Chapter 856: Army Red Deer

"No, they are all old imperialist countries, and this battle is so big. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoArgentina absolutely can't afford it. "Defense Minister Ustinov, still does not believe that Britain has fallen into decline to the point that even Argentina cannot clean up. The most optimistic estimate is to see how much the British Royal Navy still has.

"I'm just going to talk about it casually and see how the British Royal Navy's air defense standards are." Serov smiled and did not answer.

The British naval air defense standard of the Falklands naval battle is simply a sieve, even the air force facing Argentina is this virtue, and the backfire bomber group facing the Soviet Red Navy is the Soviet naval aviation dispatch, and the British Royal Navy will be completely wiped out, and there will be no second result at all.

As a result of this war, the French Exocet became famous, and by the way, let the world know that the old imperialist countries had become what they are now. A more serious consequence was that the Soviet Union was deceived. The Soviet Union compares it with the level of the second oldest in NATO, and thinks that imperialism is nothing more than that. It turns out that NATO is not as strong as it seems, in fact, Britain has declined to the extreme, and it is definitely a huge mistake to use Britain to compare the United States and feel that the United States is like this.

In principle, the Soviet Union and the entire socialist camp sat on the sidelines, sitting and watching the old imperialist expedition with a neutral attitude, after all, how much combat capability Britain has now can only be tested by real war.

However, in the vast majority of predictions, many still believe that Britain will not have much effort to push Argentina to the ground, after all, the name of the old imperialists is still a bit bluffing. As long as Britain could guarantee the supply lines to the Falklands, Argentina would not be able to win anyway.

For the second leader of NATO, whether it is the Soviet Union or other countries in the socialist camp, they all look up to it, at least much higher than the Netherlands and Belgium, and it is generally believed that after Britain arrives at the battlefield, it will feel that it has a great advantage, and then press it down. No one thinks Britain will be beaten out of the GG.

"At the current size of the Royal Navy, as long as a light aircraft carrier is sunk, it is equivalent to defeat. In a few years, we will not want to cooperate with the United States to make trouble for us. Serov shouted at a meeting of the State Defense Committee, "Even if the ship renewal program is quickly passed, it will take time for an aircraft carrier to go from being on the slipway to being launched." ”

"I wonder if we fight in place of the British, we can occupy the Falklands in a few days?" The Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Ogarkov, was a very interesting person and always came up with some interesting ideas.

"If we start from Chile and use Cuba and Angola as air bases, then we don't have to fight a naval war at all." Serov pinched his finger bones and said lazily, "Let's see how much time we can take to send the British Expeditionary Force to the bottom of the sea instead of Argentina, this idea will be more interesting." ”

"General Political Commissar, you are right!" The Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Ogarkov, thought for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face. This idea is more worthy of discussion than the idea he proposed.

Rear Admiral Woodward of the British Expeditionary Force Task Force looked calm, and his heart was also uneasy about this war, and the British Expeditionary Force was the weakest in centuries. Once upon a time, Britain actually needed a 20,000-ton Invincible-class aircraft carrier as the main force of the fleet? Was it the First World War when aircraft carriers were just invented?

"General, the radar has detected the fighter approaching!" The report startled Rear Admiral Woodard, but he immediately relaxed, at least he knew that this was a place out of reach of Argentina. Now my nervousness is almost the same as that of the Second Fleet of the Russian Empire during the Russo-Japanese War, but fortunately I didn't do the stupid thing of sinking a neutral ship in the Atlantic.

Soon the task force figured out the nationality of the fighters, and Rear Admiral Woodward couldn't laugh even more, and the Soviet Tu-95 strategic bombers, strategic bombers, did not hide at all, swaggering over the British Royal Navy. This behavior upset Major General Woolward even more, which reminded him of the Russo-Japanese War at the beginning of the century. Britain had banned the Imperial Russian Navy from supplying the British colonies along the way, and now the Soviet Union came to harass the British Royal Navy with hostility, as if it had been yesterday. It's just that the status of the two sides is different.

"If it's the combat radius of an aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, we need to get into it with a certain amount of risk, but if it's the Royal Navy? Their air defense capabilities are far less terrible than what they blow out, and besides, the pitiful combat radius of the Harrier fighters, what can they use to resist the Granite? I don't know the preciousness of life. "In Moscow, thousands of miles away from the British task force, Serov drew a few pictures of the idea of the Soviet Union replacing Argentina.

If it had been the Soviet occupation of the Falklands, now the Falklands would not be a problem at all, because Argentina would have recognized the Falklands as part of the Soviet Union. Isn't it just that three years ago, Britain's last conventional aircraft carrier was decommissioned, and Galtieri thought there was a chance?

