Chapter 1584 Occupation of the Presidential Palace

The landing force in La Plata had two components, the mercenaries made up of Nepalese, and the Rhodesian armored brigade, because somehow the Zambezi River was the equivalent of a boundary river for Rhodesia.

So the Rhodesian Armed Forces themselves were equipped with a not insignificant number of amphibious combat vehicles, which they were equipped with, with technology derived from the British-built Beetle amphibious vehicles of World War II.

To put it bluntly, the Sailfish amphibious vehicle was not used by the UK itself, and the general indicators were not a major problem, but rather, as with many weapons, lost out to their American counterparts, the worst of which was the scale.

So the end of the World War, the destination of the A-fish amphibious vehicle became a problem, Alan Wilson left one to do the exhibition after the start of these bereaved dogs to do marketing.

The Fish Amphibious Vehicle then disappeared from British soil and became an important asset to the armed forces under Grace’s command, who continued to make improvements on their own.

The Royal Rhodesian Armored Brigade in the amphibious vehicles began their sprint to La Plata Beach right behind the Nepalese mercenaries in the landing craft.

The two brigades, with a total landing force of fifteen thousand men, managed to land in La Plata under the cover of the Royal Air Force, especially with the added security brought by the main guns of the guided missile battleships.

There were times when one had to admit that artillery was just more intuitive than missiles, and when confronted with straight-hooked barrels, the Argentine soldiers were reluctant to test the power of the British main guns with their own flesh and blood.

“Leave control of the city to the Nepalese, our target is Buenos Aires.” Colonel Albert, who hated to just leak out his two eyes, carried out the ethics of an obedient and good son, and since his father had said that he could not take off his flak jacket even in his sleep, he was prepared to do just that.

The task of clearing La Plata of Argentine stragglers was not in his sights, the future star of the British Army now had only one objective, to launch a surprise attack on Buenos Aires.

There was no doubt that a ground war was about to kick off, and even if it was a ground war, Britain would have to practice the operational core of air-ground warfare, and that was where the cover of the Mountbatten guided missile battleships ended, and in continuing onward, there could be threats that could not be seen, and there might be mines.

The Tiger helicopter gunships from the Centaur class carriers shared with the RAF the task of covering the ground forces’ advance and clearing obstacles for Argentine ground forces along the way.

At this point, the Argentine soldiers on the mainland can not be expected to fight, like their compatriots in the Falkland Islands in the Falkland Islands, to make the choice to understand the times for the wise.

Fighting on home soil is not the same as fighting overseas, after all, and for the Argentine Army, which has been bombed for a month and morphed into a mere ground arm, helicopter gunships are a total killer.

Just as Saddam’s army was passive in the desert, a plains Argentina is likewise a favored combat ground for helicopter gunship groups, wherever they are, than deep valleys and dense forests of Southeast Asia.

La Plata made progress at the same time, Mar del Plata, as well as other landing sites British armed, also successfully landed, Mountbatten Marshal has only one, has been arranged to a good Dahl landing site, the other landing sites of the troops do not have this condition, but three-dimensional airborne, using helicopters around the back of the way has already been practiced in the recapture of the Falkland Islands, the other landing forces is not a problem for the other landing forces.

The RAF naturally maintained a high frequency of bombing to create the conditions for the landing forces, as well as distributed airborne drops behind the landing sites to create the illusion that Argentina was already surrounded.

Argentina was located in Latin America, completely behind the free world, and the entire country’s military system was far from that of European countries. The Argentinean government believed that Britain would forcefully attack Buenos Aires, and the previous bombardment seemed to confirm this, but in reality, Britain was bluffing, and headed straight for Buenos Aires Another convoy of ships, though large, were empty ships that had already been unloaded, and had been enlisted to make false intelligence.

As previously planned, it was actually the 7th Armored Division that was to conduct the landing operation here.

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, and likewise a coastal city, coastal cities naturally have weaknesses, that is, insecurity, the simplest point, the coastal city must have a side by the sea, even if the attacking enemy does not care about the coastal side, just surrounded on three sides, people can not live in the sea.

The landing force in Mar del Plata harbor is a little further away from Buenos Aires, the landing force here is from Malaya, it is integrated by the soldiers of the two main nationalities, almost two forces fighting on the other side of the earth, it is impossible to look at each other like they usually do, the Argentineans don’t care if they are close or not.

The Southern Armored Brigade had to conduct a circuitous encirclement after landing, so they didn’t dare to delay, this one armored brigade with mainly Chinese soldiers was a heavily armored unit, the Centurion tanks were slightly inferior, but the Argentine Army’s weapons were not as good as the Centurions.

Under normal circumstances the army should have enough say in the general country even if its status is not important.

