Soviet Union 1991

The second update, another chapter was blocked, and as usual, the chapter was thrown in the reader group.

The Soviet Union and China exchanged their opinions. On the issue of Japan, China will support the decision made by the Soviet Union, and on the issue of Taiwan, the Soviet Union will unconditionally support all Chinese measures and achieve common progress and retreat on the Asia-Pacific issue. In other words, the two countries have now reached a consensus on the Taiwan issue and maximized the protection of their respective interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

In this way, Iwashima Masao, who wanted to develop independently in a small country, became the target of venting by the three superpowers. The Prime Minister was President Mario. At the White House press conference, he emphasized that the United States would not condone Iwashima Masao's independent behavior and urged all parties to return to the situation of peaceful negotiations to protect the stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

Hearing that his last life-saving trump card decisively abandoned himself, Iwashima Masao's face turned gray and ugly. Before, Iwashima Masao dared to be willful because Mario stood by him. Now that the United States has decisively abandoned Taiwan for its own interests, it means that he has to face the People's Liberation Army, which has been eager to try, alone. No leader has such courage.

Next, it is time for Yanayev to stand up and say that the Soviet Union will support China's actions on the Taiwan issue, and condemn Iwashima Masao's splitting behavior. At the same time, he also emphasized that China should strengthen its naval power to contribute to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

The hidden meaning is, should we continue to buy our destroyers?

Under pressure from many parties, Iwashima Masao had no choice but to surrender. He reiterated the 1992 Consensus and declared that he would actively promote the Wang-Guo talks to achieve stable development across the Taiwan Straits. However, China still adopts a cold attitude towards Taiwan and continues to oppress the other party's psychological defense line. At the same time, China also announced in a high-profile manner that it will carry out a new round of military project cooperation with the Soviet Union and purchase new warships to quickly supplement the strength of the East China Sea Fleet.

After this news came out, Iwashima Masao was so scared that he almost ran to the United States to apply for political asylum, but of course he was flatly rejected by the United States. Only the countries that went through the trilateral meeting knew that this was a means for the Soviet Union to deter Taiwan. However, China, which has tasted the sweetness of the Taiwan Strait crisis, has indeed accelerated the construction of a modern navy, especially the East China Sea Fleet, but there is a problem facing China.

The period of naval construction is longer than that of the army. It often takes decades of accumulation to build a strong East China Sea Fleet, so the ready-made model is to buy second-hand ships from the Soviet Union, so as to quickly build an East China Sea Fleet that can cope with any situation.

Of course, Yanayev also likes this win-win and mutually beneficial model very much. Considering that China does not have any large ships, the Soviet Union specially prepared a big gift for China this time, the Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, which is four times larger than the American Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser, and the steel wave on the sea second only to the aircraft carrier.

Perhaps the Frunze left a good impression on China during the Taiwan Strait attack, so the Chinese representatives also kept thinking about the Type 1144 ship, especially after learning that the Soviet Union canceled the construction plan of a "Dzerzhinsky" nuclear-powered missile cruiser. Just like the subsequent construction plan of the Sovremenny-class destroyer, they urgently hope that in the absence of a formal aircraft carrier, they can use a Type 1144 nuclear-powered missile cruiser and a Kiev-class aircraft carrier (the Kiev-class Soviet Union called a heavy aircraft carrier cruiser) to form a combat capability to deter the enemy.

The impact of the Type 1144 cruiser is shocking. As the largest cruiser built in the world, the ship has a full load displacement of more than 25,000 tons, second only to aircraft carriers. It is loaded with more than 400 missiles, so it has the title of arsenal ship. It is the only active cruiser in the world with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons and nuclear power. In the Sino-Soviet joint exercise, the air defense interception of the 1144-type left a deep impression on the Chinese army. If the price is right, China will first consider purchasing the 1144-type cruiser.

Anyway, the Soviet Union will not sell the Ulyanovsk to China, so considering the unfinished Dzerzhinsky is the focus of China.

"We are very satisfied with the performance of the Soviet 1144-type cruiser, but I don’t know if there are any other ships in the Soviet Union that can be used for reference by China besides the 1144-type?"

This time, the Chinese delegation is no longer as cautious as the first transaction. They asked to visit the retired Soviet ships by name. Although the 1144-type cruiser can form a battle group, for China, their coastline is too long, and a certain degree of 1144-type cruisers are needed to complete the deployment.

However, the cost and maintenance cost of the Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser are somewhat high. China hopes to have a cruiser with similar combat capabilities but slightly smaller tonnage.

In this way, the Soviet Union's Slava-class cruisers may become the ships that China purchases in batches.

Makarov, the director of the Black Sea Shipyard, accompanied the Chinese delegation throughout the trip. As the director of the Black Sea Shipyard who has a deep understanding of ships, he can be said to be familiar with most Soviet ships. "In comparison, although the Slava-class conventional-powered cruiser has a relatively small displacement, only half of the Kirov-class, it is equipped with roughly the same weapons as the Kirov-class, has similar offensive and defensive capabilities, and is more affordable."

Makarov saw through that China just wanted the Kirov class to be used as the Kiev, but the Slava class was likely to be adopted by China on a large scale. The only three Slava class ships now belong to the Black Sea Fleet, the Pacific Fleet and the Northern Fleet, and their core combat power characteristics are very obvious. The Soviet Red Navy basically used the Slava class as the core to form a squadron, because only the Slava class or the Kirov class can provide a relatively complete regional air defense capability to cover other warships.

China should have taken a fancy to this point, so it proposed the Slava class and the Kirov class to visit.

After the Chinese delegation finished their visit, Makarov reported to Smiryev, "I think the Chinese delegation has chosen our Slava-class and Kirov-class ships. Which ship they will buy will depend on the final negotiations."

Smiryev nodded. This arms sale shocked the Red Navy and the Black Sea Shipyard. For the Soviet Red Navy, it means that it is time to update the ships. For the Black Sea Shipyard, they will receive a large order to maintain the livelihood of the shipyard.

Let's use this Asia-Pacific crisis to save the Soviet Union's precarious shipyard.