The Wanri. The Horse Island War has entered its sixth day. For those who are concerned about this war, this day is absolutely unusual.

At 8 o'clock in London time, a spokesperson for the British Ministry of Defense announced in front of several reporters that the task force was officially established and will be headed to the Falkland Islands in the near future.

About minutes later, the British Navy released specific information about the task force on its official website.

Two completely different attitudes reflect the gap between reality and ideal.

There is no doubt that the British government is on the side of the ideal. It is not that the British government cannot recognize the reality, but that it must treat the future with idealism from the standpoint of the British government. What the British political game has to face is not the enemy, but to defeat the enemy on the battlefield is the military's business. For the British government, the issue that a thug needs to consider is only one pound, that is, whether it can gain the trust and support of domestic voters. In other words, losing the trust and support of voters is more terrifying than losing the war. In this case, the British government must make the people believe that Britain will definitely win the final victory, like Tian years ago, recapturing the Falkland Islands through a beautiful "imperial strikeback".

Like a low-key attitude, the British army is an "realistic faction". Although no one denies the achievements of the defense construction of Britain during the years, especially after the Iran War, because it no longer follows the United States to fight the east and west, Britain was able to use Sun Di's defense expenditures to the point of being the first, but now Argentina is not Argentina many years ago, and the current international situation is not the international situation many years ago. Many years ago, the former Soviet Union, who was most likely to secretly support Argentina, did not even have a decent ocean lineup, and its most advanced submarines were much behind the United States and Britain. Now, the republic with the closest relationship with Argentina not only has 6 aircraft carrier battle groups, but also has the most advanced submarines in the world. The cruel reality forced British soldiers to believe that Britain was not sure of winning this war.

If you fall into actual actions, you can also see the contradictory mood of the UK.

Take the organization of the task force as an example. Before the fall of the year, when Mrs. Thatcher received unanimous support from the House of Commons, she formed an extremely large task force. Not only did she dispatch the only two aircraft carriers, the second "Excellent" and the third "Ark Royal" that had already been in service, were placed in the water, and the installation of the "Excellent" had been completed. However, it had not passed the naval acceptance, so the "Invincible" and "Sports God" were organized into the task force.

Almost all large surface warships have dispatched a large landing transport fleet. The task force is divided into a squadron. It has dozens of ships of various types. This time, although George also received unanimous support from the House of Commons, the task force is much smaller. According to the news released by the British Navy, the core force of the task force is the "George V" and the "Ark Royal", which does not include the aircraft carriers that have just participated in the joint exercise and have returned to Portsmouth.

The number of other surface warships is only as high as two aircraft carrier battle groups; more importantly, the thugs have neither landing fleets that transport Marines nor fast ships that transport combat materials; although according to the subsequent explanation made by the British government, the landing fleet was not immediately dispatched, not that the UK did not intend to return to the Horse Island, but that reality does not allow it. After all, many years ago, Mrs. Thatcher was able to complete the war preparations in an orderly manner, and Joe

Prime Minister Zhi must be prepared within the sky. It is impossible to gather a ship required for the landing fleet, nor can he mobilize enough transport ships. However, in the outside world, the real reason is that the British Navy has no absolute certainty. If the landing fleet is sent at the same time, it will definitely weaken the task force's defensive skull power. This is why there is only aircraft carriers in the task force. The British Navy left the "Revenge" and must have wanted to wait until the landing transport fleet is ready to go south together.

In any case, the news released by the British government and the military gives people a lot of room for imagination.

For British people who want to save face, they are definitely unwilling to admit reality.

On the same day, the British news media reported on the news that the task force was formed. When making relevant evaluations, they all used the task force that Tian had been many years ago for vertical comparison, rather than the current Argentine army. In the view of the British media, the task force composed of two super aircraft carriers carrying Libo combat aircraft, as well as many modern warships with powerful air defense, anti-submarine and sea combat capabilities, and several of the world's most advanced submarines are not only the most powerful task force ever made by the British Navy, but also one of the top task force in the world today. According to the evaluation of some British media, if calculated based on combat effectiveness, the British Navy's task force is second only to the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the United States and the Republic, and far surpasses the aircraft carrier battle groups of other countries.

To be honest, the British news media have a correct evaluation. In terms of fleet combat effectiveness, it has a super aircraft carrier that breaks the George V class, four "tough. Class air defense cruisers, many "bold" class multi-purpose destroyers, and six "Nottingham" class ocean-going anti-submarine frigates. In some aspects, it even surpasses the dual aircraft carrier battle group of the United States and the Republic's Navy. For example, its anti-submarine configuration is even stronger. The problem is that the opponents of the task force are not

It is Argentina's fleet, but the whole catty, Argentina. Therefore, the measurement of the fleet's capabilities is not the ranking of combat effectiveness, but whether it can defeat the Argentine Air Force with hundreds of fighter jets and the Argentine Navy with many old submarines. If the answer is no, then the task force ranks first in the world and has no value. This is like using a machine gun to deal with a horse. No matter how powerful the gun is, it will not be useful. This is also the reason why the British news media does not make horizontal comparisons.

