(The fourth update was written too anxiously, writing the USS Eisenhower as the Lincoln and the nuclear-powered submarine as a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is corrected here.) ）

The two Nimitz-class ships that were still loitering in the western Pacific received the bombshell news that a state-of-the-art Soviet nuclear submarine had broken into American waters and threatened to turn the entire country into a cold nuclear winter with ten nuclear warheads. So now it takes all the naval forces at its disposal to find the whereabouts of this mysterious submarine.

Of course, after receiving such information, the first reaction of the US fleet was to quickly withdraw from this sea area, anyway, it has been provoking here for so long, and the Soviet Pacific Fleet is also hiding in the corner like a shrinking turtle and does not dare to come out to meet it. The Nimitz and Roosevelt were the first to retreat, while the USS Washington, stationed in Japan, was responsible for covering the retreat of the Nimitz and Roosevelt, after which it headed south and returned with the Kiev-class destroyers in South Korea and the Kongo-class destroyers in Japan.

Everything seemed to be going so smoothly that even the captain of the USS Washington, David Rothman, thought the joint exercise was a bitter revenge for the scandal caused by the Falklands last time. The USSR lost one anti-submarine aircraft. The most ironic thing is that the wreckage of the Hawthorn anti-submarine aircraft that crashed on the Eisenhower was actually pushed directly into the Pacific Ocean by the US military, except for a few charred and unrecognizable corpses, everything was swept away.

When the Nimitz and Roosevelt were evacuated, the USS Washington was evacuated under the cover of carrier-based aircraft and destroyers, and they were like victorious pirates. Strutting. Without scruples, he stepped out of the sphere of influence of the USSR and the seas.

"It was very easy for us to win. After the Soviet Union had the more advanced Ulyanovsk, it was like a shrunken turtle and a coward, and did not even have the courage to fight. Captain Rothman breathed a sigh of relief.

Executive Director Daniel looked at the gradually departing sea and said with some concern, "I don't think it's that simple. The fact that the Soviet anti-submarine aircraft dared to be mounted directly on the deck of the USS Washington shows that this barbaric people has the courage to do whatever it takes, but is this a trap deliberately set by their officials? ”

"Trap, what trap? We've all left the sea, what else can they do with us? From a naval base on the Kamchatka Peninsula to catch up on Japanese territory to intercept the USS Washington? I don't think they're going to do such a stupid thing. Rothman said disdainfully. I thought the Soviets were bold, but I didn't expect it to be just lip service. ”

Daniel, on the other hand, set his sights on another place, if the Soviets really wanted to do it, then they could already catch up with him halfway and intercept them.

"It's possible to catch up with us by crossing the La Perouse Strait, the Genshi Strait, or taking the back waterway, do you believe it?" "But even if the Soviets could catch up with us, what would he do?" After all, our current military strength. It's still not to be underestimated. ”

After the successful deception of the ghost submarine, Ulyanovsk, which had entered a state of combat readiness, immediately set off from Vladivostok. Crossing the Strait of La Perouse and quietly approaching the halfway Washington, as the "town aircraft carrier" in the Far East, the Washington and the Soviet Union's newly commissioned aircraft carrier always have more encounters.

The Varyag set out from the Kamchatka port of Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka to catch up with the Washington and the Kiev-class from behind, and the Soviet Navy had already calculated all possible scenarios and would catch up with the flaunting American aircraft carrier in the northeast of Shikotan.

It is true that it is unwise to use two aircraft carriers to face the other four aircraft carriers, but when the other side has only one Washington and Kiev-class, the Soviet Union has the courage to fight desperately with them. And Yanayev gave the order that if the other side does not fire the first shot, then we will ram with ships! Until they dare not provoke again.

The slowly sinking remnant sun on the sea rendered the entire sea surface a blood-red, and the American sailors who were full of ambition to sing returned triumphantly. After this exercise, they had a relaxing vacation, and they could look for those young reinforcements in the cities of Japan.

