Due to Colonel Barker's indifference, I didn't even bother to understand the plans they made. **In addition, I couldn't understand the English that Colonel Barker and his subordinates muttered, so I just had a good time.
Warming over the fire with Lin Xia.
Li Zhiqiang was very concerned about this matter, but I thought maybe he wanted to find a topic to talk to us about, so he sat in front of us when Colonel Buck and others walked out of the camp.
"They plan to attack Kent Mountain!" Li Zhiqiang casually drew a sketch on the ground: "Mainly because there are relatively few Argentines in Kent Mountain, only a hundred people, so Colonel Buck plans to contact the SAS troops to capture Kent Mountain to open a breakthrough for them
.”
I just smiled.
"Colonel, do you think there is a problem with this plan?" Li Zhiqiang said with some doubts: "I can't think of any better way. There are more than 200 Argentine special forces in the other highland, Chajelin Heights, and there are obstacles.
There are many more mines and mines than on this side of Kent Mountain, and the terrain is more dangerous, so I think this is indeed a better option and the only option!"
"If you think this is the best choice, why are you asking me?" I asked.
"That's because I've heard about you!" Li Zhiqiang replied: "So I want to hear your opinion!"
"Why do you care about this battle?" I said, "It doesn't seem to have much to do with you!"
"No!" Li Zhiqiang replied: "It has something to do with me, because the two platoons of the troops participating in this attack are like me. They are Hong Kongers who have just become British citizens. They are all my comrades in arms!"
"Hmm!" Hearing this, he couldn't help being stunned, and then said with a bitter smile: "Let's put it this way... As you said, since this Kent Mountain has so many shortcomings, such as few obstacles and not being prominent enough, then Argentina's Special
Are the troops stupid? Why do they only have a hundred men on Kentish Hill?"
"What the colonel means..." Li Zhiqiang's expression couldn't help but change: "You mean this is their trap?"
"That's not necessarily true!" I shook my head: "But I at least believe that the one hundred special forces on Kent Mountain are the main force of Argentina's special forces. This is why Argentina dares to assign these one hundred people to Kent Mountain!
"
"Oh!" Li Zhiqiang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but soon frowned, because if the situation was really like what I said, then Colonel Buck's assault would most likely suffer.
"battalion commander!"
"battalion commander……"
At this time, there were several familiar shouts outside the tent. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was Scar and his group. I couldn't help but stood up and opened the windshield of the tent. It turned out to be Scar. Zhao Jingping and
Liang Company soldiers and several others came with them, including Major Will and Xu Jianping who were out of breath and looked tired.
"Batalion Commander!" When Scar and others saw me, they couldn't help but excitedly gathered around me, shaking hands and shaking fists.
"Why are you here?" I asked, "Didn't I say you would wait for me here? Why am I waiting for you instead?"
"Oh, don't mention it!" Scar replied: "It's better not to let those British soldiers drag us down... There are not enough cars for this battle. And it is not safe to take a car. So we decided to walk. Who knew those British soldiers
Soldiers usually look tall and majestic. But after walking for only a few kilometers, they are all so tired that they are so tired! This... has been delayed until now!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing. You must know that our Chinese soldiers are famous for their iron feet. We usually march and fight on two legs. Especially the agent company in Scar's hands,
It can be said that he is omnipotent in rock climbing and other things, but there is no way that those British soldiers who rely heavily on cars can compare.
"How are you, comrades?" I asked.
"It's okay!" Zhao Jingping replied: "It's just that one soldier was slightly injured..."
"How did you get injured?" I couldn't help but feel a little strange. As far as I know, they have never been on the battlefield until now. How could they be injured based on the quality of the agent company?
"It's frozen!" Zhao Jingping replied with some embarrassment: "It's mainly due to lack of experience. We have experienced fighting in the snow in Afghanistan, but the temperature is not so low. Xiao Li didn't care when his boots got wet.
He kept marching with us, but when he took a break halfway through, his boots got stuck to his feet. It took him a while to roast them over the fire before taking them off, and then he carried them back here. It's not a big problem, just rest for a few days and he'll be fine!"
"Oh!" I felt relieved after hearing this.
"Colonel!" At this time, Major Weir finally regained his composure: "How did you train the troops to be like this? The marching speed is so surprising... We all said that even cars can't catch up with you on foot.
!”
This is indeed true. On this terrain with snow everywhere, a car is sometimes not as useful as two legs. On the one hand, it is because the road surface will be slippery and it will not be fast, and on the other hand, it is difficult for people to be in the car.
Observing whether there were landmines or ambushes on the ground, this was why Scar and others simply decided to come on foot.
"Colonel!" Then Major Will asked with some confusion: "Why...where is Colonel Buck?"
"He has already led his troops up!" I said.
"What? Didn't you say that we will carry out my mission?"
"Obviously!" I said, "Colonel Buck didn't trust us, so he decided to do it himself!"
"Where is he?" Major Will's expression changed upon hearing this: "I think I can convince him!"
"Maybe it's too late!"
As if in response to what I said, intensive gunfire, explosions and the sound of helicopter propellers soon rang out from the other end of the highland... The breakout battle commanded by Colonel Buck had begun.
