In October 1962, the Soviet Union secretly asked 4 submarines with nuclear bombs to go to Cuba for a mission, but after being discovered, they were surrounded by hundreds of US warships, and 4 nuclear submarines rushed to dive, and the US warships saw that they refused to surrender and took the initiative to drop depth charges.
The captain of the B59 submarine, one of the four nuclear submarines, ordered the firing of nuclear torpedoes at the U.S. warship.
As early as July 1962, in order to reverse the unfavorable factors in the US-Soviet hegemony (in 1959, the United States Italy and Turkey deployed medium-range ballistic missiles), the Soviet Union decided to transport the missiles to Cuba in a civilian cargo ship and install them on the "ass" of the United States
This makes the United States unable to sit still, I am doing small things, but you do this around me, can I still sleep soundly?
The United States quickly dispatched most of its military forces, gathered eight aircraft carrier battle groups and more than two hundred ships and ships, plus nuclear weapons and combat aircraft, and completely blocked the total blockade of Cuba's land, sea and air, and such a blockade may be difficult for even flies to freely enter and exit.
As the smell of gunpowder on both sides became heavier, the Cuban Missile Crisis broke out
In the face of such a strict defense of the United States, the Soviet Union is also very helpless, its own weapons can not go in, this can be done, thinking about it to decide to let 4 submarines turn off the diesel engine secretly infiltrated, at first the US military can also detect the movement of five submarines, but with the shutdown, the US military also lost, which makes the US military very uncomfortable, good submarines under their own eyes with lost, had to strengthen the blockade.
Sure enough, although the four Soviet submarines did the greatest possible cover, the B59 submarine near cuban waters was still found by the US army, surrounded by groups on the sea surface, surrounded by hundreds of warships, knowing that the situation was not good, the B59 immediately dived to avoid the US army.
In the face of the SIEGE and interception of the US military, all the members of the B59 submarine were forced to sneak on the seabed in desperation, but a little time passed, the conditions in the cabin deteriorated, not only lacked fresh water, but the temperature was as high as sixty degrees, and continued to persist under such harsh conditions
The U.S. military is also very worried, such a ship can not come up around, but also a headache, knowing that the B59 can not be dived for a long time, decided not to sink the B59 submarine, dropped the use of depth charges to reduce the amount of use
With the explosion of the depth charge, the B59 submarine has reached the final moment, the temperature in the cabin has risen abnormally, the oxygen is insufficient, and some people are constantly falling to the ground, and the captain of the ship, Savitsky, is angry and demands that the nuclear torpedo be immediately reflected to counterattack the US army, can not be affected by this nest of gas, the nuclear war outside may have already started, can not wait for death in vain under the water.
At that time, the Soviet Union had to use nuclear weapons in war with the consent of the minister of defense, and if there was no contact, it could be launched as long as the captain, political commissar, and first mate passed.
Watching captain Savitsky and commissar Maslani both raise their hands in approval, deputy captain Arkhipov resolutely disagreed, issued a hysterical roar, willing to give up the launch with his life, at The insistence of Arkhipov
All the members of the B59 submarine made a "cowardly" decision to float and surrender, and they did not expect that behind this seemingly ordinary decision, it was very likely to save all mankind
Under the close surveillance of the US military, the B59 returned safely, but they were not greeted by a heroic return, but were nailed to the pillar of shame, believing that their practice had humiliated the country, not only going to court-martial, but also being sentenced.
If it were you, would you stay awake for a quarter of an hour and give up the launch
