"Our mission is to seize a port for the Army to land!" Kent explained: "There are only two ports on the Falklands where large numbers of troops can land, one is Port Stanley, which we know well, and the other is Port San Carlos!" ”

"What are the difficulties of landing from these two ports?" I asked.

"Port Stanley is a good port to land!" "But we know that, and the Argentines know that, and our bombing of the Port Stanley airport has made the Argentines know that we are likely to land in Port Stanley, so they have relocated the port to this port," Kent said. According to our reconnaissance, there were at least 7,000 Argentine soldiers stationed in Port Stanley at this time, about two-thirds of the entire island's strength, and they formed three lines of defense, with a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower, and it was predictable that there would be air support from the Argentine direction. So there is no doubt that there will be a lot of casualties when you land on the island from here! ”

I agree with this point, because the beach-grabbing landing battle is not the same as ordinary land warfare, because the beach-grabbing side is at sea, and they can't put all their troops into the battlefield in one go. In other words, the beach-grabbing side can only send troops to the land by batch after batch of transport such as landing ships, and in this process, the defenders, that is, the Argentines, can take advantage of the huge gap in strength to eat the landing British troops one by one, and even the British troops have no way to retreat because of the sea behind them.

On the other hand, if an air battle were to be fought over the Falklands, it would obviously be more beneficial to the Argentine side.

The first is that the distance is closer than the previous attack fleet, which means that the Argentine fighters have more time to fight.

Secondly, the coordination of the anti-aircraft fire of the British Air Force with warships was changed to the cooperation of the ground air defense units on the island of Arima of the Argentine Air Force.

Of course, whether Argentina's air force and army can work together effectively is another matter. Judging from the fact that the army on the Falklands would shoot down its own air force fighters before. I don't think their synergy will make much of a difference. But at least it will put some pressure on the British fighters.

More importantly, it is. If an air battle is fought over the Falklands, it means that the British aircraft carriers will have to approach the Falklands...... The Harrier fighter has "short legs", and its combat radius is only 92 kilometers when taking off vertically, which means that the aircraft carrier must go around the Falklands, which will undoubtedly give the Argentines more opportunities to find their targets.

"And what about the port of San Carlos?" I asked.

"The port of San Carlos is clearly not suitable for landing!" Kent pointed to the map and said: "The Falklands are divided into two main islands, east and west, and there are several small islands very close to the main island, and in the middle is the Falkland Strait, and this port of San Carlos is located at the north exit of the two main islands in the east and west. The sea is very narrow. What's even more terrifying is that if the fleet wants to land from the port of San Carlos, it must pass through the northern entrance to the Falkland Canyon, and on the west side of the northern entrance there is a small island called Pebriel, where the Argentines have deployed a large number of radars and built an airstrip, and stationed a number of attack aircraft and transport reconnaissance planes here! ”

"The Argentines stationed attack aircraft on the Falklands?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but be stunned: "Isn't their runway not suitable for fighters to station?" ”

"Oh!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent explained: "The unsuitable fighter jet is jet fighters, and these attack planes stationed in the Falklands are Argentine-developed 'Pukara' attack aircraft, which are propeller attack aircraft, because of their short take-off distance, so there is no problem in stationing in the Falklands!" ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but suddenly realize. I think this is one of the reasons why the Argentines are not in a hurry to widen the airfield on the Falklands, and what they do not take into account is that this propeller is not actually suitable for air supremacy.

"As I said before!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent went on to say: "If we choose to land from the port of San Carlos. Perhaps the same heavy casualties! ”

"Why don't you capture this Pebul Island?" I pointed to the map and said, "Isn't that what you're good at?" ”

"We've thought about that too!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent replied: "The capture of Pebul Island would remove the obstacles of our army on the island of San Carlos, but first of all, this island of San Carlos is very close to the main island of the west, and the two are separated by a strait with a width of 700 meters, and it is quite difficult to hold the island under the heavy Argentine forces on the main island in the event of a geographical disadvantage." ”

There will be no doubt about this, if the two are only 700 meters apart, that is, even machine guns can be fired, then if the Argentines set up mortars or even heavy artillery on the opposite side...... No matter how many British troops were defending this small island, they were bombarded to the bone.

"And then more importantly......," Kent continued, "that once we take the island of Peble, it will mean telling the Argentines that we are going to land from the port of San Carlos, and that will also prepare them!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded.

