Chapter 134: Rescue (4)
Of course, this matter should be contacted by Clapp, because if this battle is fought as I planned, it will require the cooperation of the Navy and Air Force, and it is obvious that these resources and command are not within the reach of Lieutenant Colonel Barker.
On the other hand, this aid plan does not seem to be very numerous, only a company in the hands of Major Will, but it is not small, so it also requires Clapp's consent.
But I don't think there's going to be much of a problem with that, not that Clapp believes in me so much. Of course, I think that after working with Clapp for so long, there are indeed factors in this regard, after all, from the beginning of this war, what I built or predicted has become a reality, which will undoubtedly give Clapp a kind of inertial trust.
However, I think more importantly, because the situation on the battlefield leaves Clapp with no other choice.
You must know that at this time, it was the British special forces SAS that were trapped in the Argentine encirclement, and if this force was annihilated by Argentina, the blow to the British army would be unprecedented, and even in a certain way, it would inspire the soldiers of the Argentine Army and the determination to resist.
This is undoubtedly important.
I think one of the most important reasons why the Argentine Army is so incompetent is their lack of self-confidence.
After all, Britain is an old imperialist and a military power, and although it is now in decline, it still has considerable prestige in the international community.
So from the very beginning, the Argentine Army felt that this was a war with no hope of winning...... The reason why they dared to occupy the Falklands was only because they thought that the British army would not start the war by crossing 13,000 kilometers for a small island with little strategic value and few resources.
If you think you will lose in this way, you are psychologically vulnerable, especially in a country like Argentina...... Although Argentina is a Latin American country, it is the closest Latin American country to Western culture. The reason is that eighty-five percent of the country's immigrants come from Spain and Italy. The official language is also Spanish.
In this case. Argentines naturally have the idea of Western countries: "There is no need to sacrifice one's life for a meaningless war", and another way of saying it is "there is no shame in surrendering, as long as you do your best".
But the phrase "as long as you do your best" is difficult to give a quantitative standard, for example, a recruit who has never been on the battlefield, even as long as he hears gunshots and cannons, he will be scared half to death, from this point of view, this is also beyond the limit of what he can bear, does that also mean that he can surrender and claim that he has "done his best"?!
Especially at this time. That is, the Argentine army has been completely defeated in the navy, and the air force has not been able to achieve the expected strategic goal after suffering heavy losses, that is, after the naval and air war has been completely lost, the Argentine army on the Falklands really has little hope of victory.
Because it is conceivable that the British army has obtained air and sea supremacy over the Falklands, then it can completely blockade the sea and air traffic of the Falklands, making the Falklands an isolated island. This meant that the Argentine Army on the Falklands had to withstand the blows of the British naval, land and air forces independently without reinforcements and supplies.
In this respect, it is understandable that the Argentine Army has historically surrendered en masse without much resistance.
But from the eyes of me, a Chinese soldier, the Argentine Army is too incompetent.
The first is that the supply situation was not as bad as the Argentine Army thought, because the British army did not have many Harriers that could be used to block air transport. As mentioned before, the Harrier had to fight the Argentine Air Force during the day. At night, it will be difficult to completely blockade the air transport line of the Falklands, and there are only more than 20 Harrier planes in total, and it is necessary to avoid the gap in air supremacy being carried out in two batches, and the blockade of the air transport line will be inadequate.
In fact, in the historical battle of the Falklands, the air transport of Tsushima on the Argentine mainland was never interrupted at night.
The second is that the Argentine Army actually has many opportunities to win, such as launching a counterattack when the British army has just landed and has not yet gained a firm foothold, and for example, taking advantage of the characteristics of the British army's inability to fight for a long time, it is divided into pieces and scattered its troops to various parts of the Falklands to conduct guerrilla warfare...... You must know that this Falklands Island is more than 12,000 square kilometers, and the strength of the British and Argentine armies is only more than 10,000 people, that is, the average is less than one soldier per square kilometer. In addition, the terrain is very complicated, and it is very complex with islands, seas and rivers, which is undoubtedly an excellent location for guerrilla warfare.
On the other hand, as long as the Argentine army can hold out for another month or two, and when the cold snap and storm of winter come, the British army can be said to collapse without a fight.
So all in all, in the words of our Chinese soldiers, it is the problem of the Argentine Army's "weak will to fight", and if this battle is fought by Chinese soldiers, I am afraid that without the use of the Navy and Air Force, the British Army will not be able to eat and walk away.
However, it is also because of this that Clapp needs to worry: what will be the result if the SAS, the most elite unit of the British army, is surrounded and annihilated by Argentina, and the morale of the Argentine army and the confidence to fight the British army are aroused?
