Chapter 787: Founding of the State (7)

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Is Ukraine really poor and crazy?

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Ukraine is poor, even if it has made a lot of money by selling 250 strategic nuclear warheads in the past two years.

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The reason why Ukraine, or so to speak Ukraine's President Leonid Kravchuk, is so aggressive in selling the "Kuznetsov" is not only because Ukraine lacks the funds to start reforms.

In addition to this, there is a very important reason:

On August 24, five days after the August 19 coup d'Γ©tat in the former Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine announced its readiness to hold an independence referendum in preparation for Ukraine's secession from the Soviet Union.

Subsequently, Kravchuk, who was about to officially assume the presidency of Ukraine, sent a telegram to the aircraft carrier "Kuznetsov" anchored in the port of Sevastopol, which said, ""Kuznetsov" belongs to Ukraine, and before the referendum on independence of Ukraine is held, it is ordered that "Kuznetsov" must not leave the port. ”

This telegram seems to be Kravchuk's idea to fight aircraft carriers, but in fact, Kravchuk is also asking for directions on the ownership of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Black Sea Fleet was one of the four major fleets of the Soviet Union, and for the emerging Ukraine, if it could inherit this fleet, it would not only improve its own strength, but also attract the attention of the United States.

Ukraine's intention is to strike first and use the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier as a bargaining chip to force Russia to compromise on the issue of the Black Sea Fleet.

When the captain of the "Kuznetsov", Colonel Yarygin, read Kravchuk's telegram of orders to the officers and men, the officers and men of the Russian ethnic group, headed by Kanishevsky, condemned this shameful act of stealing Soviet property.

Major Stolchak said excitedly: "The Admiralty of the USSR has long decided that from the moment the Kuznetsov gets off the water, we will serve in the Northern Fleet, and most of the officers here are from the Northern Fleet. According to the ship's rules, each of us only had five minutes a day to talk on the phone with our families, and we all looked forward to going home as soon as possible. Kravchuk wants to take away the aircraft carrier, it's just wishful thinking!"

However, the Ukrainian officers and men of the "Kuznetsov" and their relatives who have been placed in the area believe that the "Kuznetsov" should be stationed in the port of Sevastopol, because it is close to the Kuznetsov shipyard where the "Kuznetsov" was built, and if the "Kuznetsov" has to sail to the jurisdiction of the Northern Fleet, who will be able to repair it if something goes wrong?

Soon, Kravchuk's telegram provoked a strong reaction from Russia -- the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Gromov, sent a secret telegram to Yarykin, "Today, I will send Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko, deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, to Crimea to deal with the telegram incident. ”

This means that an extraordinary operation will take place around the aircraft carrier "Kuznetsov"!

If Xu Cun had not suddenly wanted to buy an aircraft carrier with Ukraine, and Kravchuk, who had been busy with his busy life, would have focused his attention on the "Kuznetsov", which he had always thought was extremely safe, Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko would have boarded the "Kuznetsov" in a transport boat like in his previous life, and then quietly sailed to the Turkish-controlled Bosphorus with the "Kuznetsov", and then fled the Black Sea with the "Kuznetsov", and on the way, he almost fought a naval battle with the Turkish Navy and the US Navy respectively.

Just because Xu Cun suddenly wanted to buy an aircraft carrier with Ukraine, Kravchuk, who had been almost crazy about money recently, suddenly remembered that Ukraine still has aircraft carriers that can be sold for a lot of money!

Subsequently, Kravchuk sent his cronies to the new commander of the Ukrainian Navy to express his condolences to the "Kuznetsov" and the Black Sea Fleet.

As a result, Ukraine's new naval commander met with the lone hero, Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko.

It cannot be said that the new commander of the Ukrainian Navy is more powerful than Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko, but the new commander of the Ukrainian Navy has a bigger frame and brings enough retinues.

As a result, Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko was arrested, and the new commander of the Ukrainian Navy also found an order in Vice Admiral Yuri Uskimenko, an order from the still serving Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, Chernavin (ethnic Russian), who was apparently assigned by Russia to take the Kuznetsov.

Soon after, the news was reported to Kravchuk, and at the same time as the news arrived, the "Kuznetsov" broke the breakwater when it entered the anchorage of the Sevastopol military port during the hurricane, so that the "Kuznetsov" was docked at the outer mooring of the port and the confession of one of the members of Lieutenant General Yuri Uskimenko's entourage. The commander of the Northern Fleet, Gromov, had already greeted the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Kasatonov, who sent a rescue tug near the strait in advance to ensure the smooth passage of the aircraft carrier.

After learning this, Kravchuk was first shocked, then extremely happy, and then angry -- Yeltsin actually wanted to steal the "Kuznetsov" right under his nose, and if it weren't for the fact that he was lucky enough to send people to visit the "Kuznetsov" on the spot, "the Kuznetsov" might have really been stolen from under Yeltsin's nose.

In addition to his anger, Kravchuk thought that since Yeltsin could unite with the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy, Chernavian and the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Kasatonov, to steal the "Kuznetsov" for the first time, it would be possible to hit the "Kuznetsov" again.

Thinking of this, Kravchuk moved the idea of selling the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun.

Moreover, soon Kravchuk found himself three reasons for selling the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun.

The first reason, of course, is money -- although he is not 100% sure that the more than 200 nuclear bombs in Ukraine were bought by Xu Cun, Kravchuk also knew through the intelligence department that the generous buyer was very likely to be Xu Cun, so Kravchuk had a faint feeling that Xu Cun would definitely pay a sum of money for the "Kuznetsov" and its supporting facilities that was almost enough for him at the beginning of the reform.

The second reason is that once he sells the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun, if Russia wants to have a real aircraft carrier, it will have to ask them to continue to build the "Varyag" or "Ulyanovsk", so that Ukraine may still get a huge income.

The third reason is that if he sells the "Kuznetsov" to Xu Cun, he will inevitably have a further relationship with Xu Cun, a huge rich man, and at that time, when his reform is the most difficult, Xu Cun may pull him along.

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