USSR 1991

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Chapter 575 Nirvana

After the Cyprus incident, Turkey is the only country that is unwilling.First, he was fooled by the United States, and then he suffered a loss in the war with the Greek regime supported by the Soviet Union on the Cyprus issue, and no one could bear it.Mazier's anger is destined to make both the United States and the Soviet Union pay the price.

Mazier's targeted retaliation was chosen in Syria and Iraq. For Turkey, this is also an opportunity to expand its influence in the Middle East.Iraq is still raging in the flames of war, although Syria barely maintains stability under the protection of Russia.However, through the situation in Iraq, the Assad family has begun to feel uncontrollable domestic turmoil. Coupled with the spoiler of the CIA, Maziel also believes that this is the best time to make the Middle East worse.

After all, after killing these countries, Ottoman Turkey may replace the Arab world and become the new leader of the Islamic world.

While Maziel was secretly planning a bold new attempt, Moscow also entered a relatively stable external environment.After solving the Turkish problem, Yanayev turned his attention to the Black Sea Fleet.Through this confrontation in the Black Sea, Yanayev discovered a problem, which was also reflected by Yazov and Smiryev at the same time. The air defense capabilities of the Black Sea Fleet tended to be saturated, and he even believed that the Black Sea Fleet no longer needed an additional glorious ship. The class cruiser is placed in the Black Sea Fleet, and the new Glory class can be transferred to the Pacific Fleet to improve the combat power of the sea fleet in the Pacific.

What the Black Sea Fleet needs to improve is anti-submarine warfare. When Turkey realized that the surface fleet was not enough to deal with the Black Sea Fleet, in addition to introducing eight Perry-class ships, Turkey was also strengthening its military purchases with the United States, striving to purchase new attack-type submarine.

In this way, it is particularly important to strengthen the anti-submarine capabilities of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet.For this reason, before the Ministry of Defense held a meeting, Yanayev also discussed with Yazov and Smiryev about the construction trend of the Black Sea Fleet.

"About the construction of the Black Sea Fleet, I have a suggestion here. The Yazov will be transformed to extend its service until around 2020, ensuring the size of the Red Navy's anti-submarine fleet. And we happen to have a plan in hand for Nikolayev Shipyard, let them build us a brand new Kara-class anti-submarine ship."

"Why did you choose the Kara-class anti-submarine ship? The Kara-class anti-submarine ship was mainly built in the 70s. Due to technical limitations, it can only complete a single anti-submarine combat mission, and cannot have comprehensive combat capabilities like the new cruisers after the 80s. Its The weapons and equipment have also begun to fall out of date, and it is becoming more and more difficult to compete with the new generation of nuclear submarines." Yazov was a little puzzled, according to this situation, shouldn't it be to speed up the training of the next generation of new anti-submarine ships?

However, Yazov still considers the problem from the perspective of the military. It is impossible for the Soviet Union to spend a large amount of budget on military expenditures as it did in the past. Now the Soviet fleet must maintain its existing strategic position.Let the United States do things like striving to be the global hegemony, and the Soviet Union will at best fan the flames and disrupt the layout.

Yanayev replied, "That's why he needs to improve. After all, the Black Sea Fleet does not have a new generation of anti-submarine ships to succeed. And 1134B needs to be improved, because it is the fastest large anti-submarine ship in the world and can catch up with Any submarine in the world. And the improvement of the seven Kara-class ships has also eased the pressure on Turkey to try to buy large-scale ships to threaten the Soviet fleet to a certain extent."

"The balance between the various fleets is the most important thing. For example, the current Black Sea Fleet has exposed its weaknesses, so we need to find a way to make up for it." Yanayev said, "When the time comes, we will trouble Smir Comrade Yev went to the Black Sea Shipyard to meet our old friend Comrade Makarov."

