"The situation is very different now than it was 10 years ago, when our allies were Eastern European countries, so we could protect them, but now whether it is Sudan in Africa or Indonesia in Southeast Asia, we are relatively far away, and in this case, we must give them some resistance on their own, at least so that we can have time to support. "Serov particularly emphasized this point, which is actually very important, because Syria, which was isolated in later generations, relied on the thousands of tanks given to it by the Soviet Union during the Cold War to resist in the first two years before it proved that it was not Adou, and finally received assistance from Russia, which has been weakened to the extreme."www.biquge.info

So don't look at some tanks that are no longer advanced, and even after the T64 went into production, it already looks a little backward. But there is a complete difference between having and not being, Soviet weapons have always been suitable for mass production, and they are slightly worse than those of the United States alone. The number of the two sides is not the same, the number of tanks in the Soviet Union is three or four times that of the other side all the year round, the quality advantage of Western Europe is not capable of smoothing out this quantitative gap, all NATO planes take off to bomb the Soviet tank cluster, shoot all the bombs, the remaining tanks of the Soviet Union can still bulldoze Europe.;

"Actually, there is no need to be so extreme for the time being, I think that 100,000 tanks in our country plus the allies are enough. With a little bit of speed, we could get there in 10 years. After making the final summary, the parties sat down and waited for the opinions of others, Serov was just a proposal, and whether it could be implemented or not still depended on Ustinov.

In fact, it mainly depends on whether Ustinov can straighten out the progress of military production, and the attitude of the marshals of the Ministry of Defense present is not important, and they all agree with any idea of increasing the strength of the Red Army.

"Although it is relatively stressful, it can still be completed, so I will plan it and see if the progress can catch up." Ustinov thought for a moment, and when he answered, he did not say anything to death.

Soviet détente, domestic economic reforms, and the arms race were all going on at the same time. From the very first days of the Soviet Union, this catch-up pace of doing several things at the same time has always existed. After all, external pressure has always existed, and there is no chance for the country to slowly accumulate little by little.

If China's military development in later generations was a small step, then the Soviet Union could say that this strategy was a big stride because the enemy was more powerful than China's. At the risk of catching up with the United States at any time, the arms race must be carried out, the Soviet Union has no qualifications for peaceful development, this is not a matter for one country, and the Soviet Union must hold on to all its allies. Instead of managing the country's affairs like China.

It is necessary to reach a position of military balance with the United States, and this is the common decision of the entire Central Presidium. Probably this is the plan of all the other commissioners, except for Kosygin's reservations, to close the gap in military power between the two sides while the United States is in a quagmire, which is as important as developing the domestic economy.

Then this should not only arm yourself, but also the armament of all allies. At the subsequent meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, Brezhnev, after soliciting broad consent, approved Ustinov's program for the development of armaments, which was certain, Brezhnev needed the support of the army. Otherwise, he, the first secretary, is a weak secretary.

"I think that once this plan is completed, we can maintain the balance of air force while maintaining the superiority of the army, and we can greatly narrow the gap between the two navies, and the short-term goal is to build an army with 80 percent of the strength of the US Navy." Ustinov said eloquently, "A global navy is inevitable. This is what I and Marshal Gorshkov and I shared, that our navy must have the ability to conduct a full-scale operation with half of the US aircraft carriers at the same time. Tear open the course and let our powerful nuclear submarine formations go deep into the ocean. ”

"So this not only needs to improve the strength of the Navy, but also needs to provide sufficient air cover for the Navy's operations at sea, we need a group of heavy bombers that penetrate the defense, the relevant basic reserves and plans, the Tupolev Design Bureau has been handed over to me, I think there is no problem, with the strength of the heavy bomber group and the Red Navy, it is completely possible to fight head-on with the US Navy." Ustinov said very confidently, "Together with our submarine force, we will definitely have the strength to fight." ”

"For all-out warfare, we need a navy that can die with the U.S. Navy. Truth be told, this definition is unfair to the Navy, but it is true. Serov sighed and took Ustinov's words and said, "Under this strategic consideration, the mission of the Red Navy is to take the initiative to attack, to strike first in the battle with the US Navy, and to attack first with heavy missiles before the US aircraft carrier formation aircraft arrive." Then the Red Navy could only wait for death, a very sad strategy. ”

Hearing Ustinov's words, Serov knew as soon as he thought about it that this kind of heavy bomber covering the Red Navy's attack should be the Tu-22 backfire bomber that caused strong pressure on China during the Cold War.

