Soon Angus and the others crossed the strait smoothly, and then the information was reported by Angus like snowflakes to the headquarters where Kent and I were.

This information mainly includes the distribution of radar stations on Pebul Island, the location of airfields, the number and distribution of aircraft, as well as the surrounding terrain and suitable locations for helicopter landing.

From this I also learned about the main process of operations of the British special forces...... They did not directly break into the Longtan Tiger's Den in helicopters, as we have seen on TV and movies, but sent a small detachment, that is, the advance team, to learn more detailed information in advance, and then worked out a combat plan in the shortest possible time based on this information.

In fact, I think this early reconnaissance activity is the most difficult. As it is now, Angus's advance party made it to the island of Pebul with great difficulty...... It was not difficult to reach the island of Pebriel, but it was difficult to reach and obtain accurate information without the Argentine troops being aware.

After this step is done, things become simpler, as the saying goes: "There is no impenetrable line of defense in the world", any line of defense has its weaknesses, once we have the detailed information of the line of defense, it means that we can easily use the weaknesses of the line of defense to break into the line of defense.

Half an hour later, fifty SAS team members, who had already been ready to go, flew to Pebul Island in three helicopters.

Of course, these three helicopters, like the previous one, also crossed the Falklands and approached Pebul Island from the direction of the main island.

It is clear that this method is useful, since the Argentines did not react at all to the three helicopters.

Then the battle soon began, and the SAS team joined up with the advance team. Under the cover of helicopters and the guns of the Antrim, they entered the airfield with lightning speed......

Although I was not on the spot. But one can imagine the Argentine garrison at the airport in chaos under the precision strikes of naval guns and helicopters. The SAS team members took advantage of this time to go straight to their respective goals in groups of four...... Aircraft and radar stations.

At this time, the Argentines thought that the British army was just bombing them and hiding in their bomb shelters, but they did not expect that the British army had already ground troops entering the airfield, and at the same time, the British reconnaissance planes also carried out electronic jamming on Pebul Island, so that even if some Argentine troops discovered the crisis, they could not notify other Argentines in time to get ready. The SAS team easily destroyed each of them and planted time bombs in the planes and radar stations.

With a loud explosion, all the targets on Pebul Island, including six radar stations and fifteen aircraft of various types, were blown up.

It is worth mentioning that SAS deliberately installed time bombs on the same part when planting time bombs on aircraft.

"The benefits are obvious!" "If we had planted these bombs in different parts, it would have been possible for the Argentines to take different parts from the wreckage and repair them together, but if we had damaged the same parts," Lieutenant Colonel Kent explained...... Apparently not even a single plane can be repaired. ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but nod my head secretly.

If it weren't for a few actual battles. I would never have thought that there was such a thing as installing explosives.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Then the correspondent reported to Kent: "Except for one member of the team who was wounded, the rest are safe, they have left the battlefield and are on the helicopter that has returned!" ”

"Boom!" There was soon a cheer from the headquarters.

I have to admit that this is a remarkable result, since it has been only seventeen minutes since the battle began, and that the nail with so many radars and planes has been removed at the cost of one wounded, which is not something that an ordinary army can do.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" And while the British troops in the command room were still cheering, the communicator opened his mouth wide and reported: "The Sheffield was hit by an enemy missile, and we are ordered to go to reinforcements immediately!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Of course, I'm the only one here who doesn't surprise me.

Later, it was said that the Argentines were able to hit the Sheffield this time, but there were actually many elements of luck.

First of all, there were several warships in the British fleet, and they saw the traces of two Argentine fighters on the radar and issued a warning. Of course, this trail is not very obvious...... The two Argentine Super Flags approached the British fleet at an ultra-low altitude, that is, only a dozen meters from the sea.

From this point of view, I have to admire the superb piloting level of the Argentine pilots. You must know that the waves are still very big at this time, and at a height of more than ten meters, the waves may hit the plane, that is, as long as one is not careful, it will be the end of the plane crash and death.

At this time, the radar of the British fleet could not see the Argentine fighters, but the Argentine fighters could not lock on to the target either, so the Argentine fighters made two jumps in it...... The purpose was to find the target and input the target number into the Exocet missile, the first jump did not find the target, the second jump locked onto the Sheffield, and the two jumps only took a few seconds to immediately return to the state of ultra-low altitude approach.

