100 nautical miles north of Emerald Island.
A roar was heard in the sky, and along with the rising sun, a luxury flying car painted black slowly appeared in the sky above a certain sea area.
At this time, Jiang Cheng sat steadily in the cabin, looking out the window at the sea below, while picking up the Cereal breakfast tea on the dining table and taking a sip.
"It tastes good, Monica!"
Jiang Cheng nodded and praised.
"Thank you Mr. Island Owner for the compliment." Hearing Jiang Cheng's praise, Monica, who was sitting opposite, showed a happy smile on her face.
There was no choice but to rush to this place overnight. As Jiang Cheng's personal secretary, Monica had to take on the responsibility of a chef and made a special breakfast for Jiang Cheng.
Fortunately, this modified flying car has a very spacious space. It not only has a bed for rest, but also is equipped with a small kitchen.
Looking at the sea below, Jiang Cheng nodded secretly.
It was low tide at this time, and large "black patches" appeared in the sea below.
Seeing this, Jiang Cheng realized that this was the destination of this island-building plan.
Just as you can see, this underwater reef will reveal large black patches when the tide goes out, and the area is very wide. If this underwater reef is really filled up, a real island can definitely be built!
In the following time, after the accompanying exploration ship carried out the final exploration inspection, all eighteen suction dredgers, at Jiang Cheng's order, were put into construction.
Huge mechanical gear arms like crab claws were seen sticking out from the bows of these dredgers, then extending directly into the seabed and starting to stir up the nearby seabed mud.
Then, the pumping device located under the hull will suck the stirred mud and sand into the pipe, and finally after water removal and filtration, the remaining mud and sand will be blown to the reef area.
As they already had enough experience, they started to work in perfect harmony as soon as the 18 dredgers arrived.
Accompanied by bursts of violent roars, hundreds of millions of cubic meters of mud and sand fell from the sky and landed on the reef.
The island-building project has officially begun!
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After the reclamation work below began, Jiang Cheng took a flying car and embarked on the journey back to Emerald Island.
Now that everything was on track, he didn't need to stay here and watch. There were more important things waiting for him to deal with on Emerald Island.
In addition, with such a big commotion here, I believe it will soon arouse the vigilance of the Japanese side, and then there will be a political and public opinion struggle, which Jiang Cheng needs to face.
As for here, we only need to leave the fleet of Emerald Island and report the construction progress to him in real time.
According to the plan, the first phase of the reclamation project will last nearly a month, during which all 18 dredgers will work at full capacity.
The goal of the first phase is to reclaim an island with an area of 2.5 square kilometers, and also to complete the construction of foundation, compaction, and breakwaters.
It can be said that the engineering pressure is quite high, but because we have the experience of building an island, we are not so clueless.
The reason for the one-month delay is to try to reduce the pressure of international public opinion that will be faced at that time, and to continue to complete the subsequent expansion project after the artificial island becomes an fait accompli.
After returning to Emerald Island in the flying car, Jiang Cheng returned to his busy work.
And just as he expected, the Japanese side discovered abnormalities on the third day of the reclamation work.
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Nanyao Island.
Central Operations Command Center.
Inside the hall, Jiang Cheng sat in the main seat, his eyes fixed on the image on the 3D projection screen.
The screen shows real-time images of the northern waters of Emerald Island.
On the sea with huge waves, two fleets were facing each other tensely. The strong smell of gunpowder could be clearly felt from the picture.
Among them, more than a dozen ships from Emerald Island were firmly guarding a line of defense, blocking more than 30 Japanese ships of various types on the opposite side, which had a clear advantage in numbers, outside the line of defense.
"Reporting to the Commander, the Japanese side has dispatched the most advanced Yamato-class battleships and several Yori-class submarines. In addition, according to the intelligence department's investigation, the Japanese fleet is also gathering at the Hachimiya Island Naval Base, 200 nautical miles away. That's the situation. Please give your instructions, Commander."
While Jiang Cheng was frowning and observing the real-time images, the fleet leader standing next to him reported to Jiang Cheng with the latest intelligence in his hand.
After hearing this report, Jiang Cheng frowned even more tightly.
Although he had long anticipated that Japan would react violently after discovering his island-building activities, he had not expected that the other side would send a large number of warships as soon as they learned the news, intending to engage in a naval battle with Emerald Island.
This morning, while Jiang Cheng was busy dealing with internal affairs on the island, he received a report saying that the Japanese had discovered their island-building activities. Not long after, they sent a large number of warships to that sea area.
The warships of the Emerald Island, which had been stationed near the reef, assembled hastily in accordance with Jiang Cheng's previous instructions, and formed a standoff with the arriving Japanese fleet.
After Jiang Cheng hurriedly rushed to the command center of Nanyao Island, he happened to see the scene on the real-time screen.
"Give the order to have the second fleet on standby send out for emergency support!"
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Cheng immediately gave the order.
Although the Emerald Island is superior to the Japanese warships in terms of individual warship strength, the current situation is a standoff, which is more of a test of the deterrent power on the scene.
Judging from the scene alone, Emerald Island is undoubtedly at the bottom.
Therefore, it is imperative to deploy more warships!
"yes!"
After receiving Jiang Cheng's order, the fleet commander beside him immediately picked up the communicator and passed the order on.
"By the way, what's the situation on the Internet now?"
After thinking for a while, Jiang Cheng asked again.
If such a confrontation occurs, I believe that Japan will definitely take the initiative to stir up public opinion disputes. In this regard, Emerald Island must act as soon as possible to take the initiative.
"No news about this has been leaked online yet, but we have found that there have been a lot of protests in Japan, and I believe it will soon spread to the entire Internet!"
"Instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue an official statement this afternoon according to the established plan, condemning Japan's interference." Jiang Cheng gave the order without hesitation.
In this kind of situation, it is obvious that whoever takes the initiative first will be the most advantageous, and Jiang Cheng obviously does not want to fall behind.
In fact, he had already considered today's situation and had instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make full preparations in advance.
Therefore, he is not afraid of fighting a war of public opinion!
(End of this chapter)