Chapter 1053 Stalemate, break?

For us, the trouble with this matter is that the other party does not take the initiative, so it is difficult for us to take action.

But now it seems that the other party has too many ideas, which is just right.

“Where do they get their confidence from?”

"They are probably infected by the Sindhu people. The Sindhu people just recovered from their illness and they got sick. It doesn't matter. We are sure to cure this disease." The comrades in the army laughed.

In fact, this is a problem of information asymmetry. Our comrades and leaders know that we are awesome, but others really don’t know.

"But intelligence channels indicate that the South Jiaozhi air force is afraid of fighting us and is preparing to adopt a new tactic called 'long-range cover'." A comrade introduced the new situation.

"Long-range cover? Does their air force have the ability to provide long-range cover and combat?"

Even we cannot claim to have long-range cover and combat capabilities now.

"Actually, they just watched from a distance, and they ran away when we passed by." When our comrades said this, they laughed.

"What? What kind of cover is this?" The leaders felt their eyes had been opened, and they felt a bit like the style of the transport captain's subordinates back then.

"It's broken!" A comrade in the army slapped his thigh.

"how?"

"Will they run away when they see our air force, and then their actions at sea will be curtailed?" a comrade expressed his own inference.

This made everyone think worriedly, you know what, really, this... is not impossible.

These enemies are bold because of their ignorance and cowardly because of the threats. It is very likely that these two states are contradictory and unified in them.

"This is a rare opportunity." said a leader.

"Yeah, otherwise we wouldn't get the chance." said another.

The navy comrades thought for a moment and said, "It's not a big problem. The chances of them daring to act brazenly are slim. Our main naval boats also have a 3-kilometer self-defense air defense capability. They are more than capable of protecting themselves against an enemy of this level."

"We can cruise 80 to 100 kilometers away and reach the battlefield in minutes if needed. Their air situation support may not be able to detect our aircraft at this distance," suggested a comrade from the Air Force.

"Where are the comrades on the island?"

"With the navy to contain their sea forces, it is unlikely that their sea forces will use artillery fire to support their troops in combat. With just light weapons, we are absolutely sure that the enemy will not be able to return." We have fought tougher battles, so this is nothing. What's more, the weapons we have now are much stronger than before.

"Well, that's even better. You make a plan. Remember, self-defense and counterattack, self-defense and counterattack. Although self-defense comes first, counterattack must follow closely!" the leader said with a smile.

"I understand. If we want to take action, we have to pull out the last nail they have on Xijiao and fill the gap that makes us embarrassed to change the status quo! If we want to play cards, we have to play all the same." The comrades in the army nodded.

"Well, now that the major policy has been decided, the rest will be handed over to the comrades of the Guangdong East Military Region to carry out."

In eastern Guangdong, after receiving the request from the capital, they also began to make intensive deployments.

Three landing craft, fully loaded with a battalion of soldiers, set out from Haijiao City and headed for Jiuxing Island. This was the force for counterattack. They were not needed at the stage of self-defense, so they had to go to Jiuxing Island and wait first.

At the same time, two large escort boats set out from Haijiao City and headed for Jiuxing together with the three landing craft. They not only escorted the three landing craft, but also joined the two escort boats on Jiuxing Island. They took the four artillery escort boats originally on Jiuxing Island to form a small fleet, preparing to head to the southwest corner of Xijiao.

This batch of ships will be divided into two groups, each group consisting of 2+2, that is, 2 guide boats and 2 artillery boats, to patrol near Jinchen Island, and the remaining group will be on standby for replacement at Jiuxing Island.

After all, no one knows how long the enemy will continue to attack, and it is impossible for all eight ships to attack, so shifts are more appropriate. In this kind of combat requirement of maintaining presence, the navy is stronger than the air force.

After all, the navy can stay put, but the air force has to go home after flying in the sky for a while.

As for the defense of Jiuxing Island itself, even if all eight boats rushed out to fight, the Be-8 in the air and the torpedo boats and missile boats of Jiuxing Island would be enough.

To be honest, this made the comrades on the torpedo boats and missile boats envious. Defending the home is so boring, killing the enemy is the kingly way.

But there was no other way. Considering the special situation of this frictional combat, the missile boat, which had overlapping functions with the escort boat, was left behind to guard the house, while the artillery escort boat, which could effectively supplement the artillery firepower, was sent out.

But unexpectedly, the conflict at the beginning was not between the armies, but between the enemy and our fishermen.

Two fishing boats are operating in this sea area, Tianyu 2407 and Tianyu 1713. These are our comrades from the Tianya Island Fishery Company. They have established a processing plant on a nearby island where we have been officially stationed not long ago. The purpose is to process the caught fish so that they can be brought back for consumption by the people in the mainland.

