"Isn't the target of the attack on Heights 1 or 2?" Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and Zhao Jingping immediately asked, "Battalion commander, what do you ......mean?"

"Of course!" I said, "The Argentine special forces stationed on the first and second heights, plus the reinforcements of mines and artillery, and the stingers in their hands, it is difficult to achieve the goal of either ground attack or air attack!" ”

"But ......"

"Colonel!" Buck couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "In addition to the No. 1 and No. 2 heights, are there any other heights that can be attacked?" Could it be that the colonel intends to attack the third line of defense directly? ”

Saying that, Buck pointed to the map and said: "The third layer of defense is the last layer of defense of Port Stanley, not to mention their strength, behind this layer of defense is the heavy army of nearly 7,000 people stationed in Port Stanley......"

"That's why the Argentines didn't expect us to attack this line!" I said: "We Chinese have a saying called 'attack the unprepared', if even Lieutenant Colonel Buck you can't imagine that we are going to attack its last line of defense, then you can imagine that the Argentines can't think of it!" ”

"That's ......" Zhao Jingping nodded: "But, isn't it too dangerous to do this, if you're not careful, don't say that SAS can't save it, even we ourselves will be surrounded inside!" ”

Of course, Zhao Jingping's words are right, you must know that it is the hinterland of the Argentine army, and the strength of 7,000 people is not a joke, whether it is the SAS of the British army or us, if they are surrounded, there seems to be no other choice but to surrender.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger!" I said, "Besides, I don't think the risk is much higher than if we attack Heights 1 and 2, and attacking Heights 1 and 2 is not the same as piling people inside?" ”

As soon as I said this, the crowd was silent, and the situation is exactly as I said. This and No. 2 highlands are hard to gnaw bones. And the British army is not the material for a tough battle.

"Here's what I think!" I said: "There are a few benefits to attacking Argentina's third defence. First of all, of course, the attack was unprepared, and the Argentines did not expect us to break out of their hinterland. Secondly, although the enemy in the third layer of defense has a large number of troops, it is inferior to the special forces on the first and second heights, which increases our chances of success. Again, and most importantly......"

As I spoke, I pointed to the map and said, "Look, two Argentine artillery regiments are deployed on both flanks of Port Stanley, and the possible coverage of these artillery pieces should be the first line of defense, the second layer of defense, and the middle of the third line of defense and the second layer of defense. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but nodded, but Buck had a little doubt on his face. From this point it can also be seen that Colonel Buck's actual combat experience, or rather the understanding of artillery, is still too little.

"It's easy to see why!" I explained: "The anticline of the third layer of defense is too close to Port Stanley, less than a kilometer in a straight line. That is, the two artillery regiments are only three or four kilometers away from the third layer of defense in a straight line, which is lower than the minimum range of howitzers.

So obviously, the Argentine artillery was planning to do this, if the enemy rushed to the third line of defense on the positive slope, their long-range artillery would be blocked by the high ground and could not play a role, and if the enemy rushed to the anti-slope, it would mean that the British army would have to enter Port Stanley, because the distance was less than the nearest range, and the artillery would also not be able to play a role. That is, artillery fire could not cover the third layer of defense. ”

This is obvious. Although the howitzer is easy to use, it has the characteristics of long range and high power compared to mortars. But the problem is that the artillery is large and difficult to maneuver, and if it is too close to the enemy infantry, it will be a nightmare for the artillery.

"That sounds like a good idea!" Buck nodded: "I think this is because the original direction of the Argentine artillery was not us, but facing the sea." ”

I nodded in agreement with Barker's analysis, because it was clear that the Argentines had been expecting us to land at Port Stanley, and that the two artillery regiments placed in Port Stanley were apparently used to bombard warships on the sea and to prevent the British from landing.

However, what the Argentines did not expect was that we did not land from Port Stanley, but from Port San Carlos, and then attacked Port Stanley from the rear, that is, from the direction of the sea.

This is mainly determined by the vulnerability of the artillery position, and if the artillery position is moved to other directions, it means that a part of the infantry must also be assigned to protect it, otherwise the artillery position will be easily destroyed by the enemy. This will give rise to a series of problems, such as the detachment of infantry will directly lead to the disrupted defense of Port Stanley or the lack of troops, and the problem of transporting shells stored in Port Stanley.

Obviously, in just a few days, the Argentines did not have time to make the desired redeployment, so they had to leave their artillery positions in place, that is, on the two flanks of Port Stanley.

As a result, the third layer of defense was too close to the artillery positions to be functional.