The British fleet saw the two jumps on the radar and reported the situation to the aircraft carrier, but it just so happened that it ...... It was in the morning that the British army received a false alarm because of a radar failure, so the British commander took it for granted that these two were false alarms caused by radar failures, so he ignored them at all.

What is even more coincidental is that the Sheffield is still in contact with the British mainland using satellite phones at this time, and the satellite phone and the shipboard electronic warfare system cannot be used at the same time, which means that the Sheffield's electronic warfare system is turned off at this time...... Later I learned that it had turned on the electronic warfare system and spotted the missiles flying towards it in the last seconds of the missile's approach, but all they could do was shout: "Get down!" ”

In fact, this cannot be said to be a coincidence, but should be said to be an inevitable consequence of the British army's underestimation of the enemy.

The reason is very simple, if the British army had not thought that Argentina was not capable of fighting them, such repeated "mistakes" would not have happened.

Needless to say, the rest is not too much to say. The Exocet missile hit the middle section of the Sheffield. Inserted into the hull from the starboard side. Although it did not explode, the solid fuel it was carrying caused a large fire.

"Immediately go to the rescue!" Lieutenant Colonel Kent soon gave the order.

So the Antrim immediately made a 180-degree turn and headed straight for the accident site of the Sheffield.

Ten minutes later, we saw a fire on the surface of the sea from a distance, and there were many warship lights or control lights circling around the firelight, and from time to time some flares and other things would be fired to illuminate the sky white.

At first I thought they were searching for sailors who had fallen overboard, but later I learned that the warships were actually on guard for fear that the Argentine submarines would take advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on them.

This is actually the reason why Clapp was in a hurry to order the Antrim to go for reinforcements...... Clapp feared that the Argentines would not only be attacking with a single missile, but that their fleet would also take advantage of this time to counterattack.

But it is clear that the Argentines did not do this, because the British warships guarding around them did not detect any danger.

In addition to the fact that one warship is suspected of spotting a submarine behind the Sheffield and constantly firing depth charges...... It turned out to be not an Argentine submarine, but the sound of the Sheffield's pumping motor activated by the ship's hull due to water ingress.

From this point of view. It can also be said that the Argentine Navy is too passive and passive, just because of the lack of anti-submarine capabilities and the fact that the submarines are not as advanced as the British army, they are nested in the harbor and do not dare to move...... If you come out to fight now, you will receive some results of the pursuit of victory anyway.

As soon as the Antrim arrived at the scene, it quickly joined the ranks of the vigilance and the search for the submarine, and when I had nothing to do, I raised my binoculars and looked at the Sheffield, which was already boiling and burning, and by this time it had completely lost its power and was drifting with the current, and there were many British sailors on board under the fire, busy with various tools to extinguish the fire...... But I knew it was futile, and in a few hours they had to abandon ship, and the destroyer, which was supposed to be the most advanced in the British army, would drift and burn on the surface of the sea for six days before finally sinking.

"Colonel!" Then Lieutenant Colonel Kent came up to me and said, "General Clapp wants to see you!" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but nodded, and it was time to meet.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xia and I were in front of Clapp, who had a wolf face...... By this time, he and his command had been temporarily transferred to the "Glasgow".

"Colonel!" Seeing me and Lin Xia walking in, Clapp said with a look of remorse: "It's unimaginable. I ignored your warnings and ended up making this big mistake......"

"The casualties are not big!" I interrupted Clapp.

Clapp was, after all, a brigadier general and one of the main commanders of the fleet. I don't want him to lose too much of his majesty in front of his subordinates.

