Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Falklands War (18)
But I should say that my luck is good, or I can say that the British guys are lucky.
In fact, I've always felt that the luck of the British in the Falklands War was not only good, but even God forbid.
Isn't it? Originally, Britain could not support a war that lasted for more than two months, but there was an island of South Georgia as a base for them, and this icy South Georgia island had a port that did not freeze all year round.
Originally, Britain did not have much information, after all, Britain did not think that it would have anything to do with Argentina far away in the ocean. But at this time, the United States and Chile used the help of the former to use spy satellites in the sky, and the latter to use radar and other means to obtain more detailed information on the ground near Argentina.
Originally, Argentina would not have lost in this battle, but France provided Argentina with only five "Super Banner" fighters and "Exocet" missiles.
After the war, many military experts commented that if Argentina had one more Exocet missile, even if it was only one more...... Then it is very likely that Argentina will win this war.
But there are no ifs in the war, facts are facts, and Argentina still lost the war in the end.
"Battalion commander!" Just as I was directing the training of the troops and looking at the sea from time to time, the communicator shouted to me: "Found the cylinder, in Area Five!" ā
This is also the preparation I made before, in order to be able to catch the fighter faster and more accurately, I divided the sea area in front of me into several parts before training, and even asked Scar to calculate the elements in these areas in advance to calculate the time it takes for the shells to explode in delay...... This is because the submarine is still underwater even if it is surfaced and observed with a periscope, and if the instant fuse is used, the shell will explode the moment it touches the seawater. The damage to the submarine is clearly limited. But with a time-delay fuze, it's different. That would most likely cause the shell to hit the submarine or explode next to the submarine.
Of course. I won't let Major Will and the other British soldiers know about these things. Otherwise, they will start to wonder how I could have known that the Argentine submarine would appear in this area and prepare in advance.
As for Scar, right...... In their own people, especially under their own people, it is much easier to explain. Don't scold again: "You know so much about what to do, do your own thing!" "That's it.
I couldn't help but feel excited when I heard the correspondent's call, but I finally waited for you.
Thinking about it, without saying a word, I picked up the telescope and looked towards the No. 5 area mentioned by the correspondent, and sure enough, I found a periscope erected on the surface of the sea there.
Of course, this wave is conspicuous to those of us who are looking closely through a telescope, but it is insignificant compared to the entire wide surface of the sea. So it's not easy to find it.
Major Will raised his binoculars to look in my direction when he saw me, and he quickly changed color and said, "Submarine! ā
"Yes, it's a submarine!" I said: "And it's an Argentine submarine!" ā
As I spoke, I yelled at Scar and the soldiers, "All of them, No. 5 waters, three rapid fires of the time-delay fuse!" ā
"Wait!" Major Will hurriedly stopped: "That could also be our own submarine!" We'd better contact the Navy first to confirm, or report to the Navy and let them take care of it! ā
I have to admit that it is indeed possible for Major Weir to say that the British Navy submarine will raise its periscope and look around when it is idle offshore, but as for reporting to the Navy...... You must know that this fighter is fleeting, and when we finish reporting to the navy and confirming it, we are afraid that this submarine will run away long ago.
What's more, the last thing I want at this time is to give this credit to the British Navy...... It's been so much effort to wait for this moment. Where will it be so light yƬ let go!
So I didn't pay any attention to Major Will's words at all, and shouted directly at Scar, "Prepare ......"
Major Will was trying to stop me at this point. But there's no hurry.
Mainly because the command of the British soldiers is in my hands, isn't it? From the company commander to the platoon commander to the squad leader, all of them were Chinese soldiers, and of course the Chinese soldiers obeyed my orders, and the Chinese soldiers directly commanded the British soldiers under them. In addition, this period of training has given the British soldiers some inertia to obey our orders, and Major Will is only trying to stop me instead of giving orders to the British soldiers.
So with a series of figures reported by the Chinese soldiers such as Scar, the British soldiers mechanically adjusted the mortars.
Then with my order: "Release!" ā
"Boom ......" After several successive cannon shots, row after row of shells went straight to the No. 5 area where the periscope appeared.
