Chapter 178: The sailor sets off

After completing the handover with Chen Zhaojun, Chen Zhaoguang felt very good. He knew what these things meant: if there was a problem, such things would likely have very serious consequences for his younger brother. No one would think he was a diplomat, and even the country would not recognize this matter. In other words, if something happened, Chen Zhaojun would be isolated and helpless. However, for him, years of national cultivation and party education gave him a concept that the interests of the country are supreme. Since this matter has reached this point, he can only continue. In the current situation, it is inevitable to return to China to report the situation.

One thing that comforted Chen Zhaoguang was that although Chen Zhaojun had been unruly for many years, he was very careful in safety. He had also considered that according to his younger brother's current operation method, at most, he would become an unpopular person. Moreover, for him, under no circumstances would his younger brother not have to worry about life issues. So as long as he was safe, he would let his younger brother go.

With a messy mood, Chen Zhaoguang found a suitable reason and applied to return home early. After all, he came with the lecturer group. As long as his identity was not exposed, any reason for physical discomfort would make the Soviet Union not suspicious of his identity. In fact, even if he was a little scared, the information was placed in Chen Zhaoguang's head. As long as there was no conclusive evidence, everything would go smoothly.

As soon as he got off the plane, Chen Zhaoguang was immediately taken to the Military Office 3 by a special car parked at the airport. Although it was already very late, a group of experts were waiting for Chen Zhaoguang to come back. They needed to immediately evaluate Chen Zhaoguang's report and analyze it. The Military Office 3 will make reasonable arrangements based on the experts' evaluation opinions. The key is to immediately study the Soviet nuclear submarine operation manual brought back by Chen Zhaoguang.

Soon, a report made by the Third Military Department was sent to the General Staff Department by the messenger. The leaders of the General Staff Department attached great importance to it and immediately coordinated and arranged relevant matters.

After receiving the order from the General Staff, the Navy Command immediately selected the best submarine officers from the three fleets under the Navy, integrated them, and gathered on standby.

According to the requirements of the General Staff, the integrated naval submarine officers and soldiers were the personnel who went to the Soviet Union for secret training this time. They must have the following three points: First, they require strong political qualities and investigate history; Second, they require strong technical skills and select the best submarine officers in the fleet, and they must screen them layer by layer; Third, they require naval submarine officers who are hard-working, not afraid of sacrifice, and firm revolutionary will.

The Navy Command immediately selected the most suitable one among the submarine officers of the three fleets in accordance with the corresponding requirements. This mission is of great importance and there must be no mistakes. Therefore, when selecting, it directly ignored the soldiers level. Those who are qualified to go to the Soviet Union to complete this mission must be non-commissioned officers at least. In fact, few ordinary naval sailors can meet the requirements if they meet these three conditions.

The selection work must be completed as soon as possible. After all, according to Chen Zhaoguang's report, the time is very limited. In order to complete the task, the first candidate to consider is of course the candidate with the heaviest mission of the captain of this nuclear submarine.

In fact, the Navy Command had already had an idea about this candidate. The first idea everyone was preparing to choose was Xu Hui, a nuclear submarine captain of the Bohai Fleet with a strong root!

Xu Hui was born in a family of senior naval officers and cadres. His father was an old revolutionary naval officer with the rank of major general. Perhaps because of good family education, Xu Hui was born a rigorous soldier with high political awareness and technical level among the top submarine systems in the three major fleets. Speaking of which, Xu Hui also has many excellent records of handling various emergencies in the face of danger. Therefore, he became the best candidate for the position of captain of the submarine mission this time.

As the first person in charge, Xu Hui was selected and learned the details of the mission, he immediately applied to the relevant leaders of the Navy Command, asking him to select the nuclear submarine technicians who cooperated with his mission. In Xu Hui's words, it is said: Since the superior leader asked me to take on this mission and be responsible for this mission, I should assume the corresponding responsibility. Because of the responsibility, I need to personally screen the backbone of the nuclear submarine traveling this mission! Only in this way can I truly be in responsibility, worthy of the country and the party!

