The next day at dawn we found ourselves in a huge fleet... We couldn't tell what kind of scene this was. When we stood on the side of the ship, we could see that there were everywhere around us.
Ships of all sizes include civilian ships, commercial ships, and of course military ships.
As I have some basic understanding of this war, I know that this is because the British side lacks preparation time and the decline of the Shanghai army... Due to the economic downturn, the former maritime overlord has reduced military spending to now.
Even less, this is also the reason why Argentina dared to compete with Britain for the island of Malvinas. They believed that Britain would not be able to fight against them for a deserted and worthless island at this time.
In fact, if this island of Faralis is valuable, it is still somewhat valuable strategically. For example, the island of Faralis is only 250 nautical miles away from the Strait of Magellan, and the Strait of Magellan is the main road connecting the South Pacific Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean, that is, who
Anyone who occupys the Cambridge Island can easily block the portal of the Strait of Magellan.
However, this strategic location is of little significance to the UK.
First of all, because the British navy is no longer in its glory, they have no ability to take into account the Strait of Magellan. Simply put, even if the war really starts, with the British national strength and military strength, even if they occupy the horse.
The island also has no ability to control the Strait of Magellan far away from the other end of the earth.
On the other hand, the Magellan Strait is no longer as important as before. The reason is that the opening of the Panama Canal has prevented most merchant ships and transportation from leaving the Magellan Strait.
It is precisely because of this that people have said that the significance of the Malay Island to the United Kingdom is not more important than winning in professional football games.
That's why Argentina thought that after they recovered the Cavaliers Island, Britain would only protest a few times on the surface and then leave it alone. But what they didn't expect was... On the first day after the Argentine army occupied the Cavaliers Island, Britain announced that it would be ungrateful to the Cavaliers Island.
Argentina broke off diplomatic relations and declared war in the second day. On the third day, it sent a special mixed fleet of more than 100 ships, including two aircraft carriers, to the island of Cambodia.
Due to the hasty preparation time, only many of these more than 100 ships were temporary civilian and merchant ships.
Just like the Queen Elizabeth II we were on... This is actually a luxury cruise ship, but now it has become a troop transport ship. It is full of British soldiers preparing to land on the Cavalier Island.
Jun was afraid that they would never dream of it, and they would take a luxury cruise to the front line to face death.
Of course, military ships and civilian ships are mostly separated. Military ships are in the front, civilian ships and commercial ships are in the back, but occasionally a few frigates are cruising around the civilian ship fleet in case of any emergencies.
There were at least hundreds of ships in the entire fleet. The dark circle was advancing on the sea, like a group of dolphins jumping on the sea.
The soldiers were also shocked by this scene, and they all pointed at the surrounding fleets and shouted in fuss:
"What a ship! Look, there are warships, what are the caliber of the artillery on the warship!"
"It looks like that, it's hundreds of millimeters anyway! This shot is amazing!"
"What's that? Look at that ship... there are still planes on it!"
"Oh my God! Isn't that the airport? Why did you move the airport to the sea?"
...
I couldn't help but feel funny when I heard this, but it didn't seem to blame the soldiers. Most of them were afraid that they hadn't even seen warships before, let alone aircraft carriers.
"Battery Commander!" Zhao Jingping looked at me and asked, "Do you know what kind of ship it is?"
"Um! This..." I originally wanted to show off in front of my subordinates. But thinking that if I knew too much at this time, it might not be suitable, so I shook my head and said, "I don't know either!"
"That's called an aircraft carrier!" Xu Jianping said proudly: "Just as the comrade said just now, an aircraft carrier can carry dozens of aircraft, just like taking an airport, and the aircraft can take off or land at any time.
.Modern naval warfare is mainly about competing for air supremacy, so aircraft carriers can almost be said to play a decisive role in naval warfare!”
"Look!" As he said that, Xu Jianping pointed to the two aircraft carriers in front of him and said, "That is the Invincible, this is the Athletic. The more than 20 vertical take-off and landing Harrier fighters they carry are here.
The main force of the second attack?”
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but frown... There are only more than twenty aircraft carriers? Two aircraft carriers can only carry more than twenty Harrier fighter jets?!
Lin Xia shouted in surprise: "Each ship can carry more than a dozen aircraft! By the way, what is vertical take-off and landing?"
"Vertical take-off and landing is..." Xu Jianping explained without bothering: "Just like a helicopter, it doesn't require a runway. It's just that it's a fighter!"
"Is there any difference between fighter jets and helicopters?"
...
It seems that Lin Xia has found a soulmate here. She had a great conversation with Xu Jianping, and even wrote a few words of English from time to time.
But this seems not surprising. Lin Xia is a foreign language student. Students of this era often do this. On the one hand, it is because China in this era is relatively backward, let alone the United States, even a country like the United Kingdom is far away from the decline of such a declining country as Britain.
Far from that, students who have been exposed to British and American culture will naturally admire the high-tech and other countries of Britain and the United States, and will even envy or even worship the democracy and freedom promoted by the United States and Britain.
I think Lin Xia should be one of them. Maybe it is because of this that she yearns for this mission so much.
Zhao Jingping couldn't stand this, so he winked at me repeatedly, then pulled me to the side and whispered: "Battery Commander, look at this girl... Is there something wrong with her position? We have to do it for her
Ideological work cannot make her obsessed with capitalism!”
I felt helpless when I heard this. Zhao Jingping's words were indeed correct, but they seemed a little serious. Besides, I was not good at doing ideological work, let alone changing the concept that a person has formed for a long time.
It's not easy.
"Captain!" After thinking about it, I called Xu Jianping, who was having a good conversation with Lin Xia, and said, "Why are your superiors assigned us no tasks yet?"
