Chapter 543: The Prelude to the World War

London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

"This is waging war against our Britain, and we have no other way but to fight it." The Iron Lady's voice is not high, but the meaning of each word is incomparably profound.

"The Soviets have already spoken, they are not responsible for the sudden attack of the submarine, they think that this is our fabrication, the whole battle, the Argentine Navy and Air Force started, because our losses are too great, so we just made an excuse." Admiral John said: "They tried in vain to cover up their ugly crimes, but they could not hide them. ”

Rear Admiral Woodward was killed in battle, and at the last moment, he sank into the icy ocean with the Ark Royal, although he died, but everyone who survived the attack by the Soviet supersonic anti-ship missile at that time remembers.

In particular, the E-2 AWACS aircraft, at that time, clearly detected a large number of launches of anti-ship missiles, except for the Soviets, who had the ability to do this, was there anyone else?

The British Navy has been crippled, this time it has suffered tens of thousands of casualties, originally took South Georgia, everyone expected their side to be able to triumph, but now, no one reported this hope, the remnants of the fleet, it is impossible to complete the task of recovering the Falklands.

Britain, has it already failed?

In this sense, it was a failure, but Britain was absolutely unwilling to fail like this.

"The Soviets, using anti-ship missiles, attacked our fleet by surprise, causing the death of tens of thousands of our officers and soldiers, and causing dozens of warships and ships to be sunk, this is a complete act of war, and Pearl Harbor, a shameful sneak attack launched against us without declaring war on us!" The Iron Lady's voice raised: "We must take revenge, we will declare war on the Soviet Union!" ”

The Iron Lady is extremely hostile to the Soviet Union, and her title of Iron Lady is derived from her hatred of the Soviet Union, and now, she says so, is no less than an earthquake.

When the news of the defeat of the fleet came, the whole cabinet was quite alarmed, and this was the worst news for them, and even meant the fall of the cabinet, the fall of the British government.

Now, the Iron Lady mentions one word, war.

In this case, does the UK have any options? Only war!

Did the Soviets dare to sneak up on Britain, thinking that Britain would not be able to fight back?

"Prime Minister, what do you think?" A cabinet member asked.

"Use our nuclear submarines and strike at the USSR!" As soon as the Iron Lady's words were finished, the entire cabinet fell silent again, and no one spoke.

The words of the Iron Lady carried a cold air.

Nuclear submarines, of course, ballistic missile nuclear submarines, launched a strike against the Soviets, that is, a nuclear bomb attack, which was the only means of counterattack for Britain.

These nuclear submarines are all aimed at Moscow, and if they dare to launch a nuclear bomb attack on Moscow, then the whole world will fall into the shadow of a terrible nuclear war.

Nuclear deterrence is to maintain deterrence, not to launch a real nuclear strike, perhaps the United States and the Soviet Union can also preemptively kill the Soviets' nuclear forces in the first wave of attacks, and strive to survive a nuclear war, but other countries simply do not have this capability.

The United States has a sufficient number of ballistic missile nuclear submarines, with the use of which the US Navy can destroy most of the cities and strategic points of the USSR in any time. Even though some of the US Navy's SSBNs were destroyed by the Soviet Union, they were able to maintain their strategic deterrent capability.

Britain has long lost the confidence to do so, and its goal is only to make a certain contribution to NATO's nuclear deterrent. Once war broke out, as long as Britain still had a ballistic missile nuclear submarine, it could cause great damage to Moscow in the Soviet Union.

This strategic orientation of the British Royal Navy has led it to keep its strategic nuclear deterrent force at a state where only one SSBN is deployed on combat patrol. After repeated consultations, they finally started construction of four determination-class ballistic missile submarines.

It was originally planned to order five ships, but the construction of the fifth ship was cancelled by the then Labour government.

These nuclear submarines of theirs belong to the first generation of ballistic missile nuclear submarines, and the technology is all Britain's own, but the nuclear bombs on them are directly purchased from the United States' Polaris, and Britain feels that it is not cost-effective to develop them, so it is enough to simply buy the Americans.

Now, Britain has reached a dangerous point, their navy was destroyed by the anti-ship missiles launched by the Soviets, so Britain must retaliate, and the object of their revenge is definitely not Argentina, but the Soviets behind it!

Since the Soviets dared to destroy their fleet, then Britain, is there a way back?

"We have no way back." The Iron Lady said: "As long as we take a step back, it is an abyss, we can only move forward, forward, so that there will be hope!" ”

The people present still did not regain their horror, and the Iron Lady continued: "The target of our attack is not Moscow, but the base of the Northern Fleet of the Soviets, and as many warships as we have lost, let them also lose as many ships, and they do not admit that they launched missiles to destroy, then we will not admit it either!" ”

The Iron Lady had already figured out that Britain could not retreat, and if Britain took a step back and endured this breath, then the faith of the whole of Britain would collapse. If they attack Moscow, it will put the world in a situation of no end, it is better to strike their naval fleet first, and if the Soviets dare to challenge London, then bomb their own Moscow!

Britain, can it still be returned?

"We were not afraid to occupy the whole of Europe back then, because we had a strong navy, we had logistical supply lines, but now, we, the United Kingdom, have lost the pillar of national strength, and we must make the enemy pay the same price!"

"However, the nuclear key to our Polaris missile is in the hands of the Americans." Admiral John spoke.

Britain's only nuclear force is in the hands of the navy, and the navy's only nuclear force is these Polaris missiles, which were bought directly from the United States, although they are kept in submarines and constantly patrolling, but the nuclear key is in the hands of the Americans. They cannot use nuclear weapons without the consent of the United States, and now that President Carter has not gotten out, it is absolutely impossible for him to agree to a nuclear strike.

"Really?" The Iron Lady said, "I don't think it's a problem at all, please don't embarrass me with such a question. ”

That's just a kind of authorization, and the British Navy has been in control of nuclear bombs for so many years, hasn't it found a problem to circumvent authorization? Definitely, it's not a problem at all.

After the launch, Britain will never admit it!