Chapter 1007: The Pacific Fleet Leaves Port
The Soviet Pacific Fleet was stronger than the U.S. Seventh Fleet, but the U.S. Seventh Fleet was only a part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info The strength of the US Pacific Fleet, the two Soviet Pacific Fleets could not beat, that is nearly half the strength of the US Navy.
As a person with a normal IQ, Serov would not think that Hawaii's Third Fleet, the main force in the Pacific, would really wait for the Soviet Union to beat the Seventh Fleet before coming out, so the distance of this threat could neither be far nor close. Moreover, the route chosen should be close to China's territorial waters, indicating that it is just a matter of making an appearance and reaching Indonesian waters first.
"I'll pass that on to the Ministry of Defense, so that's all for the instructions in the next paragraph?" Chebrikov continued.
"As for how to escalate the situation in the next stage, it will be necessary for the Mediterranean Fleet to be dispatched." Serov closed his eyes and said while deducing, "The Mediterranean Fleet enters the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal and rushes to Indonesia, and the Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf will definitely move." One of the things that must be done is that the Suez Canal must be closed to the United States. I'll leave this to Comrade Gromyko, and the Fifth Fleet will leave, and the rest will take its course. ā
"Got it, General Secretary!" Chebrikov hung up the phone and drove directly to the Ministry of Defense to communicate with Marshal Akhromeyev, and only the Ministry of Defense could give the order to dispatch the Red Navy.
On the other hand, when Serov put down the phone, the contrast of power between the United States and the Soviet Union in the world came to mind. I have to say that the Soviet Red Navy is still a little worse, and it must rely on Egypt to prevent the US Sixth Fleet from joining in, otherwise this kind of transfer of the Navy will not succeed.
Or because the surface fleet of the US Navy is stronger than the Red Navy of the Soviet Union, but it is not impossible to confront, and the United States will not draw forces in the Atlantic, but the Soviet Union will not be able to draw the Baltic Fleet. In this case, Egypt's position is crucial.
Vladivostok, the capital of Primorsky Krai in the Far East of the USSR, also known as Vladivostok. As the most important base of Russia and the Soviet Union in the Pacific, Vladivostok is the strongest coastal fortress in the world. The Soviet Special Far Eastern Army created a new system of coastal defense in and around Vladivostok, and all these fortifications cost generations of Russian and Soviet engineers, although now it has lost its military value, times have changed, and these pure fortifications have become irrelevant.
The commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sbildonov, touched the anti-landing fortress, and the gaze in his eyes was a little complicated, the world is changing so fast, and the Red Navy has changed from a purely defensive navy to the second largest navy in the world for more than 20 years.
After the previous naval meeting, the officers who received the task quickly returned to their respective headquarters to plan and arrange, and the new instructions were immediately sent to the combat units through cipher machine encryption, and the commanders would quickly make adjustments according to this order to ensure that the unexpected situation was handled after leaving the port.
"Comrade Sbilidonov, what are you thinking?" Admiral Pavlov, commander of fleet aviation, asked.
"There's some excitement in my heart, but I don't know where it comes from. I don't know what exactly our general secretary is going to do. Admiral Spilidonov pointed in the direction of Moscow and said, "We have received an order to leave the port, but there is no follow-up to this order, what is our purpose, to follow the US Seventh Fleet, but this alert level is not too high." ā
"We, the general secretary, it is better not to predict." Admiral Pavlov leaned on the pillbox and said lazily, "In fact, we have dedicated our lives to the Red Navy, and we have seen this navy grow from weak to strong. Today, the most effective force is no longer our well-trained naval soldiers. ā
This kind of self-deprecation also made the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sbildonov, laugh, because the Red Navy did not go through the great expansion before the Great Patriotic War, so the basic forces were not expanded, and the consequence of the same failure to expand the army was that the organizational structure of the Red Navy was not chaotic, and the quality of soldiers was not reduced. When the Great Patriotic War began, the landing of the Red Navy in land warfare was even more powerful than that of the Army, and the landing of the Red Navy became an incomprehensible thing in the eyes of the Germans.
After laughing, Admiral Sbilidonov restrained his smile and said, "We will leave the port by this time tomorrow, get ready!" "The blue waters are so beautiful, and in the eyes of the old navy, that's everything.
"Hmm!" Admiral Pavlov, likewise, looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking, maybe not thinking about anything.
In the evening, in the Navy Club, a cocktail party was taking place, but the hall was already bustling: hundreds of distinguished guests from the Navy were chatting happily, and waiters in dresses were shuttling through the crowd to present wine and fruit snacks to well-dressed ladies and graceful men. As far as the eye can see, the dazzling jewels, snow-white breasts, and noble and elegant long skirts of the ladies are becoming more and more attractive, while the men are wearing military uniforms to show their heroic spirit.