Xu Hui's application was quickly approved. After all, he was the main person in charge of this mission. If any errors occur in the selected personnel, he would bear it. In this way, his reasons will be valid. Otherwise, if the personnel selected by the Navy Command really make mistakes, it would be unreasonable. Of course, among the people Xu Hui wants to select, the command must also be the candidates on the designated list, and the task candidates can only be selected from this list. After all, this mission is of great importance and no carelessness is allowed.

The selection of personnel was carried out in secret. Except for Xu Hui, the first selected, the other naval officers did not know about this matter at all. Only after being selected can they know the details of this mission.

Xu Hui had spent a whole day and night in the archive room arranged by the Navy Command. During this day and night, he didn't even close his eyes, and just read the archives carefully one by one, selecting the most suitable person from them.

This mission was to drive the nuclear submarine back from the Soviet Union. It did not require the submarine to go out for war or to go on missions, so the submarine mission was not required to be fully staffed. According to the reservation, it was enough to select forty submarine officers from them. However, even forty ones made Xu Hui compare and compare, and then selected them in these hundreds of files, and only twenty officers with corresponding positions were selected. There were more than a dozen, and Xu Hui had already had the scheduled candidates, but it was difficult to make choices for a while. The time scheduled by Chen Zhaojun was very small, so the remaining dozen officers did not give him much time to choose.

Fortunately, the relatively important positions of the submarine have been selected properly this time, including the captain, first mate, engineer, sonar, etc., and they already have specific personnel. The remaining positions still need people with real skills to take on. However, they must not relax in terms of political awareness. What Xu Hui needs is personnel with both sides. However, they have never been able to find such people. Either these people are skilled but have not met Xu Hui's requirements in politics, or they have high political awareness, but have not met Xu Hui's requirements in terms of technology. So, at this time, he was comparing in a dilemma, hoping to choose someone with the best of both worlds.

After another night of selection, Xu Hui's eyes turned red and handed over the list. Finally, in terms of choice, Xu Hui tended to be technical, because in the process of driving back, technology is the most critical. Without technology, even if the ship is full of leaders, the ship will definitely not be able to move.

After handing over the list, Xu Hui received an order to "must go back and rest immediately" and went back to sleep.

However, the Navy Command reviewed the files of the relevant technical personnel on this list and soon discovered that Xu Hui valued technology more when selecting personnel. Based on this, the relevant leaders of the Navy Command held a small meeting and discussed it based on this issue. Finally, they decided: add another mission personnel, the nuclear submarine political commissar, to be responsible for the political work of the mission personnel!

The buyer is in full swing, and Sironov, as the seller, is not idle either.

According to his wishes, the nuclear submarine drove out for a walk in the name of training, went out to sea for two days, and came back.

After Captain Mikhail reported to Sironov about the matters of going out to sea training in a relatively depressed manner, Sironov sat in his office for another afternoon. The secret agreement had been signed and he had no room for regret. All he could do now was hope that his decision would not bring disaster to the Soviet Union.

Sironov spent an afternoon writing a report about the nuclear submarine, which was intended to be handed over to the National Military Commission. The rough content of the report was that after returning from sea training, he found that there were serious problems in all aspects of the "Akura"-class nuclear submarine, such as leakage of nuclear reactors, severe corrosion and damage of the shell. If these problems are not resolved in time, the nuclear submarine must be scrapped. Let the National Military Commission make a decision whether to allocate funds to maintain or directly declare it scrapped.

With this report, there is also a regular inspection sheet for nuclear submarines, which lists in detail what went wrong with the nuclear submarine, how much money was required for maintenance, etc. In addition, a report on conventional ammunition consumption is also attached, saying that this time the sea training has consumed all torpedo ammunition on the nuclear submarine except the SS-N-21 submarine-to-ground cruise missile. If maintenance is required, the ammunition will be transferred at the same time. If scrapped, the SS-N-21 submarine-to-ground cruise missile will be reclaimed.

