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Vorobiev said helplessly, "We don't want the tragedy of the Soviet Red Navy to be borne out by you again."

General Zhang nodded immediately after he understood. Although it is very unreliable to talk about revolutionary friendship in international politics, this time, the Soviet Union really showed sincerity to help the construction of China's naval power.It is impossible for them to send ships in active service to China. They can only sell decommissioned destroyers and unfinished ships to China at a cheap price.

Comparing your heart to your heart, this is enough.

"Presumably at the Black Sea Shipyard, the Kiev class you sell is also given an unbelievably low price, right?" General Zhang asked casually.

Avakyants nodded.

General Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. If this is the case, then the Chinese navy is expected to form the first combat-capable aircraft carrier battle group by the end of this year, although the Kiev-class ship is not an aircraft carrier in the true sense, but a transition It is a substitute for the times, but it is also enough to provide a hole card for the recent Strait crisis.According to the current Sino-Soviet alliance, the United States absolutely dare not act rashly.In order to force the other party to make concessions on the issue of Masao Iwasato.

"I understand what you mean."

General Zhang did not expect that the Soviet Union would use such a hint to express its attitude towards the strait. Although this is China's internal affairs and the other party cannot interfere, when the United States really interferes with force, the Soviet Union will stand up and express its attitude to the Straits. US political pressure.

This is equivalent to adding a hole card to China invisibly.

"Happy cooperation." General Zhang said with a smile. He was looking forward to what kind of hidden losses the unknowing Americans would suffer next.

"Pleasant to work with."

Avakyants responded in the same way.

Chapter 436 Misjudgment

It is impossible to hide the large-scale abolition of the navy like the Soviet Union from the outside world. After the White House received the news for the first time, President Mario held an emergency meeting inside the White House.The content of the meeting naturally revolved around the Soviet Red Navy.

The only thing the United States is afraid of when it comes to maritime strategy is its desperate fleet.

Yanayev suddenly announced the large-scale abolition of the Red Navy's power. This incident also made President Mario feel relieved.

In this way, the Soviet Union will lose part of its medium-range air defense force, which will be a big loss for the Red Navy.At this time, it is just in the critical period of the game between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific Strait. At least the U.S. government can proudly announce that if China dares to act rashly, then the Nimitz aircraft carrier battle group will take on the task of protecting the security of the islands in the strait.In this confrontation, the United States is not worried about the military strength of the Chinese navy at all. The only thing he fears is whether the Soviet Union will take the opportunity to get involved in this maritime crisis in the Asia-Pacific region. But now it seems that the previous worries are unnecessary. Because after this large-scale abolition of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's original maritime aircraft carrier battle group was not as good as the United States, and now it is even less of an opponent of the United States.

"However, I still think that President Mario needs to worry about this matter. The Soviet government is conducting military negotiations with the Chinese government to sell a guided missile destroyer, a guided missile cruiser and the last remaining Kiev class to China. We should This matter has aroused vigilance, after all, just announced the disarmament of armaments and suddenly started the arms business, I am afraid there is an ulterior secret behind it." William Perry, Secretary of Defense, said cautiously that the arms trade between China and the Soviet Union will always cause problems. The US Department of Defense is vigilant, and the CIA is also eyeing every trouble between the two countries.

"How much use value does the eliminated armament have? Didn't you hear the announcement from the Soviet Union? The modern-class destroyer had to be sold to China at a low price because of the damaged boiler, and the air defense capability of the Kenda-class destroyer is outdated. Even if it is sold For the Chinese side, it will take a certain amount of time between the two parties, so I don’t think there is any need to worry about this transaction.” President Mario said indifferently, “The Chinese side seems to be very serious, but the purchase of two ships Scrapped ships can guarantee the combat capability of the aircraft carrier, and the Kiev-class ship, China is purely trying to threaten the United States with an improvised aircraft carrier fleet. If this is the case, then we will send another aircraft carrier to fight group, forming three aircraft carrier strike forces to protect the Taiwan area and safeguard our political interests."

Only the U.S. government can talk about interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in such a grandiose way.

As for the credibility of the Soviet Union's announcement to the outside world, it is not known.

"But at least we can realize one thing. The Soviet government is no longer able to maintain the high naval construction. Their navy will come to the end of the road. The Ulyanovsk is just their dying struggle. "

It seems that a long and protracted war has finally come to an end. In this war, the United States used the arms race to drag down the Soviet naval power. The next thing he has to do is to continue to test pressure in the Asia-Pacific region and force China and the Soviet Union to make concessions.

Before, he still had lingering fears about the Soviet Union, and he was always worried that the other party would suddenly intervene in the Asia-Pacific region. Now that he thinks about it, his thoughts are completely unnecessary.

