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After meeting with Pei Chengyi and making the army general Shao'an's mother restless, the deputy director of the military intelligence bureau, who entered the country as a tourist, left the Argentine capital. Because there are more important things worth paying attention to, Pei Chengyi did not care too much about Liu Xiaobin's itinerary.

In the morning of the same day, the convoy of transports, escorted by destroyers and frigates, left the port of Mar del Plata.

Although Argentina claims that the destination of the fleet is the port of Santa Cruz, which is located at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River, a kilometer away from the Rio Gallegos military base, and is one of the most important ports in the southern region of Argentina. The flotilla was carrying general supplies such as food and supplies, but the actual destination of the flotilla was the port of Argentina on the Falklands, and the transport was also military supplies such as heavy equipment and ammunition for the landing force.

I have to admit it. The ability of the Argentine authorities to "lie" is not in sale.

Would it be a normal convoy to provide 3 escort warships for a fleet that only has a glimpse of transport ships? Besides, if the destination of the fleet is the port of Santa Cruz, it is perfectly possible to sail near the coastline and provide anti-submarine cover by shore-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft. There is simply no need to send escort warships, and even more so to multipurpose destroyers that are not suitable for performing anti-submarine missions in the near seas.

The fleet has not yet left port. was targeted by the opponent.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Military Intelligence Agency repeatedly warned the Argentine authorities that although the possibility of the United States entering the war was very small, it would certainly provide Britain with military intelligence, and with the strategic reconnaissance capability of the United States, it would not be a problem to monitor the entire territory of Argentina, let alone several large ports.

The Military Intelligence Agency has long proposed to use large ships to paralyze the adversary, and then concentrate fast and small ships to deliver war supplies to the Falklands.

It is a pity that the Argentine authorities did not take the recommendations of the military intelligence into account.

Although the Argentine Navy has proven that at least the British Navy's submarines were operating near the Falklands, it is quite possible that the Argentine Navy's submarines were sunk during the battle. But when it came time to arrange the sea service, the Argentine Navy was still confident that it would be able to get the convoy to the Argentine port safely. Judging from the situation at that time, the Argentine Navy did not heed the warning of the Military Intelligence Agency, but insisted on going its own way, and it was likely that it had another purpose, that is, to use the transport fleet as bait to take out the British submarines in escort anti-submarine operations. One thing that can prove the intention of the Argentine Navy is that in addition to 3 surface warships, at least a moving submarine will take part in the escort operation.

In the eyes of some. This is a very clever tactic, but in Pei Chengyi's eyes, this is definitely the stupidest choice.

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There is nothing wrong with using bait to fish out British submarines, but it could not be wrong to use the convoy that determines the outcome of the war as bait.

What is Bait?

Only things that don't hurt if you lose them can be used as bait.

In Pei Chengyi's opinion. The correct approach is not complicated, the fleet is still used as bait, but it is not the fleet that undertakes the transport, but a large number of small tall ships. If the British submarine can be killed in escort anti-submarine operations, the sea route can be smoothly opened. Even if the goal is not achieved, small fast ships that are not vulnerable to submarine attacks can be used to deliver war materials to the Falklands, and even if some of the small fast ships are sunk by British submarines, it will not have much impact on logistics. In accordance with the deployment of the Argentine Navy. There is simply no second option. In other words, the Argentine Navy has cornered itself and put on a make-or-lose posture.

Of course, it cannot be said that the Argentine Navy is really stupid to the top.

In order to adopt Pei Chengyi's method, there must be a prerequisite. That is to do a good job of intelligence deception.

There is no doubt that the Argentine authorities do not have this capacity.

