The first update

The entire arms purchase program was expected by Yanayev, and the Chinese side proposed a plan for the purchase of the unfinished Dzerzhinsky, as well as the Glorious-class cruisers. This time, China's purchase of Soviet ships especially emphasized anti-ship and air defense capabilities, and the Chinese side felt the shock from the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in this crisis, so in the absence of a comparable aircraft carrier fleet, it is the best way to adopt a saturation attack like the Soviet Union.

The order for the construction of one Dzerzhinsky and two Glorious-class cruisers greatly stimulated the vitality of the Black Sea Shipyard, which had not built large ships after the Ulyanovsk, and was finally able to usher in a new spring.

Now the Soviet Navy is in an era of large-scale equipment reduction, and the commander of the Red Navy, Smirev, also said that in the next few years, the Soviet Union will not build any ships on a large scale, but will speed up the elimination of ships and reduce the budget burden on the navy.

Therefore, so far, the Soviet Navy is in a state of lack of success, and the naval equipment has not been updated in time. However, according to Yanayev's idea of naval development, the fleets at sea now do not need to form a strong combat capability, they only need to protect the Soviet strategic nuclear submarines to the designated launch positions. So he was not worried about the large-scale elimination of Red Navy ships.

Anyway, now that the Kuznetsov, Varyag and Ulyanovsk have been put into service with the Black Sea, the North and the Pacific fleet, it can be said that the Soviet aircraft carrier battle group has begun to develop, and then it is only necessary to develop air defense and anti-ship capabilities around the aircraft carrier battle group, which is basically enough for the Soviet Union to deal with any unexpected situation in any sea area.

Learn from the Americans to build several aircraft carrier battle groups to safeguard huge overseas interests? The Soviet Union was not stupid enough to go this far, having experienced a Star Wars hoax, and the Soviet Union would not have another naval arms race with the Americans. It is a normal person to eat a trench and grow a wisdom,

However, the news of the Soviet Union's disarmament has attracted the attention of several other Western European countries, especially Britain, as the successor of the imperial navy, which is plagued by economic crisis, military spending, and social welfare. Sir Terence Burns, Permanent Under-Secretary, hurried to Downing Street to make his proposal to John Major on the recent massive dismantling of Soviet ships.

The first Chancellor of the Exchequer is often concurrently served by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, so Sir Terence, as the Permanent Secretary, is often the de facto leader of the British Treasury, and the economic crisis in Europe has overwhelmed Great Britain, not to mention that there is a group of rebels in Ireland who are divided all day long.

Terence put information about the Soviet Union's massive disarmament in front of John Major, and the busy prime minister stopped his pen and looked up and asked, "What's going on?" Lord Terrance. ”

"This is an opportunity, Prime Minister John." Terrance excitedly paced back and forth in the president's office, excitedly pointing to newspaper photographs of decommissioned Soviet cruisers, "This is an opportunity, a chance to save our Great Britain." Now that the Soviet Union has begun to dismantle, it means that we don't need so many ships to guard against a socialist attack. In this way, the UK will save a lot of money every year to reduce the government's fiscal deficit. ”

Thinking about the astronomical amount of money that Terrance had spent on it, he was very troubled.

Terence went on to paint a picture of his vision to Prime Minister John Major, "The savings from the budget can be used to stimulate the British economy and people's consumption, and to get out of the economic weakness." This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to convince Congress to invest in the economic development of its people without external worries. ”

"That's the case, Minister Terrance." Looking at the excited Minister of Finance, Prime Minister John Major calmly asked his own question, "So what should we do if the Soviet Union suddenly increases its military budget in the future?" You know, once the Congressional gang tightens their pockets, it's hard to get money out of their hands anymore. ”

John Major's subtext was that he thought it was a thirst-quenching exercise, because he felt that the best way to do it at the moment was to secure the vast majority of the Royal Navy's military strength to be able to deal with the threat from Eastern Europe, and Prime Minister John Major did not want to stiffen relations with the military for the time being, because Britain's life-saving ace was a large fleet.

John Major suddenly woke up to the fact that someone within Congress had begun to put pressure on his cabinet? It is uncertain which force it is, but it is certain that they hope to use this change in the Soviet Union to weaken the political faction that supports naval construction.

As a result, John Major is in a precarious position, and if Terence's suggestion starts, it means that there is a series of actions waiting for him.

However, Minister Terence, who was only thinking about economic development, was in the mood to listen to Prime Minister John Major, and he said bluntly, "Minister Terence, I just want to ask whether our economic development is important or the external crisis from the Soviet Union is important?" The former is now the most visible threat to the territorial integrity of our whole of Great Britain, and there is already a precarious split between Ireland and Scotland, and if we don't silence those people with economic development, I think the history of the Iron Lady will repeat itself in the next few years. ”

The Iron Lady of course refers to Margaret Thatcher's repression of the Irish Republican Army, an independent armed force that has not disappeared with the development of society, but has a vague tendency to grow and develop after the political and social crisis that Europe has experienced. Of course, all this is indispensable for the Soviet KGB forces behind the fanning and indirect support.

After hearing the threat of the crisis in Ireland, Prime Minister John Major's expression became very solemn, and he certainly knew what the current situation of the internal crisis in Britain was. According to him, the Soviet Union was just a patient who had been rejuvenated by stimulus therapy and could not last long, but a series of problems caused by the economic crisis in Britain were the nightmare of this disaster.

With this in mind, Prime Minister John Major exhaled, put aside for a moment the feud between naval funds, and said to Terence, "Then it would be better for Minister Terence to give a detailed disarmament plan, I need to ensure the maximum combat capability of the British fleet, and note that our forces should become more lean, not more useless." ”

John Major just asked Terrance to come up with a plan based on which he needed to weigh the contradictions between economic construction and military construction and find a balance.

"Yes, Prime Minister John Major, I will give a detailed report in the next few weeks."

Seeing that he had finally convinced his stubborn superiors, Terrance was secretly relieved, believing that this was the first step in his policy of saving Britain, as long as the navy spending was kicked out, and the next drastic economic reform would be much easier.

Just as Sir Terrance was about to turn around and leave the President's office, John Major stopped him.

"Wait a minute, Minister Terrance, I have something to ask you."

Terrance stopped and looked at Prime Minister John Major with some bewilderment, looking at the other man's expression, not knowing what he wanted to say to himself.

Prime Minister John Major raised another report at hand, and he told Terence, "What do you think about the recent increase in the number of refugees in Britain and the series of social unrest, Sir Terence?" ”

It's a very delicate topic, and John Major is very much looking forward to how Terrance will answer, and it will be related to the implementation of some of John Major's policies in the future. (To be continued.) )