When Zhong Chengyi didn't receive any elimination, he only contacted Yang Shaoyong. After learning that the speedboat that was unloading was not bombed, Pei Chengyi contacted Liu Xiaobin again. It is hoped that the MIA will be able to provide more accurate intelligence. This time, the MIA not only provided that the Royal Air Force would certainly bomb the Clippers on the first day of the month, but also provided very important news: US President Brandino has ordered National Security Adviser Dugway to serve as Britain's military adviser.

Undoubtedly, this is not good news.

Although Pei Chengyi has never regarded Du Qiwei as an opponent, he knows that the only one who can really cause trouble is Du Qiwei.

The mother is undoubted. It was definitely Dudgway who decided to bomb the Clippers.

In fact. Until this time, the British authorities had not grasped the point. Among other things, the Royal Navy's rush to dispatch the task force proved that the British authorities did not take the war seriously, not only believing that the Royal Marines on the island would be able to hold out until the task force arrived, but also believing that the task force with only two aircraft carriers could easily defeat the Argentine army, at most losing some insignificant forces, as in the conflict many years ago. If you don't take your opponent in your eyes, let alone Britain, the United States will be in trouble.

Arguably. The British authorities made a very serious mistake.

Although on the surface, the Royal Marines are still holding on, and are even expected to defeat the Afghan troops who have landed on the island, the task force is also almost south, and it will be there in a few days. It seems that victory is not far from Britain, but if you look at it, you can see that Britain is moving towards defeat step by step. How long will the Royal Marines last? I'm afraid the British don't even count. With the Clippers successfully reaching the Falklands, the British were able to deliver the heavy equipment that would determine the outcome of the ground battle in two days, without the British means of interception. Not to mention anything else, as long as they can send an artillery battalion to the thugs, the Afghan army can defeat the Royal Marines trapped in the port area with heavy artillery. There is no doubt that the task force will not be able to arrive in two days, and it will not reach the South Atlantic until the end of the month at the earliest, and fighter jets will be dispatched about a kilometer from Mau to support the defenders of the island. By that day, I am afraid that there will be no more British troops still fighting on the island. With the Falklands lost, Britain had to make a comprehensive adjustment of its operational strategy, either letting the task force fight with the Afghan army to deplete and paralyze the Afghan army's air combat forces, or turning halfway to Ascension Island and waiting for the arrival of the "Revenge" aircraft carrier battle group and the landing fleet.

It's obvious. Either way, it would be a disaster for the task force, for the UK.

The task force continued south, with only broken aircraft carriers. It was necessary to deal with both the Argentine Air Force and the Argentine Navy, as well as the Argentine Army on the island. If you want to do well, you can't do anything. Although the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier battle group is not considered vulnerable, no one believes that the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier battle group is impregnable. Even if the Afghan army is unable to sink the British aircraft carrier, it may paralyze the British aircraft carrier, or make the task force dare not get too close to the Falklands, and the task force will lose its value of existence. As it is about to be exhausted, apart from Argentina having to use the power of the whole country, the life of the British authorities will not be much better.

Don't say anything else. The Royal Navy sold the "Queen Elizabeth" class medium aircraft carriers with an average age of less than the old ones to India at a very low price, and then purchased three "George V" class aircraft carriers at extremely high prices, mainly because the medium aircraft carriers could not protect Britain's overseas territories and had to purchase large aircraft carriers. In other words, not to mention the failure of the "George V" and the "Ark Royal" in the South Atlantic, as long as the Falkland Islands are not recovered, the British authorities' defense construction policy will be questioned by voters, and political turmoil is only a matter of time. In other words, no matter what happened to the Falklands, the task force could not go back, and even if it was to stay on Ascension Island temporarily, it would be unacceptable. In other words, the British authorities could only bite the bullet and let the task force, which had only 2 aircraft carriers, charge, and gamble on the fate of British politicians and the national fortunes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

In fact, the bet is not on whether the task force can outmaneuver the Argentine Air Force, but on whether the Royal Marines on the island can hold out until the task force arrives. To put it simply, if the answer is yes, the situation will be very favorable for the British authorities, if the answer is no. The situation will be favorable for Argentina. To keep the Royal Marines going. In addition to trying to break the morale of the Afghan army, the most important thing is to prevent Argentina from sending reinforcements to the island, especially the armored forces and heavy artillery necessary to attack the port area, and it is necessary to destroy the Clippers.

