Chapter 333: Capture the Falklands
When the British Governor General in the Malvinas Islands ordered the Navy's icebreaker "Endurance", carrying two helicopters and 140 soldiers, to the South Island to carry out deterrence, he did not know that because this decision had angered President Galtieri, who had strong self-esteem, and Argentina's plan was prepared to be implemented in advance.
On March 26, General Galtieri finally made up his mind, and since the incident had happened, he would immediately make a choice that the Argentine people would be satisfied with and take the Falklands by force!
At this time, no country other than Argentina would believe that Argentina would take the Malvinas Islands by force.
The people of the British Empire already have a graceful and luxurious aristocratic temperament, although there is constant news that Argentina may use force against the Falklands, and even the CIA has provided Britain with many satellite photos to prove that Argentina's navy is preparing for war, but Britain laughed it off.
Is Galtieri brain-watering? Attack on the Malvinas Islands? Is it possible?
Argentina may be considered a military power in South America, but looking at the world, it is only a third-rate level, and it wants to go to war against the territory of the British Empire? No kidding.
In this way, the warning of the possible outbreak of war was kicked several times by the bureaucracy and disappeared without a trace, and the British Prime Minister at this time, Mrs. Thatcher, did not receive any news from below.
However, even if they prepared immediately, it was too late, the Falklands were so far away from the British, and there were only a few hundred British guards on the Falklands, if they were to be raided, the outcome would be obvious.
With the sea breeze blowing and the waves gently lapping against the port, José Luis Aparacio, who has only been in the army for a year, clutched the steel gun in his hand and curled up inside a tank landing ship, tonight, they will land on the Falklands!
Although José has only one year of military age, his strong body, skillful combat skills, and accurate shooting have made him enter the Marine Corps, which Argentine soldiers yearn for, and soldiers must dedicate everything to the motherland!
Beside him, Santos, who was also disguised in camouflage, also clenched the weapon in his hand, and they were a little nervous.
Soldiers exist for war, but when war does come, it seems impossible to say that you are not afraid.
However, the risk of their attack this time is not great, and the 40th amphibious formation, which consists of nearly ten ships and thousands of soldiers, can't beat the Falklands, which is only a few hundred people stationed?
The hour hand is ticking past 24 o'clock, and a new day, April 1st, has arrived.
An icebreaker in the back, with several helicopters on board, was ready to take off at midnight, they were the reconnaissance team of the Marine Corps, and they were the first to set foot on the land of the Falklands, and the landing site was chosen at Point Pembroke Rock.
The sky was bright, the sky was full of stars, and the rotors of the helicopter rotated, and under the command of the glow sticks, slowly left the deck of the icebreaker and flew towards the hazy land ahead, and the sea surface rippled, which was the ripples of the air flow disturbed by the rotors of the ultra-low-flying helicopter hitting the sea surface.
At the same time, a conventional submarine of the Argentine Navy was slowly approaching the coastline of the Malvinas Islands, and the frogman squad skillfully emerged from the torpedo tubes and swam towards York Beach.
The two armies successfully landed on the Falklands, and by this time, the British troops on the island were still asleep, and they had firmly controlled several commanding heights.
Immediately, they sent back a signal to the formation.
Brigadier General Menendez, commander-in-chief of the 40th Amphibious Task Force, was very pleased to learn that the two detachments had successfully landed on the island, and immediately ordered the formation to step up its march toward Longke Bay.
It was getting brighter, and it was already past six o'clock in the morning.
Several British soldiers guarding Longke Bay rubbed their confused eyes and prepared to go to the port for a routine inspection.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed soldier noticed that a fleet was approaching on the sea in the distance, and the flag hanging on the flagpole was very dazzling.
Argentine Navy!
As soon as he wanted to return and raise the alarm, he heard the sharp sound of a cannonball cutting through the air, and the guns on the opposing ship had already begun to shoot.
With artillery fire, the 2 battalions of marines made final preparations, and then they began to attack.
The tank landing ship drove to the innermost part of Longke Bay, where the water was deep, and the tank waded directly into the water and drove onto the beach of Longke Bay. In the back, there were other team members who were arriving in the assault boat.
The British soldiers didn't even think about it, looking at the menacing Argentine soldiers outside, their only choice was to run!
Want to fight? No kidding! Just a few of them, can they beat so many people? Besides, they didn't even have live ammunition in their rifles!
José was on an assault boat, paddling quickly, his boat reached the shore first, and then, wading through the somewhat cool water, rushed to the shore.
The scene was very lively, but unfortunately, there was no audience, and there was no opponent, and those British soldiers had already run away.