Outside was the jubilant crew, but Daniel, who was resting on the bed, was not happy at all, and there was always an inexplicable nervousness that slowly tightened his heart, as if he had a premonition that an accident would happen at any time. And as we approached the four northern islands, this feeling of unease became stronger and stronger.

Just as he was about to get up and return to the command platform, a shrill siren cracked at his nerves. Daniel hurriedly picked up his clothes and ran to the command platform, only to see everyone looking at the huge figure that appeared in front of him, like a bloody steel beast under the reflection of the remnant sun, slowly swimming towards them. A strong sense of pressure irritates everyone's nerves and chokes the sailors' throats.

"This is the Soviet Naval ace, the Ulyanovsk? It turns out that I have been holding back until this time? Captain Rothman sneered, "What is this?" Cowboy West Standoff? Don't forget that I have two aircraft carriers here! ”

Just when he thought that the same victory was in his hands, the captain of the Kiev-class aircraft carrier, who was responsible for covering in the back, brought him bad news in broken English, "There is an aircraft carrier behind us, it is the Soviet Varyag." ”

Encircle? Endure for so long just for this moment?

Daniel felt a little amused, the current situation is obviously that the American fleet is superior, unless the Soviets are desperate to start a war here for an anti-submarine aircraft, sink the fleets of Japan, South Korea and the United States, and declare war on the United States nakedly, otherwise it is the Americans who will finally stand cheap.

But Daniel bet that the Soviet Union would not dare to do this, and if it really had such courage, it would have started the war as early as the autumn of 1962, and would it wait until now when its strength has been greatly reduced?

Obviously, they had a chance to win the confrontation with the Soviet Union. The Japanese and their own destroyers were at the front to prevent a surprise Soviet attack, but the Soviet ships did come towards the Washington, and the Hyundai-class destroyers and Tarentul-class frigates charged the Americans' Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

The Hyundai class is on par with the Alibury class, but the American ships that think that they have won the war are not as high-spirited as the Soviet fleet, which has held back a wave of hatred from the Soviet Union, and the outdated design of the Hyundai class is to ram the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the United States with the idea of dying together, and the ship's side is fiercely mounted on the left side of the American destroyer, and it fights to the end with an unending spirit.

The Varyag in the back restricts the actions of the Kyiv-class, without the cover of the frigate, and the anti-missile ship weapons installed on it have become the most useless ornament of the Kyiv-class, because this is not a war, but a confrontation of wits and courage.

At the same time, a MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft took off from the Ulyanovsk, and he, hanging the auxiliary fuel tanks, was ready to make big news in front of the American fleet. After detecting an emergency take-off of the opposing fighter jet, the ship-to-air weapons radar on the USS Washington locked onto it, and the F18 fighter jet also began to move, preparing to intercept the fighter with unknown intentions.

However, the MiG-29 did not approach the Washington, but became entangled with the destroyer, and then he aimed at the ship farthest from the fleet, flew low, and then calculated the moment and threw the auxiliary fuel tank on the deck of the other party.

The auxiliary fuel tank with the detonation device installed detonated on the deck of an Arleigh Burke-class in an instant, and the heat wave of the explosion shattered the glass on the control tower, and the strong light and fire stunned the aircraft carrier command platform far away.

Such provocative behavior is considered the rhythm of a declaration of war?

The MiG-29K disappeared without a trace immediately after dropping the auxiliary fuel tank, leaving only Rothman, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, not knowing whether to give the order to attack. Just now, everyone clearly saw that an unknown object fell from the position of the MiG-29K bomb carrier, and then exploded on the deck of the destroyer, but the power of this bomb seems to be a little smaller, and it did not blow up the Arleigh Burke class?

Just when Rothman's face was cloudy, the communicator sitting in the back suddenly said, "Captain Rothman, the captain of the Ulyanovsk asked to communicate with you, did you agree?" (To be continued.) )