50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 818 The Impatient Monkey

The monkeys haven't made a move yet, and Sun Zhiwei doesn't know if they will, but in any case, it's always good to be prepared for the worst.

Subsequently, Sun Zhiwei contacted Dong Haoyang on Subi Island and asked him to send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the monkeys' family in the north.

With the navy of the monkeys, only those five Petya-class corvettes could cross 500 kilometers of sea to reach Big Natuna Island.

The Petya-class corvettes are equipped only with torpedoes, not missiles, and have almost no anti-aircraft firepower, which is their most obvious weakness.

Even if only two Van Speck-class frigates are used against the enemy, as long as they maintain a good distance and conduct beyond-visual-range combat, the frigates can destroy the enemy without taking damage.

Both the Harpoon anti-ship missiles mounted on the ship and the Black Hawk helicopters carried by the frigate are effective weapons against the enemy.

As for launching a stealthy attack aboard the USS Enterprise H submarine, that was a last resort.

The Petya-class corvettes are equipped with five-cell 406mm torpedo launchers, depth charge racks, and rotating anti-submarine rocket launchers, making them extremely powerful against submarines.

Unless absolutely necessary, Sun Zhiwei does not intend to take his submarine to attack a fully armed anti-submarine frigate.

It's better to be safe than sorry. He only has one H submarine, which he managed to acquire from Europe with great difficulty. He doesn't even have a replacement submarine. It's better to be cautious.

He really didn't understand why the monkeys wanted to buy those five Petya-class corvettes from the bears.

It has no enemies in its vicinity with a large number of submarines, so what is the significance of equipping itself with such advanced anti-submarine frigates? (This is correct; they were purchased, using aid money from the Soviet Union.)
What he was more worried about was the monkeys sending fighter jets over; the monkeys now have quite a few advanced fighter jets.

For example, the F-5 fighter jets captured from America back then, and the MiG-23 fighter jets that the Russians provided to the monkeys a few years ago.

Both of these fighter jets are modern jet fighters, and there are no effective air defense measures on Gran Natuna Island.

In his previous life, he had heard that the monkeys' family possessed various high-tech equipment, such as fighter jets and missiles, but because they lacked the technology and ability to maintain them, very few of them could be put into actual combat.

He didn't know if this was true, but it should have some credibility, since the Monkey family's air force rarely made an appearance.

In this world, Sun Zhiwei has entered the monkeys' home multiple times, causing significant damage to their air force equipment.

Therefore, the monkey's situation should be worse than it was originally.

As for whether the Russians at Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base would help the monkeys attack Natuna Island, Sun Zhiwei thinks it's unlikely.

Back when we gave the monkeys a good beating, they only conducted some exercises and issued verbal condemnations, because the bear had no intention of going to war with a major power.

Everyone knows who's behind the Great Natuna. The KGB isn't stupid; they couldn't possibly hide such a large flow of immigrants from the Soviet Union and the United States.

However, the Russians are too busy taking care of themselves. They didn't take action back then, and now that they are facing economic difficulties, it's even less likely that they will.

America is currently on good terms with them, so there's no reason for her to make a move.

With neither of the two major powers speaking out, other countries naturally won't make any rash statements either.

Therefore, this is the main reason why the surrounding area remained calm after such a big commotion was caused by Natuna.

Sun Zhiwei believes another reason the "monkeys" (referring to Russia) will take action is that, starting this year, due to economic difficulties, the "bear" (the Russian Federation) has canceled its aid to the "monkeys," which had been ongoing for over a decade. The annual $20 billion in aid has ceased this year. The "monkeys" are currently in urgent negotiations with the "bear" regarding this matter, but the negotiations are not yielding satisfactory results, leaving the "monkeys" somewhat anxious.

Because of the constant fighting over the past few years, the monkeys' economy has been completely ruined. If it weren't for the annual aid funds from the bears, the monkeys would have been unable to continue fighting long ago.

But now that the aid has stopped, what are we going to do?
It's like a spoiled child who suddenly loses their allowance and immediately becomes helpless.

From a historical perspective, when there are internal contradictions, there are generally two ways to deal with them: one is to reform oneself and tap into internal potential; the other is to find enemies externally and divert domestic contradictions.

The monkeys are already working on the first type of self-renewal.

After confirming that there would be no more free aid starting this year, they immediately held a meeting to discuss the matter.

Subsequently, the government issued a series of laws and regulations to promote economic development, such as the Foreign Investment Law and the Decision on Expanding the Autonomy of State-Owned Enterprises.

In reality, the monkeys saw the development achievements of the dragon kingdom and began to learn from us and implement a market economy.

However, in the preceding decades, the monkeys relied too heavily on aid from the bears, resulting in the monkeys having no industrial base whatsoever.

It's not so easy to suddenly want to reform and open up; it takes time to achieve this gradually.

However, domestic conflicts are about to erupt due to the cancellation of aid, so the only solution is to look to external sources.

Stirring up trouble in the South China Sea has always been a traditional tactic, but now a new target has suddenly emerged in the surrounding area, and it's an easy target: the establishment of Greater Natuna.

Isn't this a ready-made target? Such a small, remote country is easy to attack. Winning would be considered territorial expansion. There's nothing better than this.

Therefore, Sun Zhiwei's judgment was not wrong. The Monkey family really did have this plan and was already preparing, but the troop assembly and mobilization still needed time.

At that time, Sun Zhiwei was attending an exhibition held by Christie's on Hong Kong Island, where the more than 7000 precious artifacts that the two parties had finalized in this collaboration were on display.

It must be said that Christie's knows how to handle things; they proactively invited the media to expose the news of the "temple treasure," which immediately caused a sensation.

It's a treasure trove; anyone would be interested in it.

Someone has actually unearthed a huge treasure trove and put it on public display. Everyone who heard about it wants to come and see it.

This made Christie's first wave of publicity immediately effective, and the active reprinting by other media not only improved the publicity effect but also greatly saved the cost of this promotion.

From the first day of the exhibition, the exhibition hall on the 22nd floor of Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, was bustling with people.

Although Sun Zhiwei doesn't allow Christie's to reveal the identity of the owner of his treasures, he still makes sure to pay attention to the exhibitions of his own auction items.

Buying tickets is out of the question; each ticket costs $500. Christie's is also planning to use tickets to screen individual customers.

The items in this auction are all the finest pieces from this treasure trove, with a starting price of no less than $10 for any single item.

(End of this chapter)