Back in 1978, I was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Chapter 369 No more fighting on land!
In the East, in the capital, night has just fallen, but many people are already unable to sleep.

The news from Northwestern Polytechnical University finally confirmed the original speculation.

"Haha, great! We've caught a big fish! If it weren't for the fact that we can't drink during wartime, I'd love to drink a bottle of Moutai right now to celebrate!" Old Lin's voice was full of hearty laughter.

"Old Lin, this might not be a good thing, we..."

“Old Wang, we’re soldiers, so we only worry about military matters. Let those who need to worry about politics take care of it. By the way, they’re leaderless over there now, so we need to launch an even fiercer attack!” Old Lin said, turning his gaze to the large-scale military map.

"Tonight, let's quickly analyze the satellite images and see what other places we need to attack. Tomorrow, we'll launch another large-scale bombing raid! Although we can't disarm the monkeys, we can turn them into an agricultural country. What do you say, how about we target their ports tomorrow?"

"Hmm, I think that's a good idea. With such a huge loss to the monkeys, they'll definitely need the Soviet Union to bail them out. Let's blow up the port and stop their supplies from getting through!" Leader Wang immediately perked up.

The consequences are not our concern; let's think about how to continue castrating monkeys!

"Speaking of which, should we blow up Cam Ranh Bay while we're at it?"

Leader Wang's expression changed drastically: "Old Lin, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog. We negotiated with the owner before beating the dog. Although we were a bit ruthless and broke its leg, the owner had to swallow his anger. Now, if we directly attack the owner, it could cause a lot of trouble. Although we are not afraid of war, our country needs a favorable external environment to develop its economy!"

Cam Ranh Bay, the most important military port in southeastern Monkey, extends 17 kilometers inland. It is surrounded by two peninsulas that form a gourd shape, dividing it into inner and outer bays.

Anyone with even a little military knowledge knows how important this location is!

The two peninsulas separate Cam Ranh Bay from the sea. No matter how big the waves are outside, the inside remains calm. Moreover, if enemy submarines or other equipment want to infiltrate, they can forget about it. They can simply install underwater listening equipment at the peninsula's exit.

The bay is only a little over a thousand meters wide. If a submarine is not careful underwater, it could run aground on the peninsula!
At the same time, Cam Ranh Bay has a water depth of 10 to 22 meters. As long as the route is known, one can proceed along the deepest route of 22 meters. Warships such as aircraft carriers can dock here!
Cam Ranh Bay is recognized worldwide as the best deep-water port!
Moreover, considering its geographical location, Cam Ranh Bay is even more important. It guards the South China Sea, and once it opens up, it can enter the South China Sea and threaten the Eastern Navy! It can even reach the Pacific Ocean! So much so that some people call Cam Ranh Bay the number one port in Asia!
Recognizing its unique potential, France built a naval base here in 1935, followed by island nations, and then the United States…

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union began its aggressive expansion abroad. Although its GDP was not as high as that of the United States, its military spending was hundreds of billions of dollars more than that of the United States every year! Naturally, their eyes were also set on the East.

In 1976, the Soviet Union increased its military aid to the Philippines to over one billion US dollars annually. In 1978, the two countries signed a friendship treaty and began their alliance. Under this agreement, the Philippines handed over Cam Ranh Bay to the Soviet Union in 79. The base there became an important Soviet deployment in Asia, enabling it to advance into the Strait of Malacca at any time and threaten maritime transport routes.

Just two months after the monkey handed over the base to the Russians, the self-defense counterattack officially broke out on the border, which also represented the attitude of the East.

We just want to develop our economy and don't want to fight anymore. Unfortunately, the Russians have gone too far, which has created a situation where they are attacking us from both the north and the south. Moreover, our maritime trade routes with the West through the Strait of Malacca can be interrupted at any time.

Therefore, we must make a statement!
At the very beginning of the war, the monkey informed the old Russians, requesting to send troops to deal with the East. However, the old Russians felt that it was not worth going to war with the East for the sake of the monkey, a small country, and at most they would only send some military advisors.

