USSR 1991

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No one would be reconciled to the fact that their naval power has always been subject to the US-Japan security treaty. At least in the Ministry of Defense, there have been voices to abolish the civilian coordination system. This is the first step for the Japanese naval power to become stronger.

South Korea is trembling with trepidation for this strategic deterrence exercise. For them, it is as unwise as kicking a terrible giant bear sleeping next to them. Besides, the South Korean navy has not fully adapted to the Kiev-class aircraft carrier. To him, the Kiev class is like a dangerous weapon, and now he wants to use this weapon to stimulate the bottom line and nerves of his northern neighbors.

Americans can slap their ass and leave the mess to others, but what about South Korea?Thinking about it feels a little creepy.Of course, the result of going against the wishes of the United States is even more creepy.

The weather on this day was very good and it was very suitable for exercises without wind and clouds.Moreover, during the voyage of the Nimitz class, radio frequency radiation control was strictly implemented to avoid being detected by the passive interception equipment of the Soviet marine surveillance system.This trick has been tried and tested for the United States. The provocative incident of the Eisenhower used this method to sneak into the Kola Peninsula of Murmansk silently, which shocked the Soviet Union. In the case of aircraft interception, all the Figure 95 strategic bombers did not reach the scheduled strike position.It also made them very dissatisfied with their electronic warfare technology.

However, there was only one USS Eisenhower back then, and today there are five aircraft carriers present, so even if the U.S. Navy tried to avoid the Soviet Union's marine monitoring system carefully, it would be difficult for such a huge target to appear quietly in the predetermined sea area.

After entering the sea area of ​​​​the Soviet forces, the huge aircraft carrier battle group was quickly detected by an Il-38 "Hawthorn Flower" sea anti-submarine aircraft. The pilot on the plane saw the huge aircraft carrier fleet reaching the sea area at their doorstep to show off their might At the time, he thought it was an illusion he saw.

"My God, this is the American fleet." He widened his eyes, and even rubbed his eyes, trying to tell himself if it was true.But when he really opened his eyes the next second, the huge fleet was still displayed in front of him.He looked at this huge formation that could be compared to the entire military force of the Soviet Union in disbelief, and muttered to himself, "What's going on? Is this a US-Soviet war about to break out?"

He immediately reported this important news to the Alekseevka Air Force Base in Soviet Port and requested support. This is another provocative incident by the United States after the provocative incident in 1981. This time the US aircraft carrier dispatched The scale is more dire than ever.

"You mean that a large number of American ships were detected outside the Kuril Islands approaching the coastline of the Soviet Union?" The ground control tower immediately regarded the actions of the American ships as an act of invasion war.

"Yeah, it's horrible. At least four Nimitz-class carriers, and one Kiev-class, etc., oh my god, I also saw the Japanese destroyers. This combined fleet is almost as powerful as the Soviets All the naval aircraft carrier forces are gone. I will now fly over to conduct further investigation and then report back information. These are my final coordinates. If I sacrifice..."

The air traffic controller at the ground control tower was anxious, and he said hastily, "You don't need to do this, soon there will be bombers and interceptors from the Air Force to stop it."

At this time, the pilot of the anti-submarine aircraft did not intend to continue talking to Tata. He was silent for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at his companion, who greeted him with affirmative eyes.The companions around him nodded encouragingly and supported his approach, "Tell them that this is the Soviet Union's waters, not the territory of the Americans. They are not qualified to dictate here."

The pilot nodded resolutely, and said the last sentence to the control tower staff, "Please tell the motherland that I have tried my best. Please also tell my mother that I love her."

As soon as the words fell, the hawthorn flower, like a crumbling flower about to fall, flew towards the aircraft carrier battle group without hesitation.Its figure crosses the blue sky, like a loyal guard of the motherland, protecting every island and reef in the Soviet Union and every sea area.

Seeing that the Soviet reconnaissance plane was not forced to retreat, but rushed over, the United States quickly activated the F-18 fighter jets to deter and intercept, but the Hawthorn anti-submarine plane ignored the behavior of the F-18 fighter jets.He continued to circle around the USS Eisenhower to collect intelligence, and kept reporting to the command tower the number of ships in the fleet, roughly the number of carrier-based aircraft it had, and the direction it was headed.

At this time, the U.S. F-18 fighter jets had to make dangerous moves. They approached the Soviet reconnaissance planes, trying to intercept them at close range. However, in front of the Il-38 pilot who was thinking about the machine, he ignored the little fly that appeared in front of him, and flew forward directly.

