A harsh cold, and at the moment of entering the water, the whole world suddenly became quiet.!
Then there were messy shrapnel or flame-loaded warship fragments falling from the sky and shooting into the water... This immediately made me realize the danger outside, so I not only did not surface immediately, but continued to drill into the water.
It is obvious that these fragments exploded by a thousand pounds of aviation bombs and the armored fragments of warships are not much worse than the shrapnel of shells. At this time, it is undoubtedly a search for death.
And the sea water at this time... is undoubtedly my best cover. Although those shrapnel seem to be able to easily shoot into the sea water and stir up scary water columns, the sea water actually acts against high-speed moving objects such as bullets or shrapnels.
The resistance is proportional to the speed, that is, the faster the object is, the greater the resistance.
I remember seeing an experiment where a rifle fired a bullet at a wooden board that was one meter deep. What was surprising was that the bullet could only leave a groove on the wooden board.
So it is undoubtedly a wise choice to wait underwater at this time.
The facts also proved that I was right, because the next second I went black above my head... A piece of warship sized by the door was smashed. Fortunately, I was hiding underwater. If I were outside, I would have to be smashed.
The head is blooming.
At this moment, I suddenly felt like someone was being pulled from behind with a windbreaker and hat and floating towards the sea.
When I floated out of the sea, I heard Lin Xia’s cry: “Battery Commander, Battalion Commander…How are you?”
Only then did I realize that Lin Xia was the one who pulled me out of the water... I was deliberately hiding under the water and sinking it down, but she thought I was not watery!
"I'm fine!" I replied loudly, "I can't tell that you have a good water quality!"
Seeing that I was really fine, Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "I thought you didn't know how to water. Have you forgotten that I grew up by the beach?"
I said oh, and I really forgot this.
"Where is Brigadier General Klap?" I asked.
"I don't know!" Lin Xia looked around: "I saw him just now..."
I thought to myself that it was terrible... If Lin Xia had seen him just now, it would mean that Clap had surfaced, and now that he could not see anyone, he might have been smashed by shrapnel.
"Where is Daqing just now?" I asked.
"It should be...that..."
Before Lin Xia could finish speaking, I stabbed her violently.
Fortunately, Lin Xia pointed at the position very accurately, and I dived in time. I soon saw a slowly sinking shadow in the sea, so I swam without saying a word and then put it on.
It pulled up.
At this time, I actually didn't care whether I had the wrong person. One was because I didn't have time, and the breath I was holding in my mouth was no longer enough, and the other was because the water was too dark to be recognized. And even if it was enough, I didn't know.
Is it true that it is not Clap who can ignore it? I also have to pull it up!
Fortunately, I recognized him as Clap when I came out of the water.
Unfortunately, I don’t know what he is in now, but I saw a scar on his head but not much blood. I guess it must have been frozen after being washed by sea water.
Only then did I feel a chill all over my body, especially my face exposed to the water. After a while, I lost consciousness as if it was frozen. I couldn't help but look at Lin Xia, who was also trembling in pain beside me.
He secretly complained in his heart that if the British rescue ship did not come yet, or if he came later, let alone Clap, who was unconscious. Even we might be in danger.
But after looking at the Clap in my hand, I couldn't help but feel relieved... At this time, the British army did have to deal with the Argentine Air Force's lack of time, but even if they were not free, they would come to us as fast as possible.
The reason is very simple. Clap is a brigade general, commander of the British army's sub-fleet.
You should know that the highest-level officer who was killed in Argentina was just a colonel. If a British army was killed in battle, a brigade general... even if he finally won the battle, he would probably leave a laughing stock.
"Don't worry!" So I comforted Lin Xia: "Someone will come to save us soon!"
"Yeah!" Lin Xia nodded, and her teeth couldn't help but start to tremble and make a "giggle" sound.
"Battery Commander!" Lin Xia said in ambiguously: "I want to thank you!"
