In the evening, the "Clipper Fleet" composed of the landed speedboats left the first Olympic training and rushed to the Argentine port many kilometers away. [Full text reading]

Among the speedboats that make up the fleet, there are "luxury yachts" with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. "Luxury yachts with a displacement of nearly 1,000 tons" and "large yachts" with a displacement of about 6 are stewed. "Without exception. These yachts are all from the powerful people of Argentina, including the "Entre Ríos" of the Terrón family, which is the most livestock province in Argentina and the home of the Terrón family.

According to the requirements put forward by the Military Advisory Group, all conscripted speedboats must meet three basic conditions: first, the highest flight must not be lower than the Naijie, and it is best to be able to cross the concave section, because the Naijie is the minimum that cannot be overtaken by heavy anti-ship torpedoes, and the fourth section of the fighter is the minimum that can effectively evade anti-ship missiles; Second, the maximum cruising distance under the highest voyage shall not be lower! Because the fleet may not be able to dock for supplies after arriving at the Falklands, the shortest voyage to and from the Argentine port is as nautical miles, leaving a certain rich endurance distance. to ensure that the speedboat returns to Rio Gallegos in case of trouble; Third, it is necessary to have or be able to install automated loading and unloading tools, mainly because the fleet may not be able to enter the Argentine port, and if it needs to unload on the beach, it must have its own loading and unloading capabilities.

Don't say three conditions. The first two conditions can only be met by "mega yachts".

Using the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, Pei Chengyi locked on to the target before planning the thug transportation work. After getting the "Shang Fang Sword", Pei Chengyi first persuaded the Argentine president to let him contribute the family's "luxury yacht", and then handed over the work to Hu Zhi'an and several agents of the Military Intelligence Agency.

The work of requisitioning speedboats is difficult, but not uncollectible.

The president donated hundreds of millions of speedboats, and the powerful Argentine people with a little political consciousness made a wise choice, otherwise it would be impossible to get more speedboats in just two days. Not everyone is enlightened. There are always some "rentiers" who do not see the situation clearly and do not take the interests of the country seriously

Dealing with these people is a matter for the Military Intelligence Bureau, as for what methods the agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau used to make those short-sighted Argentines gain knowledge, Pei Chengyi is not very clear, he only knows that for this matter, Liu Xiaobin sent a senior agent named Zhang Xiaolong over. In Dongfang Wen's words, many problems that could not be solved before are not a problem in Zhang Xiaolong's hands.

It can be said that Pei Chengyi dared to pat his chest and assure Theron that it was because Hu Jing'an's side was going relatively smoothly.

Because the Royal Air Force bombed the airport in Port Argentina and temporarily terminated the airlift operation, Pei Chengyi temporarily changed the transportation arrangement, first transporting the daily necessities urgently needed by the troops and permanent residents on the island, instead of transporting combat troops and combat materials. This has the added benefit of proving the ability of the Clippers to lose ordinary rather than military supplies even if they are intercepted.

A speedboat was released, and a total of about 20,000 tons of various daily necessities were loaded.

According to Hu Jing'an's list to Pei Chengyi, the first batch of supplies included sun-dried stewed flour, warm tons of rice, 4 mouthfuls of stewed potatoes, "ugly tons of frozen meat", heart beef cattle, tons of canned food from old mouths, tons of edible oil, and large stewed salt and sugar. According to the data provided by the Argentine authorities, these supplies are enough for more than 10,000 permanent residents of the Falklands, as well as the arrival of the Daoming occupation forces for a month. In Pei Chengyi's opinion. As long as the supplies arrived, there would be no need to consider sending food to the Falklands until the end of the war.

It is precisely because this batch of materials is so important that Pei Chengyi is very concerned.

After receiving the news from the fleet, Pei Chengyi contacted Long Hongen, who was at the Argentine Air Force Command, and asked him to take the order signed by Argentine President Serón and ask Alfonso to hand over the command of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft unit. To be on the safe side, Pei Chengyi also contacted the agent named Zhang Xiaolong. If necessary, it is necessary to let the agents of the Military Intelligence Agency come forward and do ideological work for the chief of staff of the Argentine Air Force, who has little roots in his head.

Fortunately, seeing the presidential order, Alfonso did not make things difficult for Long Hongen.

