Chapter 851 Caught off guard (I)

After getting off the plane and in the middle of the Ministry of National Defense sending someone to ask questions, Kelso knew that the information broadcast by the Chinese media, when he saw this information, Kelso gritted his teeth a little, it was too shameless, I have never seen such a shameless one, even if Kelso has no direct evidence that a Chinese submarine did it, but who else would do it except a Chinese submarine? Who will stop them from going in the direction of Starfall Group's artificial island?

Russia? Joke! Is this a matter of Russian-Maoist relations, or is it the work of the Starfall Group? Don't talk nonsense, the Starfall Group is just a company, not a country, and besides, even if the Starfall Group can build a new submarine, will it not be for China to raise and play with itself? What is the use of a company raising submarines? In fact, Kelso didn't think about the Starfall Group at all.

However, what Kelso didn't expect was that this matter was also fortunate that the Starfall Group didn't do it, if the Starfall Group did it, he wouldn't have the opportunity to sit here and report to the top of the Lu, and it is estimated that he had sunk directly to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

"Colonel Kelso, you can swear by the honor of your soldier, is everything you say true?" With the last sentence of the questioner, Kelso nodded and stood up without hesitation, and swore that what he said was true in the honor of his soldier, and after Kerso finished his oath, the soldier immediately stood up and nodded quickly and walked outside, the US Department of Defense is very efficient, and soon the relevant report appeared on a meeting of senior officials.

"You mean, China has at least one mysterious submarine launched, and its performance is far above that of our Seawolf and Virginia classes?" Obama had already rushed to the Department of Defense, and now he was listening to the relevant reports, and when the following information was summarized, Obama still had a feeling of disbelief on his face. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck said with a bitter face: "This is the most conservative information we have obtained, according to the reports of the captains of the two submarines and the sonar crew of the submarines, in fact, from beginning to end, they did not find any voiceprint characteristics of the other submarine." ”

"In other words, we still don't know the location, size, speed, model of the submarine attacking us, or even whether they are conventional or nuclear-powered, and we don't know how many submarines are involved in the attack. Because according to their reports, it is possible that this mysterious submarine ran at a speed of more than 50 knots during the middle of the battle.

"More than 50 knots?" Obama sat up straight, he almost jumped up, although Obama is not a soldier, but he is the president of the United States. Some basic common sense is still known, and of course he knows that the speed of the main heavy torpedo of the United States is only 55 knots. The opposing submarine has a speed of 50 knots. This means that the distance between the two submarines is more than 5 kilometers, and it is almost impossible to attack the other side, because the maximum attack distance of the torpedo is only more than 40 kilometers.

Although the signal caught in the middle was initially regarded as a torpedo, after summarizing the news, Kelso guessed that it might not be a torpedo. Because if it was a torpedo, the Mississippi should have automatically turned on the active sonar at that distance, but that thing didn't, but it quickly disappeared. If not a torpedo, then it's simple, except for the torpedo, there are only submarines under water.

Although it is difficult to imagine that a submarine has a speed of 50 knots, even a torpedo with a speed of 250 knots has appeared, so this technique is very simple to put on the body of the submarine.

"Yes! The speed of more than 50 knots, in fact, according to Jimmy. The maximum speed detected by the Carter is as high as 53 knots, and if it is at this speed, almost no ship torpedo can compare to the opponent's submarine, which means that even if the other side swaggers back and forth under our aircraft carrier battle group, we have nothing to do with each other, because our torpedoes have no way to catch up with each other. And not to mention that such a submarine can be described as a ghost in terms of noise, although the Seawolf class is not the latest, but the equipment on it has been updated, and Jimmy. The USS Carter is the last of the Seawolf class and arguably the most advanced attack nuclear submarine in the United States at the moment. The Carter carried a towed sonar without noticing the other party! And be approached by the other party! Chuck quickly debriefed Obama on the grim form.

"I think we have to revise our policy toward China." Chuck thought for a moment and spoke.

"How to modify? In this world, there is no room for two superpowers, and I think there is a saying in China that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and there is no other possible choice between us and China. Chris next to him didn't think about it and said directly.

