Beyond my imagination, the incident of General Belgrano being sunk caused strong reactions from Britain, Arabia and even the entire international community... Read the latest and most complete novel
"This is the thing!" Brigadier General Clap handed it to me with several documents, saying: "This is the main content of the newspapers in Britain and Argentina. Because the newspapers cannot be delivered to our fleet quickly, we beat them into
document."
Although Lin Xia did not translate this sentence very well, I still understood the meaning of it.
Simply put, newspapers cannot be delivered to the Special Mixed Fleet quickly. After all, the Special Mixed Fleet is more than 13,000 kilometers away from the UK. At the same time, it is not easy for Argentina newspapers to be delivered to the Special Mixed Fleet, so in order to get the relevant information as soon as possible.
The information in these newspapers was transmitted to the Special Mixed Fleet through telegrams or other means, which is the documents handed to me by Clap now.
From this point of view, the British fleet's informatization level is still quite high, otherwise it would not have been possible to receive a large amount of information as far as Britain during this war.
On the other hand, it also shows that Klap attaches great importance to the reactions between Britain and Arab countries.
But thinking about it, I think this should be. The Battle of the Horse Island is actually in Britain and Afghanistan... To be precise, it should be determined by the attitude of the people of the two countries. The regimes of the two countries are actually appeaseing the people of their own countries or
Give the people an explanation. That is to say, this war actually started amid the calls of the people of both countries. The content of the newspaper often represents the intentions of the majority of the people.
"From the British newspapers..." Clap held up his coffee and took a sip, then said while holding a coffee cup and warming his hands: "They first of all, they sank an Argentine cruiser to our army.
Cheers or celebrations, and then when we knew that the death toll of the Argentine army was as high as more than 300, our tone quickly turned to mild. Some newspapers even questioned whether we should sink this warship..."
"What is the basis for the question?" I asked, "Because the warships are outside the blockade?"
"Yes!" Clap replied with a smile: "But this is just one of them. Many people think that there is no hope of making peace after sinking General Belgrano. The fact is true, Argentina died three times
More than a hundred people, so the Argentine government's wording has become very tough!"
To be honest, the death toll of more than 300 people is nothing to me.
But I also know that this should be treated differently. First of all, I came from the Vietnam battlefield and the Afghan battlefield. Both battlefields were army-to-arms, and they were both extremely fierce. The casualties were only hundreds or thousands of people.
This directly leads me to think that war should be like this... If there are no casualties, is it still called war?!
Secondly, although the people of Britain and Afghanistan were shouting "war", the people of both countries were not prepared for war.
British people always think that if they put some pressure on Argentina, they would sit at the negotiating table, which is why the intensity of the battles they fought before was not high or even very small.
For example, in the sneak attack on South Georgia, Argentina had only a dozen casualties, and the British army even had zero casualties.
For example, the bombing at Port Stanley Airport was almost ignored except for a scam created with paint.
Most of the several air battles were losses in fighter jets, and the number of casualties of pilots was also single digits.
That's why Britain did this. After hearing that a warship was sunk, it started to cheer immediately. However, after hearing that more than 300 people died in Argentina, it became controversial because it was not conducive to reconciliation.
For Argentina, they thought from the beginning...Anyway, the UK has been talking about a peaceful solution, so let's put on a show first. At worst, just sit back to the negotiating table.
So both countries seemed to be frightened by the incident of the sinking of the Argentine warship.
"In fact..." Krapp shook his head and said, "I didn't expect this attack to cause such a large casualty in Argentina. Because we know that this warship has two frigates, but neither frigate noticed it.
General Belgrano was hit by torpedo, and it was too late to turn back to rescue them when they found out!”
I couldn't help but feel speechless when I heard this. From this we can also see that the coordination and information sharing between Argentina's ships were weak. The two warships as frigates did not know that the main ship was sunk.
Of course, this has something to do with the power system of General Belgrano being blown up and unable to ask for help... However, this situation occurred in a state of war, no matter what, these two frigates could not escape.
"Of course, this is what we hope for!" Clap leaned on the chair easily and said: "Apart from the more than 300 people who died in Argentina, everything is perfect. First of all, the British government is aware of the Argentina government's toughness and strength.
The reconciliation may have been very small, which finally made them determined to fight this battle. Secondly, the Argentine Navy has realized its shortcomings in its anti-submarine areas, and its fleet has withdrawn from the port and stopped moving its troops!"
Speaking of this, Clap couldn't help but nodded at me and said, "Col. Although I know this is redundant, I still have to say... Your analysis and prediction of the battlefield are very accurate, and I even doubt whether you are.
After experiencing this war, everything seems to happen and develop as you think. For example, now... our submarines have an absolute advantage, and because the Argentine Navy dares to dispatch again, our sea warships
We have also gained an absolute advantage. Now, we are going to deal with the Argentina Air Force!"
"The benefits we get are not just this!" I said.
"what else?"
"Think about it!" I said, "If we had not sunk General Belgrano outside the blockade today, or even gave orders to not strike outside the blockade, what would that mean for this war?
?”
"Oh!" Clap nodded and said, "That means that our range of activities can only be within the blockade area, and outside the blockade area is the world of Argentina. This is tantamount to fighting Argentina with its hands and feet!"
"Yes!" I said: "If that time comes, the Argentine fleet can do a trick with us. They play hide-and-seek with us on the edge of the blockade. The British fleet will advance if they don't fight. Before we can arrive, they will go back.
Exit outside the blockade. Just imagine, how should we fight in this battle at that time?"
