USSR 1991

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As a result, Masao Iwasato, who was thinking about independent development in a tiny place, became the target of the three superpowers. The prime minister was President Mario. At the White House press conference, he emphasized that the United States will not condone Masao Iwasato's independent behavior And urge all parties to return to the situation of peaceful negotiations to protect the stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

Hearing that his last life-saving trump card decisively abandoned himself, Masao Iwasato's face turned gray and ugly. Masao Iwasato dared to be self-willed before because Mario stood by his side. Now the United States has decisively abandoned Taiwan for its own benefit. , It means that he has to face the People's Liberation Army, which has long been eager to try, alone. No one as a leader has such courage.

Next, Yanayev is also time to stand up, saying that the Soviet Union will support China's actions on the Taiwan issue, and condemns the behavior of Masao Iwasato's secession of the country. At the same time, he also emphasizes that China should increase its naval power in order to contribute to peace in the Asia-Pacific region make a contribution.

The implication is, should we continue to buy our destroyers?

Under the pressure of various parties, Masao Iwasato could only choose to surrender. He reiterated the [-] Consensus and declared that he would actively promote the Wang-Koo talks to achieve stable development across the Taiwan Strait.However, China still adopts a cold attitude towards Taiwan and continues to oppress the other party's psychological defense. At the same time, China also announced in a high-profile manner that it will conduct a new round of military project cooperation with the Soviet Union and purchase new warships to quickly supplement the strength of the East China Sea Fleet.

After the news was released, Masao Iwasato was so frightened that he almost ran to the United States to apply for political asylum, but of course the United States flatly refused.Only the countries that have gone through the tripartite meeting know that this is a means for the Soviet Union to deter Taiwan.However, China, which has tasted the sweetness in the Taiwan Strait crisis, has indeed accelerated the construction of a modern navy, especially the construction of the East China Sea Fleet, but there is a problem in front of China.

The construction cycle of the navy is longer than that of the army, and it often takes decades of accumulation to build a powerful East China Sea fleet. Therefore, the ready-made model is to buy second-hand ships from the Soviet Union, so as to quickly establish a fleet that can cope with any situation. East China Sea Fleet.

Of course, Yanayev also likes this win-win and mutually beneficial model very much. Considering that China does not have any large ships, the Soviet Union specially prepared a big gift for China this time, which is bigger than the American Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. Four times the size of the Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, second only to the aircraft carrier's sea steel billow.

Perhaps it was the Frunze that left a good impression on the Chinese side during the impact on the Taiwan Strait, so the Chinese representatives never forgot about the Type 1144 ship, especially when they learned that the Soviet Union canceled a "Dzerzhinsky" nuclear-powered missile After the construction plan of the cruiser, just like the follow-up construction plan of the modern-class destroyer, they urgently hope that in the absence of a formal aircraft carrier, a 1144-type nuclear-powered missile cruiser and a Kiev-class aircraft aircraft cruiser) to form a combat force that deters the enemy.

The impact of the Type 1144 cruiser is shocking. As the largest cruiser built in the world, the ship has a full load displacement of more than 2.5 tons, second only to the aircraft carrier. The ship is loaded with more than 400 missiles, so it has the title of arsenal ship. , is the only active cruiser in the world with a displacement of more than 1144 tons and nuclear power.In the Sino-Soviet joint exercise, the Type 1144 air defense interception left a deep impression on the Chinese army. If the price is suitable, China will take the lead in considering purchasing the Type [-] cruiser.

Anyway, the Soviet Union will not sell the Ulyanovsk to China, so considering the unfinished Dzerzhinsky is the focus of China.

"We are very satisfied with the performance of the Soviet Type 1144 cruiser, but besides the Type 1144, are there any Soviet ships that China can refer to?"

This time, the Chinese delegation is no longer as cautious as it was during the first transaction. As soon as they came up, they wanted to visit the decommissioned ships of the Soviet Union by name. Although the Type 1144 cruisers can form a battle group, for the Chinese side, their coastline Too long and would require a level of Project 1144 cruisers to complete the deployment.

However, the cost and maintenance price of the Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser are a bit high. China hopes to have a cruiser with similar combat capabilities but a slightly smaller tonnage.

In this way, the Soviet Glory-class cruiser may become a ship purchased in batches by the Chinese side.

Makarov, the director of the Black Sea Shipyard, accompanied the Chinese delegation throughout the entire process. As the director of the Black Sea Shipyard who has a deep understanding of ships, he can say that he knows most of the ships of the Soviet Union. Although the power cruiser has a relatively small displacement, only half of the Kirov class, it is equipped with roughly the same weapons as the Kirov class, has similar offensive and defensive capabilities, and is more moderate in cost."

Makarov saw through that China just wanted the Kirov class to be used as the Kiev, but the Glorious class is likely to be adopted on a large scale by China.The only three Glory-class ships now belong to the Black Sea Fleet, the Pacific Fleet and the Northern Fleet, and they have obvious characteristics as the core combat power of the fleet. The Soviet Red Navy basically used the Glory-class as the core to form a fleet operation, because only the Glory-class or The Kirov class can provide a relatively complete area air defense capability to cover other warships.

