50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 509: Hundred Miles Attack
It's no wonder Sun Zhiwei got angry; this guy has the typical Yuan Shao personality: he's cautious about his life when it comes to big things, but reckless when it comes to small gains.

Making money but not knowing how to spend it—is this going to be someone else's granary?

If Huang Huizhong hadn't been relatively capable and obedient, he wouldn't have bothered with them at all; he'd just let them die. They were truly hopeless cases.

However, now is not the time to be angry. Huang Huizhong is old now, and he survived a bloody ordeal back then. He must have been frightened back then, so he has no spirit at all.

It seems he still wants to focus his attention on young people; it's normal for older people to be hesitant and timid in their actions.

"You experienced the terrible things that happened back then, so why haven't you learned your lesson?"

"Without power, no matter how much money you have, you are just a rootless duckweed, doing all the work for others."

"Just do as I say. Once you succeed, continue in this way and send more people into the body."

"Don't be afraid to spend money. If you don't spend it now, it will all belong to someone else later."

"That's all I have to say. Whether you listen or not is up to you." Having lost interest in saying anything more, Sun Zhiwei wiped his mouth, got up, and went back to his room to rest.

After he left, Huang Huizhong stayed alone in the living room for a long time, and it's unclear whether he had figured things out or not.

Sun Zhiwei ignored him. Many things were actually quite obvious. It wasn't that people didn't understand; they were just pretending not to understand—it was an ostrich mentality.

Sun Zhiwei is no god, nor does he have three heads and six arms. He can only provide limited help. What they really need is for them to stand up on their own.

For example, the current situation in Java is stagnant; everyone is completely suppressed by Hathor.

And what did Hathor rely on? His army.

At this time, the military holds all military and political power in the country.

A journalist once reported that on every island, there was no village not led by a sergeant or sergeant; and there was no enterprise in the country not managed by a colonel or general.

This clearly demonstrates that under Hatto's rule, the military's influence was ubiquitous, and they controlled all important areas from top to bottom.

This model, of course, made Harto's power and position as solid as a rock, unshakable.

Their core leader was Hatto; no one else had his prestige or ability to control these soldiers.

Without the intervention of a powerful external force, it would be extremely difficult to overthrow this firmly established rule that has penetrated deep into the countryside.

In fact, Harto's eventual downfall was also due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which led to a complete economic collapse, and everyone pushed him down when he was already in power.

Now Sun Zhiwei wants to break this stagnant situation ahead of time. Since the external conditions are not ripe, he will dismantle it from within.

The next morning, Sun Zhiwei drove the Black Hawk south.

He flew at a low altitude over the sea, reaching a speed of 280 kilometers per hour, with his destination being Jakarta, more than 700 kilometers away.

The entire route is within the Java Sea, which has an average depth of 110 meters. Nuclear submarines of major powers rarely roam around here.

Because it's too shallow here. For example, a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine has a draft of nearly 10 meters when it's floating, and when you add the surface part and the conning tower, it's more than 20 meters high.

If you also include the radar antennas, ventilation vents, periscopes, and other equipment extending from the control tower, the height exceeds 30 meters.

Navigating in such shallow water is like swimming in a bathtub. If you looked down from the sky, the submarine's large, dark silhouette would be extremely obvious; it would be impossible to hide.

This area is surrounded by Javanese islands, and this sea area is equivalent to the Javanese inland sea.

In this area of ​​water, the Javanese navy usually conducts routine patrols, and Sun Zhiwei does not want to encounter naval vessels to avoid trouble.

Unfortunately, this was impossible. The Javanese Navy had dozens of frigates patrolling the area regularly, and he didn't know their patrol schedules, so there was no way to avoid them.

Sure enough, when he flew to the western part of the Java Sea, a "Shamadikun" class frigate came from the east ahead.

This is actually a Claude Jones-class guided-missile frigate built by the US Navy in the late 1950s, which was decommissioned in 1973 and transferred to the Javanese Navy.

From the Black Hawk helicopter, Sun Zhiwei could see its hull number 342 from afar; it was one of the ships, the Matardinata.

This type of frigate has a full-load displacement of 1968 tons, a length of 90.01 meters, a width of 13.02 meters, and a crew of 89.

Because Sun Zhiwei's Black Hawk had the insignia of the US Navy painted on it, the other side did not fire, but instead sounded its horn as a signal.

If he were just passing by, he probably would have ignored it and flown away. The United States is very powerful in this area, and the other side wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

However, since the Matardinata saw it, this chance encounter will definitely be recorded in their logbook when they return to port.

He was operating in secrecy this time and didn't want to leak any information. When the major events unfold, everyone will investigate suspicious points, and this chance encounter will become a flaw in his record.

Having considered the consequences, he piloted the Black Hawk and slowly approached the Matardinata.

Just a few hundred meters from the Black Hawk helicopter, the Matardinata suddenly disappeared from the sea.

Because of the sudden disappearance of the Matardina, the displaced seawater quickly converged towards the center, eventually crashing into it and creating a huge white wave.

This was the first time he had ever received something so significant, and after he succeeded, his face flushed slightly.

Of course, this wasn't because he was having difficulty collecting the money, but because he was excited.

Over the years, as the space has grown in size, he knows that he can now collect relatively large objects, but the sight of collecting a 2000-ton frigate at once is indeed quite shocking.

He had already seen it; the frigate only occupied a small portion of the space and was far from reaching its limit.

Having made a basic assessment of the operation, he felt confident that he could be bolder in future actions.

Just as he was feeling pleased, a dark shadow swept across the sea, and he instinctively enveloped the space around it.

When he saw it, he was almost scared out of his wits.

It turned out to be a submarine underwater. He had already seen the sailors inside, who were wearing Javanese naval uniforms.

Chaos reigns inside the submarine. The captain appears to be ordering an ascent. Clearly, they have discovered the disappearance of the HMAS Matardina and are preparing to surface to investigate.

Black Hawk flies very fast, and soon the submarine will be at its furthest point in space. He doesn't know if the submarine has detected his presence.

But it's highly likely they discovered him. He was flying at extremely low altitudes, and the sound of the air hitting the sea surface when the propellers were spinning was very loud; it's impossible for the sonar operators not to hear it.

(End of this chapter)