The war finally started two days later......

The reason for the British decision to start the battle against the Falklands was, of course, the refusal of the Argentine government to accept the peace agreement.

But then again, the peace deal proposed by the British is really hard to accept...... Mainly in terms of the ownership of the Falklands, the agreement requires the islanders of the Falklands to vote.

This may seem fair, but everyone knows that the Falklands have been under British control for 100 years, and that 80 percent of the islanders on the island are of English speaking British descent...... Let the islanders vote in this case, isn't the result obvious?!

"In fact, the operation began eight hours ago!" Clapp pointed to a point on the map and said, "Our bombing is here, the air base on Ascension Island, more than 6,000 kilometers from here!" ”

"More than 6,000 kilometers!" Looking at the distance on the map, I couldn't help but ask, "Then how did these bombers get here?" Refueling in the air? ”

"You're right!" Clapp nodded: "It's refueling in the air!" ”

"It's not easy!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but gasp.

Because I know that the air tankers of this era are not as advanced as they are today, and the safety factor is not as high, and it takes eight hours for the pilot to fly over and sixteen hours to fly back...... This kind of high-intensity, long-term stress and fatigue is not something that ordinary people can bear.

But I soon learned that the difficulties of the British army were not limited to this.

"You know what?" Clapp said: "We can only use two Vulcan bombers in this air raid!" ”

"What? Only two?! "I couldn't help but be surprised.

The bomber in my image should be black and pressed, and the bomb should have exploded on the ground like a carpet. Now the British army has been preparing for such a long time. Now the fight has finally begun, but only two bombers can be dispatched...... What is this?

"The main reason is that it's too far away!" Clapp explained helplessly: "A bomber going back and forth requires a total of four in-flight refueling. And our air tankers are all modified from the 'Victory bomber', which means that the tanker itself also needs to be refueled to complete the refueling mission at such a long distance. In the end, although we only had two Vulcan bombers on the mission, we needed eleven tankers for air support! ”

Hearing this, I felt helpless in my heart, this British Air Force can really toss, but in the end, I am afraid that the role it can play is still very limited.

"Our aim is to inflict heavy damage on the Falklands Port Stanley Airport!" Clapp then continued: "This is the largest airport on the Falklands, and there is information that the Argentines are likely to convert this airport into an airfield large enough for jets to take off and land, and it is clear that we cannot let them succeed."

Of course. Two bombers were not enough, so the operation was joined by nine Harriers carrying cluster bombs. ”

As he spoke, the whistling of airplanes sounded in the air.

"It's coming!" With that, Brigadier General Clapp picked up the binoculars and looked out the window of the command room.

To be honest, I was a little uninterested in this bombing, there were only eleven fighters in total, and nine of them were "Harrier" with a small bomb load, so I don't need to think much about how much of a role this can play.

But after all, this was also the beginning of the Falklands War, so I walked to the window with my binoculars.

The telescope's aperture quickly locked onto a swarm, and as Clapp said, there were eleven of them.

They flew close to the Falklands and soon lowered their altitude and began to dive, dropping bombs on Stanley Airport......

This battle can be said to be extremely uneventful, without the strafing of anti-aircraft machine guns on TV and movies. There was no black fog blown up by anti-aircraft artillery, and from beginning to end, more than a dozen warplanes flew over and dropped a batch of bombs like exercises. And then it flew away.

Of course, there were a few planes that probably didn't catch a suitable bombing target for the first time, so they made a few more turns until they dropped the bomb.

This can be said to be pediatric for me, who has faced a batch of Soviet helicopter gunships on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

But then I thought about it, this is also a matter of no way for the UK, the distance is indeed too far, and as I said before, these actions of the British government until this time were still political purposes greater than military purposes...... They still hope to be able to intimidate the Argentine government with this blow, forcing them to accept a peace agreement.

"You know what?" I told Clarp the truth: "I don't think it's like war!" ”

Clapp didn't say anything, just silently walked back to the map of the command platform.

I'm sure Clapp, as a Navy Commander, is also a man who has seen the world, and of course knows that what I said is right.

