Between the blue waves and the blue sky and blue sea.
The Luzon Third Fleet appeared in the Strait of Malacca together with seven warships with all their assets.
Several destroyers belonging to Xingdao also appeared on the nearby sea.
Although the Luzon Navy has notified Sing Tao of this incident in advance, after all, seven warships appeared in the Strait of Malacca, which will have some impact on the already very crowded shipping route.
In the cockpit of one of Star Island's destroyers.
Tom and a U.S. Army major general were holding binoculars and observing the Third Fleet of Luzon.
"Consultant Tom, do you have their detailed information?"
Tom put down the telescope: "These warships are all produced by the New Luzon Shipbuilding Company. The amphibious assault ship is called the Luzon class. It has a full load displacement of 35,000 tons and can carry 32 helicopters or large drones."
"The frigate is a Manila-class ship with a full load displacement of 12,000 tons. The specific weapons it carries are temporarily unknown; the supply ship is a dual-purpose transport ship they modified."
"What's their technical level?" the rear admiral asked curiously.
Tom thought for a while: "The technology of New Luzon Shipbuilding Company is not bad. At least the gas turbine can be produced by itself, the aircraft is supplied by Feiyu Company, and other weapons come from Fernando Arms Manufacturing Company."
The rear admiral also put down his telescope: "They are very ambitious! They have even formed three fleets. Do you have any ideas?"
"I'm sorry, my country hasn't put much effort into Southeast Asia recently, so I can only try my best." Tom looked helpless.
The rear admiral frowned, but when he thought about the recent troubles in his homeland, he also felt very tired. After all, Southeast Asia's priority was not as high as that of North America and Latin America.
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At this time, in the cockpit of the amphibious assault ship USS Luzon.
Luzon Rear Admiral Olaf, also holding a telescope, was observing several destroyers on Xingdao and Xingdao in the distance.
As an archipelago region, Luzon's development of navy and air force is the core.
Currently, Luzon has formed three fleets, namely:
The First Fleet is stationed on the east coast of the Luzon Islands, facing the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The Second Fleet, stationed in the Port of Manila, is responsible for patrolling the west coast of the Luzon Islands and escorting Luzon transport ships through the Strait of Malacca.
The Third Fleet is currently heading to the Ceylon Ocean. It will be temporarily stationed at Dawei Port in Hongsawady and will also go to the waters near the Persian Gulf for escort.
In fact, the Third Fleet will most likely be stationed in the Ceylon Ocean in the future, and it will basically be the fleet in Hongsawady.
In addition, the Homo Sapien Company also owns the Siamese Navy and the Malaysian Navy, and their combined strength is barely adequate.
The reason why the fleet was hurriedly mobilized to the Ceylon Ocean was mainly because the Persian Gulf had not been peaceful recently and many pirates were threatening the route.
Recently, Qingye Group has reached a series of long-term oil and gas supply contracts with Qatar, Persia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The company responsible for transporting oil and natural gas to the Qingye Group is New Luzon Shipping Group.
Over there at Dawei Port in Hongsawady.
Not only is it the largest glass manufacturing city in Southeast Asia, it has also completed the construction of an oil pipeline and a gas pipeline. These two pipelines are directly connected to Siam.
In other words, the natural gas and oil that Siam needs can be transported directly from Dawei Port without detouring through the Strait of Malacca.
In order to facilitate trade with Hongsawady, Persia also registered a Persian international trading company in Yangon to be responsible for this aspect of trade.
Although America and the European Union have been constantly suppressing Persia, they have even banned other regions from trading with Persia.
But this other area definitely does not include Hongsawady.
After all, Hongsawady and America also have a bad relationship, and the gold dollar is not a credit currency and has value in itself. As long as both parties reach an agreement and jointly establish a settlement bank to coordinate trade, America and the EU can be bypassed.
In recent years, in the eyes of the outside world, the relationship between Luzon, who also has a bone on the back of his head, and America has become very cold, and a food war even broke out between the two sides.
Therefore, the cooperation between these regions looks like they are holding together for warmth.
This time Luzon's Third Fleet entered the Ceylon Ocean to guard against America's small moves.
The current Homo sapiens company does not have too many scruples about America.
After all, at this time, there were already 23 atomic bombs with a yield of 300,000 tons and 6 hydrogen bombs with a yield of 1 million tons stored in the Black Tiger Canyon in Hongshawadi.
If America makes small moves against the transport fleet, the Luzon Navy will definitely dare to retaliate in kind.
What's more, at this time, America was already very worried due to domestic and Latin American affairs, and it was still unknown whether it would have the energy to do things in the Persian Gulf.
Homo sapiens companies are just taking precautions before they happen.
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Ahasi, the president of the Persian International Trading Company, held a large sum of gold dollars in his hand and went shopping in Yangon.
After all, Hongsawady’s trade rules are very simple, that is, export as much as you import, which requires a relative balance.
Persia exports natural gas and oil, and must import new medicines, grain, meat, wood, paper and other things from Honsawady.
Ahasi sits in the trading room of the Yangon Commodity Trading Center.
While communicating with the country about what needs to be purchased, he also asked his subordinates to search for the corresponding suppliers on the computer.
"President, the country requires us to purchase a batch of high-quality rice, the quantity is not less than 50,000 tons, and the shipping date must be before October."
Ahasi turned his head: "Musha, place the order for 50,000 tons. The contract execution period is before October 5."
"OK."
After a while, eight cooperation consultation letters popped up on Musha's computer page. She quickly printed out these cooperation consultation letters, sorted them out, and gave them to the president for evaluation.
Ahasi looked through eight cooperation consultation letters.
Among these rice suppliers, five are from Honsawady and the other three are from Siam. The prices are almost the same within the same period. The difference is the variety and quality of the rice.
He then inquired about the recent international rice prices and quickly decided to purchase 50,000 tons of first-grade long-grain indica rice from Magway Grain Company of the United Group.
Then I asked the shipping company for a quote.
For this bulk commodity, New Luzon Shipping Company's quotation is relatively low.
After all, bulk commodities are easier to manage due to their single product type, and there is no need to gather enough containers for large-scale transportation.
Soon the New Luzon Shipping Company arranged a dual-purpose transport ship with a load capacity of 50,000 tons and quickly headed to Yangon Port to prepare to load the 50,000 tons of rice.
This kind of dual-purpose transport ship is the flagship product produced by New Luzon Shipbuilding Company. It is generally divided into grain + gas transportation type, container + gas transportation type, ore and building materials + gas transportation type.
After gathering a dozen transport ships, the Luzon Third Fleet, which had been resting in Dawei Port for more than a week, also detached some warships to escort these transport ships to the Persian Gulf area.
These transport ships carried food, building materials, clothing, frozen chicken, frozen mutton, new medicines and test strips, as well as palm oil and coffee beans from Malaysia, as well as some mechanical equipment and electronic products transferred from China.
Transport these things to various countries in the Persian Gulf, then obtain natural gas from these countries, transport it back to Hongsawady and Luzon, or sell it to China and Siam.
This trade model greatly tests the company's internal coordination capabilities.
It is necessary to maintain the balance of trade and allow transport ships to form fleets on a regular basis to improve the cost-effectiveness of each escort.
If it weren't for a giant company like Homo Sapiens, even a world hegemon like America would have a hard time doing it because they have different interest factions within them.
Only a self-contained and highly united Homo sapiens company can achieve this precise control.
The transportation cost of gas carriers using crystal sponge is lower than that of ordinary LNG ships. With the fleet model, safety is also improved a lot.
Taken together, New Luzon Shipping Company has great advantages.
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