In order to accommodate such an army, Jiang Cheng needs to build a decent military base for it.
This military base not only has a port where ships can be stationed, but also military facilities such as training grounds, shooting ranges, military camps, and airfields. Therefore, it needs a lot of space.
Jiang Cheng took a close look at the military facilities section, and after knowing something about what was about to be built, he walked out of the villa, drove Xiao Hei, and flew directly towards the sea around Emerald Island.
That's right, the Coast Guard is a military force unique to Emerald Island, and Jiang Cheng doesn't want to expose it to ordinary people too much.
Therefore, according to Jiang Cheng's inner plan, he needs a secret island to place this military base.
Driving Xiao Hei, Jiang Cheng arrived near the outlying islands of Emerald Island without spending much time.
The outlying islands in front of me are all verdant and verdant, like pieces of emerald. Although the farthest octopus island is covered by a large number of construction facilities at this moment, it still cannot conceal its beauty.
Looking at the beautiful islands in front of him, Jiang Cheng frowned slightly.
To be honest, according to his original idea, these islands are all going to be built into tourist attractions, and I can't bear to destroy their original scenery.
However, buildings such as military facilities are destined to be far away from the sight of ordinary people, and he has never been able to find a more suitable place.
Just as Jiang Cheng felt troubled, a flash of light flashed in his mind, making Jiang Cheng extremely excited.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't bear it anymore and directly pressed the "Super Acceleration" button in front of him!
Suddenly, Xiao Hei's tail emitted a string of dark blue flames, and then he leaped forward at an extremely fast speed.
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Twenty minutes later.
Emerald Island is located in the southwest, about 60 nautical miles away from Octopus Island.
Jiang Cheng, who was driving Xiao Hei, was slowly flying in the air.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng, with all his attention gathered, was constantly scanning the sea ahead, as if searching for something.
As time passed, when Jiang Cheng kept changing his position, a strange thing finally appeared on the endless blue sea ahead.
I saw a hint of gray and black "land" in the all-blue tones.
Of course, this is not a land, but a reef.
The so-called reef is a huge reef formed by the accumulation of calcium carbonate skeletons of a large number of reef-building corals and other organisms, that is, coral reefs!
The reef in front of you is elliptical. Although the rocky part exposed on the sea is only a few hundred square meters, the part hidden below the sea is still very huge.
Jiang Cheng, who was sitting in a flying car, saw this point most clearly.
In fact, in Jiang Cheng's view, if this huge reef is considered a part of the seabed, the area is much larger than that of Octopus Island, at least a few square kilometers.
However, since most of it is hidden underwater, it loses its great value.
Jiang Cheng had discovered this island very early when he was surveying the waters around Emerald Island, but because it had no practical value, he gave it up.
However, just for a moment, Jiang Cheng thought of a certain possibility!
Under the premise of this possibility, Jiang Cheng even felt that the opportunity to expand his territory and territorial waters had come!
Reclamation to build an island!
The so-called reclamation to build an island is to turn the original sea area and reef into land through artificial technology!
This is an important development method for coastal countries or cities with tight land area!
On a parallel earth, Jiang Cheng knows that many countries and cities are using this method to create land or artificial islands.
Like the Netherlands, large-scale reclamation of land from the sea has been carried out since a very early time, and now 20% of the Dutch land is artificially reclaimed!
However, as far as Jiang Cheng knows, due to the larger land area on the current Blue Star, no country seems to have taken the lead in this land-making operation.
At the same time, the act of making land is not only a simple "filling", it also requires a lot of mechanical manufacturing technology support, and it requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.
Therefore, the difficulty can be imagined.
And things like reclaiming the sea to build an island are even more difficult!
After all, in this world, there is no such "island building artifact" as a cutter suction dredger!
The so-called cutter suction dredger is a special large-scale functional ship. It can use the rotating cutter to squeeze the submarine soil, mix it with cement to form mud, and finally it into the pump body through the suction pipe, and then discharge it. The mud pipe is sent to the designated place.
It can be said that with this kind of island-building artifact, as long as you can find a shallow sea area like a reef, you can create an island out of thin air!
On the earth, Huaguo has strong research and development capabilities in cutter suction dredgers. In just a few years, it has developed three types of cutter suction dredgers: Tianqi, Tianjing and Tiankun. For mud boats, the filling capacity is also linearly improved.
The newly developed Tiankun has a power of 6600 kilowatts and a dredging capacity of 6000 cubic meters per hour, which is extremely abnormal!
What is this concept?
This means that the Tiankun can dig the size of a one-meter-deep football field in one hour, that is to say, in one day, you can create an island!
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help getting excited.
With this kind of island-building artifact, in this vast sea, as long as Jiang Cheng discovers a reef as large as a single rock, he can turn it into an island in just one day!
This is simply robbery!
You know, the current situation in the whole world is that all seaside countries are using various methods to compete for the islands on the sea, but they are powerless against those ultra-small islands and reefs.
Because these small islands and reefs can't be stationed at all, and it's very difficult to even get close.
In this context, major countries have taken the lead in occupying the large islands, and they have selectively given up on these small islands and reefs.
In this way, it is equivalent to leaving Jiang Cheng a chance!
After all, there is no such powerful island building artifact as a cutter suction dredger in this world.
Perhaps for others, these small islands and reefs are dispensable, but in Jiang Cheng's eyes, they are no different from the large islands!
As long as Jiang Cheng can make the cutter suction dredger one step ahead, all the small islands and reefs in the sea can fall into Jiang Cheng's hands!
And in this way, Jiang Cheng's territory and territorial waters can be expanded without limit!
Then, the location of the construction of military bases has also been lost!
