A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 637 Do you know where the standard for the ocean came from?

"What else can we find out!"

"It's reached its limit! Team leader, don't forget our transmitter is faulty! This is already the redundant operation Xiao Jiang mentioned!" The operator switched between the two modes, but could only get approximate parameters. He shook his head helplessly and replied.

"Distance! Direction!"

After the radar operator reported the approximate parameters, the team leader frowned and roughly marked the location on the nautical chart. "38° North latitude?...Based on this bearing, the most likely origin is a port on the South Korean side. Its target..."

"Regardless of its target, team leader, it's already approaching our 12-nautical-mile territorial sea line!"

"Report immediately!"

As the team leader marked a dotted line on the map, he couldn't help but chuckle a few times as he looked at it.

"Damn, what time is it and you're still grinning like an idiot?!"

The captain glanced at the team leader, somewhat displeased.

The team leader turned around and patted the captain on the shoulder, "Could you fly over and take a look? This is the first time Doppler radar has been used, and the database for the radar indicators of some targets is not yet complete. It would be best if you could confirm this, so we won't have to go through this trouble next time!"

The captain glanced at the fuel gauge, gritted his teeth, and said, "Let's see how well this super-large horizontal stabilizer modified by Jiang Gong works! But just to be safe, if I say we can't fly anymore, we have to turn around immediately! Regardless of whether we can see the enemy ship or not!"

"I'm not afraid of the enemy, it's just that Xiao Jiang's gadgets are so good, their purpose shouldn't be one-time use!"

"That's how it should be!"

The KJ-1 pulled up its nose again and slowly moved toward the location indicated by the radar.

For the first time, the captain began to complain that the modified Tu-4 was flying a bit too slowly. "Tsk, I'll have to tell Xiao Jiang when I get back, or maybe we should replace those two turboprop engines with jet engines too... Hey! What were you laughing about just now!"

"Hehehe, you know what? The internationally accepted territorial sea range is 3 nautical miles... but ours is 12 nautical miles, the only one in the whole world!"

"Hey!" The captain exclaimed curiously. He really didn't know this piece of knowledge, but this first one sounded really exciting!

"What?"

"Haha, do you know why those foreigners set their territorial waters at 3 nautical miles? That's because in the 18th century, the furthest foreign cannons could shoot... and that's how long that rule has continued."

"Three years ago, when we were bombarding the Golden Gate, didn't we overwhelm them? So they called on their bald eagle daddy? The bald eagle sent warships to block our door three nautical miles from our own..."

"Guess what our reaction will be?"

"What else is there to say? They're definitely going to beat his mother up!"

"Yes! That's it. Our cannons can fire 12 nautical miles, so we decided on 12 nautical miles in the end!"

"Hahaha... I see! I see! I was wondering why I received an order while I was on standby at the front line..."

"Only attack the other side, not the bald eagle!"

The two of them uttered the wise command in unison, and then burst into laughter again.

"Oh dear," the captain laughed until tears welled up in his eyes, "so that's how this rather strange order came about."

"The other side never expected us to be so tough. Several of their warships were completely destroyed. The bald eagle was dumbfounded when it saw this. Escort? Protect my balls! They tucked their tails and ran away..."

"Yes, yes! That's how foreigners are, paper tigers! They'll come to you if it's to their advantage, and they'll run away if it's not."

"Therefore, truth lies only within the range of cannons!"

The two chatted happily, and even Jiang Xia, who was sitting next to the radio, was extremely excited.

"I know what happened next," Pang Guoxing said with pride, adding, "Then, the bald eagles didn't give up and kept sending reconnaissance planes and ships to probe. They eventually discovered that if they crossed the line, they would face a strong counterattack from us. Finally, they understood a principle..."

"Listen to what we say! Believe it! Otherwise you'll suffer the consequences!"

The people in the control tower shouted in unison.

As they shouted, more slogans came out of their mouths, and eventually they even started singing.

They were all rough, unrefined men who couldn't sing any folk songs; all they knew was, "Proud and spirited..."

However, it's quite fitting for the occasion, isn't it?

Little Grey could figure it out with just half its brain: the only thing that could have come from the 38th parallel north, besides the bald eagle, was...

We can beat you the first time, and we can beat you a million times over!

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The sounds of soldiers communicating and reporting from the front lines could be heard intermittently from the main radio station at the "base".

The red dedicated telephone line was also placed next to the main radio station's intercom.

The sudden appearance of the enemy situation has far exceeded the capabilities of the "half-baked, clueless commander," and the current battle plan has been taken over directly by higher-ups.

Upon hearing that the unidentified vessel's estimated route was from the 38th parallel north, Jiang Xia suddenly recalled a thrilling historical event from later generations.

"An eight-day and night standoff!"

This little-known incident was discovered by Jiangxia while collecting old books. In short, it involved the USS Bald Eagle destroyer approaching within 24.5 nautical miles east of the Changshan Islands on three separate occasions, using radar to track targets over the peninsula and detect whether we had deployed new aircraft or missiles.

Our warships were ordered to monitor and drive away the US ships, issuing 36 warnings in total. The two sides faced off with live ammunition for eight days and nights until the US ships withdrew.

Well, this warning came directly from the Anshan warship, brimming with martial spirit, using solid metal as a weapon. Snake-like maneuvering? Forget about it. Try any snake-like maneuvering, and I'll rumble at you...

Going in a straight line doesn't work either, I'll just keep going. What, it's my territory, can't I use explosives to fish? As long as you don't cross the line, I can't blow you up!

Yes, comrades, these large-scale standoffs have always happened!

This includes, but is not limited to, confrontations with the USS Little Bird carrier battle group, and confrontations with USS Impeccable and USS Victory submarine monitoring ships. Even back in 16, while my mother let us watch "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" all day, she mobilized all her resources, deploying the elite forces of the three fleets, with four admirals personally commanding on the front lines, over 100 main warships and dozens of fighter jets, and DF-21D destroyers on standby, fiercely confronting the two US carrier battle groups in the South China Sea…

The world is dangerous; be happy and grateful.

"Damn, they're here so early! I wonder how the Navy's plan to get the seafarers onto the ships is going." Although Jiang Xia knew the progress of these events, the current situation was clearly somewhat off.

During the eight-day and night standoff, we deployed four of our "Big Four" minesweepers in rotation, but now, all that's in front of us is a small minesweeper!

The minesweeper's primary mission is still to go out to sea and "fish"!

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