Introducing, Yan Mengting and Wang Shiqing changed into a formal outfit. He took Jiashushan and others and the second government to the General Assembly Hall of the Supreme Power Organization to attend the general meeting held that morning. At the same time, at the southern end of the Malacca Strait, thousands of miles away, an aircraft carrier battle group with the "Beijing" as the core drove into the Singapore Strait in the first ray of dawn in the morning and headed towards the harbor not far away.

On the Siwu River Bridge, two generals stared at the port that appeared and disappeared in the sea fog.

"Lao Hua, you really won't go?"

Hua Jianfeng nodded, turned his head and looked at Yang Jinjie, and said, "Just go, it's okay if I go or not.

"How could it be okay? You are the commander of the fleet. General Mu Qingyun refused to go. If you don't go, wouldn't you give Singapore a too disgrace?"

Hua Jianfeng smiled and shook his head, saying, "Do you think this is a normal military visit?"

Yang Jinjie smiled bitterly and didn't speak.

"Although the above asked us to visit Singapore, everyone knows that this time is going to demonstrate." Hua Jianfeng patted Yang Jinjie on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much, just go through the motions and show the majesty of our army in Singapore, so that everyone knows who is the master of the South China Sea."

"But, I'm just an aviation commander, not a fleet commander

"At least, the Fleet Chief of Staff Hua Jianfeng took out a cigarette and lit it for Yang Jinjie. He said, "You also know that I am from the submarine force and have been dealing with the Americans for several years. I don't want to deal with them face to face. Lao Mu has arranged all aspects of work, and you just need to do it."

"Hey!" Yang Jinjie sighed and said, "It seems that you really don't want to go to Singapore."

Hua Jianfeng smiled and said nothing. It was not that he didn't want to go, but that he couldn't go.

At this time, a fleet staff officer rushed over and the helicopter that sent Hua Jianfeng to the "Hebei" aircraft carrier was ready.

Minutes later, Hua Jianfeng took a helicopter to leave the East China Sea Fleet flagship and handed over the mission of visiting Singapore to Brigadier General Yang Jinjie, the chief of staff of the fleet.

With the increase in overseas military bases year by year, more and more foreign affairs visits are held by the Navy.

Visits led by brigade generals and even by school officials are not uncommon. Compared with the beginning of the century, the foreign affairs visits of the Republic's Navy after Liyuan have undergone great changes. In addition to a few formal visits arranged in advance and invited back visits, most foreign affairs visits are temporary arrangements for temporary decisions. For example, when the fleet needs to enter the port for rest or temporarily dock when performing combat readiness patrol missions, it will temporarily arrange for a port in a certain country near the sea area. In Libienian alone, the Republic's fleet conducted temporary visits to multiple ports in Li countries.

Question. Compared with temporary visits, formal visits and invited follow-up visits are much more formal. With the change of the world pattern, military visits have become an important diplomatic activity. Many times, military visits can even have a decisive impact on the regional situation. For example, during the British-Ama crisis at the beginning of the year, the Republic's Navy was invited by the Argentine Navy to send the "Huaxia" aircraft carrier battle group of the South China Sea Fleet to Buenos Aires, which not only shocked the British and Arab countries, but also eventually prompted the British and Arab countries to hold formal negotiations on the sovereignty of the island.

As the commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the Republic's Navy, Hua Jianfeng followed and led the fleet to visit many countries after leaving the front-line combat post. However, no one noticed that the countries Hua Jianfeng visited had no Dorf relations with the United States, and even was hostile to the United States. In other words,

Hua Jianfeng has never been to a country with close ties to the United States. Although Singapore is not a formal ally of the United States, it has a very close relationship with the United States.

The reason why Hua Jianfeng cannot go to Singapore is simple: he is an important figure on the four blacklists.

