Chapter 1573 – A National Hero

Allen Wilson, who was off duty, only divulged the news with his wife, who had returned to the mainland, during dinner, “Does Galtieri, as a general, really not take the British military power seriously?”

Hearing his wife’s words, Allen Wilson was silent for a moment and said, “Perhaps, this remarkable general, who is an engineer by trade, believes that it would be advantageous to Argentina from the point of view of engineering difficulty. But more likely, believe the promise given by the United States, after all, in the Americas, the majesty of the Americans is still believable.”

In the original time and place, the vague policy of the United States could have made Galtieri think, let alone in this world, where the United States had promised Britain in Frankfurt that it would give Argentina enough hints.

Pamela Mountbatten couldn’t understand the matter, but without understanding it, she didn’t care, and asked directly, “Since Argentina is dependent on the United States, what is the bottom line for the Americans.”

“A small lesson to Argentina is what Washington would be most happy to see. But this intensity of combat is of no great use to Britain. Once we enter a state of war, it is essential to fight out a beautiful result. Expanding the scale of the war would be liable to pressure from the United States, but does ……”

Alan Wilson filled his stomach, blew on the bowl of hot soup, and said with a mouthful of retort, “Simply put, Argentina must be the target of Britain’s heavy hand this time.”

Pamela Mountbatten was still in the middle of thinking, the head of the family’s sentence directly made the richest woman explode, “I have always opposed Albert’s enlistment in the army, and now, since I’ve come across this matter, there’s nothing I can do about it?”

“There’s nothing you can do? You want to send my son to war?” Pamela Mountbatten directly changed her face, the couple in decades rare like a cockfight before the United Kingdom into combat mode, fierce accusation, “How can there be no way? What troops to send, it’s still your word? Besides isn’t there a way to keep the child on the mainland.”

“By ways, do you mean dumb ways like failing a medical report? Or to fake a physical defect? All the way to colonel, now you have a defect, how did you join the army before?” Alan Wilson did not want to argue with his wife, but slowed down his tone and tried his best to convince the richest woman that everything was under control.

But this time it didn’t seem to be working so well, Pamela Mountbatten was adamantly opposed to being PUA’d over her son’s well-being, “As long as I’m around, don’t you dare try to use your son’s life to sell your reputation.”

“What do you mean by selling your reputation? There is still such a thing as patriotism in this world, and want to enjoy superhuman treatment without any risk at all, how can there be such a good thing.”

Alan Wilson angry, not only did not change his mind, but also directly further, “not only Albert must go to war, your friends who usually surrounded around, what dukes and counts of the children, I will one by one to find them out, this time the war one can not run away.”

“War kills, and anyone who goes into battle is in danger. The upper class in England during World War I knew this intimately.” Pamela Mountbatten said with a look of disbelief.

“That was someone else’s war, not one I planned. You watch, dare not say zero casualties, but definitely not a large number of casualties, Argentina kind of Latin American countries, and our kind of countries at the forefront of the Cold War gap is all-encompassing, regardless of the number of people, the world’s third army is the Federal Republic of Germany.”

Alan Wilson has made up his mind, no matter what Pamela Mountbatten says is useless, even if he sleeps on the sofa today!

The supreme authority in the sofa sleeping overnight, do not change the attitude directly to work, the richest woman this time to say anything is useless, to Whitehall Allen Wilson to return to Thailand not two months of Albert to send a message.

The next step before heading to 10 Downing Street to report, the Argentinean side of the situation, this time is already April 1, Mrs. Thatcher was informed of the movements of the Argentinean Navy, directly, “Why not report yesterday.”

“There is no reason why we should be informed of movements on the Argentine side, can’t we still get the Argentine Navy out of harbor. So it was probably a false alarm. Furthermore, after repeated weighing, there is no need to react now, even if it is Argentine soldiers boarding the island, we have to look at the movements within Argentina. Only then can we judge what kind of reaction we should make, otherwise, what if we just finalized the battle plan on our side and the Argentines ran away? There’s not much to gain politically, especially for you, Margaret.”

“But? The opposition parties will not use this to make trouble.” Mrs. Thatcher was rarely unsure, after all, it was a matter of possible war between two countries, and the Iron Lady had even neglected to address the Secretary General of the Cabinet.

“According to the speed of navigation, it is nothing more than a day’s time, and it is normal for this time to be less responsive. No country can be expected to be able to do the early warning of the whole world. Certainly not in Europe, if you had such a speed of reaction in Europe, something would go wrong.”