"Go to hell!" Major Will couldn't help but curse, then turned around and said to me apologetically: "I'm sorry, Colonel, Colonel Buck is just a arrogant old stubborn!"
"It doesn't matter!" I spread my hands and said, "I'm not in a hurry anyway!"
In fact, I can understand Colonel Buck's temper very well. Most soldiers will not give up easily, especially infantrymen. What's more, we are Chinese people from backward countries.
But the battlefield is a battlefield, and what is needed on the battlefield is true ability, not bad temper.
So in less than half an hour, Buck and a group of officers were seen retreating from the front line in disgrace.
"Colonel!" Li Zhiqiang whispered in our ears: "You guessed it, the Argentine special forces on Kent Mountain are very powerful. We suffered more than 20 casualties and one helicopter!"
"Helicopter?!" Major Will next to him couldn't believe it.
"They were shot down by Stinger missiles!" Li Zhiqiang nodded: "They have Stingers, and there must be more than one!"
At this point, Will couldn't hold it in anymore. He walked up to Colonel Buck, saluted, and said: "Sir, I am Sandy Will from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade. We have been ordered to come here."
On mission!”
"Waiting for orders!" Buck, who had just finished his defeat, obviously still didn't intend to hand over this task to us.
"Sorry sir!" Major Will replied: "We are here to perform a mission!"
"I said..." Colonel Buck suddenly got angry at Will: "Wait for the order. Do you understand? Major!"
"Yes!" Major Will responded helplessly.
"Colonel Buck!" Seeing this, I stepped forward: "Although I am not interested in participating in this mission. You know, there is no need for me and my troops to fight desperately to rescue SAS. War is not fun!
"
"Then why are you still standing here?" Buck obviously lost his mind: "You'd better take your troops and go back!"
"Of course!" I said, "if Brigadier General Clapp agrees to do so!"
When he heard what I said, the fierce look in Major Buck's eyes immediately dimmed a lot. After all, he also knew that what he did was actually disobeying orders.
"Colonel!" At this time, a communications soldier held the phone and said to Buck: "General Clapp wants to speak to you!"
Buck quickly realized what this was and answered the phone with a very ugly face.
Although we couldn't hear what Brigadier General Clapp said because Buck was wearing earplugs, we knew without even thinking about it that it must have been a scolding. But Colonel Buck could only say "yes" frequently.
Major Will even secretly raised his eyebrows at me, meaning that he was the one who looked good now.
Of course, as a British major, he still didn't dare to be too obvious. When Colonel Buck turned around, he immediately returned to his original state.
"Colonel!" Buck raised his headset towards me with a straight face: "The general wants to talk to you!"
"Yeah!" I walked forward.
This time I didn't make the same mistake as last time and handed the headphones to Lin Xia.
"I'm sorry, Colonel!" Brigadier General Clapp said: "My subordinates have caused you trouble, and I promise that similar problems will not happen again in the future. Now, you are the only colonel here, and Lieutenant Colonel Buck will fully cooperate with you.
Mission accomplished!”
Hearing this, I couldn't help but look at Buck in surprise. Xu Jianping and Li Zhiqiang, who can understand Chinese, also cast surprised glances at Buck.
"Sir!" Buck saluted me reluctantly.
This all makes me feel a little surprised. Originally, as a "foreigner", I was only an adviser at most, but now I have become a veritable colonel and have military power.
But I think this also reflects Clapp's determination, and it is necessary to use such extraordinary means in this extraordinary period.
On the one hand, I, as a colonel, cannot actually use this military power to cause chaos. Although I have a higher military rank than Buck, my prestige is far less than that of Buck, so the troops are still in his hands.
On the other hand, this can solve the problem of command confusion...at least Buck will consider Clapp's order and temporarily cooperate with my work. And this is obviously very important for rescuing Sas.
Thinking of this, I nodded and said to Buck: "Lieutenant Colonel, tell me about the situation on the battlefield!"
Buck cleared his throat in embarrassment, glanced around, pointed to the map and said: "The Argentinian troops have more than 200 people in Chajelin Heights, and there are only 100 people in Kent Mountain, so we took two companies.
With the cooperation of SAS, they launched an attack on Kent Mountain, but the Argentine's
The defense was very tight. As soon as the SAS troops came out of the bunker, they were bombarded by artillery from the direction of Port Stanley. Our offensive troops were also suppressed by Argentinian artillery. Some of the artillery that suppressed us came from the direction of Stanley and some from Chajelin.
direction. As for the helicopter..."
Needless to say, Buck assigned seven helicopters to the battlefield. The plan was to use four helicopters to suppress Chajelin's fire support, and three helicopters to cooperate with the ground troops to attack Kent Mountain. However, they were bombed by the Stingers shortly after they entered the battlefield.
One of the helicopters was so frightened that it spun around in circles and then came down in panic.
This is not to say that British helicopter pilots are timid, but the Stinger can be said to be the natural enemy of helicopters. Even the Soviet Mi-24 armed helicopter cannot withstand its bombing, let alone the British Lynx.