In fact, Alfonso did not expect that Pei Chengyi would ask for the support of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft at this time.

As the chief of staff of the Argentine Air Force, Alfonso relies not only on his background, after all, there are many people who are related, and if he does not have some real talents, he will definitely not be able to get to a high position. From the very beginning, Alfonso thought that he had seen through Pei Chengyi's intentions, that the delivery of supplies was fake, and that the destruction of British submarines was real. Although it is also very important to send reinforcements and war materials to the Falklands, Pei Chengyi's first thing to do is not to help the Afghan army take the Falklands, but to obtain the support of all the soldiers of the Afghan army. Relatively speaking, the delivery of troops and supplies to the Falklands would not have had an immediate effect compared to sinking a few British submarines. Besides. Even if Pei Chengyi has the ability to help the army capture the Falklands, even if the officers and men of the army are impressed, it does not mean that the officers and men of the air force and navy will willingly obey his command and dispatch. Whether it is for personal interests or from the interests of Argentina, Pei Chengyi should find a way to take out a few British submarines. Then they considered how to help the army occupy Port Argentina and eliminate the British army on the Falklands.

In a way, Alfonso's point makes sense.

Limited by a narrow gaze. Alfonso saw "Argentine interests" very different from Pei's vision, so he failed to grasp the point when interpreting Pei's campaign attempts.

The harsh view made Alfonso think. Pei Chengyi will use anti-submarine patrol aircraft to deal with Diankou Jiushi.

Broadly speaking. Alfonso is not wrong, anti-submarine patrol aircraft are combat aircraft that specialize in dealing with submarines, and Argentina's enemy is Britain, and Argentina's anti-submarine patrol aircraft are naturally used against British submarines. When it comes to concrete actions, Alfonso couldn't be more wrong.

Upon receiving the news of the annihilation of the fleet, Alfonso's first thought was to take advantage of the opportunity.

According to his point of view. Regardless of whether the convoy was used as a bait to lure British submarines into the net, the failure to take out British submarines at a heavy cost is enough to prove that Pei Chengyi's tactics went wrong. There must be accountability for this. Alfonso has plenty of reason to believe. As long as someone stands up at this time, regardless of whether Theron will continue to support Pei Chengyi or not, he can make the generals of that republic much more honest. Before taking action, Alfonso stabilized his emotions and decided not to be in the lead. Of course, this is also his consistent principle of doing things, there is no absolute necessity, and he will never rush to the forefront. Besides, it was the navy that suffered losses, and even if it was going to trouble Pei Chengyi, Tresescu should be allowed to come forward. For this reason, Alfonso visited Theresescu on the morning of the flight, wanting to find out what the chief of staff of the Navy was thinking, and by the way, he encouraged Theresescu to make trouble to Pei Chengyi. It was this secret meeting that made Alfonso change his mind, because Teresescu was not as impulsive as he expected, and he did not even take the total destruction of the fleet to heart.

Theresescu's attitude made Alfonso much more cautious.

Although, judging by the situation at the time, it was not that Teresescu did not care about the fleet, but did not want to stand up for Alfonso. became a puppet in Alfonso's hands, but Alfonso had to consider another possibility, that is, Teresescu had reached a secret agreement with Bae Chengyi.

Returning to the Air Force Command, Alfonso received news that the president had interviewed Pei Chengyi with more than one Xiaozhu

These signs convinced Alfonso that the sacrifice of the fleet was not only part of Pei's plan, but also an indispensable part, and that neither the president nor the chief of staff of the Navy had made trouble for Pei, and that the chief of staff of the Air Force, who had little to do with the fleet, had no reason to come forward.

With this in mind, Alfonso decided to "go with the flow".

Exactly. When Pei Chengyi needed the Argentine Air Force's shore-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft, Alfonso not only did not embarrass Long Hongen, but behaved very actively.

In fact, Pei Chengyi really did not intend to use anti-submarine patrol aircraft against British submarines.

When formulating the battle plan, Pei Chengyi considered using the transport fleet as bait and using the anti-submarine power of the Argentine Navy and Air Force to encircle and annihilate the attack submarines of the Royal Navy. After consulting with Hua Jianfeng, Pei Chengyi listened to the vice admiral's advice and gave up the idea of encircling and destroying the Royal Navy submarine.

