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In the statement issued by this authority, it is emphasized that in this battle at sea, there must be a third party involved. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to enhance their convincing effect, the authorities also produced some evidence, such as the characteristic noise of several unidentified submarines detected by anti-submarine patrol planes, and the number of missiles detected by the fleet's air defense radar and the direction of attack when the Fourth Fleet was attacked.

The heaviest of these pieces of evidence is a combat assessment report.

According to the report provided by the Navy, at least twenty-eight submarines besieged the Fourth Fleet during this battle, while the total number of submarines operated by the Russian Navy in the Pacific Ocean was less than twenty. That is, among the submarines involved in the battle, there are some that do not belong to Russia.

The problem is that this is circumstantial evidence, not direct evidence.

Leaving aside whether the evidence is convincing or not, and even if it is, what can it be?

Although Russia had never admitted to requisitioning submarines from other countries before this, nor did it claim to have leased submarines from other countries, the outside world has long suspected that in order to replenish the combat effectiveness of the troops, the Russian authorities requisitioned several conventional submarines maintained in their own country, and subsequently rented them at high prices.

In this way, even if the evidence provided by Ben is convincing, Russia has reason to respond.

The crucial question is, are these submarines requisitioned by Russia?

The answer is obviously no, at least in the opinion of this authority, at least a few of the submarines attacking the Fourth Fleet came from the mainland on the other side of the East China Sea, and it is very likely that there will be attack nuclear submarines from the mainland.

If this is the case, the mainland will take part in this conflict with concrete actions.

Unfortunately, there is no direct evidence.

You must know that most of the mainland's conventional submarines are related to Russia, and even the self-developed conventional submarines of several classes have borrowed a lot of Russian technology and design ideas, and they are very similar to Russia's conventional submarines in terms of surname. As for the mainland's attack nuclear submarines, even if they have little to do with Russia, most of the weapons used, especially torpedoes, come from Russia.

More importantly, if the mainland's submarines really participated in this battle, they would definitely be prepared and replace them with Russian-made missiles and torpedoes, instead of using ammunition developed and produced by the mainland itself.

This was confirmed by the subsequent salvage and exploration of the wreckage of the Fourth Fleet.

Whether it is the missiles and torpedoes that attack the Fourth Fleet or the attack fleet, all of them come from Russia, they are all authentic Russian goods, and most of them have served in the Russian army for many years. The more than 40 anti-ship missiles in the first round of missile attacks, even in stock for nearly two decades, were assembled shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union from parts and components that had already been produced, and such missiles have long been discontinued.

The problem is that the evidence presented by the present book, especially with regard to the number of submarines involved in the war, cannot be denied.

Later, the United States analyzed and processed the submarine noise signals collected by the antisubmarine patrol plane, and determined that there were at least 26 noise sources in the vicinity of the warring waters, and the other 24 noise sources were all from the other side's submarines, except for two noise sources belonging to the conventional submarines of the Japanese Navy. Of these, seven noise sources belong to Russian nuclear submarines, and two of them are certainly cruise missile nuclear submarines. Of the remaining seventeen noise sources, only fourteen can be judged to be conventional submarines, so the caste of three more noise sources cannot be determined.

"Cannot be determined" is tantamount to admitting the authorities' assertion that the three sources of noise were attack nuclear submarines, not Russian attack nuclear submarines.

In this world, only six countries have attack nuclear submarines, India is still leased, and of the remaining five, the United States, Britain and France will not secretly help Russia, so only the mainland's attack nuclear submarines are suspicious, and the mainland also has a motive to do so.

You must know that the Fourth Fleet is the only main fleet deployed in the Okinawa Islands by the Navy.

For a long time, the Fourth Fleet has been operating in the East China Sea, and has regarded the East China Sea Fleet of the mainland navy as its number one opponent. Before the outbreak of the conflict over the four northern islands, the mainland and Yuben had repeatedly engaged in military confrontations in the waters near the Diaoyu Islands, the most dangerous of which was when the two sides almost fought each other.

In a sense, the mainland did not take the opportunity to attack the Diaoyu Islands, which is already very polite.

In order to weaken the Fourth Fleet of the Chinese Army to the greatest extent and make it lose its threatening power, the mainland has sufficient reasons to take advantage of Russia's large-scale counteroffensive to secretly contribute to the naval battle to help Russia take out the Fourth Fleet of the Chinese Army and gain sea control in the East China Sea, thus laying the foundation for the future dispute over the division of the Diaoyu Islands and the East China Sea.

It is undeniable that this conflict has not had a great impact on the national strength of Yuben.

