Chapter 341 Please come and visit us! [First update]
Zhang San and Li Si did not show up this time. The work they are doing in Russia actually involves certain risks. If they have frequent contact with Ye Kai, there is no guarantee that they will not be discovered by the Russian intelligence agency.
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Although the current Russian intelligence department can no longer compare with the previous KGB, there are still some elites who have survived. Once these people can operate normally, they will still pose a great threat to foreigners, especially those engaged in illegal activities.
Colleagues in intelligence work.
Being abroad, Ye Kai must act carefully to avoid unnecessary trouble for himself.
However, after everyone came here, they quickly dispersed.
Zhongliyu has her own place to go, and her task is to do a good job in economic matters. Anyway, with the general principles and operation plans explained by Ye Kai, it should be relatively easy for Zhongliyu to deal with these things with the help of her entourage.
Anyway, the current economic situation in Russia is in a terrible state, and it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the chaos. If this opportunity is missed, Ye Kai will not be Ye Kai.
Xie Junyu's task is also simple. Together with local comrades in Moscow, he will do a good job in security, that is, he will be responsible for Ye Kai's peripheral security and clear possible obstacles for him.
As for Wang Luodan, she is following Ye Kai as a technical advisor. She will come in handy when dealing with ships in the future.
In fact, the domestic navy has many similarities with the Soviet navy, so it is easy to get familiar with it. Not to mention that Wang Luodan is an expert in this field, especially on submarines and the like, and has a considerable degree of attainment.
It is worth mentioning that Ye Kai met with Admiral Meiro, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, on the outskirts of Moscow.
Admiral Meylo is about fifty years old, with a clear military temperament, but his belly is a bit big, and his face is red, like the color of being red from the cold in winter. This kind of skin color is also common in Ukraine.
See.
Unlike men, there are many beautiful women in Ukraine, and their overall standards are quite high.
The female officer who followed Admiral Meiro was in her early twenties. She was tall, with long blond hair and chestnut eyes. Technically speaking, her figure completely matched the golden ratio, which really surprised Ye Kai.
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"Hello, Comrade Admiral." Ye Kai expressed his respect to Admiral Meiro enthusiastically, and directly presented two boxes of top-quality vodka.&*.
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After the old man saw this gift, he suddenly became very happy and his attitude became much more enthusiastic.
Ye Kai was able to meet with Admiral Meiro only because he had to drag Major But's father-in-law, General Dyanov, to ask him to come out.
"Mr. Ye is so polite, giving me such a precious gift." Admiral Meiro asked after receiving the gift, "I wonder what Mr. Ye wants from me?"
"The request is nothing, I just want to do a business." Ye Kai said directly.
"Tell me, dear sir." Surprisingly, Admiral Meiro did not refuse, but asked with some interest.
Although Ye Kai was a little surprised, it did not exceed his expectations.
Because the existence of the Black Sea Fleet is indeed a problem now, and Admiral Meiro's position is also very embarrassing.
The Black Sea Fleet was founded in 1785 during the reign of Catherine II. Together with the Baltic Fleet and the Far East Okhotsk Fleet, it formed a unified and powerful Tsarist Russian Navy. At that time, it ranked third in the world's navy.
In a history of more than 200 years, the Black Sea Fleet has participated in the Crimean War and World War I.
During the Great Patriotic War, it participated in the defense of Sevastopol and Odessa, and gradually developed into one of the four major fleets of the former Soviet Union.
During the Cold War, the strategic mission of the Black Sea Fleet was to control the Turkish Straits and sail out of the Mediterranean to deal with the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet; destroy European oil routes and sea lines of communication from the United States to Asia; cross the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Atlantic Ocean to encircle Europe from the southern flank; and support
Indian Ocean Squadron.
When the former Soviet Union disintegrated, the Black Sea Fleet had a total of 833 large and small ships, including 45 large surface ships, 28 submarines, more than 150 aircraft, 85 ship-based helicopters and a large amount of coastal defense and air defense equipment, with a total strength of about 8
Thousands of people.
The Black Sea Fleet was the only all-weather fleet in the former Soviet Navy that was not afraid of ice siege. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Black Sea Fleet became the primary target of competition between Russia and Ukraine.
Since no result has been reached until now, the status and ownership of the fleet are unclear, so today's Black Sea Fleet still flies the flag of the former Soviet Navy.
In other words, Admiral Meiro is still an admiral of the defunct "Soviet Union" and has no legal affiliation with Russia and Ukraine.
As a result, Admiral Meiro's status becomes more embarrassing. He can't even receive a salary now because his country of origin is unknown and no one is willing to pay a salary to the Black Sea Fleet.