"Thank me for what?" I a little confused about why Lin Xia said such things at this time.
"Thank you for letting me understand a lot!"
"It turns out that it's because of this!" I couldn't help but smile and said, "You have already thanked me!"
"No, it's not just this." Lin Xia continued: "My father... has always been disagreeing with me because of my attitude. I have always thought that it was the old thought of the older generation, and it was the generation gap... Now
I realized that he was right!”
As he said that, Lin Xia's eyes soon turned red, but tears just flowed out and turned into ice on her face.
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Isn't the same as what I thought of the old man at the time? So I really understand Lin Xia's current feelings.
"If..." Lin Xia continued: "If I die, the battalion commander... said sorry to him on behalf of me! I really understand, I really see clearly..."
"I won't say it!" I interrupted her and said, "Leave these words to you to tell him personally!"
As he said that, he waved to a lifeboat in the distance and shouted, "Hey, General Crapp is here!"
But I was stunned as soon as I shouted this sentence, because I was in a hurry and shouted in English.
"I just knew!" Lin Xia smiled hard: "You know English!"
At this time, I didn't explain anymore, so I had to smile bitterly and said, "Don't tell others!"
"I know, it's a military secret again!"
I smiled helplessly, too lazy to explain.
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"Colin!" The next day I saw Clap with a bandage on his head in the command room. His injuries this time were obviously not light, because he couldn't even put on a hat. Even his neck could not be normal
The rotation.
"This time you saved my life!" Clap said, "I really don't know how to thank you!"
"Maybe you can use ship-to-air missiles!" I said jokingly.
But unexpectedly, Clap took my words seriously. He was silent for a while. Then he nodded slowly and said, "If you need it, then I will do my best to make this happen!"
"It's just a joke, General!" I explained.
"No, no, whether it is for public or private, I think this is what it should be!"
"Okay!" I will no longer postpone it. After all, our country does need all kinds of advanced equipment and research and study at this time, especially in missiles.
"I think there is something that is a bit difficult to talk about!" Clap continued: "But this is a task ordered by his superiors..."
"Please tell me, General!" I was a little surprised that the battle had reached this state, so what difficulties would the British army encounter.
"This time is certainly not a problem of naval warfare!" Krapp said: "You know too. The Argentine Air Force suffered heavy losses in several consecutive battles. More importantly, their five flying fish missiles have been launched, which means that
The threat to our aircraft carrier can basically be eliminated, which allows us to let go of our hands in the Navy and Air Force to do a big fight without much scruples. However, the problems encountered by the army on the Cavaliers...
”
"What's the problem?" I said, "Can't sas solve it?"
"It was the problem with sas!" Clap handed me a document, then pointed out a location on the map and said, "It's here... As you can see, the Argentine Army vs. Port Stanley
The defense is divided into three paths. The first path is supported by two highlands, Kent and Chajelin, the second path is Harryton and Langdon, and the third path is Wireless Ridge, Falling Mountain, William and the Engineer
There are a large number of mines and obstacles between each line of defense. Only a secret passage is left for communication, and more than 300 sas team members are trapped in the second line of defense, and the Harryton Mountain and Langdon
On the mountain!”
"Why is this happening?" I couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Isn't this a trap?"
"This is a coincidence!" Clap smiled bitterly and said, "It can also be said that the army underestimated the enemy. They attacked the city and land in just a few days, and almost all the way.
There was no stubborn resistance, so the Army thought that the Argentine Army was all cowards, so it moved a little faster!"
I can understand this because I myself have a contempt for the Argentine Army. This is not because of anything else, but because their performance since the war started is really unsatisfactory.
"Yesterday, the troops with sas as the vanguard had captured Mount Kent and Mount Chajelin, which is the first line of defense in Port Stanley!" Klap pointed to the map and continued, "But the troops who arrived at this line of defense were still there.
