Chapter 232 Surprise
Luzon.
Panay Island.
Ironstone Naval Base.
The shrill air raid sirens wailed throughout the base.
A large number of sailors returned to their posts quickly and orderly from the training grounds and dormitories.
On the Super Luzon-class amphibious assault ship, the captain and task force commander Hu Zhengyue (January Hook) picked up the intercom:
“The heads of each department report the status of personnel in place according to their department numbers.”
"Team 1, all members of the command team are in place..."
"Team 2, all members of the driving crew..."
"Group 3, Communications Group..."
"Group 4, Radar Group..."
First mate Du Haifeng quickly recorded the status of each department on his biological tablet, and then reported to Commander Hu Zhengyue:
"Report, all staff are 1123, actual number of people present is 1123, over!"
"Check the situation of other ships."
"receive!"
Three hours later.
The USS Luzon, an amphibious assault ship with a full load displacement of 55,000 tons, together with the USS Negros (Luzon-class) amphibious assault ship which had also just entered service, plus four Manila-class frigates and four supply ships, formed the Luzon Task Force and sailed towards the Strait of Malacca in a mighty manner.
The Luzon Navy, whose combat power is constantly expanding, has now attracted close attention from satellites of America and a certain Eastern power.
As soon as they left the home port, the various forces with satellites over Southeast Asia soon learned that the Luzon Navy had set out again .
Star Island.
The Southeast Asian Black Ships have moved their branch headquarters directly into the U.S. military's Changi base.
With the temporary Governor Tom on his head, he hurried to another area of the base with a document in his hand, to the office of Sullivan, the head of the base.
"Those Luzon monkeys sent out another small fleet? Are you sure it's not a routine patrol?" Sullivan asked, putting down the documents in his hand.
Tom shook his head: "NO, their route target is most likely the Strait of Malacca."
"How's your investigation going on with that new amphibious assault ship?"
Tom pulled out another document from his briefcase. After opening it, he found that it contained only a dozen thin pages. The first page was a picture taken by a satellite:
"We only know that the displacement is about 55,000 tons, the deck length is 220 meters, and the width is 40 meters. We have no information about other power, weapons, and carrier-based aircraft."
Sullivan looked puzzled. "Why is the shape a bit weird? Also, are you sure it is 55,000 tons? Why is the deck shorter than that of the Wasp class?"
"I have consulted with the local warship design department, and they gave two possibilities. One possibility is to reduce the reflectivity of electromagnetic waves and achieve electromagnetic stealth; the other possibility is to reduce water resistance and wind resistance, reduce fuel consumption, and improve endurance."
Sullivan laughed: "Haha, a group of monkeys who just came down from the trees are always having wild ideas."
Tom did not respond to Sullivan's contempt. This is the most basic quality of an intelligence worker. No matter who the enemy is, one should not look at him with arrogance.
He reminded: "The current size of the Luzon Navy has expanded several times. I think it is necessary to pay attention to the other side."
After reading the Luzon naval intelligence, Sullivan put away his arrogance and re-examined his former younger brother.
Currently, the Luzon Navy has a total of four fleets, namely the Pacific First Fleet, the Pacific Second Fleet, the Ceylon Ocean Third Fleet, and the task force that is currently sailing towards the Strait of Malacca.
The warships it owns, which are over 10,000 tons, include: 1 Super Luzon-class amphibious assault ship, 6 Luzon-class amphibious assault ships, 14 Manila-class frigates, and 15 supply ships, with a total tonnage of 673,000 tons.
As for those offshore patrol ships of several thousand tons, coast guard ships of several hundred tons, and eight outdated training ships, they were not counted.
As for the Luzon Navy's submarines, the Black Ships did not obtain accurate intelligence.
besides.
Luzon also sold a Luzon-class amphibious assault ship, the Clark, and four Manila-class frigates .
To Hongsavadi, six Manila-class frigates, 12 patrol ships (3,000 tons), and a large number of coast guard ships of several hundred tons were sold.
Apparently, Luzon's shipbuilding industry has developed somewhat unexpectedly.
In fact, the black ships did not know that at this time, a large number of warships and submarines were still under construction in the military shipyard of the New Luzon Shipyard. The acceleration brought by the new technology made the outside world underestimate the speed of Luzon shipbuilding.
However, even so, the apparent size of the warship, which is 673,000 tons, has caught many forces off guard.
The speed of the Luzon Navy's expansion, as well as its madness, brought back many people's memories.
After all, there was also such a crazy country in Asia in history.
It is also a country with a nationwide craze, an island nation, located at the junction of plates, and is subjected to typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanoes all the time. Its energy and resources are also relatively scarce, its population is also around 100 million, and it is equally ambitious.
The door was also pried open by America.
What the hell?
Why did Sullivan suddenly have a sense of déjà vu?
Although he quickly comforted himself in his heart, it was just a coincidence.
What's more, even if Luzon could really replicate some of the miracles of the mad dog, Sullivan believed that the other party would not be able to make any waves. Since America could cripple and tame the mad dog, it could also cripple and tame Luzon.
This is not the era before World War II.
Without a nuclear bomb, you are just an ant after all. Even if this ant is stronger, Sullivan will not take it seriously.
But thinking of the nuclear bomb, he quickly asked, "Tom, have any nuclear enrichment facilities been found in Luzon, Hongsavady, or Siam?"
Tom shook his head. "No, I've asked the headquarters to use satellite monitoring. We have checked the areas around the hydroelectric power stations and thermal power stations in their territory, but no nuclear enrichment facilities have been found."
He then added: "These three places have not found uranium mines with industrial mining value, nor have they purchased large high-speed centrifuges, or even related intentions. I don't think they are capable of developing nuclear bombs."
"That's good." Sullivan looked much more relaxed.
As long as Luzon, Honsawadi and Siam do not develop nuclear bombs, everything is still within control.
Sullivan remembered something and quickly asked, "Tom, weren't you trying to sow discord between Luzon and the surrounding areas? Why is there no movement?"
Hearing this question, Tom looked embarrassed: "Luzon and Dama have reached a joint development cooperation agreement in the southern waters. Java doesn't seem to want to provoke Luzon."
"What about the north?"
Tom replied with a headache: "Don't mention it. Luzon seems to have lost interest in the development of the sea area off Palawan Island."
Sullivan looked puzzled: "Aren't they short of oil and gas? Why did they give up that piece of undersea oil and gas field?"
“I don’t know. It seems that they have formed a partnership with DAMADA and are now exchanging LNG ships for Malaysia’s natural gas and oil.” Tom was also puzzled.
In fact, the reason why they think Luzon is backing down in the development of oil and gas off the coast of Palawan Island is that they do not understand the mining technology of the Sapiens company.
Now on Palawan Island, the Sapiens company is actually secretly exploiting the surrounding underwater oil and gas resources.
It’s just that the mining method is a little different.
That is why the outside world thinks that Luzon has given up the oil and gas resources off the coast of Palawan.
The Homo sapiens company, which has mastered the technology of underground long-distance horizontal mining, was too lazy to argue with its neighbor to the north and secretly mined oil and gas. Anyway, it would just refuse to admit it when the time comes.
