Soviet Union 1991

Fourth update

The appearance of two destroyers behind the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group was enough to surprise people. What's more, the United States was not sure whether the Soviet Union was really preparing to provoke a war or whether it was just a bluff. Because of this, the American force was still aimed at the main force of the Soviet fleet, and several other ships were used to deal with the modern-class destroyers sneaking up from behind.

Just as the two largest aircraft carrier fleets in the world are clashing and confronting each other here, the Americans are making more and more moves, and the paper they originally wanted to wrap up the fire has been completely ignited. This time, even Al Jazeera's ban on broadcasting cannot prevent the public from knowing What happened in the Arabian Sea. Suddenly, the incident involving the confrontation between warships from the two countries in the Middle East Gulf was revealed, and the United States was in an uproar. Naturally, the first person to bear the brunt was President Mario, the head of the U.S. government.

There was an immediate uproar in the media world, and they all turned the confrontation into newspaper headlines. He even linked the actions in the Middle East to the Cuban Missile Crisis that year, saying that this was the closest to a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union since 1962. They believe that the United States should not get involved in the issues in the Middle East, and it should also have a direct conflict with the Soviet fleet in the Arabian Sea. As the BBC host said, we taxpayers spent money to maintain such a huge fleet, and finally ended up in a conflict with another country because of a cargo ship from a third country?

What the US government has to do at this time is to guide the public opinion of the domestic media and then minimize the impact of the conflict. In this incident, President Mario, who bore the brunt of the incident, was the last person to know about the events in the Middle East. Because Defense Minister Aspin had been trying to suppress the incident before, and it was not until the two fleets faced off in the Arabian Sea that he could no longer suppress it before reporting to President Mario that the incident was out of control.

"Can you explain to me, Minister of Defense Aspin, why our so-called handling of the Chinese cargo ship incident attracted a Soviet Pacific Fleet. It also triggered an almost conflict between the Soviet fleet and the US fleet in the Pacific. ? The most important thing is, why am I the last person to know what happened? Why didn’t you report the previous situation to me as soon as possible? "

Three consecutive questions made it difficult for Defense Minister Aspin to reply. In fact, he had hoped to suppress this matter by relying on himself and the deterrence of the Fifth Fleet. Unexpectedly, the attitude of the Soviet fleet was beyond all expectations. human imagination. They seem to have figured out the bottom line of the Americans, so they dare to provoke the American fleet unscrupulously in the Indian Ocean.

"I'm really sorry, President Mario. Before, we thought the Soviet Union only had two warships. We didn't expect that they would dispatch an entire Pacific Fleet for China." The Minister of Defense apologized for his intelligence mistakes.

Moreover, he had received another news before that an American reconnaissance plane collided with a Soviet fighter jet and disappeared directly into the Arabian Sea. The ships of the Fifth Fleet are currently actively searching for the victims, but there has been no breakthrough or progress for a while. However, the hope reported by Aspin was not high. After all, when the warship arrived at the crash site, the wreckage of the plane had already been blown away by the ocean currents.

"Also. How is the progress of the crashed plane? I mean the people who died on the plane. Please be sure to find these people, otherwise I can't give an explanation to the people." President Mario directly mentioned to Aspin what he least wanted. When he mentioned the incident, he held his forehead and said with a headache, "This matter is what I am most concerned about. After all, it won't be long before the crash of the reconnaissance plane will be known to the people across the country. By then we are very likely to face Blame everyone."

"Remember, if I am impeached, your outcome will not be much better. Minister Aspin, we are originally a group of interests that all prosper." Yanayev said.

"So these matters will be left to you, Minister Aspin. I will also communicate with the General Secretary of the Soviet Union about this fleet evacuation incident." The Americans do not want to have too much entanglement with the Soviet Union on Middle East issues. So President Mario directly dialed the hotline mechanism and gave Yanayev "cordial" greetings.

"President Mario? It's really rare to receive a call from you." When Yanayev heard that the other party was Mario, he knew that he had won, because he was more patient than the President of the United States.

"President Yanayev, you understand what is happening in the Arabian Sea right now. There is no need for us to continue to persist. How about each side taking a step back and withdrawing the aircraft carrier?" President Mario was already physically and mentally exhausted and did not want to continue. Keep arguing. Now he not only has to solve the mess left to him by Defense Minister Aspin, but he also has to find a way to face the angry American people. Because the crew of a reconnaissance plane is still missing.

Although the Soviet Union was at the end of its strength, Yanayev could not show any excitement at this time. He just said with a slight surprise, "What, you are going to admit defeat so soon? Our peacekeepers The nuclear warheads mounted on the Kedo attack nuclear submarine have not yet moved. Is this confrontation in the Arabian Sea about to end?”

President Mario's temples suddenly jumped. He didn't expect Yanayev to actually move out nuclear weapons. Didn't he think that he was playing with fire with a knife in an attempt to provoke a nuclear apocalyptic war? madman. They are all madmen in the Soviet Union, from the president to the soldiers. This is President Mario's only thought now.

Of course, Yanayev did not dispatch nuclear submarines, nor did he dispatch nuclear weapons. This was just to add weight and chips to the dialogue between major powers.

Just when President Mario was trying to find a way to end it, he was surprised to receive a reply from Yanayev, "We can agree to your request, President Mario, to withdraw the Soviet aircraft carrier fleet in the Arabian Sea. But we also have A condition."

"What conditions?" The President of the United States tried to control his emotions and act calmly.

"I know that your target is China's Galaxy, so I hope that the President of the United States will raise his hand in this crisis." Yanayev replied, "Our requirements are so low. The Soviet fleet will escort the Galaxy through." Strait of Hormuz, please withdraw the US fleet from the entrance to the Arabian Sea outside the Strait of Hormuz.”

"I repeat, either you withdraw from the Strait of Hormuz, or we continue the confrontation. The Soviet Union has plenty of time and energy." Yanayev is very confident. At least now he knows that the Americans are more anxious than the Soviet Union because they Search and rescue were to be launched in this area, but the rampant Soviet fleet blocked their search and rescue efforts.

"Okay, we can withdraw the fleet, but you must also leave the Arabian Sea immediately." President Mario tried his best to save some face in this regard.

"Of course." In the end, Yanayev and Mario reached a consensus, and now immediately issued an order for both fleets to evacuate the sea area so that the Americans could start rescue work.

Colonel Yarekin received the order from the Navy Headquarters. He glanced at the American ships that were also preparing to evacuate the Arabian Gulf, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that an agreement has been reached between our senior leaders and the United States, and this crisis is over." Captain Yarekin stood on the deck, the setting sun reflected his side face, and in the refreshing sea breeze, he took a picture from his pocket. Taking out a cigarette, he lit it silently and held it in his mouth. Looking at the retreating figure of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group, he also issued an order. In addition to the red Ukraine and the Storm, the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group The other ships followed him and sailed away from this sea area.

"This matter is finally over, Captain Yarekin. Thanks to everything you did, we did not provoke a war with the Americans." The first mate who assisted him said, "And we have preserved the safety of our motherland. dignity."

"End?" Captain Yarekin shook his head with a smile. He turned to the first mate and said, "As long as the confrontation and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union do not end, there will be more and more such things, and before the war breaks out, , the only thing we can do is to hit each other hard with warships to let them know how powerful we are."

Captain Yarekin threw away his cigarette butt and looked at the retreating figure of the American aircraft carrier battle group, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Is this conflict and confrontation really over?" (To be continued ~^~)