Fortunately, the fishermen’s boats were damaged and their hulls were twisted, but they did not sink.
After releasing the dinghies and rescuing all the fishermen, the naval soldiers on the warship secured the boats with steel ropes and towed them behind the warship to help the fishermen bring them back.
Now that the rescue work was complete, Xiang Jiefang gave the order to return to the ship.
Ji Feng returned to Jiangzhou alone, and Xiang Jiefang didn’t even stay in Jiangzhou, he went straight back to Yanjing.
Although it was a great relief to have destroyed two ships of the Yue Kingdom in one go, the situation that followed was bound to be very complicated.
The Vietcong would not be willing to give up, so China naturally had to be prepared to deal with it.
However, when it was time to part ways, Ji Feng raised the issue of No. 1 Island with Jiefang: “Chief Xiang, this time the fight has already started anyway, if possible, can we start making plans for No. 1 Island?”
Xiang Jiefang said, “This is a big matter, let’s talk about it later.”
Ji Feng wanted the military to help him hold Island No. 1, which was not unworkable, but the question was how exactly the Vietcong would react to this incident, and that was the priority.
Moreover, even if the Tengfei Group was on the island, how long would the military have to help hold it? This is also a question.
The country will have room for de-escalation even if there is really a violent conflict. ”
Xiang Jiefang shook his head and said, “I can’t answer you now, but it’s close, just wait for the news.”
Seeing this, Ji Feng had no choice but to nod his head in agreement.
He knew that it was true that such a big matter could not give him an answer immediately, but in his heart he was hoping that the top would agree.
Because, he was now a bit impatient.
The idea of seeking a development base had actually occurred to Ji Feng a long time ago, only that at that time he had not thought of looking for an overseas island to be his base, but rather whether there was somewhere in the country that could have a large enough area of land for him to make a base.
At that time, he also listened to Zhang Lei’s proposal as a whimsical joke.
However, as the Dynasty’s technology was laid out in front of Ji Feng time and again, he couldn’t help but be a little shaken.
The speed of Dynasty’s technological progress was too fast, and it was also becoming more and more powerful in terms of force. More importantly, Dynasty’s penetration in China was very deep, and Ji Feng didn’t know how many people were related to Dynasty, or even if there was anyone within the Tengfei Group who was related to Dynasty, it was hard to say.
There was another important reason – he was going to speed up his development next, and the technology he was going to bring out would be more and more, which would be too noticeable if it was in the country.
He didn’t expect Zhang Lei’s prediction to be so accurate, and he didn’t know if this guy had thought of this day, or if it was just a prophecy that came true.
But there was no doubt that now Zhang Lei’s proposal was the most suitable choice for the Tengfei Group.
By placing the production base in the country, factories could be set up in various places, as such a large workforce could never be a*sembled no matter which island it was on, and it would be unrealistic to have the workers all move there with them, so placing the factories in the country could instead also promote employment.
But the R&D centre and headquarters must be moved out!
The next two days saw a sudden change in the storm.
Vietnam accused China of taking the lead in firing and sinking their warships and fishing boats, and showed a set of evidence, one of which was a signal sent back by the Vietnamese warships indicating that they were expelling the Chinese fishing boats, but then the Chinese navy ships arrived and the two sides were facing off.
The Vietcong warship then disappeared.
So Vietnam claimed that all kinds of evidence pointed to the Chinese Navy, so the two missing Vietnamese ships must have been sunk by the Chinese Navy.
For its part, China responded with a tit-for-tat – show me the evidence!
Just because the ships disappeared after a confrontation with the Chinese Navy does not mean that the Chinese Navy must have done it!
Instead, the Chinese side also produced some evidence, which were some photos of the Vietnamese warship being pounded with high-pressure water cannons on the Chinese fishing boat.
In that photo, a fisherman on the fishing boat was thrown up and his hands were holding onto the side of the boat for dear life, which prevented him from falling into the sea.
When the photo was released, it immediately aroused a wave of public anger and the public was outraged.
Everyone knew that for a long time, when Chinese fishermen went out to sea to catch fish, once they entered the outer sea, they could be attacked and expelled by foreign fishing vessels or warships at any time, and even suffer inhuman abuse when they were caught.
However, in the past, countries have tried not to publicise this, and have only protested against it, either urging other countries to punish the perpetrators severely or urging them to release them.
So people could only keep their anger down and complain, but it didn’t do much good.
