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Chapter 1617: My ship is ordered to ram your ship (Happy New Year's Eve!)
Ethiopia, Assab Port, Soviet Naval Base,
In the bright sunshine, a colonel in a white naval uniform jumped out and stepped onto the gangway of the warship.

The cruiser Ordzhonikidze drifted with the rising tide outside the harbor, and the hull and guns were covered with a layer of pink by the rising sun. The naval captain climbed up the steep gangway and saluted the flag and officers.

"Messenger! Notify the political commissar and other officers to come to the conference room for a meeting in 25 minutes!"

After Colonel Nikolayev boarded the ship, he gave orders to the officer on duty. An hour ago, he received orders from the general, and faced with this order, he found that he could not laugh at all.

Standing next to the fluttering red bow pennant and anchor chain, Colonel Nikolayev looked back at the turret, mast and conning tower in the sunlight with a solemn expression.

The Ordzhonikidze cruiser is a light cruiser that entered service more than a decade ago. It is the third ship of the "Sverdlov" class cruiser. It is the largest Soviet artillery cruiser with the most advanced technology and the strongest firepower. Although it is classified as a light cruiser according to the caliber of its main guns, its tonnage is as high as 16600 tons. With the commissioning of missiles, the military has transformed it, dismantled the stern main gun turret and torpedo tubes, extended the rear deckhouse and installed the SM64 double-arm missile launcher on it, and below is a magazine that can accommodate 8 missiles.

But overall, this is still an old warship.

But even so, it is still the Red Navy's main warship in the Indian Ocean.

Of course, Colonel Nikolayev did not know that in another world, this warship was handed over to Indonesia four years ago and renamed "Irian Jaya", becoming the flagship of the Indonesian Navy and making the Indonesian Navy the most powerful navy in Southeast Asia at that time.

Now, although it has not been handed over to Indonesia, it is being used to help the Jakarta authorities break the blockade and demonstrate the Soviet Union's support for it.

Now using these two warships to "test" SEA's determination! In Nikolayev's view, this is not a test but a suicide mission.

"Colonel! Remember one principle. Under no circumstances should you fire first! Do you understand? Before the S.E. Navy warship fires and hits the Ordzhonikidze, you must not fire! Do you understand?"

damn it!
If cursing could solve all problems, Nikolayev would not mind cursing God. This task, which was tantamount to suicide, actually fell on his head.

Of course, he couldn't say these words. Now as the captain of this warship and the commander of the dispatching fleet, his mission is to implement Moscow's decision.

Pass the blockade!
A few years ago in Cuba, they were stopped by the American blockade.

Now faced with this blockade - will they stop?
Nikolayev's mind was filled with the various confrontations that might follow.

Who will fire first?

"It's not about who fired first,"

While discussing the upcoming mission with the political commissar and officers, Captain Nikolayev said,

"The most important thing is——what measures will they take to stop us!"

"The orders from Moscow were very clear not to open fire. This was to avoid a nuclear war. So they must have had similar orders,"

"Comrade Captain, they are likely to open fire. We all know that they fired on merchant ships before in Malacca."

The political commissar reminded:

"What will we do if they open fire on us?"

Faced with this question, everyone fell silent. They had two choices - one was to open fire and fight back, the other was to retreat.

If they choose to return the plane, it will definitely lead to a nuclear war, and then, everything will be over.
But if they choose to retreat, the whole world will see their weakness, and Moscow will not let them go either.

After a long silence, Captain Nikolayev said:
“This is a very difficult task.”

"But we have to get it done,"

The political commissar frowned, then said:

"After all, the order has been given,"

After thinking for a while, he asked again:

"Will there be nuclear submarines accompanying us?"

The reason why he asked this question is that compared with surface warships and submarines, they have a stronger deterrent power. Just like during the Cuban Missile Crisis, they sent nuclear submarines.
As we all know, all nuclear submarines are equipped with nuclear bombs.

"Unfortunately, there are no other warships besides us. Our mission is to escort merchant ships into Jakarta. Well, that is to complete the escort!"

Captain Nikolayev repeated the commander's order and then said:

"It's about breaking through their blockade, not engaging in a nuclear war with them,"

Sometimes, orders are so magical that they require warships to break through the blockade without causing war.

Is there such a wonderful thing in this world?
Obviously, Moscow doesn't care at all. There is no such possibility. All they care about is that the order has been issued and you just need to execute it.

"What a bunch of bastards, they actually gave such an order!"

Complaints may be made, but orders must be carried out.

Dozens of minutes later, in the command tower, the officers of the Red Navy, wearing spotless white uniforms, followed the captain's orders, and the officers and sailors operated the slightly old cruiser in an almost flawless manner.

The gray-haired Nikolayev opened his eyes wide, and although his thick eyebrows showed the same resolute look as before, unlike the resolute look he had shown when carrying out missions in the past, Nikolayev regarded this order as a "suicide" mission from the moment he received it, so there was always a hint of worry in his eyes.