But in the end, an accident happened. The propeller of the Il-38 collided with the wing of the F-18, and the rotating propeller drew a terrible scratch on the wing of the F-18 fighter, while the propeller of the hawthorn flower It was directly cut off, and the entire wing of the plane began to emit black smoke.

The pilots in the cockpit could feel the violent tremors when the plane was out of balance. The smoked Il-38 began to plummet like a bird that lost its balance. The altitude displayed on the instrument panel was getting lower and lower. You can even see through the glass that the plane is rushing towards the blue sea.

At the last critical moment, the pilot of the plane made an extraordinary decision. He tried his best to control the driving direction of Il-38, and rushed towards the deck of the Eisenhower, which was destined to end in a magnificent tragedy.

His heart was calming down, and at that moment, his mother and the pilot father who died early in a training flashed in his mind.With tears in his eyes, he said softly, "Father, your son didn't let you down. Mother, I'm sorry, I let you down."

The end of the pilot's line of sight was the aircraft carrier deck that was getting closer and closer, and he could even see the American ground crew fleeing in a hurry.Because the incident happened so suddenly, they didn't even have time to launch the Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile to stop the Soviet pilot's suicide attack. Of course, they also didn't expect the Soviet Union to stop them in such a way of dying together.

Hawthorn flowers drifted away, defending the dignity of the country in a tragic way.

Everyone on the command tower stood up in silence and took off their hats to the heroes who safeguarded the dignity of the country.

The flames disappeared on the sea, and everything returned to calm. Except for the American aircraft carrier burning with flames on the deck, which proved that all this had happened, everything seemed to return to the calm sea again.

Chapter 3 and five

The U.S. Navy personnel were busy extinguishing the burning flames on the deck of the Eisenhower. Because of the impact, the deck was severely damaged. The Eisenhower had to return to the dock for repairs. They could no longer continue this mission.

The burning Il-38 began to break from the middle, and the rear part of the fuselage was silent in the bottomless Pacific Ocean, while the front part hit the deck and caught fire. The wreckage of the plane was wrapped in violent flames. , Like the anger of the Soviet Union, burning blazingly in front of the US fleet.

Although the Il-38 used such an extreme method in an attempt to severely damage the USS Eisenhower, it did not crash and sink it in the Western Pacific except for the damage to the deck of the Eisenhower aircraft carrier.

The USS Eisenhower could no longer continue to perform the mission of the joint military exercise. The aircraft carrier battle group had to cover the injured ship to withdraw from the extremely risky military exercise, while the remaining four aircraft carriers continued to approach the Kuril Islands and arrived at the designated Joint military exercises in the sea area.

The Soviet Naval Headquarters has just received feedback from the Alekseevka Air Force Base, explaining to them that a fleet composed of the United States and its allies is approaching their door. The headquarters further fed back the intelligence of the U.S. fleet, and approached the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group to collect intelligence, but unfortunately, it crashed.The life and death of the driver is unknown.

After hearing the news, Admiral Smiryev dropped the cup he was holding onto the ground. He turned his head stiffly, and with incredible eyes, he said to the colonel who was reporting the situation, "What did you say?" Is it true that the US Navy is provoking our Air Force in the Western Pacific?"

"Yes, our anti-submarine aircraft has been confirmed to be an American aircraft carrier, and it has detected the anti-submarine aircraft of the American aircraft carrier. Unfortunately, it crashed." The naval captain who reported the situation buried his head very low, for fear that he would see Smiryev when he raised his head. With a furious appearance, everyone knows that the admiral of the navy has a bad temper, especially when it comes to treating Americans.

"Four Nimitz-class aircraft carriers of the Americans appeared in our sea area, and one of our anti-submarine aircraft was shot down by them?" Smiryev replied word by word.

"We don't know whether the specific situation was shot down or not. The early warning and reconnaissance planes sent out have not yet returned any feedback, but what is certain is that through our marine detection system, one of the aircraft carrier battle groups has begun to return. That is It is said that there are only five US aircraft carriers in the western Pacific waters."

The colonel finally added in a low voice, "One of them is our Kiev-class aircraft carrier, and the Kongo-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force."

Hearing the appearance of a Kiev-class aircraft carrier, Smiryev immediately understood what other countries participated in the joint military exercise. The United States is preparing to unite with its allies in Asia to give the Soviet Navy a blow.Has the appearance of that Ulyanovsk already made them panic?