"But this is also a helpless thing, as long as our Red Navy can ensure that it dies together with the US Navy, it is equivalent to contributing to the victory of other branches of the military, we border Europe, the United States and Europe are across the Atlantic, without the escort of the Navy, the United States is completely unable to support Europe." Ustinov's answer was very unmoved, and in the consideration of all-out war, the mission of the Soviet Navy was to sacrifice and exchange lives for the weakest branch of the Soviet Union and the strongest branch of the United States.

In accordance with this guiding ideology, while continuing to build its underwater nuclear fleet, the Red Navy also began to vigorously build large surface ships and long-range aviation units carrying various types of anti-ship missiles. In Nikolaevsk, Leningrad and Komsomolsk in the Far East, nuclear submarines and large surface ships stepped off the slipway.

While the scale of the Red Navy continued to rise, the Red Navy's various tactical tactics also began to take shape. In view of the large number of ships in the US aircraft carrier formation and the strong survivability of large and medium-sized ships, the Red Navy has specially tailored the tactics of simultaneously adopting a salvo of multiple supersonic anti-ship missiles to attack in an attempt to paralyze the air defense system of the US fleet by firing multiple missiles at the same time. The specific tactical means are as follows: First, the first wave of missiles will be used to focus on attacking missile cruisers and destroyers in aircraft carrier formations that are carrying out regional air defense, so that the enemy will lose the ability to use ship-to-air missiles to carry out regional air defense; The second wave of missiles focused on the aircraft carrier, striving to render it incapacitated or sink it.

"I agreed in principle to about 60 large military projects involving all branches of the military, including new tanks for the Army, the construction of the Navy, strategic bombers for the Air Force, and transport aircraft for the Airborne Forces. There is also the army building of Iraq, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt, and Syria. Ustinov took out his report and put it on the table, leaving the final decision in the hands of the Presidium of the Central Committee.

"I agree that it has been more than seven years since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the achievements of the construction of the Red Navy are obvious to all, our navy is already qualified enough to occupy a place in the ocean, and without a strong navy in many places, our power radiation will not be enough." Serov was the first to vote in favor, and this performance is already surprising. At the meetings of the Presidium of the CPC Central Committee, he either did not attend ordinary meetings on issues such as economic development, party organization building, army building, social security, and so on.

It's not that he wants to do this, but as a security officer, Serov must refrain from interfering in the work of others. Beria's grave grass was three feet tall, and he didn't want to learn from this previous experience.

"We have to respect the opinions of the Marshals of the Ministry of Defense, they are professional soldiers, and besides, as a security officer, Yura thinks it is feasible, then there is no problem at all." Brezhnev and Kirilenko glanced at each other, and did not forget to pull Serov's statement as his basis.

Then a breakthrough was made in the Kremlin for this huge military development program, which was considered huge from any point of view.

The commander of the Navy, Marshal Gorshkov, was the first to get the news, and in his speech a few days later, he could not hide his excitement, shouting at hundreds of admirals, "Red Navy, march to the open sea." ”

"We're going to put bayonets on the chests of the Americans, and we're going to send them all to the bottom with missiles before the planes of the carrier battle group arrive." Marshal Gorshkov did not hide in any way that the global presence of the Soviet Navy was approaching.

After World War II, the U.S. Navy finally ushered in a real challenge, and the Soviet Red Navy, with a sickle and hammer flag flying on the bow, was ready to make its voice heard for the first time. Soon a number of American newspapers ridiculed the challenge of the Soviet Red Navy, "Let's see if this fleet is really possible as our opponent." ”

However, compared with the optimism of the media, the U.S. Navy, as an adversary, rarely did not use fierce rhetoric, but looked cautiously at its opponents, and more than 20 years after the end of World War II, the generals of the U.S. Navy felt the threat of a thorn in their backs for the first time when they set their eyes on the world's largest country.

"I think around next year, we can consider holding a full-fledged combat exercise to test our results, covering four oceans and seven important sea areas. In fact, we can also consider returning to Guantanamo Bay and establishing the Caribbean Fleet. "Marshal Gorshkov thought of that important port.

"Unless we can defeat the U.S. Navy head-on, we should not consider that port." Serov thought for a while and still felt that he was waiting, the Soviet Red Navy should be four hundred to seven hundred in terms of the number of ships, but slightly more than half of the United States. This ratio cannot be said to be able to be exploited at Guantanamo. (To be continued.) )