Although the commander of the navy was also angry at Princess Madeleine's lion's mouth, he was even more resentful of the Minister of Finance's fanning the flames, and besides, as a military commander, he knew what the consequences would be after defeat.

He interrupted the Minister of Finance and said, "Mr. Minister, you have gone too far and have nothing to do with this war. The time when the Spanish occupation of us was long gone, what does it have to do with the current Princess Madeleine? She now works for the IIC, of course, for the benefit of the IIC. What is a Merchant? It is the people who make profits as much as possible, since there are conditions, they naturally report the price to a higher place, the higher the better, what's so strange about this? People take risks and don't make more money to go back, do you think she's God, who came to relieve us from suffering? Since she quoted the price, let's talk to her and negotiate the price. She is in business now, and we are also in business, and we will not owe her favors in the future, which is not necessarily a good thing. ”

The Minister of Finance asked rhetorically, "Then what do you mean by accepting her exploitation?" There was originally a layer of sarcasm on his face, but thinking that the other party was a powerful naval commander, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and quickly hid his sarcastic look.

The commander of the Navy did not answer him, but said to President Galtieri: "Mr. President, we cannot afford to lose this war." Whether it's our Argentine state, the government or us personally. I personally recommend that you continue to negotiate with her. ”

Before President Galtieri could speak, the Minister of Finance said, "What's the big deal? It really doesn't work, we announce the withdrawal of troops, and the Falklands continue to be occupied by them. When our army is strong, we will take it back. ”

President Galtieri was speechless for a while at this economic expert, financial expert, and political idiot, who, in Chinese, is standing and talking without back pain: Isn't this a disguised statement that we don't measure ourselves?

President Galtieri pressed his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet for a while.

When everyone stopped talking, he said: "We still have to buy missiles from her, but we must reduce this outrageous price." Now that the war has just begun, we are not in a hurry. Wait two days. In the past two days, I will arrange for them to have a good time, and don't talk to her about buying missiles, and when she can't help but talk to us. Let's talk about it again. ”

Just as President Galtieri announced the dissolution of the meeting, the deputy commander of the Air Force stood up and said, "Mr. President, I have received a Chinese warning. ”

Everyone was stunned. President Galtieri was even more surprised and asked, "What did he warn us?" ”

"He drew the attention of our cruiser 'General Belgrano' to anti-submarine warfare, and he said that British submarines were now looking for our warship, saying that they would sink it at any cost," said the deputy commander of the Air Force. ”

Several people were shocked, and the naval commander asked eagerly: "How does he Chinese know?" ......, the British really want to sink it at any cost? They shouldn't know where it is, right? ”

The deputy commander of the Air Force handed a note to the commander of the Navy and said: "He said that the British already knew that our cruiser 'General Belgrano' had just departed from our naval base in Ushuea, ready to sail for the Southern Theater of Operations. They even knew that the task force, with the cruiser General Belgrano as its flagship, also included two destroyers, the P-Bernard and the H-Bogaard. ”

The commander of the navy turned pale and said angrily: "There are spies! There are spies! We in Argentina ...... and must ...... Have to....... I had to personally arrange for them to prepare for submarines and take my leave. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he ran out of the conference room.

Don't let him talk in a slurred manner when he leaves, as if he has no master of the six gods. In fact, he kept his senses in anger, and he wanted to say that there were spies in our Argentine naval base. It must be strictly investigated, but the words came to his lips and he held back, and then fled in anger.

Because he knew that if he said this, President Galtieri would be very pleased, and would immediately order his intelligence agencies to strictly scrutinize the navy, and it would be nothing if these intelligence agencies really only caught spies. The most fearful thing for the naval commander is that the president's eagle dogs will arrest and even execute his loyal subordinates in the name of catching spies, and those who promote those who follow the president closely will have to regret his death as a naval commander when the time comes.

The high-ranking officials present listened to the warning from China and lost their temper because the cruiser "General Belgrano" is a symbol of Argentine maritime power. Together with the aircraft carrier "25 May," another second-hand large ship, it is known as the two main forces of the Afghan Navy. In order to keep up with the pace of the times, the Argentine Navy has carried out two modernizations and modifications after buying it back from the United States, in which the equipment that can no longer be used by seaplanes has been removed, and the "Sea Cat" anti-aircraft missiles have been added, and only the power, artillery, sonar and other systems have basically remained the same as when they were bought from the United States.

