Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

The British soldiers stationed in Hong Kong who came to fight began to rest, which also gave some time to the specially recruited Heiyun employees. They promised their boss to bring back Argentinian specialties. Although they captured a lot in the first battle, they still thought it was not enough. What kind of person is the boss? How can he just use this little thing to get rid of it?

So Black Cloud employees began to take advantage of their money, and they were very interested in what other British soldiers had seized from the Argentines. The British soldiers couldn't resist the pound and US dollar at all. Although they knew that the war was entering an anxious state, there were still many soldiers doing business with them, which had become a fun part of the boring war.

As long as the Argentinian items were seized from the battlefield, Heiyun employees could ask for anything, and the prices would be clearly marked. This made it very interesting for the British soldiers who came to join the war. It was also good to be able to sell things while fighting.

An ordinary soldier seized a command knife and sold it to a Black Cloud employee for 1,000 pounds, which greatly increased the interest of British soldiers in seizing Argentinian weapons.

However, at this time, the battlefield situation had tilted towards the unfavorable side of the British. More and more helicopters and low-altitude aircraft were shot down, causing the British army to temporarily lose part of their air superiority. This provided the Argentinians with an opportunity to severely damage the British. Chance.

With the loss of British air supremacy, the Argentinians began their long-planned retaliation. After the signal from the British task force was captured by the Argentine Navy's Neptune ocean patrol aircraft, two Argentinian Flag attack aircraft deployed in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, carrying Exocet missiles, immediately took off. After receiving aerial refueling from the Argentine Air Force KC-130H Hercules transport aircraft, the two aircraft attacked at ultra-low altitude close to the waves. It only jumps to perform a radar search at 50 miles and immediately returns to low altitude to launch the Exocet missile it carries at 20 to 30 miles.

Sheffield's companion ship, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Glasgow, and the other three northernmost radar picket ships captured the first jump of the Afghan military aircraft and reported it to the fleet air defense command on the HMS Invincible as soon as possible. Place. However, due to a false alarm that morning, the air defense command post on the Invincible ignored the warning. At this time, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Glasgow continued to monitor the approximate location of the Etendard's first jump and detected the second jump. This time, the electronic warfare equipment on the British ship received the signal from the homing radar on the Exocet missile. Once again, the Invincible judged this to be a false alarm and ignored the Glasgow's continued "handbrake" warnings.

The first missile missed Almaus and headed towards the "jamming cloud" it launched. At this time, the guided-missile destroyer Glasgow tried to engage another missile with a seamark missile, but suffered from a system failure and was unable to succeed. The air defense command post still classified the warning as a false alarm.

However, the guided missile destroyer HMS Sheffield was unable to detect the incoming missile in time. Due to the use of satellite phones, the shipboard electronic warfare system cannot work. Why did shipboard radar fail to detect incoming missiles? Why did the ship not respond to the warning from the destroyer HMS Glasgow? The reason is unknown. In the end, the Sheffield's electronic warfare system shut down one second before the visual surveillance post reported the discovery of the missile contrail, and the ship did not deploy any countermeasures.

The Exocet missile hit the Sheffield midships. Although the warhead fuse failed to activate, the fire broke out out of control, causing 20 deaths and 24 serious injuries. During the rescue process, Almaus occasionally left its position to fire anti-submarine weapons to warn of suspected torpedoes.

The guided-missile destroyer HMS Sheffield was abandoned a few hours later, but its bent and deformed wreckage continued to drift and burn for six days. Finally, it sank on the high seas while being towed by the Almaus and became a tombstone. The guided missile destroyer HMS Sheffield withstood a fatal blow for the larger and more important aircraft carrier in the fleet. Any attack on the aircraft carrier would force Britain to immediately terminate its military operations in the South Atlantic. The process of the war is already gradually heating up.

The Sheffield-class destroyer is a guided-missile destroyer built in the United Kingdom and mainly equipped with air defense weapons. Its purpose is to serve as the task force's air defense mission. Now it was actually sunk by an aircraft. This is really ironic.

At the same time, it also gave the Portsmouth Shipyard, which produced the Sheffield, a huge headache. The introduction of ground-effect aircraft was the worst complaint they made. The strongest opposition was mainly because they were worried that the ground-effect aircraft would take away the orders that originally belonged to them. Now that the Xiangjiang monster is in the limelight, the ships produced by their own factories were directly sunk by the weak Argentinians. This is not telling the world that they made them. Weapons don’t work!

Portsmouth Shipyard was established in 1495. After the establishment of the British Navy in 1670, it became the shipyard of the British Navy. It can be said that this is the oldest and most powerful shipyard in the UK.

As the Sheffield was sunk by the Argentine Navy, all countries that had originally planned to negotiate for the introduction of modified warships withdrew. What is even more unacceptable is that the navy also intends to reduce orders and order weapons more suitable for naval development.

It can be said that the domestic arms dealers in the UK can no longer influence the frontline commanders at this time. After all, if the weapons are so unsatisfactory and you still want me to lean towards you, you are joking with the lives of soldiers and gambling with the future of the British Empire.

The British army began to formulate a defensive plan, and the Sheffield was sunk. The Argentines will definitely take advantage of the air defense loopholes during this period to attack the task force, and the battlefield situation has changed. At this time, the British had completely lost the strategic advantage of occupying South Georgia Island, and now they could only wait and see how the Argentines played their cards.

Galtieri jumped up excitedly in the presidential palace. This was the first time in recent days that he smiled. The staff of the presidential palace also knew that the war was already developing in Argentina's favor, and perhaps victory was coming to them.

The Presidential Palace was very lively today, and all the top officials of the Argentine military came to attend a combat meeting. Galtieri said with a smile: "A few days ago, the brave Argentine Air Force took the initiative and damaged the British guided-missile destroyer HMS Sheffield. Just now the intelligence department confirmed that the ship sank. It can be said that the Sheffield has since become the most important weapon of the Argentine military." Result."

"There is an excellent opportunity in front of us. Many British aircraft were shot down by us. At this time, we have basically lost air superiority. Now the anti-aircraft ship Sheffield has also been sunk. The British Navy will not have the ability to release air at all for a period of time. Therefore. I hope Argentinian fighter planes will take the initiative and attack the British navy from the air."

At this time, the Minister of Equipment said: "Your Excellency, France has banned the export of Exocet missiles to our country, so our current missile reserves are only enough to sustain two high-intensity operations."

In fact, France not only failed to continue exporting Exocet missiles to Argentina, but was also forced to disclose the interference frequency of Exocet missiles under NATO's deterrent. As a result, this missile, which shined in the Falklands War, did not reach the expected sales volume. The whole world knew how the missile interfered, and they were worried that if you ran out of stock in the event of a war, what would be the use of buying it back.

Galtieri: "European and American countries are unreliable. Don't the Soviets still have a lot of weapons stored in Argentina? Just buy them from them. The Exocetus is mainly used to attack British warships. As for British aircraft, they are all attacked with Soviet individual missiles. , let the soldiers carry forward their brave and fearless spirit, and victory will definitely belong to Argentina."

Galtieri is now at the height of his power, and no one dares to question or object to his orders. Therefore, the order was issued quickly. At the same time, the British side was also planning its own actions. The ground effect aircraft was once again thought of by the British commander. Not only that, the British also urgently mobilized a group of fighter jets from the country. No one expected that a small Argentina could consume the United Kingdom so much.

Both sides are gearing up for the next round of attack. It can be said that the next battle will be a decisive battle, and neither side can afford to lose.