Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: On 6 and 13 December 1971, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. The Soviets also had a nuclear submarine to help ward off the threat posed by USS Enterprise task force in the Indian Ocean. 
Question: How many days passed in December between the days the the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers? 
Answer type: Number 
Output (English): 7.