"Correct!" Clap nodded and said, "This also fully demonstrates that the choice to sink General Belgrano is correct, otherwise we would not end the war before winter comes, and once winter comes... we are in difficulty in supplying
There is only one way to withdraw the troops!”
"I want to know what the British government has to say about this?" I asked.
"Say that!" Clap smiled and replied, "At that time, they didn't know that General Belgrano was outside the blockade. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" I nodded.
The British are masters in this game, so no one will blame the British government for this. What's more, this is a war. It would be unrealistic to fight between the two countries in the war to strictly limit one scope.
"Discover the target!" At this moment, a British army shouted at Clap: "General. A large number of enemy planes!"
Clap stood up without saying a word and walked towards the command platform. At the same time, a harsh air raid sirens quickly sounded from the warship.
"Is it going to fight?" Lin Xia's eyes were a little scared.
"You knew you would fight a war a long time ago, didn't you?" I smiled and said, "I told you when I was in China that the place we went to was the battlefield!"
"But..." Lin Xia wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain.
Actually, I know why she didn't say it. At that time, she just didn't want to miss this opportunity to go out to see the world, or wanted to experience British culture personally, and perhaps with the idea of making her English useful.
Under the impact of this factor, I completely put the "war" behind my mind.
But now, when the war really comes, when danger and tension spread across the warships... she realizes that war is not as worthless as she thought.
"It's okay!" I comforted Lin Xia and said, "Remember to not run around later. You must follow me, do you understand?"
"Yeah!" Lin Xia nodded vigorously.
At this time, there was only a "woosh" sound. Two fighter planes whizzed past the window, and Lin Xia was so scared that she hid behind me with a scream and buried her face tightly on my back and didn't dare to look at anything.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel a little funny. I slowly pulled her to the front and said, "The enemy's plane has not arrived yet? It was the British guy's plane just now!"
"Well, is it a British plane?" Lin Xia couldn't help but blush when she heard this. Thinking about her actions just now, she was so embarrassed that she dared to look at me directly.
I stood in front of the window and raised my telescope to look into the sky.
In fact... if I want to be safe at this time, I should take Lin Xia back to the bed cabin, because I know very well that the command tower on the warship will definitely be the key target of enemy aircraft.
But I was unwilling to give up this great opportunity to observe, not to mention that I had learned to judge the explosion point from the roar of the shells. Of course, there is still a difference between the shells and the aviation bombs dropped on the planes.
Yes, but I believe I am fully capable of dealing with it.
What's more, I am also representing the Chinese people here. If we go back to the cabin to hide when the enemy is about to come, we will lose all the faces of our Chinese people.
"Or why don't you go back to the cabin first!" After thinking about it, I said to Lin Xia, which was considering her safety.
"No!" Lin Xia shook her head: "You said just now that I asked me to follow you!"
I stopped persuading anything after hearing this. In fact, I knew it would be the answer. Women usually don’t choose to be alone when they are afraid. Even if that place is relatively safe, they would rather choose to be with them.
The person she chooses often makes her feel safe...
Well, when I think of this, I was stunned. What are I thinking!
At this time, Argentina's fighter jets appeared in my sight. They were very smart, with a total of more than 30 fighter jets divided into two groups, one left and one right, and rushed towards the special mixed fleet from low altitude from two directions.
The purpose is very obvious, that is, to disperse the British Harrier forces... You should know that there are only more than twenty British Harrier types in total, and because of the need for replacement, there can only be more than a dozen Harrier at the same time.
The reason for the battle in the air is as mentioned before, which will create a blank space in the air defense and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.
In other words, although the performance and firepower of the British Harrier fighter are significantly better than those of Argentina fighter... This is very obvious, because the Argentine fighter I see in my telescope is often seen in TV and movies.
Old-style fighter jets. Although I don’t know their specific models, I know that these will never be any advanced fighter jets.
Later, I looked at the information and pictures and confirmed that most of these fighters were the Americans' Skyhawk A4 fighters during World War II, and they were even second-hand goods, which means that the Americans were ready to retire and did not use them and then sold them to Argentina. Although Argentina
There are necessary upgrades to these fighter jets, but there is still a considerable gap with the Harrier equipped by the British army.
Therefore, in this situation where the weak is defeated, it is obviously a wise choice to try to disperse the enemy's strength like Argentina, and only in this way can Argentine fighter jets break through the British firepower network composed of fleets and Harrier.
The battle began quickly, and the first thing that started was not fighter planes but warships... With Clap's order, Sheffield launched two ship-to-air missiles, and two missiles soon appeared in the air.
The smoke brought out from the tail was like two unsheathed swords pointing straight at the Argentine aircraft group. Then, two "booms" sounds were heard, and the two Skyhawk fighters were blown to pieces in the air.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but sigh: Britain had been glorious after all, and at this time our country's ship-to-air missiles were still unknown.
From this point, we can also see the gap in strength between Britain and the Arab Republic, but Argentina's fighter jets were not scared away because of this, and they still flew straight towards the British fleet without changing direction.
Then the British Harrier fighter jets came up, but as mentioned before, the Harrier fighter jets were small after all, and they were divided into two parts, each part was only five to six, so at this time
They are much superior to the Skyhawks but they still cannot stop the Skyhawks' offensive.
So as the Skyhawk broke through the British fleet's defense line, the scene quickly became chaotic.
The sound of anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft artillery and missile launches on the fleet immediately sounded, and Argentina's fighter jets were indeed as weak as I thought, because I found that they had to dive and drop bombs like they did during World War II...
Needless to say, the dangers in this are needed. When the fighter dives, it means that it is very close to anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery, which means that the Argentine Air Force is actually betting on its own lives. (Unfinished)