The Chinese side should have taken a fancy to this point, so they proposed the Glory-level and Kirov-level visits with their wealth and wealth.

After the Chinese delegation finished the visit, Makarov reported to Smiryev on the matter, "I think the Chinese delegation has fallen in love with our Glory class and Kirov class, and which one they will buy depends on Watch the final negotiation."

Smirev nodded. This arms sale shocked both the Red Navy and the Black Sea Shipyard. For the Red Navy of the Soviet Union, it meant that it was time to upgrade the ships. For the Black Sea Shipyard, they would get A large order to maintain the livelihood of the shipyard.

Let's use this Asia-Pacific crisis to save the precarious shipyards of the Soviet Union.

Chapter 464 The Disarmament of Western Europe

The entire arms purchase plan was expected by Yanayev. The Chinese side proposed a plan to purchase the unfinished Dzerzhinsky and the Glory-class cruiser.This time, China’s purchase of Soviet ships especially emphasized anti-ship and air defense capabilities. China felt the shock from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in this crisis, so in the absence of a comparable aircraft carrier fleet, it adopted the same strategy as the Soviet Union. The saturation attack is the best way.

The construction order of a Dzerzhinsky and two Glory-class cruisers greatly stimulated the vitality of the Black Sea Shipyard. The Black Sea Shipyard, which had never built large ships after the Ulyanovsk, was finally able to resume Welcome a new round of spring.

Now the Soviet Navy is in the era of a large number of dismantling of equipment, and the Red Navy Commander Smiryev also stated that the Soviet Union will not build any ships on a large scale in recent years, but will speed up the elimination of ships and reduce the budget burden of the Navy.

Therefore, so far the Soviet Union's navy is in a state of inadequacy, and its naval equipment has not been updated in a timely manner.However, according to Yanayev's naval development ideas, the fleet at sea does not need to form a strong combat capability now, they only need to protect the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear submarines to reach the designated launch positions.So he is not worried about the large-scale elimination of Red Navy ships.

Anyway, now Kuznetsov, Varyag and Ulyanovsk have served in the three fleets of the Black Sea, the North and the Pacific. It can be said that the Soviet aircraft carrier battle group has begun to develop. Developing air defense and anti-ship capabilities around aircraft carrier battle groups is basically enough for the Soviet Union to deal with emergencies in any sea area.

Learn from the Americans to build several aircraft carrier battle groups to maintain huge overseas interests?The Soviet Union is not so stupid. After experiencing a Star Wars deception, the Soviet Union will not engage in another naval arms race with the Americans.It is a normal person to gain a wisdom by eating a ditch.

However, the news of the disarmament of the Soviet Union has attracted the attention of several other Western European countries, especially the United Kingdom.Permanent Undersecretary Sir Terrence Burns hurried to Downing Street to offer his advice to John Major regarding the recent large-scale dismantling of ships by the Soviet Union.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is often the first chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom, so Sir Terence, who is the permanent deputy, is often the actual leader of the British Ministry of Finance. Divided rebels.

Terrance presented John Major with information about the large-scale disarmament of the Soviet Union. The busy prime minister stopped writing, raised his head and asked, "What's going on? Your Excellency Terence."

"This is an opportunity, Prime Minister John." Terence paced back and forth excitedly in the presidential office, he excitedly pointed to the photo of the decommissioned Soviet cruiser in the newspaper, "This is an opportunity to save our Great Britain. Now that the Soviet Union has begun to disarm, it means that we don’t need so many ships to guard against socialist attacks. In this way, Britain will save a lot of money every year and reduce the government’s financial deficit.”

Thinking about the astronomical expenses for Terrence, he felt very headache.

Terrence continued to describe his grand plan to Prime Minister John Major, "The savings from the funds can be used to stimulate the British economy and people's consumption, and get rid of the plight of the weak economy. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is no By eliminating external worries, we will be better able to persuade Congress to invest the budget in the economic development of the people."

"That's what you said, Minister Terrence." Looking at the excited Minister of Finance, Prime Minister John Major asked his own question very calmly, "Then what should we do if the Soviet Union suddenly increases its military budget in the future? We must know that Congress Once those people tighten their pockets, it will be very difficult to get money out of their hands."

The subtext of John Major is that he thinks this is a way of drinking poison to quench thirst, because he feels that the best way at present is to guarantee most of the military strength of the British Royal Navy, so as to be able to deal with threats from Eastern Europe, and John May Prime Minister Jie didn't want to stiffen the relationship with the military for the time being, because Britain's life-saving trump card was a huge fleet.

John Major suddenly came to his senses. Could it be that someone in Congress had already started to put pressure on his cabinet?Although it is not sure which forces it is, what is certain is that they hope to take advantage of this change in the Soviet Union to weaken the forces supporting the naval construction of political factions.

In this way, John Major's situation is somewhat dangerous. If Terence's suggestion starts, it means that there are still a series of actions waiting for him.