Now, Russia and the East have technical cooperation and are trying to ease tensions. So, as long as Russia is not provoked, this friendly situation can still be maintained. But if Cam Ranh Bay is really bombed, Russia might actually take action in anger!
"Yes, it's a big problem. I think we should ask Northwestern Polytechnical University for help."

"What do you want with them?"

"We definitely can't take action against the Russians, but the Americans can! As long as Northwestern Polytechnical University provides some American-made equipment, then afterwards..."

Leader Wang's eyes widened. "Old Lin, your idea is really cunning! But... it really is a good idea!"

So, Qin Liang, who had just returned home from Northwestern Polytechnical University, was hurriedly called back.

This is destined to be a sleepless night!
Of course, the ones who can't sleep the most are the monkeys.

Hanoi.

"According to the on-site report, no one inside made it out. They were either killed in the explosion, burned, or crushed." Huang Ruli's expression was complicated: "Now, what should we do?"

"I think we should take this opportunity to elect someone with good relations with the north to take charge. We can't keep fighting like this!" Changzheng said. "If we improve our relations with them, then we can focus on developing the economy..."

“That’s a good idea, but unfortunately…” Wu Yuanjia frowned. “I don’t know about others, but the army will absolutely not agree to it.”

Just like in ancient times in the East, during times of war, military generals had a voice, while during times of peace, civil officials who could govern the country were more valued. Therefore, military generals wished for constant wars!
In the current situation, if we want a ceasefire, the army would have to mutini!

Needless to say, Moscow has already relayed the attitude of the Easterners: three conditions. Which one can be agreed to?
The monkeys' invasion of Cambodia and their attempt to win over Laos are essentially a repetition of the old French colonial strategy: creating a Greater Indochina Federation. By bringing these three countries together, with an area exceeding two million square kilometers and a population exceeding two hundred million, they would become a powerful nation.

Unfortunately, Dongfang disagreed!
So far, the monkey has been the one taking the beatings, demanding ceasefires, retreats, and even compensation.
"Can't you even lead the army?" Changzheng asked.

Wu Yuanjia shook his head: "No, I can't suppress them. Especially if the people below knew that so many high-ranking leaders had died, even if they had previously harbored war-weariness, they would now be united in their hatred of the enemy, and they would probably fight to the last man..."

Changzheng sighed.

The eastern sky is beginning to lighten; a new day has begun!

What kind of fierce attack will the Easterners launch on this day? Seven days! And only one day has passed!
Everyone had a bad feeling.

Jinlan Bay.

"Quickly, quickly, get up and get to work!" Leonid shouted loudly into the workers' shed through a megaphone.

The shed was made of tree branches, just a standard shed. Inside, the monkey workers, who had been lying haphazardly, rubbed their sleepy eyes and got up.

With years of war, there were already plenty of able-bodied men in the country. In order to build Cam Ranh Bay for the Russians, the Russians cooperated very well, bringing together almost all the men within a hundred miles to gather more than a thousand men.

Since 1979, the Russians have been expanding the port and airport at Cam Ranh Bay. The current project is a 7,000-ton oil depot. Once completed, this oil depot will provide sufficient fuel for even Russian aircraft carrier groups.

Just as they were heading towards the construction site, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded over Cam Ranh Bay.

What's happening here?
The workers stared wide-eyed at the sky; behind them at Cam Ranh Bay Airport, two MiG-25s were engaging afterburners and rapidly climbing…

Inside the base command center, a sleepy-eyed Nikolai walked in: "What's going on?"

"The base radar station detected two targets rapidly approaching, so it urgently dispatched MiG-25s to intercept them... They are very likely fighter jets from the East."

"This... that shouldn't be possible, right? Easterners have an unspoken understanding with us, why would they come here to cause us trouble?"