"Are you crazy!" Major Will yelled at me with a pale face, and then rushed to the British soldiers and shouted, "Ceasefire, give me a fucking ceasefire!" ā
So at this time, the British soldiers stopped their movements and looked at us inexplicably, completely unaware of what was happening.
But now it seems too late for a ceasefire.
You must know that we have more than 70 mortars in our hands, and these three rapid fires will hit more than 200 shells at once. More than 200 shells blew up a large column of water in Area 5, and there were even some British merchant ships nearby who didn't know what was going on here yelling at us, and their angry expressions seemed to blame us for the fact that the army training would shoot the shells into the sea, and they were warning us that we would cause danger to them.
Soon they stopped yelling at us, however, and Major Will stopped, for as the mist from the mortar cleared, a black smoke that was not a shell was evident from the sea.
"Hit!" I say.
Of course this is a good thing for me, whether this submarine is Argentine or not, and if it is a British submarine, I would rather it be a nuclear submarine.
"Oh my God! You've hit it! Major Will looked like a catastrophe was coming, and at this time he could no longer care about any manners, and shouted at me with an extremely ugly look: "What the hell have you done? Didn't you hear my commands? ā
"Major Will!" I replied coldly, "Do you need me to remind you again?" I'm a colonel, and you're a major, so it's time for you to learn how to speak to your superiors! ā
"You ......," Major Will was immediately speechless with rage.
"What's more......," I said, "don't you want to know whether this submarine is Argentine or British?"
As soon as I said that, I waved my hand and ran towards the beach with the soldiers with their guns in hand.
I heard the voice of the British soldier behind me asking Major Will...... After all, they are British soldiers, and it is impossible for them to obey us Chinese soldiers because they have only been together for a few days.
But I'm sure they'll eventually catch up, because things have come to this point, it's useless to blame the blame, and it's important to identify which side the submarine is.
Just as we were running to the beach, the submarine lurking in the sea finally couldn't hide...... I believe this is because the submarine was injured by our shells and lost the ability to dive, after all, the submarine is not the same as the water boat.
Surface ships, even if they are injured by the explosion, as long as they can float and the power plant is not broken, they can still escape.
But the submarine was not so lucky, and its damage often meant that it was leaking, and in the case of a leak, it was forced to dive...... That probably means it can't float anymore.
So it seems that there is only one option to surface, and then sit on the beach offshore!
Suddenly, a black behemoth appeared in front of us, like a whale emerging out of the water.
When Major Will saw a few Spanish words on the submarine (in Spanish in Argentina), he couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Oh my God! It's an Argentine submarine, we've hit it! ā
Then he shouted incoherently with some excitement: "Comrade battalion commander, you did the right thing!" We've hit it! ā
David! Report to the Navy immediately that we have damaged an Argen submarine and tell them to send warships and helicopters immediately, don't let it run away! ā
Well done, boys! We damaged a submarine, an Argentine submarine! It's a submarine, and we're beating it like this!
Quick, run fast, follow him! ā
I couldn't help but laugh in my heart, if the submarine that came out of the water was British, I was afraid that Major Will would immediately let the British soldiers arrest us and plead to his superiors, and this qiÄ had nothing to do with him.
But it should be said that this is also human nature, just as I did not have much kindness to the British troops.
Besides, I didn't even bother with what Major Will was saying, and all my attention was focused on the submarine that was scurrying black smoke like a headless fly.
It can be seen that there must be something going on inside them, otherwise it is impossible for a submarine to have such a appearance, and its speed is also slowing down, obviously the power has also been destroyed.
In other words, these are very normal, as I said before, most of the equipment in Argentina is purchased from other countries and decommissioned, and submarines are of course no exception, they are all old submarines used by the Yankees in World War II, and they have been in service for decades now, to say the least.
So even if nothing happens, I'm afraid that there will be frequent problems, not to mention that there are still more than 200 shells just now!
Then the submarine seems to have lost control...... I later learned that this was actually intentional on the part of the Argentine sailors, because they realized that the only way to survive now was to put the submarine on the beach.
So the submarine rushed headlong to the beach on the shore, and then got stuck in the shallow sea and did not move!
! I couldn't help but be overjoyed to see this, this time I didn't just destroy a submarine, but captured a submarine...... An infantry company actually captured a submarine! (To be continued......)