Two days later, the aircraft carrier battle group had arrived at the Nansha Islands, less than 300 nautical miles away from the Philippine mainland.

This situation has made the entire Philippines uneasy.

In the past, such a situation would have definitely attracted extreme remarks from the United States and some countries, but now, no country has said anything. Even Vietnam, which is on the same line as the Philippines, seems to have become mute, and collectively lost its voice for a while.

They were beaten again and again, and there was no one to help. While the Philippine government was in panic all day long, it could only step up the investigation of the hostage incident and its contact with Red Star.

Although Xu Ziling and others decided that it would be best to handle the South China Sea incident without fighting, they would definitely not let them go easily against the Philippines, which has always been like a clown.

Therefore, when the Philippines contacted them many times, they did not let anyone with weight to negotiate, but randomly sent a staff member to deal with it, ready to let them enjoy the suffering.

The hostage incident has not progressed for a long time. With domestic cooperation, the voice of public opinion is getting louder and louder. The incident continues to ferment. After a week, everyone with Internet and TV knows about it.

As a result, the pressure on the Philippines will naturally increase.

This day is exactly one week after the incident happened.

Early in the morning, the Philippines contacted the military factory again. Under the instructions of Xu Ziling and other senior officials, the staff was still perfunctory.

After breakfast, Xu Ziling, Yang Kaiming, and Li Cheng followed their custom these days and went to the command center to listen to the latest situation.

"You are here, I am about to notify you to come over." As soon as they entered the command center, before they could say hello to Gu Hongyuan and the others, the lion's voice rang out.

"What? Has anything progressed?"

Li Cheng asked quickly.

These days, the lion has been tracing the truth of the incident, and it must be this matter that can notify all of them to the scene.

Sure enough, the lion immediately admitted: "Yes, the matter has been found out."

"What? Is it just about the drilling platform, or is there another mystery behind it?"

This was something that everyone was eager to know. As soon as the lion finished speaking, Li Cheng asked again.

"The Temple Organization! It was created by this organization. This Indonesian oil company is an industry of their organization. If I hadn't been monitoring all their senior officials these days, I really wouldn't have been able to find this." The lion didn't give in, and immediately

So I told what I found.

"Whether it's overtly or covertly, this is a normal company. I checked all their personnel and all their investment projects at that time, and found nothing unusual. If it weren't for the Temple Organization and this company today,

I have been contacted by an investor, and I will give up investigating them after today.”

"Nothing unusual at all?" Hearing what Lion said, Xu Ziling was a little surprised, "Are their business actions normal? Have they nothing to do with the Temple Organization?"

"Of course there are related things! But before I know what the Temple organization is doing, the results of my analysis are all normal. This means that even if they don't cooperate with the Temple organization, some of their company's projects are completely feasible.

regarded as normal business activities.”

…

Being able to be tracked down by Sharp Sword for so long without being able to find out, this organization is indeed the most mysterious organization they know. Especially in the past two years, Xu Ziling has been paying attention to this organization, but except for the small desert town he discovered originally,

The town's underground base and another stronghold related to space-based weapons were never discovered.

And their people seemed to have disappeared after the ambush of the Sword Squad, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Unexpectedly, he showed up again this time.

Could it be that cooperation with the US government stimulated them?

The invisible enemy never knows when he will make a fool of himself. This is the most troublesome thing. They have never had direct contact with the organization of the Temple, but Xu Ziling and others know that both sides are aware of each other's existence.

In the past two years, they had not seen these guys show up, and they were a little worried. But now they suddenly saw them again, and they were not worried. On the contrary, they were happy.

I'm not afraid that you won't come and cause trouble, but I'm afraid that you won't come out if you hide.

Their organization is very good at hiding. If they didn't run out automatically, it would be really difficult to find out. Otherwise, they would have been thoroughly investigated in the past two years.

"Then where did you find it?"

"A branch! Southeast Asia branch!" Lion said with a little excitement.

It's no wonder that he has been paying attention to this organization since the Hawkeye satellite was launched, but he has been unable to find anything for so long, which makes him really hold his breath.

"Southeast Asia branch? It's interesting this time. Where is it?"