Yesterday, the East deployed a large number of fighter jets and bombers to bomb various targets, but Cam Ranh Bay remained safe. The East couldn't possibly be that crazy!

Did they fly to the wrong place?

That's right, they must have flown to the wrong place!
With that in mind, Nikolai sat down in the chair and decided to have a cup of coffee first.

In the sky, two MiG-25s were running at full afterburner speed, charging at top speed like sprinters!
"Eagle 100 formation, attention! 80 kilometers to target!"

"Eagle 100 received." Pilot Alexander flicked the various buttons, starting to warm up the radar.

Fly another twenty kilometers, and we should enter the range of the airborne radar, so...

"Attention, Eagle 100, target is beginning its return journey!" Return? Trying to escape? Impossible!
Alexander glanced down at the fuel gauge. The afterburner was at half-charge, and the fuel was being consumed at an alarming rate. However, a simple calculation showed that even if they chased for another hundred kilometers, they would still have enough fuel to return.

"Eagle 100 requests permission to continue pursuit!"

"We can pursue them!"

So Alexander pulled the control lever and continued to climb until he reached 25,000 meters. Then he aligned the direction and went all out!

Mach 2, Mach 2.5, Mach 2.8...

Tons of fuel entered the aircraft, gushing out and being converted into surging power. The two MiG-25s streaked across the sky, chasing after the enemy like shooting stars!
Fifty kilometers, thirty kilometers, ten kilometers...

Dive!

Alexander pushed the nose of the plane and began to dive downwards. In his field of vision, two bright spots rapidly magnified, and then magnified again...

With swept-back wings, a wide fuselage, twin engines, and twin vertical tails, is this the twin-engine Q-6 common in the East? No, no, this is the US Navy Air Force!
From this angle, you can already see the wings, which have a yellow pattern painted on them. Inside, there's a cartoon image of Talking Tom holding a bomb, and below it, the words "FIGHTING 31..."

This is the U.S. Navy's VF-31 squadron, deployed on the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, which seems to have been loitering in the South China Sea recently...

All of this combined was enough to send chills down Alexander's spine!

Whoosh!
His fighter jet flew over the other side, passed in front, and then began to turn...

He originally intended to make a gesture to the other side to express his anger when he turned back, but unexpectedly... when he slowly turned around, the airspace was clean and clear, and there was no trace of the enemy plane!
We've used up more than half the fuel; it's time to go back!

Jinlan Bay Base.

Boom!
Nikolai slammed his coffee cup on the table: "Damn Americans, they're trying to cause us trouble! This absolutely cannot be left like this; we must lodge a formal protest with the United States!"

What are the Americans up to? A surprise attack, then blame it on the East? So they'll let the Russians start a war on the Eastern Front? That way, they can relieve pressure on the West?
The Russians aren't stupid; of course they know who the real enemy is!
Nikolai looked serious. His subordinate nodded and quickly went to turn on the satellite communication system, which had only been installed last year. Through the satellite, they could contact Moscow at any time.

"Cam Ranh Bay is calling Moscow! Cam Ranh Bay is calling Moscow!"

Before, I would get a response as soon as I called out, but today... no matter how many times I call, there is still no response. This...

what happened?

Nikolai's face darkened: "If two more MiG-25s are deployed, I suspect there are US Navy electronic warfare aircraft nearby!"

The Easterners also have electronic jamming devices, but... the Russians have a preconceived notion. Since they've already determined that it was the Americans who did it, then this jamming is most likely also done by the Americans!
Easterners dare not provoke the Soviet Union! Even this time, they had already informed the Soviet Union beforehand. It was the Americans who wanted to take advantage of the situation!

"Yes!"

Inside the air force base, engines roared.

Actually, they originally deployed MiG-23s here, and only recently deployed a squadron of MiG-25 fighters, a total of only four. Fortunately, the Russian ground crew is very efficient, and all four fighters are ready for deployment.

