Hong Kong Island: From a small stall to a global supplier

P.S.: I have absolutely no idea why the previous chapter was censored...

They released it exactly as it was.

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Luo Jinsheng had heard that Wang Yaotang had a wild way of doing things, but he didn't expect him to be this wild!
"Look, if this 107mm gun can be installed on a pickup truck, why can't it be installed on a speedboat? Pickup trucks are so small, while speedboats are at least 5 meters long. Let alone a 6-unit gun, an 8-unit gun gun would be no problem!"

Wang Yaotang gestured animatedly as he spoke, “As for the instability of the sea surface, that’s easy to handle. We have anchors, or if that doesn’t work, we can install stabilizers. To put it bluntly, a ship is 100% level at sea, so calculating launch parameters is simpler and more accurate than on land.”

"No one has ever done this before." Luo Jinsheng smacked his lips, but couldn't find anything wrong with it.

"That's because the targets we attacked before were warships, and even the armor on the decks was quite thick. The 107mm explosive charge wasn't very effective. Also, ships move quite fast on the sea, and the 107mm's accuracy and speed are both poor, making it difficult to hit the target and the firepower coverage wasn't effective." Wang Yaotang understood the situation quite well. "But our current targets are the people and targets on the islands and reefs, and they won't run away."

"Five small boats, each equipped with an eight-tube launcher, then..."

"Why not use a 12-tube one?" Wei Jinzhong suddenly asked.

Wang Yaotang was taken aback. He remembered that he only had 6 or 8 tubes in his hand. "There are 12 tubes?"

“We have all 24 tubes, and theoretically we can just splice them together. Of course, in reality it’s more difficult than that.”

"Holy crap!" Wang Yaotang exclaimed. These five small boats could launch more than 100 rockets at once.

As far as he knew, the density of this thing was 1/140 of its range, that is, the deviation at 8 kilometers was about 50-100 meters. The sea was not stable, so if we expand this range to 200 meters, if 100 rockets fell within a radius of 200 meters, wouldn't that flatten the ground?

Even if ordinary fragmentation grenades are used, they are not very effective at damaging buildings, but exposed radar, communication antennas, dock ships, water tanks, food warehouses and the like will definitely not be able to withstand them. It is equivalent to turning them into blind and deaf people with one wave of attacks!

Without radar, operating the artillery by sight... Ha...

What threat is there then?
Moreover, he could have used armor-piercing explosive rounds or incendiary rounds.

First, use small boats to evade radar and approach the target, then use rockets to bombard the ground, and finally use 0, 3, and 7 bombardments to cover and bombard the target island. It is not impossible to take the target island in one fell swoop!
Without hesitation, Wang Yaotang immediately called back, knowing that there was a satellite phone on the yacht. In Hong Kong, there were plenty of speedboats of five or six meters in length, and there was no need for a fully enclosed hull. When launching, people could simply jump into the sea to take cover.

Eight speedboats were sent to Wenchong at once, and more than a dozen people were assigned there to weld stabilizers onto the speedboats.

This is the Type 76 twin 37mm naval gun stabilization system, which uses a hydraulic and pneumatic composite transmission system and achieves ±25° sway compensation through a dual-axis gyro stabilizer, maintaining a firing accuracy of ±0.5 mil in sea state 3.

The full version would also be used with the Type 341 gun-laying radar, but Wang Yaotang didn't need that; he only needed stable firing.

Of course, the stabilizer itself is quite expensive, more expensive than a speedboat plus a rocket launcher, but it doesn't matter, it can be removed later.

Once everything is done, it should be delivered in three to five days. In the meantime, I'd like to go to the Spratly Islands to check on the situation and establish an outpost.

In early 88, the South China Sea had just completed exploration in the Spratly Islands at the request of the International Meteorological Organization, and had also had some conflicts with the Annamese near Nanwei Island.

These bastards attempted to attack exploration vessels and personnel, but were driven away by the people in the South China Sea.

