Chapter 46 Two Methods

"Andrei, what do you think we should do?" At this moment, Admiral Trechiyanko turned his head and asked Andrei.

Ask yourself? Andre immediately wondered if this was a test for himself. No wonder, it was all because of me. Now, I should finish the finishing work myself.

"I'm sorry, Commander-in-Chief, I'm just a pilot in the Air Defense Force. I'm not qualified to comment on this matter. The military district must have already thought of a response plan." Andre said, "But since you're asking me now, I'll tell you my immature thoughts."

At this time, Andrei's statement was perfect. Although Andrei felt a little disgusted after saying this, alas, there was no way. He had to flatter the necessary people. Only in this way could he achieve better development and have the opportunity to realize his ambition, which was to prevent the disintegration of the Soviet Union!

If I were still just an insignificant pawn in the Air Defense Force in 1991, I would have had no choice but to watch all this happen.

"Andre, go ahead." Lieutenant General Constantine also said.

"I have thought of two ways. The simplest one is to dispatch a nuclear submarine from the Vladivostok Naval Base to the vicinity of the accident site, and then use a nuclear torpedo to fire at the bottom of the accident site to destroy the MiG-25 that crashed into the sea!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Andrei's words. Even Admiral Trechiyanko's mouth corners twitched twice.

This Andrei, his idea is really too extreme, he actually wants to use nuclear torpedoes! Admiral Trechiyanko couldn't help but say that he liked Andrei's wild idea... He liked it, the Soviet Union should have such soldiers! In order to defend the country, he could do anything!

However, this method is simple but cannot be used. First of all, nuclear torpedoes are not ordinary torpedoes and require Moscow's consent. Moreover, the ships on board are American ships. If nuclear torpedoes are used, it will also have an impact on them. This plan will have the risk of a world war or even a nuclear war. If the Americans think that the nuclear torpedoes are fired at those salvage ships and survey ships, it will be troublesome.

What a pity. Looking at the faces of these people, Andre knew that this method would not be approved. Only he dared to think of nuclear torpedoes. Andre did not say more details, such as the nuclear submarine used that titanium alloy shell guy, diving to a depth of one thousand meters is no problem, come quietly, leave quietly, even if the Americans found out, they would never admit it.

Undersea volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, everything can be covered up.

Once and for all, as long as a nuclear torpedo passes by, the seabed topography will change drastically. Even if the MiG-25 that crashed into the sea is not destroyed on the spot, it will be covered by the mud and rocks on the seabed and will never see the light of day again.

"What is the second option?" asked Admiral Trechiyanko.

"The second method is the conventional one," Andre said. "We can use two warships to escort our salvage ship and conduct the same salvage operation in the relevant waters. We can compete with the Americans to see who can salvage the ship first."

Where to salvage? Hearing Andrei's words, Admiral Trechiyanko frowned and said, "It's only a hundred nautical miles from the coast of Hokkaido, and the nearest coastline to us is more than three hundred nautical miles away."

"That's nothing to be afraid of. We only recognize the 12-nautical-mile international territorial waters line, which belongs to the public ocean," said Andre.

Hearing Andrei's words, Admiral Trechiyanko couldn't help but smile. Young people still think faster.

The regulations on territorial waters have also gone through a long period of history. At the beginning, a classic statement was that if people sailing on a part of the sea can be forced by people on the shore, then this part of the sea belongs to this piece of land. In other words, the scope of the sea area under the jurisdiction of a country depends on its effective control. So at that time, the width of a country's territorial waters should be based on the range of its cannons. At that time, the range of cannons was about one league, that is, three nautical miles. At that time, it was generally recognized that the width of the coastal sea controlled by a country should be three nautical miles. As the range of cannons continued to expand, territorial waters expanded outward to 7, 11, and 22 km. A few years ago, the standards for territorial waters were discussed at an international conference. After several years of debate, there is no final conclusion, but the value of twelve nautical miles is generally recognized.

Now, at the height of the Cold War, the US and Soviet armies faced each other across the Sea of ​​Japan, and both sides tacitly regarded the median line of the Sea of ​​Japan as being within their actual control.

At this time, Andrei proposed the twelve nautical miles argument, and the Soviet Navy could go there openly to carry out salvage operations.

"If we get close, it will arouse strong hostility from the Americans, and it might turn into a conflict," said Lieutenant General Constantine on the side.

Although Moscow's orders repeatedly emphasized that the Americans must not be allowed to obtain the secrets of the MiG-25, if a conflict broke out with the Americans near Hokkaido in order to protect the MiG-25 from leaks, Moscow would also be dissatisfied with the Far Eastern Military District's initiative to provoke trouble.

After all, Moscow has no intention of starting a world war.

"We are afraid, and so are the Americans." Andrei said, "We in the Soviet Union are now at the peak of our national strength, but the Americans have just pulled themselves out of the quagmire of Vietnam. They are also afraid of triggering a world war. So, even if we send two warships without anti-aircraft weapons, they dare not sink us, because that would mean the outbreak of war! Of course, if we want to be more cautious, we can simply send two frigates without even anti-aircraft missiles and anti-ship missiles to interfere with the Americans' salvage work on the one hand, and protect our salvage work on the other. At the same time, we will keep our fighter planes cruising in the air. If the Americans want to go too far, we will play along with them."

Hearing Andre's last words, Kozhidub couldn't help but want to scold him. What kind of words are these? Taking the initiative to provoke the Americans, what if the situation escalates? What do these two senior military officials mean? It seems that they attach great importance to Andre. Does Andre have a background?

"Andrei, you don't seem to have said everything?" Admiral Trechiyanko said, "Don't be afraid. Your opinions are for our reference. If a serious conflict is caused, we will support you."

"Actually, what I want to say is that our salvage is fake. We are just trying to disrupt the Americans. If the Americans really start salvaging, our warships will launch anti-submarine deep-water rockets to blow up the MiG-25," said Andre.

Just now he said he would use nuclear torpedoes, and now he said he would use warships to launch depth-water rockets. Andrei's words made Kozhedub even more speechless. What Kozhedub could not have imagined was that Admiral Trechiyanko actually made the decision: "Andrei, your idea is good! Let's do it this way!"

Firing anti-submarine depth bombs right under the noses of the Americans? This is provoking a war! Kozhedub's face turned pale.

"Sokolovka base, prepare your fighter jets and escort our warships at any time." Admiral Trechiyanko said, "This time, we must show the might of our Far East Military Region!"