2. Empirical proof. Pei Chengyi overestimated that Britain was not India or Japan, although since World War II, he has adopted a basic strategy of closely following the United States. But in terms of military strategy, Britain has never followed in the footsteps of the United States. Second world war. Not only did it turn the British mainland into a scorched earth under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Nazi Air Force, but it also seriously weakened Britain's national strength. After the end of World War II and the two waves of independence in the century that hit Britain hard. Britain lost the crown of the "empire on which the sun never sets", and also reduced Britain to a second-rate power. In the face of the new world situation, Britain has relied on the "Marshall Tactics" of the United States to help the revival of the Western world to restore its national strength, and on the other hand, it has adjusted its national strategy and military tactics in response to the new threats.

It must be admitted that as an old empire, Britain has a strong foundation and unique insights into military strategy. Not to mention, in the case of limited national strength, unable to maintain a large fleet, and to ensure the country's overseas interests, the Royal Navy chose a unique path of development, voluntarily abandoned a large number of large warships, built a crack fleet, and in many wars, especially in the Falklands War, only the task force of the proud light aircraft carrier defeated the Argentine Air Force. Seized air supremacy and eventually supported the Royal Marines in retaking the Falklands. In addition to army building. Britain also attaches special importance to the construction of military ideology.

As a veteran empire that relies on naval power, Britain attaches great importance to naval construction and naval thinking.

If the Royal Air Force can obey Dudgway's command, then the Royal Navy certainly does not want to obey the command of the US National Security Adviser on the other side of the Atlantic, even if he is considered the best commander in the Western world.

In fact, in the English ** team. The Royal Navy is most disgusted by mixing with the United States.

Because it has an extremely glorious history, the Royal Navy is more like the "British ** team", which not only regards itself as high, but also unruly. Never bow down to anyone. It can be seen from the exhibition of the Royal Navy that as long as conditions permit, they will always want to take the road of independent exhibition, and will never pin their hopes on others. After the end of World War II, due to the limitation of national strength, a large number of capital ships were either retired or sold exclusively to friendly countries, and the strength of the Royal Navy was greatly affected. This continued until the time of the Force, when the effects of post-war reconstruction began to be revealed, and the restoration of the Royal Navy began. Under the circumstances, the Royal Navy could have cooperated with the United States to obtain the technology provided by the United States and build a fleet of considerable strength, but the Royal Navy did not ask the United States for help, but used the power of Britain to build the world's first light aircraft carrier, the "Invincible" class, which shone in the last Falklands War. Citations to the beginning of the century. When deciding on a replacement aircraft carrier of the "Invincible" class. The Royal Navy did not follow the old path and built the world-renowned "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier. Again to become an ocean-going navy. Just when the whole world believed that the "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier should at least have a design life limit of medicine years in service with the Royal Navy, and it could actually be used for more than Feng years, the Royal Navy sold three medium-sized aircraft carriers in the best condition to India and built three "George V" class aircraft carriers, making it the third largest navy after the US Navy and the Republic Navy in one fell swoop. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

It is clear from this route that the Royal Navy has been striving for the highest goals.

If it weren't for the limited national power of the United Kingdom. I am afraid that the Royal Navy would dare to engage in a "ship-building race" with any opponent as the thugs did four times ago.

The search for a strong fleet is only the basis for gaining the ability to act independently.

Have the task force reroute. It was not that the Royal Navy had listened to Dugway's opinion, but that the Royal Navy had the same opinion. Knowing that the task force could not be allowed to sail directly to the Falklands, it was necessary to spend more time during the voyage to buy time for the "Revenge" aircraft carrier battle group, the landing fleet, and the transport fleet.

The problem is that this decision has put the Royal Navy in an awkward dilemma.

Every move of the Afghan army on the Falklands is under the surveillance of the US reconnaissance satellite, and it is also under the control of the Royal Navy.

The problems that Dudgway saw could not escape the eyes of Admiral Sandra, the commander of the Royal Navy. In the same way, Dudgway's current problem is also Sandra's problem.

Continue southbound on the new route. Or will it turn to the Falkland Islands again?

It was a very difficult decision, and Sandra didn't take the pressure alone.

On the evening of the night of 8 July, when a civilian airliner carrying engineers and administrative personnel arranged by the Argentine authorities landed at the airport in Port Argentina, Sandra had already arrived at the old Downing Street to give a briefing to the prime minister in person.

"Because the U.S. Navy refused to help again, only our submarines intercepted the Clippers and sank five large speedboats." Sandra started with the good news, "Overall, the situation is under our control. Although the losses of the Royal Air Force were somewhat unexpected, they did not have much impact on our combat operations. It's a pity. According to the latest information received, the Argentine army has repaired the airfield in Port Stanley, and if nothing else, the Argentine Air Force will deploy combat aircraft to the island. ”

"There is no way to stop the Argentine Air Force from using the airfields on the island?" George was clearly unhappy with the report of the commander of the Navy.