Now that the Soviet Union is dead, the United States will continue to increase its pressure. Mario is different from Clinton in history. He is far more resolute in interfering in certain internal affairs than the latter.At least in history, Clinton has repeatedly emphasized that the United States will not receive Masao Iwazato in an official capacity, but Mario has not even replied a word. Although there is no official meeting with Taiwan representatives, the Chinese side has expressed strong protests.

In the changed historical timeline, the powerful Soviet Union has not yet been destroyed, and it has added subtle chips to this Taiwan crisis. The butterfly effect produced by the change of the historical timeline has become more and more obvious.At least it's not like the situation where one side was crushing the other side. The Chinese side was so suppressed that they couldn't hold their heads up.

Considering this reason, President Mario finally made a very wrong decision.At the White House press conference, Mario stressed that he would help maintain order in the Gulf of China and avoid large-scale violent conflicts. At the same time, he hoped that the Beijing government would act with restraint and maintain a calm attitude on both sides.

Moscow expressed great regret upon hearing Mario's statement.After Yanayev knew Mario's attitude, he said something stupid with disdain.The behavior of the US government is simply to provoke the rhythm of conflicts.Once an international conflict breaks out, public opinion and the situation will be on China's side. China is not an Iraq that can be bullied. It will be up to Mario to finish it.

At least there is still a Soviet Union standing next to China, a firm alliance with the same interests.And those spectators in the European Union may wait for whoever loses to make trouble.The United States might as well think of adding a few more aircraft carrier battle groups to exert pressure in the South Pacific relying on them.

After hearing the statement from the US White House spokesperson, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a strong protest and even used harsh diplomatic rhetoric, "The United States will be responsible for the consequences arising therefrom."

Another meaning of this sentence is that, if possible, our country will resort to force.

The cloud over the Asia-Pacific region has gathered another layer, and there is even a taste of uneasiness before the storm.Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has not shown a smile for several days in a row. If a large-scale military conflict breaks out in the Asia-Pacific region, then Japan must be the first to be unlucky.So the first one who wants to keep all parties calm must be Japan.

In Vladivostok, China and the Soviet Union have completed the final handover of warships.After the warship is tested in the military port, it will be escorted by the Pacific Fleet to the waters of China, and then quickly put into the fleet establishment. It seems that there is no chance for a running-in period, because everyone does not know that the Asia-Pacific waters full of gunpowder will be in the sea. When will it explode.The sooner you prepare, the better position you will be in when conflict breaks out.

At the same time, the last Kiev-class ship also sailed out of the Black Sea Shipyard. The Soviet Navy has even helped to complete the preparations for combat status, and even laid anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, ready to deal with threats from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier battle group at any time According to the principle of saturation attack, every ship sold by the Soviet Union to China is a terrible threat armed to the teeth for the unaware United States.

A conflict is imminent.

Chapter 437 Forever Benefit, Temporary Friend

Crises are often accompanied by dangers and opportunities. Just when the East Asian countries were panicking, the Soviet Union smelled a business opportunity for arms sales.Beginning on April 4, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid conflicts.At the same time, South Korean President Kim Young-sam also held urgent consultations with China, hoping that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can resolve the issue through peaceful dialogue. Violence is not the only way.The trembling small countries around China are afraid that this country, whose international influence is gradually soaring, will suddenly start a war regardless of everything.At that time, as neighboring countries separated by a strip of water, the economies of South Korea and Japan will definitely suffer certain impacts.

Even though both sides are now advocating Sino-Japanese friendship, cases of stabbing in the back are not uncommon.

Facing the increasingly tense situation in East Asia, the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union put forward a bold idea. It does not need to keep many countries in a prismatic restraint, but sells arms to the Asia-Pacific countries, and uses the Taiwan crisis to set off an arms race among small East Asian countries. upsurge.

"Sell our shore-to-ship missile system to Japan?" Yanayev's first reaction was that this plan seemed unreliable.

Yanayev expressed his concerns, "There is still an island dispute between us and Japan, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force also regards the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy as an imaginary enemy. If we sell shore-to-ship missiles to Japan now In terms of the system, are you sure you won't shoot yourself in the foot with a rock?"

But the Ministry of National Defense, which is determined to create more budgets, has long thought of a way to deal with it. Yazov replied straightforwardly, "For Japan's arms sales, the latest bastion system must be sold to arouse Japan's interest."

The performance of the bastion system that has just entered service has indeed satisfied the Soviet Red Navy. The North Sea Fleet deployed two sets of K-300P "Bastion" coastal missile systems equipped with supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles on the Kola Peninsula.It can defend nearly 1500 kilometers of the coast of the Soviet Union from possible attacks by the Marine Corps, and draw a 300-kilometer "death zone" for NATO warships in the Barents Sea.

The Black Sea Fleet was the first to receive the Bastion missile system.They were deployed in Crimea, allowing the Soviet Union to control the entire Black Sea waters, including the mouth of the Bosphorus.Now, the bastion system covers the Barents Sea, and in the near future the system will be deployed on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Baltic Fleet.

