bookbashuk #432 - Progress is good
#432 - Progress is good
"Old Ma, what was that just now?"
Li Xianwei, the captain of the Hanjing warship who had rushed over, opened the communicator and called the Kunpeng, asking Ma Jianping.
"It's nothing big. It's just that the rogue eagle destroyer Waller, which had just left not long ago, discovered that we were working here. Then, it circled around us, examining every aspect thoroughly. It probably took a lot of photos of us."
Ma Jianping replied.
"I feel they basically figured out what our Kunpeng is doing. It's even possible that they estimated our approximate work efficiency because we didn't stop working while they were wandering around."
"That doesn't matter. What does it matter if they know? We're building on our own territorial islands. No one can do anything about it."
Li Xianwei didn't take it seriously when he heard that the rogue eagle was just observing nearby.
They patrolled and inspected the surrounding area, making sure there were no unidentified objects that the rogue eagle destroyer had deliberately 'dropped,' such as naval mines, before they truly felt relieved.
It's not that they were afraid of these things, but the key is that there is only one Kunpeng now, and they can't afford to lose it. Don't overestimate the rogue eagle's bottom line. If they drop something in this sea, it would be difficult for us to hold them accountable.
We might just have to admit bad luck.
A deep-water mine like that, if even one hit the Kunpeng, it would probably be ruined.
Fortunately, the Waller wasn't so shameless, or didn't dare to be so shameless. After all, if they dared to do that, the big black fish lurking in the ocean could teach them a lesson in minutes. The Waller scouted around Nanwei Island and then left on its own.
"Old Ren, the rogue eagle side has protested. They have lodged a protest through diplomatic channels regarding our island-building activities in the Nansha Islands, claiming that we are changing the natural state there and strongly demanding that we stop this activity."
A few days later, Staff Officer Ye found Ren Zhong and reported a new diplomatic incident.
"It doesn't matter. We can just ignore them."
Ren Zhong's attitude was very clear on this matter.
"We are building on our own islands. It's none of their business."
"Haha, Old Chen said the same thing. It seems you two are really on the same wavelength."
Staff Officer Ye said with a smile.
"However, despite this, this matter is still a bit troublesome. After the rogue eagle made such a fuss, it has now caused some unease among the neighboring countries. They are also inquiring about our plans and purposes on Nanwei Island through diplomatic notes."
Staff Officer Ye changed the subject and began to talk about the headache.
"We don't need to indulge them too much. Just say that we are building a large lighthouse with nautical navigation to improve the safety of international waterways. Of course, we don't have to completely cover it up. Just give them a little hint that we will also build our forward outposts on the island to improve the living environment of the soldiers guarding the border."
Ren Zhong added.
Theoretically, these are all things that need to be done, all based on facts, but not fully disclosed.
According to this statement, the island promoted to the outside world is just a large outpost.
Anyway, the 11-dash line has already included these places into Dongda's territory. Now, it seems that there is not much wrong with doing some construction to stabilize it.
"We have said almost the same thing, but they don't seem to believe it."
Staff Officer Ye said with a wry smile.
"They are very worried about turning this place into a large forward military base."
The people around don't know how big we are going to build Nanwei Island.
But even if the news received now says it is one square kilometer, that is already terrifying enough.
If it is built into a base, I am afraid that there will be no problem in putting thousands of troops here. For these surrounding neighbors, having thousands of people is enough to turn their influence upside down.
Who doesn't know that Dongda's soldiers exist with one enemy against a thousand? The incident of three Dongda soldiers chasing and beating hundreds of Asan soldiers hasn't been a few years ago.
"It's okay, they will always learn to accept it."
Ren Zhong was silent for a while, and said something that made Staff Officer Ye laugh and cry.
"This, I am afraid that even our Old Chen can't say it."
Staff Officer Ye said with a wry smile.
Ren Zhong thought for a while, and it was indeed a bit inconsistent with our consistent benevolence.
"With a clear conscience, the world is wide. Our construction in the Nansha Islands is not aimed at anyone, but a normal operation to strengthen our own maritime defense. We have always believed that the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence are the principles that all countries in Blue Star should abide by. Just say that, whether they believe it or not, we will believe it ourselves."
Ren Zhong said.
After listening, Staff Officer Ye thought carefully for a while, and felt that there was indeed no big problem.
