Chapter 458: The Dark Tide is Surging 2

The three disappeared nuclear submarines soon attracted the attention of reconnaissance satellites of China, the United States, Russia and other countries.

As early as a few months ago, Russia's gift of four decommissioned Typhoon-class nuclear submarines to the war situation attracted the attention of the intelligence agencies of major powers.

During this period, although the aerospace aircraft and the Golden Dragon battery attracted the attention of the whole world, the four Typhoon-class nuclear submarines anchored in Vladivostok have not been out of the sight of the intelligence agencies of various countries.

This is completely understandable.

Previously, both the theft of the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine and the subsequent theft of the aircraft cemetery were all taken by surprise by the United States and Russia, but this time, the countries have clearly known the target of the war, and naturally they will not miss such a good opportunity to observe the actions of the war.

Therefore, in the past few months, reconnaissance planes of various countries have been active in the vicinity of the bay near Vladivostok almost all the time.

Russia, as the host, did not blatantly send people to observe the scene out of consideration to avoid suspicion, but there were also many small actions.

The United States, Japan, and other countries do not have so many scruples, and in addition to reconnaissance planes, reconnaissance satellites are watching the skies over Vladivostok almost every day.

However, after several months, these four nuclear submarines have not moved, and many people thought that the war situation was not interested in these nuclear submarines that were about to be scrapped, who would have thought that overnight, these four Typhoon-class nuclear submarines suddenly disappeared.

No one knows what kind of tricks have changed in the war to get these nuclear submarines away.

However, there is no doubt that these four nuclear submarines will greatly strengthen the strategic nuclear forces in a war-wrenching situation.

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Tokyo, Japan. Ministry of Defense.

When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda hurried to the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, Defense Minister Toshitoshi Morimoto had been waiting for a long time.

"Morimoto-kun, how's the situation going?"

Yoshihiko Noda's face is not very good, Japan's economic development has stagnated in recent years, coupled with frequent natural and man-made disasters, Japan's vitality has been greatly damaged.

Although the Democratic Party of Japan defeated the Liberal Democratic Party, which had been in power for decades, it has changed three prime ministers in succession in just two or three years, from Yukio Hatoyama to Naoto Kan and then to Yoshihiko Noda.

More often than the prime minister, there is a change of ministers. Nowadays. In the Noda Cabinet, known as the "Loach Cabinet". There have already been three defense ministers alone.

The current Minister of Defense, Toshitoshi Morimoto, has only just taken office, and he has caused a lot of disputes with China on DY Island, which has caused a headache for Yoshihiko Noda.

Toshitoshi Morimoto picked up a photo and handed it to Yoshihiko Noda and said, "Noda-kun, this is the picture that our reconnaissance satellite just captured. Those four nuclear submarines in Vladivostok disappeared. ”

"What?"

Yoshihiko Noda was taken aback. He looked up and asked, "Didn't there be any movement yesterday?" Do you know how it disappeared?"

Morimoto shook his head and said: "I don't know, this so-called strategic flickering bureau is really weird, we haven't found any material exchange near these nuclear submarines before." It's incredible how they managed to repair these nuclear submarines, which are close to being scrapped. ”

Yoshihiko Noda smiled bitterly: "Golden Dragon batteries, aerospace aircraft, do we still see less of these incredible technologies?"

Morimoto nodded involuntarily.

Yoshihiko Noda said, "What do Americans say?"

"I just had a phone call with John Bird, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, and he asked us to fully cooperate with the South Korean Navy in blocking the Tsushima Strait and searching for traces of those nuclear submarines," Morimoto said. ”

Yoshihiko Noda snorted and said: "Didn't China, the United States, and Russia make such a big move in the Bering Strait last year that they were not able to deal with that nuclear submarine? Do you want to try again today?"

Morimoto said: "The key is the joint fleet of the United States, Japan, and South Korea, which is confronting the Chinese in the Yellow Sea, if these nuclear submarines are allowed to pass through the Korean Strait, then if something happens in this war situation, then no one can control it." ”

Yoshihiko Noda nodded, he could understand Lieutenant General John Bird's concerns.

During this time, with the announcement of the successful development of the Golden Dragon battery by China and Russia, the international situation became highly tense.

Not to mention anything else, international oil prices have fallen from a high of $120 per barrel to less than $80 per barrel in just over 20 days, and OPEC has no intention of cutting production, which means that oil prices will certainly fall further.

Russia is the hardest hit by this, you must know that now Russia produces 10.4 million barrels of crude oil per day, is the world's second largest oil producer, crude oil prices have fallen so sharply, the blow to the Russian economy is extremely severe, coupled with the sanctions of European and American countries, it has made the Russian economy worse.

At present, the Russian ruble has already shown signs of depreciation, and if it were not supported by the foreign exchange reserves accumulated by Russia when oil prices were high in previous years, Russia's economy would have collapsed long ago.

As for the Golden Dragon battery, although China's Golden Dragon battery factory has been put into operation, the current daily output is only about 200 tons, and the Russian factory will not be put into operation until the end of the year, and it will be at least a few years before it will benefit the Russian economy.

Therefore, many people in the world believe that the United States will definitely find ways to bring Russia to collapse, and economic war is precisely one of the best means.

But once China and Russia are allowed to survive this most dangerous time, I am afraid that the United States will have no position in the world in the future.

As for war, no one wants to face it, whether it is for European and American countries or for China and Russia, once a war breaks out, then both sides will inevitably lose, and what the future world will become is not something that anyone can predict.

Yoshihiko Noda sighed and asked, "Have all the anti-submarine planes of Haizi been dispatched?"

"At present, more than 30 P-3 anti-submarine aircraft are patrolling over the Tsushima Strait, and the South Koreans have also dispatched a large number of anti-submarine forces. As for whether we can find those nuclear submarines, it is not up to us to control them. ”

Yoshihiko Noda sneered: "Koreans, these sticks are dreaming of betting on both ends, and how many can they count on." ”

Toshitoshi Morimoto was silent.

Although the military exercises of the United States, Japan, and South Korea have been boiling over during this period, if it were not for the threat of the United States to withdraw troops from the Korean Peninsula, it remains to be said whether the South Koreans would be willing to join the military exercises.

Didn't you see that after China and Russia announced the release of the Golden Dragon battery, the South Korean president ran to the Chinese capital to seek cooperation?

The electronics industry, automobile industry, and shipbuilding industry, which Koreans rely on, are all places where King Long Battery can show its talents. (To be continued......)