Chapter 149: Meeting
"Comrades!" At this time, an old cadre, I remember that he seemed to be a commander surnamed Li, he walked to the rostrum and said into the microphone: "I don't need to introduce this Comrade Yang Xuefeng, we have been discussing the Falklands War in the past few days, and no one has been able to distinguish right from wrong, now it's okay, Comrade Yang Xuefeng personally participated in the Falklands War, and you all know that Comrade Yang Xuefeng also fought a very beautiful battle in the Falklands War, taking more than 100 people to capture more than 7,000 people and taking Port Stanley, This is a miracle in history! Congratulations to Comrade Yang Xuefeng first! ”
Then there was a round of applause.
"Next......" Commander Li waited for the applause to subside a little, and then continued: "I think we should first let Comrade Yang Xuefeng introduce the process of the Falklands War, provide us with more detailed information, and then ask any questions!" ”
As he spoke, Commander Li beckoned to me and motioned for me to walk up to the rostrum, and I couldn't help but be stunned when I saw this...... I am just a battalion commander, how can He De stand on the rostrum on such an occasion and speak to a mass commander and army commander below.
But under the eyes of Commander Zhang, I finally walked cheekily onto the rostrum.
"Greetings, chiefs!" My opening remarks were: "To tell you the truth, the most impressive thing that impressed me the most during the days of fighting with the British army on the Falklands...... The feeling of seasickness is so uncomfortable! ”
"Coax", and the audience burst into laughter.
Actually, I was deliberately telling this joke, and I was a little nervous at this time, and talking about such a joke can not only ease the atmosphere of the venue. At the same time, it can also relax a little.
Then I gave a presentation of my experience in fighting on the Falklands...... It should be said that this kind of introduction is still quite boring. The reason is that I, Commander Zhang and the others, don't want any omissions in this. So I was asked to start describing it from day one, even from the first day I got on the plane, and that description would undoubtedly be a journal-like journal.
There are even cadres who will exaggerate and ask me to do what I do in detail, and what I am doing in the middle of the few hours...... At this time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this was a month ago, how could it be accurate to what time it was doing.
But not to mention, this person's potential is really unlimited, and under the "coercion" of Commander Zhang and others, it really reminds me of many details that I have overlooked.
So I really think it's necessary for them to do this, after all, when I was fighting in Argentina, I was more concerned about the war. All they were thinking about was how to win this battle or deal with Clapp and others, but they really didn't care much about the coordination of the sailors in the British warship and the performance of the radar that Commander Zhang and others were concerned about.
After "torturing" me for several hours, Commander Li asked me a serious question: "Xiao Yang, I think it is up to you to sum up, what is your biggest gain in this war?" ”
"Let's talk about the biggest takeaway!" After thinking about it, I said, "That's supposed to be asymmetrical warfare!" ”
"Asymmetric warfare?!" Hearing this, the cadres couldn't help but be puzzled.
"You kid still sells melons to Huang Po!" Commander Zhang said with some bitterness: "Didn't you propose this asymmetric war? This can also be called a harvest?! ”
"Huh!" Commander Li objected: "I said Lao Zhang, don't be so harsh on your own soldiers, okay." Who says your ideas can't be gained? And I believe that Xiao Yang will say this, naturally he has a reason! ”
"yes!" A cadre interjected next to him: "We discussed a lot before, some discussed aircraft carriers. There are also discussions about fighter planes, and we are even divided into several factions to fight around, and the result is that the public says that the public is reasonable, and no one can convince anyone, but no one mentions this asymmetrical war, tell me what you think! ”
"Oh!" When I heard this, I couldn't help but be interested in this topic, so I asked, "Can I first hear how the chiefs discussed this war?" ”
"Let's put it this way!" Commander Li replied: "We generally hold these different ideas, one group thinks that we must give priority to the development of aircraft carriers, and the other group thinks ...... The British aircraft carriers played a decisive role in the war, and without two aircraft carriers, the British army would not have been able to gain air supremacy in the waters off the Falklands, and if it could not obtain air supremacy, it would not have been able to gain sea supremacy, so the entire battle could not be carried out at all, let alone the landing on the Falklands. ”
"Hmm!" I nodded, of course there is a point in this, modern warfare can be said to be completely passive without air supremacy, not only at sea, but also on land.
"The other faction feels that the development of air power should be prioritized!" Commander Li continued: "The reason is very simple, because we are likely to be on the side of Argentina in the future war for the seizure of the island, and Argentina will lose a crushing air battle in this battle because it does not have advanced fighters. Of course, this faction is also closely related to the faction that advocates missile first, because from the Falklands battle, the role of missiles is huge, and Argentina has advanced fighters such as the Mirage 3 and the Stiletto, but because it is not equipped with suitable air-to-air missiles, it is completely one-sided in the air battle.
Therefore, there is actually no obvious line between those who advocate the development of air power and those who advocate the development of missiles, but there is a question of who comes first between them, and at the same time, Argentina can destroy the British army's advanced Sheffield with Exocet missiles and pose a great threat to the British aircraft carriers, which gives the missile advocates a reason to believe that missiles are the most important thing! ”
I nodded again, and of course there was truth to this statement, and in fact this was what many countries saw in the Falklands War.
"What do you think?" Commander Li asked: "Which point of view do you think is more suitable for the current development of our army's equipment?" ”
"I don't think it fits!" I say.
"What?" Hearing this, the cadres couldn't help but be stunned.
"It's not suitable for anything!" Commander Zhang said impatiently: "The Falklands are aircraft carriers, planes and missiles, you don't fit a word here, so what else is suitable?" Could it still be the Army?! ”
"It can also be said to be the Army!" I said: "But not all the army, but the missile forces on land!" ”
"Missile forces on land?!" The cadres couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, this view is really something they don't have. (To be continued......)