In the past month, the United States and Russia have also secretly deployed troops, Russia has frequently conducted military exercises in its western region, and US warships are also hurrying to the vicinity of the Black Sea, and above the Black Sea, the Russian Black Sea Fleet is already waiting for it.

Everyone is waiting for the Crimean referendum, and no one knows where things will go, whether the Western world, led by the United States, will let the Crimean referendum go smoothly, and when the results of the Crimean referendum come, whether the Western world will be indifferent, waiting for economic sanctions, or whether it will directly start a war with Russia, no one can give a positive answer.

Although most people believe that the result of the referendum in Crimea will inevitably be to join the Russian Federation, which is determined by ethnic Russians, who make up more than half of the population of Crimea, and Ukraine has been harsh on Crimea over the years, even non-Russian people hope that they can live a better life after joining the Russian Federation.

The result of the Crimean referendum is not unexpected, it will inevitably join the Russian Federation, and this is not recognized by the United States and the Western world, so the next thing depends on Russia's reaction, if Russia also does not recognize the result of the Crimean referendum, then naturally nothing will happen next.

But this will have a great impact on Russia's international credibility, you know, Russia is a federation, he has a lot of younger brothers, you give up this, who knows when you will give up on them, so Russia will inevitably recognize the results of the Crimean referendum and admit Crimea.

Many have assumed that even if they go so far, the United States and Europe will inevitably engage in military redeployments, threaten economic sanctions, and diplomatic isolation.

The Black Sea is so big, the US and European armies will carry out military exercises, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet will also carry out military exercises; over the years, frictions between the US and Russian military exercises have emerged one after another, and it is even more common for fighters to approach and reconnoitre.

Once it comes to military exercises, once it goes off the rails, once a larger conflict breaks out, then war is not far off.

If you add some people with special intentions to sow discord at this time, then it is very likely that the war will break out directly.

Ling Xiao received a call from Tony Stark from New York the next morning, and the U.S. Department of Defense hoped that the Avengers would send appropriate personnel to monitor this military standoff that could lead to World War III, because they already knew about the mutant meddling.

According to information from outside the CIA, in addition to Emma Foster's trip to a military resort outside Moscow, Sebastian Shaw also personally rushed to the Russian Ministry of Defense near Red Square to meet with the defense minister again.

It was after that meeting that the Russian side officially launched large-scale military exercises, and there was even information that on some nuclear submarines of the Black Sea Fleet, nuclear missiles were already ready to be used, and the CIA was worried that it was precisely because of the intervention of these mutants that the incident would go uncontrollable.

In addition to the shockwave of the Mutant Academy, the Kraken and the Beast, Wolverine Logan and Storm Girl Auroro also rushed to London, and they had to guard against not only Sebastian Shaw, but also Magneto, who had been hiding in the shadows.

For Magneto, killing Sebastian Shaw is the first priority, but if the number of mutants on Earth can be increased on a large scale at the same time, although a nuclear war may bring huge casualties to humanity, how can he care? It's not the first time he's done something like this.

So when the manpower was ready, Ling Xiao immediately flew the butterfly plane to Ukraine, rushed to Crimea, especially the first line of the confrontation between the United States and Russia, the Black Sea.

The Crimean referendum officially began at 8 a.m. local time in Crimea, 2 p.m. Beijing time, 6 a.m. London time, and 5 a.m. New York time.

About 50 observers from more than 21 countries, including the United States, Israel, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece, have registered with the Electoral Commission to attend the referendum.

In order to ensure the normal and smooth conduct of the referendum, the Crimean side invested more than 15,000 security personnel.

Official figures show that there are about 1.96 million people in Crimea, including children under the age to vote. More than 1.52 million voters qualified for the referendum.

In addition to the military confrontation between the U.S. Navy fleet and the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the Black Sea, the Pirikop Isthmus in the northern part of the Crimean Peninsula, which is the main communication route between the main mainland of Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, has been set up by the Ukrainian government and the Crimean authorities respectively, and a large number of military forces have been deployed near the checkpoints.

On the side of the checkpoint set up by the Ukrainian government, army soldiers strictly checked vehicles coming from the direction of Crimea. Several armoured vehicles were parked in the woods next to the outpost. In the wilderness in the distance, soldiers rest in trenches, in which several tanks are suspected to be hidden.

On the side of the checkpoint set up by the Crimean authorities, the Croatian police, the Golden Eagle special forces and the Self-Defense Forces are in charge of guarding. Not only do they check the documents of every passing vehicle, but the heavily armed officers on duty also enter the vehicle to search it. In addition, armoured vehicles were parked on both sides of the checkpoint.

The atmosphere of war is getting thicker and thicker, and no one knows when a shot will suddenly go off, and then directly trigger a war.

They don't care about the situation on land at all, the Ukrainian side and the Crimean side, even if the shooting triggers a large-scale conflict, but what can it be, whether it is the Klans or the Crimeans people, no matter how many dead or wounded they are, they will not decide the real direction of the situation.

And the forces that can really affect the situation are at sea, the combined fleet of the United States and European Navy, the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as long as one of the two fleets can't help it, and a missile is issued, then what awaits them at the next moment is likely to be a salvo of 10,000 bullets, and the third world war will start.

On this day on the Black Sea, everyone held their breath, and the heavy pressure was so heavy that people couldn't breathe, and Ling Xiao and his party did not land on the American and European fleets, but landed on a reef in the north of the center of the two fleets.

The area of the reef was not large enough, but Ling Xiao fell first, and a thick layer of ice with a radius of 40 meters had been established around this reef, and Ling Xiao even erected a half-meter-high ice wall on the edge of the ice, so as not to accidentally slide down again.

Storm Lady Auroro threw a blanket directly from the plane, the blanket was spread directly on the ice, and the next moment, several people had already fallen from the plane, and the plane was parked on the edge of the ice.

The referendum officially began at 8 a.m. local time and will end at 8 p.m. local time on the same day, followed by a tense vote count, and the results of the vote will only be announced the next day at the earliest, but the result is probably expected by many people.

Under the night, on the Black Sea, ten warships were quietly moored at a distance of no more than ten nautical miles, but on each warship, it was brightly lit, the personnel ran back and forth without stopping, and countless radio waves came and went, and no one knew what would happen in the next second.

And under the surface of the sea, several submarines have begun to fight openly and secretly, radar lock and anti-lock, latent and anti-lurk, each time is thrilling.

Ling Xiao stood on the edge of the ice stone, looking at the two fleets facing each other in the distance, his eyes showed a solemn look, and at this time, the storm girl Auroro walked over from behind and asked in a low voice, "Ling, are you worried?" ”

"Hmm." Ling Xiao nodded lightly and said, "So far, except for our group, none of the other lurking forces have appeared. Especially Sebastian Shaw and his gang, the Red Devil has a strong teleportation ability, once he appears on a certain warship and directly launches missiles, the situation will be out of control. There is also a Magneto lurking in the shadows. ”

"Don't worry about Eric." Auroro shook his head and said, "With what I know about Eric, he won't work with **, maybe he's hiding in the shadows now, ready to deal a fatal blow to Sebastian Shaw." ”

"I hope so." The worry on Ling Xiao's face did not diminish at all, and he said with some bitterness: "I hope I think too much." ”

(End of chapter)