Although it is useless, they will still worry about what they should worry about, but in fact, without this island building, would they not worry? That is impossible. When our fleet was built from the First Fleet to the Third Fleet, and now we are starting to build the Fourth Fleet (a long-range fleet facing the Pacific and Indian Oceans), we already know that we can't afford to provoke them.
So is this island important?
It's not important at all. It's just that they jumped out through the excuse provided by the rogue eagle to express their concerns and incidentally draw a wave of attention internationally.
Staff Officer Ye felt that it didn't matter what he said. As long as the scene was passable, this matter would pass quickly.
A small episode did not affect the round-the-clock work of the Kunpeng.
After learning the lesson of the Waller, at least one of the guard detachment's ships is guarding around the island to ensure that it will not be repeatedly reconnoitered at close range like last time.
Now they can only watch from afar, a few nautical miles away.
The first to be built is the port for 10,000-ton giant ships to dock, and then the newly built sand island that is gradually taking shape begins to be continuously suppressed and compacted.
At this time, our strategy is actually very simple, that is, to build these islands as soon as possible.
Once the construction is completed, the disturbances from the outside world will not be surprising.
Of course, in the world of Bright Sword, Dongda now has the ability to protect its territorial waters, so no matter what others say, it will not affect our own actions.
Whether it is the Third Fleet or the Guard Detachment, these are just our front-line forces in the South China Sea. We have more than just these.
The independent strategic nuclear submarine fleet now has its base built in a port facing the Pacific Ocean.
After the Daheiyu strategic fleet became an independent army, it has realized the normalized globalization of submarine operations. Today, it may still be in the Pacific Ocean, and tomorrow it may enter the Atlantic Ocean, focusing on a nomadic life.
What worries the great powers is that after Dongda's Daheiyu tested the detection limit of the great powers' sonar, it has figured out how to tease them, always revealing a little trace in places they can't touch, and then diving away, making the navies of the great powers hate and fear, and the feeling of being inferior in skills is too uncomfortable for them.
Since there is a big killer like Daheiyu wandering around in the sea, the comrades who are engaged in diplomacy have found that even the great powers now speak much more politely, and there is no more shouting about fighting and killing.
For Ren Zhong, this was inevitable. After all, truth lies within the range of cannons. Now that the Great Black Fish has infinitely extended the range of cannons, everyone will calmly consider many issues.
However, this matter is still not good enough. The submarine-launched missile "Mad Wolf" is still in testing. When this thing comes out, using "Mad Wolf" will better demonstrate Dongda's attitude.
Currently, only threatening aircraft carrier battle groups and the like, the power is still a little bit lacking.
The triadic peace system architecture, as of today, the land-based and air-based components are still a bit lacking. They can almost reach, but they are not completely covered. This inevitably makes Ren Zhong feel a little unsatisfied.
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But these do not hinder our island-building plan to strengthen coastal defense.
Although starting construction at home will make the surrounding neighbors either envious or uneasy, there will always be some opinions.
Ren Zhong feels that they can also be given the opportunity to express their feelings, but we should still do what we need to do according to plan.
There are still many things in Nansha that have not been truly completed.
Nansha Island is only the first island. According to the original plan, we need to build more than a dozen strong islands here before we can stabilize this treasure land. Ren Zhong has stayed in the Bright Sword world for more than ten years, constantly working on the development of various technology trees. In these ten years, he has almost raised Dongda's overall technological level to the 1960s, and some parts have even reached the 1980s, leading the Bright Sword world's technological level by more than ten years. If, under such circumstances, he still can't do this small thing in Nansha well, Ren Zhong might as well return to the main world and wait to die.
The island-building matter will actually be diluted by other things after a while.
It didn't even affect Ding Wei's hybrid rice promotion plan here.
From Sawadika to the Thousand Islands, Ding Wei spent more than two months traveling around Emerald Country.
After seeing the on-site implementation, Ding Wei now has a better understanding. He can rest assured and hand over the subsequent matters here to his subordinates to implement according to plan. Overall, under the condition of ensuring that the grain yield is lower than the original yield, almost all farmers in the demonstration areas have chosen to cooperate.
Of course, these were originally activists selected by the locals. People had already done this work in advance. When it comes time to do it, it's okay to ask for some benefits as long as they are reasonable. Moreover, it's just a promise. For Dongda, which has been engaged in hybrid grain planting for more than ten years, an increase of 50% is a failure, let alone breaking even. This is simply a disregard for Dongda's hybrid technology.
