Chapter 155： appropriate support

"Everyone, we are in big trouble. ??????????????????" Carter's opening remarks were very helpless in the roundtable room of the White House.

Carter estimates that he is the most aggrieved of all the presidents. The just-concluded Vietnam War made the Americans realize that their own force could not conquer even a small Vietnam, and now, the Soviet Union is so aggressive, in the On the offensive during the Cold War.

But now, the Soviets are dissatisfied with the status quo, unwilling to be surrounded by the Western world as a whole, and want to seek a new status in the Cold War. The first step is to open a gap in the Far East!

Once the Soviets acquired Hokkaido and had an ice-free port eastward to the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii and other places in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would always be under the threat of the Soviets' ocean-going fleet, just like the Pacific War.

Although the Soviets do not yet have a powerful naval fleet, this is a traditionally powerful country with six armies, but once the Soviets seek maritime hegemony, with the help of the Soviet Union's defense industry, they can quickly build up a powerful maritime force. Fleet to come.

The Soviets had an appointment with the American ambassador, and the American ambassador had conveyed the Soviets' message to the White House. Now, everyone knows that the Soviets want Kushiro Port!

Although at the end of World War II, Stalin proposed a conspiracy to ask for Kushiro, but President Truman did not agree at all at that time, and at that time, he also let the U.S. military occupied the entire island country, and did not give the Soviets a chance.

And now? The Soviets actually dared to initiate a war of aggression and occupied the Kushiro port in Hokkaido!

"We must not let the Soviet conspiracy succeed." Defense Minister Harold Brown said: "If the Soviets occupy northern Hokkaido, it will directly threaten our Pacific sea power, and we will not be able to effectively fight against it. The Soviet submarine force is tracking. We are going to drive the Soviets into the sea before they can gain a foothold!"

Beat the dog to see the master, now the Soviets have landed on 6 Hokkaido, that is, they are declaring war on the United States. That tough Ustinov is simply a rogue and a devil!

"However, we do not have a powerful 6th Army in the island country. Now, only the air force and the navy can be used." Vice President Walter Mondale was worried. The 6th Self-Defense Forces of the island countries are not fighting at all, and the United States can provide support. It just so happens that there is no 6 army!

"That's the best way," said Secretary of State Warren Miner-Kristof: "We all underestimated the Soviets' ambitions for foreign aggression and expansion, and, actually, they attacked Hokkaido directly. We are not afraid of war, but. If we Really have ground contact with the Soviets, the scale of the war will be out of our control, the situation in Western Europe may get out of control, a third world war will come, everyone, now a world war , is not in the interests of our Western world, and we have to control the scale of the war."

As secretary of state, Warren clearly sees farther. Ustinov's dialogue with the American ambassador is obviously a warning to the United States not to get involved, otherwise it will be a world war!

The United States will not watch Hokkaido be annexed, but it cannot start a full-scale conflict with the Soviet Union. This is a very difficult choice!

Default Soviet occupation of Hokkaido? Then the United States, the big brother of the Western world, will not be able to keep its position! The French will definitely stand up and blame first! Help the islanders to get back to Hokkaido? How many people will die in the United States should be put aside first. As long as the 6th Army of the United States participates in the war, the scale of the war will expand.

During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union tried to avoid direct confrontation. In the Korean War, the United States made the first move, and the Soviet Union did not send troops. In the Vietnam War, the Americans did it, and the Soviet Union did not send troops directly. In the later war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union did it first. The United States can only support behind.

Now, the Soviets have started, but the Soviet Union did not pick up soft persimmons, but went directly to the most solid bridgehead in East Asia!

"Then how are we going to control the scale of the war?" Carter asked, although Carter's resume included seven years in the Navy. But Carter did not fight in any wars, and his main advantage was political, not military.

"Only send the navy and air force to fight, not the ground troops." Secretary of State Warren continued: "As long as we block the navy and air force, and block the logistical support of the Soviets, these troops who have come here will soon collapse. If we block the sea routes and air shipping, the Soviets will not have any advantage. As for the ground attack, let the 6th Self-Defense Forces of the island countries carry out themselves.”

Warren sees far away, the army is fighting, and it is logistics. The Soviets do not attack from the west and north of Hokkaido, but run in a large circle to the port of Kushiro in the Pacific Ocean to attack. Although it caused a suddenness, it could not last for a long time. , the Pacific is still American! As long as the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean and the Air Force on the mainland are dispatched to block the logistical supply lines of the Soviets, the Soviets will be the turtles in the urn.

As long as there is no ground war, a few planes are attacked in the air, and a few pilots are killed, it is not a big conflict. After the last civil aviation incident, didn't the two sides explode in the air conflict? As a result, both sides were kept secret and did not cause an uproar.

Same this time.

"Yes, as long as we have the air and sea superiority, the battle on the 6th groundisland people can solve it." Defense Secretary Brown also agreed with Warren's suggestion. In fact, the US 6th Army just wants to participate in the war. It also takes at least half a month to prepare, and now it is simply too late.

"Okay, then we'll move the navy and air force to block the Soviets!" Carter said: "This time, we must not lose again!"

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this incident is not completely harmful. At least, the Congress also intends to use the incident of the civil aviation airliner to play a trick to impeach the president. This is American-style democracy!

And now, the Soviets have started a war of invading the island nation! Prove that the US ** team did nothing wrong before! At that time, the government had already sensed the ambitions of the Soviets, so they sent a passenger plane to camouflage it for reconnaissance! To blame, blame the Soviets for being so savage that they even hit civil airliners!

After this incident, the disturbance of the passenger plane must be over! Carter was in his heart at this time, and he was really grateful to those crazy Russians.

After the negotiation, Lieutenant General Paul, the commander of the U.S. military stationed in Japan in the Far East, finally received instructions from the White House, and the navy and air force acted to attack the routes of the Soviets!

A sea and air battle is about to start. (To be continued.)