Chapter 1579 – Existence Fleet

“Spirit atomic bombs don’t kill people, but we have to be careful of Argentine retaliation, we don’t want to test the effectiveness of shield ships in the middle of modern naval warfare until it’s absolutely necessary.”

The so-called shocking news came, Alan Wilson remained calm, the cruiser was ultimately an emergency product built during World War II, it may have been more symbolic for Argentina, but not for Britain, it should be Britain who should be careful after sinking it instead.

Especially the task force that took on the capture of Tierra del Fuego, a fleet that maneuvered in the direction of the South Pacific, does not exist in history, is no war example for him to refer to, everyone hopes that everything goes well, but war is always a variety of accidents.

Alan Wilson, in his capacity as secretary-general of the Joint Intelligence Committee, conveyed the judgment of the strength of the three Argentine armies, especially the air force should be focused on getting attention. In the midst of a great victory, more caution should be exercised at this time, and should wait until the far-flung task force was close to Tierra del Fuego before making the next round of attacks.

“That is to say, hold off on landing on the Falklands.” Although Marshal Peng Yingwu was already the number one figure in the military, he was obviously not as cross as the other General Peng. At the critical moment, put my Great Britain own country’s situation here in the best possible way, since the head of Whitehall thinks that we should be slow and steady, that’s definitely right.

“We’re playing it steady in order to get a pretty result in the end. If the General Belgrano sinks this time, it will be exchanged for the Argentine Navy not daring to leave port. We can land on the Falklands anytime we want.” Alan Wilson explained, “It’s just a matter of whether we want to or not, and in that case, there’s no rush for a day or two.”

No-Shane remembers with authority that two days after the sinking of the General Belgrano, an Argentine fighter jet sank the British destroyer HMS Sheffield with a single shot from a French Flying Fish missile.

There is no British destroyer of this name in the 82nd destroyer series, but there is a Purple Quartz, which is an unlucky name, but Argentina should not be able to sink it because it is not in the Atlantic, it is in the Pacific in the task force.

The result of the sinking of the Admiral Belgrano was that the Argentine Navy, with the exception of the submarine force, completely withdrew from the theater of operations, and sat back and watched as the British gained control of the sea in the waters of the Isle of Man. The Conquistador became the first nuclear-powered submarine to sink an enemy ship.

This news came naturally happy British citizens, after all, is the first record of nuclear submarines in modern warfare, the U.S. Pentagon also attaches great importance to this battle example. The conclusion reached was that the British were unethical and had sunk the Argentine warships, which had not entered the blockade.

That’s how Americans are, lenient in favor of themselves and strict with others; the British were being unethical by doing so, and when they created the Tokyo Bay incident themselves, it was a desperate response.

After the nuclear submarines built, according to the instructions of the wartime Cabinet, the British Expeditionary Force entered a period of preparation, this time in the nuclear submarines to maintain the blockade line at the same time, the protagonist belongs to the British ocean-going fleet, a variety of required ammunition transported to the island of South Georgia, the strategic transport aircraft are also stationed on the island, it is clear that the next stage is the recapture of the Falkland Islands.

The military personnel of all countries, including the Pentagon, thought so, but this was not the aim of Alan Wilson, and the professional opinion discussed with the Ministry of Defense was to do as much as possible to capture Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands at the same time, and then use this as a base to launch a strategic bombing campaign against Argentina, land in Buenos Aires, and then declare the end of the war.

If all went well, by August, Britain could declare a unilateral victory and end the war, a strategic objective that not everyone could understand.

At least John Nott, the Secretary of State for Defense, had concerns about the landings, “Will the United States intervene?”

“I would obviously be lying if I said there was no chance of that at all. But a firm attitude from the wartime cabinet is needed. It has come to a point where Britain cannot afford to be hasty, and the support of the government will not allow it, and it is essential, for the sake of the ruling party, that the war should be as brilliant as possible on the basis of what exists. The fact that Buenos Aires is a coastal city helps us.”

Alan Wilson calmly explained, “By announcing the withdrawal of the Argentine capital as soon as we had brought it down, we were maximizing the benefits. If the Argentine capital had been inland, none of this suggestion should have been made, a consideration that was informed by the two border wars in Asia in 1962 and three years ago, which were two very clever border wars.”

“It is very clever, even cunning, to create maximum results with a high-intensity but short-lived offensive, and to declare the termination of the war at this point in time when the objective has been reached.”

Even just facing the consequences of not seeing the good in India is scary, Allen Wilson does not believe in what New Delhi has been close to the soft text, really deep inland is not so.

This strategy is very British, in the nineteenth century war, at least in the East, the British Expeditionary Force is very good implementation of the policy of not deep inland.

