50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 827 The Monkey's Attack Fleet

Sun Zhiwei was preparing to go back to buy warships, but before he could even set off, Dong Haoyang sent an urgent message that there was unusual activity on Monkey's side.

According to the information sent by Dong Haoyang, troops are assembling at Tou Dun Port, the closest naval port to Da Natuna.

The Houthis have four major naval base clusters: Haiphong Port, Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, and Vung Tau Port.

Vung Tau Port is the closest to Grand Natuna, with a sea distance of approximately 700 kilometers.

There is an island not far from the coastline between the two places. The island on the monkey's side is called Kunshan Island, which is 200 kilometers away from Vung Tau Port.

The island on the Greater Natuna side is called Laut Island, which is 60 kilometers away from the main island of Greater Natuna.

The two islands look like bridgeheads for both sides. They are 450 kilometers apart and there are no reefs or islands in between where they can anchor, making it look like a natural battlefield.

Sun Zhiwei directly ordered the escort fleet and submarine force to patrol the north from Hong Kong Island, while he himself quickly crossed the border and arrived in Fangcheng by domestic flight.

He needed to infiltrate the monkeys' home immediately to conduct a thorough reconnaissance of their attack force.

Flying directly there is out of the question. The coastline of the Monkey King's homeland is densely covered with radar and air defense networks. Flying directly there would be suicidal; he hasn't had enough of living yet.

He once had a question: why didn't either side deploy aircraft when we were fighting the monkeys?

Back then, the monkeys captured thousands of aircraft from America when they withdrew, including the relatively advanced F-5s. We also had several thousand aircraft, but we fought each other for ten years and rarely deployed our air forces.

After taking a tour of the front lines, he realized that it wasn't that they weren't going to deploy troops, but rather that there was no need to deploy them at all, and it wouldn't be worthwhile.

First, there's the terrain of the battlefield, which consists of dense jungles and towering mountains. Aircraft are practically useless there, and if they miss, they might even hit their own people. It's better not to deploy them at all.

Secondly, apart from the initial major battle, the subsequent battles were mostly at the regimental level, scattered throughout the jungle, making them difficult for aircraft to engage in.

The most important reason is that both sides have extremely strong air defense capabilities but weak air force capabilities. If they send out aircraft, they will become sitting ducks for the enemy's air defense firepower, so it is better to stay at home.

On November 28, Sun Zhiwei arrived in Fangcheng. Instead of contacting the local garrison, he disguised himself and crossed the line of fire to enter Monkey's house.

He then took a civilian flight from Thang Long province to Saigon city in the south. When he arrived at Vung Tau port, 70 kilometers southeast of Saigon city, it was only the 29th.

The naval base in Vung Tau is home to the Second Naval District of the Hoi State, and the most powerful ship at the base is a Petya-class corvette.

There are also a considerable number of other ships, including hundreds of smaller vessels such as missile boats, torpedo boats, gunboats, transport ships, and landing ships.

What's most unusual is that there's actually a 5000-strong infantry brigade here; they're the monkeys' marines.

When Sun Zhiwei arrived, he saw an entire infantry brigade of 5000 men boarding ships at the naval base in Vung Tau. They were boarding naval landing ships and transport ships.

He also saw several tanks inside the cabins of several landing ships, indicating that they were preparing to land directly.

This mobilization effort is considerable. 5000 regular monkeys are quite capable fighters. If they are allowed to land, the guards of Great Natuna Island will not be able to stop them.

Unless all the militia members among the new immigrants on the island are mobilized, the casualties will definitely be greater.

As for whether the troops on Subi Island can win, it's not certain. Although the troops on Subi Island have all undergone secondary training, the individual equipment that Sun Zhiwei has equipped them with is superior to that of the monkey's troops.

However, they are outnumbered, so it's hard to say whether they can win.

Sun Zhiwei did not intend to use his elite troops to fight the monkeys on land, because it was unnecessary and not worthwhile.

Once the 5000 people boarded the ship, Sun Zhiwei never intended for them to disembark.

In addition to these transport ships assisting in the landing, he also saw that the only "Bejia"-class corvette in the base had already started its boilers.

A group of large missile boats not far away were also fully equipped and ready to set sail.

It seems this is the entire attack sequence the monkeys have prepared: one frigate, five Wasp-class missile boats, five Wasp-class torpedo boats, two landing ships, two transport ships, plus a 5000-strong marine brigade.

It is worth noting the five Wasp-class torpedo boats, which were the first generation of large torpedo boats of the Russian Navy, with a full-load displacement of 160 tons and a range of 3150 kilometers at 13 knots.

Sun Zhiwei originally thought they wouldn't deploy torpedo boats, since torpedo boats are designed for coastal defense and are notoriously slow.

This time, they were going to fight 500 kilometers away, so the sensible choice was not to take them with us.

If this Wasp-class torpedo boat travels at a maximum speed of 46 knots, its maximum range could be reduced to less than 600 kilometers.

In other words, its combat radius is less than 300 kilometers, which is very dangerous. If it is delayed even slightly, it will run out of fuel and become a sitting duck at sea.

However, it was clear that the other side wasn't thinking about the combat radius. Sun Zhiwei thought about it and understood what the monkey commander was thinking. He didn't take his two escort ships seriously at all.

They must have believed that with the ships they deployed this time, they could gain absolute control of the sea, thus ensuring the safety of their short-range torpedo boats.

Sun Zhiwei sent the intelligence about the Monkey Family's attack fleet to Dong Haoyang, and then ordered him to lead a team to patrol the waters near Lauter Island, awaiting the attack order.

He planned to set off with the monkeys' fleet, determined to teach them a lesson they wouldn't tolerate.

Although he decided to set sail with the monkey's fleet, he carefully considered which ship to board. In the end, he decided to board a Wasp-class torpedo boat.

The biggest drawback of torpedo boats is their short range, but they have plenty of diesel fuel in their compartments, so theoretically they have unlimited range.
Another drawback is the limited ammunition; there are only four pre-loaded torpedoes, and they cannot reload themselves mid-flight, leaving the user helpless once they run out of ammunition.

However, his space is full of spare torpedoes, and he can reload them remotely at any time, so these fatal flaws do not exist for him.

After deciding to board the torpedo boats, he located the leading torpedo boat, number 001, out of the five.

Ten minutes later, he stole a set of port logistics soldiers' clothes and changed into them. Taking advantage of the base's logistics department loading logistics supplies onto each ship about to depart, he managed to sneak onto torpedo boat 001.

He calmly carried a box of canned goods and followed the other logistics workers to the supply warehouse in the bottom of the torpedo boat.

When a group of porters returned, he deliberately lagged behind and then secretly stayed on the ship.

(End of this chapter)