Chapter 463: Arms Sales of Sino-Soviet Warships

In the second update, another chapter was blocked, and the chapter was thrown into the readership as usual.

On the Japanese issue, the Chinese side will express its support for the decision made by the Soviet Union, while on the Taiwan issue, the Soviet side will unconditionally support all of China's measures and achieve common progress and retreat on the Asia-Pacific issue. In other words, the two countries have reached a consensus on the Taiwan issue to safeguard their respective interests in the Asia-Pacific region to the greatest extent.

In a White House press conference, President Mario stressed that the United States would not condone Masao Iwasato's independent behavior, and urged all parties to return to a situation of peace negotiations to protect stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hearing that his last life-saving trump card decisively gave up himself, Iwasato Masao's face became gray and ugly, before Iwasato Masao dared to be willful because Mario stood by his side, and now the United States has decisively abandoned Taiwan for its own interests, which means that he has to face the People's Liberation Army alone that has long been eager to try, and no one as a leader has such courage.

It was time for Yanayev to stand up and say that the Soviet Union would support China's actions on the Taiwan issue, and condemn Iwasato Masao's separatist behavior, while also emphasizing that China should strengthen its naval forces in order to contribute to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

The digression is, is it time to continue buying our destroyers?

Under pressure from many quarters, Iwasato Masao had no choice but to surrender, reiterating the '92 consensus and declaring that he would actively promote the Wang-Koo talks and achieve steady development across the Taiwan Strait. At the same time, China has also announced in a high-profile manner that it will carry out a new round of military project cooperation with the Soviet Union and purchase new warships to quickly replenish the strength of the East China Sea Fleet.

After this news was released, Iwasato Masao was so frightened that he almost ran to the United States to apply for political asylum, but of course the United States categorically refused. Only the countries that went through the tripartite meeting knew that this was a means of deterring Taiwan by the USSR. However, the Chinese side, which has tasted the sweetness of the Taiwan Strait crisis, has indeed accelerated the construction of a modern navy, especially the construction of the East China Sea Fleet, but there is a problem in front of the Chinese side.

The period of naval construction is longer than that of the army, and it often takes decades to accumulate to create a powerful East China Sea Fleet, so the ready-made model is to buy second-hand ships from the Soviet Union, so as to quickly build an East China Sea Fleet that can cope with any situation.

Of course, Yanayev also likes this win-win and mutually beneficial model very much, considering that the Chinese side does not have any large ships, so the Soviet Union specially prepared a big gift for the Chinese side this time, the Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser four times larger than the American Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser, second only to the aircraft carrier's sea steel waves.

Perhaps it was the Frunze that left a good impression on the Chinese side in the impact on the Taiwan Strait, so the Chinese representatives also remembered the Project 1144 ships, especially after learning that the Soviet Union canceled the construction program of a nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Dzerzhinsky", just like the follow-up construction plans of the Hyundai-class destroyers, they desperately hoped that in the absence of a full-fledged aircraft carrier, A Type 1144 nuclear-powered missile cruiser and a Kyiv-class aircraft carrier (the Kyiv-class Soviet Union called it a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser) can be used to form a combat force to deter the enemy.

The impact of the 1144 type cruiser is shocking, it is the largest cruiser built in the world, the full load displacement of more than 25,000 tons, second only to the aircraft carrier, the ship is loaded with more than 400 missiles, so it has the title of arsenal ship, is the world's only displacement of more than 20,000 tons and the use of nuclear power of the active cruiser. In the Sino-Soviet joint exercises, the Type 1144 air defense interception left a deep impression on the Chinese army, and if the price is right, the Chinese side will be the first to consider the purchase of Type 1144 cruisers.

Anyway, the Soviet Union would not sell the Ulyanovsk to the Chinese side, so the consideration of the unfinished Dzerzhinsky is the focus of the Chinese side.

"We are very satisfied with the performance of the Project 1144 cruisers on the Soviet side, but we don't know what other ships in the USSR besides the Project 1144 can be used for the reference of the Chinese side?"

Although the Project 1144 cruiser can form a battle group, for the Chinese side, their coastline is too long, and a certain degree of Project 1144 cruiser is needed to complete the deployment.

However, the construction and maintenance prices of the Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruisers are somewhat high, and the Chinese side hopes to have a cruiser with similar combat capabilities but a slightly smaller tonnage.

In this way, the Soviet Glorious-class cruisers could become ships purchased by the Chinese side in bulk.

Makarov, the director of the Black Sea Shipyard, accompanied the Chinese delegation throughout the process, and as the director of the Black Sea Shipyard who had a deep knowledge of ships, he could be said to know most of the Soviet ships well, "In contrast, although the Glorious class conventionally powered cruisers have a relatively small displacement, only half of the Kirov class, they are equipped with roughly the same weapons as the Kirov class, have similar offensive and defensive capabilities, and are more modestly expensive." ”

Makarov saw through that the Chinese side just wanted the Kirov class to be used as the Kiev, but the Glorious-class was likely to be adopted on a large scale by the Chinese side. At present, the only three Glorious-class ships belong to the Black Sea Fleet, the Pacific Fleet and the Northern Fleet, and as the core combat effectiveness of the fleet, the characteristics of the combat effectiveness are very obvious.

The Chinese side should have taken a fancy to this point, so it would have the financial resources to propose a visit to the Glory and Kirov classes.

After the Chinese delegation's visit, Makarov reported to Smiryev on the matter, "I think the Chinese delegation has taken our Glory class and Kirov class, and which one will be purchased depends on the final negotiations." ”

Smiryev nodded, this arms sale shocked both the Red Navy and the Black Sea Shipyard, for the Soviet Red Navy, it means that the time has come to upgrade the ships, and for the Black Sea Shipyard, they will get a large amount of orders to maintain the shipyard's livelihood.

Let's use this Asia-Pacific crisis to save the Soviet Union's precarious shipyards. (To be continued.) )