"This battle is not easy to fight!" Zhao Jingping frowned and said after listening to Lin Xia's translation: "This Kent Mountain and that Cha Jie..."
"Chajelin Heights!" Lin Xia added.
"Alas!" Zhao Jingping was a little annoyed: "It's really hard to remember the name of this Japs' highland. Can't you make something more convenient?"
As he spoke, he picked up the pen next to him and wrote on the map while saying: "No. 1, No. 2, No. 3... Wouldn't this be much more convenient!"
Seeing this, I couldn't help but laugh. Zhao Jingping also transferred all our combat habits to the British.
"This is Highland No. 1 and No. 2!" Zhao Jingping said: "They are connected with each other and reinforce each other. The most important thing is that Argentina also has an advantage in artillery. How many long-range artillery do they have?"
"Two artillery regiments!" Buck replied: "Deployed on Stanley's left and right flanks respectively!"
"Well! There aren't many cannons here!" Zhao Jingping nodded.
This is not surprising, because the Falkland Islands are not close to Argentina, more than 500 kilometers away. This transportation line is not easy for the Argentine army to cross the sea for supplies and the air superiority is still in the hands of the British army. More
What's more, the Argentine army's focus is still on sea and air battles. Its army's artillery is more anti-aircraft artillery. So it is good to have two regiments of artillery used by the army.
"But we don't have many artillery!" Buck said: "We only have two artillery battalions, which is less than half of Argentina's!"
This is also normal. The British army also focuses on sea and air battles. Moreover, it is also an ocean transportation operation, so a large amount of transportation capacity is placed on the supply of the navy and air force, not to mention the support of naval guns, so the army's
Naturally, there are fewer artillery pieces.
"In this way..." Zhao Jingping continued: "The enemy's artillery has a comprehensive advantage, and the No. 1 and No. 2 highlands have become two nails under the cover of the artillery. At the same time, these two highlands can also
Mutual cover, coupled with the mines and obstacles around the high ground, and the special forces with good combat effectiveness stationed on it, it is very difficult to pull out any of these nails and rescue the friendly troops!"
"I suggest attacking Chajelin Heights after dark!" Buck said: "Through the attack on Kent Mountain just now, we found that the Argentinian troops on Kent Mountain are well-equipped. We can wait until dark to launch a feint attack on Kent Mountain, and then suddenly attack
Raid on Chajelin Heights..."
It should be said that what Buck said is indeed a method. Because of the tough battle just now, Argentina is likely to think that the British army has used Kent Mountain as the main attacking position. If in this case, it cooperates with SAS to suddenly attack Chajelin.
Launching a raid on the highlands... there is still a possibility of success.
"But..." Zhao Jingping shook his head and asked Buck: "There are mines everywhere around Highland No. 1. As long as one person accidentally touches a mine, our strategic target will be exposed. Are you sure?"
Buck thought for a while and then shook his head helplessly: "We are not familiar with the terrain in this area. It got dark not long after we captured these two highlands yesterday. There are indeed a large number of landmines that have not been cleared, and I believe that Argentina
People will also lay new mines..."
This is what we call a "blockade position". Using landmines as sentinels on the battlefield is undoubtedly the best choice.
Faced with this situation, if the troops I led were all members of the special agent company, maybe I would still dare to do this, but now I have a lot of recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and they are still English soldiers who do not understand the language.
Recruit eggs.
"Can the naval gun provide us with fire support?" I asked.
"Of course!" Buck replied: "But the support that can be provided is very limited. Our fleet has a total of thirty-seven warships. After several fierce sea and air battles, there are only a dozen that can operate normally, and these ten
There are several ships and a considerable number of aircraft carriers that need to be protected..."
Needless to say, the number of warships that can support us is very limited.
But this is understandable. If the aircraft carrier is not protected by warships, it will be the best target if it encounters bombing by the Argentine Air Force.
Then the surroundings quickly fell silent, and everyone was helpless about the situation in front of them.
To be honest, I'm not used to fighting like this.
At first I couldn't explain why I wasn't used to it, but I figured it out after thinking about it carefully.
First of all, the advantages and disadvantages of the British army and the composition of its firepower are completely different from those of our army. For example, the British army's strength at this time was that it had helicopters, and the helicopters were much better than our army's Z-5 in terms of quantity and quality.
The shortcoming is that the artillery is not as good as that of the enemy. You must know that our army is definitely at an advantage in artillery against the Vietnamese Japanese.
Secondly, the quality of the British army is not as good as ours. It can even be said that at this time, I don’t understand the level of the quality of the British army at all... I would say that their quality is not high, but they have been well-trained.
Come on, I have no actual combat experience at all.
This made me feel unsure. To put it simply, I couldn't predict what would happen after taking them to the battlefield. Maybe the British troops would disperse after a burst of artillery fire from the Argentines.
Then I quickly thought that the British Army was in this situation, and the Argentine Army was even more like this.
Of course, this excludes Argentina's special forces.
Thinking of this, I said: "The target of our attack should not be Highland No. 1 or No. 2!" (To be continued...)