While working, a sailor smiled and said, "Captain, now there is a processing plant nearby, we can bring back more fish."

After rough processing, both the weight and volume are reduced, and there is no need to worry about being discarded due to spoilage, so the overall harvest can be greater.

"Yes, when I fished here before, I had to be careful of the monkeys from the west harassing me. Now I'm not afraid anymore, hahaha." The captain laughed happily. "But there seem to be a lot of monkey boats around, and they all look like big warships. Will something go wrong?" The sailor was a little worried.

"What are you afraid of? Most of the people on this boat are militiamen. If they dare to harass us, we will ignore them. If they dare to use violence, we will beat them anyway!" Don't underestimate this as a fishing boat. The combat effectiveness of fishing boats these days is not low, and in fact, it will not be low in the future. The key is that there are weapons on the boats these days.

"They have cannons." The sailor stuck out his tongue.

"What are you afraid of? There are no guns on our ship over there." The captain looked at the several ships cruising on the sea in the distance and was very happy.

"But it doesn't look as big as theirs. Theirs weighs several thousand tons."

The young sailor was right. These ships in Nan Jiaozhi were military surplus "destroyers" obtained from the Americans. They were destroyers in name, but in reality they were more like armed transport ships or miscellaneous ships.

The weapons seem to be quite a lot, but the speed is very slow, less than 20 knots, which is incomparable to a regular destroyer.

However, the sailor didn’t understand these things. He just knew from intuitive observation that the enemy’s ship was much larger than ours!
After all, their largest ship is close to 3000 tons, while our largest ship is 500 tons.

There is a world of difference in their heights.

"Don't be afraid. Do our comrades care about size when fighting?" The captain laughed. The young man was still ignorant.

Just as the two fishing boats were working hard, the enemy ship approached.

"Captain, what are they talking about?"

"I don't know, I don't understand. Ignore them." said the captain.

The enemy's ship, with the hull number 210 written on its bow, was pressing towards the fishing boat, trying to force it out, and was throwing hooks from the ship, trying to salvage and destroy the fishing boat's nets.

The comrades of Tianyu 2407 held axes, glared at the enemy, and began to collect their nets.

A sharp axe is a good thing. It is a commonly used tool on fishing boats and is extremely useful in dealing with abnormalities such as entanglement of cables, fishing nets, etc. It is very normal to hold this thing, and it looks very similar to a commonly used peripheral in the 21st century - the selfie stick.

With this thing, no one can say anything wrong about it, and it can also show your attitude.

The enemies on the enemy ship stopped, firstly because they saw the attitude of Tianyu 2407, and secondly because a gun escort boat began to approach not far away.

"Master Dong's ship is approaching."

"Don't be afraid. There aren't many heavy guns on their ships, and even fewer on their boats. Just stay away and don't let their torpedoes take effect."

As the opposing navy, they had never seen such advanced equipment as solid anti-ship missiles and had no idea what they looked like. It was not their fault, after all, their Citigroup father had never had this thing and had never seen it.

Even if they had seen it, they had only seen big ones like the P-15, so they had no idea about the Zhengxian-62 on the escort boat.

If they had to be afraid, they were also afraid of the missile boat that was not sent this time. After all, the Zhengxian No. 15 on this thing is a bit similar to the Russian P-544 () anti-ship missile.

On the contrary, they could clearly see the two 450mm torpedoes retained on the escort boat through the telescope, which made them alert.

Our artillery escort boat came up and broadcast in a serious tone.

"...Please do not disturb the normal operation of my fishing boats. Leave this sea area immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences at your own risk..."

When destroyer No. 210 saw our escort boats approaching, although the enemy's boats were not large, it still made them retreat and turned around and walked away temporarily.

Their preparations were not yet complete, just a little bit short. They themselves did not know when their last ship, the troop transport, would arrive.

The situation is temporarily at a stalemate.

At this time, on one of our escort boats, looking at the five enemy ships in the distance through the radar, his eyes turned red.

This is greedy.

Although the three destroyers and two frigates are counterfeit goods and do not live up to their name, their displacement and number of guns are real.

With an idea in mind, he picked up the microphone and shouted towards Jiuxing Island.

"The enemy has assembled five combat ships, but no troop transport ship is in sight. I think the enemy is waiting for this ship to arrive before making a move. I suggest assembling all the ships and preparing to fight the enemy. I also suggest sending three landing craft over here. There is an empty island here."

This empty island was once occupied by the enemy but later abandoned. Since it is too close to the enemy-controlled Sponge Island, we have not acted rashly for the time being.

At this moment, this island is the key to breaking the deadlock.

(End of this chapter)