Seriously, Mark Mitchell remembered that his adventure in the Eastern Mediterranean was planned to deal with the hated Russian "Grim Reaper"; If it weren't for some inexplicable forks and a bit of action, then maybe the free world would have been able to kill the "crazy Ivan" and expel the damned Russians from the Caucasus.

The corners of his mouth were upturned, and he looked into the distance with a slight sneer, the former vice admiral was still immersed in a kind of memory of the past, but Joseph Prueher next to him was a little cold sweat.

He didn't expect that he would have such an unexpected harvest when he took the time to go fishing today:

"But, Mr. Mitchell, isn't it a complete and complete adventure, though well planned? If the nuclear-bomb-type 'Immortal Bird' is really used, once the Russians discover it-"

"-Discovery? What about discovery?

Do you think I didn't think about the consequences of doing this, a stubborn idiot, or a self-righteous idiot? ”

It's okay not to mention the experience at that time, once the memories of the past are recalled, the memories that have been lost due to the infiltration of consciousness are being restored little by little, the elderly Vice Admiral Huo Ran got up and walked back and forth indignantly on a large reef, while spitting to express his dissatisfaction, "Use a nuclear bomb to destroy that 'Grim Reaper', hmph, who gave such an ominous nickname?" To use tactical nuclear weapons, I, Mark Mitchell, have this authority, to detonate a nuclear bomb on the high seas, so what, maybe those politicians in Washington will be afraid of the nuclear deterrence of the Russians, but I don't think so at all! ”

"Ah...... Mr. Mitchell, please be angry—"

"Joseph. What is the source of my anger? You should be clear. Isn't it?

Think about our navy, hum, from the formation of the voyage to shock the nations of the 'Great White Fleet', a hundred years of glory U. S.Navy, if anyone had foreseen this, I would have withdrawn the main forces to Hawaii or even the mainland base and let the Russians attack, and now consider my decision at that time. Wouldn't a resolute tactical nuclear attack be the most advisable way to thwart Ivan's spirits?

I didn't take action at the time, and as for me, I was actually sent to a mental hospital by those bastards!

Say I'm mentally ill, ha, I think the guys with sick heads are the most in the Capitol and the Pentagon, and of course, all these idiots are not as good as the one in the White House! ”

“……”

I heard the old general cursing on the reef, and I slapped it all over and over again, from Congress to the president. Even the fishing rod on one side was abandoned, and a somewhat stumbling Joseph Prueher reached out and scratched his head. Seriously. He also has some complaints about the military top brass and even the government agencies of the United States, but he may not be able to do such a reckless bombardment as Mark Mitchell in front of him.

Ah, this is not time to talk about this, his plan for this trip was to get some guidance from Mitchell, not to curse the authorities with the old man!

opened a topic, but ended with the old man's chatter, and the deputy commander was very interested in not arguing with the old boss again.

Sitting on a windswept reef in the afternoon, as an admiral, Joseph Prueher, like many of his colleagues, was puzzled by many of the strategic decisions of the United States in recent times, and even since the beginning of the war.

Especially now, in the face of Russia's large-scale attack in the Far East, the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet, whose headquarters is located in Yokosuka, has received an order to "stand still" and leave Japan, South Korea, and other allies in the defense zone alone, and the capital ships, including the CV-63 "Kitty Hawk", have shrunk to the southeast of Japan, relying on the screen protection of the Seventh Air Force to ensure safety.

According to a series of battle rehearsals of the Seventh Fleet Command and the Pacific Command, after the Russian offensive is launched, the Seventh Fleet, the vanguard of the hegemony of the United States, should immediately enter the battle, and the Third Fleet, which sits in the eastern Pacific, is ready to reinforce and begin to counterattack when the Red Empire's vigor dissipates and its stamina is weak, and launch an offensive in the Far East with superior naval and air forces, thus laying the foundation for victory in one fell swoop.

Such an arrangement, purely strategically, is certainly not a big problem.

Constrained by natural conditions and historical factors, the war potential of the Soviet Far East has always been very limited, and in the socialist camp of the East, the naval strength of other countries is indeed lackluster; As long as the Seventh Fleet cooperates with the US forces stationed in Japan and the ROK to withstand the first wave of attack, the powerful Third Fleet will be able to rush all the way to the aid in two weeks at most. When the time comes, not to mention that there is no problem in defending Japan and South Korea, if the war situation allows, the U.S.Navy can even launch a landing battle in the Far East against the Eastern camp, which is not impossible.

