The B-52 is a strategic bomber, even if the penetration performance is not as good as the B-2, but such a big guy flying high in the air is full of deterrence, and no one dares to risk a nuclear war in the terrifying nuclear balance to shoot it down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If it is a nuclear bomb for cruise, it is really a feared and disgusting existence, and even the tracking plane only dares to follow from a distance, in case of an accident such as collision and friction, it will be a catastrophe that will destroy the world.

Since the 60s, in order to ensure its secondary nuclear counterattack capability, the United States has been cruising on several patrol routes with nuclear bombs mounted on B52 bombers throughout the year.

In fact, during the Cold War, the greatest threat of nuclear war did not come from the enemy countries, but from the United States and the Soviet Union themselves. For example, before 1968, there were more than 250 cases of extraordinarily large and quadruple incidents in the United States, and there were four nuclear bombs that were fired by mistake, destroyed by a single body, or even damaged during transportation. There are many times when a nuclear bomb is only one step away from being detonated, and a nuclear bomb has a seven-step detonation procedure, and there are many accidents in which the first six steps have been completed.

According to statistics, after the end of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union lost at least 50 nuclear bombs in various accidents, and most of them lay in the depths of the ocean.

During the Cold War, a large number of bombers of the United States and the Soviet Union carried out strategic patrols at high altitudes, and they eventually encountered tigers when they went up to the mountains, and these planes worked at high altitudes all year round, and accidents were very probable.

Even the Americans can't calculate how much their nuclear counterattack capability will be lost after the outbreak of a nuclear war, so they can only desperately build the B-52, the more planes can ensure that the residual counterattack ability will be stronger after being hit, so they built 644 in one go, and this is only the public number, maybe the United States secretly hid some of them.

The B-52 is a nuclear strategic bomber, and if China suddenly introduces 160 of them, it will really be a more troublesome thing for the Soviet Union than the Cuban Missile Crisis, and it is strange if it does not react violently.

And Chen Xu definitely didn't want to participate in the nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, he was not willing to let the flower grower receive so many B-52s, this thing is a hot potato, and staying in the home of the American imperialists can only be used as scrap, Chen Xu saw the bird's-eye view of the Davis-Monson aircraft cemetery in the United States, and the most parked was the B-52, which was densely packed like paper airplanes.

Chen Xu wants to obtain military technology from the United States, but he has never forgotten that it is now a Cold War, and the whole world is shrouded in the clouds of nuclear war.

In fact, the nuclear balance of terror in the Cold War has never been broken, mainly because no one wants the world to be destroyed. In particular, the US and Soviet officers, who had the right to launch nuclear bombs, knew that once they pressed the launch button, they would die, including their relatives and friends. Therefore, whether it is the United States or the Soviet Union, every time the alarm of nuclear war is issued because of the error of the system, almost all officers will make several phone calls to their superiors to confirm the situation.

In Hollywood movies, it is impossible for a nuclear submarine officer to press the launch button immediately after receiving a call, unless it is 100% true that the Soviet Union or the United States has been destroyed, the captain will never launch a nuclear bomb. Because hiding in a nuclear submarine and launching a nuclear bomb is like standing on the moon and watching the earth being hit by a meteorite, it is a concept, and all relatives and friends are dead, so what's the point of hiding in a submarine to survive?

Although the war is ruthless, there is no lack of humanity in it, whether it is the top leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, or all the officers who control the nuclear button of nuclear submarines, strategic bombers, and missile bases, they all know that they are in control of the fate of all mankind. Even if his boss gave the order, human nature would not allow him to press this button. This is also the reason why in the 46 years of the Cold War, the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union reached the level of saber rattling, and in the end there was no nuclear war.

However, the United States and the Soviet Union also considered that if the officers refused to drop the bomb, and the country had already been destroyed, it would not be too cheap for the other side. So both sides made second-hand preparations. The United States has prepared several sets of nuclear command centers that can command the whole country, some of which go deep underground, some of which are in a certain submarine, and some of which are on a certain plane that patrols the air all year round. Once the president or even the head of government is all taken down, as long as one of these command centers is functioning properly, it can ensure that the nuclear missile silos in the United States can launch nuclear bombs.

And the Soviet Union is even more desperate, if the entire territory of the Soviet Union is destroyed, after the computer detects this situation, it will launch three missiles from the hidden missile silos to fly over the entire territory of the Soviet Union, and these three missiles are useless for no other purpose is to constantly launch signals, activate all the surviving nuclear bomb silos in the Soviet Union and counterattack according to the preset target. Later, the Soviets also found it too crazy to have a computer-controlled nuclear counterattack program, so they installed a switch on the program, and the person who turned on the switch became known as the "hand of death", and this system is still used in Russia today.

