This night, we have never been so busy and so nervous.*
Needless to say, Argentina's surrendered troops quickly grew from a dozen or dozens of them to a whole company surrender. The surrendered troops soared to more than 3,000 within two hours.
This directly led to all of us, even officers, being busy receiving prisoners.
The reason why we are nervous is that we can almost say that we have no defensive ability at this time.
You should know that we only have more than 400 people in total, but there are more than 3,000 prisoners who need to be guarded and are still growing. The most difficult part is that it is still late at night, and late at night means that the visual distance is very short, so we
A large number of people had to be arranged to guard the prisoners, guard guns and ammunition, and carry out necessary body searches or resettlements on the prisoners.
At that time, our work assignment was like this. The training company was led by Major Will to guard the prisoners. The sas team members distributed more than 100 people to guard the guns, ammunition, body search and placement work. The rest
More than a hundred people are responsible for defense.
In other words, at this time, only more than a hundred of us were in defense work, and I believe this defense actually did not work at all.
The reason is very simple. More than 100 people in the training company guarded more than 3,000 prisoners, which means that each person had to see more than 20. This is unimaginable in the darkness, even if we have automatic rifles in our hands.
, You should know that the British FN rifle has only 20 rounds of bullet capacity, which means that once the prisoner rebels, we must ensure that each bullet eliminates one and a half of the enemy.
It is precisely because we have to guard these prisoners that our troops are very dispersed. If any Argentine army launches an attack on us and causes a mutiny among the prisoners, then we will not have many of them at all.
Function. Even if most of these 400 people are sas with good military qualities.
In this highly nervous state, we finally waited until dawn, but the dawn did not make us feel relaxed, but on the contrary, we became even more nervous.
"How is the situation?" Brigadier General Clap asked me on the walkie-talkie.
"There are more than 3,500 prisoners!" I replied: "This is beyond our control, and I am not sure if there are people with ulterior motives among these prisoners, so the general..."
At this time, I lowered my voice and said, "If the Argentines find that they are fooled, we will be torn to pieces by them!"
"I know!" Clap replied: "Col. If this happens, I allow you to control it with any means!"
I understand what Clap means, and he is just not concerned about the Neiriva Convention.
But in fact, this cannot be said, because if the prisoners mutiny, they will no longer be prisoners, so there is no question of whether they comply with the Geneva Convention.
But the problem now is that even so, we are in danger here, because we are guarding more than 3,000 prisoners, and on the other side, there are at least 4,000 fully armed soldiers in Port Stanley. I wonder if it will do anything to us.
Ajun who launched the attack...
Whether this "can" or "can't" depends entirely on whether this "general attack" organized by Brigadier General Krapp can deceive Ajun.
"Woo" With the whistling of shells, a ball of fire broke out in Port Stanley again.
But the bombing force this time was obviously not as strong as last night, because there were only three warships involved in the bombing this time... At this dawn, Krapp must be on guard against the Argentine Air Force. It can be said that it is possible to dispatch three warships.
The limit is now.
However, the focus is not on the bombing of these three warships, but on the landing ship escorted by the warships. As mentioned before, these landing ships look like they are about to land and fight.
Almost at the same time, rumbling cannons sounded from other directions.
If others sounded like a general attack on Port Stanley, I knew that these cannon sounds were still far away from us, especially in the north, I almost wanted to rush over and breathe the commander's foot...
Don’t they know how to use 100 mortars with a longer range to create this atmosphere of troops coming to the city?!
Later I realized that it was the reason why the British commander in the north saved 100 mortars ammunition. We should know that supply and transportation on the Horse Island were not easy, especially the shells of 100 mortars with a long range.
They even couldn't bear to fire the shells of the 82 guns... According to their ideas, it was just a bluff, so they could just have a cannon sound, so they exploded with a 60 gun with a range of only more than 1,000 meters.
I almost vomited blood when I heard the cannon sound. As long as the veteran with a little combat experience can quickly determine that the cannon sound is at least ten kilometers away.
But fortunately, not many Argentine soldiers could hear it, which could be seen from the panicked eyes of Argentine prisoners.