"We don't need to doubt SEA's determination! After entering the SEA blockade, every sailor must be in place. Once they open fire, we will immediately return fire! What we will defend will be the dignity and honor of the Red Navy."

Although Nikolayev looked calm when he issued this order, his inner worry was even stronger.
Because he knows that SEA is an adversary with nuclear weapons!
How could one not be worried when faced with such an order?

After all, everyone knew exactly what it would mean if they opened fire.
By then, it won't just be a battle between two warships.

However, if the other party opens fire, he must fight back!

On that day, the light cruiser Ordzhonikidze and the destroyer Quiet escorted the Soviet fleet out of the port and headed towards the Indian Ocean.

When the fleet sailed out of the Red Sea and into the Indian Ocean, it was already being tracked.

As they sailed towards the Southeast Asian waters, maritime anti-submarine aircraft conducted several aerial reconnaissance missions.

During this period, there was no contact between the two sides, but despite this, the eyes of the world were on this small fleet consisting of two warships and three cargo ships.

A few days later, on the morning of June 6, a Soviet fleet led by the Ordzhonikidze approached the blockaded waters.
The Katsuragi aircraft carrier, which was carrying out the blockade mission, immediately launched two fighter planes! At the same time, the other ships were also ready for battle.

Hundreds of Red Navy officers and soldiers of the Soviet fleet immediately became busy, and gunners and officers took up combat readiness positions one after another.

In another twenty minutes, the Ordzhonikidze will enter the blockade line designated by the SEA, and everyone knows what will greet them there.

The sea breeze gently caressed the sea surface. The destroyer "HMS Light Horse" was sailing in the Indian Ocean as usual, and the officers and soldiers on the ship were conducting blockade patrols on the sea as in the past.

While the radar operator was watching the screen, the sailors were observing the calm ocean with binoculars. Everyone knew that a Soviet fleet was now heading towards them.

The first to discover the Soviet warships was, of course, the early warning aircraft in the air. After the early warning aircraft informed the destroyer of the Soviet team's position, it took another few hours for the radar on the destroyer to discover the traces of the Soviet warships.

They have been waiting for the other party to come to them!

"They're coming soon."

The sailor holding the telescope said something.

"So what if I come?"

"Stop them, of course."

A black column of smoke appeared on the horizon, and soon the Soviet fleet appeared in their sight.
To the right of the fleet, two destroyers were on alert from a distance, and several helicopters were hovering in the sky, tracking them.

The distance between them was more than 20 nautical miles. The reason for maintaining such a long distance was so that when an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, the destroyer could use anti-ship missiles to attack Soviet warships in the first place!

It can be said that to a certain extent, both sides are now ready for a big fight.

However, the Hussar was now at the forefront, and the distance between him and the Soviet fleet was only a few nautical miles.
Now they are really at loggerheads with each other.
The whole world was watching this Soviet fleet, and everyone was waiting and watching them, watching to see if they would break through the blockade.

They are also watching to see whether the SEAs warships will carry out the interception mission.

Who is the paper tiger? The whole world is very curious and nervous at this moment, because everyone knows that if there is no paper tiger, this confrontation is likely to turn into a war.

War—How Will It Break Out?
No one knows!

10: 35.

The Soviet fleet was only one nautical mile away from the blockade.

"Full speed ahead!"

Lin Zhiyuan, standing in the bridge, gave the order calmly.

"On June 6, at 5:10 a.m., the Soviet fleet was found to have broken into the blockade!"

While recording this information in the navigation log, Lin Zhiyuan ordered the "Light Cavalry" to advance as he had done in the past, blocking the enemy's advance while communicating with them using flag signals.

To ask the enemy to leave the blockade, what is different from the past is that now we need to point our guns at them.

The USS Hussar is a US Gearing-class destroyer, with a displacement of only over 3000 tons.

Compared with Russian warships, they are almost insignificant, but around them, there is a battle group with two aircraft carriers as the core.

There are also nuclear submarines and submarines underwater.

But at this time, the Light Brigade was at the forefront of the confrontation at sea.

When the two ships were only a few hundred meters close, the sailors of the Light Horse immediately sent out flag signals asking the other side to withdraw.

"Ordzhonikidze, you have entered a restricted area! Please evacuate immediately! Please evacuate immediately!"

At the same time, the gunners on the Hussar had already begun to turn their guns towards the Ordzhonikidze.

"Keep going! Respond to them - this is the high seas! The Red Navy has the right of free passage in international public waters!"

After putting down the telescope, Nikolayev turned and gave orders to the first mate beside him.

"My ship enjoys the right of free passage in this public sea area..."

Lin Zhiyuan was stunned by the other party's answer. The other party's answer had already shown their attitude - they did not recognize the no-fly zone designated by SEA!

"Report to the headquarters immediately. The Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze has entered the restricted navigation zone and refused to withdraw after being warned. It continues to sail on the grounds that it enjoys the right of free passage on the high seas!"

