Chapter 1316: Bolang Nansha (09) General urges war drums

The replenishment speed of the "Xiangtan Ship" was more than twice as fast as that of the "Nanchong Ship"-in fact, the 556 ship's replenishment was only halfway through and was forced to stop.
At 2 o'clock in the morning on March 12, 1988, the 556 ship had just merged with the "615 ship" to start oil and water replenishment. Yang Zhiliang was on duty, and the new command of the fleet arrived. The frontline commander of this operation, the commander of the Navy Yulin Base, Chen Weiwen, followed him. The ship "Nanchong" sent an order: each ship will go to the six target islands and reefs occupied by the Annan Army in their respective mission formations!
The task of the 556 ship is: to set up anchor at 04:00 on March 13th, and form a formation with the 553 ship. The goal is the waters of the Twin Island. The task is to occupy the South Reef!
From this brief order, the "Xiangtan Ship" smelled an unusual breath. The six formations were ordered to go to different mission areas, and the targets were all close to the islands and reefs occupied by the Annan people. Do it!
The commander finally made up his mind!
Yang Zhiliang and the comrades in the command room immediately began to study the chart. According to the theory, this is mainly the errand of the water leader, but now everyone is in the same boat (literally), brothers who share life and death. Once the fight starts, everyone will do it. Good preparation to succeed or be succeeded by others!
Nanzi Reef is a small area suitable for flooding. It is located in the waters of Twin Island. Twin Island is named after two adjacent islands. The northern one is called Beizi Island, which is now occupied by Philippine ice; Nanzi Island is currently invaded by the Annan Army. Nanzi Reef is located to the south of Nanzi Island, less than 2 nautical miles from Nanzi Island.
Yang Zhiliang has heard that the Annan people have changed their previous practice of only focusing on seizing large and medium-sized islands and sandbars. They are competing with the Chinese Navy for those suitable flooded reefs that were not valued in the past. Nanzi Reef is also a suitable flooded reef. It is so close to Nanzi Island, which the Annan people had already seized, and it is very likely that they have already taken advantage of it first, and rushed to occupy this reef before they arrived. This means that the "Xiangtan Ship" wants to execute successfully. This order is likely to conflict with the Annan garrison on this reef, so a great battle is inevitable!
At this moment, it is absolutely false to say that you are not nervous, and not only Yang Zhiliang feels nervous, but also the faces of several veterans on the ship who participated in the "Xisha naval battle" have a solemn expression. Everyone understands that it is true. The battle is coming!
In fact, the most nervous person right now should be Chen Weiwen, the frontline commander of this mission.
Chen Weiwen, who graduated from the Great United Naval Academy of the Navy in June 1961, is 51 years old. He participated in the naval battle to regain the Paracel Islands in 1974. At that time, his mission at Yulin Base was to transport and assist the army to recover a battalion that had been recovered by Nananan. The coral, gold, silver, and Ganquan islands occupied by the army were organized into 8 boats. At that time, he was the deputy chief of staff of the brigade. The task of his boat No. 653 was to recover the coral island. In that battle, their boats caught 49 in one go. Prisoners, including a Mi Army lieutenant colonel advisor.
After that, he commanded a small-scale battle that even many people called "military fans" did not know about. On April 10, 1979, the Annan 201, 203, and 205 armed reconnaissance ships attempted to carry 24 soldiers. To seize and destroy the Xisha Zhongjian Island under construction, Chen Weiwen, then the deputy commander of the Xisha frontline command post at the deputy regiment level, immediately ordered the "9521" landing ship and the "Nan Barge 22" mud barge to go to sea to meet the enemy!
Because Deputy Chen Tuan could use only two boats.
Let’s talk about an episode. At the time of the incident, the mud barge "Nan Bie 22" was performing its job, building materials for China State Construction Island Transport. The battle alert came too suddenly. The "Nan Bie 22" that received the order was nothing. He rushed out without thinking, so the boat was full of cement before it could be unloaded, and the thief ran slowly.
This is a 17th-century naval battle that took place in the 20th century. The soldiers of the China Navy adopted the most primitive "jumping" + "hand-to-hand" tactics. After more than two hours of hand-to-hand combat, they finally committed three crimes. The ship was all captured, and all 24 members of the Annan Army were taken prisoners, and some guns and ammunition and several 40mm rocket launchers were seized.