When he was the captain of the Swordfish, Hua Jianfeng received a warning from the Military Intelligence Bureau that uranium had mastered what happened in the Indian Ocean and knew that it was the "Calachian" attack nuclear submarine he commanded that sank the "Houston" of the US Navy. He believed that Hua Jianfeng had participated in the "Yanhuang Jigo" of the Republic. He was on the blacklist. Although this matter has been in power for many years, it is always a risky thing to go to countries like Singapore that signed extradition treaties with the United States. No one can guarantee that Hua Jianfeng will not encounter unexpected situations after he arrives in Singapore. There are still some concerns during peacetime, let alone during wartime. As the Indian fleet was wiped out, the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet commanded by Hua Jianfeng will enter the Indian Ocean within 3 days and participate in the military operations to attack India. Although Mu Qingyun is the supreme commander of the fleet, under the arrangement of Lin Xiaolei, the one who really commands the combat operations was Hua Jianfeng.

After receiving the order from the General Staff, Lin Xiaolei personally contacted Hua Jianfeng and asked him not to go to Singapore and to leave the visit to Yang Jinjie. This is also true. Before the "Beijing" aircraft carrier battle group entered Singapore's territorial waters, Hua Jianfeng hurriedly left the flagship and headed for the "Hebei" aircraft carrier.

As a military visit full of demonstrations, it doesn't matter who leads the team.

What’s important is how much results this visit can receive.

Unlike other foreign affairs visits, military visits are not only a way to show the country's influence, but also a means to promote the country's military strength, and also a way to improve national hegemony.

No one can deny that military visits are closely related to the country's military strength.

At this time, Wang Yuanqing let the "Victory" visit Singapore, which had the effect of killing two birds with one stone: he was intimidating the Singapore authorities. He allowed Singapore leaders to recognize the power of the Lou Er Ding Qi in the South China Sea region. He also allowed millions of Chinese to see the strong strength of the Republic, thereby changing Singapore's political and diplomatic tendencies; the second was to demonstrate to the United States, so that the United States knew who was the overlord of the South China Sea region, thereby curbing the United States' expansion actions in the South China Sea region.

Singapore’s news media have the most say in how effective the visit to Ran is.

As early as July, shortly after the two major fleets of the Indian Navy were wiped out, news reports about the Sino-Indian war spread all over the world. After a brief shock and suspicion, major news media in the world conducted a comprehensive report on the head-on collision between the two most powerful navy in Asia. As the Ministry of Defense of the Republic revealed the relevant news about the battle on the afternoon of the Japanese Navy's Day, the news about the Republic's navy's march into the Indian Ocean was confirmed. Until this time, the outside news media learned that the Republic's navy fleet had been operating in the South China Sea and did not enter the Indian Ocean in advance.

There is no doubt that Singapore's news media also participated in the relevant reports.

For the Chinese in Singapore, who are descendants of Yan and Huang, the Republic's Navy was able to wipe out the two major Indian fleets within nearly four thousand meters, which shocked them and encouraged them. What was shocked was that the combat effectiveness of the Republic's Navy exceeded everyone's estimates. You should know that under the same circumstances, the US Navy may not be able to annihilate the Indian fleet. What was exciting was that the Chinese nation finally had a powerful navy that was enough to laugh at the world. From then on, the descendants of Yan and Huang who lived around the world had the strongest backing.

For Singapore leaders, the Republic's timely announcement of the war situation has clear diplomatic significance.

After the South China Sea War, the United States' influence in Southeast Asia plummeted. Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia successively joined the Republic's camp and became an allies and quasi-alliance of the Republic. After the Peninsula War, Indonesia quickly adjusted its foreign policy and moved closer to the Republic, while Brunei declared permanent neutrality. In addition to the Philippines, which was determined to turn to the United States, in the entire Southeast Asia region, only Singapore leaned towards the United States in politics and diplomacy. Even so, Singapore still repeatedly rejected the United States' alliance request and did not tie itself to the United States' chariot.

Singapore's leaders were very clear that after the Republic controlled the Western Pacific, the United States' influence in the Western Pacific region was declining. As a small country, even if ethnic factors were not taken into account, Singapore could not adopt a single foreign policy. It could only deal with major powers to gain a place to stay. It is precisely because of this that after the Japanese war, Singapore quietly adjusted its foreign policy and began to move closer to the Republic.

