USSR 1991

Everyone suppressed their smiles. While listening to every word that Colonel Yaregin said, they imagined how the other party's captain would look when stimulated by such words.They could even imagine that the other party was listening to the phone with red cheeks, scolding Colonel Yaregin for several FUCKs in his heart.

Colonel Yaregin raised his hand and looked at his watch. He estimated that the time was almost up, and he replied, "Thank you very much Captain Halsey for calling me, and within the time of talking with you, our ship snatched valuable Time, so now I think the battle group of the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will take another step forward, so will Captain Halsey dare to do it?"

Colonel Yaregin is a man of his word. As soon as he finished speaking, he ordered the front frigate to move forward for half a nautical mile. The distance between the two sides has become smaller and smaller. Such two huge aircraft carrier fleets seem It's like it's about to hit you at any moment.

"Crazy, it's crazy." Watching the Soviet aircraft carrier getting closer, Captain Halsey could not give the order to retreat, because doing so would mean that they would be the first in this confrontation that bet on their dignity. loser.

Captain Halsey suddenly had an ominous premonition in his mind. When the other captain gave an order next time, would the aircraft carrier battle group directly collide with them?

Just when Captain Halsey was upset, another shocking news suddenly came out of the command room.

"Captain Halsey, there are two modern-class destroyers appearing behind us, and they are rushing from behind us at the fastest speed." The crew was watching every move on the radar, and they found that two ships were coming from Close to the aircraft carrier battle group behind.

Captain Halsey's heart sank, and he said, "Oops, this is indeed a trap set by the Soviets!"

Chapter 239 Shocked Washington

The appearance of two destroyers behind the battle group of the USS Enterprise is enough to surprise people.What's more, the United States is not sure whether the Soviet Union is really preparing to provoke a war, or it is just a bluff.Because of this, the large American forces aimed at the main force of the Soviet fleet, and the other ships dealt with the modern-class destroyers that were attacking from behind.

At the time when the world's two major aircraft carrier fleets were clashing and confronting each other here, the American movement was getting bigger and bigger, and the paper that originally wanted to cover the fire was completely ignited. What happened in the Arabian Seas.The confrontation between the warships of the two countries in the Middle East Gulf was revealed for a while, and the United States was in an uproar. Naturally, President Mario, the head of the US government, was the first to bear the brunt.

Immediately, there was a big wave in the media, and they changed the confrontation into the headlines of the newspapers one after another.He even linked the actions in the Middle East to the Cuban missile crisis that year, and said that this was the closest nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union since 1962.They believed that the United States should not get involved in Middle East issues, and it still had a direct conflict with the Soviet fleet in the Arabian Sea.As the BBC host said, we taxpayers have spent money to support such a huge fleet, and in the end, we ended up in a conflict with another country because of a freighter from a third country?

What the U.S. 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 events in the Middle East.Because the Minister of Defense Aspin had been trying to suppress this matter until the two fleets confronted each other in the Arabian Sea, and it was really impossible to suppress it before reporting to President Mario that the incident was out of control.

"Can you explain to me, Secretary Aspin, why our so-called handling of the Chinese cargo ship incident led to a Soviet Pacific Fleet. And it also caused the Soviet Fleet and the American Fleet to nearly miss each other in the Pacific ?Most importantly, why am I the last person to know what happened? May I ask why the previous situation was not reported to me as soon as possible?"

The three consecutive questions made it difficult for Minister of Defense Aspin to answer. In fact, he 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. people's 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 that the Soviet Union had only two warships, but we didn't expect that they would dispatch the entire Pacific Fleet for China." The Minister of Defense apologized for his intelligence error.

Moreover, he also received another piece of news before that an American reconnaissance plane collided with a Soviet fighter jet and disappeared directly in the Arabian Sea. At present, the ships of the Fifth Fleet are actively searching for the victims, and there will be no breakthrough for a while. and progress.However, Aspin reported little hope. After all, when the warship arrived at the crash site, the wreckage of the plane had already been blown away by ocean currents.

"Also, what is the progress of the crashed plane? I mean the victims on the plane. Please find these people, otherwise I can't give an explanation to the public." President Mario directly mentioned the last thing he wanted to do to Aspin. The matter mentioned, he held his forehead and said with some headaches, "This matter is what I am most concerned about. After all, it will not be long before the accident of the reconnaissance plane will be known to the people of the whole country. It is very likely that we will face each other." Blame on everyone, including Congress."