Fortunately, Ding Wei himself was born as a farmer and has been dealing with farmers since he started as a guerrilla. Even if the national conditions are different, he can't say that he knows the thoughts of those grassroots farmers like the back of his hand, but he can also understand them well enough, so this matter is not difficult to solve and quickly gets on the right track.
The first wave, mobilizing nearly ten million mu of demonstration fields, has been completed.
So Ding Wei set off for the second place to develop.
The first stop was Rhodesia.
Accompanied by the first secretary of Dongda's resident John Bull family, Ding Wei met with John Justing Llewellyn, a local colonial official in Rhodesia.
"Director Ding, this is Sir Llewellyn, the Governor of Rhodesia; Sir Llewellyn, this is Mr. Ding Wei, Director of the International Cooperation and Development Committee of our Dongda Agriculture, and Mr. Ding Wei is also the Chairman of our Dongda International Agricultural Cooperation and Development Co., Ltd."
"Welcome, Mr. Ding from the magical East. Please allow me, in my own name and in the capacity of the Rhodesian local authority, to warmly welcome Mr. Ding's visit." Llewellyn welcomed with a flawless aristocratic diplomatic etiquette.
Ding Wei responded with a smile: "Sir Llewellyn, I am very honored to meet you here. Rhodesia has fertile land and unique natural conditions, which can be said to have unique conditions for the development of agriculture. I hope that in the upcoming cooperation, we can work together to further promote cooperation and development in the agricultural field between the two sides."
Sir Llewellyn nodded in agreement and replied with a smile: "Mr. Ding, your praise makes me deeply honored. Indeed, Rhodesia has unique natural conditions for developing agriculture. Due to various reasons in the past, our agricultural development has been unsatisfactory, and we have not yet achieved self-sufficiency in food for the local people. The development of modern agriculture cannot be separated from the power of technological development and international cooperation. Dongda has made great achievements and rich experience in agricultural technology development, especially in hybrid technology, which we are eager to learn from. I believe that through the joint efforts of both parties, we will be able to create a new situation of mutual benefit and win-win."
Seeing that the other party was quite cooperative and there seemed to be no obstacles to promoting agricultural cooperation, Ding Wei prepared to get straight to the point: "Sir Llewellyn, I very much agree with your point of view. Our Dongda Agricultural International Cooperation and Development Committee and its subordinate International Agricultural Cooperation and Development Co., Ltd. have been committed to promoting the exchange and cooperation of global agricultural technology since its establishment. At present, it has promoted the planting of nearly ten million mu of hybrid rice fields in the Asia-Pacific region. Next, I hope that we will have the opportunity to carry out similar promotions in Rhodesia.
We hope to use our hybrid technology and rich farming management experience accumulated over the years to help Rhodesia establish high-quality and high-yield demonstration farmlands. We look forward to conducting in-depth cooperation with Rhodesia in multiple fields such as seed breeding, irrigation technology, and agricultural product processing to jointly improve agricultural production efficiency and promote farmers' income."
A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Sir Llewellyn's eyes: "Mr. Ding, your proposal is very forward-looking and very good. On behalf of the Rhodesian local government, I very much support such a cooperation project and am willing to provide the necessary policy support and resource guarantees for it. I believe that with the joint efforts of both parties, we will definitely be able to turn these beautiful visions into reality and bring tangible benefits to the local people."
Rhodesia's industries are single, one is mineral extraction and the other is agriculture. However, for Llewellyn, the development of agriculture is too uncontrollable. Whether it is the local tribes' own farmland or the farms they have opened up, they are now in a state of loss-making operations.
For the locals, there is almost no farming technology to speak of. They simply plant and rely on the heavens for food. As a result, Rhodesia, which has a large amount of arable land, cannot even achieve self-sufficiency in grain, which has brought a lot of trouble to Llewellyn.
Therefore, after Dongda extended the olive branch of farming, the John Bull family could not resist such a good thing at all.
Ding Wei nodded. Since the two sides have the same goals, things will be much easier to handle. "Then, Sir Llewellyn, please arrange for suitable personnel to connect next to select suitable areas for cultivation for our cooperation. We can still catch up with this year's planting season starting from now."
"No problem, Mr. Ding. Our Rhodesia has a large amount of undeveloped arable land. I believe we will reach an agreement next."