Even in the United States, there are still marines as a stepping stone, but the whole of the Americas have the United States such as a leading brother as an example, other countries naturally follow the example of the Argentinean three armies of the fighting force is the standard air, sea and land of this sort, from one hundred and eighty-seven after the year of the Argentinean Army does not have any combat experience.

Even the Argentine Army’s steel helmets were produced and installed only after the United States had authorized them, which was like the operation of a regular public German helmet division posing as a German armament division.

In addition to the troops at these two landing sites, the immobile 7th Armored Division, which had been drawn from the Heinrichtungsgruppe before the war and was expected to be highly effective, was still floating at sea.

Expeditionary Command in a long time to consider, or can not let this ace unit risk, this is the ace unit stationed in Germany, as long as we have to wait until the other troops have favorable news to move out.

Knowing that the landing operation has been launched, far away in London Alan Wilson fidgety, ground war is different from other, this is sure to appear casualties. He did not know that the 7th Armored Division was decided to wait, at this time there are two overseas subjects of the troops involved in the ground combat, the only participation in the war of the local troops, is within the airborne in the two paratroopers battalion in Buenos Aires eighty kilometers west of Buenos Aires.

He wanted to know that his son had participated in the war, the Expeditionary Force Command also left a hand at the critical moment, will certainly go to the Ministry of Defense to the Chief of Defense Staff Peng Yingwu strangled to death, if not for Field Marshal Mountbatten you can do the chief of staff of the National Defense Staff, is this how you repay our family?

The prime minister, who temporarily got rid of his low approval ratings, also saw that the cabinet secretary general was distracted and took the initiative to ask, “Is it worried about the current war situation.”

“Worried about my son’s safety as well, those two points don’t conflict.” Alan Wilson dragged his head with one hand and smiled breathlessly and bitterly, “If something happens to Albert, Pamela might divorce me.”

Wouldn’t that be better? Although Mrs. Thatcher thought so, she immediately felt that it was wrong to think so, but she didn’t have a good word to say, “You’re really willing to let your own children front the front line.”

“You think I’m you, letting my own children hide away.” Alan Wilson squinted at the Iron Lady and replied nonchalantly, “To be honest, I’ve always doubted the Tories’ loyalty to Britain. There’s no way that the Labor Party could actually surrender to the Soviet Union, and the Tories can’t really be accurate about the United States.”

You? Mrs. Thatcher would have liked to retort, but there was no way to talk about it, who let this cabinet secretary general really sent his children to the front line.

From the Expeditionary Force Command inside and outside the different, left a hand on the command, the supreme authority’s worry is justified, he does not know now, but a day later still know, sitting in front of the British Chief of Defense Staff Field Marshal Pang Yingwu, do not speak or walk, just staring at the military No. 1 figure to think about life.

“The 7th Armored Division has landed today. It’s always a wait and see.” Marshal Peng Yingwu uncomfortably explained that Buenos Aires was the capital of Argentina after all, and it was normal to think securely.

Marshal Peng Yingwu did not explain that the reason why the 7th Armored Division was out again was because Buenos Aires was already in turmoil, after the fire of war reached the mainland, the Argentines could no longer act as if they were as calm as they had been before, and the news of the landing forces in the ports of La Plata and Mar del Plata, which had begun to advance towards Buenos Aires, had come in.

The citizens of Argentina’s capital and largest city are full of worry. Those who dare to stay in the war zone are in the minority, and seeing their homes in the midst of war, even the citizens of the capital know that this is not the time to puff out their chests, and that it is only right to walk away.

The chaos in Buenos Aires was clear to even the British airmen scouting from the air, so what were they waiting for if they didn’t land now?

But compared to other troops who had already landed a day earlier, the 7th Armored Division was already acting late, safety was now safe, Buenos Aires was already in chaos, but this chaos as much as it disrupted the 7th Armored Division’s route of advance, and they couldn’t shoot indiscriminately at the citizens who were like headless flies.

“I’ve seen the Rose Palace Argentine flag.” Albert wore a steel helmet on his head and gazed ahead with binoculars.

The extra day had put him in the most advantageous position ahead of the other troops, and the mood was like that of the German soldiers who saw the spires of the Kremlin in nineteen forty-one.

Rhodesian armored brigade in a day of brilliant results, in the Tiger helicopter gunships cover, killed nearly a hundred Argentine officers and soldiers, at the same time captured five thousand and five hundred people, all the way to Buenos Aires, at this time, only the last step of the long march is left, as long as his troops will be the rice flag in the Argentinean presidential palace to raise, it will be a successful conclusion to the war.

“I can burn it if I can’t.” Knowing that there was no time to lose, Albert ordered a strong attack on the Argentine presidential palace, and the battle for the presidential palace was far less intense than expected, and two hours later, the beige flag was raised at the Rose Palace, and as for the key members of the junta, including Galtieri, they had long since disappeared to who-knows-where.