After the Great Depression passed in 1991, the Black Sea Shipyard has resumed its usual activity.There are steel materials everywhere, and the busy figures of the workers make people feel like returning to the situation when the naval ships were built in the 60s.At that time, the Black Sea Shipyard almost completed the shipbuilding plan for all seven Kara-class ships at a high speed of building one ship per year.

In the office, even Makarov was a little surprised by Smiryev's visit. After all, such matters generally do not require the commander-in-chief of the Navy to personally intervene.But as an old friend of Makarov, Smiryev is also obliged to reveal the news to him in advance.

When Smiryev told Makarov about the Kremlin's idea of ​​improving the ship, he also had some doubts about Yanayev's plan.

Makarov said, "The Ochakov was beyond repair after the fire in 1993, and the modernization of the Nikolaev and Tashkent was terminated, so what does Moscow think now? Restore the modernization of six ships? Then we may replace all the previous modifications, which is a lot of money for Moscow."

But Makarov didn't know that the most indispensable thing in the Soviet Union now is money. The Soviet Union has entered a mode of frantic money-gathering since the Yanayev era.Instead of wasting aid to support the so-called revolution that reddened the world, the former allies want to ask the Soviet Union for arms assistance?OK, use your local minerals or economic lifeline as collateral.Think about it with your brain, will you become stronger without spending money?

One thing Yanayev taught the Soviet government was a crash course in capital.

However, this should not be the property redistribution advocated by the mentor Lenin.

"Factory director Makarov doesn't have to think about the money issue, we can solve the problem. General Secretary Yanayev asked me to bring you this blueprint. He said that he would definitely be interested in the content of this blueprint. Makarov Director Karloff."

After the Soviet Union made a fortune in Cyprus and made a fortune, it was obviously more confident to speak, and Smirev pushed the blueprint to Makarov.When Makarov opened the blueprint, he froze for a moment.He slowly looked at the drawing and became silent, but there was an unusual light in his eyes.

"How is it, Comrade Makarov?" Smiryev knew he had made the right bet when he saw Makarov's expression.

Makarov nodded, "I'm wondering where the modification plan for the Kara-class anti-submarine ship was proposed? It's really... so shocking."

"General Secretary Yanayev." Smiryev gave an answer that Makarov couldn't believe.

Chapter 576 The Armada

Regarding the transformation of the Kara class, Yanayev gave a detailed explanation in the plan to the director of Makarov.After all, it takes much more time, money and energy to design a new multifunctional anti-submarine ship than to transform an old ship.The current Black Sea Fleet doesn't have so much time to wait, and needs to find a way to quickly improve its anti-submarine warfare capabilities in a short period of time.

Reality forces Yanayev to be flexible about naval construction.

拆除前部SA-N-3防空导弹系统，加装一座AK-130型双联130毫米舰炮和MR-124“狮子-218”火控雷达拆除“前灯”雷达和两组四联装SS-N-14反潜导弹，加装“音乐台”和两组四联装SS-N-22反舰导弹，增加反舰能力。拆除前桅杆上的MR-310A安加拉河三坐标对空搜索雷达，改装置MR-710“顶板”三坐标对空搜索雷达。拆除后桅杆上的MR-600曙光三坐标对空搜索雷达，改装MR-650“桦树菇”三坐标对空搜索雷达。

拆除两座AK-762型双联76毫米舰炮和MR-105“顶环”炮瞄雷达，拆除“低点”系统和D67-1遥控发射器，在原炮位加装两座“卡什坦”弹炮合一近防系统和3P37“热闪”火控雷达，制导卡什坦上的SA-N-11防空导弹，拆除AK-630近防炮和MR-123“信号旗”雷达。

拆除后部SA-N-3防空导弹系统，加装6组八联装SA-N-6防空导弹系统和一部30N6“墓石”相控阵雷达，在机库两侧加装4座八联装SA-N-9防空导弹系统，在机库顶增设一座MR-360“十字剑”火控雷达。

