Chapter 1409: The Red Navy Strikes

The seventy-fourth task force has not yet assembled, the news has spread all over the world, the United States has no intention of hiding anything, in fact, the United States is afraid that other countries do not know that the United States is going to intervene, especially for fear that India does not know that deterrence is the fundamental reason for this U.S. Naval outpouring.

The news reached London, Alan Wilson was still discussing with Makins whether the Secretary of State for Defense was supportive of the shipbuilding program, and could not help but laugh out loud when he received this news, “The good show is just beginning now.”

“How?” Makins really can’t keep up with the supreme authority’s brain circuits, and turned to ask another question, “In fact, what can all sides get out of this war, and what is the best outcome?”

“The best outcome for us in Britain is to wait and see what happens. But to say the best outcome for America? the time for intervention has passed.”

Alan Wilson in this already each in place time period back to think about how to do the U.S. perspective, opened his mouth and replied, “If you know that the Indo-Pakistani war is doomed to break out, in the U.S. point of view should be to do a few things, contribute to the Indo-Pakistani war broke out earlier, especially to rush to the Himalayas before the mountains are closed, for this reason can be and even secretly promised New Delhi will not interfere, secretly and India’s northern neighbors would support them in fighting India once more. And as India has already signed a treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union, this would bring the Soviet Union into the picture.”

Makins sucked in a breath of cold air as he thought along this line of thought, “This could cause border conflicts to break out in several of the countries involved.”

Once India-Pakistan, China-India, China-Soviet Union, and each other follow this layout, border conflicts would be considered minor, and larger scale wars could break out.

“So what, it’s a good thing I’m not an American.” Alan Wilson leaked out a mouthful of white teeth and smiled extraordinarily grimly, if he were a person of equal status in the United States, he would definitely plan according to this step.

Even if the countries involved wouldn’t break out into a large-scale war, it would deepen the enmity between these countries, as long as this was done it would be a big profit.

There is nothing to hide, if he were an American, he would definitely plan this way, and would not hesitate even for a second, all with the lifelong goal of maintaining American hegemony. Put right and wrong down first, only success and failure.

But he’s British, what does American hegemony matter to him? The United States is so powerful that it will only treat all countries as dogs. Not to mention other things, did it consider the feelings of Britain when it wrecked Xiangjiang?

Doesn’t the US know how much interest the UK has in Hong Kong? As a result, not only did the United States do it, but it also had to make the United Kingdom support it with a smile on its face.

I don’t know if it is because of the psychological shadow of being made by the Sunset Empire in the early childhood, even if the 21st Century Britain is so bad, the United States still want to do some tricks from time to time. Alan Wilson did not cast a good birth, can only always guard against this suspicious ally.

“Now it’s up to the Soviet Union to pick up the slack.” Allen Wilson was all smiles, the Third Indo-Pakistani War was a famous scene of confrontation between the US Navy and the Soviet Red Navy.

Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the theory of nuclear war at sea is considered bankrupt, the Soviets found that the submarine can not solve all the problems, since then began to catch up. In the 1970s, after nearly a decade of construction, the Soviet Red Navy began to look for a place to test the results of their construction.

Makins opened his mouth wide, more exaggerated than when he saw the carcass of his young mistress, “Alan, the Soviet Red Navy also dared to confront the U.S. Navy, and the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis were seen by everyone. Even if the construction over the years was fruitful, can the Soviets fight naval battles? They lack experience.”

“Honorable Executive Undersecretary, the Navy is the branch of the military that best demonstrates that combat experience is bullshit.”

Alan Wilson bristled, Makins is at least a permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, at least a little bit of professionalism, “The US-Spanish war the United States is facing the Spanish fleet. Spain since the invincible fleet period is the sea power, it is less combat experience? What was the result? Put the face of the Sunset Empire are clean.”

In fact, the most can reflect the ship is the truth of the artillery, but also the Sino-Japanese War, the late Qing Dynasty that time period, can be said to be the fastest development since the emergence of mankind, the Opium War, the first industrial revolution has just ended, just want to accept a little foreign ideas have not been digested it, the second industrial revolution has begun.

The problem faced by people in the late Qing Dynasty was that, close to the midterm examination, the above notice you change the textbook. The warships of the Beiyang Fleet were in the era of rapid obsolescence. If the war had started a year earlier, the strength of the Beiyang Fleet would still be above that of Japan, and a year later, the strength of the Japanese Navy would have surpassed that of the Beiyang Fleet, and it was that fast.

The most ate combat experience of the military is the army, veterans killed a large number of new recruits to replenish even more powerful, but also useless, can not change the result of the instant collapse.

After the Battle of Kursk, Germany lost its strategic offensive force, ten Stalinist raids of the Soviet army counter-attack speed, not slower than the German blitzkrieg, and the more they fight the more smooth, the more later the greater the results of the war, is not the German veterans casualties exhausted the results.

