Although the British operation is very secretive, the military intelligence can only guess on the slightest hint of the British government, and according to the recent public and semi-public actions of the British government, anyone, including the Argentine president, has reason to believe. Britain is preparing for the Falklands conflict.

In fact, Argentina has been preparing for war for a long time.

As US President Brandino and National Security Adviser Dugway have said, Argentina began preparing for war as early as years ago, when the first arms purchase contract was signed with the Republic.

Of course. It is not only the United Kingdom and Argentina that are actively preparing.

Although the United States still does not take public action, has never taken a position on any official occasion, and rarely even in informal settings, no one doubts it. The United States is providing assistance to Britain in some very stealthy way. Following the meeting, several assistant secretaries of state visited key members of the group as special presidential envoys; On many occasions, the United States has expressed that the United States is paying close attention to the situation in the South Atlantic and hopes that the two sides of the dispute can resolve the contradictions through active and effective diplomatic actions. House Speaker Rossi and leaders of political parties in both chambers of Congress have repeatedly stated that it is the duty and obligation of the United States to maintain peace and stability on the American continent and the Western Hemisphere, and that the United States should take positive and decisive action on relevant issues, and if necessary, will urge the government to wield its influence in the South Atlantic through legislation or other means.

The polar opposite attitude of the federal government and Congress is the action of the United States.

From the standpoint of the United States, whether it is the White House or the State Department. Because the situation is too sensitive, any biased remarks will have unpredictable consequences. Therefore, the only way to express the attitude of the United States is to use congressmen who are not involved in executive work to express the attitude of the United States in a more moderate way. There's nothing wrong with that. After all, the United States is no longer the only power. Although the South Atlantic is separated from another class of powers halfway around the world, the United States must avoid complicating the situation and avoiding being exploited by its adversaries in the face of the Indian War, the prestige of the Republic of China and the fact that the Republic has the second most powerful navy in the world.

Again. Also actively preparing for war are the republics.

Lang Dao Day. After only two and a half hours, the plenary congress of the Republic approved the arms sales to Afghanistan by an absolute majority of votes in favor and, in accordance with the usual practice, instructed the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Economic and Trade to supervise the process of fulfilling the contract and submit the relevant report to the Military Council within one month after the contract was fulfilled.

As soon as the news came out, it was hyped up by the major news media, and almost all Western news media declared it. The Republic's approval of arms sales to Afghanistan at this time is tantamount to closing the door to a negotiated settlement of the Falklands dispute, and Argentina will certainly recover the Falklands by force after obtaining the weapons and equipment it has purchased.

The problem is that the reports of the Western news media have not attracted widespread attention from the audience.

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There is nothing strange about it, for many years, the Western news media have been shouting that the wolf is coming, but the wolf has never come, and now no matter how hard they shout, not many people believe it.

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Comparatively speaking, the audience is more concerned about the political situation in the republic.

Because the arms sales to Afghanistan were deliberated together with several other foreign economic and trade contracts that involved the fundamental interests of the state and needed to be examined and approved by the plenary congress, it was not unusual for the plenary congress of the republic to approve the arms sales to Afghanistan at this time. More importantly, since the "regularization" of the plenary congress has greatly expanded its scope of authority and the daily deliberations have become much heavier, it is not necessary to abandon the daily affairs and let the country stop functioning because the transfer of power and political reform have not yet been completed.

It's just that, in the eyes of some people, this is anything but ordinary.

No doubt. This is what Brandino calls "the next letter shrug."

As Blandino understands, when it is necessary to concentrate on resolving issues related to the Constitutional Amendment. The plenary session of the republic spent a day deliberating on several inconsequential economic and trade contracts, just to cover up the arms sales to Afghanistan and avoid arousing too much international public opinion, and at the same time to tell the opponent unmistakably that the republic has taken a crucial step, and from this point on the situation of the thugs is no longer under the control of the two parties concerned, and the war will soon break out. Dominant force. The United States should have said something.

This is a conspiracy. By no means a conspiracy.

The question is. Concubine Yuanqing did this, is it too explicit?

From Bran's standpoint, he had to think more deeply. If Wang Yuanqing's intentions could not be judged, it would be impossible to defeat the Republic in the imminent war.

Although it is necessary for Blandino to believe that by approving the arms sales to Afghanistan, the information that needs to be conveyed can be most effectively conveyed to the right hand, but from another point of view, this will lead to two very acute problems: First, the position of the Republic will be completely exposed. There is no secret to speak of, and the initiative is lost; The second is to make the countries concerned, especially Argentina, have concerns and have reservations in the war, so as to lose the war. These two issues are what Wang Yuanqing must and should try his best to avoid, rather than actively creating them. Wang Yuanqing dared to take such a big risk, or was willing to lose part of the country's interests, and he must have a more ambitious goal.

Arguably. That's what Boomaudino is most worried about.

With his understanding of Wang Yuanqing, if the flaws that were actively exposed are regarded as low-level mistakes made by thugs, then it must be Wang Yuanqing who has the last laugh. The war in India is enough to illustrate that when the republic is blindly engaged in war, when the republican ** army is blindly advancing, and when the republic is too optimistic about the course of the war, it is not the republic that swallows the bitter fruit, but those who repeatedly doubt the republic.

