Chapter 498 Post-War Iran
The sea is rough.
The huge Oscar-class submarine is constantly retreating.
The Oscar-class submarines were in full reverse mode, ensuring that their bows were facing the direction of the US aircraft carrier formation and that they could attack the US aircraft carriers at any time. At the same time, they were also retreating and moving towards the direction of Bandar Abbas.
The American anti-submarine aircraft overhead finally flew away! The lookout in the control tower spotted a large number of fighter planes flying in the sky! In addition to the American Tomcat fighters, there were also our own fighter planes painted with red five-pointed stars!
Long live Soviet Naval Aviation!
Limited by the strength of aircraft carriers, the Soviet Navy's aviation force is mostly land-based. Now, although the Soviet aircraft carrier formation knows the crisis of its own submarines, it is recovering the attacking fighters and cannot spare any strength to confront the American aircraft carriers. The land-based aviation force resolved this crisis!
At the same time, although the two Kiev-class aircraft carriers could not arrive, another large warship in the formation, the Kirov-class cruiser, left the aircraft carrier formation and headed towards its own submarine. Although this warship is not an aircraft carrier, the various types of air defense missiles on the warship will scare all US aircraft. If they dare to harass their submarines, don't blame us for being rude!
When the Kirov-class arrived, the American anti-submarine aircraft had been driven away, and the Oscar-class nuclear submarine was towing the Los Angeles-class ship towards the port of Abbas.
The covers of the missile launch tubes were still open until he saw the Kirov-class submarine. Nirgeyev breathed his last and ordered the covers of the launch tubes to be closed. At this time, he began to feel uneasy. He had made a big hole in this submarine worth hundreds of millions of rubles and revealed all his cards. He wondered if his superiors would know about it and dismiss him. This time he had really messed up!
Turkestan Military District, military airport.
"Welcome General Secretary, welcome Comrade Defense Minister, to the Turkestan Military Region for guidance." Andrei stood outside the gangway, looking at the senior executives getting off the passenger plane, and said solemnly.
At this critical moment, General Secretary Andropov personally came to inspect the military region, naturally to express the Soviet’s attitude, and at the same time to cheer up and praise his own military region!
"Andrei, the actions of the Turkestan Military District in recent days have powerfully demonstrated our Soviet determination to maintain world peace and stability, and our ability to respond to crises. They are a subject for our entire Soviet Red Army to learn from." At the airport, Andropov first made a qualitative conclusion about this visit.
"We will definitely keep the General Secretary's instructions in mind." Andre said, and he led these senior officials into the high-end bulletproof sedan that had been prepared long ago and drove towards the headquarters.
"Andrei, the actions of the Turkestan Military District this time were firm, courageous, swift and effective. The Ministry of National Defense is very satisfied with them." After getting in the car, Ustinov said to Andrei.
"Well, but this is just our first step. Our entire Middle East strategy has just begun to change. There are still many roads to go and many battles to fight. Even now, we still have certain crises." Andre has always had a clear understanding of the current strategic situation.
Soon, they arrived at the military district headquarters. In front of the huge sand table, Andre began to give a detailed introduction: "Now, our anti-terrorism war has entered the sixth day. We have successfully completed the goals set before the war. For example, we have established a channel to the south of the Indian Ocean. We have obtained the Chabahar Port and the strategic throat of the Persian Gulf, the Abbas Port area. The acquisition of these places has allowed us to firmly occupy the initiative on the battlefield. However, we have only caught the Iranians and the Americans by surprise. The American response is as slow as we expected, and every step is behind us."
Go south to the Indian Ocean! The outlet to the center of the world that Peter the Great had always dreamed of, now he has completely occupied it! However, this is just the beginning, and there are still many variables.
"First, we looked at Iran's reaction. We seized an opportunity. The Iranian army is now engaged in an arduous battle with Iraq. In the central city of Isfahan, the Iranian army has recaptured Isfahan after a battle that was fought at all costs and completely relied on human lives. The Iraqis are advancing towards Shahr-Kurdish. The Iraqis have so many advanced weapons, but they are not good at fighting. They are being beaten back by the Iranians who only have light weapons."
"Why don't the Iranians mobilize their troops to attack us?" Ustinov asked. Now, although Iran is fighting with Iraq, its eastern territory has been divided by the Soviet Union. Can they accept this?
"The Iranians are unwilling, but they dare not. Now the battle in the front is stalemated. If they withdraw troops to fight against us, then the Iraqis will continue to come up from behind. After all, Iraq has planes and tanks with strong mobility. If they retreat from the front line now, they will easily be pursued by the Iraqis and then wiped out." Andre said.
With Iraq as a constraint, the Iranians can only watch their land being lost, and now they have no other options. This is really a feast for the eyes. HMN, that guy, is also trying to use terrorist attacks to threaten his own side, which is destined to be a joke!
"And now, the Iranian People's Liberation Army, which we support, is currently besieging Tehran. If we spare some time to support the Iranian People's Liberation Army, then the liberation of Tehran will be completed soon." Andre said: "What we need now is how to determine the post-war situation in Iran as soon as possible."
Before the Americans contacted HMN and intervened in Iran's political situation, they completely solved the Iranian issue! The Soviet Union's goal was not just to gain a passage to the south!
After repeated wars with Iraq, those most staunch religious believers have died on the battlefield. Those crazy people who were incited should have woken up at this time. Besides, with Iran in the hands of HMN, are people's lives better than before? Of course not! They need new rulers and need to restore peace!
How to get along with Iraq is also a problem they need to solve! And the Soviet Union will play a vital role in this!