The Spratly Islands are too far from my hometown. Under the current circumstances, it is impossible to establish a complete outpost base. Even if we win the battle, it won't be of much use.

Two old 0 escorts the Xingye straight to the Spratly Islands, targeting the area near Longbi East Reef and Zhong Reef northeast of Nanwei Island. That area is full of reefs and shallows, and the situation is very complicated. There is no need to worry about being found by others when hiding there. Even if nearby ships pass by, they cannot be detected by radar.

This is where the advantages of the old-style 0 submarine chaser become apparent. Its active and passive sonar systems for submarines are more advanced, enabling it to effectively detect the surrounding terrain and greatly reduce the risk of being caught off guard.

There's no problem finding a deep-water area here as a base for the Xingye. The area is surrounded by reefs, so the currents won't affect the surrounding area at all. Even during a typhoon, the waves here are much smaller, so the impact on the ship is minimal. It's a very suitable area for mooring.

Having found a safe haven, the Xingye raised its communication antenna high, followed by two 0 ships that hoisted their protective flags and swaggered towards Nanwei Island.

When the ship was about 30 kilometers away, radar on Nanwei Island detected it approaching.

Theoretically, the detection range at sea is 70 kilometers, but due to various factors such as reduced mirror reflection caused by sea waves, reduced signal-to-noise ratio of target echoes, clutter interference, and the size of the target vessel, the actual detection range will be significantly reduced.

Life on the island is monotonous and boring. If it weren't for the supplies being delivered from the mainland every two weeks, they would only occasionally encounter fishermen who come here to fish.

People who don't live by the sea may think the ocean is vast, but to those who live by the sea, there's really nothing to see. Just looking at it for too long is annoying, especially when you're at sea, the surface reflects light so much that it'll make your eyes go blind!
(The old firework's previous rented house was right by the sea. The desk where I typed was by the window, and when I looked up, I could see the sea view of Sanya Bay. To the left was Phoenix Island, and in the distance were East Island and West Island. For less than half a month, I didn't even bother to open the curtains... Yes, it made me feel nauseous.)
No TV, no cell phone, just a few people around me, I've said everything I could say thousands of times, even the porn posters are fading badly, I just sit here in a daze all day, I'm practically rotting away.

Normally, the radar is never turned on, simply because it consumes too much power!

The island relies entirely on diesel generators for electricity, and burning diesel fuel is more expensive than cooking oil. There isn't even enough electricity for daily use, so how could they possibly keep the radar running all day?

If it weren't for the previous conflict with the Chinese, and the fact that the people who sent them supplies a few days ago warned them to be careful, they wouldn't have turned on the radar at all.

Even if you turn on the radar, you can't keep staring at it all the time; that's not disciplined enough.

On the other side, Wei Jinzhong on 0 was waiting for the island to send him a communication. The normal procedure is as follows: the radar detects the target, sends a communication request, the connection is established, the situation is ascertained, and a decision is made on whether to drive it away or allow it to approach.

Although he had already decided to force his way through, the lack of communication requests still made him slightly uneasy. Could it be that the Annamese were breaking the rules and launching an attack directly?
With a heavy heart, the ship quickly approached to within 20 kilometers, but there was still no communication.

what's the situation?
"Damn it, are the Annamese going to be wiped out?" Wei Jinzhong could already see the buildings on the island clearly through his binoculars.

Breakwaters, a ring road around the island, and large areas of permanent barracks and training grounds, supposedly capable of housing up to 500 people, though I don't know if that's true.

Many gun emplacements and machine gun platforms can still be seen in the barracks and along the shore, including 85mm cannons and 122mm howitzers. It is said that there are 11 artillery pieces with a range of more than 10 kilometers.

There are also underground bunkers within the camp, reportedly housing six T-55 medium tanks and four PT-76 amphibious tanks, but whether that's true or not is hard to say.