After the war, some people made a deduction for the situation at that time, and the result was the same as Hua Jianfeng's judgment, even if all the anti-submarine forces of the Argentine Navy and Air Force were dispatched, a decisive battle with the submarines of the Royal Navy in the operation to protect the transport fleet, and relying on the attack submarine "Manta Whale", which had already reached the South Atlantic theater of operations, to sink several British submarines in the battle, the Argentine Navy would have to pay heavy losses for this, at least at the expense of the Kankan electric submarine. The Argentine Navy has already lost plated strong-mouth electric submarines in previous battles. If it loses more submarines of the same class, it will be difficult for the Argentine Navy to pose a threat to the task force with only the remaining eight old submarines. More importantly, the attack submarines sent by the Republic to the South Atlantic were at most giving the Argentine Navy appropriate assistance in anti-submarine warfare, and it was impossible for them to participate in the combat operations of the attack task force. Loss of the ability to threaten the task force in order to deal with several British submarines. There is nothing good for the Afghan army to speak of. In Hua Jianfeng's words, as long as the Nenqiang-4 electric submarine is still active in the South Atlantic, no matter how powerful the Royal Navy is. When arranging the combat mission of the task force, it is necessary to take into account the threat from underwater, so as to be more cautious.

How much significance does it make for the task force to "shrink its hands", Pei Chengyi is clearer than anyone else

It was not a few British submarines that could decide the ownership of the Falklands, but a task force. The task force could not fight in the South Atlantic, and Britain had already lost half of it. And even more, taking advantage of this, it is possible to create a lot of opportunities for the attack aircraft fleet of the Argentine Air Force. The Argentine Air Force's attack operations would also create an opportunity for the Navy's submarines, and it would only be a matter of time before the task force could be defeated, provided that they could coordinate effectively.

Such a simple truth. The Royal Navy can also see it.

Judging from the battle in the early morning of the flying day, the Royal Navy's submarines attacked the convoy with missiles, such as a kilometer away, in addition to avoiding excessive risk, another important reason was to force the Argentine submarines following the flotilla to move south quickly and enter the ambush circle of the American and British submarines. In other words, the Royal Navy wanted to take out not only the Argentine fleet, but also the Argentine submarines, and even made dealing with Argentine submarines its main task. This shows that the British army has a very clear tactical thinking, although the Argentine Navy has one of the largest surface fleets in South America, only a few submarines can threaten the task force. If these submarines can be eliminated, it will be equivalent to paralyzing the entire Argentine Navy, and when the task force arrives on the battlefield, it only needs to consider the threat from the air. If you take into account the rut submarines lost in previous battles, then the Royal Navy has ten thousand reasons to "clear the field" before the task force enters the South Atlantic.

There is another reason for Pei Chengyi to change the mission schedule of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft, that is, it is difficult to quickly adjust the deployment of submarines.

Because there are only a few days to prepare, after Pei Chengyi takes over the command. Fundamentally, the Navy's submarines were deployed in the South Atlantic, while the female submarines were divided into two groups to prepare for the Royal Navy's task force. That is, even if Pei Chengyi had an idea, because of the problems in deployment, the Argentine submarine would not be able to participate in combat operations.

How about the transport fleet, Pei Chengyi is not worried.

In his calculations, the transport fleet was originally a decoy that could be sacrificed, and even if the whole army was destroyed, there would be no heartache. To use the words of Pei Chengyi when he was doing ideological work for the special beast Sescu: If you lose the war. Even if the ships of the Argentine Navy are undamaged; Because of the change of regime, not only will all ships rust in the harbor, but advanced ships will no longer be procured. The interests of the Argentine naval officers are not guaranteed; If two frigates are sacrificed with six transports. To create a better future for the Argentine Navy, not only can more advanced ships be purchased, but the Argentine Navy officers and men also have a more advanced and bright future.

Exactly. The submarines of the Argentine Navy did not escort the fleet.

From the beginning. The Argentine Navy's top brass, including Teresescu, reached a consensus that the flotilla was fortunate to be able to reach the Falklands, and that it would not be a big deal if it could not reach the Falklands

Although it is a bit cruel to do so, war itself is the most brutal political struggle, and where there is war, there is sacrifice.