Serov has always believed that if there is one branch of the armed forces that is relatively detached from the masses, it must be the navy. These people, who always exude hormones to the sea, can do anything. Moreover, this tradition has been passed down from the time of the Russian Empire, and the navy has not been affected too deeply by the Great Purge.
If Serov had known that the Pacific Fleet was ready to relax the day before going to sea, he might not understand this group of servicemen too much, and on the contrary, it might be more likely to be dismissed.
Vladivostok isn't too cold this month, at least not for those who live here all year round. The streets of the city are intertwined with sailors and pedestrians, and as a military city, Vladivostok is not uncommon. Not far from the port, the Soviet Pacific Fleet with gray livery and red decks lined up neatly in the harbor.
At this time, the Soviet Red Navy had reached the strongest state in history, with two Kiev-class aircraft carriers, one Marshal Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, two Kirov-class battlecruisers, and four Glorious-class cruisers. The strength is far greater than that of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in Japan. On the deck of the Marshal Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, the silhouette of the MiG-29 carrier-based aircraft can also be seen.
At seven o'clock the next night, the naval command in Vladivostok, the capital of Primorsky Krai in the Far East, received a telegram from Moscow, signed by two people, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Serov and Minister of Defense Marshal Akhromeyev.
"The Red Banner Pacific Fleet, divided into two parts, the submarine division went out of the South Kuril Islands into the Pacific Ocean, including aircraft carriers, battle cruisers, mainly the surface fleet and part of the submarine division went south to cross the Tsushima Strait. It traveled through the East China Sea and the South China Sea to Indonesia. ā
Gorosov, chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet, silently looked at the telegram, "Tsushima Strait? ā
"What's wrong? Don't be superstitious? Even if the Japanese Navy is sneaking up on us once at night, it doesn't matter, the general secretary will turn it into a nuclear contamination zone! Admiral Sbilidonov smiled, what age is this, and an American anti-submarine brigade still wants to find a picture? None of the Seventh Fleet was an opponent of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, let alone the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force?
"All the warships are already on standby, right?" Admiral Spilidonov nodded when he saw the chief of staff and said, "Then let's board the ship too!" Target South China Sea. "The entire Soviet Pacific Fleet departed in the night, and by the next morning the heavily fortified military port was empty.
This time, the Soviet Pacific Fleet was dispatched, and the fleet had just left the port and spread out half of the Sea of Japan. Three aircraft carriers were in the center, and two Kirov-class battlecruisers took cover on the flanks. All kinds of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles are lined up like javelins, and people do not suspect the threat at all.
The next day, the Japanese radar station spotted this huge fleet heading south, and the reconnaissance planes at the air base immediately rushed into the air, and the photos that soon came back surprised everyone, which was all the belongings of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. And it is moving south at a very fast speed and heading straight for the Tsushima Strait.
Faced with this situation, the Japanese did not dare to slack off, because the Seventh Fleet had already left the port and could only report the situation to the Americans immediately. A few minutes later, the US Pentagon learned about it.
"The Soviet Red Navy left Vladivostok? What are they going to do? They thought they could defeat the US Navy? "Reagan seems to feel like he's running into a joke that someone is challenging the United States on the ocean?
"Mr. President, the Soviets are supposed to be there to support the Indonesians." Secretary of Defense Frank? Kalucci sighed, in addition to being more stubborn, his president is really not very good in some areas.
"Then we have to warn the Soviet Union, and I have the Secretary of State send a note to the Soviet Union asking for an explanation of the abnormal movement of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, and at the same time mobilize an aircraft carrier battle group from the Third Fleet to rush to Japan." After being reminded, Reagan also immediately made targeted deployments, and the emotions of the Japanese still had to be taken care of.
The Pentagon immediately sent a telegram to the US Pacific Fleet Command in Hawaii ordering an aircraft carrier battle group to be sent to the Sea of Japan immediately, but to be honest, if the Soviet Red Navy was preparing to attack Japan, it was already too late.
The actions of the Soviet Pacific Fleet could not be hidden from the Americans, and the actions of the American Pacific Fleet could not be hidden from the Soviet Union, especially Hawaii, then it was not a place where it was possible to keep secrets, and Serov quickly learned what Reagan was dealing with.
"I will reply to the Americans, this is a normal movement of our Red Navy, and it is definitely not directed against any third party." Gromyko had a lot of experience in this area, and he had already come up with a solution before Serov could speak.