"We sacrificed thousands of fighters, we lost a large transport plane, this operation, we must continue to fight, we must occupy the northern part of Hokkaido." Ustinov said: "Otherwise, the soldiers who died. , Are they all dead in vain?"
Ustinov insisted on going his own way. In his eyes, he was embarrassed by this incident. If you want not to be ashamed, you must fight it!
Since the Americans have sent people to negotiate terms, it means that the Americans are afraid. Now, only by continuing to fight can the Americans agree to their terms.
However, Ustinov's words are not recognized by everyone, for example, Gromyko.
As a veteran of the three dynasties, Gromyko has a great say. Before becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Gromyko was an ambassador in the United States. Therefore, he has a deep understanding of the United States' war potential.
"We can't fight anymore. In this incident, the two sides died down. It was regarded as an accident. This is the best ending." Gromyko said: "The plan we made at the beginning was to land suddenly and cause established fact. This plan has gone bankrupt, and we must stop."
Both of them are important ministers of the country and are trusted by Brezhnev. Now, the two cannot reach a unified opinion on whether to continue their actions. At the same time, the others have also expressed their views.
The side of the army wants to continue fighting. Now that the army is at a disadvantage, how can it not continue fighting? And some old seniority tends to keep the peace. Since the fight can't be done, just let it go.
The disputes between the two sides cannot be settled.
At this moment, an adjutant opened the door, walked in quietly, and handed Ustinov a document.
Ustinov took a look, nodded, and ordered his subordinates to leave.
This action seemed too strange, so Gromyko walked out quietly and stopped the adjutant.
"What document? Show me."
"Sorry, this is an internal military document."
"I am the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at this time, I am qualified to watch." Gromyko said.
So, the adjutant handed him the document helplessly, and Gromyko opened it, and his expression suddenly changed.
In the Far East Military Region, the naval air force has been dispatched, planning to take advantage of the dark night to sneak attack on the US Navy aircraft carrier formation!
Sure enough, the army was going too far. It even dared to act without authorization before the Moscow resolution came down. This Ustinov is simply covering the sky!
Gromyko took the document and hurriedly walked into the conference room.
"Dmitry, what the hell is going on?" Gromyko shouted at Ustinov: "The naval aviation has already been dispatched before we have made a decision!"
Gromyko was angry. If the American aircraft carrier battle group was sunk, then this war would inevitably break out!
Ustinov’s expression was calm: "We have lost a lot, and we have to let the Americans suffer. In this way, we will have hope for our negotiations tomorrow."
Ustinov’s considerations are simple. The American peace talks are like giving alms to the Soviets, so the Soviets won’t care! The Soviets suffered a great loss today, and that would have to make the Americans suffer the same loss. Then, negotiate to see if the Americans will give Hokkaido!
"General Secretary, the army acted so arbitrarily, did you not put us in the eyes?" Gromyko was angry, and said to Andropov who was on the side: "I suggest that the KGB investigate this violation of the army. Behavior, especially the serious negligence of Marshal Ustinov."
Andropov raised his head, an image of a good old man: "Andre, don’t worry, Dmitry, it’s also for national considerations. Your views are different, but your positions are the same. It's for our Soviets."
So Gromyko looked at Brezhnev again, but he found helplessly that Brezhnev fell asleep leaning on a chair with a cigarette in his mouth.
Gromyko was completely speechless.
In the past two years, the general secretary’s body has begun to be poor, and he often falls asleep during meetings. Now, this is a major event that determines the fate of the world. Unexpectedly, the general secretary fell asleep again at this critical time. Up!
Ustinov looked at Gromyko, spread his hands, and smiled.
Waiting for the general secretary to wake up and make a few more quarrels. Our naval aviation team has triumphed.
We have lost our precious strategic transport aircraft and the Americans have lost their aircraft carrier. Now everyone has a loss. The Soviet army will not lose face. When the time comes, we will have the confidence to sit at the negotiation table.
Not yet!
At this time, Gromyko must be very speechless. Brezhnev was allowed to come to power in order to control it, but now, he is almost no matter what, he needs to say something when it is critical. !
Nathan would never know that his judgment would sometimes be wrong, because when he judged, he incorrectly estimated a condition, that is, Brezhnev, who is very old, can no longer make a correct judgment. Ustinov slapped his hands and feet behind his back again.
However, at night, it is not so easy to find the US aircraft carrier formation.
In the Far East, the Soviet naval air force base did not first take off the Tu-22M backfire bomber, but the Tu-95RTS long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
Since the Tu-95 bomber was manufactured, because of its large body and great potential for modification, it has been improved in many ways. For example, it has become the world’s only fastest propeller airliner, as well as various reconnaissance models. Improve.
The current model is specially prepared for naval aviation.
The middle of Tu-95's fuselage bulged, like a pregnant woman. Here is a large bubble-shaped fairing with an I-band ground search radar, which is mainly used for reconnaissance and anti-submarine missions. There is a bubble-shaped fairing on each side of the rear fuselage, the nose has an aerial fuel pipe, and various bulges and antennas, including a streamlined fairing on each side of the flat tail tip.
In addition to being used for maritime reconnaissance, it also plays an extremely important role in supporting the use of ship-to-ship and air-to-ship missiles. It can provide target intelligence for missile launchers on ships and aircraft far away from the target to ensure super Precision guidance and aiming of line-of-sight missiles.
In other words, don't look at the missiles carried by Tu-22, but if you want to hit the target, you have to guide Tu-95. (End of this chapter)