"How long has this happened?" Smiryev tried his best to control his temper, trying to calm down his heart. At this time, he could not wait to order the Soviet aircraft carrier to attack.Even if they do not have an advantage in numbers, they must at least win back in terms of momentum.The Soviet Navy is not as powerful as the United States, but it has never lost its opponents.You have four Nimitz-class ships, one Kiev-class ship, and we have one Varyag and one Ulyanovsk.

"Things have happened for half an hour." The other party returned, seeing that Smiryev did not show the anger he imagined, he quickly raised his head and glanced at his immediate boss.But when he looked up, he regretted it.

It was a stern face that was more terrifying than the ice of Siberia. There seemed to be only indifference on the pale face. Even those eyes were only possessed by those who climbed out of the pile of dead bodies on the battlefield. It is revenge and revenge with a firm belief.Until the enemy in front of him was wiped out.

Smiryev picked up the clothes on the hanger and was about to go out. While wearing his coat, he gave him an order and said, "I ordered our Pacific Fleet and the radar military monitoring station in the Far East to monitor these bastards for me. Every move is reported to the command every 10 minutes, if they slip under their noses."

He paused for the last sentence before continuing, "From the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet to the captains of every ship, wait to be court-martialed!"

Smiryev dialed the number of the Defense Minister in Moscow through a secret hotline, which communicated urgent matters from Leningrad, which was set up in a secret dark room in the Naval Headquarters building.At this time, Smiryev was sitting alone in front of the table, quietly waiting for the other party to answer the phone.

"Hello, is this Comrade Smiryev?" Minister of Defense Yazov asked, his voice was a little gloomy, because after he answered the call, who was also far away in Moscow, it meant that something ominous had happened.

"It's me, Minister Yazov, I have a very urgent situation to report to you. The United States' joint fleet is now appearing in the Western Pacific Ocean and heading towards the Kuril Islands. One of our anti-submarine aircraft may be attacked by the other side during the confrontation." of surface-to-air short-range missiles."

Smiryev paused at this point. He was waiting for further instructions from Yazov. As long as the other party said a word and immediately counterattacked, the Pacific Fleet would dispatch without hesitation, and headed towards the ship twice or twice as powerful as himself. The enemy charged in the past, and with the attack method of saturation strike, the American fleet swaggered over, and then was carried back.

But after the words were over, there was an embarrassing silence. The other party didn't seem to want to answer Smiryev's question. He could only hear the rapid and restless breathing from the other end through the microphone.It was a long time before he heard Yazov's disappointing answer.

"Continue to send reconnaissance planes to investigate and report the situation to Moscow. All warships of the Pacific Fleet are in a state of readiness, waiting for orders. Without an order from Moscow, no actions are allowed."

"Since we have entered the state of preparation for war, why don't we fight back against them. We lost an anti-submarine aircraft in front of them!" Smiryev argued hard, trying to persuade Yazov to go out and annihilate the fleet now. The sea at the door.

"Don't you think I won't be heartbroken? Comrade Smiryev. I am also heartbroken with you. I am sad that we have lost our comrades-in-arms and the hero of the Republic. But you are a soldier, and the bounden duty of a soldier is to obey orders!" Minister of Defense Ya Zoff reprimanded angrily, he is already angry enough now, and like Smiryev, he has never felt such humiliation.

But any retaliation will have to wait until Moscow has a formal plan.

After hanging up the phone, Yazov hurried to Yanayev's presidential office. He knocked on the closed door with a hasty knock, and then closed the door tightly.Yazov took a deep breath, and described the incident to Yanayev in the most concise language.

"The combined fleet of the United States and its allies has appeared in the Western Pacific with unknown intentions, and we have an anti-submarine aircraft that may be shot down by them. Now the entire Pacific Fleet is waiting for an order from Moscow."

Yanayev put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Yazov, and asked, "So how many aircraft carriers did the United States dispatch this time? Is it enough to start a war?"

"The feedback from the anti-submarine aircraft personnel is that there are five aircraft carriers. Even if the strength of the four naval fleets of the Soviet Union is combined, it is not enough to match the opponent's combined fleet."

"Counterattack." Yanayev's answer was concise.

"But the number of American fleets is far above ours..." Yazov was anxious, fearing that Yanayev would make a wrong decision in an irrational situation.

"If you don't fight back, are you waiting for the Americans to laugh at the weakness of the Soviet navy? The joke that the Soviet navy can't even protect its own anti-submarine aircraft? The joke that the so-called powerful Soviet army is just a fleet folded with paper?"

"We will retaliate against the Americans, and retaliation is definitely not about losing a plane."

"It's about scaring the world."

Yanayev gently put down the pen in his hand, looked at Yazov and said.