Obviously, if the Argentines were prepared in the port of San Carlos, it would mean that the same situation would happen in the port of San Carlos as in Port Stanley, which would also be a nightmare for the landing fleet, and possibly worse than the landing in Port Stanley, which is much narrower.

I can't help but feel a headache when I think of this, originally I thought that landing on the Falklands was still a very simple matter, but I didn't expect that there were so many famous halls in it.

But when you think about it, it's not surprising that this is actually true, because wars are often like this, a war that seems to outsiders to be resolved easily and without suspense, but no one knows what kind of danger or effort has been experienced in the future.

Just like now, the undisputed Falklands landing battle that happened in history...... It is quite possible that SAS found an ideal way to fool the Argentines as a result.

But what exactly is the method?

Looking at the map, I couldn't help but get into a dilemma.

"Fuck it!" At this time, the scolding of a communications soldier attracted the sideways glances of Lieutenant Colonel Kent and me.

The communications soldier wearing headphones also realized his gaffe at this time, and hurriedly came forward to report: "Sir, the BBC did not listen to the warning and reported a reconnaissance mission of our army, and a total of seventeen soldiers were killed in this mission!" ”

"Hmm!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent nodded, not blaming the signal soldier.

"What happened?" I asked.

"It's the BBC!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent replied: "The British broadcaster, he has become our worst enemy!" ”

"Enemies?" When I heard this, I couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "The British broadcasting company? ”

"Yes!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent nodded, "Because he has many reporters in the army, and even if we guard against these reporters, they can always get some valuable information from the soldiers, and in order to attract attention or increase attention, they will always release this information in advance...... And so they became the most powerful and overt spies in the task force! ”

"What?" I almost laughed out loud when I heard this, I didn't expect this to happen in wartime.

I smiled bitterly and said, "Is that ...... Argentines only have to listen to the BBC to know how the war will go? ”

"That's true!" There was a hint of anger in Kent's eyes: "The BBC reported that the Argentine fighter plane suffered self-injury because the altitude was too low to climb to the height of the explosion range in time, and as a result, the Argentine Air Force replaced the time-delay fuse!" ”

"Hmm!" When I heard this, I recalled the air battles I had experienced before, and after thinking about it, it was true.

Argentine fighters used dive bombing, and in order to maximize the hit rate, they often dropped bombs at very low altitudes, so that the shrapnel flying when the bombs exploded would damage their own planes...... I used to think that it was all British anti-aircraft machine guns or anti-aircraft shelling, but when Lieutenant Colonel Kent said this, I thought that there should be a few Argentine fighters in the impression that belonged to this kind of self-inflicted injury.

Then I felt that this BBC really shouldn't be, isn't this just a soldier who charges the front line for his own interests? You must know that saving an Argentine fighter plane is likely to kill many British soldiers.

"Now they have reported on another airborne reconnaissance operation of our army!" Kent gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know where the BBC got the news, which directly made us fall into the encirclement of the enemy!" ”

"Why don't you stop the BBC from doing that?" I didn't ask this, but Lin Xia was talking.

Kent glanced at Lin Xia, but was not displeased that she was nosy as a translator.

"That's right...... Kent's reply: "The BBC's claim is that the fearless pursuit of the truth is far more important than the lives of the British army." Lo and behold, they call this self-serving behavior the pursuit of the truth, the freedom of the press! ”

To be honest, I don't know how happy I am to hear this: look at you Brits and Yankees talking about democracy and freedom all day long, and now you are deeply affected by it!

But I believe that this will not happen to the Americans, because they have two sets of standards and two statements, and if this kind of practice happens in other countries, then it is freedom, and if it happens in the United States, it is a threat to national security.

At this time, what I couldn't think about the most was actually Lin Xia, I saw a little strange expression on my face, and I even forgot that she was still my translator at this moment.

"I'm really worried about ......" Lieutenant Colonel Kent sighed, "If this continues, the BBC may even endanger the entire mission and even decide the outcome of this war!" ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked Lieutenant Colonel Kent: "So, the Argentine side should also know about the contradictions between the military and the BBC, and trust the BBC's report very much, right?" ”

"Of course!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent nodded, "But there's nothing we can do about him!" ”

"Not really!" I replied, "The BBC may indeed decide the outcome of this war, but it will lead us to victory!" (To be continued......)