The "Free Navigation and Maritime Cooperation Assistance Agreement" signed with the Republic in 2018 became a landmark event in Singapore's foreign policy shift. At that time, the Republic was under strategic security considerations and negotiated with Myanmar and Thailand to open the Kra Canal connecting the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. As long as the canal is navigated

The navigation capacity of the Republic's naval fleet and ships with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons reached a level of 10,000 tons, and no longer needed to detour the Strait of Malacca. This move not only ensures the strategic security of the Republic to the maximum extent, but also shortens the main routes and persuades the thugs to the left and right of the sea.

For Singapore, the Kara Canal is undoubtedly the biggest nightmare. In the reunion year, among the ships passing through the Strait of Malacca, among the ships passing through the Strait of Malacca, there are gills belonging to the Republic. The Kara Canal is open to navigation, and the ships passing through the Strait of Malacca will be reduced by about 100% and Singapore's shipping income will be reduced above the level. More importantly, Singapore's strategic position will plummet. Not only will the Republic not need to "care" Singapore, but the United States will reduce the strategic importance of the Strait of Malacca. For a country that does not have much industrial foundation and mainly relies on airline thugs as its main income, losing shipping is equivalent to losing development momentum. For a country that does not have strong military strength and establishes security in the alliance, losing strategic importance is equivalent to losing security.

Under pressure, Singapore has to adjust its diplomatic politics

Although many people believe that the Republic will not invest trillions to dig a canal with little economic value, from Singapore's standpoint, digging canal is only a means taken by the Republic, not the ultimate goal.

The Republic made a big fuss on the Kra Canal, with its fundamental purpose of forcing Singapore to adjust its foreign policy.

In fact, digging the Kara Canal is indeed not worth the cost.

First of all, the economic problem. According to the initial plan, the excavation of the Kara Canal was carried out in three phases; after the first phase project was completed, the canal will reach the basic pass capacity, that is, the cargo ships occupying 10,000 tons allowed to be navigated; after the second phase project was completed, the canal will reach the standard pass capacity, that is, the cargo ships are allowed to be navigated; after the third phase project was completed, the canal will reach the full pass capacity, that is, the navigation capacity exceeds the 10,000 tons of field. According to this rule, the total investment in digging canals exceeds that of the thugs by trillion yuan, and the first phase of the project was invested in RMB. Based on ideal circumstances, the Kara Canal shares the shipping volume of the irrigation of the Strait of Malacca, and charges shipping fees according to the average level of the Suez Canal and Panama Canal. At least it is necessary to get drunk to recover the investment in the first phase of the project, and it takes a field year to recover the entire investment. Even if the economic benefits brought by the shortened range, it takes a year to recover all investment, and the annual return rate is only gills.

The second is diplomatic issue. The Kra Canal is located in the Isthmus of the northern Malay Peninsula. Although it is mainly in Thailand, it is a thug in the western part of the canal. Even though Thailand and Myanmar both hope to open a long river, there are serious differences in the distribution of the benefits of the Kra Canal. In order to stabilize the situation in Southeast Asia, the Republic should not intensify the conflict between Thailand and Myanmar because of the Kra Canal.

Finally, there is the political issue in the area where the canal is located. There has always been ethnic separatist movements in southern Thailand. The excavation of the Kara Canal that runs through the Malay Peninsula will inevitably weaken the control of the Thai central government over its southern region and intensify the ethnic separatist movement, thus causing the domestic situation in Thailand to be turbulent. If the stability of the canal area cannot be guaranteed, the value of the canal itself will also be weakened. In addition, the resulting domestic political issues in Thailand will inevitably increase the cost of excavation of the canal, thereby weakening the economic value of the canal.

Overall, the Republic does not intend to dig the Kara Canal.