"One thing I find strange!" I knowingly asked: "Why did the Argentine army not start to renovate Stanley Airport until now, it has been a month since Britain declared war on Argentina and the task force was released." ”

"It's because they're hesitating!" Clapp replied.

"That's right!" I said: "We have a saying in China called 'fighter planes are fleeting,' which refers to Argentina's stupid move, which was not done when it had too much time and opportunity to renovate the airport, and when the British army was already capable of bombing it, it would regret it." I confess that Britain is making the same mistake! ”

"Colonel means ......"

"The British government is hesitating!" I said, "They think more about politics than military. Of course, the military is meant to serve the government, but if the government drags on too much, it is very likely to cause military defeat. Argentina's mistake is already obvious, and it is quite possible that this mistake will also happen to the British! ”

Clapp couldn't help but have a pensive expression on his face, it was obvious that he didn't like this style of play either, in fact, few soldiers would like such a muddy and watery style of play.

At this time, a signal soldier reported something to the British army, and the British command room couldn't help but be jubilant.

"They're celebrating victory!" Lin Xia explained next to her: "I just got the news that the British bombers have hit the Port Stanley airport, and the Argentine radar station at the Stanley airport has also been hit and stopped working!" ”

I just smiled, in fact it was clear to me that Stanley Airport did not suffer such heavy losses.

"Look!" Clapp also had a smile on his face: "At least we still achieved a little bit of results!" ”

"General!" I said, "I doubt this achievement!" ”

"There is nothing to doubt!" General Clapp replied: "We have already hit their runway, and it is still at a critical point, and if nothing else, this airfield will take at least a few days to repair!" Of course, if they don't worry about our follow-up bombing! ”

I understand what General Clapp meant, Argentina can repair it, but the British army will continue to bomb it, which almost means that Port Stanley Airport will never be usable.

But this is not the case.

This was actually a trick of the Argentine army, and the British army thought that Stanley Airport had been blown up, so they did not blockade the largest airport on the Falklands, and the consequence of direct guidance was ...... Argentina has been using this airport to transport large quantities of military supplies to the Falklands with a steady stream of transport aircraft.

It wasn't until the British landed at Port Stanley Airport 6 that the results of their bombers were the runway they had battered...... In fact, it was a large crater caused by the Argentine soldiers splashing paint on it.

Of course, this was the ingenuity of the Argentines, who had long anticipated the inevitable bombing of the Falklands' largest airfield, so they had prepared a few buckets of paint before that, just waiting for the British bombs to drop and explode a cloud of smoke...... At this time, it was difficult for the British pilots to see the ground clearly, and it was still five o'clock in the morning, and the light was not good, so the Argentine movements were not seen by the British pilots at all.

The British pilots simply thought that this "pit" on the airstrip did not exist in the first place, and they had it after they bombed it indiscriminately, so they must have blown it up, so they couldn't wait to report the results. It's true that the radar station was blown up, but the radar station didn't break, or it just went down a little bit, and it was reactivated a few hours later.

"Let's put it this way!" I said, "When we were fighting with the Soviets, we often used this method to confuse the enemy, such as holding up a brown cloth on top of our heads, so that the Soviet pilots thought that there was no one underneath the soil!" ”

"What do you mean......" Clapp looked at me incredulously, "This is the Argentine disguise?" No way! Argentines don't know that! ”

"What's impossible?" I said, "You must know that the purpose of inviting us Chinese advisers is because the Argentine troops on the Falklands have dealt with the guerrilla warfare of the opposition, and you must know that the opposition also has to face the air force of the Argentine forces, so they will have these ways to avoid the planes...... Actually, it's not surprising at all! ”

Hearing this, Clapp's face couldn't help but change, and then he quickly walked to the phone and said something, presumably also contacting other fighters to verify this result.

It was not difficult for the British to verify this, but to send a few fighters to strafe this "crater...... Of course, at this time, it is necessary for a reconnaissance plane to take pictures of it, and then enlarge and compare the photos before and after, so that we can quickly know the truth of this incident.

In less than half an hour, Clapp walked up to me with a few pictures and said, "Colonel, you're right!" (To be continued......)

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!