Chapter 127 Decoy(1/2)
After making these preparations, we can only wait for Argentina's attack in the "difficult" waters of Argentina's fighter jets.'
The "difficult" sea area mentioned here refers to the sea area that is as far away as possible from Argentina and not too far away. As mentioned before, this distance of sea area can be as acceptable as possible to compress the combat time of Argentina fighter jets to the British fleet.
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The benefits of doing this are obvious. On the one hand, it can reduce the losses of the British fleet as much as possible, and on the other hand, it can also reduce the alert range by half. The reason is that Argentine fighter jets cannot launch attacks from the direction far away from Argentina.
... They don't have that much fuel to go around a big circle.
Of course, the possibility of launching the Flying Fish missile from that direction is also vague, which makes the British fleet focus their searches on a single direction, that is, towards the Argentina.
However, I don’t know why, we waited for the rest of the world, and Argentina never launched an attack on our fleet.
"Maybe..." Clap said with a frown: "We should get the fleet closer to Argentina. The Argentines must have thought that we were too far away and it was too difficult for them to attack, so they gave up!"
It makes sense that Clap would think so. After all, Argentina fighter jets had suffered such losses several times before. The Harrier fighter even achieved an absolute victory with a huge advantage of 11 to 0, that is, the Harrier fighter shot down
11 Argentina fighter jets were killed and killed.
In fact, this is still the number when the war is not over. What I know is that the results of the Harrier fighter at the end of the battle were 21 to 0.
This also made the Harrier fighter famous internationally, and many countries rushed to buy Harrier fighter from the UK because of this battle.
"I don't think it's the reason!" After thinking about it, I replied: "I don't think even if we bring the fleet close to Argentina, they won't launch an attack!"
"What's the reason?" Clap's face was puzzled.
"They are waiting!" I said: "In Chinese words, it is to 'wait for labor'."
"Oh!" Krapp couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "What the Colonel means. Are they waiting for us to land on Horse Island?"
"Yes!" I said: "First of all, if you wait, it will be beneficial to Argentina but not to the British army. As you said before, winter will soon arrive, and this sea area will soon be filled with cold waves and storms.
, even if our aircraft carrier was not sunk, we had to withdraw our troops."
"So the Argentines are not nervous at all!" said Clap. "They are just waiting for us to attack the Cavaliers!"
"That's right!" I said: "Once we launch an offensive against the Cambodia, we start landing operations, then there are many benefits for the Argentine Air Force, because when we land, the fleet must be close to the Cambodia and
Warships and fighter jets implement fire cover on landing troops. This will shorten the combat distance between Argentine fighter jets, thereby increasing their combat time. On the other hand, there are also Pukara fighter jets and the army's air defense firepower on the island of Cabernet.
In combat, this will undoubtedly make up for the shortcomings of their lack of combat time in combat to a certain extent!”
"You're right!" Clap agreed: "So, unless we start landing on the island of Horses, they won't attack us, and our fox plan won't succeed!"
"I think that's true!" I said.
The initiative at this time is actually in the hands of the Argentines, and I have to admit that they did a good job in this regard.
"The conditions on the landing battle are already ripe!" Clap said with a frown: "But..."
Although Krapp didn't finish his words, I knew what was going on.
You should know that if the aircraft carrier is protected during landing operations in this case, the danger will undoubtedly increase. Because this is not only a problem for Argentine fighter jets to gain many advantages, but also the fleet's strength is dispersed.
Problem... No matter what, the landing operation requires fire protection with the warship's naval guns and missiles. It also requires Harrier fighters to seize air supremacy or conduct air-ground coordination over the landing forces. This is undoubtedly the main force protecting the aircraft carrier.
Half gone out.
So can this ensure the safety of a real aircraft carrier?
But there is nothing we can do about this, because the fleet can't just wait like this, because the result is that it will face the cold currents and storms of winter.
"What does the Colonel think about this?" Clap then asked.
"We have a saying in China, "How can you get a tiger's son if you don't enter the tiger's den?" I said: "This means that there is no business that can make money, and of course there is no risk-free battle, and reality is often high only if there is high risk.
Reward. Just like we are now, it is basically impossible to easily trick the Argentines into shooting two flying fish missiles that can almost determine the outcome of the war!”
"It's right!" Clap nodded: "And if we start landing operations according to the intentions of the Argentinians, they will think we have been fooled and will not even think about whether we have a back-end.
It will also make it easier for them to fire flying fish missiles when they find fake aircraft carriers!"
"Well!" I didn't expect this. It seems that Clap is also a careful person.
"So!" Finally Clap made up his mind and said, "We should take this risk, and we have to take it!"
So the login operation was quickly put on the agenda.
It is no longer difficult for the British army to land on the Cavaliers. The reason is that the use of BBC games made the Argentines believe it. Judging from the reconnaissance situation of the reconnaissance forces, the Argentines not only did not go to San Carlos.
The port has increased its troops, but it has transferred a group of troops from Port San Carlos to Port Stanley, which has left only 500 troops in Port San Carlos... Sometimes I really don't know what the Argentinians think.
Such an important port, and even if the airport and radar station on Pepur Island were destroyed, will do so.
But then again, there is a saying that "the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear." As bystanders, we may think that the Argentine Army is really stupid. But if we were in that environment, we were still full of war panic
Maybe the same thing will be done under conditions.
So all we have to do now is just face the five hundred Argentine soldiers in Porto San Carlos.