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

"So these things are left to you, Minister Aspin. I will have to communicate with the General Secretary of the Soviet Union next time. About this fleet evacuation incident." The Americans do not want to get too entangled with the Soviet Union on the Middle East issue.So President Mario directly dialed the hotline mechanism and gave Yanayev a "kind" greeting.

"President Mario? It's very rare to receive your call." When Yanayev heard that the other party was Mario, he knew he had won, because his patience was better than that of the President of the United States.

"President Yanayev, you understand the current events in the Arabian Sea. There is no need for us to continue. Both sides take a step back and withdraw the aircraft carrier. How about it?" President Mario was exhausted physically and mentally and did not want to continue Argue on.Now he not only has to solve the mess left to him by Secretary of Defense Aspin, but also finds a way to face the angry American people.Because the crew of a reconnaissance plane is still missing.

Although the Soviet Union is already at the end of its strong bow, Yanayev can't show the slightest excitement at this time. He just said with a little surprise, "What, you are going to admit defeat so soon? Our Weiwei The nuclear warheads carried by the Kedo attack nuclear submarines have not yet acted, is this confrontation in the Arabian Seas coming to an end?"

President Mario's temple suddenly twitched. He didn't expect Yanayev to move out nuclear weapons. Didn't he think that he was playing with fire with the tip of a knife in an attempt to provoke a nuclear doomsday war?Crazy, all the Soviet Union, from the president to the soldiers, are all lunatics.This is President Mario's only thought now.

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

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

"What conditions?" The President of the United States tried his best to control his emotions and try to be calm.

"I know that your target is China's Yinhe, so I hope 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 Yinhe through Strait of Hormuz, please withdraw the US fleet from the entrance of the Arabian Sea beyond the Strait of Hormuz."

"I repeat, either you withdraw from the Strait of Hormuz, or we continue to confront each other. 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 was to be carried out in this sea area, but the rampant Soviet fleet blocked their search and rescue.

"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 they immediately issued an order to evacuate the fleets of both sides from that sea area, so that the Americans could start rescue work.

Colonel Yaregin received an order from the Navy Headquarters. He glanced at the American ships that were also ready to leave the Arabian Gulf, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"It seems that an agreement has been reached between our high-level officials and the United States, and this crisis is over." Captain Yalekin stood on the deck, his profile reflected in the setting sun. He took out a cigarette, lit it silently, and held it in his mouth. Looking at the figure of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group going away, he also issued an order. In addition to the Red Ukraine and the Tempest, the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group The other ships followed him and left the sea area.

"This matter is finally over, Captain Yalekin. Thanks to everything you have done, we have not provoked a war with the Americans." The first officer who assisted him said, "And we have kept the motherland dignity."

"End?" Captain Yalekin shook his head with a smile. He turned his head and said to the first officer, "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 hit each other hard with warships to let them know how powerful we are."

Captain Yalekin threw away his cigarette butt, looking at the figure of the US aircraft carrier battle group going away, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Is this confrontation really over?"

2 Forty Chapters Public Relations Crisis

CIA director Woolsey did not give up. When he heard President Mario asked him to go to the office to explain why the plan became like this, Woolsey knew that he still had a chance to make up for the losses caused.This was his only remedy, as Woolsey had another plan on the table for President Mario.

"Intercept Chinese cargo ships as they leave the Strait of Hormuz? With all due respect, Director Woolsey, do you think the current situation is not chaotic enough?" Mario vetoed Woolsey's plan as soon as he came up, He is already in a state of desperation. He originally said that he was only dealing with Chinese cargo ships, but he did not expect to attract a Soviet fleet.

The domestic media criticized Mario's recklessness, and believed that it was very unwise to cause a conflict in the Arabian Sea, and it was very likely to lead to the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East.And the guys in the Republican Party also began to take the opportunity to attack his policies, thinking that what Mario did was to provoke another war, a war between two world powers.Human rights activists believe that the tragedy of the reconnaissance pilot crew was caused by the inappropriate behavior of US officials.

Under such an atmosphere of public opinion, Mario naturally did not dare to play with fire in the Middle East. That's why Woolsey's policy was ignored by President Mario.