Alan Wilson objected to any substantial British reaction while the voyage was underway, not only should we wait until the Argentines landed, but we should first watch what kind of changes would occur within Argentina after the landing, if hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to express their loyalty to Galtieri, it would be a sure thing.

With this public opinion, it can ensure that Galtieri will not dare to hit his own face, and sell out the inherent territories that have already gotten their hands on, so that the British side can make preparations with ease.

“Is this okay.” Mrs. Thatcher was a little hesitant, while Alan Wilson said that he would give firm support behind him no matter what, and that the best thing to do was to respond to changes with no changes.

“In any case, with the comparative military strength between Britain and Argentina, the advantage is mine.” Alan Wilson was full of sincerity, he knew that the Iron Lady was under a lot of pressure at this time and was in need of him.

The only thing of importance in the Argentine military was the air force, which was the most modern and combat-capable of the Argentine military forces, with a high quality of pilots and an overall strength second only to that of Brazil in Latin America.

Argentina’s main equipment includes: seventeen Mirage 3 interceptors; thirty-seven Short Sword fighter-bombers procured from Israel; forty-five A-4B/C Skyhawk attack aircraft; and ten obsolete Canberra bombers. “Canberra bombers.

The notorious Super Flag attack aircraft, which belongs to the Argentine Navy, is a mediocre aircraft, mainly due to the miracle of Argentine pilots, but there is little to commend it in itself, although the French Flying Fish missiles should naturally be emphasized.

The current British, only the head of Whitehall and the head of the Cabinet of two people know the movements of the Argentine side, and launched a discussion, Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister is now not only low support, and even has been a long time to look down on, only the Caltieri affected by the economic downturn? The Iron Lady was just as affected.

Alan Wilson of course has a way to deal with the problem of unemployed people, but to emigrate out of the country once the economic upturn cycle, the labor force has gone, the United Kingdom can not be out of thin air to turn people out of the present life will have to be time to grow up, so he can not help the Prime Minister in order to eliminate the unemployed population to pull up the approval rate.

This war was as much as he was looking forward to, except that the two men had different expectations of the war, and Allen Wilson spoke more directly, “Draw the 7th Armored Division from the Rhineland Group if necessary.”

The British 7th Armored Division, nicknamed the Desert Rats, was a famous British armored unit during World War II, due to its outstanding performance in the North African campaign. In this world has always existed, and did not go on the old path of divisions to brigades, and now is still in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, once it touches the land war, of course, this ace unit should be pulled out.

This is not the same as Mrs. Thatcher’s heart anticipation, can not help but blurt out, “How far are you going to take the war, but also mobilize the British army in Germany?”

“How must not put together a hundred thousand British expeditionary force.” Alan Wilson said to himself, “I also want to know if the British army can still fight after so many years from the World War. But don’t worry, it will be supplemented by other troops, not all of them will be used on home soil. It’s important to let the Argentines know that distance is not an issue. It’s fine to expect the US to mold a good diplomatic environment, but ultimately the war is ours to fight, and the Americans can’t be relied upon.”

Britain must be ready to fight independently, rather than relying on NATO as a collective to jointly defend against the Warsaw Pact, and if it can be proven that Britain can wage war independently and win, at least Britain can prove that no matter what country it is faced with, the British can proudly stick out their chests and not open their mouths to talk about the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.

After this conversation, Mrs. Thatcher has been convinced, at least superficially, that nothing will happen today.

And in the distant sea of the South Atlantic, Argentina’s troop carriers are heading towards the heart of the inherent territory, the purpose of this landing force is to amphibious landing force of three thousand people, by superior force to overwhelm and encircle the few Royal Marines and local police stationed on the island of Ma, and to force them to surrender in order to minimize needless casualties.

After the successful occupation, the prisoners of war and the inhabitants of the island should be deported; the occupying forces should complete their withdrawal to their original positions within forty-eight hours.

On April 2, Argentine soldiers landed on the Falkland Islands, outnumbering the British settlers on the islands, and in the face of this situation, the Chief Executive, Rex Hunt, showed a flexible moral line and announced the surrender of the Falkland Islands on the grounds that “it is difficult for 1,800 civilians to reason with an army of hundreds and thousands, backed by a large navy. ”

The Argentines at once hoisted a huge Argentine flag on the island as a sign of the change of ownership of the islands, and many of the soldiers burst into tears, proud that they had been able to take part in this just cause.

The news reached the capital city of Buenos Aires, where every patriotic Argentine puffed out his chest with pride, and eleven opposition parties and labor unions declared their support for the just cause of the national hero, Galtieri.

The citizens of Buenos Aires filled the streets to honor the great General Galtieri, and the celebration spread throughout Argentina.