"While threatening the Soviet army, it can also threaten the US aircraft carrier and drive a wedge between Japan and the United States so that the Soviet Union can infiltrate Japan. The "bastion" system can leave a back door, and the range of the missile is reduced. Launching capability, the range of gemstones is reduced to 300 kilometers. Even 300 kilometers is still out of reach for Japan. The detection means adopt Japanese domestic products, and the combat system leaves a back door for the Soviet army, which can not only improve Haizi's strike capability does not need to worry about the leakage of core technology, and at the same time, it can arouse the suspicion of the United States and facilitate the penetration of the Soviet Union."

On the one hand, the Soviet system cannot be sold to Japan due to confidentiality. On the other hand, it is not very compatible. This is more similar to a cooperative research and development. Cooperating with Japan to develop the bastion system can also increase potential international customers. The Japanese radar can be sold to other countries using Western systems.The infiltration of Soviet power into Japan is one of the convenient ways for our Soviet Union to intervene in Asia-Pacific disputes.

In the face of common interests, all previous grievances and grievances between countries can be put aside.

"If the sale is carried out openly, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Americans. Perhaps the project was blocked as soon as it was established, but what if it is under the banner of Soviet-Japanese joint research and development? After all, their Maritime Self-Defense Force also needs to purchase their own products. The weapons can enter the Japanese market openly and aboveboard." Defense Minister Comrade Yazov said.

"We still need the help of our Chinese friends. In this tense and delicate period, no one wants to have the flags of other countries inexplicably appearing on their territory the next day. Even if we sell at a high price, the Japanese side not only has no complaints, but I will be even more grateful to Dade and thank the Soviet Union for saving Japan."

"So what about the South Kuril Islands?" Yanayev said, "They can deploy these weapons on the four northern islands to deal with the threat of our ships. In this way, the Soviet Union is simply helping its enemies create sharp long swords." .”

"So our plan needs to leave a way out, cancel self-identification and classify targets according to importance in the bastion system, select strike tactics and implement the function of the plan, we are not dedicated to our enemies to pierce our hearts Instead of a long sword, send them a dull, rusty knife."

"It's not just Japan, the reconfigured shrunken version of the bastion system can also be sold to countries in Southeast Asia, and then sell the attack ships to their enemies, and the Soviet Union has a steady stream of funds through the arms race between them. But in doing so we are stealing American business, so selling Bastion was never going to be an easy deal in the first place."

Minister Yazov's proposal made Yanayev interested. Now is the critical period for the construction of the vine system. If the shrunk version of the bastion system can be sold, it will be a milestone for the construction of the vine system. It may be possible to achieve the goal of monitoring the world with ten vine system satellites earlier.

"General Secretary Yanayev, this is our idea. Don't you need to take a look at it?" Yazov saw that Yanayev directly closed the plan, thinking that the other party was dissatisfied with his arms sales plan satisfy.

"No, I am not dissatisfied, Comrade Yazov, I am very interested in this plan. In the near future, the Soviet Union will visit all countries that may be involved in this Taiwan crisis, so we will also use this to sell Our anti-ship system." Yanayev said that since the Ministry of Defense has this heart, he and Pavlov will also contribute to the flames and add a financial support for the final construction of the vine system.

"South Korea, North Korea, Japan, these countries whose interests are closely related to the ocean and the Asia-Pacific powers are often the most worried about war, so the Bastion system, as an excellent anti-ship weapon, will expand the sales of our shore-based missiles in the Asia-Pacific market. Yanayev muttered to himself, "Sure enough, using arms to improve the relationship between the two countries is more direct than talking about win-win and common interests."

Chapter 438 The Asia-Pacific Arms Race

The recent tense situation has led Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda to start frequent visits to China, hoping that the situation between the two sides can maintain stability and avoid affecting their already economically slow and difficult island country.Of course, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is also considering another way out. After all, with the current military strength of the Japanese Shanghai Self-Defense Force, he is really worried that if a war is launched, Japan will be wiped out.

At this time, Akio Kuma, who was the director of the Japanese Self-Defense Agency, proposed a plan to purchase missiles from China, but was rejected by Ryutaro Hashimoto. Now a series of military giants such as Lockheed and General Motors in the United States are sharpening their knives. If Hashimoto Ryutaro blatantly buys armaments from China, he will definitely meet opposition from the US forces.You must know that the rope around Japan's neck is still firmly controlled by the United States.

But Yukihiko Ikeda's trip to Beijing was rewarding.Perhaps in order to thank the Soviet Union for its generous arms sales, Beijing made a matchmaking and introduced the Soviet agent in charge of contacting arms sales to Yukihiko Ikeda. The two sides had a brief discussion on the issue of arms sales between the two countries.