So, what is Wang Yuanqing's grand goal?

Can't figure this out. Blandino didn't dare to act blindly.

The problem is that the United States cannot remain unremarkable. In other words, if the United States remains silent, it will convince Wang Yuanqing that his opponent does not see his intentions, and he will not have to worry about the opponent's counterattack. Undoubtedly, such a situation is the last thing Brandino wants.

There is no choice. Blandino's only option was for Britain to continue to charge ahead.

Anyway. From the standpoint of the Republic, there is every reason to believe that any action taken by Britain has been tacitly acquiesced in by the United States, and therefore Britain's action is the attitude of the United States.

On the first day of March, the British Prime Minister submitted the "Supplementary Defense Budget" for the next year to the House of Commons, and applied for a total of nearly 100 million euros of budget for hundreds of national defense projects.

Although according to the information released by the British government, only about 100 million euros of porridge are used to purchase weapons and equipment, and more than 100 million euros are used in other aspects, such as increasing military income, improving infrastructure, maintaining old equipment, and so on, according to outside comments, this is the British government's response to the republic's sale of weapons and equipment to Argentina again, and it is also Britain's preparation for the Falklands conflict that may break out.

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Of course. It's far from that simple.

Of the 100 million euros applied by the British minister, about 300 million euros are related to the Falklands, of which 700 million euros are used to strengthen the Falklands patrol fleet, that is, to move destroyers and frigates to deploy in the Falklands for six months, and about 100 million euros are used to improve the defense of the Falklands, that is, to expand the scale of the permanent military base. What's more, there are about 100 million euros indirectly related to the Falklands, of which 100 million euros will be used to allow the attack submarines that should have completed the overhaul work after the trade year to return to service within six months, and 100 million euros will be used to improve the state of the Navy's surface warships, "300 million euros will be used to improve the combat readiness of the naval aviation, and another 100 million euros will be used to enhance the combat readiness of the Air Force." Total. In addition to the 100 million yuan used to purchase new weapons and equipment, the expenses related to the Falklands account for more than the first percent, and even if the calculations are made, in the annual defense budget, the Falklands-related expenses also account for the most percent. Undoubtedly, this percentage is frighteningly high. You know, in previous years, even if the situation in the Falklands was very tense, the costs associated with it did not account for too much of the UK's defence budget, usually below the House of Representatives.

This is Blandino's response, and that's what Brandino has done.

In Blandino's words, it depends on how Wang Yuanqing "answers".

Wang Yuanqing is certainly not the only one who is paying close attention to the situation in Britain, and it can be said that it is not Wang Yuanqing who reacted the most to Britain's move.

On the day of the key blade, Pei Chengyi went to the Argentine presidential palace alone.

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Because he has been paying attention to the international situation, Pei Chengyi is very clear about the reason why Theron is looking for him.

When he met the Argentine president, Pei Chengyi did not rush to show his hole cards, nor did he guess the other party's thoughts, but adopted the most stable strategy.

"There is no doubt about it. Britain has already guessed our plans and knows that we will go to war in the near future" Theron stopped abruptly, as if realizing that he had lost his temper. After taking a long breath and stabilizing his emotions. "General Pei, although I have never denied the tremendous help that your country has provided to Argentina, I hope that your country can provide more practical assistance during this extraordinary period. ”

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, as if he didn't quite understand what the Argentine president meant.

"You know, too. The war soon broke out. Theron hesitated a little and said, "From what I have learned recently, the General Staff has come up with a combat plan, and the operation is expected to start at the end of next month." The biggest problem is that there is still no progress on several things that are closely related to the raids. Although I shouldn't trouble you with such a thing, with General Pei's network, I believe that solving these problems is just a simple effort, so"

"Your Excellency. Is your army ready for war? ”

Theron froze for a moment. Then he smiled bitterly.

The meaning of Pei Chengyi's remark could not be clearer, the Argentine General Staff did not take the military advisory group seriously, and only troubled the military advisory group when necessary, not to let the military advisory group participate in the whole process of formulating operational benefits as arranged by the president.

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"Your Excellency. I don't even know how your army plans to recover the Falklands. How can I help your army? "The second time he interrupted Theron's words, it not only made Pei Chengyi seem impolite, but also showed his attitude." These days. We have always responded to your army's requests as requested by the President, but only now do I know that your army has drawn up a battle plan and is ready to go to war within a month. ”

"General Pei misunderstood, I just received the battle plan from the General Staff, and it is only a preliminary plan."

Pei Chengyi smiled. There was no rush to speak.

