Soviet Union 1991

First update

The entire arms purchase plan was within Yanayev's expectations. China proposed a plan to purchase the unfinished Dzerzhinsky and the Slava-class cruiser. This time, China's purchase of Soviet ships emphasized anti-ship and air defense capabilities. China felt the shock of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier during this crisis, so in the absence of a rival aircraft carrier fleet, China adopted the same approach as the Soviet Union. The saturation attack is the best method.

The construction orders for a Dzerzhinsky and two Slava-class cruisers have greatly stimulated the vitality of the Black Sea Shipyard. The Black Sea Shipyard, which had not built large ships after the Ulyanovsk, was finally able to restart Ushering in a new round of spring.

The Soviet Navy is now in an era of massive abolition of equipment, and Red Navy Commander Smiryev also stated that the Soviet Union will not build any ships on a large scale in recent years. Instead, it will accelerate the elimination of ships and reduce the budget burden of the Navy.

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

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

Follow the example of the Americans and build several aircraft carrier battle groups to safeguard their huge overseas interests? The Soviet Union is not that stupid. After experiencing the Star Wars scam, the Soviet Union will not have another naval arms race with the Americans. It is normal for people to learn from every experience and gain wisdom.

However, the news of the Soviet Union's disarmament attracted the attention of several other Western European countries, especially the United Kingdom. As the successor to the Imperial Navy on which the sun never sets, it is suffering from the triple troubles of economic crisis, military expenditure and social welfare. Sir Terence Burns, the permanent undersecretary, hurried to Downing Street to give John Major his advice on the recent large-scale reduction of the Soviet Union's fleet.

The British First Minister of Finance is often concurrently held by the British Prime Minister, so Sir Terence, as the Permanent Under Secretary, is often the actual leader of the British Treasury. The economic crisis in Europe has overwhelmed Great Britain, not to mention that there are still a group of people in Ireland who are making trouble all day long. A divided rebel party.

Terrence placed the information about the Soviet Union's large-scale disarmament in front of John Major. The busy Prime Minister stopped writing, raised his head and asked, "What's going on? Sir Terrence."

"This is an opportunity, Prime Minister John." Terrence paced back and forth in the President's Office excitedly. He pointed excitedly at the photo of a retired Soviet cruiser taken in the newspaper, "This is an opportunity, an opportunity to save our Great Britain. Now that the Soviet Union has begun to disarm, it means that we do not need so many ships to guard against socialist attacks. This will save a large amount of money every year and reduce the government's fiscal deficit."

Thinking about the astronomical expenditures 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 predicament of economic weakness. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is no such thing as a golden opportunity." After eliminating external worries, we can better persuade Congress to invest the budget in the economic development of the people.”

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

John Major's subtext is that he thinks this is a way to quench thirst, because he feels that the best way at present is to ensure that most of the military strength of the British Royal Navy is to be able to deal with threats from Eastern Europe, and John Major Prime Minister Jay doesn't want to have a tense relationship with the military just yet, because Britain's life-saving trump card is a huge fleet.

John Major suddenly woke up. Could it be that someone in Congress had begun to put pressure on his cabinet? Although it is not certain which force it is, it is certain that they hope to use this change in the Soviet Union to weaken the power of the political factions that support naval construction.

As a result, John Major's situation was somewhat dangerous. If Terence's suggestion took off, it meant that there would be a series of actions waiting for him.

However, Minister Terrence, who only wanted to develop the economy, was not in the mood to listen to Prime Minister John Major's views. He said bluntly, "Minister Terrence, I just want to ask whether our economic development is more important or dealing with the Soviet Union." Is external crisis important? The former is now the most intuitive. Threats threaten the territorial integrity of our entire Great Britain. A dangerous split has emerged between Ireland and Scotland. If we cannot stop those people’s mouths with economic development, I think the history of the Iron Lady will continue. Repeatedly in a few years.”

The Iron Lady, of course, refers to Mrs. Thatcher’s suppression of the Irish Republican Army. This independent armed force did not disappear with the development of society, but after Europe experienced the dual political and social crises, it developed vaguely. A growing trend. Of course, all this was indispensable without the fanning and indirect support of the Soviet KGB forces behind the scenes.

After hearing the threat of the Irish crisis, Prime Minister John Major's expression became very solemn. He certainly knew what the current internal crisis in the UK was like. According to his view, the Soviet Union was just a patient who was recovering under stimulation therapy and could not last long. However, the series of problems caused by the economic crisis in the UK were the nightmare of this disaster.

With this in mind, Prime Minister John Major took a breath, temporarily put aside the grievances over naval funding, and said to Terrence, "Then Minister Terrence had better give a detailed disarmament plan. I need To ensure the maximum combat capability of the British fleet, please note that our forces should become more streamlined, not become more useless. "

John Major just asked Terence to give a plan based on which he needed to weigh the contradiction between economic construction and military construction and find a balance point.

"Yes, Prime Minister John Major, I will be giving a detailed report within the next few weeks."

Seeing that he had finally convinced his stubborn superiors, Terrence secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that this was his first step in saving the British policy. As long as the navy's spending was kicked off, the subsequent drastic economic reforms would be easy to handle. Much more.

Just as Sir Terence was about to turn back and leave the President's Office, John Major stopped him.

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

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

Prime Minister John Major raised another report on hand and said to Terence, "The UK has recently admitted more and more refugees, which has triggered a series of social unrest. What do you think of this? Sir Terence?"

This is a very delicate topic, and John Major is very much looking forward to how Terrence will answer, and it is related to the implementation of certain policies of John Major in the future.