In any case, it is not easy for Britain to form a strong task force within the sky and make all the preparations for the fleet to set off. Of course, this also reflects from one aspect that Britain was preparing for the war long before the outbreak of the war. Otherwise, even if Britain changed to the Republic with the strongest mobilization ability, it would not be possible to complete so many preparations in just a short day.

That's why the British government's prestige was unprecedentedly improved after the announcement of the task force.

At that time, even the most rational British people believed that under the leadership of such a powerful government, the recovery of the Falkland Islands would be just around the corner. Some British people with the potential of fantasy even believed that as long as the task force arrived in the South Atlantic, Argentina, which had suffered, would retreat, and Britain would recover the Falkland Islands without any blood. Of course, the ideas of these people reflected that there was a common war-weariness, or the idea of ​​fear of war in British society. Although the arrogant British would never admit it, some situation commentators and experts have expressed some concern on different occasions, that is, whether the Republic will intervene in the South Atlantic conflict. It is this concern that has caused a very common idea in British society, that is, to end the conflict as quickly as possible to avoid the expansion of conflict and the only way to avoid the defeat of Britain.

It can be seen from this that the British people's mentality is very contradictory.

Fundamentally, almost all British people supported the government's decision-making, sent task force to recover the Falkland Islands, and taught Argentina, which was ignorant. Because of concerns about external intervention, almost all British people had some unrealistic fantasies about the conflict, thinking that as long as the task force arrived in the Southern Atlantic, the timid Argentine authorities would retreat under strong military pressure.

No matter how contradictory the British mentality is, the facts cannot be changed. After a hour, the London Time Task Force will leave Portsmouth and embark on its journey to recapture the Falkland Islands.

There is no doubt that the authorities in the Georgian government are not timid and afraid of things, otherwise they would not have sent troops to attack the Casino.

About 4 hours after the British government and the army announced the news of the task force, Buenos Aires time passed by Argentina in the Hui time zone, but the official time was only a small hour later than Gurneywich time. When the Argentine Ministry of Defense announced the progress of the battle for the Argentine port, it announced that it would send another fleet within 48 hours to transport reinforcements and combat supplies to the Cabernet Island.

Although the Argentine authorities did not release more precise news, the news immediately attracted widespread attention.

Argentina has lost a fleet and sent the fleet to the Cambridge Island again in such a short time, either a stupid heroic feat or a confident realistic move!

What attracted the most attention was the more hidden meaning of the Argentine authorities' move.

On the sixth day of the war, although the Argentine army's sudden attack was successful, relying on civil aviation aircraft to transport thousands of officers and soldiers and thousands of tons of supplies to the Cambridge Island, and on average, the British army on the island was close to the reincarnation of people and the reserved materials were enough to last for more than half a year. The situation was still beneficial to the British army. Even if according to the most optimistic estimate, after the month, as the weather changed, the airport was closed. Unless the Argentine army could open a new logistics supply channel, the attack would have to be stopped, and even the offensive operation had to be terminated early and reserve "winter" supplies. The reality is that due to poor logistics support, the Argentine army landed on the Cambridge Island was still curled up near the Argentine port airport, and the troops entering the port area were working hard to resist the British counterattack. If this situation continues, let alone occupying the Cambridge Island, it would be better not to be driven out of the sea by the British army after entering the winter.

It can be seen from this that Argentina is eager to transport troops and materials to the island.

The question is, is it necessary to make a big splash?

Although in the eyes of most people, Tian's Argentine army, which had not been tested for war for many years, had no experience and had no idea how to fight or defeat the enemy, otherwise he would not miss the opportunity and put himself in a passive position and had to use the "desperate tactic" of burning boats, the Republic that secretly supported Argentina was never lacking in experience, and even had the most experienced army in the world today. There is no reason not to remind Argentina. Besides, Pei Chengyi, known as the "ever-winning general", had arrived in Buenos Aires a few months ago and served as the highest military adviser to the president of Argentina. Even if he was not a naval general, he was not very familiar with naval warfare. With his ability and the naval officers who followed him to Argentina, it would be impossible for him not to know the serious mistakes made by the Argentine authorities.

According to this analysis, there is absolutely no need for the Argentine authorities to make a big splash.

In other words, the Rangentine authorities made a big announcement that the fundamental purpose was not to transport troops and supplies to the Cambodia Island. Of course, the Argentine authorities would definitely find ways to open up new supply channels, but they may not necessarily use open methods to transport troops and supplies to the Cambodia Island as it advocated.

Such a simple truth is impossible for the British authorities to see.

However, the problems facing the British authorities are not that simple.

