USSR 1991

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Chapter 3 and Six: The Missing Ghost Nuclear Submarine

The U.S. Combined Fleet that has entered the Western Pacific Ocean is sailing here as if it had entered an uninhabited land. Except for those anti-submarine aircraft, early warning aircraft, and strategic bombers that followed them from afar, the U.S. Combined Fleet did not encounter any Any enemy at sea, the sea area known as the swimming pool in the back garden of the Soviet Far East actually broke into a group of thieves openly, it is ironic to think about it.

It was as if the Soviet Pacific Fleet were all huddled in Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka on the Kamchatka Peninsula, not daring to meet the enemy. The Soviet plane gave an insulting middle finger.

Although Yanayev is full of anger now, he has not really lost his mind. If the Pacific Fleet and the United Fleet are desperately fighting, such a deal is worthwhile.He is calculating a bigger conspiracy. The United States, South Korea, and Japan will all be retaliated after this incident, without exception.

Anyway, the net has already been cast, and now he is silently waiting for the Americans to take the bait first.

The U.S. embassy in the Soviet Union welcomed the Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. Because this secret exercise has been colluded with Ambassador Matlock, the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union with a keen sense of politics has already thought about his speech. Against Shevardnadze.

When he saw Shevardnadze, whose face was flushed by the ice and snow and who was walking hurriedly, he felt a little proud in his heart, thinking that you Soviets will have this day too, and he can finally talk to the Soviets with confidence. Let me tell you something I don't know.

Shevardnadze did not talk nonsense. He said to the American ambassador in the most concise words, "Listen, now a nuclear-powered submarine from the Soviet Union has lost its audio in the waters off the west coast of the United States. The captain threatened to use the nuclear-powered submarine. Long-range ballistic missiles attached to nuclear warheads have destroyed the entire United States! What are you still doing, tell your Secretary of Defense immediately!"

However, before the smug emotions passed, a message from Matlock made Matlock stunned in place as if struck by lightning, and the rhetoric he had prepared in his mind disappeared in an instant.

"What are you talking about, the Soviet nuclear submarine is going to attack the United States? You are joking, Minister Shevardnadze, how could such an accident happen!" Matlock shook his head, rejecting Shevardnadze's statement.

The frantic expression shown by Shevardnadze made him feel a little shaken in his heart, but what he said next made him say, "Because you don't understand the situation at all, this is equipped with the latest silent propulsion system of the Soviet Union. The nuclear submarine can block all the sonar explorations of the United States, and it is also the true Soviet Union's real 'underwater ghost'. It is our secret trump card!"

"You mean that your current trump card wants to provoke a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?" Matlock was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect the matter to be so serious. He quickly grabbed the phone on the table and reported to the Pentagon intelligence.

"He didn't want to provoke a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union. He was ready to provoke a world-class nuclear war. The nuclear warheads on it were aimed at China, France, and the United Kingdom. Once there was a nuclear bundling The necessary conditions for a strike, the whole world will be wiped out." Shevardnadze told Mark Locke the seriousness of this matter in a clear way.

"I'm notifying the Pentagon now... just wait a moment." Malotek was already flustered and incoherent.

When the Pentagon was immersed in the joy of successfully holding a naval party in the back garden of the Soviets one second ago, Minister Aspin, who received a call from Matlock the next second, couldn't laugh out loud.He repeatedly asked whether the situation was true, and Matlock nodded, saying that the Soviet government had said it himself.

"What is missing is a modified Delta IV-class nuclear submarine, carrying 10 10-ton TNT-equivalent multiple-guided nuclear warheads. Captain Mikhail is a radical leftist who has always dreamed of destroying all nuclear warheads in the world. Since the death of his wife, this kind of revenge idea has become more and more ingrained in the capitalist country. Until a few hours ago, he shot and killed the political commissar instructor on the submarine, and then led the navy into the waters off the west coast of the United States. .”

"He is also an excellent submarine commander in the Soviet Union, so the nuclear submarine test mission with the modified silence system will be handed over to him with confidence. It's just that the Soviet government did not expect that he did not defect with the submarine, but directly prepared to surpass the United States. Launch a nuclear strike. Even the Soviet Union does not know how he obtained another set of nuclear bomb launch codes, and now the right to launch all ten nuclear warheads is in his hands."

"And the Soviet government claimed that this is the only state-of-the-art attack nuclear submarine in the world. If you can't dispatch ships to search on a large scale, it will be like an unscrupulous ghost wandering in the waters of the United States, and Taunt us severely."

After listening to the introduction, Minister of Defense Aspin asked, "Don't those Russians know how to keep their nuclear bomb launch codes? Then we dispatch all the fleets, anti-submarine aircraft, and attack submarines to search for them. Can we Found this legendary ghost submarine?"