Looking at the Ordzhonikidze which continued to move forward without paying any attention to the warnings, Lin Zhiyuan reported to the headquarters and issued an order to prepare for battle.

They have never backed down in the face of threats. After all, all S.E. Navy members know that once a war breaks out, the navy will be the first line of defense for the S.E. Navy.

So they have no way out.

At the same time, the "Light Horseman" kept sending flag warnings, demanding that the Ordzhonikidze immediately withdraw from the SEA territorial waters. However, the Ordzhonikidze still ignored the warnings issued by the "Light Horseman" on the grounds that it still followed international rules and had a freedom of navigation group on the high seas. Not only did it show no signs of withdrawal, but it accelerated its sailing.

"Sir! They're speeding up!"

The officers and sergeants in the bridge all turned their eyes to the silent captain, waiting for his decision. At the same time, the gunners in the 127 turret of the Light Horse had already begun loading shells into the ship's guns, anxiously awaiting orders.

Time was passing by, and beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of the sailors of the destroyer "Light Cavalry".

Compared with the Ordzhonikidze of more than 16000 tons, the "Light Cavalry" of only more than 3000 tons undoubtedly had no chance of winning.

In fact, the apparent confrontation in strength between the two sides is meaningless, just like there are two aircraft carrier battle groups behind the Light Cavalry.

Both sides are extremely nervous because they are backed by two countries, countries with nuclear weapons.

Once they open fire on each other, the peace of the whole world will be broken.

By then, nuclear bombs might really be used!

However, they cannot retreat, because the red line is the red line. If they do not defend the red line, then no country will pay attention to the SEAs warnings in the future, and by then, the country’s interests will suffer serious damage!
"Wait for orders!"

When uttering these four words, Lin Zhiyuan felt his throat a little astringent and dry.

Firing is easy!
He was confident enough to sink the enemy - after all, the Light Horse destroyer was equipped with anti-ship missiles.

As long as he received the order from his superiors, he would open fire immediately.

"Sir, a telegram from headquarters!"

"Since your ship's repeated warnings to the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze have been ineffective, we now require your ship to immediately ram the cruiser Ordzhonikidze, forcing it to leave the restricted navigation area and maintain the restricted navigation order!"

"Turn left! Accelerate to at least the maximum speed! Prepare for collision! Use flag signals to notify the Ordzhonikidze - "Our ship has been ordered to ram your ship!"

Faced with Soviet warships whose tonnage was several times larger than his own, Lin Zhiyuan did not hesitate at all and resolutely carried out the orders issued by the headquarters, even though everyone understood the meaning of using the 3-ton Light Cavalry to ram the 16000-ton Ordzhonikidze cruiser.

When the Ordzhonikidze led the fleet through the blockade, Captain Nikolayev, who was originally so nervous that he was almost suffocated, breathed a sigh of relief and even took out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"These guys still didn't dare to open fire... The weather is hot enough! Keep moving forward!"

Now that they had carried out a successful test, they had no determination to fight.

"A bunch of yellow monkeys!"

The Soviet sailors on the Ordzhonikidze looked at the "Light Horseman" that was accompanying them. Now the fear in their hearts had completely disappeared. They seemed to have made up their minds to trust the other side and would never dare to open fire.

Perhaps because of this, the original tension completely disappeared.

They even started swearing and cursing with all kinds of foul language, as if only this method could conceal the fear in their hearts.

They are just a bunch of paper tigers.

Although the muzzle of the Hussar was still pointed at the Ordzhonikidze, after more than 20 minutes of "armed escort", everyone believed that the S.E. Navy would never dare to fire!
Some Soviet sailors even took off their pants and pointed their butts provocatively at the Hussar, shouting "Eat shit! S.E. Navy!"

The Russian officers nearby turned a blind eye to this, but they discovered through the telescope that the guns of the "Light Cavalry" that had been accompanying the ship all the time, which had been pointing to the port side, were now pointing to the bow again.

"Are they ready to retreat?"

At this moment, the sailors and officers on the Ordzhonikidze saw the "Light Brigade" once again sending out flag signals!

They were almost completely stunned by the content of the flag signals so much that they couldn't believe their eyes.

"My ship has been ordered to ram your ship!"

what?
What are they going to do?
Captain Nikolayev could hardly believe what he saw.

But for some reason, when Captain Nikolayev saw that the other side's flag signal was just to hit him, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the other side was not firing.
As long as you don't fire, everything will be fine!

Although Captain Nikolayev was stunned by the collision tactics chosen by the opponent, he could hardly believe it.

But on the other hand, he knew very well that this was the only option to avoid the outbreak of war!

"God bless!"

While Captain Nikolayev was praying in his heart, he also gave orders.

"Prepare for impact,"

This collision preparation is certainly not to crash into the opponent, but to be prepared to be hit by the opponent!

What happened next shocked everyone. The Light Cavalry destroyer turned into a sharp sword and rammed the 10,000-ton light cruiser directly...

(End of this chapter)