"So what do you say? Will we continue to confront China? Or is it a direct war? Another military race? Chuck directly retorted that no one is a fool in what he is doing, and he naturally knows how huge the military competition is to consume a country's strength, and this is not the period of World War II, nor the Cold War period of the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Cold War period between the United States and the Soviet Union had historical inevitability, World War II had just ended, the United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers in the world, the Soviet Union had a vast territory and rich resources, and the same outstanding talents in the world, and the unique geographical location of the United States was not bad, plus the whole of Europe and Asia during that period was gloomy, so the Entente countries at that time were on the side of the United States.

Moreover, they were also full of vigilance against the Soviet Union, because the political constitution and so on displayed by the Soviet Union stimulated European capitalism too much, so those European countries did not dare to have too good relations with the Soviet Union, which led to the whole of Europe at that time standing on the united front with the United States.

But what about now? Although China's political system is actually from the Soviet Union, but China is different from the Soviet Union, the later period of the Soviet Union is actually no different from the period of Tsarist Russia, but although China is now a one-party dictatorship, I have to say that this country has gradually found its own way out, plus there is a trench between China and Europe, and more importantly, in Europe, no matter which country is extremely jealous of the Chinese, the historical Genghis Khan has too much influence on Europe.

This is also for what is the first scourge after Europe has strength and strength is China during the Qing government at that time, because Britain and these countries are afraid! Now China's national strength is obviously increasing rapidly, with the world's largest market, the world's second-largest human resources, and has also become the world's second-largest economic entity, and even continues to catch up with the United States, although there is still a distance from catching up with the United States, but China's economy is constantly making progress This is a fact.

Under such circumstances, the process of EU integration will be accelerated, will the EU stand on the same line as the United States? No way! Under such circumstances, if the United States dares to engage in an arms race with China, unless the United States is willing to directly detonate a nuclear war, then there will be only one result, that is, China and the United States will compete with each other, and the EU and Russia will benefit, and this will be the inevitable result, and the current international situation is different from that of World War II.

Chris also fell silent, "Okay, this is a long process, let's not talk about this, let's talk about our response first, now Mr. President, we need to find an excuse to gag the media, and secondly, we are afraid that we will urgently stop the construction of the third batch of Virginia-class attack nuclear submarines." Chris thought for a moment before speaking.

Obama rubbed his forehead with a headache, he felt a little unlucky, why did he take office for China to suddenly start rising? And the speed of the rise is so fast, people are dizzying, and even have a feeling of being caught off guard, too fast! Fast forward to the point where the U.S. government has not even begun to accelerate its own policies, and it feels as if it has been caught up by China.

"How do I find an excuse? China has already poked out the news in advance. "Obama thought about solving the most important things in front of him, and there was time for other things to be discussed.

"I think you need to have a direct phone call with the President of China, and we can discuss a result between the two sides on this matter, at least no matter what press conference we have, the Chinese side will not make trouble for us." Chris sorted out his thoughts, Chris's task is to become the brains of the president, and Chris's own thoughts can't be messed up at this time.

Obama nodded, "Okay, I see, I'm going to talk to China about this, what about the excuse?" What excuses do we use? "Obama is concerned about this now, and if this is not done well, maybe his position as president will be unstable." Let's just say that we are exercising, this is an exercise, we are testing a new type of weapon, because there was a little problem during the test, which caused the two submarines to have to rise urgently, anyway, China will not admit their new attack nuclear submarines, they will not send the handle to us. Chris thought about it and quickly came up with a solution. This requires Japan's cooperation. ”

"You go talk to Japan, I'll talk to China, get this matter done as soon as possible, we don't have time to waste time on this, Secretary Chuck, you discuss the impact of this matter with the Pentagon generals, I need to convene a joint meeting of the Chiefs of Staff as soon as possible, in addition, throw the last report on China's military strength and national defense into the trash, I need to see the latest one in the shortest possible time, give you a week's time." When Obama heard this, he immediately regained the calmness and decisiveness of the world's first president, and directly ordered.

"It's Mr. President!" Everyone present stood up sharply and said. (To be continued......)