"From the introduction of the Soviet Union, we can know that they have achieved something in the silent field that American submarines have never broken through. That is to say, this submarine may really be the most unique strategic weapon in the world. In this case, we want to capture it It is difficult. Based on the number of ships we are still in port, it is difficult. Unless we recall the navy that is holding a joint military exercise in the Western Pacific, and then search inch by inch from Alaska to California, we can find its clues.”

After hearing the news, Aspin frowned. He had some doubts about the authenticity of this submarine. Why did the United States hold a joint military exercise in the Western Pacific Ocean, and why did the Soviet Union have a nuclear submarine inexplicably missing in the sea?

"Have you ever evaluated the authenticity of this nuclear submarine?" Minister Aspin asked suddenly, "For example, our intelligence investigation work, such a highly confidential project, should also have clues from the CIA. Could it be that any shipyard in the Soviet Union Don't you have any information about this nuclear submarine?"

"In fact, the CIA did find some clues in the Komsomolsk shipyard in Amur last month. A nuclear submarine that seemed to have no records was being repaired. At that time, the CIA did not pay much attention to the photos on this intelligence."

"What's the CIA's waste for? Why didn't such important information be fed back to the Ministry of Defense?" Hearing the other party's answer, Aspin was very indignant, but his heart settled down instead. At least now it can be confirmed that this ship The ghost nuclear submarine exists, and it was not invented by the Soviets to distract the combined fleet.

"Oh, by the way, the Soviet Union also said, once you find that nuclear submarine, please destroy it immediately. Because Captain Mikhail has lost his mind at this time, he once threatened that when his is discovered, it will be When the United States was destroyed, his hand was already on the nuclear button at any time."

"I see, the four Nimitz-class ships that are conducting joint exercises will be recalled. I need their anti-submarine ships to conduct underwater searches, otherwise the scope is too wide." Minister Aspin issued an order to the Navy, although There is still some distance from the original purpose of deterrence, but in comparison, the homeland security of the United States is more important.

A failed exercise will not make Secretary Aspin resign and apologize, but a serious homeland security crisis may ruin his future and opportunities.

In the US embassy in the Soviet Union, when he confirmed that the Pentagon had begun to search for Soviet nuclear submarines, Shevardnadze finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said to Matlock, "I hope we can still stop a nuclear war now." war."

Of course, what he thought in his heart was another sentence.

"These idiots finally took the bait."

Chapter 3 and Seven

The two Nimitz-class ships that were still wandering in the Western Pacific received heavy news that a most advanced Soviet nuclear submarine broke into the waters of the United States and threatened to use ten nuclear warheads to turn the entire country into a cold nuclear winter. In fact, looking for a nuclear submarine on a vast coastline with the current number of fleets is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.So now we need all the naval power we can use to find the whereabouts of this mysterious submarine.

Of course, the first reaction of the US fleet after receiving such information was to quickly evacuate this sea area. Anyway, it has been provoking here for so long.The USS Nimitz and the USS Roosevelt retreated first, while the USS Washington stationed in Japan was responsible for covering the retreat of the USS Nimitz and the USS Roosevelt. After that, it returned south with the Kiev-class destroyers of South Korea and the King Kong-class destroyers of Japan.

Everything seemed to be going so smoothly, and even the captain of the USS Washington, David Rothman, believed that this joint military exercise was finally a severe revenge for the scandal caused by the last Falklands exercise.The Soviet Union lost an anti-submarine aircraft.My own Pacific Fleet was blocked at the door of my house and dared not even come out. The most ironic thing is that the wreckage of the Hawthorn anti-submarine aircraft that crashed on the USS Eisenhower was pushed directly into the Pacific Ocean by the US military, except for a few charred and unrecognizable bodies Other than that, everything has been cleaned up.

After the Nimitz and Roosevelt evacuated, the USS Washington also evacuated under the cover of carrier-based aircraft and destroyers. Like a victorious pirate, they swaggered out of the Soviet Union's sphere of influence without any scruples.

"This time we won very easily. After the Soviet Union owned the more advanced Ulyanovsk, it turned out to be a coward and a coward. It didn't even have the courage to fight." Captain Rothman breathed a sigh of relief.

Daniel, the executive director, looked at the receding sea area and said with some concern, "I don't think things are that simple. The Soviet anti-submarine aircraft dared to be directly installed on the deck of the USS Washington, which shows that this barbaric nation has desperate courage, but Is this a trap deliberately set by their officials?"

"Trap, what kind of trap? We have already left this sea area, what else can they do with us? From the naval base on the Kamchatka Peninsula to chase to the territory of Japan to intercept the USS Washington? I don't think they have done such a stupid thing. I will do it." Rothman said disdainfully, "I thought the Soviets were so courageous, but I didn't expect that they were just talking bravely."

Daniel turned his attention to another place. If the Soviet Union really wanted to do something, then they could catch up with him halfway and intercept them.

"Crossing the Strait of La Perouse, the Strait of Roots, or the waterways behind the country, it is possible to catch up with us, do you believe it?" Daniel said, "But even if the Soviet Union can catch up with us, what can he do? After all, we are now Its military strength still cannot be underestimated."

