In fact, the situation was exactly as Chen Nian expected.
After the three aircraft carrier formations completed routine maintenance, the clarion call for action was officially sounded.
Of course, in fact, they will not show too radical actions at this stage, will not enter the South China Sea, will not directly announce joint military exercises, and will not make any provocative actions.
However, the pressure is increasing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After all, anyone with basic military knowledge knows what it means for three aircraft carrier formations to enter the Pacific and move closer to the Western Pacific.
He said it was a routine patrol and defense change, but would anyone really believe it?
Is there any country on this planet that is worthy of such a war?
The answer is obvious.
Therefore, in order to deal with possible threats, we also responded immediately.
The East China Sea and South China Sea fleets moved quickly and maneuvered to the southeastern waters. 001, which had completed sea trials, was also transferred back from the far sea and arrived at the waters near Yongxia Island for anchorage and repairs.
On the other hand, the second 055-class destroyer that was just launched joined the Jiujiang ship and, together with other ships, formed the smallest combat unit to deal with local frictions.
And these are just actions on the table.
On a more covert level, the Second Artillery Force began intensive exercises and mobilizations. In the mountains, wilderness, and on the highway, numerous imaginary missile attack targets were set on the sea.
Under water, the 094-class nuclear submarine, which had been missing for a month, briefly returned to port for repairs. Then, under the cover of the East China Sea Fleet's net-like clear sea area, it finally successfully escaped intensive surveillance and disappeared into the vast ocean again.
——
In fact, its modification is not necessary, but a "refresh" of the location information.
After all, its last departure information and navigation range have been intercepted. If it is not refreshed, the deterrence it can provide will be greatly reduced.
All this happened in just one week. If the previous situation was like "storms are about to come," then now, it is like "dark clouds are coming over the city."
No one knew whether the rain would start, but no one dared to walk into the rain unprepared.
In this confrontation in which the two sides had no contact and tacitly maintained maximum silence, the South Island's high-profile anti-missile, air defense, and anti-landing combat exercises were particularly eye-catching.
To the uninitiated, what they saw were basically all the jokes Nan Dao made during the exercise.
For example, the missile flew out of the exercise area and almost hit a civilian ship.
For example, the thin female soldier interviewed had delicate makeup on her face.
For example, during beach defense exercises, the machine gun at the firepower point frequently jammed.
Another example is when the assault boat capsized and the Marines jumped into the sea to escape.
It is true that some of these jokes are caused by the South Island's insufficient military training and low combat effectiveness.
But in a drill, so many problems suddenly broke out, which made people have to think about whether they had any deliberate arrangements.
You know, the four Patriot missile batteries they have were all just deployed in 2006.
Even if there is a reduction in combat effectiveness, it is impossible to reach such an exaggerated level.
It is not that no one has raised doubts about this, but under the overall overly excited mood, the little voice of questioning and warning has been drowned out.——
Of course, this can only represent public opinion.
In fact, at an official level, no one would regard this incident as a joke.
Somewhere, in an office.
It was lunch break at this time. Chen Nian and Li Xiang were sitting in the office, watching the latest public opinion reports and talking over and over about the war situation analysis meeting they had just attended.
".So based on the public information about their exercise, they still have certain anti-landing combat capabilities."
"The prediction of our tactics is very clear and targeted."
"Including assault landings, deep attacks, combined preparations, reconnaissance and air defense, etc., they are basically within the scope of their exercises."
"In addition, their prediction of our deployment is also quite accurate. The scale of troop input during the hypothetical combat is basically consistent with the scale of troop input expected by the military during combat deductions."
"The opponent is not stupid. They have a clear understanding of the situation. During the exercise, they always had a 'defeat' mentality."
"This is indeed rare."
Hearing Chen Nian's words, Li Xiang nodded slightly and echoed:
"Indeed, although I don't know much about military strategy, from the fact that they regard 'post-landing engineering support capabilities' as a key subject, it can be seen that they are well prepared."