Following the episode just now, according to the warriors’ summary after the war, the thief was so good when fighting hand-to-hand with the raw cement, and a large piece of it was fascinated as soon as it was scattered. Of course, it might be better if it could be replaced with quicklime...
Chen Weiwen, who has experienced battles, has been promoted to the commander of the Yulin Base of the Navy before going to sea. No. 502 "Nanchong Ship" and No. 503 "Open Source Ship" in this mission are Yulin Base's Ships, he is very confident in these two very old but well-maintained ships. He is also very familiar with the officers and soldiers on the ships. This is why he chose the "Nanchong Ship" as the command ship for this mission.
And because he was the highest rank among the troops going to sea this time, he was appointed by his superiors as the front-line commander of the operation.
He still remembered that before he was ready to set sail, Deputy Commander Liu Xizhong of the South China Sea Fleet saw him off at the pier and showed him the top-secret notebook. It was the principle of the superior's struggle against the enemy. A total of 6 pages were written densely. He summed it up as "five nos", "five nos" means not provoking trouble, not firing first, not showing weakness, not losing face, and not losing face. "One rushing" means that if the enemy takes over my island, we must force him. Drive away.
The summary is easy to summarize, but the specific implementation is not generally difficult. "Don't take the initiative to cause trouble, don't shoot first", this is easy to master, but how to grasp the scale of "don't show weakness, don't suffer, don't lose face" ?
Chen Weiwen's brows were twisted into a deep "Chuan", and he cast his gaze in the direction of Annan under the night-old classmate, old classmate, what is your principle of action?
...
Far away in Hanoi, the "old classmate" Huang Youtai who was talked about by Chen Weiwen seemed to have sensed something at this moment. He stood up, walked to the window, lit a cigarette, silently looked towards the direction of the South China Sea, and couldn't help but recall the many years in his heart. During the days when I was studying at Dalian Naval Academy, I thought of a classmate named Chen Weiwen, and he could clearly recall the hearty smile of classmate Chen. At that time, China and Annan were fighting against the hegemony of the Mi Emperor." Comrades and brothers", I don’t know how many Annans like him are studying in China. He thanked his alma mater for nurturing him, and once regarded China as his second hometown. But now, the student Chen is on the sea in Nansha. We will meet him soon!
Between countries, there are no eternal enemies, and no eternal friends, only eternal interests!
He sighed slightly, squeezed out the burning cigarette in his hand, threw it out the window, and made up his mind.
"Old classmate, I'm sorry, this is for my country!"
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It was sunny on March 13.
At 04:00 in the morning, the "Xiangtan Ship" was ordered to set sail on time.
At 08:20, Yang Zhiliang ordered the mine squad leader to open the depth charge fuze, but not to load the rocket.
At 09:00, Captain Sun and Mao’s political commissar began to mobilize for battle through the broadcast. Yang Zhiliang’s gun and artillery department got busy, hanging shells for artillery of various calibers, wiping the bores, and checking whether the weapons and equipment were in normal condition.
While Yang Zhiliang was busy, there was a famous Byron saying in his mind: "Death by a bullet is more valuable than death by drinking a potion."
At 11:00, the "Xiangtan Ship" arrived at its destination on time-the waters of Twin Island. The mission target had appeared in Yang Zhiliang's field of vision. The closest distance to Nanzi Island where Annan was stealing was only 1.85 nautical miles.
The "Xiangtan Ship" did not rush to climb the reef, but after ordering the entire ship to enter the first-level combat readiness state, it first made a circle around Nanzi Island. From the telescope, Yang Zhiliang could clearly see the one on the island. Grass and wood, of course, can also see the Annan’s combat readiness-on Nanzi Island, the Annan deployed three amphibious tanks and six 76 guns. The arrival of the "Xiangtan Ship" obviously caused the commotion of the garrison on the island. , The Annan also entered the first level of preparation for battle. It can be seen that the opponent's shells have also been loaded, and each other is tracking the dumb shot.
The battle is on the verge!