Chapter 301: Unpredictable Accidents
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Just when Lake thought that Ulyanovsk would be the first to equip the Northern Fleet, a ruthless fact slapped the newly appointed national security adviser in a resounding slap, and the Soviet Union announced in a high-profile manner at the press conference that they would take the lead in putting Ulyanovsk into service with the Pacific Fleet, providing ocean-going platform support and guarantee for the Soviet Union's interests in the Far East Pacific. The subtext is that the good days for the Yankees to dominate the Pacific Ocean are coming to an end.
This is just like when the White House press secretary said that China would never succeed in developing nuclear weapons, but it didn't take long for China to spread the news that nuclear weapons had been successfully developed.
Moreover, it was announced to everyone at the press conference that the Soviet Union would soon start the construction of the Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carrier again, which meant that the Soviet Union would speed up the construction of aircraft carriers until the aircraft carrier force was rapidly increased to a level that competed with the United States. It seems that the Soviet Union wants to return to the old path of the arms race, but in fact it is Moscow's deliberate misinformation and propaganda to create a panic about the re-emergence of the Soviet Union and to allow the United States to continue to build the Nimitz. The Star Wars propaganda plan of the year was reused in the United States itself.
However, in this way, the relations between the Soviet Union and Japan began to be tense again, after all, in addition to the existence of South Korea, which is a soy sauce, Japan is the most important watchdog of the United States in Asia. It's just that the Americans strangled the guard dog's neck tightly, for fear that if it lost control, it would instantly change from a harmless Akita to an extremely ferocious bull terrier.
The most difficult problem for Japan is in front of them. Japan has only Kongo-class destroyers. Of course, this kind of thing is nothing at all in front of the behemoth Ulyanovsk. It's as ridiculous as a child holding a wooden stick and gesturing in front of an adult.
General Sheffield, commander-in-chief of the US forces stationed in Japan, regarded the Soviet Union's move as a major provocation against Japan, and he even asked the secretary of defense to make the US naval fleet in Japan once again trigger a crisis of confrontation in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
"What does it mean for Ulyanovsk to serve in the Pacific Fleet? This meant that the Soviets' navy would be able to reach any part of the sea they wanted, regardless of the constraints of power fuel, in any time and space. These people are no longer satisfied with tossing around in the waters of Okhotsk, they want to get out and go further. To the Aleutian Islands, to the Gulf of Alaska, the rapidly expanding ambitions of the Red Empire will eventually break our position to maintain world order. ”
Sheffield's words are very beautiful. It is clear that it is the Americans who have done evil all over the world and caused the people to suffer, but in turn, it has become the Soviet Union that is undermining the world protection circle set up by the Americans.
"But the request for the military exercise will not necessarily be approved, because the previous confrontation has prevented the Americans from stepping down in front of everyone in the world." Defense Secretary Aspin still remembers how the fleets of the United States and the Soviet Union were helpless under the Soviet Union's schematic strategic bombers during the Falklands exercise.
"Then you just wait for the United States to make a scandal in front of the whole world in the USSR, oh no. Don't blame me for not reminding you then, this was a false start. If we had not created contradictions for these people, then the Soviet Union would have advanced further, and its strength would gradually grow until it reached a level where it could rival the American fleet. ”
Although As-Ping really wanted to say that you still swallowed your anger during the Falklands confrontation back then. But on second thought, the friendly U.S. Secretary of Defense explained, "The Soviet Union now has nothing more than a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier." And as long as we continue to maintain the superiority of the Nimitz class, they will not be able to have a stronger military strength than us in a short period of time. ”
After putting down the phone, Aspine turned to President Mario and said, "Is this operation even going to be hidden from the commander in Japan?" Didn't let the world know about our existence until the last minute? ”
"Yes, until the last moment, this plan is all confidential." Mario exhaled. He had considered this decision when he made it, and he had to give the Soviet side a warning to let them know that the entire Pacific Ocean was the territory of our Americans, and that it was not something that you, a land power, could infringe on.
"We want to let the whole world know who the real boss is by sending four carrier battle groups to the Sea of Okhotsk at the same time, and Congress has also approved a budget for a new Nimitz-class ship, and counting the one aircraft carrier under construction, we have the strength of eight carrier battle groups."
The CVN75 Truman had already started construction in November last year, so if another ship was built, it would be far behind the Soviet Union's naval construction, and so far, the United States is still the only one.
Aspin thought about it for a while, and was ready to pull another country into the water as well, "Pull in the four Kongo-class destroyers of the Japanese as our frigates, so that the interests of the United States and Japan will be truly tied together." After all, we are inseparable allies in East Asia. ”
"Don't forget South Korea, he is also our friend. Didn't they buy a Kiev-class aircraft carrier from the Soviet Union before, and now it can be used. "Mario is ready to hold a huge strategic exercise to bring his friends in East Asia together, right in the waters of Okhotsk, on the doorstep of the Soviet Union.
In August 1981, the U.S. Navy conducted its first exercise on the forward deployment strategy proposed by the USS Eisenhower Strike Group, which was advancing toward the North Sea. During this exercise, the battle group of the USS Eisenhower advanced to the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk, the core of the Soviet military, while the Soviet bombers at that time were intercepted by carrier-based aircraft and electronic jamming systems, but did not enter the anti-ship missile firing position. This was a disgrace to the Soviet Union.
Mario snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, walked to the window and opened the window, so that the air in the cloudy room was as fresh as possible, he turned to Minister Asping and said, "What we need to do now is to inform the Japanese and South Korean naval leaders as soon as possible to set the date for this secret exercise, we don't need to conduct a live-fire exercise, just let the Soviet Union see the strength of the United States, and then the whole world will look at us." In particular, it is important to make the countries of the Middle East understand who is worth investing in. (To be continued.) )