On the other side of the distant ocean, the United States, the White House.

The naval formation went to confront the Soviet aircraft carrier formation, but was teased and applauded by the Soviet navy again and again, especially the final battle for Abbas Port, which was simply a pure teasing!

It is now August 1980, and the closing ceremony of the Olympics has been completed in Moscow. At this Olympics, Soviet sports athletes won 80 gold medals, 69 silver medals and 46 bronze medals, ranking first among all teams. This is the most gold medals won in the Olympics since 1952, and there are fifty more medals than the second-ranked American team! Of course, this is the reason why the referees let the water go, but it also reflects that the Soviet Union has indeed reached the world's first place in sports.

The sports field is a war without gunpowder. The United States loses, and on the battlefield with gunpowder, the United States loses a lot.

"Now, the hmn government still insists in Tehran, but with the attack of the Iranian People's Liberation Army supported by the Soviet Union, it can be imagined that in no time, the current regime of Iran will change. Under the attack between the east and west sides, the defeat of the hmn government is almost inevitable." Admiral Stan, Director of the CIA, said: "We have contacted hmn, but hmn does not trust us."

Carter sat there without saying a word.

For Carter, he is already on the last shift. Although the formal US election has not yet begun, the polls have already begun. As expected, Carter is almost the candidate with the lowest approval rating since the end of World War II! The deteriorating domestic economy, comprehensive external compromises, mistakes in the Far East war situation, and the current erosion in the Middle East have caused Americans to completely lose confidence in Carter.

In his election speech, Carter was able to welcome shoes and rotten eggs almost every day, and he, as the president, failed extremely.

Therefore, Carter's mental state was not good, and he was in a state of frustration.

"Mr. President?" Carter woke up from his complicated thoughts and saw that everyone was looking at him. I had to say that he had just thought about it again.

"The problems we are facing now are very serious, especially since we have lost two nuclear submarines, in the port of Chahbahar and Abbas. For our navy, these two submarines are of great importance and must be returned with the Soviets." Defense Minister Harold said.

Needless to say, the navy was embarrassing. Three aircraft carriers were sent here, and that was the result! The first submarine was forced out of the water by the Soviets, almost as a prisoner, and was tied to the port of Chahbahar, while the second submarine was hit by someone while searching for the Soviet submarine with the cooperation of the surface ships! This bizarre accident made Western Europe laugh!

"Does the Soviets say anything?" Carter asked.

"The Soviet Union asked us to compensate for the losses of the collision," Harold said: "The Soviets were simply taking advantage of the situation! They offered 100 million US dollars in compensation! This was simply a big talk! Although these two submarines would not be dismantled by the Soviets, there is no doubt that the Soviets took advantage of this time to carefully study our submarines."

Now the two sides are not out of control. They are still restrained. If they can beat each other, they will fight, and if they can’t beat them, they will be reasonable. Now it’s time to make sense. Unfortunately, the Soviets have been playing hooligans. They are asking for a high price, which is to make the United States refuse to agree and argue with each other. During this period, they can understand the secrets of their Los Angeles-class submarines. This is because neither of these two ports have large equipment. Otherwise, the Soviets would have dared to dismantle their submarines!

"What about our personnel?" Carter said: "Even if the Soviets don't deliver our submarines first, the personnel must be repatriated to us, right?"

Carter has already brought a broken can and gave up. The problem of the submarine can be kept for the future. If not, it will be solved by the next person. Just take the person back first! Otherwise, the families of those officers and soldiers will come out to cause trouble every day, just like during the Vietnam War.

"We haven't separated yet," said Harold. In his eyes, of course, people and equipment are coming back together.

"We first negotiate with the Soviets and bring all our personnel back." Carter said: "If we stay there, we have to waste Soviet food, right? We can negotiate the issue of submarines slowly."

Ask someone first! Hearing Carter's words, Harold nodded: "Yes." Since the president authorized this to do so, he would negotiate like this.

"The problem we have to deal with is not just our two submarines. The Soviet Union's intention is already very obvious, which is to completely control Iran. In the past, we only thought that the Soviets wanted to obtain a passage to the Indian Ocean, but now it seems that controlling Iran is more attractive than their passage to the south." Stan continued: "And the Soviet Union's tentacles extended to the Middle East, for us, is another major strategic mistake."

The Soviet Union's hand finally entered the Middle East! This is an important oil production area around the world and a force that the Americans have been working hard on! Unfortunately, the fall of the Pahlavi regime has transformed Iran, the ally of the United States, into an enemy, and now, Iran is about to become the Soviet sphere of influence! This is the most important issue that the United States must face!

Now, this problem is almost unsolvable! Especially now, the Carter administration, which has lost all prestige, is a difficult problem!

"Warren, do you have any countermeasures?" Carter asked the Secretary of State that diplomatic issues are the direction of Warren's in charge.

"If we really want to clean up the mess of Iran, there is only one way," Warren said. "Mobilize Europe and our local army, land on Iran through Pakistan, and completely drive away the Soviets!"

In the past, Warren was the most anti-war one. Warren always wanted to solve problems through politics instead of using his own military power whenever there was a problem. But now, the situation has reversed. Brzezinski and Harold, who have been clamoring to use force, did not speak. On the contrary, Warren, who has always advocated a diplomatic solution, proposed a solution to the problem by force!

"Warren, are you crazy? The eastern part of Iran is now the Soviet sphere of influence. Our direct confrontation with the Soviet Union will be the outbreak of World War III!" said Brzezinski.

"This is also our only chance," Warren said. "If we still can't cheer up the courage now, then what we will lose will be the entire Middle East!"

The most strategic person in this Carter administration is Secretary of State Warren. Only he has a deep understanding of the current crisis, but his words did not touch the depressed Carter. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!