Eight o'clock in the morning the next day.

Yuantou Yang, who was sitting at an altitude of 20,000 meters and eating breakfast, casually stretched out his sinful finger and pressed a button in front of him.

More than ten kilometers away in the cockpit of the cargo ship, the high-speed operation indicator of the diesel engine automatically lit up, at the same time the gear lever was driven by the suddenly extra servo motor to push up, the engine room had been maintaining a low-speed operation of the high-power diesel engine, in the dead silence like a ghost ship, suddenly issued a dull high-speed rotation sound, the power of rotation through the gear transmission of the reducer, through the main shaft to drive the brass propeller to rotate rapidly.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Not far away, on the cruiser Suvorov of the Soviet Navy, an officer looked blankly at the black smoke that began to rise from the chimney of the cargo ship.

"Andrey, what's going on with you there, and why did you start it?"

He grabbed the wireless phone and shouted inside.

However, there is no answer in it.

"Andrey, Andrey ......"

He shouted anxiously, but there was still no answer inside, Comrade Andrei was being tied up like a dumpling at this time, lying on the deck under the influence of the drunken agent, and he didn't know anything, of course it was impossible to answer him, and after discovering the abnormality, everyone, including the captain, came together.

"Send the flag, send the light signal, contact the headquarters to ask if they have been given an order to open the ship, if not, immediately order them to stop the ship."

The captain said without hesitation.

The flags and lights were all in place, but there was still no response from the cargo ship, and the reply from the fleet command came quickly, and no one gave the cargo ship an order to sail.

And by this time it was slowly moving.

Not only the Soviet fleet, but also the American fleet on the opposite side was also alarmed by this scene, on the two American heavy cruisers opposite it, the turrets quickly turned, the black hole hole gun muzzle was aimed at the cargo ship, and at the same time, the flags, light signals, radio stations and even loudspeakers on the ship began to repeat the warning.

Immediately after that, the distant Pentagon was also alarmed, McNamara, who had just gone to work, was instantly shocked into a cold sweat, and dialed the White House without hesitation, and Kennedy, who had also just walked into the office, stood up at once and immediately called someone to prepare a car and go straight to the Pentagon. Then more and more dignitaries of the United States were also alarmed by this terrible news, and then the embassies of various countries, and even the governments of major countries in the world, countless politicians and generals were disrupted by the start of this small cargo ship, and everyone realized that the time for the showdown has come, and the time to decide the fate of mankind has arrived, and whether the planet will continue to prosper or go to destruction, is about to be officially revealed.

But......

But why doesn't one of the protagonists know?

In the Kremlin, the bald man, who was taking a nap because of jet lag, was urgently woken up and immediately at a loss.

"Bastard, whoever gave the order, I will shoot him!"

After coming to his senses, he roared angrily.

"Comrade Khrushchev, no one gave the order, it started on its own, Comrade Kasatonov was calling to the ship, but there was no response, he had already ordered the Suvorov to intercept, but because of the distance, it was not necessarily possible to get to the front."

Malinovsky said.

"Stop, must stop, what about his helicopter, send a helicopter on board, arrest the crew, I'm going to shoot them!"

The bald man roared.

"Quick, call Yang Feng's phone for me."

Then he added.

No matter what the situation is, the most important thing now is to keep the communication channel with Kennedy open, and Yang Feng is the best intermediary.

In the Caribbean, Kasatonov was preparing to board a helicopter on the aircraft carrier Ukraine, and his reaction was certainly no slower than that of the bald man, in fact, he thought of everything that the bald man thought of.

In addition to him, four Mi-4 helicopters were spinning their propellers on the deck, and a large number of heavily armed Soviet soldiers were boarding the plane, ready to board the cargo ship directly to capture the crew. At this time, he could basically guess what was going on, it must be that the people on the ship were too enthusiastic and hot-headed, and they took it upon themselves to drive the ship to attack the blockade line of the Chinese people. There were quite a few young and radical factions in the Soviet army, and the events in West Berlin made them generally dissatisfied, and the current strength of the Soviet Union also made them ambitious, and their minds were full of the idea of planting the red flag all over the world and liberating all mankind. They are not afraid of the dead, life is just a number for them, just a sacrifice on the altar of ideals, as long as the ideal can be realized, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions can also be sacrificed.

Comrade Khrushchev's steadiness has long displeased them, and even disgusted them, and in this way, just like the staff officers of the Japanese state in the past, it is normal to force the top brass to make the decisions they want.