All in all, before the outbreak of the war, USPACOM, which had two huge forces, the Third and Seventh Fleets, was playing such a wishful thinking.

But now, why is this happening......

Worried about the war situation in the Far East, but not wanting to disturb Mitchell's pastime, Joseph Prueher did not take the initiative to mention these troubles, but put aside the busy military affairs, sat on the shore and reef blown by the sea breeze, and collected his mood to catch his own fish.

Two hours passed, and the fishing soon ended with a good harvest.

In Hawaii, which has an oceanic climate, the surface water temperature of the ocean is above 20 degrees Celsius all year round, and active tropical fish can always move in the shallow waters, and it is not very difficult to catch them. Carrying buckets full of fish, and completely ignoring the "Fishing Permit" warning signs standing by the shore, Prueher and his entourage packed up their fishing gear and got into the car to take Mark Mitchell back to the country house.

I had just heard the old general's complaints, and the deputy commander sitting in the car didn't say much more, but Mitchell, who had gained a lot, seemed to be in a good mood, and while laughing happily, he told the old subordinate who had not been in Hawaii for a long time and had been enduring the cold winter in Yokosuka about Hawaii.

Since joining the Navy, Mark Mitchell first served in the Third Fleet under USPACOM, and then was transferred to the Atlantic direction, after many promotions in the Fifth Fleet, until later the position of Fleet Commander, the long-term overseas travel made the vice admiral have no time to take care of family affairs, until the 1991 Gulf War before moving his family to Hawaii on the other side of the continent, originally planned to retire here to retire and retire here, for this beautiful archipelago in the vast ocean, naturally than the late Joseph * Prure is much more familiar.

Unconsciously, Mitchell, who had been chatting for a while, became interested again, took the initiative to pick up the topic just now, and told Prueher about his perception of the current battle situation:

"Well, I've already whined.

Joseph, I know the purpose of your visit, but as far as I am concerned, the point of this pastime is fishing, and as for strategic matters, there are some young men with bright minds in the Pacific Command, and I feel that a maritime offensive by the United States is coming soon, and there is no need for you and me to be idle here.

As for the Seventh Fleet, haha, David Adams, that guy is just a moving bookcase full of military theories, Mahans_ 'Sea_Power_Theory' _is_his_Bible (Mahan's "Treatise on Sea Power" is his Bible), but what era is it, and what kind of thing is 'sea power', what role can Britain use against the Germans on the modern battlefield?

Hmph, needless to say, I've always been outspoken, and it's the same with you, Joseph. ”

"Ah...... Mr. Mitchell, what do you mean—"

"I'm not criticizing you, Joseph, I'm reminding you, ha!

Speaking of which, I would like to mention the mess in the Mediterranean, which fell short in the end anyway, and according to the 'elites' who came out of Indianapolis, they would certainly not approve of my order for a nuclear attack, but what about the end, what will be the end? Did the Russians be beaten back to their homeland by us?

The shape of the Middle East is like this, and the current Pacific Ocean is actually the same, the outdated theory of naval warfare must be revised, what 'sea power', what 'blockade and containment', damn Ivan didn't care about the sea power in the Far East in the first place, which is fundamentally different from our United States.

Sea power is the lifeblood of the United States of America, but for the Russians it is just a dispensable thing!

This situation, if the Caucasus could win the battle at that time, the situation may be a little different, now, hum, Joseph, I will tell you a heart-to-heart word, the decision of the Pacific Command is definitely problematic.

A bunch of hard-headed bureaucrats are still thinking about how to fight for sea power, preferably blocking the Russian ships in the breakwater of Vladivostok, but does no one think about the point of doing this, is it to ensure the security of the Far ASEAN countries, or to ensure the sea lines of communication between the United States and Japan?

Guarantee the lines of communication, but what can those 'Banzai' give us, and the damn Korean monkeys, who are clearly vacillating now, want to shrink the front, simply abandon these two half-hung countries, and can't pull off the face of the leader of the free world, so they are now anxious, planning to use a well-planned naval decisive battle to wipe out Ivan's capital ships and submarines, so as to continue to protect those two waste-like countries.

Joseph Prueher, tell me, how much worse is my guess than the real situation? (To be continued......)