This is most likely the reason why Argentina sent special forces at this time...... The Argentine special forces were actually used as ordinary troops at this time, but they had the effect of boosting morale and leading the whole army to fight bravely.
To put it simply, SAS must be rescued, even at the cost of a battalion or even more troops. It was at this time that I came up with the plan that only one company was needed, so it would be strange if this Clapp would oppose it.
As expected, it didn't take long for Clapp to hear back.
"Colonel!" Clapp on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "Although I know that you have always been bold and innovative when making plans, I still didn't expect you to make such a dangerous plan." But after careful discussion and study with General Woodward, and the fact that this plan is indeed feasible and the only feasible plan we can think of so far, are you ready? ”
"Yes. Checkmate! I replied.
"Then execute!" General Clapp continued: "I will personally command the air forces and the surface fleet to cooperate with you. At last. Thank you for your contribution to the UK. I'm sorry I have to say it at this time, because I'm worried that there's a good chance I won't get the chance to express my gratitude to you again! ”
I know what Clapp means by that, that is, there is a good chance that we will die on the battlefield.
I just smiled at that...... As far as I was concerned, I had fought the Vietnamese devils and the Soviet devils, but I didn't really take the Argentine Army seriously, although I knew that I would have to face more than 7,000 enemies.
It's a strange feeling, because if you seriously analyze this battle, it's no less dangerous than any previous battle, but it's hard for me to take the Argentine Army seriously. Later, I learned that it wasn't just me, but Scar and other Chinese soldiers as well. This may be a kind of psychological contempt!
Plans were soon underway.
The first thing to do is to reach out to SAS to pass on the details of the entire program to them and communicate the necessary information.
After all, this plan is mainly aimed at the rescue of the SAS, and it can even be said that the SAS is still the main force in the process of fighting out the artillery positions of the Argentine army until reaching the safe coastline, so it is quite necessary to contact them to understand the situation, assign tasks, and communicate with them about possible problems with the plan.
It is not difficult to do this, and the communication equipment carried by SAS as a special force of the British army is quite complete, but we are worried that the Argentine army may eavesdrop on the communication process...... After all, the headquarters of the Argentine army in the Falklands is in Port Stanley, plus they also have special forces on the No. 1 and No. 2 heights, so it should not be surprising that there will be any eavesdropping equipment.
So we had to communicate in the telegram with a cipher, which was very unpleasant to be honest, on the one hand, because the words had to be as short as possible. On the other hand, after sending a sentence, it is necessary to wait for a long time before there will be a reply, because one of them needs to be translated from Chinese to English. Then convert it into code, send it, and receive it...... The process of finally converting it into Chinese before it reached my hands made me and the current commander of the SAS, Major Hill, go back and forth for more than an hour before we finally reached a consensus.
The second preparation to be made is to find more than 100 sets of Argentine army uniforms.
This can be said to be the easiest one, not to mention the Argentines who surrendered so far, there are thousands of them, and the military uniforms, ammunition, and food seized in the warehouses where the British army passed can be said to be innumerable.
This also shows that the Argentine army on the Falklands is not short of supplies...... Thinking about it, I also know that they are not lacking, the British task force has been arriving in the waters of the Falklands for more than a month, that is to say, the Argentine army on the Falklands has more than a month of preparation time, and they have hoarded a large number of supplies on the Falklands, but in fact, they have not played any role, but they have only surrendered after a few small battles or symbolic resistance in individual areas, so it is strange that there will be no supplies left.
It is commendable that while the Argentine army occupied the Falklands, the people of Tsushima did not commit any crimes.
It is also said that an Argentine officer gave orders to his men to use rifles against the people of the Falklands if they resisted. As a result, the officer was immediately transferred back to the Argentine mainland and brought before a court-martial.
Of course, I believe that the Argentine army did this because there was not much historical grudge between Argentina and Britain before that, and because for a long time both Argentina and Britain thought that they could be resolved peacefully, even after the war began. (This hope was dashed only after the sinking of the Argentine General Belgrano, which caused a large number of casualties.)
Therefore, under such circumstances, of course, the Argentine government does not want to cut off the road to a peaceful solution because of the harm to the people of the Falklands, and even more international criticism, so it is not surprising that there will be such a phenomenon.
The last preparation to make is to cheer up the British soldiers who are about to be brought to the battlefield......
This is a bit ridiculous to say, if there are Chinese soldiers in the country, then this step is almost unnecessary. Of course, there is also this step in the Chinese army, which is what we often call pre-war mobilization. But what mobilization is needed for the Chinese soldiers of this era. One by one, they rushed to get on the ...... If you don't let him go, you will feel that you look down on their company or something.