Not many, there is only one battalion, and because there are a large number of mines and obstacles in front of Mount Kent and Chajelin, and there are also Argentinian artillery blockades, there are only more than 300 sas team members who can enter Mount Kent and Chajelin.
And a company of Welsh Guards. Lieutenant Colonel Kent thought that a company's infantry was enough to defend the two high grounds, so he led the sas team members to raid the second line of defense that night, namely Mount Harryton and Mount Langdon.
The operation was very successful. They only took half an hour to pass the minefield and seize the two high grounds. But coincidentally, almost when the sas raided the second line of defense, Argentina also sent three of the numbers.
A hundred special forces raided Mount Kent and Mount Chajelin. At first we thought it was the intelligence leak that made the Argentines prepare, but we analyzed that if the Argentines knew that SAS would attack the second line of defense, it would be in the first place.
Lay traps on the second line of defense.
In other words, it is a coincidence that the two troops will attack each other at the same time, so the current situation is here!"
I couldn't help but feel a little incredible after hearing this... This is not because Argentina also has special forces. After all, Argentina is very close to the United States in military terms, just as most of their weapons are imported from the United States, theirs
Tactical ideas will inevitably be influenced by the United States, so there will naturally be no wonder if there is its own special forces.
It happened that these two special forces... would actually attack each other's targets at the same time, and now it has become a strange phenomenon of you surrounding me and I surrounding you.
"Sas has also tried to break through!" Krapp said: "But the combat effectiveness of the Argentine special forces is extraordinary. They not only have more advanced equipment than us, but also have a large number of long-range artillery assistance..."
"Argentina's equipment is more advanced than you?" I couldn't help but feel a little surprised when I heard this.
"Yes!" Krapp nodded: "It's the same on the rifle. They are all FN rifles. But the Argentine Army's sniper rifle is an American sniper rifle with a longer range, and is also equipped with American stinger air defense missiles.
Coupled with the large number of mines and obstacles around the highlands, it makes the sas troops very difficult!"
I nodded and agreed with Clap's words.
This does not mean that the combat effectiveness of sas is not good. In fact, the most taboo thing about special forces is such protracted war or positional warfare, because once it enters this state of war, the special forces cannot play a role in the close cooperation of all the troops to fight quickly.
The tactic of retreating soon became similar to that of ordinary troops.
"What's even more serious is..." Clap continued: "Lieutenant Colonel Kent was injured in this battle!"
"Well, is it serious?"
"It is said that one leg was broken by blown up!" Clap replied: "Although there is no life danger for the time being, it is obviously no longer possible to command the battle! The person who commands sas is now commanding the battle!"
"So, my task is..." I spread my hands.
"Col. You know!" Clap said: "Sas is important to Britain. We cannot let you watch him be surrounded and annihilated by the Argentines. This will be a shame for our Britain and our troops. However, it is a shame for us.
What’s embarrassing is that no unit except sas has practical experience. Even if there are, it’s just a few days of actual combat on the island, so we unanimously agree that you are the only ones who can rescue the sas troops!”
"Are the general talking about our Chinese advisory group and the British army we trained?" I couldn't help but frown: "Our training is only a few days, and even communication is difficult!"
I am not trying to swear. But I really don’t believe in the combat effectiveness of the British army in my hand, not to mention that what we are going to deal with is the Argentine special forces.
"But you have defeated sas in the exercise!" Clap said: "If necessary, we can allocate more troops to you!"
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that this kind of person is really low-key. Just like now, if it weren't for defeating sas in the exercise field, there wouldn't be such trouble now.
"Colin!" Clap said with a pleading look: "We know this is difficult for you, and you have provided us with too much help. But this time we need your help, and...I
I believe that if you can rescue SAS, I will convince the British government to provide you with bargaining chips for ship and air missiles!"
"Um!" I was stunned when I heard this. Krapp said just now that it was to repay his life-saving grace, but unexpectedly there would be conditions immediately.
I felt unhappy and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, I felt that for this, our country could develop earlier and faster in science and technology, I couldn't seem to be so arrogant.