After the success of the ghost submarine's deception, Ulyanovsk, which was in a state of preparation, immediately set off from Vladivostok, crossed the La Perouse Strait and quietly approached the Washington, which was halfway there. Newly commissioned Soviet aircraft carriers always had more chances of hand-offs.

Varyag set off from the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka on the Kamchatka Peninsula, chasing the Washington and the Kiev-class ship from behind. The Soviet Navy has already calculated all possible situations. They It will just catch up with the flamboyant American aircraft carrier in the northeast direction of Shikotan Island.

Indeed, it is indeed unwise to use two aircraft carriers to face the opponent's four aircraft carriers head-on, but when the opponent only has one USS Washington and the Kiev class, the Soviet Union has the courage to fight them desperately.And Yanayev's order is that if the opponent does not fire the first shot, then we will use the ship's impact!Until they dare not provoke again.

The slowly sinking sun on the sea surface rendered the entire sea surface blood red, and the American sailors who were full of ambition and singing triumphantly returned.After this exercise, they have another relaxing holiday, and they can look for those young compensated girls in cities in Japan.

The cheerful crew members were outside, but Daniel, who was resting on the bed, was not happy at all. There was always inexplicable tension slowly tightening his heart, as if he had a premonition that an accident would happen at any time.And when approaching the four northern islands, this uneasy feeling became more and more intense.

Just when he was about to get up and return to the podium, a sharp siren gripped his nerves.Daniel hurriedly picked up his clothes and ran to the podium, only to see that everyone was looking at the huge figure that appeared in front of him, swimming towards them slowly like a bloody steel behemoth under the reflection of the setting sun.The strong sense of oppression stimulated everyone's nerves and choked the sailors' throats.

"This is the ace of the Soviet Union's navy, the Ulyanovsk? It turns out that I have been holding back until this time to appear?" Captain Rothman sneered, "What is this? Western cowboy confrontation? Don't forget me here But there are two aircraft carriers!"

Just when he thought he had the same chance of winning, the captain of the Kiev-class aircraft carrier in charge of covering behind brought him bad news in broken English, "An aircraft carrier appeared behind us, it is the Soviet Varyag."

surrounded?To suffer so long just for this moment?

Daniel felt a little funny. The current situation is obviously that the US fleet is superior. Unless the Soviets go to war here desperately for an anti-submarine aircraft, sink the fleets of Japan, South Korea and the United States, and declare war on the United States nakedly, how will they end up Those who stand to be cheap are all Americans.

But Daniel bet that the Soviet Union would not dare to do this. If it had the courage, it would have launched a war as early as the autumn of 1962, and would it have waited until now when its strength was greatly reduced?

Obviously, they are sure to win the confrontation with the Soviet Union.Japan and its own destroyers stopped at the front to prevent the Soviet Union from launching a sudden attack, but the Soviet ships did come towards the USS Washington, and the Modern-class destroyers and Tarantour-class frigates rushed towards the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. and go.

The modern class is on par with the Alibury class, but the American ships that have won the war are not as good as the Soviet Union. The Soviet fleet, which has suffocated a wave of hatred, is high-spirited. The destroyer, the ship's side is firmly installed on the left side of the American destroyer, fighting to the end with an endless spirit.

The Varyag at the back restricts the actions of the Kiev class. Without the cover of the frigate, the anti-missile ship weapons installed on it make it the most useless decoration of the Kiev class, because this is not a war, but a confrontation of wits and courage contest.

At the same time, a MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft took off on the Ulyanovsk, and he was going to make a big news in front of the US fleet with the auxiliary fuel tank hanging.After detecting that the other side had a fighter jet scrambled into the air, the process ship-to-air weapon radar on the Washington aircraft carrier locked and aimed at it. At the same time, the F-18 fighter jets also began to move, preparing to intercept the fighter jet with unknown intentions.

However, this MiG 29 did not approach the USS Washington, but was entangled with the destroyer. Then he aimed at the ship farthest from the fleet, flew over at low altitude, and then counted the timing and dropped the auxiliary fuel tank. opponent's deck.

The auxiliary fuel tank with the detonating device detonated instantly on the deck of an Arleigh Burke class. The heat wave of the explosion shattered the glass on the command tower, and the intense light and fire stunned the aircraft carrier command platform far away.

This kind of provocative behavior is the rhythm of declaring war?

After the MiG-29K dropped the auxiliary fuel tank, it disappeared without a trace, leaving Rothman with a gloomy face, wondering if he would give an order to launch an attack.Just now everyone saw clearly 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 seemed to be a little weaker, and it didn't blow up the Arleigh Burke class, did it?

Just when Rothman's face was cloudy, the correspondent sitting in the back suddenly said, "Captain Rothman, the captain of the Ulyanovsk has requested to communicate with you, do you agree?"