"This..." Xu Jianping was stunned and replied: "Not yet!"
This was beyond my expectations. My original idea was... If this British man wanted to supplement his guerrilla warfare knowledge with these soldiers, he should start training immediately when we arrived.
You should know that the Battle of the Horse Island only lasted for more than 70 days. It was only more than two months before and after... Of course, this is something that only modern people, I, know about.
But even if the British didn't know, they should understand that their army would land on the Cabernet Island at any time and then face the guerrilla warfare of the Argentine army.
In other words, they don’t have much time, and it is likely that they only have one or two weeks. So what are they waiting for? We guerrilla military advisers who have been invited by them from all over the world are still blowing the sea breeze here.
Looking at the sea view!
"Comrade Battalion Commander!" Xu Jianping explained: "Maybe it's because we're too busy. We just occupied South Georgia Island and there are a lot of preparations to do!"
"Hmm?" I was stunned when I heard this: "You have just taken South Georgia Island?"
What I know is that the British special fleet took down South Georgia Island just a preparation work. South Georgia Island is more than 1,000 kilometers away from the Cambridge Island. It is obvious that the British took down this island as a front post to attack the Cambridge Island.
Station or supply station.
I thought the Cabernet War had entered a fierce attack before, but now it seems that I am still doing preparations.
"Yes!" Xu Jianping nodded, then looked at me with some surprise and said, "Does the battalion commander also know about South Georgia?"
"Um!" After hearing this, I realized that I had missed my mouth again, so I quickly explained: "I know a little, but not much. I have seen the map before I came and knew that this island is very suitable for your outpost. Now I look at it
I guessed right!"
"It's really a hero who sees the same thing!" Xu Jianping smiled and said, "It seems that we are thinking of going together! During this period, we are carrying out some necessary transformations on Georgia Island, and then we will also develop the airspace and sea areas of Horse Island.
Blockade, I think the generals are worrying about this. That's why we forgot about it!"
I think it’s right to say this by Xu Jianping. After all, the main battle in the Horse Island War is sea and air combat. As for the land battle on the Horse Island... it is a matter of the size of casualties or length of time.
But I soon knew that I was wrong to think so. The reason was that I was a modern person who knew history, so I knew very clearly that this battle would not be fought for too long, just like I said before.
The British did not know this, and what the British were worried about was... If the Argentine army launched a protracted guerrilla war with the British team on the complex terrain of the Cambridge Island, then Britain would soon fall into a terrible vortex.
At this time, a British lieutenant came to me and saluted, glanced at me and said to Xu Jianping: "Major Will ordered you to go to the General Staff!"
"Yes!" Xu Jianping stood up and smiled at me, "We were still talking about this topic just now. Major Will wants to see you!"
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Mom! Who do these British guys think of us? You know, if I, as a battalion commander, was also a lieutenant colonel, they all found a lieutenant colonel.
Come and receive me, and use the word "command"!
But this was just my thoughts, but I didn't say anything. I followed Xu Jianping all the way around the cabin, occasionally climbing a few stairs and then walked into a luxurious cabin... By the way, this luxurious cabin is enough
It is as wide as dozens of square meters, divided into two rooms, one is a bedroom and the other is an office. This may not be a big deal if it is in normal times, but for wartime and luxurious cruise ships, this office is very eye-catching.
"Comrade Battalion Commander!" As soon as I saw me walking in, a British official who was sitting in front of the office looking at the documents, stood up and shook hands with me, and then signaled me to sit down.
"First of all, welcome your arrival!" said the British official: "I am Major Will and the direct person in charge of the Chinese advisory group. If you have any needs or problems, you can come and react to me.
!”
"Major Will!" I replied without hesitation: "I don't know that in your army, those with low rank can order officers with high rank!"
"What?" Major Will spread his hands in confusion after hearing Xu Jianping's translation: "I don't understand where the battalion commander heard it, but this is not the case in our army!"
"Then I don't know what rank I have in your army!" I said.
Major Will is obviously a smart person, and soon realized what I meant, and couldn't help but answered awkwardly: "This is our negligence in work, because we are planning to form a company centered on you.
, That's why such a problem arises! If the battalion commander minds this issue..."
"No, I don't mind!" I said: "In fact, for me, who is responsible for this matter in the UK has nothing to do with me. The issue I care about is... to complete this task and then leave! As for
Do you pay attention to this issue, or how much casualties a British soldier has... have nothing to do with me, right?"
"No, no, no, no, comrade battalion commander!" Major Will hurriedly explained: "The general asked me to take responsibility for this matter not because he did not pay enough attention, but because I am one of the few who hoped to introduce you as a consultant.
The regiment and formed this army!”
"Um!" I was stunned when I heard this: "So, your internal opinions are not unified?"
"Of course!" Major Will nodded and replied: "There are many reasons for inconsistency. The most important thing is that many people believe that the focus of this battle is on sea and air war and does not care about land wars. But we don't think so.
, The main reason is that Argentina appointed Wald as the commander of the garrison of the Cabernet Island and actively prepared for war on the garrison Island. As we understand, General Wald was an ever-winning general who repeatedly wiped out the opposition within Argentina, and he dealt with the opposition.
There is a good way to guerrilla warfare, so we were thinking, if Wald used the terrain to engage in guerrilla warfare with us on the island of Horse…”
Speaking of this, Will shook his head: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you know too. Our British special fleet came to the Cambridge Island not far from the ocean. It was very difficult to supply, and if we could not win in a short time, it would change.
If we become a protracted war, the blow to us will be fatal, so we cannot take this risk. This is also the reason why we insist on hiring a team of guerrilla advisors!"
I understood after hearing this, it turned out that there were so many twists and turns here. (To be continued...)