When the second batch of two MiG-25 fighter jets took off, before they had even climbed to an altitude of 2,000 meters, the lead pilot saw something reflecting light on the shimmering sea.

What it is?
The high-altitude, high-speed MiG-25 is not actually suitable for low-altitude reconnaissance, but now... knowing the situation was urgent, they immediately swooped down.

The pilot's heart pounded faster and faster because he could clearly see what was flying towards him.

It's long and slender, with wings in the middle and cruciform tail fins at the rear. This is... a Tomahawk missile?
"Eagle 200 calling base, Eagle 200 calling base, a batch of Tomahawk missiles detected, heading towards base, distance... fifty kilometers!"

Inside the base, Nikolai's face turned completely black.

"Damn it, what are these Americans up to? Are they going to start a war with us?" Nikolai gritted his teeth. "After their failed air raid, they actually launched Tomahawk missiles at us! Order all warships to attack! Air defense forces, shoot down the Tomahawk missiles!"

The entire base tensed up instantly. Radio jamming continued, and they could only use wired telephones or even send people to transmit the signals. Just as the base's anti-aircraft artillery positions were preparing to fire, Tomahawk missiles were already flying over!

Thump, thump!

The four-barreled Shilka River self-propelled anti-aircraft guns fired fiercely into the sky!
A tomahawk in flight tumbled a few times in the air before exploding.

"Ula!"

Shouts came from the ground.

However... not all missiles can be blocked!

boom!
A missile flew towards the large sphere in the base. With a violent explosion, the sphere was completely destroyed. Electromagnetic interference was no longer needed; their satellite antennas were directly destroyed!
boom!
A missile flew towards the base's power plant, and the next moment, a raging fire broke out there, and the base's power was completely cut off!
boom!
The oil depot, which was still under construction, was blown up. Fortunately, there was no oil inside, otherwise... the entire base would probably have been engulfed in flames!

Boom, boom boom!

Eighteen cruise missiles flew in this time. Four were intercepted by the Russians, and the remaining fourteen exploded in various key locations, sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The Russians' years of work in Cam Ranh Bay were all wiped out!
Strangely enough, none of the warships in the port or the planes in the airport were attacked!

Nikolai stared at the rising flames, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Commander, why didn't they bomb our tarmac? They only destroyed the runway; our planes are still intact..."

"Of course, they don't want to truly provoke us. The hardware here, theoretically speaking, still belongs to the monkeys, while the planes and warships are our Soviet's valuable assets. They only want to destroy Cam Ranh Bay, not start a war with us, but..."

"Report, the warships are ready to depart!"

"Attack! I want to board the warship too! Hmph, those Americans dared to launch a sneak attack on us, then we'll make them pay a bloody price and send the Kitty Hawk carrier strike group to the bottom of the sea!"

Northwestern Polytechnical University.

"Liangzi, isn't what we're doing a bit too much? What if that Russian finds out the truth..."

"What good is it for them to know the truth? We won't admit it. No matter how much the Americans clarify, it's useless. After all, the Americans benefited the most from the bombing of Cam Ranh Bay," Qin Liang said. "This way, we can also eliminate our worries about the rear. Now that the Russian navy has left, let's wipe out the monkeys' navy completely, leaving them not a single sampan!"

Those two were genuine Tomcat fighter jets, not modified versions of the twin-engine Q-6. Although outsiders couldn't tell the difference, there were still significant differences in the details. In reality, those were Tomcat fighter jets that Factory 320 was still refurbishing for Langtuo, simply painted with the markings of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing.

As for the Tomahawk missile, it is indeed a genuine Tomahawk missile, and all the parts used inside are Made in the USA!
After the missile was fired, the Russians found the wreckage and compared it with the wreckage of the missile we launched yesterday, and they were able to tell that the two were different.

The Russian warships have gone out to cause trouble for the US Navy. Whatever happens is none of our business. But we have completely destroyed the Russian navy, so they won't create obstacles for us in the South China Sea in the future!
(End of this chapter)