Chapter 761: The Puzzle
When Zhang Lan and others were preparing to leave Vladivostok and return to China, on the exact 0th, after reaching an agreement with the Chinese government and the Russian government, the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, which had been dormant since the collapse of the Soviet Union - uh, of course, the sale of aircraft carriers did not count - announced two pieces of news that caused a great uproar in the world:
First, as part of the strategic cooperation between China and Russia, the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet will conduct a three-month technical training for a group of naval officers and sailors from China. The military cooperation project has been approved by the governments of the Russian Federation and the central government of China;
Second, the fleet will hold a grand military exercise of unprecedented scale at the end of April or early May. At that time, all the main equipment of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, including ballistic missile nuclear submarines, attack nuclear submarines, cruise missile nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered missile cruisers, various missile destroyers, strategic bombers, long-range anti-submarine/anti-ship aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, etc., will be dispatched to participate in this significant and largest scale since the establishment of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet. Military exercises aimed at comprehensively demonstrating the comprehensive combat capabilities and comprehensive military literacy of the Russian Far Eastern Pacific Fleet.
However, unlike other military exercises, the press spokesman of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet did not answer any questions on the specific content of the exercise, such as the area of the military exercise, whether the exercise would launch live ammunition, whether it would be a demonstration exercise aimed at a certain country, and so on.
All of a sudden, world public opinion was in an uproar about this seemingly "unconventional" move of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, and they were speculating about what the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet meant and what it meant when announcing these two news.
No one knows better than these Western journalists about the current situation in Russia, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with describing it with the words "stormy and crumbling", and everyone can also know that the current situation of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet is not bad: the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, which is so poor that it needs to sell aircraft carriers to survive, has almost come to a standstill in the routine maintenance and maintenance of its equipment.
When there is no way to carry out even the daily routine maintenance of equipment, what does the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet suddenly announce such a costly news? In the absence of funds, where will the funds for this costly exercise come from? What do they mean by doing this? Is it a signal from the Kremlin's request to the world? After all, the news said that the Typhoon-class strategic missile nuclear submarine, the largest surface combat ship of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, the "Kirov" class heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser, and the Tu-95M2-range strategic bomber were all involved.
Many people immediately linked this second article with the first announcement of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet: Could it be that this training fee paid by China gave the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet money? And then they, after the maintenance of the equipment, intended to make some kind of strategic hint to the United States? Everyone knows that Russia's hard life in the past two years is inseparable from the fact that the Americans kicked the Russian polar bear in the ass. If this is a signal from the Kremlin to the White House, then it is not surprising at all.
More sensitive reporters found a problem: This news was sent by the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, not by the Kremlin. Immediately, a reporter asked the Kremlin for confirmation: Are these two announcements of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet true?
The news has been sent, how can it be true or not? Interviewed by reporters: The Kremlin reluctantly admitted this -- of course, on the surface it was still happy, after all, its own army was out of the picture, and its face was glorious as a superior -- and it refuted the reporters' interviews, saying that the exercise was a decision made by the Russian government after a long period of consultation, and was not a unilateral act of the Far East Pacific Fleet.
In the heart of the Kremlin. In fact, it is not that there is no intention of doing it for the Americans. In the past two years, I have been bullied by the Americans. It is also possible for the United States to face up to Russia's interests. Otherwise, the Kremlin would not have so acquiesced in the Far Eastern Pacific Fleet's practice of acting without the Kremlin's approval.
But at the same time acquiesced to this approach of the Far Eastern Pacific Fleet. Kremlin officials are ruthless. Be sure to find a suitable opportunity to bring these guys! These guys. He even began to openly confront the central government, and kept being at ease in the eyes of those Western journalists. It is very likely that the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet is doing this for the Americans; But in the eyes of the Kremlin. Far Eastern Pacific Fleet. How not to do it for yourself?
Although we have some control over you military region bigwigs. But you're also taking us too seriously. I don't have a chance to clean you up. Is it really possible to be bullied by the central government?
After this news was announced. The most nervous about this news is, of course, Japan. This is a country with a serious sense of crisis. I am allergic to any country in the world that is more powerful than myself. In the midst of this. Russia can be counted as one of them. In the midst of the Second World War. The Americans are the ones who have cleaned up the most in Japan. And then there are the Russians. Japan was really bullied by Stalin in the Far East: even now the polar bear's claws have been worn off in half. Now the four northern islands are still holding on to the polar bears. The Japanese are babbling though. But they just didn't dare to take any action.
For Japan. From Vladivostok to Japan. It's just too close. Any medium-range cruise missile or campaign ballistic missile can be defeated. For the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet ground this exercise. There are people all over Japan who are worried. It's just that this time the Japanese really don't understand. What exactly is this Russian polar bear trying to do this time? ,
However, although Japan is very nervous about this military exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, it was not Japan that first expressed its attitude toward the military exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, but the US Department of Defense.
On the third day after the announcement of these two news by the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, the US Department of Defense held a press conference and said: This military exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet is a decision of the Russian Government and military, and this is something that the navy of any country will do, and the US side does not express any views on this. However, the US side will pay close attention to this joint military exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet -- Obviously, the Americans are also frightened in their hearts and cannot figure out what kind of medicine Lao Maozi is buying in his gourd, and whether the purpose of Lao Maozi's announcement of this military exercise in such a high-profile manner this time is to demonstrate to themselves to a certain extent?
The drums are beating in the hearts of the Americans: is it appropriate to close the actions of Russia?
It seems that China should also express its attitude towards this kind of thing, but the Chinese government is very calm at this time, as if this matter has nothing to do with itself. At a regular news briefing, when asked by a reporter what the Chinese government thinks about and what views it holds on the exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, the spokesman said: This is a very normal move by the Russian military, and we have no opinion, but like the US government, we will keep an eye on this military exercise.
Quite a typical official answer. Journalists are disappointed that China's reaction to this military exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet was so bland is really surprising. At the very least, in their imagination, the Chinese government would "express serious concern about this matter" or something.
But these reporters forgot that there must be a demon when things go wrong. How can a few people who know the inside story tell the real purpose of this exercise of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet?
In fact, when answering the whole question, this guy was also muttering in his heart: Why did the above let him answer like this? This matter, how does it seem to be closely related to himself, after all, Vladivostok is so close to China. But in high-level work, you can not know anything else, you can pretend to be stupid, but there is a truth you must know, that is, if the leader does not tell you, you must not ask.
Although this incident has caused quite a stir in the entire Asia-Pacific region, especially in Northeast Asia, it has nothing to do with Zhang Lan, and now Zhang Lan is waiting for news that Singh and his gang are in Moscow every day, except for the boredom of hanging out in Vladivostok -- in other words, if it were not for Singh saying that the matter of negotiating with the Kremlin to introduce an aircraft production line would be determined immediately, Zhang Lan would have gone back by now.
Finally, after Singh repeatedly expressed his disdain for these things provided by the Kremlin, the Russian government, which finally couldn't hold on, told Singh: Alice Group can arbitrarily select two fixed-wing aircraft production lines and two rotorcraft production lines among the idle aircraft production lines in Russia, with a total value of 2 gold, and Singh can also selectively bring a batch of idle workers, but the premise is that these personnel must maintain their Russian nationality.