Battlefield Ukraine: Book One of the Red Storm Series by Miranda Watson & James Rosone

Author:Miranda Watson & James Rosone
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781977646170
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2017-09-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

30,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Northwestern Turkey

Bosphorus Strait

Admiral James Munch was extremely nervous as his carrier strike group exited the Bosporus into the Black Sea. They were entering the Russians’ pond, and he had a bad feeling the Russians had a nasty surprise waiting for them. Several of his destroyers had reported the presence of multiple submarine contacts, and so did the two attack submarines that were escorting his strike group. Although he had thirteen cruisers, destroyers, and submarines in his strike group, all the intelligence leading up to today indicated that war with Russia was imminent, and no amount of force was ever “enough” when beginning a conflict.

Captain John Miller, the captain of the USS Bush , found the admiral in the combat information center or CIC and handed him a message. “Sir, the O'Bannon has positive contact on four Kilo submarines and two Akulas . They had contact with an Oscar but lost it about five minutes ago. The subs are keeping their distance, but they are not shy about making their presence known,” the captain said nervously.

“The strike group may be the responsibility of the Admiral ,” thought Captain Miller, “but the carrier is mine, and I don’t like the way this looks… ”

The admiral seemed to agree with Miller’s unspoken thoughts. “I don’t like this, John—not one bit. I almost feel like we’re walking into some sort of trap.” He looked around the room. Everyone was busy trying to digest all the potential threats to the strike group and what they all meant. “How many more ships still need to exit the straits before we can get some maneuver room?” he asked.

The captain walked over to one of the computer screens being manned by a petty officer first class. After analyzing what he saw for a moment, he answered, “Just two—both destroyers. What are you thinking, sir?”

The admiral asked, “If you were going to lay a trap for a carrier strike group exiting the Bosporus, when would you spring it?”

Several of the officers and sailors stopped what they were doing and turned to the captain to see what he would say. The admiral had asked a good question. While the captain was formulating a response, one of the communications officers interrupted everyone’s thoughts with an urgent message .

“Captain, you need to see this,” announced Petty Officer King, who had been manning one of the communications terminals.

Just then, Archie Martin, another petty officer who had been monitoring the navigation and map of the strike group, stood up and blurted out, “We just lost our GPS signals!”

The admiral walked toward Petty Officer Martin. “What do you mean, ‘we just lost our GPS signal’? Is it a problem on our end?” he asked, hoping it was just a glitch.

“It’s not a computer malfunction,” explained Petty Officer King. “We just lost our satellite link with NAVEUR and the rest of the fleet. I’ve switched us over to standard radio communications, but it’ll degrade the volume of data that can be sent between the fleet and fleet headquarters,” he said to the horror of everyone in the room.

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