Just when the Argentine authorities vowed to send troops and supplies to the island of Malay Island, the British Prime Minister was discussing an extremely important matter with the Minister of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and the heads of several intelligence agencies, namely, the interceptor of the network, and the four confirmed intelligence, the world's most advanced submarines will arrive in the war zone within 40 hours, and several submarines of the Republic's Navy will be in the

What exactly does the Republic want to do?

This is the question George threw to several officials, and it is also the most difficult question to answer.

Although all British government officials, including George, believed that the Republic would not intervene in the Cabernets dispute, because direct intervention would not bring any benefits to the Republic, but would instead make the Republic's confrontation with the United States clear and harm the Republic's interests in South America and the Southern Hemisphere, the Republic's actions were completely contrary to the judgment of George and others. Even if the submarines were secretly sent to the South Atlantic, even if the Republic's submarines did not participate in the battle, the Fourth had obtained similar intelligence. The United States would definitely take tit-for-tat action, which would cause the situation to deteriorate rapidly.

This is still a small matter. For George, the bigger problem is the submarine that "disappeared" a few days ago.

There is enough evidence that before losing contact with the base, four attack submarines, including the "Quick" class, first ambushed the Argentine fleet and sank all the Agriturism ships, including two submarines and the surface escort warships. They were not damaged by themselves. They were then attacked by an unidentified third-party submarine. The "Agile" class attack submarine was the first to sink and moved the "Quick" class to counterattack, but they failed to escape the disaster in the end. Because there was no fifth British ship to reach the combat waters, what was the final result, especially whether the counterattack results were achieved, the British Royal Navy could not give a convincing answer.

According to the investigation report provided, the "unidentified submarine" is most likely a submarine of the Republic.

The problem is that the report uses "possible" even if you add pounds in front of it, "certainly" the British government cannot use it to threaten the Republic with this. Besides, if the counterattack does not achieve results, that is, it does not hurt the Republic's submarine at all, even if the British Navy finds the wreckage of the four submarines, it cannot be used to determine that it is the Republic's black hand, and it is even more impossible to use it to determine that the Republic sends troops to the war.

As a politician, George certainly wouldn't think about problems like military personnel and intelligence personnel.

In his opinion, it is certain that the Republic's secretly sent troops to fight. The Republic's government did not announce it secretly, and did not want both sides to be unable to get out of the Taiwan Strait. More importantly, at this time, the Republic's submarines were not on the way to the South Atlantic, but the Republic's submarines had already entered the war zone. The Republic's intelligence agencies deliberately leaked the news, giving the United Kingdom and the United States a vaccination. If there was an unpleasant friction in the future, it would be an explanation to avoid any party's overly excited reaction. Thinking of the news just published by the Argentine authorities, there is enough reason to believe that all this had been arranged long ago.

Understanding the reason does not mean finding a solution.

In fact, such a simple logical relationship is not difficult for any politician, and you can think of it with a little snack.

For British government officials, how to deal with the challenges of the Republic is crucial.

After several hours of discussion, and with George's patient insistence, the British cabinet finally reached an agreement on several major issues and made two major decisions.

London time was divided into words, and the British Prime Minister's Office held a press conference. In front of thousands of reporters, the spokesperson, who was only about years old, said in an extremely tough tone that the UK is determined to defend the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and also has the ability to defeat all forms of challenges.

Although the remarks seem to be directed at the Argentine government's announcement of a few hours ago to increase troops to the Cambridge Island, in the eyes of some particularly sensitive people, it is a warning to potential opponents outside Argentina to allow countries that want to take this opportunity to attack Britain.

Before the sky in London was dark, major European news media changed the topic.

A few hours later, the Argentine authorities once again stated that no matter how difficult it was, the Argentine military and civilians were determined and able to recover the island of Mahara and thwart all aggression and intervention operations. However, the impact of the Argentine authorities' statement this time was far worse than that in the morning, and the news media paid more attention to the British actions.

That night, CBS was the first to reveal that the British envoy arrived in Washington on the "MRT Flight Thug" and went directly to the White House to meet with the US President in a secret meeting. Subsequently, British TV stations also reported that the British king summoned the US ambassador and the US Supreme Military Representative to the UK at Buckingham Palace.

Now, even those who know it later can see some clues.

Something extraordinary must have happened, otherwise the British government would not have sent special envoys to the United States after making consecutive statements, while asking the king to summon American envoys.

What kind of thing alarmed the king?

You should know that the British king is only the nominal head of state. Apart from his influence among the people, he not only cannot interfere in government affairs, but also has no political rights.

Some smarter journalists have already begun to take action.

That night, all four hypersonic civil aircraft flying from London to Washington and New York were full, 70% of the tickets were sold four hours before the flight took off, and all were sold at regular prices. For the miserable "MRT Company", those smart journalists brought a not-too-small income.

Obviously, the answer to the question is not in London, but in Washington across the Atlantic Ocean.
Chapter completed!