These reports prepared for one afternoon in Sironov and also made him confess for one afternoon in self-repentance. After that, Sironov began to guide his thoughts and think about the optimistic side. Anyway, the decision had already been made. Moreover, the money sold by the nuclear submarine this time was enough to allow at least three aircraft carriers in his fleet to obtain maintenance funds, and enough to allow the entire fleet officials and sailors to spend a while. Under the current Soviet form, it was already very good to do these things.

Unfortunately, the two cash checks placed in front of Sironov were never happy. One of these two checks was the prepaid part of the purchase of nuclear submarines, which can also be called a deposit. This was asked by Sironov. After all, the sailors in his fleet could no longer be comforted due to military pay. If they continue to make trouble like this, something might happen. The other one was the maintenance fee of the nuclear submarine. The amount of maintenance fee was so large that it was twice as high as the advance payment. The reason why Sironov couldn't enjoy it was this maintenance fee check.

Sironov didn't think about anything at this time. He just thought that it would be great if this check of maintenance costs could be given to himself! If this was the case, he could maintain other nuclear submarines in his fleet. However, this was simply impossible. If there was no regular maintenance, the nuclear submarine would definitely not be able to drive back to China. This is a secret transaction, and it is impossible to tow the nuclear submarine back to China. Therefore, according to Chen Zhaojun's requirements, it is still necessary to carry out a secret conventional maintenance of the submarine.

However, when Sironov put the check for maintenance fees together with the invalidation report, he felt depressed. Maintaining a submarine that had already applied for invalidation? Sironov thought depressedly.

After a while of depression, Sironov finally made up his mind, rang the call bell on the desk and called the secretary outside in.

"Take this document to the Soviet Military Commission immediately." Sironov handed a bag of documents in his hand to the secretary, and after the secretary responded, he ordered: "Also! Call the quarantine officer by the way!" After that, Sironov waved his hand without waiting for the secretary to answer. He needed a quiet moment now.

The secretary acted very quickly. After a while after he went out, the quarantine officer came to Sironov's office.

"Commander, what instructions do you have?" asked the quarconian, for some reason, he always felt that something good must have happened to come here this time.

"You hold this check!" Sironov handed the check to protect the nuclear submarine to the qualifier who came forward to receive the check with both hands, and then said: "Now I will give you an order, and you must find a way to implement it no matter what!"

After seeing the denomination of the check, the quarantine officer's eyes began to shine. How many zeros are there? How long should this make the entire fleet of people have a good time to eat and drink? Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Sironov's words and immediately saluted: "Yes! Commander! No matter what order, please ensure that the task is completed!" Indeed, the commander will not be smart and will give him an impossible task. As long as there is room for mission, it is still okay to work hard to do it. Moreover, this task is nothing more than this check.

"Take a check and go and carry out a regular maintenance of Captain Mikhail's "Akura"-class nuclear submarine. However, no matter what method you use, I will leave me one-third of the money! And, you must ensure that the submarine can operate normally! Can you guarantee this?" Sironov has become accustomed to blocking money, and no matter who the other party is, he does not want to let go. What's more, Chen Zhaojun asked to drive the nuclear submarine back, and did not require that the nuclear submarine be intact in other aspects. Moreover, Sironov always felt that Chen Zhaojun had been hiding a lot of money, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't do this.

"Yes! Commander! Ensure the completion of the mission!" The quarantine officer replied excitedly, "You know, what is saved is all the money. With this money, he, as a quarantine officer, will not have to be annoyed by so many people in the future.

"Well! Go and do it quickly, I need to be quiet!" After Sironov arranged the work, he immediately issued an order to expel the guest.

After the quartermaster left, Sironov immediately lay on the office chair, exhaled a slight breath of turbid air, frowned slightly, closed his eyes and calmed down.

A few days later, a report showing that it agreed to treat the nuclear submarine as scrap steel was approved and appeared on the desktop of Sironov's desk. Of course, according to the report, the nuclear submarine should have been dismantled and processed.

