Chapter 108: The Bar
I am sure that most of the British troops did not fall asleep that night, at least as I saw on the Sheffield.
This is actually quite understandable, you must know that Britain has not fought for decades at this time, and the vast majority of British troops on ships are young people in their twenties...... The military service system of the British army is that you can join the army after reading 11 years, if you start studying at the age of seven, you will join the army at the age of 18, and now you are just around 20 when you join the war.
In other words, these British soldiers have never been exposed to real war since they were born, so they will of course be so nervous and excited that they can't sleep after the official attack on the Falklands today.
Of course, part of the reason was that Brigadier General Clapp was worried that the Argentine air force would come to attack, so he asked the British army to be ready for battle at all times.
However, I do not think that Brigadier Clapp's order is wise...... The reason is simple, for an overly excited state like the British, there should be a way to relax them rather than make them more nervous. What's more, the British army also has an advanced radar system, and there is Chile to provide intelligence for the British fleet in real time, and the Argentine plane will be discovered before it gets close to the fleet.
But these have nothing to do with me, I said hello to Brigadier General Clapp and went back to sleep with Lin Xia.
It was only when I returned to the cabin that I realized that it was too boring...... In a palm-sized place, there is a small bed and a set of tables and chairs. But I knew I should be content, the warship was not the same as the "Queen Elizabeth II", which was a luxury cruise ship, and that thing was originally used to carry passengers.
And warships are used for war. As you can imagine. Warships will definitely try to free up some space to arrange more weapons and equipment or store supplies, fuel, etc. Of course, there is only a limited amount of space for a soldier or officer to sleep. It is said that there are still several British soldiers who share a room, and it is a special fact that I can arrange such a cabin.
But even then I'm still bored, there is no TV and no radio, but even if there is a TV radio I can't watch, the only channels I can receive are Argentine radio, I still know a little bit of English, and I don't know anything about Spanish.
But even if I knew some English, it wasn't good enough to read magazines and newspapers easily. So a few magazines crawling with English letters on the table are also useless to me.
There seems to be only one thing I can do right now, and that is sleep.
But this sleep is also restless, for I know from my history...... The Sheffield warship I was on would have been sunk by an Argentine Exocet missile, and if I had been hit while I was sleeping, I would have died unjustly.
But I also know that this is a very small chance, partly because it was not yet the time for Argentina to launch Exocet missiles, and partly because the Sheffield did not sink immediately after being hit, but drifted and burned for six days before sinking in tow.
As a result, the vast majority of the British troops on board the Sheffield had plenty of time to flee the warship, and the total casualties were only 20 dead and more than 20 seriously injured when they were hit by missiles.
When I was lying in bed bored and thinking. There was a knock on the door outside the cabin.
Originally, I thought it was Lin Xia, because the only person I knew on this ship was Clapp. And Clapp was busy dealing with a possible Argentine sneak attack at this time, so naturally he didn't have time to come to me.
But when I opened the hatch, I realized I was wrong...... Standing in the doorway was Clapp's blonde secretary, Ada.
"Hey! Would you like to have a drink? ”
"What?" I pretended I didn't understand what Ida was saying, but even though I didn't speak English, I could still understand the word "wine".
Then I turned my eyes to Lin Xia's hatch opposite, meaning whether to let Lin Xia translate.
"No, no, no." Ada quickly dragged me out, "Don't call your translator, I don't want her to spoil the atmosphere......"
As he spoke, he laughed as he dragged me down the aisle.
I couldn't help but laugh at this, it was obvious that this Ada was fooled, she really thought that I couldn't understand English at all, so she said it so boldly.
But then again, foreign women seem to be more generous in this regard, just like Li Li, not to mention that at this time they are still fighting...... You must know that people's mentality can change greatly during the war period, especially for those who go to war for the first time.
The reason for this is simple, that is, under the threat of death, everyone knows that it is time to have fun, otherwise there will be no chance again!
But to be honest, I don't care about any of that, and who would refuse an invitation from an exotic beauty like this?
Soon we came to a bar.
In fact, I just learned that there are bars on the British's warships...... This would be unimaginable if it were in our army, what if we made a mistake because of drinking during the war?!
