"Without the Soviets, the Argentines could not do anything." At this time, on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, Rear Admiral Woodward said: "We have successfully killed their base on the island, and now, if their planes want to take off, they can only take off from the mainland, and most of their planes need to be refueled in the air to fly over." ”

Air refueling is a multiplier of air combat power, and for the navies of major powers, they can be refueled in the air to improve sustained combat effectiveness, and from this point of view, the Argentines seem to be a member of the great powers.

"So, in the next stage, we have to look for fighters, and when the Argentines are in the sky ready to refuel in the air, we will sneak attack their tankers, so that they can't refuel in the air, so they lose their combat effectiveness."

Most of the planes could not be refueled in the air and could not come over, and the landing operation could only be carried out if the other side first lost air supremacy. The Falkland Islands are just around the corner, and how to land on this archipelago is very particular, first of all, of course, it is still air supremacy, without air supremacy, there is nothing.

Woodward couldn't imagine that if his F-4 Phantom was decommissioned and only the Sea Harrier fighter was left, how could he maintain the air supremacy he needed?

Sea Harrier fighters can only carry Sidewinder missiles to carry out close-range attacks and battles, and they simply cannot provide enough air defense circles for their own formations, let alone attack the enemy from a long distance from the sea.

During this period of time, the Tomcat fighter has shown a strong performance, they use this aircraft as a multi-purpose aircraft, which can not only carry air-to-air missiles to seize air supremacy, but also mount bombs to attack the opponent's ground facilities.

"Yes, we suspect that in the last day or two, the Argentines will definitely retaliate by taking off warplanes on a large scale, so let's use a complete victory to tell the Argentines that their navy, in our eyes, is nothing." An adjutant said.

Now, everyone is optimistic.

"General, Nathan sent a telegram asking us to pay attention to the underwater threat." At this moment, with a telegram, another adjutant came in and said.

Underwater threats?

Woodard held the telegram, and his face became serious.

Many times, the choice of tactics is contradictory, for example, if you want to fight in air defense, or take off a fighter, you need to let the aircraft carrier sail at the highest speed against the wind, at this time, the noise of the entire formation is very loud, and your own noise covers up the opponent's submarine, and it is easy for the opponent's submarine to succeed.

And if anti-submarine warfare is to be carried out all the time, then how can you attack the enemy?

It's a contradiction, but in Woodward's case, it's not too much of a problem.

"Let our nuclear submarines, expand the search range, and protect the safety of our formation for a hundred nautical miles." Woodward said.

This is the confidence of the navy of a great power, and it has nuclear submarines on its own!

After World War II, Britain's national strength weakened, but Britain hugged the thigh of the United States, and Britain could directly take a lot of equipment from the United States. In 1955, the U.S. Navy built the world's first nuclear submarine Nautilus, and the Royal Admiralty appreciated the use of nuclear submarines, formulated a nuclear submarine development plan, and hoped to gain technical experience in nuclear submarines from the United States.

At the beginning of June 1957, the United States and the Royal Navy entered a new phase of cooperation on nuclear reactors, and the United States and Britain signed an agreement under which Britain could purchase enriched uranium for nuclear reactors from the United States at a very favorable price, thus eliminating all technical problems.

On June 12, 1959, with the support of American nuclear technology, the construction of Britain's first nuclear submarine "Dreadnought" began, launched on October 21, 1960, and commissioned on April 17, 1963.

The Intrepid was the first nuclear submarine built in the UK, so it was largely an imitation and test in nature, and in general a hybrid design product, during which the British company Rolls Royce worked with the British Atomic Energy Agency to develop a completely new nuclear propulsion system for the next nuclear submarine.

This system was used in the next submarine, and it was also a nuclear reactor system developed by the United Kingdom, which built a total of five submarines, called the Warrior class.

Now, these submarines are accompanying their own fleets, especially the Conqueror, which has just made a difference, which is the fourth ship of the Warrior class.

Now, if you want to sweep away the underwater threat, you need to send your own nuclear submarines out to search the waters around the aircraft carrier and set up the first anti-submarine net.

The Argentine submarine may pose a threat to its own side unless it sinks to the bottom of the sea in advance and remains silent, but it is almost impossible to keep a conventional diesel-electric submarine in an underwater state for several days, and only a nuclear submarine can do it.

And the nuclear submarines, the Argentines do not have, only the Soviets have, the Soviets' nuclear submarines are not in this sea area, as long as they are close to the opposite side, they will be discovered by their own submarines, and then attack calmly!

The submarines of the Soviets, the underwater noise was quite large.

While they were deliberating, on the deck, steam filled the air, and an E-2 AWACS aircraft ejected.

Compared with the previous life, the British Navy is more calm, in addition to the conventional aircraft carrier, there are more early warning aircraft borrowed by Nathan, which can provide their own early warning range of 400 kilometers, so to speak, take off from this side, patrol over the aircraft carrier, you can see the fighter plane flying from the Argentine coastline, ready to refuel in the air.

Every move of the Argentine Air Force is in their eyes.

The No. 4502 AWACS aircraft took off smoothly, and the captain Michael looked at the blue sea below, and the Falkland Islands in the distance could also be seen clearly, and he couldn't help but sigh, this war, I don't know how long it will last.

Originally, they were all on board the Queen Elizabeth, and they planned to divide two aircraft carriers on one aircraft carrier after they came, which would be more relaxed.

However, something happened to the Queen Elizabeth, and a large number of senior commanders died, and now, the Queen Elizabeth is still in repair.

Their squadron of AWACS aircraft all boarded the Ark Royal.

War is cruel, how long will this damn war be fought.

When he stopped thinking, he leveled the plane and said, "Attention, it has entered the patrol air domain, normal surveillance." ”

At the same time as they were patrolling, the previous AWACS plane had already returned, and the three radar officers in the rear cabin, who had just turned on the radar, immediately shouted: "Attention, attention, Argentina has dispatched a large number of planes!" ”