"Now we know for sure that we have lost 20 soldiers!" Clapp replied: "The injured ones are not sure yet!" ”

Then Clapp stood up and looked at the Sheffield, which was already a ball of fire, and said: "It's hard to imagine that a small missile can cause so much damage to a warship, and even this missile didn't explode because of the fuse!" Sheffield is finished, it's all my fault! ”

"No, General!" I said, "There are losses in war, and now is not the time to hold accountable!" Have you ever thought about the threat that Exocet missiles pose to the British fleet next? ”

"But what can it be?" Clapp said hatefully: "Argentina only has five Exocet missiles in total, and now two have been used, which means that they still have three, even if they sink three more warships of our army, they will not be able to change the war!" ”

"No!" I shook my head: "The general should take into account the possibility that Argentina sank an aircraft carrier!" ”

Hearing this, Clapp couldn't help but be stunned and said, "What do you mean...... Will Argentina then target aircraft carriers? ”

"Of course!" I replied, "The general should also know that sinking an aircraft carrier is actually no more difficult than sinking a warship, and it may even be easier than sinking a warship!" ”

"Hmm!" Clapp nodded solemnly.

The equipment of the aircraft carrier is indeed advanced, but as we all know, the aircraft carrier is an offensive weapon, and its attack power mainly comes from the carrier aircraft. This also means that the defense of the aircraft carrier is very weak, and it can even be said that if it is a single aircraft carrier, there is basically no defense. This is also the reason why it wants all kinds of warships and submarines to form an aircraft carrier battle group with it.

Of course. With the exception of aircraft carriers of the USSR. The aircraft carriers developed by the Soviet Union have always had airborne aircraft, and at the same time, there were many anti-aircraft missiles and other equipment on them. Although this makes the aircraft carrier both offensive and defensive, it sacrifices the valuable space on the aircraft carrier, and thus reduces its comprehensive combat performance.

Another important point is that aircraft carriers are easy to detect by radar because of their large size and make them an excellent target.

"I think ......," I continued, "the Argentine side is probably not sure how much damage the Exocet missile will do to the warship, or it can be said that it has the mentality of trying it out, so it will target the Sheffield first." Now that they're convinced that Exocet missiles are powerful enough to sink big-tonnage warships, I don't think there's a reason why they shouldn't turn their attention to carriers.

The general can think about what the result would be if the Argentine side had sunk an aircraft carrier! ”

Hearing this, Clapp's face couldn't help but change: "We will lose this war." Had to withdraw to the country! ”

"That's exactly what I'm worried about!" I said: "This is what Argentina wants to see, when nothing else can stop the British army, I believe they want to fight to the death with the remaining three Exocet missiles!" ”

There is no doubt about this, after all, this is not a loss for Argentina, anyway, they are not optimistic in the situation of the British task force now, so why gamble with missiles?

"You're right!" After thinking about it, Clapp frowned: "If the war ends with the sinking of the aircraft carrier, the blow to Britain is incalculable, and we must not let this happen!" ”

As he spoke, he turned to the communications soldier beside him and said, "Pick up General Woodward for me immediately!" ”

Then there was Clapp's long conversation on the phone, and it was needless to say what the conversation was, that is, to warn the commander of the aircraft carrier subfleet, Admiral Woodward. It is very likely that Argentina's next few Exocet missiles will be aimed at aircraft carriers.

As for what will happen after the aircraft carrier is sunk...... Naturally, I don't need to talk about this, not to mention the value of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft. If there is only one aircraft carrier, it will directly cause the British army to lose the war because it cannot grasp air supremacy.

About this, Clap and Woodward, who have been using aircraft carriers for many years and have actual combat experience with aircraft carriers, certainly know better than I am a layman.

After a while, Clapp walked back to me and said, "General Woodward agrees with your guess, and is aware of the seriousness of the problem. However, it is very difficult for us to guard against this Exocet missile, and it is a big problem to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier! ”

"You have an advanced radar system, don't you?" I said, "You can easily spot the Argentine planes when they approach you!" ”

I'm not worried about this issue, because historically British aircraft carriers were not sunk by Argentine Exocets.

"Because we are allies with France!" Clapp said with a solemn expression: "So we can get various parameters about the Exocet missile from France." We're ashamed to say that we didn't care about these parameters until the Sheffield was sunk......"

As he spoke, Clapp handed me a copy of the text.

"And we have already asked the French side to give more detailed information about the Exocet missile!" "Know that this missile flies up to 65 kilometers," Clapp said. Of course, this does not mean that Argentina has the ability to launch missiles from a distance of 65 kilometers, they are limited by radar and must launch at close range, this time sinking the Sheffield, they are missiles launched from 20 kilometers away! ”

As he spoke, Clapp drew a circle on the map on his desk: "That's the location, but the point is ...... The Exocet missile uses inertial navigation when flying, and it is difficult for our radar to detect it at this time, and it will only activate the active radar search device when it approaches the target.