What's more, so many bad battles have been fought, so what can I do if I have one more battle? And Lieutenant Colonel Kent has been intersected after all, and now he has a broken leg in the encirclement!
Thinking of this, I nodded helplessly: "When will I set off!"
"Thank you very much!" Brigadier General Clap shook my hand and said, "We will not forget the contribution you have made. I have arranged a helicopter for you!"
So I quickly took Lin Xia to the sky above the Horse Island with a helicopter. It was a kind of irony. It was the first time I had participated in the Horse Island War for so long that I personally boarded the Horse Island.
Of course, I also advised Lin Xia to stay on the warship and not go to the battlefield with me, but Lin Xia insisted on refusing. Her reason was: the war has not ended yet, no matter where there is no safety, so stay
What is the difference between a warship and a battlefield?
Thinking about it, her words were indeed correct. The battle on the ground was a bit fierce, but the Argentine Air Force was much more heroic than the Army. Especially now, because Argentina has fired the last flying fish missile, the British fleet is not at all.
Avoiding the sea and air war with Argentina. If there are so many bombings again... this warship would not be much better.
So I didn't object to her, after all, I really needed an interpreter around me.
The one who came to greet me was a British lieutenant who looked like a Chinese. He saluted me and said in pure Chinese: "Col. Colonel Buck is waiting for you in the barracks!"
"Are you Chinese?" I asked.
"Yes!" The second lieutenant replied: "Chinese Hong Kong people, whose Chinese name is Li Zhiqiang. He just joined the British citizenship for a few years and encountered this damn war!"
"Um!" I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard this.
Originally, I thought he was a Chinese who grew up in the UK like Xu Jianping, but now it seems that he is not.
Later I realized that there were actually quite a lot of Hong Kong people like him in this army. According to this lieutenant, there were more than fifty people who knew, and the number of these fifty people in the end was as high as six...
The total number of British troops killed only 255, including the number of people who died from lightning while doing after-care work on the Horse Island after the war.
Of course, I couldn't care about this much. I just nodded to the lieutenant friendly and followed him to build a tent behind a high ground back slope.
When I walked into the tent, I saw a colonel frowning at the map, smoking a cigarette, and looking at the map without a sound.
It was not until Li Zhiqiang reported to the colonel that he raised his eyebrows and looked at me, just nodded and looked at the map again.
I smiled distractedly and said to myself: Who the hell is asking for whom? If you are not busy, then I will be happy to be quiet. If I hadn't been for that ship and air missile, I would have been too lazy to save it.
What a British soldier, this is nothing to do with me, and I still have to make a living for a long time.
Thinking of this, he ordered Li Zhiqiang to get two cups of coffee, and chatted with Lin Xia while drinking.
After a while, maybe Colonel Buck felt that this was a bit wrong, so he shouted to me: "Col.
"Did you call me?" I asked.
"Of course!" Colonel Buck's eyes showed a little anger.
"Sorry!" I said, "I don't know how many colonels there are here, at least two of you..."
I meant to remind him that he is at the same level as me and has no right to point fingers at me or speak in an orderly tone.
Colonel Buck's face immediately became a little ugly, and he showed a disdainful expression in his eyes and said, "To be honest, Colonel, I don't think you have the ability to save Sas from the siege, so I don't have hope for you, you
The reason why I am here is just because of the order of the Brigadier General…”
"That's great!" I said: "Our ideas are unprecedentedly consistent, and to be honest, I have to do it because of the order of the brigade general. So I'm drinking coffee now, and sas is still surrounded by the Argentinians,
Isn't it?"
Colonel Buck shook his head with a disdainful smile on his face and said, "Please, you should see how we rescued the sas troops!"
"Please!" I naturally would not show weakness in this regard, not to mention that I have nothing to be afraid of in this matter. Who would have thought that life would fall in love with such a battlefield? (To be continued...)