A British mistake on this issue would be an example of total annihilation in Afghanistan, so his point, which was well understood by the cabinet ministers, was just that the biggest obstacle to landing and completing the occupation of the Argentine capital was not on the battlefield, but rather in how the Americans felt about it.

Being able to withstand American diplomatic pressure was the biggest difficulty Mrs. Thatcher faced, and Mrs. Thatcher knew it, and perhaps for a short time she had to sit back with her good comrade Reagan and watch the possible deterioration of relations between the two countries.

After the other ministers had left Ten Downing Street, Alan Wilson reached out and grabbed the Prime Minister’s hand muttering with concern, “So cool, Margaret, maybe the US won’t turn against Britain at this point.”

“What, thrown out by Pamela to run here and offer her services?” Without a trace, Mrs. Thatcher drew her hand back from your Cabinet Secretary and said in a businesslike tone, “Work time.”

Mentally, the Prime Minister is telling herself that she must never give the wrong signal to the other side that she can rekindle an old flame after many years, and that this kind of ambiguity must be given the sternest possible warning.

The framework has been formulated, the only problem is the troops landing in the Falkland Islands, Alan Wilson suggested that the use of the Gurkha Brigade is the best choice, the Gurkha Brigade soldiers who grew up on the roof of the world, to a certain extent able to resist the climate close to the battlefields of Antarctica, on the contrary, the Malaya Garrison does not have the ability to do this, the local soldiers are all grown up in the tropics.

It is like Fukangan attack on Nepal, but also from Heilongjiang to recruit soldiers, fighting in the alpine region, can not solve the high at least should think of a way in the cold above.

With the growth environment in the alpine region Gurkha Brigade as the landing of the Falkland Islands troops, more appropriate than other troops.

During this period of calm, Britain is using its still powerful shipping capacity to transport all kinds of weapons to the recaptured South Georgia. And using South Georgia as a base to scout the Falkland Islands, this important task of course, the Galileo navigation system in space can also do, but by the Warrior strategic bomber converted to electronic reconnaissance aircraft to do it, is not more able to let the Americans see it.

Surface strictly neutral, secretly more concerned about the direction of the war than anyone else’s Pentagon, finally found the highlights of the war, Britain’s maritime power is impressive, there is no doubt that the United Kingdom still maintains influence in the hot spots of Eurasia, still have the ability to provide logistical support for the expedition.

“Were the British prepared to trap the Argentine defenders on the island?” This question quickly became the centerpiece of discussion in the Pentagon, but immediately this basis for discussion was overturned. The depletion of the British would be absolutely staggering if a prolonged siege were to be adopted.

And with more than a thousand British expatriates on the Falklands, it would have been a big blow to Britain’s international reputation to have given the depleted Argentine soldiers some big news. So along with the British expatriates starving to death is not an option the British would use.

Are we forgetting the problem that the task force in the South Pacific is approaching Chilean waters, and this time the two fleets assembled by Britain are about to make a rendezvous.”

“The British forces out there were already huge, but in the news they are even bigger, the Argentine Embassy says that there are rumors in Argentine folklore that the UK has drawn up the entire Rheinland Group and sent out its entire air force, ready to fight Argentina to the death.”

“It’s also partially true, nearly half of the naval force, there are hundreds of various fighters on South Georgia alone, but unfortunately there is no record of the Typhoon’s engagement, a fighter that the military industrial complexes have rated very highly, especially McDonnell Douglas. Even the Rafale fighter exceeds the Argentine Air Force in terms of performance, and if there is an air battle, we will be able to judge how much Britain can crush in terms of air superiority.”

In the South Atlantic a mountainous atmosphere, with the guided missile battleship Mountbatten Marshal and Centaur aircraft carriers, Bastion and Rodeo God as the core of the special protection fleet, finally approached the Drake Passage close to the Atlantic Ocean waters after the task force’s vigilance obviously rose to a higher level.

The anti-submarine helicopters aboard the Centaur carriers, moreover, were kept on reconnaissance at all times to prevent Argentine submarines from avenging the death of the Admiral Belgrano, which had already been buried in the ocean a few days earlier.

Almost simultaneously, the main fleet, which had been staying at Ascension Island, hoofed it out of the harbor and also officially set sail south, as if the time was ripe to retake the Falklands.

“The foundation of South Georgia is so poor that it really should retake the Falklands sooner.” A large cotton suit Albert, also in accordance with his father’s words inside wearing body armor, looking at the local climate is obviously uncomfortable Rhodesian soldiers can not help but sigh, Yugoslavians or not resistant to freezing, if the East Slavs certainly do not have this problem.