"We're under attack! We're under attack! The British! They've boarded our ship!"
The United States Second Fleet—in the original course of history, this fleet would gradually lose its greatest purpose with the collapse of the Soviet Union and withdraw from the stage of history. But now, the Soviet Union was still powerful, and the Second Fleet remained full of vitality.
At that moment, the Second Fleet command received an alert from the missile destroyer McCain.
Everyone in command was left completely baffled.
The McCain was in the English Channel, surrounded by allies. Although this mission was meant to apply a certain amount of pressure on Britain, everyone knew Britain could not possibly react too violently. They had only planned to send two destroyers out to throw their weight around a little, then turn straight back. They had not, as they did with non-NATO countries, sailed an aircraft carrier right up to someone's doorstep.
For something so minor, even if you beat them to death, they never would have imagined the British would actually try to seize the ship?!
It felt as if you had only just pulled your fist out of your pocket, and the other side had immediately chopped off one of your fingers with a knife.
Had the British gone mad?!
Yet very soon, the situation became even stranger. The McCain reported that an unidentified motorboat loaded with explosives had launched a suicide bombing attack on the warship—and, unbelievably, they had succeeded. They had blown a huge hole ten meters across in the hull, the ship was taking on water, and even the power system had run into problems.
Command immediately issued a stern order for Britain to stop its attack, while also asking the White House whether to issue combat orders and demanding that the other destroyer,