Does the US Navy’s combat experience mean experience in catapulting carrier aircraft in safe waters against countries that simply can’t afford to build a navy? If that is what is meant, the US does have experience.

In Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev is holding a supreme council, also present is Marshal Gorshkov, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, this time the supreme council is discussing the ongoing Indo-Pakistani war, Marshal Gorshkov introduces the news that the U.S. has set up a task force that is traveling towards the Bay of Bengal.

“There is no doubt that this is a deterrent, and that’s what the United States likes to do, to send out a signal telling people what he’s going to do in the hope that they will know what to do.” KGB Chairman Andropov shook his head slightly, “Obviously the US is sending the task force in the hope that Indira Gandhi will stop her attack, Comrade Brezhnev, this is the current situation.”

Andropov handed Brezhnev the latest intelligence while briefing the others, “Bengal is surrounded by Indian territory on three sides, and with less than 100,000 Pakistani defenders, it is impossible to cover all sides. For the time being, the northern and eastern borders have been pierced by the attacking Indian army, except for the western defense line, which is still being held by the Pakistani defenders. Indian troops have penetrated deep into East Pakistani territory and the airborne brigade, which landed near Dhaka, is still loaded with heavy fighting with the local defenders.”

“Airborne troops do not carry any heavy weapons, the Pakistani defenders did not even the first time to wipe them out delayed until now, also shows that the Pakistani defenders are not optimistic.”

Brezhnev nodded as he listened, “It’s useless to just defend one side, the Indian army’s raids in the north and east are still useful in reaching strategic objectives. It can be ascertained that although the western offensive has been hampered somewhat, it has only served to delay the fall of the entire territory. Under these circumstances Indira Gandhi will not stop the offensive.”

“Yes, that is our judgment as well.” Andropov’s words changed at this point, “The battlefield is actually not far from the British colony of Malaya, but from the intelligence in London, Britain has little interest in interfering in the situation in South Asia, and the British Foreign Office has already made it clear a few times that it’s only willing to help out with reconstruction afterward, but is not willing to intervene in the current war.”

Andropov misunderstood, said the United Kingdom is completely no action is not quite true, Allen Wilson is asking France has no time, after all, although the area of French India is not large, at least there are five hundred square kilometers, France now also has a consulate in operation, should not raise the flag of Charles de Gaulle to maintain the interests of the glorious France?

Britain this can be all for the sake of France, but the French are surprisingly ungrateful, simply do not respond to the olive branch handed over by the United Kingdom, this point is unknown to Andropov.

“But Indira Gandhi has asked whether the Soviet-Indian Treaty of Friendship is still in force?” Foreign Minister Gromyko spoke of the Indian response, and the strength of the 74th Task Force was enormous. The Indian Navy, though it has a Giant class aircraft carrier sold by Britain, is totally inadequate in the face of this task force.

The only thing India could rely on now was the Soviet Union, which had only just signed a treaty of friendship, and this task force was too much for India to handle.

As Gromyko finished speaking, all eyes fell on Brezhnev, and the decision on whether or not to respond to America’s deterrent move rested with the No. 1, who never spoke aloud.

“It doesn’t matter who is actually more wrong in our differences with our Eastern comrades. At this immediate stage, the Soviet Union cannot afford to be losing India, now that the friendship treaty has been signed. The Soviet Union will have to assume its obligations, and I think that was the purpose of Indira’s inquiry, to tell her that the Treaty of Friendship is still in force, and that the Soviet Union’s support for India is unwavering, and that of course includes the liberation of Bengal.”

Brezhnev made his decision in a slow but very firm tone and then looked to Marshal Gorshkov, Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy, “Show the courage of the proletariat, my Marshal, have faith?”

“I am sure that the naval fighters have absolutely no lack of courage.” Marshal Gorshkov, Commander-in-Chief of the Red Navy, solemnly promised, “This time the Red Navy will never take half a step back.”

Later in the evening, Marshal Gorshkov, in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Red Navy, told the Jakarta-based Eighth Specialized Fleet to keep a close watch on the movements of the U.S. task force, and once the U.S. task force passes through the Straits of Malacca, the Eighth Specialized Sub-Fleet of the Red Navy will immediately follow it.

Subsequently, Marshal Gorshkov deeply eighth special fleet is not enough to fight against the U.S. fleet, and ordered the Pacific Fleet to draw troops south, and the eighth fleet to act together.

The most important port in the Primorsky Krai in the Far East, since it was already the end of November, the port of Vladivostok had frozen over, and icebreakers were urgently opening a passage out of the harbor.

Admiral Smirnov, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, appeared in the harbor, eyed the ships that were about to set sail, and instructed Lopukhov, the commander of this fleet, “Everything depends on you.”

Accompanied by the sound of a steam whistle, the ships of the newly formed 10th Fleet set sail out of the harbor, slicing through the ice floes of the sea and disappearing from sight.