After disembarking, according to the original plan, the marines quickly captured the pier and airfield.
The two squads that had quietly landed before were ready to kill a few guards at the airport, and then, the tanks drove up, and the airport was easily captured.
After occupying the docks and the airport, the Marines did not continue to advance, but guarded the airfield tightly.
An hour later, amid a huge roar, seven C-130 transport planes, one by one, landed one at a time, bringing more than 3,000 reinforcements and carrying a large number of heavy weapons.
In this way, the Argentine soldiers who captured the Falklands increased to more than 4,000 people, while the British defenders on the island had only a few hundred people, many of them with rifles and live ammunition in the arsenal.
It was a very easy battle, so easy that there was no suspense, nothing vigorous happened, no touching scenes, and the British governor-general, with his own soldiers, surrendered decisively!
José stood on the land of the Malvinas Islands, looking at the seagulls in the sky in the distance, his mood was unusually calm, and history will remember this moment! The great revival of Argentina is just around the corner!
At the same time, the 60th Amphibious Task Force was also on its way to South Georgia Island, and they were carried by one frigate and one supply ship carrying two platoons of soldiers against the island of only 23 people, and the outcome can be imagined.
When the news reached Argentina, Galtieri was very happy and immediately ordered Brigadier Menendez to be the military governor of the Falklands, to take charge of the defense of the Falklands, and at the same time, all kinds of military supplies were urgently transported to the Falklands.
And the new administrative structure of the Falklands was immediately established.
All the television programs and all the radio programs in Argentina immediately stopped broadcasting, and the exciting good news was broadcast: Fellow citizens, Britain has forcibly occupied our country of the Malvinas Islands for more than 100 years, and today, under the wise leadership of our great leader, the President of Argentina, General Galtieri, our Malvinas Islands are finally back in the embrace of our motherland!
Suddenly, this shocking news spread all over the country and around the world.
Argentina is boiling.
Because of all kinds of contradictions caused by domestic inflation, rising prices, and declining employment rates, they are all thrown aside at this moment, and in the eyes of the Argentine people, the president who always wears a military uniform at this moment is so tall, and Argentina needs such a president!
On this day, the whole country was boiling. In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the "Plaza de Mayo" in front of the presidential palace to sing the national anthem, chant slogans and celebrate the victory. More than a dozen political parties across the country unanimously expressed their support for the action of the political axe. President Galtieri's prestige reached its peakGaltieri pushed open the window, looked at the cheering crowd outside, and a fluttering feeling arose in his heart, this war allowed him to successfully get rid of the disgust of the people some time ago, and now, which Argentine is not full of worship for him? This is the country he leads! Argentina just needs a strong political axe!
"President, we have to hurry up and prevent the British from coming from far and wide, especially their nuclear submarines, we lack the means of confrontation." Lombardo reminded.
"Don't worry, seeing our fierce offensive, do the British still dare to come? If you look at the British troops on the island, they didn't even have the courage to resist head-on, they directly chose to surrender, the British are cowards, we don't have to worry about it at all. Galtieri said that in his plan, below, I am afraid that the British should go to the United Nations to complain, and with the American backstage to support him, he has no need to be afraid.
Lombardo is not at ease, although the British have declined, but their strength is much stronger than their own, especially the opponent's attack nuclear submarines, their own anti-submarine means are too backward.
Originally, the eyes of the whole world were still on the Middle East, which is known as a powder keg, and the international news of various countries mainly reported on the course of the Iran-Iraq war, but on this day, all the newspapers and all the televisions were broadcasting one thing that shocked the world: Argentina used force to occupy the Malvinas Islands!
For a time, the Falklands in the South Atlantic Ocean became the focus of global attention.
Everyone is tired of hearing about the Iran-Iraq war, this is a new military war!
Zhang Feng also got the news, which made him a little comforted and a little anxious.
Because Zhang Feng's crossing is like a butterfly effect, it will change the history of the world differently, if that is the case, many of his later military history knowledge will not be used, and there will be deviations, and the famous Falklands War in later generations occurred at the same time as the historical records, proving that his crossing has not affected so much, then, if the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which he is more worried about, also starts on time, it will make him more confident.
On the other hand, the Falklands War broke out, but in his hand, there was only one Exocet missile, how to make money?
It seems that we have to bow to the old woman of the French aerospace company and quickly let the Exocet missiles be shipped to us, otherwise, in another month, France will be forced to save face and announce the suspension of the sale of Exocet missiles, and no one will be able to return to the sky.
(To be continued)