And the units of the British army were different. As soon as they heard that they were going to carry out such a dangerous mission...... The first cousin, like Major Will, thought that he was crazy and would make such a plan that could almost be said to be suicidal.
"Sir!" Immediately, a few soldiers asked, "Why are we on this mission?" ”
"What do you think are the chances that we'll come back alive?"
"I think this plan needs to be improved, and the result is that not only will we not be able to save SAS, but we will also be put in it!"
"yes, it's a pointless action!"
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"Listen to it all!" Impatiently, I interrupted them and said, "You must know who is leading you into battle, it is us!" We are Chinese, and the life and death of SAS has nothing to do with us. But why do we have to fight so hard?
You...... You just asked why we are on this mission. Then you sue me, why do we Chinese want to carry out this task? ”
As soon as I said that, the British soldiers were silent.
"The reason is simple!" I replied, "It is because we are soldiers, we Chinese soldiers, and the understanding of soldiers is obedience, courage and honor, what is the understanding of you British soldiers?" ”
The British soldiers couldn't help but look at me and I looked at you, making eye contact with each other.
"I want to say ......" at this time Tom interjected: "You bastards, they are not afraid of Chinese soldiers, what are we afraid of?" You know, this is to save the British! ”
"That's right, aren't we here to fight? Where is all your previous courage? Another British soldier shouted again.
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The British have this trait, and they do sometimes retreat from being self-centered. But if you can find a point that inspires pride or courage in them, they can easily be incited to show a kind of chivalry.
"So!" Watching the wind turn in my favor. I confidently shouted to them, "Does anyone want to go into battle with me?" ”
"Boom!" The British soldiers responded with seven, seven, eight, eight.
"Good!" I said, "Don't worry, remember when we beat SAS?" ”
"Boom!" The British soldier replied with a little neatness.
"Then ......," I continued, "we can also defeat the Argentines in the same way as the SAS, even though they have seven thousand, and all we need is obedience, courage and honor, do you have them?" ”
"Boom!" The British soldiers raised their guns in unison and cheered, and their morale rose to a peak in an instant.
I was a little relieved to see them like this, because I knew that this kind of morale would be maintained at least until the moment they went to battle, and once they arrived...... I'm afraid I don't even have time to be afraid.
"There won't be any problems in connection and collaboration!" I finally asked Scar.
"No problem!" Scar replied, "We exchanged gestures while training them...... Speaking of which, I remembered, and I never had time to ask you why our combat sign language was similar to that of the British. To be exact, except for a few differences, everything else is basically the same! ”
"Isn't that an image?" I pushed over with a word: "When is this coming, still care about this!" ”
"Yes!" Scar answered and didn't dare to ask any more.
In fact, how did he know that many of the combat sign languages I practiced in the secret service company were sign languages commonly used in modern times, and of course they were not much different from those used by the British.
This is not a good thing, so that we Chinese soldiers and the British subordinates have no difficulty in cooperating.
After doing this qiē, we waited for the helicopter in the camp.
Maybe it's because the fleet is far away from us...... After all, there is not much need for the fleet at this time to circle around the waters near the Falklands, especially the aircraft carriers, which will undoubtedly increase the chances of being attacked by the Argentine Air Force. So it wasn't until late in the evening, when it was almost dark, that more than a dozen helicopters landed near our camp with a swishing cold wind.
With a wave of my hand, the fighters and I didn't stop much and boarded the helicopter as a squad.
Of course, the helicopter we were flying in wasn't flying directly to Port Stanley...... As with the difficulties we have encountered before, because the main defense of the Argentine Army is in Port Stanley, the vicinity of Port Stanley is covered with all kinds of anti-aircraft weapons, which may pose little threat to subsonic fighters such as Harriers, but are deadly to helicopters.
However, we were not able to penetrate the hinterland of Port Stanley from the front.
On the one hand, this is because there are mines everywhere ahead, and on the other hand, the Argentines are also defensive in our direction, and it is very difficult to penetrate.
So we had to take a helicopter around in a big circle, reach the flank of Port Stanley, and then choose to infiltrate the third layer of defense in Port Stanley on foot.
Of course, this process also requires a good reconnaissance work and a suitable landing position. However, of course, we don't need to complete this qiē, and now the Argentine army can control almost only Port Stanley, and the British troops in other positions will do a good job of this task and pick us up.
All we have to do is to arrive at the designated position within the specified time and start the battle plan. (To be continued......)