"Singapore……"

Singapore is also a Chinese country, but its relationship with the country is not very good. Things between the two places are complicated. Xu Ziling and the others usually do not pay much attention to this country.

"Can you check it above?"

"It's difficult with my current methods. This organization is too careful. They don't use the Internet at all for confidential things. Some things cannot be checked through satellites. If you want to know, unless we send someone to go in person..."

"oh……"

Sending people there personally, and being in this special country, this matter will definitely not be accomplished overnight. What they mainly need to do now is to solve the South China Sea issue.

After discussing for a while, everyone decided to postpone the matter for now and concentrate on dealing with it after the Philippines and Vietnam were resolved.

After all, I have been dealing with this organization for so long, so it’s not a short amount of time anyway, right?

When the aircraft carrier formation reached the southernmost part of the South China Sea, it did not take action immediately, but parked there. However, such a move, to anyone, seemed like it was about to use force.

In previous incidents in the United States and island countries, the reaction of military factories was relatively fierce, but this time with the idea of ​​​​"peaceful" resolution, the method of conduct is of course different.

The aircraft carrier arrived in the predetermined sea area, and the military factory once again put pressure on the Philippine government. With previous hints, the Philippines did not persist for long this time. The very next day, the aircraft carrier battle group was conducting a small-scale live ammunition launch.

After the exercise, they gave the answer.

Agree to hand over actual control of the South China Sea islands and waters to Red Star, and promise not to interfere with Red Star’s commercial operations in the South China Sea.

Undoubtedly, such an answer represents a compromise and also represents the return of actual control over the South China Sea to the state.

Boundary agreements and actual control are two different things to some extent. For a big country, both are needed, not just actual control is enough. However, the relationship between Red Star and the country has not yet been formalized.

On the table, the signing of the boundary treaty between the two countries is definitely not something that can be done now and can only be postponed.

At this point, the matter in the Philippines has been solved simply.

Red Star did not embarrass them. After the two parties signed the relevant agreement, the aircraft carrier formation set sail, left the previous sea area and sailed to other places.

As for the hostage incident, Red Star dispatched an action team and staged a rescue battle on a small island in the Philippines. Of course, the hostages were rescued and the anti-government militants were wiped out.

Whether it is Red Star or the country, the South China Sea dispute has been an issue for decades. Even if it is solved all at once by force, it may not be very good. It is best to take it slow.

As long as you have actual control, that's best.

However, the countries involved in the South China Sea are not just the Philippines. Dealing with them does not mean that other countries have also compromised. On the oil incident, these countries seem to have compromised, but who knows whether they will use other countries to compromise.

means?

If a country wants to become a truly great power, force alone is definitely not enough. After all, there are people in every country who are not afraid of death, and you cannot completely eliminate this phenomenon.

Just like the United States in Iraq, if it doesn't do it well, it will fall into it.

Therefore, it is necessary to treat a country with both kindness and power.

The domestic advisory team sent to be responsible for Plan 3 had already considered these aspects, and after the incident in the Philippines was over, they put forward such suggestions.

Xu Ziling and others also had their own ideas. Considering that there was an oil company now and oil was a readily marketable thing, they finally decided to cooperate in this area with Brunei, one of the Southeast Asian countries.

This is used to tell outsiders that they are not unreasonable.

Brunei was also affected by this South China Sea incident. However, although their country is very wealthy, the national defense army is completely scum and it is impossible to fight against the Red Star.

National interests are important, but in the face of the powerful Red Star, they know that interests are better than falling into war. At the beginning of the incident, they clearly understood their status and were the first country to compromise.

Apart from their disputes over the South China Sea issue, their diplomatic relations with China are pretty good. Now that Red Star has established an oil company, it is also a good thing to be able to find relevant companies to cooperate with.

A few days later, the person in charge of the oil company received instructions from Xu Ziling and other senior officials and began to contact Brunei's national oil company. When the Brunei government received the news, it was naturally a surprise.

Because when Red Star Petroleum Company contacted them, they said they hoped to cooperate with them to jointly develop offshore oil or purchase large amounts of oil from their country.

They are a country in the South China Sea. They know exactly how much oil there is in the South China Sea. Because they know this, they also know how much profit there is.

From a certain perspective, things like national borders are dispensable, and interests are the most important.
Chapter completed!