It's not that there is no way, but it's not very realisticSandra took out the documents that she had prepared a long time ago and handed them to Xiang's hand, "This is our plan to make a boat, because Stan."

The conditions at the Blade Ground were very good and the Argentine authorities did not send war supplies to the island, so it was not possible to deploy too many combat aircraft there.

To destroy the airport. There are only three ways. One out of the special forces. blow up the infrastructure of the airport and paralyze the airport again; the second is to attack airfields with missiles carried by submarines; The third is to dispatch carrier-based aviation to bomb airfields. Because our special forces are still in the country, and even if they come out now, they can only go to the task force. Before reaching the war zone, the task force had no way to send special forces to the Falkland Islands. It is also technically said that if you choose to dispatch special forces, you can only ask the United States for help and use the submarines of the US Navy to send the special forces to the island. As things stand, the U.S. Navy will most likely not accede to our request. It is also unrealistic to attack an airfield with missiles on submarines, because it would also require the cooperation of US submarines, and the United States authorities will not necessarily use missiles on submarines against targets on the ground. That is, we can only rely on the task force. ”

George took a long breath. There weren't many expressions.

Although the relative commander of the Navy was not very satisfied, Sandra's words were true. The U.S. Navy has specialized special forces delivery submarines, as well as the world's best special forces small SEALs. Although the UK also has several strong special forces. But to use the U.S. Navy's special forces to transport submarines, the best option is definitely the Navy SEALs. If it were just an ordinary conflict, the US authorities would not hesitate, after all, the Navy SEALs had few opponents. The problem is that this is not an ordinary conflict, and the Royal Marines have already made it clear in their battle reports that there must be a very strong special forces force on the island, and it is very likely that it will be that mercenary army.

The information obtained also formalized this, such as the number of mercenaries, at least a number of powerful people from the special forces of the Republic. Or something to do with the special forces of the republic. The intelligence that Britain can get, the United States can also get. Knowing that there are special forces of the republic on the island, the US authorities will definitely not send special forces to the island. The reason is simple: before the Falkland Islands are taken, any American soldier who falls into the right hand can bring incalculable disasters to the United States.

The same problem exists with the use of missiles on submarines. Because the war had only been brewing for a few days, and no one had predicted that the Argentine authorities would provoke a war in April. Therefore, the US submarines that arrived in the theater of operations at this time did not return to port, but received orders when they were on patrol duty and sailed directly to the South Atlantic. In other words, the missiles carried by American submarines are genuine "American" and have not been replaced for the need to secretly participate in the war. The problem of attacking sea targets is not yet significant. After all, no matter how big the speedboat is, it can't withstand a missile, and the debris produced after the missile explosion sinks to the bottom of the sea, let alone salvage, and even if it can be salvaged, it is difficult to identify. Attacking ground targets is a different story, and the Argentine authorities will certainly try to collect shrapnel to prove that the United States has entered the war. If you are unlucky, for example, if a missile fails to detonate due to a malfunction. The United States will not be able to eat and walk around.

Sandra could see such a simple truth, and George was no exception.

After a moment of silence, George glanced at Sandra quietly and asked, "According to what you mean, we really can't change the status quo?" ”

"Phase. We have made mistakes and cannot afford to make mistakes again. ”

George frowned slightly, waiting for Sandra to continue.

"Facts have repeatedly proved that this is our war, not the war of the United States, so why should we obey the command of a retired general of the US army?" Sandra suddenly became agitated and raised her voice a lot, "The RAF's bitter teaching has proven that Duchway does not know our opponents and cannot make good suggestions. What I can't accept is that we still have to follow his advice and make mistakes again and again. If we had acted according to the original plan, the task force would have started bombing the Afghan army on the island three days ago, and the Afghan army would not have been given any chance at all. As it stands, the task force will not be able to enter the battle until twenty-four hours later at the earliest, and if it continues to act according to Duchway's advice, the task force will do nothing until the Afghan army consolidates its defenses. I don't care what we have to lose. But I have to care about what we get. If we continue to do nothing, we will lose everything and gain nothing. ”

"The problem is, I've made an offer to Dudgway to be my supreme military advisor

Sandra was stunned for a moment. Suddenly understood something, and his expression quickly calmed down. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

There is no doubt that George is a politician in the truest sense of the word.

Although there is reason to believe that Britain, as one of the five nuclear powers, has an independent national defense policy and maintains its independent status politically, no one can deny that Britain can lose everything, but it must not lose the support and help of the United States, especially for British politicians. It can even be said that after the Second World War, Britain's basic national policy was to rely on the United States. It can be seen that Britain's reluctance to contribute to the process of European political integration and its entry into the eurozone only as a last resort are all influenced by this policy. As a politician, George was well aware of the importance of the United States, and it was impossible to bargain with the United States. Look at it from another angle. Even if Britain loses the Falkland Islands, as long as it has the support of the United States, it will have no chance of recovering the Falkland Islands. Imagine that without the support of the United States, it would be impossible for Britain to defeat Argentina, which was supported by the Republic, with its national strength alone.