But this time it was different, as China had released the photos, and this immediately set the public on fire, expressing their anger in various ways, with some leaving messages on the internet and others taking to the streets to march, especially university students, who were almost always a group of hot-blooded youths and were most active in marching.
Under such circumstances, while China and Vietnam were fighting a war of words, the situation was getting more and more tense, as each side began to a*semble its fleet in the southern waters, and both sides were mobilising their troops.
Large quantities of supplies were being shipped to the southern waters!
At the same time, all of China’s proud submarines were launched and their whereabouts were unknown.
Then came the news that the Vietcong had started to intercept the Chinese ocean-going vessels in the southern waters, even firing at one point, but because the Chinese fleet arrived in time, there was no fight and the Chinese cargo ships were brought back safely.
The situation in the southern waters has suddenly escalated and the whole ocean is filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder, the slightest spark bursting into it will instantly ignite the powder keg.
The tense situation here has attracted a lot of attention, especially countries such as KAI Peng, the Philippines and Rice have started jumping up and down, even fanning the flames from the side.
In particular, the media of Kepong and the Philippines are frantically promoting the rhetoric of the Chinese threat and are comparing the power of both China and Vietnam in the southern waters. In the commentary, China’s naval power figures were deliberately suppressed, which was clearly a covert attempt to give Vietnam more confidence.
It was like saying to the Vietcong, “Look, China’s power in the southern waters is just this small, it’s no match for you, if we fight, China will definitely be no match for you!
While Rice is announcing that it is paying close attention to the situation in the southern waters, secretly, a Rice fleet based in the Philippines in Asia is beginning to move quietly, while China’s intelligence agencies have learned that large quantities of weapons and equipment are being loaded onto ships from Rice’s military base in the Philippines and shipped to Vietnam.
The situation was getting more and more tense, and the war was about to start.
At this time, Ji Feng received a call from his father, Ji Zhenhua, asking him to go to Yanjing.
Ji Feng was not surprised to receive this call, he knew that his father must have understood that this time the conflict with Vietnam might be partly due to him.
Ji Feng immediately went to Yanjing and, in accordance with his father’s explanation, came directly to the place where he worked.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Ji Feng came to Ji Zhenhua’s office.
Although he had come to the place where Ji Zhenhua worked before, at that time Ji Zhenhua was still in another office because at that time he was only a minister, while now, he was also the headmaster of the pivot, so he had also changed his office.
“This time, you’ve stirred things up again?” As expected, Ji Zhenhua’s first words were to ask about the situation in the southern sea.
“It’s not really my fault alone, the culprit should be the Vietnamese, if they hadn’t attacked our fishermen in China, there wouldn’t have been these things!” Ji Feng said.
“You!”
Ji Zhenhua nodded at him and said, “I’ve heard about the process, although it was a bit impulsive, however, it was not a bad performance.”
Hmm?
Ji Feng was stunned, seeing the smile on his father’s face, he realized that his father had not come to settle accounts with him, but had actually praised him!
But after a second thought, Ji Feng understood.
In fact, to say that China is weak is not to say that the leaders of China are really afraid of foreigners, but from the perspective of the overall situation, sometimes they can only tolerate, but this is a game between countries, really in the face of foreign warships bullying Chinese fishermen, I believe that no leader will definitely not back down!
“Dad, then the war that might be started with the Vietcong ……”
“China is capable of protecting the people of its own country!” Ji Zhenhua waved his hand and said, “This has nothing to do with the others.”
Ji Feng then hemmed and hawed, those words sounded uplifting!
Ji Zhenhua glanced at him and suddenly asked, “You plan to move the headquarters of the Tengfei Group? And fancy No. 1 Island?”
“Did Chief Minister Xiang tell you?” Ji Feng asked.
“For such a big matter, Chief Xiang would naturally seek my opinion.” Ji Zhenhua said, “Rather, you, what exactly do you think? Isn’t the Tengfei Group developing very well in Jiangzhou?”
Ji Feng shook his head and said, “At home, some things are too restrictive, so I can’t let go.”
Ji Zhenhua frowned: “What other things are you unable to let go of?”
What else?
That’s too much!
Ji Feng said, “Dad, although the Tengfei Group seems to have become a multinational conglomerate now, this is actually just the beginning. According to my vision, when the Tengfei Group can become a real international giant, then it will be considered to have truly risen.”
Ji Zhenhua asked, “What does this have to do with where the Tengfei Group is?”