Sironov took the report and thought for a long time, finally pressed the call bell and called the secretary in.

"According to the instructions of this report, you will write a detailed dismantling and destruction report and send it to the Soviet Military Commission!" Sironov handed the report to the secretary and said slightly tiredly.

The secretary took the report and looked at Sironov in a very complicated manner. He knew that the commander must be very painful and sad at this time. However, this situation was not suitable at all, and it was not convenient for him to say anything. It would be better to concentrate on doing his job well.

"Okay! Go and do it! I'm very tired!" Sironov waved his hand and said to the secretary.

"Commander, have a good rest!" After greeting the secretary with concern, he turned around and left the office. After closing the door casually, he ordered the orderly officer at the door and said, "Commander needs rest now!" Of course he knew what Sironov needed now. After arranging these, the secretary went to work hard. He had to work hard for a few days to complete the report.

After Xu Hui's list was handed over, the personnel were quickly implemented and coordinated training was about to begin. The main contents of the training were, first, the coordination relationship between personnel, and second, the identification training of Russian submarine markings should be carried out in accordance with the operation manual of the Russian "Akula" submarine.

Two days after the list was handed over, all the trainees were in place. Next to a nuclear submarine in the naval dock, Xu Hui summoned the trainees and soldiers to give a lecture, or pre-war mobilization.

Looking at the officers and soldiers in a neat queue, Xu Hui said: "Comrades. I know that those who can come here are the best among the three fleets of submarines and navigators. This time, we will accept a top-secret mission. The confidentiality policy is that I don't want to repeat it. I believe everyone knows it. What I want to tell you is that I don't care about what level, position, how good your original skills are, or who are behind you. The Navy Command authorized me, as long as I think I am unqualified in this training, or not

For those who obey orders, I have the right to directly punish those who violate discipline. I have the right to pursue the matter directly. I can tell you that after successfully completing this task, you may add something to your shoulder stamp. However, for those who fail to pass the training, where will I go back to me? I believe that after a period of contact, everyone will know my character, and I don’t want to say anything extra. Let the political commissar speak to you!" After saying that, Xu Hui saluted the officers and soldiers with a righteous salute and stood sideways.

Political Commissar Wu Shenglin then stood in front of the queue: "Comrades." He paused for a moment, and continued: "I believe everyone has heard Captain Xu Hui's words just now. I need to emphasize a few points. What Captain Xu Hui said to you just now is definitely not an exaggeration. This time, some of the personnel we participated in the training will participate in a highly confidential task. All people must strictly abide by confidentiality regulations, strictly abide by discipline, and execute orders meticulously. During this period, everyone may work very hard. However, I hope that everyone can exert the revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of hardship and not being afraid of death, be strict with themselves and overcome difficulties. Everyone must remember that the Party and the people are looking at us behind their backs, and we are the glorious Chinese navy. My words are over!"

After the training, the submarine officers and soldiers who participated in the training came to the Chinese nuclear submarine next to the naval dock under the leadership of Xu Hui. When they entered the nuclear submarine, the officers discovered that even the signs on the door handle were replaced by Russian. They were not stupid. When they heard that this was a secret mission to travel, they knew that things were not simple. After seeing these Russian, they began to feel clear. This mission must be related to the Soviet Union, and it was related to the Soviet nuclear submarine, and it was even possible to drive the Soviet nuclear submarine.

This made the soldiers so happy. Although everyone didn't say anything and didn't show it on the surface, their hearts were full of passion and they wanted to dive into this training. Everyone knew that only those who had trained could really drive advanced nuclear submarines in the Soviet Union. This was undoubtedly an opportunity for Chinese soldiers in peacetime.

After entering the nuclear submarine, the officers and soldiers even saw that in some submarine-related parts, there was a person holding an operating manual. These people were the persons responsible for teaching them to identify the Russian signs.

These handbooks are selected by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy from the three major fleets and are elites who know Russian. The Russian operation manual of the "Akura" class nuclear submarine they have in hand was given by Chen Zhaojun and brought back by Chen Zhaoguang.