"But I'm quite skeptical. Do they have expert guidance behind them, or are they really good at it?"
"Who knows? It doesn't matter."
Chen Nian spread his hands and did not answer.
After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly said in a funny voice:
"The current situation is really beyond my expectation."
"I originally thought that the most difficult thing to fight was urban street fighting, and the landing battle was just chopping melons and vegetables."
"But judging from the results of their exercise, the landing battle is not that simple, because their tactical and equipment disadvantages are not obvious, and their defense system is relatively in place."
"On the contrary, they may really not be able to fight an offensive and defensive confrontation like street fighting that requires extremely high levels of organization and morale."
"The Strawberry Soldier is indeed a Strawberry Soldier, I have seen it."
"It's normal. Their military conscription system already has big problems."
Li Xiang pointed to the computer screen and continued:
"Look, after we verified these negative news, all the ones related to equipment are false, and all the ones related to people are true."
"How can I put it this way? The poor equipment is just an act. If a person is dead, he can't even pretend."
"It's hard to blame them for using so many beautiful weapons. It's such a waste of natural resources."
Chen Nian smiled slightly and did not answer.
Compared to Li Xiang, he was more familiar with the changes in the combat effectiveness of the army on the South Island.
In fact, it is not the bottom of the other side yet. If we continue to move forward, the problem of the Strawberry Soldiers will become more serious. They want to become professional soldiers like the United States, but they cannot become anti-dogs. In the end, they raised A bunch of "military white-collar workers" who are just dawdling around.
How high can this fighting power be?
Not to mention that their equipment advantages began to gradually disappear.
What Xiongfeng-3 and what Heavenly Bow are all extremely classic joke equipment.
Have you ever seen a "hypersonic missile" with a penetration speed of Mach 3?
DF-21 smiled and said nothing.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian said:
"This is good news for us. The 'speed' problem we were worried about before may not be that serious."
"It's true - what you and Wang Jiancheng talked about before about the industrial virus, is there any progress?"
"Yes, the framework has been set up."
Chen Nian replied.
In fact, the most difficult part of stuxnet is not how complex its logic is or how exquisite its design is, but it consists of two parts:
Part of it is 4 0day vulnerabilities.
The other part is the strong stability and concealment brought by the solid and complete code.
The first part of these two was easily solved by Chen Nian using the system. Now in the framework he designed, there are 6 0day vulnerabilities that can be exploited, two more than the original version of stuxnet.
However, this is also the limit of the current operating system. After all, vulnerabilities are not created. There are as many as there are. It is not just that you can create more by spending more sources.
The second part depends on Wang Jiancheng.
His skills are very solid, especially after experiencing the training of Yujing and Baize, his ability to control complex codes has reached an extremely high level.
Chen Nian was relieved to let him complete the code output.
"That's good. When you get out, just give it to me directly. I will communicate with my superiors and arrange the follow-up delivery matters."
"Understood, no problem."
Chen Nian agreed without hesitation.
As the saying goes, leave professional matters to professionals.
In terms of "delivering express delivery", apart from the Second Artillery, the intelligence department is the most professional.
After talking about the information at the military intelligence analysis meeting, the two looked back at the public opinion report.
Under Li Xiang's arrangements, public opinion, which had been significantly polarized before, showed signs of improvement, but it is far from easy to truly resolve the crisis.
This is a paradox. China needs time, but it cannot delay it for too long.
As for where the balance point is, it depends on the progress of 096
On the other side, the sea.
A fishing boat from Xiamen was sailing along an unfamiliar route.
The ship had just experienced a sudden storm at sea. In order to avoid the high wave area, the captain Lin Xianhai had to steer the ship out of familiar sea areas and sail in a direction where the weather was on the edge of the storm.
After finally getting rid of the storm, before Lin Xianhai could breathe a sigh of relief, a new problem came again.
According to the positioning system, they had already left their previous fixed operating areas and arrived at the center of the strait.