"Thanks to the kindness of the U.S. government, I personally feel that China does not need to build such a large bomber force in its national strength now, regardless of the burden of logistics maintenance and fuel consumption, even if we have pilots, we can't get together so much, and these planes do not have much strategic role in coming to China. If I could, I would be willing to convert these bombers into cash, and the American side could simply transfer the money to the bank account I provided. Chen Xu swallowed his saliva, resisted the greed in his heart to eat the 160 B-52s, waved his hand and refused.

The elder Bush had a disappointed look on his face, but he still smiled and said: "If the bombers provided to China are turned into cash, Congress will have a hard time." Although the B-52 strategic bomber has been manufactured for a long time, its combat performance is still the top in this era, and since the Chinese side is unwilling to receive so many of the two wings, it must at least receive 80 combat aircraft from one wing, so as to ensure that it can support China's minimum strategic bomber strength. As the most important ally of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, we do not want such a serious gap in China's strategic counterattack capabilities. ”

Under the conference table, the eldest brother kicked Chen Xu twice with his foot, making Chen Xu nod happily and accept this condition. As for what the Soviets will react, it doesn't matter anymore, as long as the Americans can stand behind and support, China is not afraid of any radical reaction from the Soviets, all they get is money, and it will not be a bad thing to take back so many bombers.

Chen Xu scratched his brain, he felt that 160 bombers was too much, even if the United States dominated the world after the Cold War, it only retained more than 70 B-52s to maintain strategic deterrence against the world.

It is not really a nuclear war, so it is enough to maintain a flying wing of 80 aircraft, and too many bombers will exceed China's use limit, which will cause a very heavy burden on the logistics of the air force. Even if they are parked at the airport and do not move, the annual maintenance cost of these aircraft is not a small amount, and China has to make careful calculations for everything in its great undertakings, and it will eventually suffer a big loss if it is greedy for cheap for a while.

"Since the U.S. side is so insistent, then I agree in principle to receive a wing of B-52 bombers, but the specific acceptance procedures need to be discussed with our Air Force, including the training of logistics personnel, maintenance facilities, spare parts, and pilot training are all responsible for the U.S. side, and the Chinese side is only responsible for accepting all this!" Chen Xu spread his hands on the table and replied in the affirmative, although the content was very domineering, as if the Americans were begging for China. However, this is not the first time that he and Bush have negotiated, and both sides know what their personalities are, so they should open their mouths now, because after all, this is a negotiation that is meant to discuss things, and it would be unjustifiable not to hide it and make demands in the future.

"Don't worry about logistics, the U.S. side will be fully responsible, and the Chinese side just needs to be ready to receive the plane." Hearing that Chen Xu was willing to receive at least one wing of bombers, the elder Bush nodded with satisfaction, as for the specific number of planes, he did not think that Chen Xu could make a decision, and after the meeting, he would hold another meeting with the person in charge of the Chinese Air Force.

The US military intends to place strategic bombers directly under the belly of the Soviet Union, but in fact it is the same reason that the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and put them on the chrysanthemums of US imperialism. These bombers may not be able to play an actual role in the war, but as long as these planes are placed in China, they can play a role in strategic deterrence against the Soviet Union, and this is what the US military wants to see the most, so the more planes China receives in the past, the better, let alone two wings, even if Chen Xu asks for four or five hundred planes, Bush Sr. will agree without blinking his eyes.

Anyway, it is not distressing to give away all the old planes, and the new ones do not go to the old ones, and it is just the right time that the Congress can allocate more scientific research funds to support the research and development of more advanced bombers, which is undoubtedly great news for domestic military enterprises. As the spokesman of the military-industrial complex within the US empire, Bush Sr. will, of course, vigorously stuff those obsolete weapons into China.

"Mr. Bush, although the B-52 is good, it is still difficult to hide its backward performance, so I hope to obtain a high-altitude and high-speed bomber to make up for the shortcomings of the B-52 and completely plug the shortcomings of China's strategic bombing force." Striking while the iron was hot, Chen Xu made the next request, but he did not directly say that he wanted the Valkyrie, but asked the elder Bush to take the initiative, so that he could bargain.

"High-altitude and high-speed strategic bombers? We have such a project now......" Bush Sr. was puzzled for a moment, this old man had not done his homework well, and he didn't know what high-altitude and high-speed bombers the United States had, so he turned his head sideways and whispered to a senior Pentagon official next to him.

In the final analysis, Bush Sr. is just a politician, and the United States does not know how many good things it has created in the past few decades of the Cold War. (To be continued.) )