There is also a 600-meter concrete runway and an air station. It is clear that there should also be underground bunkers and ammunition depots. There are also some ships moored at the dock.

There are fishing boats and speedboats.

The roads and playground were deserted; there wasn't a single person around. Well, it was broad daylight and scorching hot, so no one would come out unless absolutely necessary.

But didn't the people on the dock lighthouse notice them?

10km…

There was still no communication intervention.

Just as they were wondering, 0⑶⒎ dared not get any closer. There were reefs everywhere underwater, so the boat slowed down to a very slow speed, and the sonar was turned on at full speed. The draftsmen they had brought were drawing the seabed topography of the area based on the signals transmitted back by the sonar.

At this moment, the Annamese who had been standing there in a daze finally noticed that a ship was approaching and shouted at the top of their lungs.

Regardless of whether they have walkie-talkies or not, who carries that thing around all the time? It's quite heavy.

Whether you say the Annamese soldiers were of poor quality or that they were lax, the fact is that it's really hard to get tense on an isolated island.

Even with such laxity, it would be almost impossible to capture a well-defended island like this. The reef of Nanwei Island is relatively small, but there are reefs all around within a ten-kilometer radius. Ships would risk getting too close, and usually only two or three fixed groups of people could dig waterways to get in.

If there are too few people, it's useless to go up and face a complete offensive; if there are too many people, they can only go through the dock and waterway, which is very difficult.

After a flurry of shouts, everyone on the island knew that an unidentified warship was approaching. They scrambled to their positions, and by the time the two 0 ships had circled the island a tenth of the way to the left and right, the communication was finally restored.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Jinzhong decided to answer the call. After listening to a bunch of nonsense about asserting sovereignty, he cursed directly: "Sovereign my ass! How can you prove this is your territory? If you're not happy, come out and have a go!"
Of course, Wei Jinzhong's English is terrible, but that's roughly what he meant.

Neither of them could understand what the other was saying, and they ended up hurling insults at each other.

Observing the ship through binoculars, it was confirmed to be the Lao-Chinese 0, and the flags hanging on it indicated that it was the 'notorious' Umbrella Corporation. There was a sudden commotion in the operations command room.

They're all from Haijun, how could they not know what happened more than two years ago? Not only do the people from this company dare to open fire, but they also use lethal force when they do.

How did they end up coming to us?

"We haven't provoked them at all!"

"Is it possible that something's going on on the land again?"

"Damn it, last time someone robbed two cargo ships over there and killed people."

"What should we do? Are they going to attack?"

"Damn it, if you have a problem, go find the land forces, why are you coming to us!"

The Annamese official on the island listened with veins throbbing in his neck. He had two choices: intervene or ignore it. Intervene meant firing cannons or sending gunboats. Not only were small gunboats clearly outmatched, but even firing a 122mm howitzer would take more than half an hour. Besides, what good would firing can do? The enemy would definitely run away; sinking them was impossible.

If you really hurt them, they'll definitely bite back like mad dogs.

They are truly unwilling to cause trouble while they are stuck on the island. If others come to stir up trouble every few days, their lives will become completely unbearable.

If we're going to fight, we should contact Hu Zhiming to get the main fleet over; we can't possibly rely on them.

What good is it to have made a contribution?

Can you eat a medal?

Seeing that their leader was not speaking, the men below started arguing amongst themselves.

After a long pause, the person in charge shouted for silence and ordered two gunboats to be dispatched to negotiate and drive them away. They were allowed to fire at the sea, but not to provoke further conflict.

Nobody wanted to go out in a gunboat, because they would be the first to die if a fight broke out. After much back and forth, they finally chose an unlucky guy.

The unlucky man's soldiers all had long faces and moved as slowly as possible.

On the island, the person in charge cursed and ordered the 37mm machine guns to fire. These things only had a range of 3000 meters, so they couldn't hit anything.