But in a way, it's not a bad thing if you can control it, because the soldiers need to relieve the pressure here.
Sure enough, as I imagined, there were quite a few British soldiers who came to this bar for the night, which may also be a habit of the British.
Ada quickly found a table in the corner and sat down, and that's when I had time to relax at the bar...... It's not a lot of space, but it has just the right amount of light and soft music, plus a few pairs of male and female soldiers dancing slowly in the middle, which really has a bit of a romantic atmosphere.
"You know what?" Ida poured me a drink as she said, "I've never seen a general trust a person so much, and it's clear that you're the first, and you did it on the first day." But I believe you do have that charm, because your idea is so perfect that I doubt you know the whole war, it's hard to imagine...... How did you do that......"
Ida said a lot of "let's go, let's go", and the most bitter thing at this time should be me, because I can understand some of the meaning of Ada's words, but because Ada speaks relatively quickly, I understand a word, and on the other hand, I have to pretend that I don't understand anything.
But strangely, this didn't seem to dampen Ada's enthusiasm for talking to me at all, and sometimes Ida even became more and more energetic: "You know what? I was happiest to see the general's expression when he was confirming that he had been deceived by the Argentines, and the old man was usually stubborn, and he couldn't do anything. I didn't expect to plant a heel in this matter......"
At the end of the song, Ida pulled me to the dance floor: "Come on, let's do a dance!" ”
"Hey, Ada!" At this moment, a British officer appeared beside me, and he should have been a major in his military uniform, and he walked up to us with a half-drunk bottle, raised his head at me, and said, "What? Got a new boyfriend? Don't tell me a word, you're still an Asian?! ”
"Baker!" Ida replied a little nervously, "This is not the place to talk!" ”
"Why not?" The lieutenant colonel, Baker, took another step closer to me, and the smell of alcohol on his body made me frown.
"Hey!" Baker looked at my uniform with a provocative look, and then said with some disdain: "Answer me Captain, how can you be on a warship in the Navy?" ”
That's when I remembered that I was wearing a military uniform or an army captain's uniform...... It was mainly for the convenience of Major Will, but I never took the rank seriously, and in fact even the British soldiers in training did not see it that way.
"He doesn't understand English!" Ida hurriedly explained: "He is Chinese. ”
"Chinese?" Listening to Beck, he was even more angry: "You left me because of this Chinese dog ......"
Baker didn't speak, because the next second I pressed his head down on the table and casually pulled out the dagger from his waist and plunged it in front of his eyes, the sharp blade was even close to Baker's eyelashes, only scared Baker to make a sound.
But Baker apparently did not come alone, and soon several more soldiers surrounded him, one of whom even smashed a wine bottle to use as a weapon.
I just smiled, and before they could get ready, I rushed back and slammed my hands and knees, and within a few minutes the British soldiers were only demoralized to the ground and groaning.
If I had fought, I might not have been a match for the British GIs, for it was melee combat and I didn't have a gun yet. There is a saying that two fists are hard to defeat four hands, and I am stunned that I, the commander of the synthetic battalion, am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the siege of a few people.
But the problem is that these British GIs didn't expect that I would counterattack in front of so many of them...... So I didn't pay attention and let me seize the opportunity.
And that's all I need ...... In the training of our special agent company, there is a fight on the battlefield, and what is needed on the battlefield is to be fast, accurate, and ruthless, and the purpose is to make the opponent lose the ability to resist in the blink of an eye.
This is all taught by Li Zuolong, and I, as the battalion commander, am of course no exception, otherwise one day I was knocked down by the Yue devil on the battlefield, which would not make people laugh and lose their teeth, so when Baker raised his head, he was shocked to find that his companions were lying on the ground and groaning.
Baker's face changed, and he quickly shouted out at the gendarmes through gritted teeth.
This gendarme must be a soldier in the army to maintain order...... According to Baker's thoughts, I think he thought that calling the gendarmes would definitely take me away, after all, I was "guilty of the following".
Actually, I thought so, but to my surprise, the gendarmes first saluted me when they came in.
Later I learned that one of these gendarmes happened to be someone who knew me, and knew that I was the Chinese under the direct command of Clapp. (To be continued......)