In fact, Britain has exhausted all its efforts in this Falklands war, and even made full diplomatic preparations, but Serov believes that Britain's losses in the Falklands are not enough. It is not enough for all countries to despise the combat effectiveness of NATO, so that the United States does not dare to go into battle to confront the Soviet Union on its own for a while. This year, Brezhnev will be dead, at least for this period of time, and the United States must not be allowed to seize the handle.

There is another consideration, that is, the political structure of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was able to come to power entirely because the Labour Party was divided, but although she successfully came to power, the current political situation in Britain is not over. In addition to the Labour Party, Britain also has a very powerful British National Union of Trade Unions, and it took another two years for Margaret Thatcher to bring down the remnants of the British General Trade Union, and at the same time wanted to talk to China about the colonial problem.

The former Margaret Thatcher took some time to succeed, and the latter, Britain, who tried her best in the Falklands but won the difficult Britain, how could she scare China, and no Chinese would be frightened by such a weak Britain.

If Mrs. Thatcher of Britain and General Galtieri of Argentina were to die together, wouldn't the Soviet Union be beautiful, anyway, these two people have only one thing in common, that is, they are pro-American. If there is a second one, it is anti-Soviet, but the second common denominator is strong and weak, and this is also the opportunity for the Soviet Union to disgust the United States in Latin America.

However, the outbreak of this war was a little late, several months later than in history. If it still lasts in the same time as history, it may hit the date of Brezhnev's death.

This year's October Revolution Festival has already begun more than a month in advance, and at least in any respect, no one can find the meaning of the Soviet Union's preparation for a war on the Falklands. This is not a big day, if the Uzbek Communist Party has already arrested more than 30,000 cadres.

But this was decided by Brezhnev himself, and I wonder if it was the economic report on the size of the US economy that gave the great leader the idea that he had to celebrate. Now Komsomolskaya Pravda is emphasizing that this is a year of decisive significance, a year that will change the world pattern, that the crossover between the Soviet Union and the United States has appeared, that a decisive reversal of the situation is imminent, and so on.

This was originally a report for the Soviet Union's own amusement, but it was immediately reprinted by the British and American media, and it is no wonder that Britain and the United States paid such attention. The main thing is that if this is a deception, the Soviet Union has too much money to do this time. Komsomolskaya Pravda personally appeared to sing praises to Brezhnev, and the leaders at all levels unanimously said that under the wise leadership of the great leader, surpassing the United States was just around the corner, so that the United States, which had Reaganomics at a critical moment, also began to believe that the Soviet Union had begun to catch up with and surpass the United States in terms of economic strength.

After all, in more than 20 major industrial indicators, the Soviet Union surpassed the United States. Many of the American people, who lacked confidence in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, believed that the Soviet Union was already stronger than the United States. As for military strength, the members of the Pill Party in all countries are unanimous, and the enemy will always be stronger than themselves.

The self-congratulatory attitude of more than 200 million people in the Soviet Union has infected many Americans on the other side of the ocean, and has put a lot of pressure on US President Ronald Reagan, who is at a critical moment, believing that if Reagan can get through the difficulties, he will definitely find trouble with the Soviet Union. But now, he also needs to be careful to get through the sensitive period now.

This is why Reagan wanted to mediate the conflict between Britain and Argentina, and now is not the best time to use force. But once Britain made up its mind, Reagan still had to continue to support it. Let General Galtieri understand that he is not surnamed Zhao.

By mid-October, the RAF was moving up to Widiawick Air Force Base on Ascension Island in the Atlantic, including McDonnell Douglas Ghost FGR.2 fighter-bombers and 44 Squadron Vulcan bombers, as well as a fleet of Triumph air tankers. At the same time, the Royal Navy task force arrived in the waters of Ascension Island to prepare for war. A small unit has been sent to the front line to recover South Georgia.

Without much effort, the British Expeditionary Force discovered the Argentine Navy's submarine, the Santa Fe, which was spotted by Royal Navy helicopters and placed under depth charge. Seventy-six British troops landed on South Georgia, and soon the Argentine defenders on the island surrendered without a fight, and the British recaptured South Georgia.

"Huh? Didn't I remind the Argentines that the British Army was not weak? Hearing this intelligence, Serov had to stop the summary report on the significance of the October Revolution Day, and temporarily stop patting Brezhnev's sycophants. He knew about the Argentine Army red deer, but he didn't expect such a waste.