"At least!" "We don't have to worry about the two Argentine artillery regiments anymore when attacking the third layer of defense, and that's good news for us," Buck said. ”

"This ...... This is crazy! Major Will, who had not spoken at this time, interjected: "Colonel, we are not really going to attack the third layer of defense, you must know that there are 7,000 Argentine soldiers there, and even if their artillery regiment cannot be functional, their mortars can blow us to the bone!" ”

I knew that Major Will was cowardly, as could be seen from the pale face of his face.

But this is also normal, you must know that Major Will has never been on the battlefield, and this time he is fighting such a fierce battle that can almost be said to face dozens of times the enemy, so it is already good if he is not scared and fainted.

Buck is much calmer in this regard, but I think it's probably because he knows he doesn't need to be involved in the fight. Even he was happy to see our troops go on adventures.

But in any case, I have to admit that Major Will has some truth in what he said: howitzers have the problem of minimum range and slow transfer of large targets. And the mortars did not.

To be exact, mortars also have a minimum range. But their minimum range is only a hundred meters...... It's almost all within hand-to-hand combat. So it's almost negligible.

The Argentine force of 7,000 men must have been armed with a lot of mortars, so the fact is that as Major Will said, these mortars were set up and fired at us...... It's just that the bones are gone.

"I don't think so!" I said, "Of course, the enemy's mortars do have the power to annihilate us, but they don't necessarily fight!" ”

"What do you mean, Colonel?" Major Will retorted: "Do you think that the Argentines will still be merciful to us on the battlefield?" ”

"No!" I shook my head and said, "It's not that they are kind, it's that they can't tell the difference between friend and foe!" ”

"How is this possible?" Major Will asked, confused.

He was joined by other British troops, including Barker. Zhao Jingping, who has rich experience in actual combat, nodded slowly, obviously understanding what I meant.

"You must know that this third layer of defense is guarded by a large number of Argentine soldiers!" I said, "If we disguise ourselves as Argentine soldiers and surprise this line from the rear in the dark of night." At the same time, there is the cooperation of the SAS forces in the front, so do you think the Argentines in Port Stanley can identify which ones are their own troops and which are the enemy's troops? ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, the British officers couldn't help but suddenly realize.

"I can even say without exaggeration......" I continued, "that the reinforcements in Port Stanley would not dare to reinforce lightly, otherwise the battle would likely become more and more chaotic, and there would be friendly casualties that would be fought indiscriminately between the enemy and the enemy." ”

"Friendly casualties?" Hearing this, Buck couldn't help but be stunned.

"Oh!" I explained: "This is a term invented by our Chinese soldiers, which is a mistaken injury on the battlefield due to confusion of recognition!" ”

Of course, there may be another situation here, that is, the commander of the Afghan army is stupid and has no idea what the consequences will be, so he sends reinforcements lightly.

Of course, there is such a possibility, because the Afghan army is also an army with little combat experience, so its commanders simply do not know how to deal with this situation. If you are in a hurry, you are likely to make a wrong judgment.

However, this is very unlikely, for no other reason. That is, the Afghan Army did not have the courage to confront the British army head-on...... You must know that in this battle in history, the Afghan army only lost more than 200 people killed and wounded a few hundred, and then surrendered with the whole army. So I don't believe that any Argentine army would bravely rush up to us in hand-to-hand combat.

Buck was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Artillery regiments, mortars, and even reinforcements from the Port Stanley direction are not functional...... Theoretically, this is possible, but I have one last question, how are you going to escape after the breakout? ”

Buck's question is really to the point.

It was relatively easy to break through such an infiltration war disguised as the Argentine army, but it was very difficult to escape back into the British camp.

The reason is simple, once we are separated from the Argentine army, it means that the Argentine army will be able to identify friend and foe immediately...... Unless the Argentine army is all fools, how can you see a group of people running away with SAS and not knowing that it is the enemy.

In this way, they can send pursuers to encircle and suppress us, and at the same time safely greet us with machine guns, mortars, and even long-range artillery.

"Send a helicopter to pick it up?!" A British officer interjected.

"Obviously not!" Buck didn't think about it and denied: "You must know that there are more than 300 SAS team members, plus there are at least 500 rescue troops, if you use helicopters to pick up it, it will be a huge group, which is difficult to pick up all the personnel near Port Stanley, which is full of anti-aircraft fire!" ”

Buck was more professional in this regard than we were, and in fact he had to use helicopters to pick up what might have been possible elsewhere, because the British were armed with a medium-sized transport helicopter called the Chinook...... As mentioned before, when the vanguard just landed, it was easy for the enemy to be driven into the sea because of the lack of supplies and ammunition, but the Chinook medium transport helicopter can better solve this problem, because its maximum loading mass is 22,700 kg. It is even possible to carry two jeeps at a time.