After the officers and soldiers roughly understood the situation, they all put in full effort. They knew in their hearts that this was definitely a good opportunity to make contributions. If they were easily let go, they would probably regret it for the rest of their lives.

With the lectures from Xu Hui and the political commissar and the basic ideas in the minds of the officers and soldiers, all personnel, including the captain and the political commissar, entered the training. This is not a closed training. The nuclear submarines specially used for training need to be driven out. It is not until the Russian sign can be used to mount nuclear submarines like Chinese signs. Only after mastering them can they pass the test. All the trained officers and soldiers got a message: they don’t have much time left for them.

This is a rote memorization process. For a whole week, these officers and soldiers were memorizing Russian and operating submarines. According to the requirements of their superiors, they must be able to drive proficiently under Russian signs to be considered as passing the test. After all, the Soviet Union trained technical operations of the "Akula" class nuclear submarine in the past, and no one would have time to teach you the Russian signs.

Over the past week, none of the officers and soldiers who participated in the training, including the captain and political commissar, dared to relax, nor were they willing to relax. However, eight officers and soldiers were eliminated when choosing the best choice.

Although these eight officers and soldiers did not violate any discipline and did not obey orders, they lost the qualification to participate in this task due to their learning ability or other minor issues. Moreover, in order to ensure the secret content, they must enter the guardian area and accept unconditional confinement.

Speaking of which, these eight officers and soldiers are quite pitiful. They might have had a chance to make meritorious service, but because of fierce competition, they not only failed to get this opportunity, but they were locked up until the end of this mission.

Wu Shenglin came to the officers and soldiers: "Comrades! I know that everyone has worked hard these days' training. However, this is the spirit that our glorious navy must have! This time we board the ship, we will stay in a very narrow and dim small conference room for a day and two nights. During this period, no one can speak, and we must be very careful in our behavior and moves, and we cannot make any sound. I hope that everyone can regard it as our submarine cabin. We are discovered by the enemy's fleet on our mission and are lying quietly in the sea bed to avoid it. The enemy is detecting us with sonar above our heads. We must be in a state of facing the enemy, be calm, and strong and brave! I have finished speaking."

After Wu Shenglin finished speaking, Xu Hui spoke again: "Okay, there is still some time for the Soviet supply ship to enter the port to unload the oil. We must take advantage of the night and when they are still busy unloading the oil, we must quickly board the ship, and not alarm anyone who cannot be alarmed. So, during this period, everyone will sort out and see if there are any missing items. No one is allowed to bring any unauthorized items on the ship! Now I order two people to check each other in a group!"

Under Xu Hui's order, all the officers and soldiers consciously checked and checked each other's luggage and personal belongings.

After Chen Zhaojun arrived at the port, he immediately wanted to get off the ship and take people to board the ship. He had already discussed the boarding time with Sironov's secretary. The boarding time was arranged by this secretary on the ship, and Chen Zhaojun arranged by the ship. The time was arranged and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. However, it was a bit difficult for Chen Zhaojun to communicate with this secretary. However, after the influence of the Russian-language environment in the Soviet Union, although Chen Zhaojun spoke Russian in Russia in the past few months, although he was not fluent in Russian, it was probably possible that people could understand what it meant. If you don't understand it once, then add the gesture and say it again.

As soon as the supply ship was about to go, Chen Zhaojun was immediately picked up by a car that had been waiting here. The destination was naturally the training camp for the trained naval officers and soldiers.

The training camp was not far away, and a car arrived quickly outside the sight of the supply ship port.

After getting off the car, a naval officer with the rank of major general on his shoulder came forward and saluted Chen Zhaojun respectfully: "Comrade Chen Zhaojun! Thank you for your hard work!"

Chen Zhaojun is not a soldier, but he is very familiar with the military style. After all, he came out of the Special Division. Seeing someone saluting him, he raised his right hand reflexively. Just as he was about to give him a gift, he suddenly realized that he was not a soldier, and he didn't wear a military cap, so he hurriedly put down his hand. But after all, the one who saluted him was a general, so he hurriedly bowed: "Don't be polite! I am also a soldier's child!"

