They can't have unnecessary friction with China, so they just need to withdraw before their patrol gets here.

After all, the ownership of this island is still controversial. As long as there is no head-on conflict, basically nothing big will happen.

Within just a few minutes, everyone boarded the fishing boat, and the small dredger also lifted anchor and closed its boom. Everything was well-trained.

When the Chinese ships appeared on the skyline, Ding Wen'an was already preparing to leave with his team.

Standing at the stern of the ship, Ding Wen'an held up his telescope and looked at the Chinese warship approaching in the distance. After seeing the shape of the warship clearly, he suddenly frowned.

"This is not their coast guard ship."

He murmured to himself.

The adjutant on the side also immediately looked into the distance. After a few seconds, he nodded and replied:

"It certainly isn't that ship that seems to be the latest one - maybe it's about to be rotated?"

"Maybe, it's not a good thing for us."

"If they have started regular rotation, it means they have regarded this sea area as their territory."

"The situation is very bad. If we still want to keep our island, we will definitely have conflicts with them in the future."

After hearing Ding Wen'an's words, the adjutant sighed and said:

"This is not something we, the soldiers, should worry about. Let the leaders consider it."

"madness!"

Ding Wen'an interrupted him unceremoniously and then said:

"We are the front line. If there is a conflict, there will be blood."

"This time it won't be like last time where just one fighter jet forced us to withdraw our troops."

"Even from the military's point of view, they have already lost face to the Chinese people once, and they cannot do it a second time no matter what."

"Otherwise, forget about their domestic rule. I can't say this clearly. Just understand."

The adjutant nodded heavily and said nothing.

Like Ding Wen'an, he is not an "ordinary soldier" in the true sense, so his perception of these things is not as rudimentary as that of ordinary soldiers.

The two of them just watched the warship approaching in silence. Because the sand dredger was moving slowly, the figure of the warship began to grow larger and larger in their sight.

It was only then that they discovered that there was not one, but three warships approaching.

All are Type 052.

"Where did they get so many warships? During this period, they not only sent warships to Africa, but also to us. The number of warships out there should be close to 10."

"There are not that many, there should only be 6 ships."

Ding Wen'an shook his head and said.

"In addition, their recent economic situation is indeed very good, and it is normal for the speed of warship construction to increase."

“I don’t know when we will be able to achieve the same speed as them.”

As he spoke, his eyes never left the approaching warships. When they got closer and closer, Ding Wen'an's eyes suddenly widened again.

"This ship doesn't seem normal."

"Abnormal? What do you mean?"

the adjutant asked doubtfully.

"Its guns seem different from the naval guns we have seen before."

After hearing his words, the adjutant quickly raised his binoculars, and then his brows also wrinkled.

"There's something really wrong. Isn't it an ordinary naval gun?"

"The size is larger and the barrel is longer - wait, why does its barrel look square?"

"Square shape? Really. Maybe it's a problem with the heat dissipation structure."

Ding Wenan put down the telescope and turned to tell the captain to speed up.

From these three warships, he felt an obvious crisis.

This sense of crisis comes from his keen intuition.

It’s like, if I don’t leave now, I might not be able to leave.

"They're not going to start a war, are they?"

the adjutant asked worriedly.

Ding Wen'an shook his head and replied:

"Probably not - if they really want to use force, they will attack us from outside the visual range. Most likely it is just a demonstration."

The adjutant breathed a sigh of relief and followed Ding Wen'an to stand at the stern again.

This was their first meeting with the modified 052C, but they still had no idea of ​​the seriousness of the matter.

They just looked at the warship silently, envious of each other's "wealth".

Gradually, the dredging fleet moved away from Liumen Reef, and the three warships also began to turn.

It seems that this encounter at sea will end in such a plain and full of tacit understanding.

However, just when Ding Wen'an was about to return to the cabin to rest, an incredible scene suddenly appeared in his sight.

——

On Liumen Reef, a puff of smoke suddenly rose.

Immediately afterwards, the place where the masonry barracks used to be was inexplicably empty.

The buildings on that island disappeared.

Ding Wen'an's heart suddenly picked up, and at this moment, his legs even felt a little weak.

Was the cannon really fired?

He immediately picked up the telescope and looked at the warship in the distance, but because the distance was getting farther and farther, and due to the curvature of the earth, he could no longer see the ship's muzzle.

But the "gunfire that didn't sound like the sound of cannons" had already been heard, and it continued continuously.

——

To be precise, it doesn't sound like the sound of gunpowder explosion at all, but rather like the sonic boom of a supersonic flying object?

So weird.

Without any time to think, Ding Wen'an hurried to the cabin. He had to report to his superiors that they were under attack!

However, the voice on the radio was one step ahead of him.

"We are under attack! This is Hongxiu Island!"

"Nungwi Island! We were attacked! The buildings on our island were destroyed!"

"The same goes for Daxianjiao! The building was destroyed, but there were no casualties. They just waited for us to leave before blowing it up!"

"This is a shelling, a shelling! We have seen the rules of shelling!"

"How is that possible! We are nearly two hundred kilometers away! Their ship is close to Liumen Reef!"

"How could they possibly hit us!?"

Ding Wen'an listened to the radio in stunned silence.

In just a few minutes, the "new island" that had taken several years to build was completely dealt a blow.

There is no doubt that the buildings on the island must have been destroyed.

Some islands may even have turned into "reefs" again

How did they do it?

That cannon.

Ding Wen'an's eyes were about to burst.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.

In the face of absolute strength, the so-called "effort", "diligence" and "determination" of people like me are so insignificant.

Just one ship and one cannon destroyed all our operations.

As for our own side, we don’t even know where the attacker is or what weapon he is using!

It's all over.

After this ship comes over, we have no place to stand on this sea.
Chapter completed!