撤下原本的卡-25PL反潜直升机，改搭载一架更先进卡-27PL反潜直升机。拆除“大力神-2”声呐系统，改装MGK-365“星-M2”声呐系统，由一部安装于舰艏整流罩内的MG-345“青铜”低频搜索攻击舰壳声呐和舰艉一部“牛尾”的中或低频可变深度拖曳阵列声呐组成。增加SS-N-15反潜导弹系统。

From Yanayev's improvement plan, it can be seen that the improved Kara-class anti-submarine ship no longer performs a single anti-submarine mission, and even takes into account air defense and anti-ship.After such improvements, the Kara-class large anti-submarine ship has enhanced some of its anti-submarine capabilities while adding ground-to-ground AK-130 naval guns and anti-ship SS-N-22 anti-ship missile capabilities. At the same time, its air defense capabilities have been revolutionaryly improved. , The 6-channel 48 SA-N-6 air defense missile system enables the Kara-class large anti-submarine ship to have the fleet area air defense capability, and it has reached 50% of the Kirov-class large guided missile cruiser and 75% of the Glorious-class guided missile cruiser.

4通道32枚SA-N-9防空导弹系统使得1134BF具备了近程点防空能力，而且达到了1155无畏级大型反潜舰的50%，并且与1154型不惧级护卫舰相同。按照亚纳耶夫的设想，完全可以按照主力反潜舰服役到21世纪的20年代。

When Smiryev asked why Yanayev knew the innovation of ships like the back of his hand, Yanayev just said meaningfully, "I like ships more than Nicholas II, but I am a little bit better than him." A little more awareness of being ahead, rather than building to your liking."

Even Captain Makarov explained to Smiryev, "If this is really General Secretary Yanayev's idea, I really doubt whether he has served in the Red Navy before, or got someone else How to say this improvement method? It is very novel, compared with the previous Kara-class modification, I think this will be a new development trend of Soviet Red Navy ships in the future.”

"Integration of air defense, anti-ship and anti-submarine?" Smiryev asked.

"To be precise, it is the trend of modernization." Makarov said, "Because quite a few of our ships are facing aging problems, except for some ships that are no longer suitable for modern operations, the rest can be carried out. Refit, and then serve for a few more years. It is not only the integration of three defenses, but also the updating of electronic equipment."

Smirev sighed. Looking at the densely packed characters in the plan, he said with emotion, "If it weren't for the hard-won consequences of the US-Soviet arms race, we wouldn't be in such a mess. The development of military industry has been overwhelmed. All the new armaments need to be reviewed not only by the Ministry of Defense, but also by Yanayev. Many ship development plans are directly rejected on the grounds of military expenditure.”

Smirev always feels that the navy has not made great progress in recent years, but is in danger of being weakened.

However, Makarov's answer surprised Smiryev. He took the blueprint and said, "Through the ship construction plan over the years, I don't think that the high-level Moscow is restraining the development of the navy. On the contrary, I prefer It feels like they are guiding the development of the Soviet Navy in a new direction. After all, this is no longer an era of confrontation between the two poles. The decline of the Soviet Union is accompanied by the rise of American imperialism, which makes Yanayev feel that it should be avoided now Time. Although the conflicts and confrontations in the 90s were even more severe than those in the 80s, the top officials in Moscow have grasped their proportions very well.”

"But I don't understand what this has to do with the development of the Soviet Union's navy?"

Makarov raised the design plan in his hands, and replied very calmly, "Confirm that the Red Navy will not take too many evil paths in the development of the navy like it did during the Cold War. Yanayev's suggestion It fits perfectly with the plan.”

It is true that the development of the navy during the Cold War has gone astray enough.Stalin, for example, seems to have been obsessed with cruisers and battleships.In the late 20s, he advocated the development of cruisers and battleships and the establishment of an ocean-going navy, and Stalin ruthlessly eliminated some small ships and shore-based aviation naval strategic propositions of the Soviet Union at that time.However, Stalin seems to be too obsessed with battleship cruisers. The aircraft carrier that played a major role in World War II and has been on the stage of naval history seems to be invisible. At the end of the 40s, he still advocated the development of cruisers and the like. Kuznetsov, who advocated the position of the aircraft carrier.It also led to the existence of a series of tonnage comparable to battleships in the Soviet Navy even during the Cold War.