The major general smiled and put his hand down, stepped forward and patted Chen Zhaojun on the shoulder: "Young man, you're doing a good job and deserve to be a soldier's child!"

The general secretary standing on the side quickly introduced to Chen Zhaojun: "This is Deputy Minister Liu from the Equipment Department of our Navy Logistics Department."

Deputy Minister Liu smiled and said, "Xiao Chen, don't be polite! I came here to thank you on behalf of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy! I know you are very busy, and I can't waste your time too much. Now, on behalf of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, I officially authorize you." As he said, he raised his hand and pointed at the naval submarine officers and soldiers standing behind him to board the ship, and said, "These naval officers and soldiers will accept your command before the mission is completed." After that, Deputy Minister Liu turned his head and asked Xu Hui, "Have you heard it?"

After hearing this, Xu Hui immediately raised his chest, raised his head, stood attentive, and said seriously: "Please rest assured, we are all soldiers, we know how to execute the orders!"

Deputy Minister Liu nodded gently: "Okay!" Then, he stepped forward to the front of the queue: "Comrades."

All the naval officers and soldiers in the queue quickly stood up straight after hearing the command.

"Please rest!" Vice Minister Liu continued: "This time you represent our Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. I know that everyone feels wronged. We cannot wear our formal Chinese People's Navy uniforms to drive submarines that belong to our Chinese Navy in the future. But I believe that everyone will be proud of this. Everyone knows now that your destination is the Soviet Union. You may encounter difficulties of one kind or another in the Soviet Union, but for the sake of the national defense and military construction of our motherland, you must overcome all difficulties and resolutely complete the task. Here, on behalf of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, I will salute you!" After saying that, the general solemnly raised his right hand and saluted the naval officers and soldiers in the queue.

No one spoke, everyone looked at the general with a serious expression and a rushing heart.

Seeing the general slowly lowering his arm, Xu Hui stepped beside the general: "Comrade General! The thirty-two officers and soldiers who were carrying out the mission requested to board the car, please instruct!"

The general said seriously: "Please get on the bus!"

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Next to the supply ship dock, an ordinary civilian truck stopped slowly.

Chen Zhaojun jumped out of the car, boarded the supply ship, nodded to the secretary waiting on it, and signaled that everyone was coming.

After Sironov's secretary greeted Chen Zhaojun, he nodded, and immediately took two guards with Chen Zhaojun and quickly walked off the boat. After getting off the boat, the secretary pointed to the direction of the oil being discharged and said to the two guards: "You go there to be alert, and no one is allowed to come." The guard received the order and ran towards the oil discharged area. Seeing the guards walking away, the secretary nodded to Chen Zhaojun and said, "You can board the ship!"

Chen Zhaojun quickly waved to the truck not far away. After seeing the gesture, Xu Hui in the car ordered: "Get out of the car and board the ship immediately. The movement should be small and the movement should be fast!"

With the order, the submarine officers and soldiers who had been unable to survive quickly got off the car and ran towards the supply ship in the order of getting off the car. Thirty-two naval submarine officers and soldiers, including Captain Xu Hui and Political Commissar Wu Shenglin, quickly entered one after another and followed Chen Zhaojun to the small conference room that was prepared for them to live in advance.

After everyone entered the small conference room, Sironov's secretary called the two guards back and asked them to stay at the door, and ordered: "You are here, except Mr. Chen Zhaojun. The others, no matter who he is, are not allowed to stay nearby without my permission, and no one is allowed to enter. In addition, no matter what problems occur in the cabin, you don't know, have you heard it clearly?"

"Yes." The Soviet Navy was of very high quality. After receiving the order, although they did not know what the order meant, they knew that the commander's orders needed to be strictly implemented. They knew that General Sironov had sent a secret mission to his secretary. During this voyage, even the captain had to obey his orders.
Chapter completed!