Before the outbreak of war. In order to reduce the vigilance of the opponent to the greatest extent, the Afghan army not only increased the time of the assault by more than the old days. The scope of mobilization was also controlled, and several civil aircraft were mobilized only through state-controlled airlines. Because it is necessary to deliver heavy equipment to the Falklands as soon as possible. So it is impossible for the Argentine authorities to spend several days mobilizing all sorts of small tall ships, and can only pack all their eggs in one basket. What's more, Argentina does not have an intelligence agency like the Military Intelligence Agency, and it is already very good to be able to take down the port of Argentina in a surprise attack. If, according to Pei Chengyi's idea, a large amount of military supplies is transferred to a small port and then loaded onto a small fast ship, I am afraid that the British intelligence agencies will receive accurate information before the decoy fleet leaves the port.

No matter what you do. Always do what you can.

British intelligence did receive information that the Express freighter, loaded with heavy equipment and ammunition, would turn to the Falklands once it entered the high seas. Using Shan's information, four British attack submarines that were roaming the waters near the Falklands immediately changed course and prepared to take up the wolves.

That night, Pei Chengyi received a call from Hua Jianfeng, and then went to the command center opened by the Military Intelligence Bureau for Hua Jianfeng.

"After receiving the news, I called you Hua Jianfeng lit a cigarette and said, "There are not two British submarines in the waters off the Falklands, but four, and they all turned north before noon today. ”

"Got the message now?" Pei Chengyi frowned.

Hua Jianfeng nodded. "Submarine warfare is very different from other battles, and even if our submarines do not reveal their whereabouts, it is impossible to report after the current British submarines adjust their course," he said. In other words, if it were under my command, I would first follow the British submarines, keep an appropriate distance, and make sure that they would not be spotted by the adversary, and then they would rise to the appropriate depth and release the communication buoys. In order to

I love the ugly enamel sigh, on the no, the communication buoy will not be able to do it after floating on the water, but will wait for half an hour, maybe a few hours, how long to wait, depending on the specific situation. The principle is only one catty", that is, the radio signal from the communication buoy will not reveal the whereabouts of the mothership, even if it is intercepted by the enemy and located by the enemy. Nor can the enemy be allowed to determine the trajectory of the mothership on this basis. ”

Pei Chengyi smiled and did not argue with the submarine warfare experts.

"Argentina is in big trouble

"yes, but it's not our problem."

"Shouldn't we do something?"

"Do what?" Pei Chengyi sat down. Picked up the teacup.

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"Anyway, our main task is to help Argentina win." Hua Jianfeng also sat down and said, "You also know the importance of this batch of materials, and there are more than four hundred mercenaries on the island, if there are three long and two short. I'm afraid it's not Argentina that is in trouble. ”

"Really? I think that the Argentine authorities have no fear because we have such ideas

Hua Jianfeng frowned slightly, and did not carry it with Pei Chengyi.

"Lao Liu has come

"You mean Hua Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Xun understood.

"I arrived in the early hours of the morning and met with me. Hatchet man. Pei Chengyi let out a long breath and said, "Although we didn't talk for long, according to him, this batch of materials is nothing." ”

"What do you mean?"

"According to the information provided by Lao Liu, although the Argentine Army has poured all its resources into the cargo hold with the most advanced main battle equipment, the Falklands conflict is a local conflict dominated by sea and air battles, and the Ma-Ukraine garrison has no heavy equipment, even if the Argentine Army loses all its money, as long as an armored battalion is sent to the island before the end of the month, it will be able to occupy Malaya before the arrival of the British task force

Hua Jianfeng nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with this point of view.

"For the Argentine authorities, what is lacking most is a painful lesson." Pei Chengyi smiled coldly and said, "It's also a good thing to borrow the hand of the British to teach Argentina to scratch." ”

"So, we just need to be busy.

"Of course not, we have to get into the groove early." Pei Chengyi glanced at Hua Jianfeng and said, "If we can't prove our ability, how can we convince the Argentine authorities?" ”

"You mean,"

"In your opinion, will the British submarines let those transports go?"

Hua Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course not, otherwise they wouldn't all rush over."

"In that case, the British submarine must have to pack up the escort ships, right?"