At this time, the straight-line distance from the port to the sea has reached 220 kilometers, which means that they have crossed the so-called center line and arrived near the South Island.
This situation immediately made Lin Xianhai nervous.
If it is normal, it will be over. Sometimes, when the fish conditions are not good, they will secretly drive the boat to the shallow sea fishing ground to catch fish.
Colleagues called this behavior "stealing fish," but Lin Xianhai felt that it was his own territory, so how could it be called stealing?
Therefore, every time he went there he felt confident and walked with swagger.
However, this time it was different.
Before going to sea, he had already received notice that exercises were being organized in the waters near the South Island, and a no-navigation area had been demarcated. Although his side's "intrusion" did not directly cross the restricted area, it was very likely that it had caused the opponent's of attention.
Standing on the deck, Lin Xianhai kept scanning the sea behind him with his binoculars. He kept praying to Mazu to protect him from being targeted by the warships from the South Island.
It's not that I'm afraid of danger, but I'm afraid of trouble.
But this time, Mazu seemed to be busy with other things and couldn't care about Lin Xianhai at all.
Just over half an hour later, a warship with an unfamiliar flag appeared in his sight, and a call came from the radio asking him to stop the ship for inspection.
He couldn't avoid what was coming, so Lin Xianhai had no choice but to slow down and wait for the opponent to get on the boat.
The first mate on the side was a little nervous. When he saw the gun-toting figures on the warship, he almost subconsciously felt cold and even suggested that Lin Xianhai simply increase the accelerator and run away.
But Lin Xianhai knew that he could never escape by running.
It's not like they only have one boat. At this distance, several speedboats can catch up in less than 20 minutes.
Rather than causing a dispute, it is better to explain the situation honestly.
According to his previous experience in dealing with South Island people, although they are not very friendly, they basically follow the rules.
Our side originally entered by mistake because we were avoiding the storm. Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
However, this time, Lin Xianhai's expectations were once again disappointed.
After getting on the boat, before he even had time to explain, the cold gun muzzle was pressed directly against his head.
For a moment, Lin Xianhai was so shocked that he could not speak.
He was brought to the deck in a daze, and he followed the other party's orders and squatted down with his head in his hands. It wasn't until the other party started to tie people one by one with zip ties that Lin Xianhai finally realized and shouted quickly:
"Sir, I'm the captain! What's going on? Why were you arrested? You ask first!"
Hearing his shout, an officer came over with a frown and said to him angrily:
"Your ship broke into the exercise area. We think you are engaging in espionage. Everyone must follow us and go back for review!"
"No, we entered by mistake to avoid the storm. The situation was too urgent and we didn't have time to tell the direction. Sir, you can check the specific route map."
"I don't want to hear your nonsense!"
The officer interrupted Lin Xianhai's defense without mercy, and then continued:
"This is a military restricted area, not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want!"
"But we didn't enter the exercise area! We just..."
"I told you to go in, so you went in!"
Hearing this, Lin Xianhai was completely stunned.
What kind of operation is this?
Was he beaten as if he was the one who stood out?
According to the rules of the sea, if you want to arrest someone, you must at least provide evidence, right?
But this time, it seems that the other party's purpose is not really to maintain maritime security, but simply for his own ship and the people on the ship.
Lin Xianhai immediately panicked. He wanted to continue arguing, but the other party didn't give him a chance at all.
A blindfold that had been prepared long ago was fastened to his head. Then, his hands and feet were tightly tied with zip ties, and he was suspended from the side of the ship by ropes and thrown directly onto the deck of the speedboat.
Lin Xianhai's panic reached its peak, and he didn't even have the energy to think about how humiliating such treatment was.
It was obvious that he was being moved around like a pig, but there was only one thought left in his heart:
I'm afraid it's over this time.
If you are caught by someone else in someone else's territory, it will take a lot of trouble to escape.
——
But the question is, when did this place become their territory?
(End of chapter)
