Chapter 1319 Mastering the Rhythm of War V
The Secretariat of the Community of South American Nations (COMLAC) announced to the world that, in view of the outbreak of the Second Falklands War, all the waters from eastern Venezuela to the southernmost point of Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, were classified as a military restricted area for navigation, and that commercial and fishing vessels would not be allowed to enter or leave until the end of the war to avoid danger.
The Argentine government announced that in order to strike at the British Navy's shipping routes, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the south, the Argentine coastline in the west, the southern waters of Brazil in the north, and the St. Helena Islands in the east, this area is a war zone, and all ships may be attacked by the Argentine Navy before the war ends.
"Modern naval warfare is mainly long-range attacks and precision strikes, testing the level of radio technology and guidance capabilities of both sides, and the two sides cannot see each other's entities in battle, using anti-ship missiles to destroy enemy ships at a distance of several hundred kilometers, and even if they attack with torpedoes, they will be launched from dozens of kilometers away."
"Britain is a global military power, but also an old developed country, its own detection and guidance technology is quite powerful, there is also the intelligence of the US military behind it, we are supporting Argentina in terms of technology, in fact, this naval battle, mainly the three of us on the technology of the competition." Denis said with a smile.
"Due to the surprise attack on the Falklands by Argentina, the British Royal Navy had to change its battle plan and follow our steps, and the huge mixed fleet in the modern world is simply unable to hide its whereabouts, and it is ironic that you can know their general location just by the news media reports."
"There are no British military bases in the whole of South America, and it is impossible for France to agree to British entry into French Guiana, and for a distance of more than 12,000 kilometers, the British Air Force is in a hurry, and the fighter units cannot reach the Falklands to participate in the battle, which is a fatal flaw."
"The Royal Navy's two Invincible-class aircraft carriers are only loaded with 30 Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters, 24 Shield Guardian 1 roadbed fighters, 12 F-15 Eagle fighters and 24 Shield Defender-2 fifth-generation multi-role roadbed fighters, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great." Hunter said.
Among the fighters of the same class, carrier-based fighters will definitely not be able to beat road-based fighters, this is the most basic military common sense, aircraft carriers cannot be compared with air bases, whether it is bomb load, load capacity or fuel load, the gap is very large.
The Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter belongs to the third generation fighter, the F-15 Eagle fighter belongs to the fourth generation fighter, the Shield Defender-1 roadbed fighter belongs to the fourth and a half generation fighters, and the Shield Defender-2 multi-role fighter belongs to the fifth generation fighter.
The U.S. Navy has a Super Hornet that can be leased, but the flight deck of the Invincible-class aircraft carrier is not equipped with a steam catapult, and the Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft cannot take off at all.
"This time, fortunately, we have sent an additional paratrooper brigade to assist in the operation, otherwise the Argentine Marine Corps and the Army Rapid Reaction Force may not be able to fight the elite of the British Army, look at this configuration, the Challenger-2 main battle tank, the Samurai infantry fighting vehicle, the scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicle, the FFV432 armored transport vehicle, the AS-90 155 mm self-propelled howitzer, the M270 multiple rocket launcher, the Apache armed helicopter, the Gazelle armed helicopter and the Bobcat helicopter, the standard modern combat mode."
"The tactical ability and military quality of the British army are indeed high, although they suffered heavy losses from large-scale bombing by strategic bombers, they were dispersed into multiple squads in a very short time, and used the destroyed buildings to form a defensive network that relied on each other, and the landing marines were repulsed three times, more than 200 soldiers were killed, and the aircraft carrier battle group had to use battleships to continuously shell Port Stanley, which simply opened a passage." Thompson sighed.
The reason why the British government has continuously reduced the number of troops and reduced military spending year after year, is still the world's top military power, this is not without reason, the British army, which has been tempered by the battlefield, is still a strong enemy of the armies of various countries, they have rich experience in actual combat and advanced equipment, are proficient in modern combat methods, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they have also taught the mercenary corps a good lesson.
"Pass my order, transfer my four deep-sea ghosts, Alpha-class attack nuclear submarines, Akula-class attack nuclear submarines and Victor-class attack nuclear submarines, two of each model are also transferred, so many nuclear submarines are idle in the base, it is purely a wasteful act, simply use this naval battle to exercise our actual combat experience, test our upgrades, whether we can cope with the monitoring of the navies of major countries, anyway, the other party does not know that the enemy is us." Wu Chen stared at the satellite pictures and said.
The rise of the mercenary corps is a miracle, and the nuclear submarine force is even more miraculous, through the unscrupulous acquisition of resources at the end of the Cold War, up to now, the mercenary corps nuclear submarine force has become the world's largest nuclear submarine force.
There are more than 100 nuclear submarines, the total number of which is more than the total number of nuclear submarines of all countries in the world combined, and the quality and degree of modernization are also quite terrifying, not only nuclear submarines in service, but also spare nuclear submarines, which even the US Navy envy.
But the use of this thing has limitations, the mercenary navy does not have so many military operations, the aircraft carrier battle group does not go out to patrol much, and the nuclear submarine has no use, basically according to the training plan, every year outside the sea areas of various countries, and the various naval bases are stationed back and forth in turn, in the most direct words, it is idle egg pain.
Every year, the Navy Command invests huge sums of money to upgrade and maintain attack nuclear submarines, always maintain them in the best condition, and be able to fight and win when called upon.
All countries in the world believe that mercenaries do not have strategic nuclear submarines, and even if they were bought in the past, they were converted into cruise missile nuclear submarines or attack nuclear submarines, such as the Triumph ballistic missile nuclear submarine in France and the ten Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines in the United States.
The number of strategic nuclear submarines in the world is really small, and there are only six Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines in service, and as for the 15 Atlantis-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines that were secretly manufactured, they have never been seen in the outside world.