Hua Jianfeng nodded and said: "Unless the hundreds of British naval officers and sailors on the four submarines regard death as home, and are willing to exchange four submarines worth tens of billions of euros for five worthless freighters, otherwise before attacking the freighters, the British submarines will definitely kill the escort ships, especially the two Argentine submarines." ”

"With the performance of our submarines, we should be able to take this opportunity to catch British submarines, right?"

"It's definitely no problem, don't say take the opportunity to sneak attack, even if it's a one-on-one duel."

"There's no need to fight, all we have to do is act as a yellow finch among the praying mantis."

Hua Jianfeng was stunned for a moment and said: "You mean, let the British submarines clean up the Argentine fleet first, and then let our submarines take action and kill the British submarines?" ”

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

"It's really a solution, and it's sure to convince the Argentine authorities, it's just, yes

"Lao Li has already approved it."

"Approved?" Hua Jianfeng's brow jumped a few times.

"Lao Liu said it himself, as long as it is necessary. We can act, we just can't leave anything behind. I'm not an expert in submarine warfare, so it's up to you to decide. ”

Hua Jianfeng nodded slightly and said, "In this case, you must not miss." ”

Pei Chengyi took two sips of tea and waited for Hua Jianfeng to continue.

"Although the three submarines we sent are very similar to the eight strong recesses of the Argentine Navy, there are still some differences, and if our submarines are sunk, even if it is unlikely that they will be left behind, we cannot ignore the worst-case scenario." Hua Jianfeng let out a long breath and said, "If the Afghan army can't seize sea supremacy and let the British task force control the warring sea area, the British Navy is very likely to salvage the submarine that our army has sunk in battle, or detect the wreckage of the submarine." In this way, it is possible that Britain will have evidence that our country has sent submarines into the war

"In other words, we must prevent this from happening."

Hua Jianfeng nodded and said, "So you can't take risks." ”

Without entering the tiger's den, Pei Chengyi, the tiger, stood up and said, "Lao Li has already said that I am fully responsible for the actions here." You immediately proceed with the arrangements, and I will bear all the consequences

Seeing Pei Chengyi make a decision, Hua Jianfeng was taken aback.

Although it was not the first Renci to obey Pei Chengyi's command, Hua Jianfeng was still very unsuitable for Pei Chengyi's decision-making method.

It's a pity that Hua Jianfeng didn't have the right to bargain.

Soon after Pei Chengsang left, Hua Jianfeng gave orders to the submarine operating in the war zone through the communication channel provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau.

From an after-age perspective, Pei Chengyi took a risky move at this time.

According to the information made public after the war, at the beginning of the year, after Wang Yuanqing and Theron met separately at the London Brain Summit, the British Navy adjusted the patrol arrangements of the submarine force, reduced the patrol intensity of strategic submarines according to the actual threat, and strengthened the tactical alert level in the South Atlantic. It can be seen from this that the submarines of the British Navy were operating here long before Argentina decided to attack the Falklands.

At that time, of the four submarines operating in the waters near the Falklands, the most advanced "fast" class. On the other hand, Sa is relatively backward "astute." Level. In fact, the dislike is "fast." The class is still the "Astute" class, all of which are very good attack submarines, and their performance is not bad. Especially the "fast" class.

Although with the exception of the sinking of the Argentine Navy's only cruiser in the Falklands War of the 2nd year of the Taju, the British Navy's submarine force was nothing spectacular, and its history is not glorious. But the British Navy has been at the forefront of innovation in the world, such as being the first to equip nuclear submarines with mercury jet propulsion.

Adhering to the consistent tradition of the British Navy, the "Fast" class became the first attack submarine in the West to attempt a "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion device". Although it did not use the "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion device" as the main power as the "Manta Whale" launched at the beginning of the year of the Republic Navy, but like the four pure test submarines of the "Cuttlefish" that were built, the "magnetofluid propulsion device" was used as the secondary power, and it was mainly used when the submarine was cruising at low cruising, and when it was necessary to sail at high speed, it still had to use the mercury jet propulsion device driven by a guided electric motor, but compared with the "Cuttlefish" that did not have combat capability, the "Fast" class not only solved many problems that were avoided by the Republic Navy. For example, the integration of two different propulsion systems.