"This is the draft battle plan submitted by the General Staff." Theron took a document and handed it to Pei Chengyi. said, "The plan is still very imperfect, and there are still many problems that need to be solved." It is probably because of this that the General Staff did not contact General Pei. ”

"Your Excellency. Can this be justified? Pei Chengyi put down the document and said, "To be honest, after the last meeting, not only did your army not invite the advisory group to participate in the formulation of the combat punishment. I was also not contacted. I have already thought about it, and if your army can draw up such a detailed battle plan, there is no need to listen to my advice, and there is no need for the help of Zilian and Japan, so it is not of much point for us to stay in your country. If you do not object, I will lead the advisory team out of your country as soon as possible to save your country a useless expense. ”

"General Pei, what you said is too serious." Theron became anxious and said, "I don't know the situation of the General Staff very well, after all, I am not a soldier like General Pei, and I rarely interfere in the work of the General Staff. I will find out the situation of General Pei's reaction as soon as possible and promise to give General Pei a satisfactory answer. ”

Pei Chengyi thought about it for a while. He said: "Since I have the guarantee of His Excellency the President, I will stay for a few more days."

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"I'm going to read it in detail from beginning to end. In order to give valuable opinions and suggestions, Pei Chengyi picked up the document that he began to put down. "Your Excellency the President may rest assured that as long as I remain your supreme military adviser, I will fulfill my duties as an advisor and will never give you any unfounded advice." ”

Seeing Pei Chengyi so earnest. Theron breathed a sigh of relief.

After leaving the presidential palace, thug Pei Chengyi also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that he doesn't have much hope for Theron, because what happened in Argentina tells him that no matter how deep Theron's military background is, the senior generals of the Argentine army will not take a group of outsiders in their eyes because of the president's relationship, and they will not easily let Pei Chengyi and others participate in the core work.

On the way back to his residence, Pei Chengyi quickly flipped through the battle plan submitted to the president by the Argentine General Staff.

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There is nothing new to say, the main part is exactly the same as the one of the previous years, except that in the early stage of the war, that is, the part of the assault on the Falklands, the air assault operation was used instead of the conventional landing operation, which also gave rise to several problems mentioned by Theron.

Of course, such a question does not challenge Pei Chengyi in any way.

Before coming to Argentina, when he was in contact with Li Cunxun, Pei Chengyi knew that how to make a surprise attack was the key to Argentina's recovery of the Falklands, and Gu mentioned these issues in front of Li Cunxun, which led to the subsequent arms sales case and the secret contracts between Huaan Company and the Argentine authorities. Because the background of Huaan Company is the Military Intelligence Bureau, according to Pei Chengyi's estimate, the assault force has been established a long time ago. The leasing of an airlift platform has also been settled, and it is possible that this secret force is even conducting adaptation training on one of the islands in the South China Sea or the Indian Ocean.

For the sake of safety, Pei Chengyi talked to Liu Xiaobin on the phone that night.

As he had guessed, the clandestine forces were training and could be combat-ready by early April at the latest, and if necessary, could reach Argentina by April Day. As long as the Argentine side is ready to respond, the VTOL transport aircraft for the assault force can be deployed by April Day.

With Liu Xiaobin's assurance, Pei Chengyi has nothing to worry about and can sleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, an unwanted guest who arrived at breakfast disrupted Pei Chengyi's schedule for the day.

"General Alfonso, have you eaten early?" Seeing Alfonso, Pei Chengyi knew that it must be Theron's platoon, otherwise the big boss of the Argentine Air Force would not have rushed over so early.

"General Pei, please take care of yourself, I have already had breakfast on the way."

Pei Chengyi nodded and asked Dongfang Wen to prepare a cup of black tea for Alfonso. From Alfonso's answer, Pei Chengyi read a very important piece of information, that is, the chief of staff of the Air Force, who is usually very elegant, must be very busy, so busy that he even has to eat breakfast on the road.

So, what keeps Alfonso so busy?

Mu Yong doubted that it must have something to do with the "just formulated" combat plan of the thugs. In other words, there is no unanimity within the Afghan army. There are serious differences on some issues, and they are crucial.

Thinking of this, Pei Chengyi knew in his heart.

After eating breakfast in a hurry, Pei Chengyi said: "General Alfonso, you are here this time."

"General Pei, you know it too. War is no child's play, and you are our supreme military advisor and the most qualified advisor we can find, so," Alfonso hesitated for a moment and said, "We have some problems and need the help of General Pei."

"Trouble?"

"It's not a big hassle. It's just that we need more authoritative advice.

"That is, the advice provided by soldiers who have been on the battlefield and know more about the war?"

Alfon nodded his head, indicating that this was what he meant.

Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "In this case, just let a few advisors go with His Excellency the General." I can guarantee that they are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and they are all extremely good soldiers brought out by me. ”

Alfonso was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "General Pei, I never doubted your ability, nor did I doubt the ability of the general's subordinates, just."

"General Alfonso, I had a face-to-face interview with the President of your country last night, and I just accepted the arrangement of the President of your country, so I have no time to deal with other matters for the time being. Well, let a few of my men go down and take a look, and if the problem is really serious and they can't solve it, I'll deal with it myself. ”

After speaking, Pei Chengyi glanced at Dongfang Wen.

When I saw Dongfang, I came to see off the guests. Alfonso, who wanted to save face, did not continue to entangle with Pei Chengyi, and left with several members of the advisory group.

Pei Chengyi didn't give Alfonso face. Because it is not yet time to compromise with the Argentine military.