The fourth update

The appearance of two destroyers behind the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group was enough to surprise people. Moreover, the United States is not sure whether the Soviet Union is really preparing to provoke a war or whether it is just a bluff. Because of this, the large forces of the Americans were aimed at the main force of the Soviet fleet, and several other ships went to deal with the Hyundai-class destroyers that attacked from behind.

Just when the world's two major aircraft carrier fleets were clashing and confronting each other, the Americans were getting bigger and bigger, and the paper that they originally wanted to wrap the fire was completely ignited, and this time even Al Jazeera's ban on broadcasting could not prevent the public from knowing what was happening in the Arabian Seas. All of a sudden, the incident of the confrontation between the warships of the two countries in the Middle East Gulf broke out, and the United States was in an uproar, and the first to bear the brunt was President Mario, the head of the US Government.

There was a stir in the media, and they turned the confrontation into newspaper headlines. He even linked the Middle East operation to the Cuban Missile Crisis of that year, and said it was the closest thing the United States and the Soviet Union had come to a nuclear war since 1962. They believed that the United States should not get involved in the Middle East and that it should be in direct conflict with the Soviet fleet in the Arabian Sea. As the BBC host said, we taxpayers spent money to raise such a large fleet, and in the end we ended up in conflict with another country because of a freighter from a third country?

All the U.S. government has to do is steer public opinion in the domestic media and then minimize the impact of the conflict. In this case, President Mario, who bore the brunt of the incident, was the last person to know about the events in the Middle East. Because before that, Defense Minister As-Ping had been trying to suppress the matter, until the two fleets faced off in the Arabian Sea, and it was really impossible to suppress it, that he reported to President Mario that the incident was out of control.

"Can you explain it to me? Minister of Defense of Aspin. Why did our so-called handling of the Chinese cargo ship incident attract a Soviet Pacific Fleet. And it also caused the Soviet fleet and the American fleet to almost misfire in the Pacific? Most importantly. Why I was the last person to know what happened. Why didn't you report to me earlier? ”

The three consecutive questions made it difficult for Defense Minister Aspin to reply, in fact, he hoped to rely on himself and the deterrence of the Fifth Fleet to suppress this matter, but he did not expect the attitude of the Soviet fleet to be tough beyond everyone's imagination. They seem to have figured out the bottom line of the Americans, so they dare to brazenly provoke the US fleet in the waters of the Indian Ocean.

"I'm sorry, President Mario. We thought that the Soviet Union only had two warships, but we didn't expect them to send an entire Pacific Fleet for China. "The Minister of Defense apologized for his intelligence blunders.

And before that, he also received another message that an American reconnaissance plane collided with a Soviet fighter and disappeared directly into the Arabian Sea. At present, the ships of the Fifth Fleet are actively searching for those who have been killed, and there will be no breakthrough or progress for a while. However, Aspin's hope was not great, after all, by the time the warship arrived at the crash site, the wreckage of the plane had already been blown away by the ocean currents.

"Also, how is the plane that crashed going? I mean, the people who were killed on the plane, and I have to find them, otherwise I won't be able to give an account to the people. President Mario directly mentioned the last thing he wanted to mention to Aspin, he held his forehead and said with a headache, "This matter is what I care about the most." After all, it won't be long before the crash of the reconnaissance plane will be known to the people of the whole country. When the time comes, we will most likely face the blame from everyone, including Congress. ”

"Remembered. If I were to be impeached, you would not end much better. Minister Aspin, we are a prosperous interest. Yanayev said.

"So I'll leave these matters to you, Minister Aspin. I will then have to communicate with the General Secretary of the Soviet Union. About the fleet evacuation incident this time. "Americans don't want to get too entangled with the Soviet Union in the Middle East. So President Mario dialed the hotline mechanism directly and brought a "cordial" greeting to Yanayev.

"President Mario? It's so rare to get a call from you. When Yanayev heard that it was Mario, he knew he had won because his patience was better than that of the American president.

"President Yanayev, you know everything about what is happening in the Arabian Seas. There is no need for us to continue to hold on, each side takes a step back and withdraws the aircraft carrier, how? "President Mario is too exhausted to continue arguing. Now he has to solve not only the mess left to him by Secretary of Defense Aspin, but also the way to face the angry American people. Because there was a reconnaissance plane, the crew on which it had not yet disappeared.

Although the Soviet Union was already at the end of the strong bow, Yanayev could not show the slightest excitement at this time, he only said with a little surprise, "What, you are about to admit defeat so soon?" None of the nuclear warheads on which our Victor attack nuclear submarine is mounted have not yet moved, is this confrontation in the Arabian seas coming to an end? ”

President Mario's temples suddenly jumped, he didn't expect Yanayev to actually move out the nuclear weapons, didn't he think that he was playing with fire to provoke a nuclear doomsday war? Crazy people, all Soviet presidents to soldiers, all crazy people. That's the only thing President Mario has on his mind right now.

Of course, Yanayev did not send nuclear submarines, nor did he send nuclear weapons, which is just to add weight and bargaining chips to this dialogue between the major powers.

Just when President Mario was trying to find a way to end the game, he was surprised to receive a reply from Yanayev, "We can agree to your request, President Mario, to withdraw the Soviet aircraft carrier fleet in the Arabian Sea." But again, we also have one condition. ”

"On what terms?" The president of the United States tried to control his emotions and tried to appear calmer.

"I know your target is China's Yinhe, so I want the President of the United States to raise his hand in this crisis." Yanayev replied, "Our request is so low, the Soviet fleet will escort the Galaxy through the Strait of Hormuz, and ask the American fleet to withdraw from the entrance to the Arabian Sea beyond the Strait of Hormuz." ”

"I repeat, either you withdraw from the Strait of Hormuz, or we continue the standoff. What the USSR had was time and energy. Yanayev was very confident, at least now he knew that the Americans were more anxious than the Soviets, because they wanted to launch a search and rescue in this area, but the rampant Soviet fleet stopped their search and rescue pace.

"Okay, we can withdraw the fleet, but you must also leave the Arabian Sea immediately." President Mario tried to save some face in this regard.

"Absolutely." In the end, Yanayev and Mario reached a consensus, and now immediately issued an order for both fleets to withdraw from the sea area, so that the Americans could start rescue work.

Colonel Yaregin, who received an order from the Navy Headquarters, was relieved to glance at the American ships that were also preparing to evacuate the Arabian Gulf.

"It seems that there is an agreement between our top management and the United States, and this crisis is over." Captain Yarykin stood on the deck, the setting sun reflected his side face, in the refreshing sea breeze, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, silently lit it in his mouth, looked at the distant figure of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group, he also gave an order, except for the Red Ukraine and the Tempest, the other ships of the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group followed him out of this sea area.

"This is finally over, Captain Yarekin. Thank you for everything you have done so that we and the Americans have not provoked a war. "And we have preserved the dignity of the motherland." ”

"The end?" Captain Yarykin shook his head with a smile, he turned his head to the first mate and said, "As long as the confrontation and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union does not end, then there will be more and more such things, and before the war breaks out, the only thing we can do is to hit each other hard with warships to let them know how powerful we are." ”

Captain Yarykin threw away his cigarette butt and looked at the distant figure of the US aircraft carrier battle group, and his heart was a little uneasy.

"Is this confrontation really over?" (To be continued.) )