Only by understanding this truth can we clearly see the true direction of this war.

It's a pity. Understand this catty. There are not many people who reason, and there are not many people who see the direction of the war clearly.

Mother is skeptical. Dudgway is one of the few.

Although Pei Chengyi has only fought head-on with Du Qiwei once, the two have fought several times, and they can be regarded as knowing the roots

When Liu Xiaobin mentioned Du Qiwei on the phone, Pei Chengyi knew how the Royal Air Force would act, and he would definitely listen to Du Qiwei's advice. Because the Clippers will be in action before the early morning of Hitter's Day, they will definitely not miss their last chance.

Now that there is no digression. Pei Chengyi no longer worries about anything.

Dudgway has vision and courage, but on the battlefield, it is not only the commander's personal ability that determines victory or defeat.

The last day of April passed peacefully.

Of course, it was not calm for Pei Chengyi, because that afternoon, he lost a meal. As Hua Jianfeng expected, in the case of the general trend, Alfonso was no longer stubborn, but took the initiative to extend an olive branch to Pei Chengyi, not only handed over the command of the Argentine Air Force, but also personally boarded the Wang Xingyu Festival to wash the four concaves of the book to concave the shy. visit, hoping to resolve the two! The contradiction between them is that Alfonso is so noon, it is not easy to make an inch.

In the early morning of the day of the month, Pei Chengyi took more than a dozen staff officers to the Argentine Air Force Command.

"It's all ready, and in another half an hour, all combat units will be in place

Pei Chengyi nodded at Hua Jianfeng and walked quickly into the tactical command center of the Argentine Air Force. Because the tactical command center of the Argentine Air Force was designed and built with the help of the military advisers of the Republic before the year, it is very similar to the tactical command center of the Republic Air Force, and the tactical command center of the Republic Air Force is a simplified version of the system of the General Staff, so the tactical command center of the Argentine Air Force makes Pei Chengyi feel very familiar.

"Alfonso didn't come?" Pei Chengyi glanced at the room and didn't see a single general of the Afghan army.

"I'm going to the presidential palace." Hua Jianfeng smiled and said, "You know, he is waiting to report the good news to the president. How can you stay here? ”

"Looks. He didn't think I had won

"Is there still suspense?

Pei Chengyi smiled and beckoned Long Hongen, who was explaining the matter to several Afghan army staff officers.

"Lieutenant Colonel, let's give me a briefing." Hua Jianfeng spoke first, after all, before Pei Chengyi came over, he was the supreme person in charge here.

"It's not ideal, let's go to the lounge and abandon it, so as not to disturb everyone

Pei Chengyi nodded, and took the lead in turning around and walking towards the conference room.

"There is nothing wrong with the Afghan officers and soldiers, the main thing is that their capabilities are limited." After Long Hongen handed the brewed tea to Pei Chengyi and Hua Jianfeng, he said, "Although accurate intelligence has helped us a lot, intelligence will not be perfect, for example, we can't be sure whether the Royal Air Force will attack in the early hours of this morning or early in the morning." ”

"Is there a difference?" Pei Chengyi asked quietly.

