Homo sapiens

Luzon.

Panay Island.

Iron Rock Naval Base.

The shrill air defense sirens roared in the base.

A large number of sailors returned to their posts in an orderly manner from the training grounds and dormitories.

On board the Super Luzon-class amphibious assault ship USS Grand Luzon, the captain and task force commander Hu Zhengyue (January Hu Ke) picked up the walkie-talkie:

"The heads of each department will report on the arrival of personnel according to the department number."

"Group 1, all members of the command team are in place..."

"Group 2, all members of the driving crew..."

"Group 3, communication group..."

"Group 4, radar team..."

First Officer Du Haifeng quickly recorded the status of each department on his biological tablet, and then reported to Commander Hu Zhengyue:

"Report, the total number of people is 1123, the actual number is 1123, completed!"

"Check the status of other ships."

"receive!"

Three hours later.

The fully loaded amphibious assault ship USS Luzon with a displacement of 55,000 tons, together with the amphibious assault ship USS Negros (Luzon class), which has also just entered service, plus 4 Manila-class frigates and 4 supply ships, form the Luzon special fleet. The dispatch fleet sailed toward the Strait of Malacca in a mighty manner.

The Luzon Navy's combat power continues to expand, and at this time it has attracted great attention from America and the satellite of 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 was dispatched again.

Star Island.

The Southeast Asian black ships have relocated their branches directly to the US military's Changi base.

With temporary Governor Tom still on his head, he hurriedly walked to another area of ​​the base, the office of base director Sullivan, holding a document.

"Those Luzon monkeys sent out another small fleet? Are you sure it's not a daily patrol?" Sullivan asked, putting down the document in his hand.

Tom shook his head: "NO, their route target is most likely the Strait of Malacca."

"How is your investigation going on that new amphibious assault ship?"

Tom pulled out another document from his briefcase. After opening it, there were only a dozen thin pages on it. 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. There is no information about other power, weapons, and carrier-based aircraft for the time being."

Sullivan looked confused: "Why is this shape a bit weird? Also, are you sure it is 55,000 tons? Why is the deck shorter than the Wasp?"

"I consulted the local warship design department, and they gave two possibilities. One is to reduce the reflectivity of electromagnetic waves and achieve electromagnetic wave 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 tree are always thinking about things."

Tom did not welcome Sullivan's contempt. This was the most basic quality of an intelligence worker. No matter who the enemy was, do 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."

Sullivan, who had read Luzon's naval intelligence, put away his arrogance and re-examined his former younger brother.

At present, the Luzon Navy has a total of four fleets, namely the First Pacific Escort Fleet, the Second Pacific Escort Fleet, the Third Ceylon Ocean Escort Fleet, and the task force currently sailing towards the Strait of Malacca.

It owns warships of more than 10,000 tons, namely: 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 obsolete training ships, they were not included.

As for the Luzon Navy's submarines, the black ships did not obtain accurate information.

besides.

Luzon also sold a Luzon-class amphibious assault ship, the Kara, and four Manila-class frigates to the Siamese Navy.

To Hongsawaddy, 6 Manila-class frigates, 12 patrol ships (3,000-ton class), and a large number of several hundred-ton class coast guard ships were sold.

Obviously, Luzon's shipbuilding industry has developed somewhat unexpectedly.

In fact, Black Ship does not know that at this time, there are still a large number of warships and submarines under construction in the military shipyard of the New Luzon Shipbuilding Company. The acceleration brought by new technologies has caused the outside world to underestimate the speed of Luzon's shipbuilding.

However, even so, the apparent scale of the 673,000-ton warship has caught many forces off guard.

The expansion speed of the Luzon Navy and its crazy energy brought back many people's memories.

After all, in history, there was also such a crazy country in Asia.

The same national enthusiasm, the same island country, the same junction of tectonic plates, being entertained by typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanoes all day long, the energy and resources are also relatively poor, the population is also about 100 million, and the ambitions are the same.

America also pried open the door.

Damn it?

Why did Sullivan suddenly feel a sense of déjà vu.

Although he quickly comforted himself in his heart, this 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 maim and tame the mad dog, she could also maim and tame Luzon.

This may not be the era before World War II.

Without a nuclear bomb, it is still an ant. Even if the ant is stronger, it will not be taken seriously by Sullivan.

But thinking about the nuclear bomb, he quickly asked: "Tom, have any nuclear enrichment facilities been found in Luzon, Hongsawady, and Siam?"

Tom shook his head: "No, I have asked the headquarters to use satellite monitoring, and temporarily checked the hydropower stations and thermal power stations in their territory, and no nuclear enrichment facilities were found."

He then added: "These three places have not discovered uranium ores with industrial mining value, nor have they purchased large-scale high-speed centrifuges. They don't even have relevant intentions. I don't think they have the ability to develop nuclear bombs."

"That's good." Sullivan's face became much more relaxed.

As long as Luzon, Honsawady, and Siam do not develop nuclear bombs, everything will be within control.

Sullivan thought of another thing and quickly continued to ask: "Tom, weren't you trying to sow discord between Luzon and surrounding areas? Why is there no movement?"

Hearing this question, Tom looked embarrassed: "Luzon and Malaysia have reached a joint development cooperation agreement in the southern seas. Java seems not to want to provoke Luzon."

"What about the north?"

Tom replied with a headache: "Forget 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 submarine oil and gas field?"

"I don't know. It seems that they have reached a cooperation with Malaysia and now use LNG ships in exchange for Malaysian natural gas and oil." Tom was also puzzled.

In fact, the reason why they feel that Luzon is giving up on oil and gas development off the coast of Palawan is because they do not understand the mining technology of Homo sapiens.

Now on Palawan Island, the Homo sapiens company is actually secretly exploiting the surrounding submarine oil and gas resources.

It’s just that the mining method is a little different.

That’s why the outside world feels that Luzon has given up on oil and gas resources off the coast of Palawan.

The Homo sapiens company, which masters the technology of underground long-distance horizontal mining, is too lazy to argue with its neighbors to the north and secretly exploits oil and gas. It will be fine if it doesn't admit it when the time comes.

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