However, Minister Terrence, who only thinks about economic development, is in the mood to listen to Prime Minister John Major's opinion. He said bluntly, "Minister Terrence, I just want to ask whether our economic development is important or how to deal with the Soviet Union. Is the external crisis important? The former is now the most intuitive threat, threatening the territorial integrity of our entire Great Britain. There has been a precarious split between Ireland and Scotland. Niangzi's history will repeat itself in the next few years."

The Iron Lady is of course referring to Margaret Thatcher’s repression of the Irish Republican Army. This independent armed force did not disappear with the development of society. Instead, it developed vaguely after Europe experienced the double crisis of politics and society. growing trend.Of course, all of this is inseparable from the fanning and indirect support of the KGB forces of the Soviet Union behind it.

After hearing the threat of the Irish crisis, Prime Minister John Major's expression became very serious. Of course, he knew what the current internal crisis in Britain was like.According to him, the Soviet Union is just a patient who has recovered from the stimulus therapy and will not last long, but the series of problems caused by the economic crisis in the United Kingdom are the nightmare of this disaster.

Considering this, Prime Minister John Major breathed a sigh of relief, temporarily put aside the grievances between the naval funds, and said to Terence, "Then Minister Terence should give a detailed disarmament plan, I need To ensure the maximum combat capability of the British fleet, note that our troops should become more streamlined, not more useless."

John Major just asked Terence to come up with a plan, and he needed to weigh the contradiction between economic construction and military construction based on this plan, and find a balance point.

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

Seeing that he finally convinced his stubborn superiors, Terrence secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He believed that this was the first step in his policy to save the UK. As long as the navy's expenditures were kicked out, the subsequent drastic economic reforms would be easy. too much.

Just as Sir Terrence was about to turn back and leave the Oval Office, John Major called him over.

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

Terrence stopped in his tracks, and looked at Prime Minister John Major with some puzzlement. Looking at the other party's hesitant expression, he didn't know what he wanted to say to him.

Prime Minister John Major raised another report on hand, and he said to Terrence, "Recently, the number of refugees accepted in the UK has increased, and it has triggered a series of social disturbances. What do you think about this? Sir Terrence?"

This is a very delicate topic, and John Major is looking forward to how Terrance will answer, and it is related to the implementation of John Major's next policies.

Chapter 465 Go to his human rights issue

Not only the United Kingdom, but almost all Western European countries are thinking about this issue, how to deal with the influx of North African refugees, and refugees who are incompatible with the British state religion.

France and Germany, who were accustomed to elegant aristocrats, wanted to divert the disaster to the east and throw all the refugees to the Soviet Union to deal with, so that the Soviet Union would bear the cost of accepting the refugees.They tried to describe the Soviet Union as a highly developed welfare state and encouraged the refugees to go to Moscow.

However, the Slavs who like vodka and bacon do not welcome this group of uncles, and the simple and rude approach of the Soviet Union directly cut off the idea of ​​France and Germany. Prime Minister Pavlov stated at the press conference that the Soviet Union will not accept any religious refugees If they dare to sneak in and attack the Soviet border, the Soviet border guards will not hesitate to shoot them. There are only two endings for them, either to expel them or to kill them.

"They can try, we have far more ammunition in stock than the number of refugees."

The refugees wondered, is this very different from the paradise described by Western European countries?As a result, some refugees who yearned for the welfare of the socialist state finally gave up this idea. Western Europe, where human rights are overwhelming, is more suitable to become the soil for these religious parasites to take root and develop.

Pavlov's words surpassed the efforts of all European countries. When the Libyan refugees from North Africa saw the scene of soldiers with live ammunition shooting and killing without warning, they finally believed that the Soviet Union was not joking. Be serious.Refugees who migrated from France to Eastern Europe are returning to France, which has made French President Jacques Chirac scowl for days.

Moreover, the Soviet Union never cared about Western Europe’s accusation that it had no human rights. Since everyone broke their faces, why should Yanayev care about adding a brutal charge? On the contrary, in Western Europe, which is indecisive, the refugee problem has begun to take root like a social cancer. .

Protests sparked Ramadan protests in Westminster in the U.K., March riots in Paris, France, and far-right clashes with refugees in beer halls in Munich, Germany, in which pro-Nazi groups stabbed Three refugees rioting in a beer hall.After the leader of the rioting crowd was arrested, he, who was slightly short in stature, roared angrily at the reporter's camera, "I want to fulfill the oath I made when I was temporarily blind in the hospital five years ago: to work tirelessly Fight until now the impotent government is overthrown, until a strong, free and glorious Germany is rebuilt on the tragic ruins of today's Germany, refugees out of Munich, Germany above all!"

Terrance said, "Aren't all European countries aware of this problem? Of course not. France and Germany are also suffering from this problem. I really hope that the French president's idiot can look back at the mistakes he made. Wanting to create a mediterranean coterie launched a targeted killing program against Gaddafi, and now it's turning around and making Europe pay for their mistakes."