"You go down first, Chief Woolsey. We will discuss the issues later. What we need to do now is how to solve the problems of American society and public opinion. So please leave me alone now." Mario doesn't even want to Seeing Woolsey's appearance, he directly ordered that he didn't want to see him again, "Also, if I were you, I would definitely attack my own intelligence department. Didn't you realize that this incident was almost designed by the Soviets? Is there a good trap waiting for us to jump into?"

Hearing this sentence, Woolsey suddenly felt a cold and biting emotion strangling his throat, Woolsey turned his head a little stiffly, and all he saw was the same cold eyes of Mario.

"I hope you can go back and investigate the nearest high-level CIA. I don't want a traitor among us." Mario said unhurriedly, but what he said was like a nail directly inserted into Woolsey's. in the heart.

This time the free American government did not indulge public opinion as before.Those public intellectuals who bear the brunt of the rectification of public opinion are those public intellectuals who especially target those who came from the Soviet Union. Will stop praising the United States, anyway, how disgusting it is.

The first thing to do was the tax department of the United States. They found that these people had some hidden property accounts, and they would transfer an unknown amount of money to their accounts every once in a while.The tax department who discovered these Ni Duans was silent, and they didn't want to startle the snake because of this.

So the police department in the United States started to act, and the well-known people will also make one of the most common mistakes Russians make, drunk driving.The police department that was waiting for them immediately jumped on them the moment they got into the car drunk and arrested them in the name of drunk driving. However, after the arrest, they were not sent to the police station, but to the place where the CIA secretly detained the prisoners.

No one who is greedy for life and afraid of death can survive a few rounds in front of the CIA's interrogation, and let these people feel the sanctions of the free world by the way.Under the torture of waterboarding, the public soon uttered the truth.

"I said, I said, it was the Soviet Union's KGB Foreign Intelligence Service that transferred funds to our account. They also said that as long as I cooperate obediently, they will not touch my family. That's all I know!"

There is only a light bulb tied by a rope flickering, and the light after covering the lampshade can only illuminate an oval dim yellow area. The public intellectuals who think that they can benefit from both sides still imagine that they can make money between the United States and the Soviet Union. There is a lot of money, but they didn't realize that being a fool has a price.

"What do they want you to cooperate with?" The interrogator rattled his fingers, picked up the collar of the public official, and threatened fiercely, "If you don't say anything, then I will break it off one by one. your fingers."

"I said, I said, they just want me to come to the United States to sing your praises. The more disgusting the better, it is best to cause a public opinion sensation in the society and incite the people. All in all, what the US government does is right, Only in this way can the rebellious psychology of the American people be increased.”

"For example, if someone criticizes the U.S. government, we will attack him in every possible way, and elevate the image of the U.S. government to a glorious and incomparable height. Call black as white and wrong as right. Whatever the U.S. government does, right or wrong, is just.”

"So, how many people are there in total?" The interrogator continued to ask.

"I don't know, we all have a one-way connection. But what is certain is that a large part of the Soviet intellectuals who applied for political asylum are spies of the KGB." The public intellectuals said with a sad face.Greedy for life and afraid of death, he betrayed everyone with one word, no matter if they were spies or not.

In this way, the CIA has a general understanding of the means of these well-known people. They are similar to the bureaucrats of the former Soviet Propaganda Department, but the Soviet government has placed these people in the United States as a dark pawn in a very sinister way.Imagine how terrible the consequences will be if these people control public opinion.

But now the CIA finally has something to deliver. They describe these public figures as spies sent by the Soviet Union. The purpose is to confuse the American public. All Soviet public intellectuals were arrested and brought to justice.

President Mario agreed to this action without hesitation, which undoubtedly provided a very critical influence for the United States to divert the attention of the domestic public.Those Russians who were still in their pajamas were directly arrested by the CIA agents who broke into the house under the pretext of being suspected of being spies.

"Let go of me, I'm an American citizen, you have no right to arrest me, this is a free country, not the dictatorship of the Soviet Union!" Some public officials wanted to break free from the police's arrest, but they were immediately greeted by the sticks of the free country police and beat them to death. He couldn't stand up.Then the police clamped the arms of these people like holding a dead dog, and pulled them into the police car.