In fact, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the issue of the ownership of the Black Sea Fleet has been a difficult problem that has plagued the development of Russia-Ukraine relations.
In October last year, the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine passed a decision to transfer the Black Sea Fleet to Ukraine.
On April 5 this year, Ukrainian President Kravchuk signed an order "On placing the Black Sea Fleet under the administrative jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine." Two days later, on April 7, Russian President Yeltsin issued an order
Order "On the transfer of the Black Sea Fleet to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation".
Such conflicting orders naturally gave Admiral Meiro, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, a huge headache.
It would be convenient if the Black Sea Fleet were only composed of Russians or Ukrainians. They could just decide whether to stay or stay based on their nationality. However, this fleet has always been responsible for ethnic relations. There are many Russians and Ukrainians, so Mei
Admiral Iroh felt at a loss.
In fact, what troubles him the most is the issue of military expenses. Such a large fleet costs a lot of money every day! If you are not a master, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Now when Admiral Meiro sees the quartermaster's
She has a bitter face and is scratching her head a little.
But now Admiral Meiro has also received definite information, saying that later this month, Yeltsin and Kravchuk will meet in Dagomes to end this "command war" and the two sides will sign an agreement to further develop the country.
relationship agreement.
It is estimated that the final result will be that the Black Sea Fleet becomes a joint fleet of Russia and Ukraine, jointly commanded by the two countries.
Admiral Meiro also knows that even so, the Black Sea Fleet is still facing a very serious situation, one is funding problems, the other is territorial disputes, which will not allow the fleet to develop with peace of mind, and even maintenance will be very difficult.
Financially speaking, both Russia and Ukraine are not wealthy. The result of the wrangling can only be that the ships of the Black Sea Fleet cannot receive repair costs and the soldiers cannot receive timely wages.
It is also difficult for both sides to reach an agreement on the location of the Russian fleet and the Ukrainian navy after the division.
The focus of the disagreement is that Russia insists that the Russian fleet should continue to use Sevastopol as its main base and headquarters, while Ukraine advocates that Sevastopol should become its naval headquarters and base, and Russia can only lease part of its coastal military base.
facilities, the Russian fleet can be stationed in other port cities along the Black Sea coast.
In order to ensure that the strategically important city of Sevastopol continues to serve as a naval base on Russia's Black Sea coast and that the divided Russian fleet maintains the military strategic role of a complete maritime force, Russia will not give in on this issue.
Russian President Yeltsin has repeatedly emphasized that Russia will not change its position on this issue.
Ukraine emphasized that the issue of the stationing of the Russian fleet and the Ukrainian navy is no longer a "military issue" but a "territorial issue."
If Sevastopol is completely placed under the control of the Russian fleet, the situation in the Crimean Peninsula, where the majority of Russian residents are residents, may get out of control.
The escalation of the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Black Sea Fleet is actually a concentrated reflection of the difficulty in the smooth development of bilateral relations between the two countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union due to many problems such as territory, debt and dual nationality. The fleet dispute itself
It directly involves issues such as the division of property left over from the former Soviet Union, territorial disputes, the military strategic interests of the two countries, and the future of ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
It can be expected that in future talks between the two countries, the two presidents will just talk to themselves. The attitude of the Black Sea Fleet will not be respected. Admiral Meiro came to Moscow this time just to pay a visit.
Russian President Yeltsin, brief him on the current status of the Black Sea Fleet.
But since he arrived, Yeltsin has not been seen.
This made Admiral Meiro feel a little angry and a little disappointed. The Soviet Union has collapsed, but we are still comrades who fought together, right?! Yeltsin was also a figure who came out of the Soviet political arena, but now he has turned his back on him.
, too unkind.
Admiral Meiro was a little surprised by Ye Kai's appearance, but he got the news from General Dyanov and knew that this young man had a very distinguished status and was the heir to an important family in the Republic.
Moreover, he was said to be very wealthy, or so General Dyanov suggested.
"On behalf of our country's East China Sea Fleet, I formally extend an invitation to the Soviet Black Sea Fleet led by Comrade Admiral, inviting you to lead the fleet to visit the Republic." After hearing Ye Kai's words, Admiral Meiro felt a little surprised.
"This kind of thing shouldn't be a private invitation, right?" Admiral Meiro expressed doubts.
"All the expenses were allocated from my account, so this invitation was naturally made by me." Ye Kai naturally explained the reason.
Admiral Meiro looked at Ye Kai, surprised and couldn't figure out what Ye Kai wanted to do?
In short, it is definitely not as simple as being invited to visit for free.