That is to say, George is going to take action. As a politician, he must do two things well, one is to find a good backer after defeat, and the other is to find a scapegoat for defeat.

It is impossible for Sandra to become the commander of the Royal Navy without understanding the ingenious relationship involved.

No doubt. Duchway was George's backer.

Leaving aside Dudgway's personal relationship with President Brandino, and with his influence in American political circles, especially in the Pentagon, as long as he is willing to help Britain, the US authorities will not abandon Britain.

More importantly, Du Qiwei is a politician with a military background who has emerged in the United States in these years. Historically, there has never been a shortage of politicians in the United States who came from the military. There is no shortage of presidents who have been generals. For example, in the Civil War, General Grant, the commander of the Northern Army, was president. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the European coalition forces in World War II, also spent eight years in the White House after retiring from the army. Arguably. As long as the general is politically minded and has achieved major military victories, he has a chance to enter the White House. At present, it seems that Du Qiwei is the most promising beauty ** person to become president. From the perspective of the world pattern, as the Cold War between China and the United States intensifies, the United States also needs an iron-fisted president who is a soldier. That is, if Dudgway becomes the owner of the White House one day, what happens to him in Britain is likely to have a major impact on US-UK relations.

George wasn't stupid, and it was impossible not to understand the truth. And you won't miss the opportunity to tie up with Duchway.

With a backer. Who is the scapegoat?

Sandra fell silent suddenly, thinking about the problem.

No doubt. This scapegoat must be a general, and a high-profile general, preferably a military commander. Because further up, there is the Minister of Defense.

The commander of the Royal Army certainly couldn't have been, because this war had nothing to do with the Army. The tearful book bar has fewer concave factories, and there are many bad salaries

It is also unlikely that the commander of the Royal Air Force would have to consider his personal relationship with Duchway, even if he did not consider the performance of the Royal Air Force in this war, and there was certainly no reason to put Duchway's friend on the altar in the case of a need to confront Dudgway.

The rest. Only Sandra Navy is good.

"In a few hours, Dudgway's plane will arrive at Heathrow." George glanced at his watch. He smiled and said, "I hope you can go to the airport to meet him, after all, in the coming days, you will fight side by side with General Duchway." I don't want anything unpleasant. "Round reading the most choppy chapter, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

After listening to Xiang's words, Sandra took a long breath, controlled her emotions, nodded, and said, "In other words, Du Qiwei will command us in the future?" ”

"You can say that, you can't say that." George still looked like he was smiling, "Dudgway is my top military advisor, and his orders are my orders. That is, from the moment he arrived in London, he exercised the supreme military command in my place, understand? ”

Sandra nodded, saying no more.

"Will you go to the airport to meet Dugway?" Xiang asked.

"I'll go right away." Sandra stood up, "Don't worry. I will obey Your Excellency's orders

"That's great, and say hello to Dudgway for me."

Sandra nodded, turned and left Xiang's office.

Although the commander of the Royal Navy was reluctant to admit it, he knew it very well in his heart, before he walked into the minister's office. He's been put on the chopping block by George.

At this time. The plane in which Dugway was flying had already taken off from Keneforce International Airport in Washington, D.C., and was crossing the North Atlantic at a distance of 4,000 kilometers per hour.

In fact. Dudgway didn't want to go to London.

After receiving Blandino's arrangement, Dudgway realized. George is preparing for his own downfall, and he worries about the same question as Sandra, i.e., who is the scapegoat that George has chosen?

Although many people believe that Dudgway has the potential to become president. But Dugway knew very well that in order for a soldier to become president, he had to lead the U.S. military to victory in a war of great significance to the United States, and show outstanding political talent in cooperation with allies, so that he could be taken seriously by interest groups, enter politics at the right time, and finally enter the White House. No doubt. Dugway is not taken seriously by interest groups, at least not much to do with them. Whether or not you can enter the White House is definitely a catty. Suspense.

Other words. Dudgway had no reason to believe that George would slap him instead of trampling him

Under.

With this concern, it is only natural that Dudgway will not regard London as a paradise. If it weren't for the president's order, Dudgway would have found a reason to prevaricate.

Looking at it from another angle, because Duchway is not optimistic about Britain, he does not want to be implicated.

The British were defeated. Duchway is certainly a victim, not a beneficiary.

Coupled with this reason, Duchway was even more reluctant to venture into London.

There is a more important reason why Dudgway did not ignore it, that is, as a national security adviser, he was directly linked to the interests of the president, and there must have been a more important reason why Blandino could not be blind to the situation and still insisted that his most powerful aide go to London to assist George.

Exactly. When faced with the president, Duchway did not refuse, but accepted the arrangement after deep thought.

Dudgway knew that he was not God and could not save the United Kingdom of Great Britain.