However, if it is said that Stalin contributed half and half to the construction of the Soviet navy, then Khrushchev is a typical reverser.As we all know, Khrushchev is a typical nuclear submarine missile school. He even reduced the aircraft carrier to a movable coffin, but the reality slapped him hard in the face.In the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the face of the Cold War and conflicts that did not lead to a full-scale war, the Soviet nuclear submarines that focused on strategic nuclear strikes and wars, faced the sea and air control of the US aircraft carrier fleet, There was not much room to play at all. The Soviet Union was disgraced in that crisis, and only then did the Soviet Union develop aircraft carriers.

Maybe he knew that the deviation of the leader's cognition would lead to difficulties in naval construction, so now Yanayev desperately wants to build an informationized and modern naval force, even disregarding the opinions of the Ministry of Defense and the military marshals, Using Ogarkov, he did not hesitate to cheat to collect funds for the construction of the aircraft carrier, and developed his own naval communication satellite system, in order to avoid making the mistakes of the previous leaders.

Yanayev has tried his best to remedy all mistakes and strive to seize the last opportunity in development.

"Are you saying that the development of the navy is actually led by General Secretary Yanayev?"

Makarov nodded, "At least I can guess that's the case from my calculations. However, due to the changes in the Soviet Union's strategy in recent years, our Red Navy has entered a dormant period of concentrated development."

Factory Director Makarov stood at the pier, his gray hair was blown by the sea breeze. Looking at the warships docked in the port, Factory Director Makarov seemed to see a new fleet slowly rising.

He closed his eyes and wondered if he could still see that day?

Looking back, Makarov said to Smiryev, "Perhaps the current Soviet Red Navy is not the strongest fleet, but someday in the future."

Having said that, Makarov paused.

"It could become an armada."

Chapter 577 Don't Say I Didn't Take Care of You

While Comrade Smiryev was still discussing with Comrade Makarov at the Black Sea Shipyard on how to refit the Kara-class, Yanayev had already started preparing to visit the three Baltic countries.It is also the first visit to the three troubled countries since the 1991 constitutional reform.

Although from the perspective of the West, the Baltic Sea Incident is of the same nature as the Hungarian October Incident and the Prague Spring.It was the Soviet Union that used violent means to invade other sovereign countries in an attempt to maintain its status as the Soviet Red Empire.But they ignored that the Soviet Union and its affiliated countries belonged to an unbreakable alliance relationship, not a relationship between sovereign countries and sovereign countries.What's more, Yanayev's desperate attempt to amend the constitution made the Baltic Sea's separation from the Soviet Union a fantasy.

Moreover, after the political cleansing and martial law in the three Baltic countries, the Baltic Sea returned to its former calm.Yanayev's suppression of national independence is stronger than Stalin's. After sending all pro-Western officials to Siberian coal mines, no one dares to shout about democracy, freedom, equality and human rights.

Because the next time you want to experience democracy and freedom, it is not to dig coal in Siberia and send it directly to Libya or Iraq in the civil war.Do you want to feel the breath of democracy?Come on, war-torn Damascus and Baghdad, which is bombed all day long, are suitable for you. Welcome to the paradise (hell) of democracy.

At least the Soviet Propaganda Department made a picture of American soldiers bombing civilian areas into a poster with a wicked taste, stood on the side of the road and added a line of small characters, "Welcome to the world of democracy, our fighter jets will offer you Flower of Liberty."

After abandoning the Bretton Woods system, the United States has tried to use war to disrupt the Middle East in the past few years and implement the plan to link oil to the US dollar, which also allowed Yanayev to find a way to use a knife behind his back.