In the eyes of some, it would not be surprising that Britain would spend a lot of effort to solve the problem of powertrain integration, if Britain could improve the "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion unit." In terms of power and reliability, it is completely possible to build attack submarines similar to the "Bat Zo" class like the Republic Navy, instead of spending tens of billions on a transitional model.

Regardless of whether these achievements of the British Navy are worthy of recognition or not, the "fast" class is not only the first attack submarine in the Western world to be equipped with a "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion device", but its silent performance is not much worse than that of the "Manta Whale" class when sailing at low levels. In other words, as long as you don't use jet propulsion for high sailing, the "fast" class is definitely one of the quietest submarines in the world.

The construction of the "fast" class boats began in four and was launched in the year of the milk beater, only four years later than the "cuttlefish" test submarine and earlier than the "batdian". The "fast" class was divided into two batches, the first batch was built according to the original design, and the second batch of six ships was improved, such as the use of more powerful "magnetohydro propulsion units". Although this move led to the delivery of the last "Silence" to the British Navy at the end of the year, the second batch of 6 ships "fast." The performance of the class is definitely not to be underestimated. More importantly, the British Navy has mastered a large amount of first-hand information related to the "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion device" and has trained enough submarine officers and men. "Silence. The fact that the company was able to form combat effectiveness in just three months has a lot to do with the training work carried out in advance.

Because the "Manta Whale" was launched at the beginning of the injury year and was still undergoing sea trials until the outbreak of the Second Falklands War, and the "Cuttlefish" is not a submarine like the "Swordfish" and does not have combat capability at all, it can be said that the British Navy is the first navy in the world to come into contact with the "touch fluid propulsion device".

How much this means in the war, no one can say.

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Purely technically speaking, the Republic of China has always been a leader in the field of "magnetofluid propulsion" by virtue of its leading advantages in the fields of conduction, power storage and conversion. From another point of view, the fact that the Republic is able to take the lead in all countries and equip itself with vertical take-off and landing aircraft represented by the comparison shows that the Republic has already achieved significant results in research in related fields, and there are no insurmountable technical obstacles. From this, it can be inferred that there must be a very important reason why the republic is not in a hurry to promote "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology" in the Navy. Because the "touch fluid propulsion technology" is a top secret, the outside world can only speculate. According to the generally agreed opinion, the republic did not rush to build attack submarines equipped with "magnetohydrodynamic propulsion devices", but built "cuttlefish" step by step. test submarines, and spent years collecting data, showing

The "magnetofluid propulsion device" is not mature enough, and there must be fatal defects, such as low energy conversion efficiency, insufficient power, low reliability, and so on.

It is undeniable that the "Fast" class is much more advanced than the "Sailfish" class strong electric submarines.

Although no one denies the quality of the submarine unit of the Navy of the Republic of China, at least in this century, the submarine force of the Navy of the Republic of China has the best combat experience and achievements in the world, but no matter how high the quality of the officers and men is, they can only make full use of their equipment. It is impossible to be more objective than the facts. It's like a sharpshooter needs a gun to be called a sharpshooter, and if he is armed with a bow and arrow, he is not a sharpshooter

It is indeed a risk to challenge the most advanced attack submarines with 3 relatively backward electric submarines.

Judging by the situation at the time. Although it is not as serious as Hua Jianfeng said, the submarine of the Republic that secretly participates in the war must be foolproof. However, for the entire war situation, if it cannot make a good start, the significance of the Republic's submarine force's secret participation in the war will be greatly reduced, and it may even affect the strategic decision-making of the upper echelons, and ultimately have an incalculable impact on the entire war situation.

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It's just that, from another point of view, Pei Chengyi definitely needs to take this risk.