Chapter 337: America's Response

"We guard the working class, and we ask who in the world can be the enemy! From the coast of Britain to Siberia, hey the Red Army was the strongest in the world. For the cause of justice, the passionate workers are gathered into an independent force, invincible and indestructible! It's the union of workers and peasants! Poor Chinese, unfortunate Indians, look hopefully at our alliance, from the British coast to Siberia, hey the strongest Red Army in the world. ”

Serov, who frequently toasted with his comrades, unconsciously sang a military song in the depths of his feelings, and it immediately turned into a chorus. The most powerful early version of the Red Army, and the most internationalist. The original intention of the early establishment of the Soviet Union is vividly expressed in this song, and the whole song is full of atmosphere, and not a single sentence is nationalistic. Singing this song is also to let these anti-rebel workers know that the Soviet Union's current adventure is entirely aimed at helping Cuba in the third world not to be invaded by the Americans, and it can fully stand on its feet in the international arena.

After singing the last sentence of "The Red Army is the strongest, Ula ......", the tsunami-like sound of Ula resounded through the canteen.

"Go ahead, scare the Americans into peeing their pants, and the anti-rebel workers are fearless!" Serov took a sip of vodka and shouted.

"I am proud to be a rebel worker, our mission, to sniff out and eradicate traitors!" The agitated anti-rebel workers raised their right hands and clenched them into fists, giving solemn assurances as if they had entered the KGB on the first day.

If the Americans could deploy nuclear missiles in the neighboring countries of the Soviet Union, why couldn't the Soviet Union do the same in Cuba, the reason why today's confrontation has arisen is entirely self-inflicted on you Americans. Serov watched Fleet A leave port and turned around and boarded the train back to Moscow.

The USSR would make such a move today because the USSR was qualified and capable of resisting, if not capable. At most, there will be two protests through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then when nothing has happened, they will be threatened by default.

At the same time that Serov sent away Fleet A from the Baltic, the Pacific Fleet of the USSR also had its own maneuvers in the Sea of Okhotsk, launching a Styx anti-ship missile from land on a good day when the sea conditions were good, and the anti-ship missile with a nuclear warhead accurately hit the abandoned steamer at sea. This, of course, has the advantage of good sea conditions, no interference, the huge size of the ship, and so on. But it also proves that anti-ship missiles are not incapacitated.

The results of the exercises were soon sent to the commander of the Navy, Marshal Gorshkov. Serov, who had just returned to Moscow, heard about this and went directly to the Ministry of Defense, and he was certainly entitled to read the telegram. Serov could even spy on Khrushchev if he wanted to.

"It seems that the results are not bad, anti-ship missiles do have combat capabilities. But today's technology is not enough! "Marshal Gorshkov, who was holding the telegram, was not deceived by the results of the experiment, and it was okay to deal with the navies of ordinary countries, and it was definitely a food delivery to the US navy, but it did not seem to be completely impossible to resist around Cuba.

"Technology will develop, and we have no choice but to come up with something of our own for a short time with traditional aircraft carriers! It's good to be in the right direction! I believe that now the Americans also know about our nuclear tests. "It is impossible to hide such a big move from the United States. The Soviet adversaries had precise equipment to detect the nuclear test. I don't know if the other side has made an assessment of this situation, this is only a part of the preparations of the Soviet Union, even if it is nuclear blackmail, it is necessary to make a serious appearance, and sooner or later the bottom will leak through with just lip service.

On the question of the Soviet Union to break through in the event of a blockade by the US Navy, Marshal Gorshkov gave the following arrangement: N-class nuclear submarines were responsible for breaking through the blockade line, and conventional submarines were cruising in the Atlantic. Do not enter the area of the US blockade line. Because the Soviet nuclear submarines have just begun to start, they have a certain nature of crossing the river by feeling the stones. An unlikely scenario has arisen in which the first generation of N-class nuclear submarines alone are not as powerful as conventional submarines from an operational point of view. Conventional submarines can currently be equipped with submarine-launched missiles, while N-class nuclear submarines can't until they are refitted.

"Although there are some helpless elements, there are also good aspects, we know that the combat capabilities of N-class nuclear submarines are underground, but the Americans do not know!" Serov is a natural optimist, persuading. "Let the N-class nuclear submarines with higher breakthrough capabilities and the US Navy play hide-and-seek, and conventional submarines arrive at the launch site outside the blockade circle to prepare for ......"