Judging from the actual situation, if the Republic really wants to dig the Kara Canal, it should not be delayed until the year of Liben, but should start construction after the South China Sea War, that is, before 0 years, and strive to complete the first phase of the project before the year of the Concave Year, so as to provide assistance to the Republic in entering the Indian Ocean.

It can be seen from this that the digging of the Kara Canal is only a diplomatic means to suppress Singapore.

With Singapore's overall foreign policy, the situation in Southeast Asia has also changed quietly.

For the United States, after Indonesia to the Republic, Singapore has become a waste of money in its global strategy.

The United States has controlled Singapore with only one main purpose: blocking the main access route of the Republic's Navy into the Indian Ocean provides an opportunity for India's resurgence.

After Indonesia adjusted its foreign policy, the military significance of the Strait of Malacca has been greatly reduced because the Republic's navy can enter the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait and the Lombok Strait. Although the United States is also simultaneously strengthening the military deployment in the northwest of Australia and blocking the Lombok Strait with all its might, the Sunda Strait is too far from Australia, and the United States cannot blockade it with military forces deployed in the northwest of Australia. As long as the Sunda Strait cannot be blocked, the military value of the Strait of Malacca will be much worse than before.

The risk of controlling Singapore when it is not very valuable is huge.

Although with the support of the United States, Singapore has one of the best military strength in Southeast Asia, and its military quality is far superior to neighboring countries, as a small country, Singapore has no capital to compete with the Republic, and there is no public opinion to compete with the Republic. With the Republic's "crescent-shaped strategic defense line" that starts from the Japanese Sea north through the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and finally arrives in Pakistan, and then gradually takes shape, Singapore will sooner or later become a dead chess for the United States in Southeast Asia. If it has to give up sooner or later, the United States has no reason to directly confront the Republic for Singapore.

The strategic situation determines the basic strategy of the country.

When the Republic's Navy came to visit with the victory, Singapore not only did not refuse, but instead attached great importance to it.

On the night of July, at the "request" of Singapore authorities, the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy was preparing to leave the port. Although the reason why the Singapore government asked the Seventh Fleet to leave the port was that the port was limited in capacity and could not accept two aircraft carrier battle groups at the same time, the Republic Fleet was invited to visit, and the US Fleet was only a temporary visit, so the US Fleet should take the initiative to give up the berth, but everyone knows that this is Singapore showing goodwill to the Republic.

That's why, before Yang Jinjie led the fleet into the port, the US Seventh Fleet left Singapore Port.

When two large fleets passed by, the Republic Navy soldiers in the deepest felt the benefits of national strength. Although the scale of the Seventh Fleet was not below the "Beijing aircraft carrier battle group, the psychological activities of the officers and soldiers of the two fleets were completely different. In the words of the reporter from Singapore's Straits Times on the spot, the interleaving of the two fleets meant the end of the old era and the beginning of the new era; the "single hegemony era" led by the United States will never return like the departing Seventh Fleet; the "multilateral hegemony era" led by China and the United States has quietly arrived like the entering Republic fleet.

Some people even predict that the desolate departure of the Seventh Fleet marked the United States' evacuation of Southeast Asian shields.

Entering Singapore Port, Yang Jinjie and other fleet soldiers felt the feeling of "at home".

On the dock, hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans gathered, including white-haired elderly people and childish children. These people who came to welcome the Republic's fleet spontaneously and consciously see not a powerful fleet, but a nation's hope to become stronger.

About 2 centuries ago, a powerful enemy from the sea pushed the Chinese nation into the abyss, allowing China to best understand the importance of the navy and the importance of national rejuvenation.

At this time, the fleet led by Hua Jianfeng was heading northwest to the Indian Ocean.

National rejuvenation cannot be achieved overnight. On the road to glory, the Chinese nation, which has lasted for thousands of years, will face many challenges.

At this time, Wang Yuanqing, the capital of the Republic, thousands of miles away, walked into the solemn conference hall.

National rejuvenation not only requires external wars, but also its own comprehensive development. In the long river of history, the young republic has to overcome many difficulties.

The Republic at this time was standing at a turning point in history.
Chapter completed!