If the Argentine Navy wants to make a name for itself, it must do one thing. That is to ensure that the "Clippers" arrive on the Falklands safely and on time. Although this matter has nothing to do with the Navy, the Navy has played an active role in requisitioning speedboats, transporting supplies, and organizing port loading and unloading work.

The most important thing is to open up the "Clippers" to sail

Although according to Hua Jianfeng's estimate, as long as the fleet keeps sailing above the node, the possibility of being attacked by US and British submarines is very small, even if it is necessary to consider dealing with anti-ship missiles, it is only necessary to install a set of small forced electromagnetic interference devices on each speedboat to ensure the safety of the entire fleet, but for safety reasons, Pei Chengyi must find a way to provide a relatively safe route for the fleet, that is, to ensure that there are no US and British submarines on this route.

To do this, Pei Chengyi had to get an anti-submarine patrol aircraft from the Argentine Air Force.

It can be seen from this that the task of the antisubmarine patrol plane is still not to deal with the US and British submarines, because it is very difficult for the old antisubmarine patrol planes to find submarines in the vast sea, and it is even more difficult to encircle and suppress submarines. The simple way to use anti-submarine patrol planes is to have them take turns to drop sonar buoys on the convoy's course or aimlessly drop depth charges to deter American and British submarines lying in ambush nearby. Of course, if necessary, it is also possible to do the opposite and lead the American and British submarines to the wrong course. As for what to do, as long as there are troops in hand that can be mobilized, Pei Chengyi will not face the trouble of having no rice, and he can choose the most suitable tactic according to the actual situation.

The reality is. There were many more U.S. and British submarines in the waters off the Falklands than expected.

According to Hua Jianfeng's analysis, the US-British submarines near the Falklands have passed the old ones, and the main force is not the Royal Navy, but the US Navy.

The mother is undoubted. These American-British submarines will certainly not let go of the "Clippers." ”

Although the MIA has done a very good job of secrecy, the Argentine authorities have not done a good job of secrecy. Even if the United States and Britain did not notice the movement on the side of Rio Gallegos for the time being, the first "Clippers" team codenamed four. After coming out, it is the letter of Rio Gallegos, which is the letter of the port of Argentina, and the United States and Britain will definitely adjust the deployment of submarines and focus on intercepting the "Clipper fleet." "Because the operation of transporting troops and supplies to the Falklands cannot be completed overnight, and it will be carried out in a whole catty. conflict, so Pei Chengyi must take precautions and prepare for the interception of American and British submarines. What's more. The first delivery was not the reinforcements and war materials necessary for the capture of the Falklands, but the "humanitarian supplies", no matter how difficult they were, had to ensure the smooth completion of the second delivery operation, and Pei Chengyi had to be prepared.

There are not too many anti-submarine patrol planes in the old days, and they are not too little, they are enough to do a lot of things.

That same evening. Pei Chengyi asked Hua Jianfeng to personally deploy the operation of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Although Hua Jianfeng is an admiral. However, as a general from the submarine force, while being proficient in submarine tactics, he also knows very well about anti-submarine tactics and knows how to effectively use anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

Finish doing this. Pei Chengyi did not relax.

Arguably. After receiving the "Manta Whales." Nothing that had been done before the war report made much sense. In Pei Chengyi's battle plan, not only did the "Bat Zo" play a pivotal role, but the "Bat Lock" also had decisive significance in its first combat operation in the South Atlantic. Arguably. Whether the "Bat Zor" is good or bad will determine whether it can finish this conflict according to Pei Chengyi's tactics. Thus determining the final outcome of this conflict.

Into the night. Pei Chengyi was also a little uneasy.

It's almost an hour before the battle in the early morning of the flying day, "Bat Zhen." There was still no news, and all signs were not normal.

Until the early morning of the rising day. Just as the sky was about to dawn, the communications staff officer brought the latest news from the command of the Navy of the Republic. After reading this battle report sent by the submarine command, Pei Chengyi was taken aback. Immediately asked the staff officer to call Hua Jianfeng, who was still busy arranging anti-submarine operations.

At this time, in the South Atlantic, the "Manta Whale" was making a rapid dive.