"Old Ivan's command and combat does not have such a cunning style, who did you learn from this style of deceiving at any time!" Marshal Gorshkov smiled helplessly with a pen, from the very beginning to the present, this little guy threw one trap after another, so that the Cuban Missile Crisis was full of deception from the time when it was not fermenting.

"Isn't that what we do!" Serov spread his hands. "The first is to deceive others, the second is to prevent the other party from cheating, and the third is to deceive others while preventing the other party from deceiving ......"

What is this, a few days ago Serov sent a telegram to the Cuban side, pulling out 114,000 criminals who were already in Cuba, including the legal bandit group, in their military uniforms at the right time. They must have been glad to find out that the Soviet Union had 200,000 troops in Cuba. Serov will not remember this kind of deception in detail, since he entered the KGB to work there are too many now.

There would have been no fake factories in the USSR, and if there were, it would have been the KGB. In fact, a large part of the factories under the KGB are counterfeiting, and the KGB is copying all kinds of fakes as long as they are profitable. But the KGB will never be sold to its own people, and this kind of ethics as a law enforcement agency still needs to be there, and Serov has always been very careful about this matter.

Inside a concealed room, under various instruments, CIA agents were nervously rinsing the photographs taken by the U2 reconnaissance plane from Cuba, all of which were very clear thanks to the advanced technology of the United States in this area.

"What is this?" The agent who developed it suddenly took out one of the photos, compared it carefully, took the photo to the next room in shock, and shouted to the colleague who was calling, "Look what this is?" ”

"Huh?" The person who saw the photo put down the phone, carefully identified it, suddenly returned to his desk, opened the drawer, took out a photo for comparison, and asked, "This was taken from Cuba?" ”

After waiting for an affirmative answer, he took out the photo in the empty drawer for everyone to see, and said in disbelief, "The SS4 medium-range ballistic missile, I saw it during the military parade on Red Square, and I took a picture of it, how can the Soviets do this, how dare they make such a move, are they preparing for a nuclear war with us, the United States?" ”

No one answered him, and everyone was shocked when they heard the news, and the whole room was silent for a long time.

A few hours later, the photograph appeared in the White House and was handed to Kennedy as evidence of the Soviet Union's deployment of offensive weapons in Cuba, where Kennedy had recently been busy preparing for the congressional election, and was also a little uneasy about Marilyn Monroe's disappearance, as some people said it had something to do with him.

But Kennedy never expected that he, who had just returned to the White House today, would receive a large gift package from the Soviet Union, which was so big that no other country except the United States dared to accept it.

"Call the Secretary of State, the Chairman of the Joint Staff, the Attorney General, the FBI and the CIA Director, something important is happening!" Kennedy took a deep breath.

Looking at this photo, Kennedy had an indescribable feeling that something was in big trouble during his tenure. I saw only one, but how many didn't I see? How many of the nuclear missiles stored inside the building are not seen by the United States. Just thinking deeply about this question has the effect of scaring you.

After a while, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and the door was pushed open. Taylor, his brother Attorney General Kennedy, FBI Director Hoover, CIA Director John? Alex? McCollyn, Secretary of State Dean? Rusk, as well as commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

"Gentlemen, we were deceived, the missiles that the USSR delivered to Cuba were not anti-aircraft missiles. Rather, ballistic missiles. Kennedy took out the photo and passed it to the crowd and said, "SS4 intermediate-range ballistic missiles, each of which can carry a multi-million ton nuclear warhead against the United States......

"This is war, the Soviets are crazy and dare to do this!" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell? Taylor slammed the photo on the table and said, "The Air Force must be dispatched immediately to blow up this missile base that threatens the United States!" ”

"But we must first figure out how many missiles there are, and not with a mouth!" FBI Director Hoover said coldly, "If we don't have to solve the problem in the future, what if there are other places?" Can the Air Force guarantee that all missiles will be destroyed at once? If there are missiles that have slipped through the net, who will be responsible for this? ”

"First of all, we have to get rid of this threat, I agree Maxwell? Taylor's opinion! These communists must be made to know that going against us will not end well! "Secretary of State, Dean? Rusk expressed his support for the attitude of the military.

"After sending a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the whole of Cuba, we need to know how many missiles are aimed at us, and the military will quickly evaluate the preemptive strike plan to see how much chance we have of eliminating the threat!" Kennedy quickly summed up the crowd's thoughts and ordered, "First of all, in secret, concentrate military forces to the southeast, but don't make it public, I want to talk to our allies and enlist the support ......of NATO allies." )