As you can imagine. After the landing of the vanguard of the British army. Chinook would easily transport ammunition and various equipment from supply ships to the British troops on the Falklands.

It's just ironic that in history, the British army put this helicopter on the "Atlantic Transporter", and the "Atlantic Transporter" only had one take-off platform, so when it was hit by Exocet missiles, the British army gave up the "Chinook" in order to ensure the take-off of ten Harriers, so the only four Chinooks in the British country sank together.

Of course, because this time, under my reminder, the British army consciously used the "Atlantic Transporter" as a bait. Then such a valuable transport helicopter naturally would not have sunk with the "Atlantic Transporter".

And this kind of transport helicopter can carry 44 heavily armed soldiers at a time, and four can carry more than 170 people.

Just imagine, if you add a few Bobcat helicopters to escort the soldiers back with them, and at the same time, the four Chinooks will bring eight jeeps and ammunition when they come...... It is not impossible to move these 500 people back in one go.

But here's the problem...... We were desperately trying to create an atmosphere of landing in Port Stanley, and if we wanted to land, we would first have to seize air supremacy, so of course, the Argentine army deployed a lot of anti-aircraft fire near Port Stanley.

Needless to say, the role of these anti-aircraft fires was to cooperate with the Argentine Air Force, but because we landed from the port of San Carlos, they did not play their due role.

But now if we also send a helicopter unit to pick up the ...... That's obviously hitting the muzzle of the gun for a long time.

"Yes!" At this time, Major Will seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Our purpose is to rescue the SAS, not just break through. If you just break out and can't return to our positions, then it's no different from suicide! So I'm sorry. Colonel, I don't agree with this plan. ”

"Unless the Colonel has a suitable response plan!" Buck added: "Otherwise I don't think it's worth the risk!" ”

"Of course!" I said, "We can't pick it up by helicopter, but we can pick it up by boat!" ”

"With a boat?" Hearing this, Buck couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked: "This is impossible, Port Stanley is between you and the coast, you don't have time to escape, even if you have enough time, the Argentines will catch up with you and kill everyone before they reach the coastline!" ”

"Then we'll go through Port Stanley!" I say.

"What?" Buck looked at me in disbelief.

"Yes!" I nodded: "I didn't plan to escape, on the contrary, after the breakout, I was killed!" ”

"How can you do that?"

"Argentine artillery regiment!" Pointing to the two wings of Port Stanley on the map, I said: "This is their weakness, and it is well known that the Argentine army is not very good, and the artillery is even more so. As I said before, 'surprise and surprise them', the Argentine artillery units did not expect that we would target them, or they thought that the enemy was still far away from them, but suddenly war came, as long as we were fast enough......"

As I spoke, I easily swiped my finger on the map: "You can fight all the way to the coastline, and there, we will meet our warships and lifeboats, and if possible, send a few helicopters, I believe that under the cover of naval guns and helicopter fire, we can reach the coastline before the enemy reacts!" ”

"It's crazy!" Major Will objected, "Colonel, although I have always thought you are an excellent commander, but for this plan...... I think it's just suicide, no, I think it's suicide! ”

"I think this plan works!" Zhao Jingping agreed: "First of all, our Su zhì is far stronger than the Argentine artillery, you must know that if the breakthrough is successful, our main force is the SAS troops, and the SAS troops are good at fighting quickly and withdrawing quickly, if we bring enough ammunition for them, and provide them with enough intelligence, coupled with our cooperation and the cover of helicopters and naval guns, I believe that this plan still has hope of success!" ”

"We can even create an atmosphere." I added: "Because our operation was carried out in the dark, if we had the guns of warships and even Harriers bombing Port Stanley, and from time to time strafing one side from all directions, it would have given the defenders of Port Stanley the illusion that we had broken through those three layers of defense in the darkness of the night and launched a final general assault on Port Stanley...... In this way, the troops stationed at Port Stanley would not lightly go out of the line to reinforce their artillery units. ”

Finally, I spread my hands to the British officers around me and said, "What do you think?" ”

"How many troops do you need?" Buck asked.

"Just a company!" I said, "That is, Major Will's company, too much of it may cause a mistake!" ”

"No, no, no......" Major Will shook his hand desperately: "This is crazy, I won't take just one company to kill more than 7,000 people in the Argentine garrison, because my head is still clear, I will not complete this impossible task......"

"Major Will!" Lieutenant Colonel Barker interrupted Major Will and turned to me and said, "I'll contact General Clapp right away!" (To be continued......)