Chapter 489: Home Forever
Importing a piece of equipment requires a cumbersome process, such as declaration, request, congressional appropriation, weapons inspection, and reporting, and a series of procedures, even a year.
However, this is a time of war.
In wartime, everything had to be simple, and the army had to buy what it needed, even if it was to borrow money.
Especially now, this war must be won, and Major General Woodward also has special trust in Nathan, please contact Nathan.
Because the navy is too busy, there are so many things to deal with every day, and this suddenly comes out of the AWACS plane, of course, it is most appropriate to ask Nathan for help, after all, Nathan is familiar with this place.
So, taking Andrew with him, Nathan walked into Mirama Air Station again.
"Hey, let's see who's coming." Just as Nathan walked past the rows of warplanes, someone suddenly shouted.
Hearing the voice, Nathan looked over and saw the instructor he had been in the VF124 squadron, Lyman.
Lyman warmly extended his hands and gave Nathan a hug: "You are always welcome back, this will always be your home." β
Nathan's heart was very moved, and then he saw that there were many companions he had known before, all of whom were rushing towards him, and soon surrounded him. Everyone's hearts are full of admiration for Nathan.
Nathan can fly the transport plane and rescue his own hostages, just this one thing is enough to gain everyone's support, although for some reason, Nathan has not been reinstated in the military, but everyone believes that everything will pass, and Nathan will still come back.
"Thank you." Nathan's heart was full of emotion, he never regretted anything, as long as he did it, he had to be ready to bear it, after all, no president can allow disobedient soldiers under him, empathize, try not to poke other people's backbones.
"By the way, Nathan, what's the matter with you now?" Lyman asked.
There are not many fighters stationed here, except for the carrier-based aircraft wing on one of the repaired aircraft carriers, the rest are gone, after all, the situation in Hokkaido is tense, and the dispute in Afghanistan has made the US Navy have to enter the Indian Ocean as well, so that in the Far East, in the Indian Ocean, in Europe, the US Navy is busy.
Therefore, President Carter is unwilling to get into another fight on the Argentine side, and wants to resolve this matter peacefully, which is also reasonable, but he is still too naΓ―ve, a dog bites a bone, will he let go again?
Nathan thought to himself, and then said, "I want to find our base commander. β
Here, the base commander is already the highest military rank, he can only find the base commander, and no one else can find it.
Who knows, Lyman's words made him excited: "The commander of the base is talking to Lieutenant General Thomas. β
Lieutenant General Thomas? Nathan remembered that when he first came here, he had met Lieutenant General Thomas, and at his suggestion, he flew a Tomcat for the first time, and he shocked everyone and showed his flying talent.
Although he hadn't seen the veteran general many times, he knew that Lieutenant General Thomas had always been secretly concerned about him, and now, when he was about to see the general again, Nathan's heart was full of excitement.
"Just yesterday we got the shocking news that our Falkland Islands have been seized by force by the Argentines." As soon as he walked outside, Nathan actually heard the voice of the Iron Lady, with confidence inside: "And today, we have decided that we will send our fleet to take our archipelago back!" The Falkland Islands have always been our British territory! After the consultation of the cabinet meeting, we have unanimously approved the preparation for this war! We will send the experienced Rear Admiral Woodward as the overall commander of this operation. We are engaged in a war build-up, with three aircraft carriers as the core to form a task force, a total of 39 warships, 80 Tomcat fighters, 58 helicopters of various types, and 3,500 marines. Set sail from Portsmouth and Gibraltar and use our force to settle this dispute! β
"We are very disappointed that our ally, the United States, has not yet expressed its position and hopes for a peaceful settlement, and here, I stress that we, the United Kingdom, will never accept any mediation, unless Argentina completely withdraws from our Falkland Islands, otherwise, we will definitely not have any room for concessions!"
"Our president, I really don't know what he's thinking!" At this moment, Nathan heard the voice inside, and then realized that the two were watching the TV broadcast.
Now that the broadcast is over, the voice of Brigadier General James Watkins, the commander of the base, is heard: "In this case where the facts are clear, the Argentines are invading, and the president has not even blamed him, and he still hopes for a peaceful settlement?" O our President of Peace! β
"James, you must know that we are all soldiers, that is, we must obey orders as our duty, the army does not interfere in politics, this is iron discipline, after all, we are not young anymore, we can't be as chic as Nathan." The voice of the old general came from inside, and it was Thomas.
"Report." Nathan shouted outside.
Although Nathan is no longer a soldier, it seems that it is better for him to knock on the door, but he still chooses to shout the report, and when he hears his voice, there is an exclamation from inside: "This voice, is it Nathan?" β
When the adjutant opened the door, Nathan walked in and saluted the two: "General Thomas, General James, I'm Nathan." β
"Good, good." Thomas looked at Nathan and said, "Although you are no longer a soldier, but your body is still the same as that soldier, I like it, Nathan, don't worry, when the president gets out, I will immediately transfer you back to the army, who is this young man next to you?" Why do I look so familiar? β
Although he has to carry out the president's orders, he can still show his dissatisfaction with the president, Thomas also said casually, and now, he looks at the young man behind him.
"Andrew, the British Navy's Tomcat pilot, and at the same time, His Royal Highness the Prince." Nathan said.
If he was a prince, he needed a lot of servants, and now, Andrew is already an ordinary soldier.
"Okay, the British royal family, there is indeed a kind of chivalry." General Thomas said.
In Britain, there are royal families, nobles, and chivalry, just like the Great War, once there is a war, the children of the nobility go first, for them, this is a kind of spiritual sustenance, until more people die later, they are numb, afraid, and dare not rush forward.
"I've seen two generals." Andrew also saluted.
"Nathan, you brought Andrew here, it's definitely not a reminiscence, just say something." General Thomas said.
"I want to coordinate that, from our Navy's order, we can give the British Navy four E-2C early warning aircraft, or we can lend them to the British Navy from our equipment." Nathan said.
"Poof!" General James squirted out a mouthful of water.