There was a big difference, and Long Hongen smiled bitterly. "The key issue is the combat power of the Argentine Air Force, which, in any case, is not the Air Force of the Republic." As you know, when we first came, we raised the issue that the infrastructure of the Afghan army is very backward. In other words, if Argentina had a well-developed infrastructure, even if it was not possible to bring armored fighting vehicles and heavy artillery to the island, with the strong support of the air force, the ground fighting would have ended. Since the war has been fought so far, the Argentine Air Force has made an average of less than 100 sorties a day, and at its most less than 200 sorties, and counting the sorties of various support planes, including tankers and early warning planes, if we only count fighters, I am afraid that the average number of sorties per day is only 50. No doubt. Such a low number of sorties is not because the Afghan army does not have enough fighters, but because the Afghan army does not have enough airfields and good enough ground crew. You may not believe it, but so far in the war, four of the five fighters lost by the Afghan army were caused by improper maintenance, and only one was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile over the Falklands. ”

"You mean, the Afghan army's ability to dispatch is not good?"

Long Hongen nodded and said, "It's a very serious problem, when planning tactical actions. As you requested, I did not reduce my ground support operations, so as not to make the British suspicious. And so it goes. The Afghan army can make up to 40 sorties before dawn.

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

Look. There are already quite a few force fighters. Besides. The Argentine Air Force only has a small ratio of mouths, and if it can ensure that each Xiaojiu flies two sorties at night, it will be able to make the Royal Air Force's cantonment unable to eat and go around. In fact, the situation is by no means encouraging. First of all, when the small thugs are small, each mission cycle is as long as one hour, and the air patrol over the battlefield thousands of kilometers away is drunk, even if the problem of the aircraft is not considered, the problem of the pilot must be considered, because of the hour. These two points alone are enough for the Argentine Air Force to think of something else.

When formulating the combat plan, Pei Chengyi adopted Long Hongen's suggestion, but asked for it

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According to the battle plan drawn up by Long Hongen, "in addition to continuing to bomb the British troops on the Falklands, the Argentine Air Force will dispatch all tankers and early warning aircraft to cooperate with heavy air supremacy fighters to intercept the Royal Air Force's fighters." This is because it is said that there is a small air combat formation with old fighters, and the two formations are responsible for air patrol missions in the first half of the night and the second half of the night respectively. To support 2 air combat formations. The AWACS aircraft and tanker planes of the Argentine Air Force were also divided into two groups and entered the theater of operations one after another.

It's obvious. In the end can such a deployment be defeated with the small! It depends on the specific situation.

For Long Hongen, the luckiest thing is that Ascension Island is located thousands of kilometers away from Wangli. It can be said that this distance caused much more trouble for the Royal Air Force than any enemy. According to Long Hongen's analysis. If the RAF chooses to attack in the early hours of the day of the thugs, "Jie Ye will have to deal with a number of speedboats. Follow the tender missiles to deal with! speedboat calculations. On average, each site needs to carry 4 anti-ship missiles; As a result, each port can only carry 2 interceptor missiles and 2 combat missiles; Even if each aircraft carries a large auxiliary fuel tank, it is in the world war zone! After a refueling in the air, the famous aircraft group could only enter from the northeast of the Falklands, and it was impossible to go around to the west and south of the Falklands. In other words, when deploying air defense fighters, Long Hongen did not need to consider secondary directions at all. If the Royal Air Force chooses to have left the cobalt mooring area below Jun Stew, the 4 concave aircraft group only needs to deal with many old large yachts, and each fighter only needs to carry 2 anti-ship missiles on average; Without adding other weapons. : Not only can you carry a large auxiliary fuel tank, but also fill the internal fuel tank; As long as the site of the first refueling is moved forward by a kilometer, the women's aircraft group can enter from the southeast or northwest direction of the Falklands, thus avoiding the frontal air defense fighters; That is, in this case, Long Hongen must consider expanding the range of air defense.

There is no doubt that Long Hongen's battle plan was formulated in response to this actual situation.