Later I realized that this idea was wrong. The reason was that there were retreating artillery soldiers in the garrison in Port Stanley. It was not difficult for them to hear the name in the sound of the cannon.
But the problem is that the panicked Argentine soldiers could not listen to the explanations of the officers and artillery... Even Argentine soldiers would think that this was a trick that the officers and artillery teamed up to deceive them.
This may seem ridiculous, but it is understandable.
The reasons come from two aspects. One is that the officers have lost the trust of Argentine soldiers. Before that, the officers even told them that the British army would not be able to travel a long distance to the horse island, which is 3,000 kilometers away, but they were wrong.
The officers also told them that the Argentine Navy and Air Force would fight the British fleet back, but they were wrong again.
Once the trust is lost, it will be difficult for the soldiers to believe what the officer says.
Another reason is that at this time, the soldiers of Ajun were more willing to believe what they were willing to believe.
People have this laziness, once they have prejudice in their hearts, for example, the soldiers of the A-jun actually wanted to surrender long ago, and this is what we gave them a lie, that is, the British army launched a general attack on Port Stanley and the A-jun
If there is a lie that cannot be kept, then the soldiers of the army are more willing to believe this view.
In short, because they were unwilling to fight, they were more willing to believe that the British army was at the gates and the defeat was decided.
What's more serious is that they think so, not only A soldiers, but also many middle and low-level officers think so, so when five Harriers and more than a dozen helicopters appeared in the sky to participate in the bombing, the Stanley Port was
Ajun completely collapsed.
"Col. Look..." Just as I was thinking about the reaction of the Armenian army in Port Stanley, Major Will excitedly pointed to the direction of Port Stanley and shouted: "Look, they surrendered,
They really surrendered!”
Following the direction indicated by Major Will, I raised my telescope and saw an A-jun soldier holding a white flag on the roof of a few floors swaying desperately. I don't need to say more about what this means.
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At this time, I finally let go of a big rock in my heart. There were other soldiers who were also relieved, and then a cheer sounded around me:
"victory!"
"The war is over!"
"We can go home!"
...
"Col. Incredible!" Major Will held my hand excitedly and said, "You succeeded, you are a genius! I have never seen anyone fight such a beautiful battle!"
"Colin!" Major Hill also held my hand and said, "It was you who ended this war, and I believe that everything you did saved the lives of many people, whether it was from the Argentine army or the British team.
Yes, they all have to thank you!”
"Colin!" Angus also walked up to me and said, "Please accept my apology. There is no doubt that you are an outstanding commander, and you also made me realize that your head is the winner.
The key is that no one can compare to this!"
"Col. General's phone number!" The correspondent handed the microphone to me.
"You did it, Colonel!" said Clap in the microphone: "I just got the news from the Air Force. The Armen in Port Stanley has raised the white flag to us. Colonel, congratulations, you have created a miracle again.
, a Port Stanley with more than 100 people but can defeat more than 7,000 enemies! And I can't believe that all this is true until now. I can't believe that victory came so suddenly and easily,
And all this is thanks to you!”
"No!" I said: "I am just one of them. The victory of this battle belongs to all the soldiers who participated in the battle!"
"You're right!" Clap's voice was obviously forcibly suppressing his excitement: "Sorry, I have to report this to the Prime Minister, I believe she can't wait!"
As soon as I put down the microphone, I was caught by a large group of ecstatic British soldiers, and then I was thrown into the air again and again like I was going upwards.
Of course, it cannot be said that the war has been completely over at this time. After all, Argentina still has combat effectiveness, and this combat effectiveness mainly comes from the Air Force.
But the problem is...
This war between Britain and Arab countries revolves around the Cambridge Island. Now the British army has obviously captured the Cambridge Island and even surrendered the vast majority of the Arkans army on the Cambridge Island. So even if the Argentine Air Force is powerful, it is no matter how powerful it is.
It would be useless. It can even be said that even if the Afghan Air Force could blow up the British aircraft carrier at this time, it would not change this fact, that is, the fact that the Horse Island fell back into the British control.
That is to say, it is meaningless to continue the war... Argentina's defeat is decided. (To be continued...)