Even if this conflict is lost, the comprehensive national strength, especially the economic strength and industrial strength, will not be affected if the mainland is not attacked. From another point of view, if this can stimulate the nationalist sentiment of the people, it will be able to obtain a period of rapid development for a long time, and its military strength will certainly be able to recover quickly and even become stronger.

The problem is that the rebuilding of the Navy is not easy.

Even if Ben had a good sense of sea power and the quality of the people was relatively high, it would not be difficult to train naval officers and men, but it would take a lot of time to rebuild a fleet. To be conservative, it would not be too much to rebuild the navy in 20 years, and even if the whole country was to be mobilized, it would take 10 to 15 years.

This period of time is extremely precious to the mainland.

In less than 10 years, the mainland will be able to surpass other rivals in naval strength and create a maritime force second only to the US Navy. Although it is still too weak to contend with the United States, it is still more than enough to deal with the declining Japanese capital, or to settle the territorial dispute before the revitalization of the Japanese capital.

Taking this opportunity to sprinkle salt on the wound of the mainland is very much in line with the national interests of the mainland.

In fact, with the U.S. stepping in to investigate and confirming that at least three sources of noise similar to attacking nuclear submarines were present near the battlefield, there is no secret to the truth.

The problem is that this is already long after the end of the conflict.

At that time, even if the authorities were sure that the mainland was involved in the war, what could they do?

War with the Continent?

If this is the case, I am afraid that the happiest will be the mainland and Russia.

After losing three-quarters of the fleet, the air force has also lost nearly a quarter of its strength, and it is seriously lacking in striking power, and only a few Russian attack nuclear submarines can complete the strategic blockade.

What's more, the U.S. won't allow him to do that.

If the mainland is really dragged into the water, the United States will be forced to enter the war, and then the United States will confront the two big powers, and even if it can play some role, it will be difficult to help a lot.

With the strength of the United States, will it be possible to go to war with two great powers at the same time?

The point is not whether the United States has the strength to do so, but what is the benefit to the United States in doing so?

In the absence of domestic stability, a war with two major powers and a war that is destined to be of no benefit will not be in this muddy water unless the politicians in the United States are all crazy.

It was only long after the end of the conflict that the United States stood up in solidarity with Ben.

Ikawa Kojiro is not a stupid person, and he knows very well what the consequences will be if he provokes the mainland at this time. Besides, even without the mainland's attack nuclear submarines, the fate of the Fourth Fleet would not be much better. As a result, in the statement issued by this authority, only unidentified submarines were mentioned in the war, but no names were named.

Interestingly, the mainland did not take this opportunity to attack the Diaoyu Islands.

It's not that the mainland doesn't have this strength, but the international situation doesn't allow it. The conflict over the four northern islands has not yet ended, and if the mainland falls into the ground, it will inevitably be condemned and opposed by the international community. More importantly, Diaoyu Dao is not one of the four northern islands, and the United States has assumed unshirkable responsibility and obligation for the security of Diaoyu Dao. The United States' neutrality on the issue of the four northern islands has already had a serious negative impact on the US-said alliance relations, and the US authorities certainly do not want to see the United States go to extremes. As long as the mainland makes a move on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands, the United States will inevitably be involved in the war.

There is only one point that cannot be questioned, at this time, there is no capital left.

Although the Third Fleet was intact, relying only on nine destroyers, it was neither able to save life nor make a fuss on the four northern islands.

For him, the only option was a truce.

At this time, Yuben faced a new problem.

Because after the end of World War II, Japan did not sign a peace treaty with the former Soviet Union, and Russia did not sign this treaty after reading power, so in terms of relations, Russia and Russia have not yet returned to normal, and Russia was the victor of World War II, and Russia was a defeated country.

To put it simply, diplomatically, it is said that Ben is already a head shorter than Russia.

If Russia proposes a ceasefire to Russia, then Russia will take advantage of its status as a victorious country to make many demands on Russia, and even demand that it pay war reparations as a defeated country. The key point is that Russia is very likely to take advantage of this opportunity to completely resolve the issue of the four northern islands, that is, to make the four northern islands give up its sovereignty claims and recognize them as Russian territory.

If this is the case, it is not only the war that Ben has lost.

In desperation, Foreign Minister Ben had no choice but to fly to Washington again to ask the United States for diplomatic assistance.

If the United States intervenes, Russia is unlikely to make excessive demands, and it is also possible to shelve the issue of the ownership of the four northern islands.

Politically, Kojiro Ikawa had to achieve this, or he would have to take all the blame.

Ikawa Kojiro didn't care where he lived or how long he could be prime minister, but he knew that if those radicals were allowed to come to power, he would probably lose another large-scale war in a few years, and it would probably not be a few fleets that would lose at that time.

(To be continued)