Because the Royal Air Force has missed the opportunity to raid in the early morning of April Day, the Clippers will leave the Cobalt Anchorage on the morning of the month and enter the vast South Atlantic, if the Royal Air Force misses the opportunity again, it is impossible to find the returning speedboat if it is unable to send reconnaissance planes and patrol planes to the Falklands, and even if it does, it will be because Ascension Island is too far away to use it well to attack, so the Royal Air Force will definitely not miss the possibility of attacking from the early morning of the month is over seventy percent.

Get this catty. In conclusion, Long Hongen strengthened the patrol force in the first half of the night.

In addition to the air combat formation composed of old and small fighters, all the fighters that bombed the horse bird that night were required to carry at least four interceptor missiles, fill them with fuel, and patrol the northeast for half an hour after completing the bombing mission. Then turn to the return home. In order to assist these fighters, Long Hongen not only arranged two more early warning planes and tanker planes, but also specially arranged an electronic warfare plane responsible for air command.

Comparatively speaking, the patrol force in the second half of the night is not very sufficient.

Of course, Long Hongen was not unprepared.

When explaining to Pei Chengyi the battle plan. He made it clear that there were 6 more aircraft said before the return of the trumpet air combat formation. The old fighter will immediately take off to reinforce Air Combat Formation 2 to ensure that Air Combat Formation 2 can intercept the lower frame fighters in any direction.

In fact, herein lies the problem.

According to Long Hongen's plan seventh, in the second half of the night, because the No. 2 air combat formation only had old fighters, and the other fighters who carried out the bombing mission basically returned, and they had to take care of three directions at the same time, so they could only split the No. 2 air combat formation into three squadrons, each taking care of one direction, and each squadron only had fat fighters. There is no doubt that the RAF will not scatter its actions and will certainly attack from one direction. If it is encountered suddenly, even if the 6 Xiaojiu have been prepared for a long time, it may not be an opponent from the beginning of the fight.

"Eighteen spare fighters may not be enough."

"There's no other way." Long Hongen sighed and said, "This is the limit of the Argentine Air Force, and if these eighteen fighters want to take off, they have to arrange all the bombing missions in the first half of the night, otherwise the ground crew will not be able to complete the support work." ”

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, we can only play Russian roulette with the Zhenjia Air Force." ”

"I can't say that, after all, 4 concave is the most likely to come in the first half of the night."

"Lao Hua, do you think so too?" Pei Chengyi glanced at Hua Jianfeng and said, "I don't think that in my opinion, the Royal Air Force is the most likely to strike before dawn." ”

Hua Jianfeng frowned, took out a cigarette, and lit one for Long Hongen, who had been explaining for a long time.

"It's important to take out the Clippers, but it's even more important to stop us from continuing to requisition the Clippers." Pei Chengyi took a few sips of tea and said with a smile. "First of all, we have to believe that the Royal Air Force will take Dudgway's advice. Although the British are very face-saving and notoriously arrogant and stubborn, the British are more realistic, and the British are no exception. Based on what I know about Du Qiwei, he will definitely choose to strike in the second half of the night, because as Long Hongen analyzed, reducing the target of attack can provide more ways to attack, thus improving the efficiency of penetration. ”

"The question is, how did Dudgway know that we were going to organize an interception?"

"How could you not know? The Argentine Air Force has been fully mobilized, and the hundreds of US reconnaissance satellites are not decorations. Besides, Duchway knew me very well, and as long as he believed that I was directing the Afghan army, even if there was no intelligence, he could conclude that I would arrange an interception. If given a choice, the Dooch Festival will take a false shot.

Now he has no choice but to gamble with us with the life of the Royal Air Force. ”

"Du Qiwei shouldn't know that we are commanding the Afghan army to fight, right?"

"It wasn't clear before, but with the arrival of the Clippers on the Falklands, he won't suspect anything anymore

Hua Jianfeng nodded slightly, understanding what Pei Chengyi meant.

"But it's nothing, at most let's wait a few more hours, isn't it?"

Pei Chengyi smiled and didn't say anything more.

Now that you're here, what's the point of waiting a few more hours?