In this war to recover the Falklands, the cruiser "General Belgrano" was used as the flagship of the Afghan expeditionary force, and while completing the task smoothly, it also showed that the old ship still retained quite good maneuverability. Now the media is still promoting its exploits and boasting about its performance.

If the British team really sank it, not only would Argentina's naval strength be weakened by a third, but more importantly, Argentina's confidence would be undermined and the Argentine navy would lose face.

In the previous life, Argentina was still wishful thinking that the British would back down because they were not ready for war until the British team hit the door. On the main Falklands, the defenders under General Menendez did not even have enough food to store, the air force lacked bombs, and half of the navy's ships could not go to sea to fight.

After the cruiser "General Belgrano" was sunk by a British submarine, the Argentine Navy was so frightened that it hid and gave up its naval supremacy.

To put it to the extreme, if the British dispatch of a large army has already decided the strategic defeat of Argentina in this war, then the sinking of the cruiser "General Belgrano" in the previous life has determined that Argentina has also lost tactically.

The warning that the deputy commander of the Air Force just said was naturally obtained by Luo Xi from Guo Zhuocheng and then forwarded to him. Guo Zhuocheng had not studied the Falklands War in his previous life, but he still knew that Argentina had a large warship purchased from the United States that was bombed by the British. As for the specific warship and the specific date of the bombing, Guo Zhuocheng did not know, but with this information, he could ask the intelligence department and Luo Xi and others through guò, and he could reverse it.

There are two reasons for him to disclose this information: First, he asked the Argentine military bosses to remember the kindness of the Chinese in reporting the message, so as to help the senior officials reduce their bad feelings about the high-priced sale of missiles, and at the same time hope that Argentina will continue to strengthen the defense of the Falklands in accordance with Luo Xi's construction. The second reason was the hope that Argentina would reduce its losses, that the cruiser "General Belgrano" would not be sunk, or that the sinking time would be postponed, so that the morale of the Argentine army would last a while longer, and that more British soldiers would be eliminated before surrendering.

President Galtieri said loudly: "Our cruiser 'General Belgrano' is a lucky ship, it cannot be broken or sunk, and no matter how capable the British are, can they be as powerful as Japan was in its heyday?" It didn't sink in such a sinister environment as the Second World War, and now it will be sunk by the British? No! ”

Other high-ranking officials excitedly echoed each other, saying one by one that this warship would definitely be able to avoid the sneak attack of the British submarine, and that it would be able to defeat the British ship and make new contributions, which would make the British Navy fearful.

If you don't know the history of the cruiser "General Belgrano", after listening to the words of these high-ranking officials, some people will definitely say that these high-ranking officials are all YY, they are cheering themselves up, and they are comforting themselves. But if you know the ins and outs of the cruiser "General Belgrano", you will not think so, and you will have the same idea as these high-ranking officials:

The origin of the cruiser "General Belgrano" is indeed very extraordinary. It was originally called the "Phoenix", launched in 9 years, with a standard displacement of 10,000 tons and a full load displacement of 14,000 tons, belonging to the Brooklyn-class fleet cruisers of the United States, equipped with five twin 52-mm guns, three seaplanes, and a speed of 0 knots.

In World War II, this cruiser was called a lucky ship in the US Pacific Fleet. On February 7, 94, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, and the "Phoenix" was the first 10,000-ton ship to rush out of the port. At that time, the US battleship "Nevada" was also wounded and tried to break out of the fire, and the "Phoenix" cut the anchor chain one after the other and left the berth, but they were immediately discovered by Japanese aircraft. In the fierce battle, the "Nevada" was hit by several (explosive) bombs, and the water ingress too much, and it was forced to sail to the shore and run aground, but the "Phoenix" rushed out with incredible agility in the water column forest caused by the Japanese bombs, like a fairy possessed by a fairy, and was unscathed.

The USS Phoenix served as General MacArthur's seat ship throughout the Pacific War, and participated in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamashiro in the Surigao Strait. The ship has participated in many battles and has been injured many times, has been hit by aviation (explosive) bombs, torpedoes under the sea, eaten naval artillery shells, and finally been patronized by kamikaze drones, but it has been carried by it and has become an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.

With the end of World War II, the USS Phoenix, like many American ships, was decommissioned. In 950, the ship was sold to Argentina by the United States for $1 million for scrap metal, and the total cost of subsequent refits was only $5 million. Argentina originally named the ship "October Victory", which was soon renamed "General Belgrano".

It became one of Argentina's two 10,000-ton giant ships.

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