Chapter 782: A Tragic Ending
On June 10, 82, this sea and air battle in the South Atlantic Ocean was destined to go down in history!
Argentina's navy and air force jointly launched a fierce air strike, and Argentina launched nearly 20 Exocet missiles, although these missiles, as the 80 percent hit rate claimed by France, only hit six warships in total, and the hit rate was less than 50 percent, but as long as the warships were hit, it seems that there can only be one outcome. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Except for the warships of the aircraft carrier class, which were able to survive the first attack of the Exocet missile, the rest of the warships below 10,000 tons and merchant ships above 10,000 tons could not withstand the blow of this missile.
The Coventry, Glasgow, and Antrim were all killed by Exocet missiles, as well as two frigates, the Broadsword and the Argo Mariner, while the Invincible-class aircraft carrier still survived despite a Exocet missile. However, it was sunk by the Argentine A-4 attack plane that flew later, and it was rigidly sunk with aerial bombs, among them, an Argentine A-4 attack plane launched a suicide attack! The Atlantic Transporter, an important supply freighter, was also destroyed!
The pilots of Argentina are simply crazy! In addition to the sinking of the invincible-class aircraft carrier, another Athletic God escaped the fate of being sunk, but it was also a lot of bombs, and it suffered a total of nearly ten bombs! The deck was full of wounds, and carrier-based aircraft could no longer take off! At the same time, the Antelope and Zealous frigates were sunk by aerial bombs! The Plymouth, the Arrow, and the Agile were damaged by aerial bombs!
In this sea and air battle, Britain sank and wounded more than a dozen ships, accounting for more than half of the main combat ships of the British special task force! In particular, the destruction of the Invincible-class aircraft carrier, which is the core of the formation, is a heavy blow to the British Navy!
And after the sinking of the Invincible, other warships continued to search and rescue the soldiers who fell into the water, but among these people, no trace of the supreme commander of the fleet, Admiral John Federhouse! Now, the entire fleet has been temporarily taken over by Rear Admiral Woodward.
The British Sea Harrier fighters, in this air battle, were also shot down six!
If you look at it from this point of view, the British Navy was a complete defeat, however, throughout the battle, the resolute counterattack of the British Navy also dealt a heavy blow to the Argentine Air Force! In particular, the A-4 attack aircraft, which launched an attack on the ship by Argentina, were shot down more than two dozen units! Only half of those who can return smoothly account for it!
However, this battle was finally a victory for the Argentine side! The British Navy has lost its combat capability, and they are no longer able to attack the Falklands!
On this day, the whole of Argentina, boiled again! When the Shelfield was sunk, they boiled, but then, the Argentine 10,000-ton cruiser was sunk, and the Argentine Super Flag fighter was destroyed by the special forces, which silenced the Argentine people, and at that moment, they thought they were going to fail!
And now, Argentina has finally won again! This victory was hard-won! The sacrifice of more than 20 pilots was paid for the destruction of a dozen British warships and merchant ships! The number of British casualties far exceeds their own! The haze of the past has been swept away, and everyone is full of confidence in the future.
Argentina is invincible!
At the presidential palace in Argentina, it was even more joyful, with Galtieri holding his glass high and saying to a guest: "Thank you very much Mhammad, for we would never have achieved such a result without you." ”
The victory of the battle is directly related to the bloody battle of the pilots, however, the coordinates of the British sea formation were accurately determined in advance, the air refueling, the secret jamming pod interfered with the launch of the British's Sea Mark Bridge missiles, and several hired pilots did not leave after throwing the Exocet missiles, but took the air-to-air missiles and fought a big battle with the British Sea Harriers to cover the surprise attack of their own A-4 attack aircraft group. Moreover, the tactics of going around in circles and attacking from the other direction were all put forward by the hiring of pilots.
Without them, the victory would still be on the Argentine side, but the price to be paid by Argentina would certainly be even greater, and now, Galtieri knows it all too well.
"Mr. President, we are very sincere, and at the same time, we also hope to cooperate with you in more aspects." "In addition to selling arms, we also do a lot of normal business," Mhammad said. ”
Galtieri nodded: "Yes, we also plan to cooperate with you in more aspects, such as offshore oil drilling equipment, etc., we can buy from you." ”
Of course, Galtieri knew what the other party meant, but now, he still didn't want the other party to get involved in the sovereignty of the Falklands, but in return, buying the other party's equipment was also a kind of compensation, right?
"We have some other goods that are coming into the South American market, and we hope that you can lower the tariffs." Mhammad said.
Other products? An Iraq, a country rich on oil exports, with almost no manufacturing, where is there a commodity to say? However, Galtieri knew that behind Mhammad was not Iraq at all, but the Soviet Union. I heard that the Soviet Union's electronic products were good and cheap, and I am afraid that the other side wanted to get these things to South America. In the past, it was all a market for the sale of goods in the United States, but now, for Argentina, whoever buys is buying, and this requirement can also be considered.
"You can go and coordinate with our business department." "This requirement can be met," Galtieri said. ”
Mhammad raised his glass in satisfaction: "Thank you, President Galtieri, for your victory over the British. ”
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On the Atlantic Ocean, the sea breeze blowing in seems to carry the smell of gunsmoke. The just-concluded sea and air war has made many people feast their eyes at the same time, but also a little surprised.
What the? In the end, the invincible class was sunk by a bomb? The most awesome anti-aircraft weapon of the British is actually an automatic rifle to shoot in the air?
"Now that the British have been crippled and the battle should be over, General Andrei, is our fleet also planning to return to Bandar Abbas?" Viktor, the captain of the USS Soviet, asked Andrei.
From beginning to end, the side was watching the battle, and sent early warning aircraft to monitor the entire air battle, but the Soviet Navy never made a move, which is somewhat regrettable.
If you do it, send the MiG-23K, carrying supersonic anti-ship missiles, an aircraft carrier enough to sink the British! Moreover, with a range of hundreds of kilometers, the British's Sea Harriers will definitely not have time to intercept at all, and their own side will be able to complete the attack process!
"Of course it's not yet." Andrei said to Victor: "Now, the real battle has not yet begun, the good show is still to come!" (To be continued.) )