Just like these two missiles fired at us, the Argentines launched them from a distance of twenty kilometers and did not activate the active radar search device until they were ten kilometers away from us, and at the speed of the Exocet missiles, we only had more than thirty seconds of reaction time! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly say that this is the case...... It's no wonder that the Exocet missile played such an important role in the Battle of the Falklands, because it was not just a matter of tracking targets like ordinary missiles.

"And that's not the scariest of all!" After a pause, Clapp continued, "Like you said, if Super Banner launches a missile sneak attack on us in the same way this time. Naturally, we are on high alert. Next. It is very likely that we will detect the jump of the Super Flag in advance and pay enough attention to it. For example, interception with a Harrier, such as being prepared to jam missiles, and so on.

But the problem is that the Argentines are not so stupid, and there is a good chance that they will interfere with our view and make us unguarded! ”

The general said...... "I really don't know what the Argentines do."

"The Argentines I'm talking about launch Exocet missiles while ordinary fighters are attacking the fleet!" "This is General Woodward's consideration," Clapp explained, "if there are many warplanes fighting with our fleet at this time, although this kind of war is usually short...... As you know, within five minutes the Argentine fighter will have to return because of fuel problems. But five minutes is enough for them, I mean, as long as their air force units work well enough. And the super military flag is mixed in these fighters, then our radar will not be aware of this potential danger! ”

Clapp didn't say it very clearly, but I did.

To put it simply, the Argentines are likely to use the trick of "fishing in troubled waters" to make the British task force unprepared and interfere with the Exocet missiles from the Super Flag in time.

It should be said that this is indeed a good method, and it is not difficult to implement, as long as the Super Flag and the pilots of the Skyhawk Fighter cooperate with each other. As for the British army, they must always be on guard against which direction two missiles will appear coldly when the enemy and us are in a mess...... Even they had to react within thirty seconds, otherwise it would mean the defeat of the entire war.

This was undoubtedly quite difficult for the British army. In other words, the battlefield seems to have taken a big turn, and the British army was still victorious before, but now it is full of danger. And there is also the danger of losing the whole war.

"Alas!" At this time, Clapp sighed: "It's hard to imagine if this missile hadn't hit Sheffield just now." Rather, it hit the aircraft carrier...... Then we may all be on our way back now! ”

I nodded in agreement, which actually made Clapp feel a little better, because it was Sheffield blocking a missile for the carrier.

"That's what General Woodward thinks!" Clapp continued: "In future battles, we can make some changes to the relative position of the fleet, that is, with two aircraft carriers as the core, and merchant ships, warships and warplanes in charge of guarding outwards in turn, so that although we cannot guarantee that the aircraft carrier will not be attacked, it can at least increase the difficulty of missiles hitting the aircraft carrier!" ”

I have no objection to this, first of all, the outermost fighter may catch the missile on the radar and jam it, and secondly, the warship may also detect the radar and jam it, even if it can't interfere with the low-flying missile, it is very likely that it will be blocked by layers of hull and accidentally hit other ships, which is undoubtedly the best way to protect the aircraft carrier.

But this method is also too negative, because it can be said to be a simple defense, in the hope that the Argentine fighter plane did not find the right angle to launch the missile.

Then I was a little amused by my fears: Argentina did not sink British aircraft carriers in history, and the missiles that followed were just a transport ship that sank a transport helicopter and Sea Harrier fighters......

Wait a minute! Transport ships, but also transport ships for helicopters and Sea Harrier fighters...... These fighters are used to supplement the fighters or helicopters that need to be repaired on aircraft carriers and warships, and several of them are also transport aircraft used for transportation.

It is clear that these fighters and helicopters need to take off from the transport ship during the transition process, that is, from the transport ship to the aircraft carrier (the Sea Harrier fighter can take off and land vertically).

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but open my mouth and couldn't close it for a long time, the Argentines wouldn't have mistaken this transport ship for an aircraft carrier, so they fired two Exocet missiles that could almost decide the outcome of the war!

Then I have a solution! (To be continued......)