Perhaps it was because of the previous underestimation of the enemy that the Sheffield was lost, and now Clap does not take it seriously because of the insufficient troops in Port San Carlos.
On the contrary, he made a detailed landing plan for the terrain of Port San Carlos and the enemy's troops.
As for where these detailed information about the Port of San Carlos came from... there is no need to say more, it is the reconnaissance team sent by SAS.
This happened on the night after the sas bombed the island of Perpur. Lieutenant Colonel Kent personally led a hundred sas team members to sneak into the port of San Carlos in batches by helicopter. They were divided into more than a dozen groups, some hiding.
In the jungle, some lurk in the snow, and some simply put on the makeup and live in the homes of the residents of the Horse Island... You should know that most of the residents on the Horse Island are immigrants who speak English from the UK.
So this is not a problem at all. The residents also expressed their welcome attitude towards the arrival of these special forces. Even when there was no danger in the British soldiers landing later, the residents of the Horse Island Island took the initiative to help the British soldiers get ashore.
So in just two days, Lieutenant Colonel Kent got a clear picture of the situation in Port San Carlos, such as the number of troops, the distribution of troops, the location of ammunition depots and important military targets.
At this time, the Argentine garrison at Port San Carlos not only knew nothing, but even naively thought that the British army's target was Port Stanley rather than Port San Carlos.
If this battle has reached this point, will it still have to be fought?!
But even so, Clap still dared not take it lightly.
I agree with this, because this landing can only have one chance, and the fleet needs to protect aircraft carriers. Therefore, the number of warships and Harrier fighters that the landing force can provide is only single digits...
This was a decision made by senior British generals after discussion, because they believed that the focus of this battle was to deal with Argentina's most likely attack on aircraft carriers. In terms of landing in the Port of San Carlos... they believed that due to the victory of strategic deception and
Special forces can completely make up for the shortcomings in fire cover.
Therefore, in the plan, sas once again took on important tasks in this battle.
First, more than a hundred team members lurking in Port San Carlos, disguised themselves as "shepherds" and quietly boarded the Port San Carlos. Their targets were fuel tanks, ammunition depots and radar stations on Port San Carlos.
Then the remaining three hundred sas landed in the rear of the Port of San Carlos by helicopters at the beginning of the war.
It can be imagined that once the war begins, the Argentine troops stationed in the Port of San Carlos will be immediately attacked from multiple sides.
When I saw this plan, I knew that Porto San Carlos was finished.
As expected, when the battle started at dawn, the Argentine troops in the port of San Carlos almost did not form an effective defense and brought this important port to the British.
This is not to say that these Argentines are not brave in fighting. You should know that when they are unprepared, they are first of all, the ammunition depot, the fuel depot and radar station were bombed, and the British army has interfered with them with electronic interference and cannot contact reinforcements. Then they come from
There are several attacks in front, back and in the air... No one knows that it is meaningless to continue this war.
In fact, this is also the plan of Clap and Woodward and others... Didn't the Argentines attempt to launch an attack when the British landed and the troops were dispersed? Then if the British could use lightning speed to cover up the Argentine Air Force before it could react
Having ended the occupation of the port and gained a place on the island, it would undoubtedly weaken the Argentine Air Force's advantage to the greatest extent.
It was obvious that this did catch the Argentine army off guard, because the Argentine army did not react until half an hour after the British army captured the Port of San Carlos.
"Look!" Clap couldn't help laughing: "The Argentines are obviously angry about being fooled by themselves. They may be accusing each other of their poor command now!"
But I don't think the Argentine army would be so simple. The reason is that if the Argentines were beaten to pieces, their performance should be a panic sending troops... It is obvious that this result would be worse.
However, the Argentines did not do this at this time. In other words, they were likely to calm down and plan how to clean up the mess next.
It should be said that Argentina still has a chance to win at this time.
First of all, the British army had not yet gained a foothold in Port San Carlos... At this time, although a considerable number of infantry soldiers had landed in the British army. At this time, the sas team members did not include the sas team members, and had five infantry battalions landed in Port San Carlos and constructed them urgently.
Fortifications.
The battle of the beach is indeed dangerous. But the battle that gains a foothold after the successful beach is also dangerous... At this time, the British army's large-scale equipment and supplies were all on the supply ship without having time to unload it. However, the Argentine army had a large number of artillery soldiers on the island.
, infantry and tanks.
If the Argentine Air Force then cooperates with air and land, that is, the Air Force is responsible for attacking the subsequent reinforcements of the Port of San Carlos, that is, cutting off the supply line of the British fleet to Port of San Carlos. On the other hand, the infantry has absolute equipment and force.
If the advantage attacks the Port of San Carlos, then the British troops on Port of San Carlos will be finished... Behind them is the sea, and there is no place to run even if they want to run.
This is also the reason why the British army rushed to build fortifications as soon as they got the Port of San Carlos.
But the Argentines didn't do that at all.
I believe this is because the Argentine army on the Cabernet Island is not reliable. Although they had an absolute advantage over the British army in port San Carlos at this time, they had no courage to launch a campaign against the British army at all, although they had no courage to launch a military force and equipment.
attack.
So the only one who came in the end was the Argentine Air Force.
"General. I discovered that the target was an enemy aircraft group and was flying towards us!" The correspondent's report quickly made everyone in the command room nervous.
"Prepare for the battle!" Clap immediately conveyed the order.
So the air defense alarm sounded on the warships soon, and the sailors ran to their combat posts one by one like a hundred meters race. The Harrier fighter jets also emerged from the air and faced the enemy planes.
To be continued...