Do it when you think of it.
Jiang Cheng, who has always been decisive and resolute, took action immediately after realizing the necessity of expanding territory.
First of all, of course, we need to build a large number of cutter suction dredgers, which can greatly speed up the progress of blowing sand and adding to the island.
Jiang Cheng came to the Future Ship Laboratory and discussed the recent production plans with the chief designers and engineers here.
Over the past six months, the shipyard at Emerald Island has been busy producing high-speed transport ships and some military vessels. Due to limited production docks, it is not possible to roll out all types of ships.
The various types of ships exhibited at the last technology expo have only a small number of production plans and are ready to be sold to some close partners who have already made reservations.
After learning about the current shipbuilding situation in Emerald Island, Jiang Cheng realized that it was necessary to expand the scale of production.
Nowadays, all shipbuilding industries are concentrated on Octopus Island, and the area of Octopus Island is small, which undoubtedly limits the scale of the shipyard.
However, Jiang Cheng was reluctant to expand the shipyard to other islands, because he had already made plans for those islands to be used as the "island city" for the future construction of Emerald Island.
Therefore, if you really want to build a new shipyard, you can only build a new island like Nanyao Island.
Finally, after some discussion, Jiang Cheng determined the most important task at the moment.
That is, to gather all the cutter suction dredgers to find new reef areas around Emerald Island and open up new territories.
After the order was issued, the ocean exploration ship docked at the port of Octopus Island set out and began detailed exploration activities in the waters around Emerald Island.
Jiang Cheng has never carefully explored the seabed conditions around Emerald Island. This is a good opportunity to figure out the nearby seabed topography and prepare for future deep-sea development.
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The exploration work in the waters around Emerald Island was completed after three days of exploration by three high-tech exploration ships, which brought back a super detailed seabed topography map for Jiang Cheng.
Through this seabed topography map, Jiang Cheng has a clearer understanding of the sea area under his control.
Moreover, after some observation, he actually found quite a few shallow water areas worth using.
Among them, the area that Jiang Cheng values the most is located in the north of Emerald Island, about 120 nautical miles away from Emerald Island.
This is an underwater reef. At low tide, the highest point is only 3 to 4 meters away from the sea surface. Most importantly, the area of this reef is very large. If it were really filled, the area would even exceed 15 square kilometers, which is comparable to the area of Ivory Island, the largest outlying island of Emerald Island!
Of course, the money required to fill such an underwater reef would be an astronomical figure!
However, what Emerald Island lacks the least at the moment is money!
Therefore, Jiang Cheng was not worried about the money issue at all.
What really made him hesitate was the geographical location of this underwater reef, which was very close to Japan!
According to the map, this underwater reef is only about 100 nautical miles away from Japan's southernmost Ryukyu Islands!
This distance is already closer than Emerald Island!
In other words, if this artificial island is really built, then the sphere of influence of Emerald Island can be expanded to 120 nautical miles!
The buffer zone between Emerald Island and the nearest military power will also be reduced by more than half!
This is definitely a dangerous behavior!
It is almost foreseeable that once the Emerald Island's cutter suction dredger starts working on that underwater reef, the whole country of Japan will surely go crazy!
This is a blatant compression of Japan's strategic space!
I'm afraid no country in the world would tolerate this.
What's more, the opponent that Jiang Cheng provoked this time is a maritime power with very strong military strength. In terms of naval strength alone, it is far more powerful than Han Guo!
Therefore, making the decision to open up such a vast territory is not that easy.
However, after some inner struggle, Jiang Cheng decided to take action!
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Half a month later, under the cover of dusk, eighteen suction dredgers, like steel behemoths, slowly sailed away from Port No. 3 of Octopus Island and headed towards the northern waters.
Shortly after these twelve dredgers set out to sea, a large number of military ships also left the port and followed closely.
In preparation for this operation, Jiang Cheng, together with a group of senior executives from Emerald Island, carried out detailed preparations.
This includes how to respond if Japan strongly protests after the construction officially starts, and what kind of attitude Emerald Island should take to prepare for counterattack if the other side takes tough military measures.
In short, today's action was possible only after various preparations.
These twelve cutter suction dredgers are all the island-building equipment currently owned by Emerald Island. In addition, four new dredgers are under construction and will be officially put into use soon.
With these twenty-two dredgers, the reclamation process of the new island will surely be greatly improved.
According to efficiency calculations, these island-building artifacts can blow out an island of 80,000 square meters in just one day, so the construction speed is still very impressive.
The reason why Jiang Cheng mobilized all his forces was that he wanted to launch a lightning raid to build the artificial island as quickly as possible, creating a fait accompli and thus reducing the pressure when facing the challenge from Japan.
Jiang Cheng believed that as long as he could build the island owner as quickly as possible, he would be able to take the initiative.
Even if faced with military provocation from the other side, Jiang Cheng would not be afraid.
This is where his greatest confidence comes from!
Jiang Cheng had already made a detailed plan regarding the island reclamation construction. Moreover, this was not the first time he had reclaimed an island. Nanyao Island was a very successful case, which had accumulated a lot of experience for him.
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After sailing for several hours, more than a dozen dredgers finally arrived at the target sea area before dawn, and the large number of military ships behind them quickly spread out and guarded the surroundings of this sea area, with the intention of blocking this sea area.
The military ships that Jiang Cheng brought this time are all new ships that integrate reconnaissance, exploration, vigilance and defense, and are very suitable for the current situation.
In order to successfully complete the plan of blowing sand to build islands, sufficient military protection measures are still necessary.
Moreover, Jiang Cheng believed that Japan's intelligence department would discover the abnormal situation in this sea area in a short time. After all, it was not far from the other side's territory.
At that time, Japan will certainly send a survey ship to investigate. At this time, it will be the stage of real mutual struggle!
(End of this chapter)