Chapter 221: Clapper
Moscow, this March is cold.
The shooting down of the Korean Air airliner is being widely publicized by the West, which has had a very unfavorable impact on the Soviet Union's diplomacy, after all, the Soviet Union's international reputation is not good, and now it dares to shoot down a civilian airliner, causing hundreds of deaths.
Now, in South Korea, there are demonstrations almost every day, circling around the Soviet embassy, and even throwing rotten eggs, in this regard, the guards of the Soviet embassy also took out their guns and shot them as long as they dared to take a step.
Fortunately, nothing more out of the ordinary happened.
And in Moscow, which is also a country where there are constantly people who have died, come to demand reparations, and the diplomatic department is very busy, and in such a situation, the top of the Soviet Union has to calm down.
Ustinov is very annoyed, this world is to see whose fists are hard, it is useless to say anything to them, you have to look at your own fists!
It doesn't matter whether the airliner is a passenger plane or a reconnaissance plane, and now, something more important awaits them.
"One of the Tomcat fighters of the Americans, who actually flew over our Sakhalin Island with great swagger, and also shot down five of our planes by the way, I want to know, what are the Far Eastern Territorial Defense Forces doing?"
Ustinov, of course, was angry, and when this report was put on his side, he was already out of anger, and it was simply a disgrace to the Soviets!
The other side only had one, but five of them were shot down, and even let the other side run away, although things did not deteriorate further, but this result was a slap in the face.
"The main thing is that our fighters are all third-generation aircraft, and before our fourth-generation aircraft are not in service, there is a generation gap between our fighters and American fighters." said the commander of the Territorial Defense Forces.
The Soviet Union also divided the generations of fighters, but the division of the Soviet Union was different from that of the United States, and the planned T10 series belonged to the fourth generation aircraft.
How can you win if you skip the level? At present, the Soviets are constantly improving in electronic technology, but the gap between them and the Americans is still very large.
"Don't mention the issue of equipment, we have to base ourselves on the existing equipment, if the defenders of the entire Sakhalin Island can't cope with even a Tomcat, how will our operation to seize the island be carried out?"
In order to create a good situation for the Far East and to allow the Pacific Fleet to obtain an excellent port, the General Secretary and the Politburo have approved the operation to seize the island.
And the army, which has been preparing for at least half a year, is stationing troops on Sakhalin, transferring naval ships from other military districts into the Pacific Fleet, and so on.
The downing of the Korean Air airliner, in essence, was also a matter of secrecy, and the tank division above, once discovered by the Americans, would definitely be suspicious.
In order to keep secrets, and even braved the condemnation of the world, even the passenger plane was shot down, who would have thought that it would be patronized by a Tomcat fighter.
Needless to say? Your own tank division has been exposed.
Now that it's exposed, what do you do next? Ustinov's mind was a little confused.
Still can't do it?
"We need to continue to mobilize air power from Primorye." The commander of the Territorial Defense Force continued: "At present, only the MiG-25 can restrain the Americans, and we must transfer the MiG-25 troops over, and if we cannot seize air supremacy, then our ground operations will be very dangerous." ”
The current air power is not enough, if there were MiG-25s on Sakhalin at that time, it would not be so passive, that kind of Tomcat fighter, it is really terrible, the performance is simply invincible!
Although the MiG-25 is no longer so mysterious because of Belenko's defection, it is still a fighter that can fly up to three times the speed of sound, and it is still the most effective weapon in the hands of the Territorial Defense Force.
Or what else? The MiG-23 is not powerful!
"Well, move the MiG-25 troops over." Ustinov said: "However, after this reconnaissance, they must have taken precautions!" ”
Ustinov was annoyed by this, the Americans found out that they had deployed a large number of troops on Sakhalin, so they must have taken precautions, so what should they do next? Still fighting?
If you want to fight, you can only fight as soon as possible, take them by surprise, let them have no time to arrange, or they can only give up, and a war in the Far East, in which they have made a painful determination, will actually end like this, and it will already end before it begins.
No, of course not! It is necessary to fight, especially today, the Tomcat fighters of the Americans, entering their own airspace, arrogantly leaving, this is an excuse, a good excuse!
Get you back! Five planes were shot down and several pilots were killed, and the Americans had the audacity to take the initiative to provoke a war, so what were they afraid of?
"It was reported that the meteorological department received information that Kushiro will have continued heavy fog in recent days."
It was at this time that Ustinov received the same information.
Persistent fog? That's great news!
Ustinov's eyes flashed with light: "Then let's start with Kushiro!" ”
There are many plans for the island seizure operation, and starting from Kushiro is one of them, although it is bold, although it sounds bizarre, but it is the most effective one.
Now, Kushiro is foggy, then start from Kushiro, be quick, before the Americans react, the army has already arrived!
Ustinov made a decision, and the huge Soviet war machine was set in motion.
Triggering a Third World War? Ustinov didn't think so much, the core of the island-seizing operation was to fight a quick victory, take Hokkaido before the Americans reacted, create established facts, and then sit down to negotiate.
The island country, that was the defeated country in World War II, according to the rules of division and occupation of the defeated country, the Soviet Union should have stationed troops in the island country, but it was a pity that the eyes were on Western Europe at that time, and the Far East was too small to cross the sea to occupy the island country, so the Americans took advantage.
Now, the Soviets are only taking back their share, which is not excessive.
Sokolovka.
When Andrei returned to his base, he learned that he had been appointed commander of the base, and the restoration of his eyes also made many pilots feel happy about it.
After intense preparations, Andrei was finally able to fly his fighter again, soaring above the blue sky, the MiG-25, like a meteor, shining in the sky, before the new fighter was born, it was still the most powerful fighter.
And now, having received an order from his superiors, the entire 513 regiment began to quickly transfer to Sakhalin, and Andrey knew that this transfer would indicate that a fierce war was about to begin.