Wei Jinzhong's mission was inherently provocative; he wanted to check the island's weaponry and equipment. Upon seeing this, he completely ignored it and proceeded to survey the underwater situation.

The gunboat arrived late, after surveying half of the reef on both sides.

0⑶⒎ The dark 57mm gun muzzle was aimed at, but it continued to wander around on its own, and the small gunboat didn't dare to utter a sound.

What's the point of risking your life for just a few dozen yuan a month?
The islanders were finally pushed to their limits, and even 85mm howitzers went off, exploding just over 200 meters away. Wei Jinzhong became nervous, but still insisted on continuing to survey the seabed topography.

Seeing that the Umbrella Corporation's ships were unyielding, the islanders, though trembling with anger, dared not actually start a conflict and could only watch helplessly as the ships circled the island before leaving.

Of course, the base still needs to be notified and support requested.

The gunboats followed for more than 30 kilometers before Wei Jinzhong ordered a deterrent firing. Only then did the gunboats stop. The two 0s left the area at cruising speed, circled around a few times, and after confirming that no one was following them, returned to their base on Zhongjiao Reef.

I went to the tea room on the Xingye ship and had two cups of tea to quench my thirst. Then I told them about the situation there; the topographical survey would take another two days to come out.

"No, they've made such a blatant show of force, yet they only fired a few shots as a show of force?" Wang Yaotang asked, somewhat surprised. "Isn't this a bit unsettling?"

"When they brought people to the South China Sea to conduct surveys before, the closest one, Yongshu Reef, was 150 kilometers away. Didn't the Annamese rush up and open fire like swallows that had been poked in the skin?"

After a brief silence, Wei Jinzhong said in a low voice, "It's different."

"Hmm? How is it different?" Wang Yaotang asked subconsciously.

"We weren't forced into this situation by our hometown; we had no choice but to take action," Wei Jinzhong said sullenly.

Wang Yaotang understood after a moment's thought: the current national policy in his hometown was "economic development." Those two sons of bitches, the Americans and the Russians, were deliberately letting their subordinates provoke and provoke China, hoping that China would lose its temper and escalate the problem, dragging China into the vortex of conflict.
Otherwise, the Annamese wouldn't have been provoking each other on the border for ten years without stopping.

They could easily suppress the Annamese with a wave of their hand, but they had no choice but to put up with them. It was incredibly frustrating.

The more the locals dared not take the initiative and tried to control the scale of their actions, the more arrogant and defiant these people became. On the other hand, Wang Yaotang's side did not tolerate this at all and launched a deadly attack without warning. The Annamese were somewhat afraid and hesitated to retaliate or provoke, even trying to maintain a legitimate pretext.

Just two days ago, Annam held a press conference announcing that it had cracked down on illegal smuggling at sea and seized two smuggled oil tankers.

Therefore, no matter what, good people should always be targeted.

"They've probably already informed the shore. A ship will arrive with supplies or support in about eight hours. You two ships should lie in ambush in the waterway. If you can fight, then fight; if not, then harass them," Wang Yaotang instructed.

"Ok."

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After everyone rested for a while, the Annamese were not so efficient. Ten hours later, Wei Jinzhong led his men to set off and ambushed the route for eight hours. After that, they changed to another ship and went over. As a result, after a whole day, they only saw one Annamese fishing boat, which was sunk by a few shots.

Running back and forth like this, they ran out of fuel. So they changed the ambush time to every 16 hours. After three days, two new 0 escorts arrived, carrying speedboats equipped with stabilization platforms and 24-barrel 107mm guns. But the Annamese reinforcements had not yet arrived.

There had been a commotion at Hu Zhiming's base for several days. Originally, the supply was to be delivered by a transport fleet centered around tank landing ships, but it had been revealed on Nanwei Island that the ships that appeared were two Umbrella Corporation 0. How could they dare to send any more? That would be suicide.

Last time, we lost an entire fleet!

