unstable recently, and many pirates were threatening the shipping routes.
Recently, Aoba Group has reached a series of long-term oil and gas supply contracts with Qatar, Persia and Saudi Arabia.
The company responsible for transporting oil and natural gas to the Aoba Group is the New Luzon Shipping Group.
At the Dawei Port in Hongsavadi.
It is not only the largest glass manufacturing city in Southeast Asia, but also has completed the construction of an oil pipeline and a gas pipeline, which are directly connected to Siam.
In other words, the natural gas and oil needed by Siam can be transported directly from Dawei Port without having to go through the Strait of Malacca.
In order to facilitate trade with Hongsavadi, Persia also registered a Persian International Trading Company in Yangon, which is specifically responsible for this kind of trade.
Although America and the European Union have been constantly suppressing Persia and even prohibiting other regions from trading with Persia.
But this other area definitely does not include Hongsavadi.
After all, Hongsavadi and America also have a bad relationship, and the gold yuan is not a credit currency and has value in itself. As long as the two sides reach an agreement and establish a settlement bank to coordinate trade, they can bypass America and the European Union.
In recent years, in the eyes of the outside world, Luzon, which also has a rebellious nature, has become very cold in its relationship with America, and a food war even broke out between the two sides.
Therefore, the cooperation between these regions seems more like a group of people banding together for warmth.
This time, the Luzon Third Fleet entered the Ceylon Ocean with the purpose of guarding against America's small actions.
The current Sapiens company does not have too many concerns about America .
After all, at this time, the Black Tiger Canyon in Hongsawadi had stored 23 atomic bombs with an equivalent of 300,000 tons and 6 hydrogen bombs with an equivalent of 1 million tons.
If America makes any moves against the transport fleet, the Luzon Navy will definitely retaliate.
What's more, America is already overwhelmed by issues at home and in Latin America, and it is still unknown whether it has the energy to stir up trouble in the Persian Gulf.
Sapiens is just taking precautions.
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Ahasi, the president of the Persian International Trading Company, had a large sum of money in his hand and went on a shopping spree in Yangon.
After all, Hongsavadi’s trade rules are very simple, that is, the export volume is equal to the import volume, which requires a relative balance.
Persia exported gas and oil, but had to import things like new medicines, grain, meat, wood, and paper from Honsavadi.
Ahasi sits in the trading room of the Yangon Commodity Trading Center.
While communicating with people at home about what needed to be purchased, he also asked his subordinates to search for the corresponding suppliers on the computer.
"President, the country wants us to purchase a batch of high-quality rice. The quantity should be no less than 50,000 tons, and the shipping date must be before October."
Ahasi turned around and said, "Musa, put up the 50,000-ton order. The contract execution period is before October 5th."
"OK."
After a while, eight cooperation consultation letters popped up on Musa's computer page. She quickly printed out these cooperation consultation letters, sorted them out, and handed them to the president for evaluation.
Ahasi looked through eight cooperation inquiry letters.
Among these rice suppliers, five are from Hongsavady and the other three are from Siam. The prices are almost the same during the same period. The difference lies in the variety and quality of rice.
He also inquired about the recent international rice prices and soon decided to purchase 50,000 tons of first-grade long-grain indica rice from the Magway Grain Company of the United Group.
Then I asked for a quote from the transportation company.
For this type of bulk commodity, New Luzon Shipping Company's quote is relatively lower.
After all, bulk commodities are easier to manage due to their single product nature, and there is no need to gather enough containers for large-scale transportation.
Soon, the New Luzon Shipping Company arranged a 50,000-ton dual-purpose transport ship to quickly head to Yangon Port to load the 50,000 tons of rice.
This dual-purpose transport ship is the main product produced by the New Luzon Shipyard. It is generally divided into grain + gas transport type, container + gas transport type, and ore and building materials + gas transport type.
After gathering more than a dozen transport ships, the Luzon Third Fleet, which had rested in Towei Port for more than a week, also allocated some warships to escort these transport ships to the Persian Gulf region.
These transport ships carried food, building materials, clothing, frozen chicken, frozen lamb, new drugs and test strips, as well as palm oil and coffee beans from Malaysia, and some machinery and electronic products transferred from China.
These things are transported to various countries in the Persian Gulf, and then natural gas is obtained from these countries and transported back to Hongsawadi and Luzon, or sold to China and Siam.
This trading model puts a great test on the company's internal coordination capabilities.
It is necessary to maintain the trade balance while allowing transport ships to form fleets regularly to improve the cost-effectiveness of each escort.
If it were not a giant company like Sapiens, even a world leader like America would find it difficult to do so because they have different interest factions within them.
Only a self-contained and highly united Homo sapiens company can achieve such precise regulation.
The gas tanker that uses crystal sponge has lower transportation costs than ordinary LNG ships. In addition, the fleet model also greatly improves safety.
All in all, the advantages of the New Luzon Shipping Company are great.