However, he is not a young man who is burned by the passion of life, he knows what it means, he knows that behind the sacrifice of every life is the pain of more people, after experiencing the cruel and bloody World War II, he does not want to light the fuse of a nuclear war, which will lead the world to destruction. As a high-level member of the Soviet military, he also knows very well how big the gap is between the strength of the two sides, once a nuclear war really starts, it is likely that the Soviet Union will be destroyed in the end rather than the United States, after all, the Soviet Union has a few nuclear bombs that can hit the United States, he is very clear.

"God willing!"

With a hint of fear, he drew a cross on his chest.

Indeed, he can only pray for God's blessing now, although as a veteran of the Hong Army with a strong faith, it seems a little inappropriate for him to ask God.

At this time, twenty kilometers away from him, the cargo ship was still moving forward, rushing straight to the interception line drawn by the United States, and there was a cruiser on each side of it that was slowly speeding up and cutting forward, because the start time was much later than it, and the acceleration of the steam turbine was already slow, so there was not much hope of successful interception. At this time, the Soviet commander of this formation was constantly calling the warning US ships to explain to them that there was a special situation here, but it was obvious that the commander of the US warship on the opposite side did not believe their explanation.

"They didn't give the order? Do you really think we're stupid? Who can be fooled by this little trick? ”

On the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise, the commander of the Second Fleet of the United States Navy said with a sneer.

"So what do we do?"

The chief of staff next to him asked.

"Doesn't the Pentagon have a new order?"

"Nope."

"Then order the ships to be ready, and as soon as the cargo ship crosses the interception line, they will open fire immediately, I hope they are not really crazy this time!"

The commander said.

The commanders of the Soviet front are about to cry, Nima, why don't anyone believe us when we tell the truth? In other words, he also knew that even if he was replaced, he would not believe such a mentally retarded explanation, who would believe that such a ridiculous thing would happen at such a time?

"Order the Suvorov to prepare missiles on board."

He gritted his teeth and ordered.

"Do we really have to go to war?"

His chief of staff said tremblingly.

"No, once the interception fails, and missiles are fired at the cargo ship, I have experienced a war, and I don't want to risk hundreds of millions of lives again."

The commander said through gritted teeth.

"But ......"

The chief of staff kindly but, reminding him that if he did this, he would have to go to court-martial, after all, this cargo ship has a special mission, and the whole world is watching it, and no one knows whether Comrade Khrushchev will be furious and then shoot him very simply.

If he did this, Comrade Khrushchev would understand his painstaking efforts, but if he did not understand, he would have to be dragged out to shoot at the target.

"Prepare first, wait for my orders!"

He then said.

The chief of staff saluted with reverence, and then sent an order to the Suvorov, which was in a triple Styx missile launch box on the starboard side in the center, and a Styx missile was immediately ready for launch, and the target was directly aimed at the cargo ship less than 500 meters away.

At this time, the latter was also less than 500 meters away from the interception line, and on the other side of it was the Kutuzov, which was also pursuing and intercepting, and the three ships were constantly closing the distance, and they were also constantly approaching the interception line.

At this time, the helicopter group led by Kasatonov also appeared, but because of the distance, it was obvious that he could not reach before the cargo ship broke into the interception line.

Fortunately, at this time, the commander of the US ship on the opposite side also saw that there was a problem, after all, if it was acting, then this scene would be too real, especially the two cruisers, at their current speed, it is very likely that they will collide with the cargo ship after crossing the interception line, even if they suddenly turn, there is also a danger of impact, not to mention that with the speed and course of the cargo ship, it is impossible to turn away even if it is so close, and it is useless to even stop the ship, inertia will still let it cross the interception line.

This is purely playing with fate, the play is not played like this.

He immediately reported this strange situation to the commander of the fleet, who also frowned when he received the report, and at this time the Soviet side was still explaining it by radio, and his tone sounded extremely earnest, not as if it were fake. But whether it's true or not, he was given the order to fire as soon as he entered the interception line, so what about firing or not now? If you open fire, there will be a world war, the end of the world, one megaton nuclear bomb after another will continue to fall on the land of the United States, New York, Washington, Chicago and countless other familiar names will disappear, and hundreds of millions of lives will be reduced to ashes, which ......

It's just too hard to choose.

"Doesn't the Pentagon have a new order yet?"

He asked with a solemn expression.

"Nope."

said the chief of staff.

How could the Pentagon react so quickly, when Kennedy had not yet crossed the Potomac River, and how could McNamara himself dare to make other major decisions.

"What the hell are these bastards doing?"

The commander of the U.S. fleet said with a frown.

"Less than a hundred meters from the interception line!"

The chief of staff said with the phone.

"Fifty meters."

Then he added. (To be continued.) )