The base's orders were to remain vigilant on the island, hold their ground, and await reinforcements. After all, supplies could last for another ten days. They planned to transfer a "Betya-class" and a "Poison Spider" to form a joint fleet from the coastal defense base to escort the supplies.

If the Umbrella fleet intends to ambush them again as they did last time, it will catch them off guard!
Wang Yaotang naturally had no idea what the Annamese were thinking, but it didn't matter. You fight your way, I'll fight mine. Now that the secret weapon we prepared has arrived, let's go for it!
On the 6th day of the lunar month, with the crescent moon, visibility at sea was still acceptable around 10 p.m. Four 037 boats set off together, towing eight speedboats around the island reefs to the open sea.

In April, the NSQD northeast monsoon shifts to the southwest monsoon, but the overall wind is still dominated by the northeast. Coming out of the old nest in Zhongjiao, you can reach Nanwei Island with a tailwind.

Once they got within 30 kilometers, the four 0 vessels dared not approach further, as this distance would make them easily detectable by radar.

The crew-cut men put on diving suits and life jackets, and took oxygen tanks and other equipment. They boarded the speedboat in pairs, and the engine started up with a clattering sound, heading towards Nanwei Island at a low speed of 20 kilometers per hour.

About an hour later, when they got within 10 kilometers of the reef, all the motors of the small speedboat were turned off. They weren't afraid of radar, as these small boats were about the same height as the waves and were impossible to detect. However, at this distance, the sound of the motors might be detected by the island's passive sonar if the island had sonar.

In addition, we're now in the reef area, and it's already dark. If we go even slightly too fast, we could run aground.

One person took out an oar and started paddling, while another lay on the bow, staring at the sea. With the soft sound of paddling, they slowly approached the island.

About an hour later, after rowing for about 4 kilometers, we found a shallow area with reefs and anchored there. Because of the reef, the waves were small and the boat was very stable after anchoring.

There's no rush to measure the range, check the crosswind, and adjust the firing parameters; we can do these things very meticulously.

After struggling for more than ten minutes, the crew-cut guy swam a few meters out of the water, and at the same time, someone shouted over the walkie-talkie, "Three, two, one, launch!"

"Whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh"

"Whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh"

It was as if countless fireworks had suddenly been set off on the sea, flying diagonally across the surface and crashing down on the Nanwei Island camp like a deluge.

This contains fragmentation grenades, armor-piercing rounds, and incendiary rounds, configured in a 3:3:4 ratio.

The people on night watch on the island stared in disbelief at the line of fire streaking across the sky, completely stunned. That was a rocket!
During the Vietnam War, the Annamese used this thing to attack US airfields and achieved brilliant results. Now, many of their troops are equipped with it and are quite familiar with it.

But how did this thing end up at sea?

Finally regaining their senses, they screamed in terror, only managing to shout and yell, giving the Annamese on Nanwei Island no time to react. Twenty seconds later...

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

A barrage of over 190 shells rained down on the camp, the explosions instantly engulfing the entire camp. This was followed by a massive fire caused by incendiary bombs, which engulfed the entire camp. The flames could be seen on the horizon from a fleet 30 kilometers away.

The crew-cut men quickly swam back to the speedboat, and the two of them worked together to load the ammunition as soon as possible. They were caught in a sudden and intense barrage of attacks. The radar, which was exposed at a high altitude, could not possibly remain unscathed. It would be impossible for them to find their location and launch a counterattack in a short time. This time would be enough for them to launch another barrage of attacks.

Loading 24 tubes was quite a task, taking about fifteen minutes to complete, and then we fired again.

"Whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh"

"Whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh"

Just as the Annamese soldiers on the island were preparing to come out to rescue their wounded comrades and defend against possible landing forces after the bombardment, another flash of fire streaked across the sky.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

Another round of overwhelming fire struck, leaving the entire camp, if not completely paralyzed, with almost no flat ground to be found; the 600-meter runway was completely destroyed! (End of Chapter)