The UK has always done what it says, although it is not as good as it was in the past when the sun was not set, but after all, the UK still does not allow a third-rate country to bully itself!
The more dangerous you are, the more you need to raise your fists and beat the opponent bravely. Only in this way can you overcome the crisis!
Looking at its own arsenal, Britain does not have any good things. It has followed the United States over the years and has continued to show off its power. However, the decline of Britain's national power is an indisputable fact.
If it is the United States, it will be able to fly over by directly using the B52 bomber.
However, they did not. The British navy only had Vulcan bombers.
Vulcan bomber, a strange-looking delta-wing bomber produced in the 1950s. The air intake at the root of the wing is like a big bird flying in the sky. This is a Vulcan bomber for medium- and long-range European nuclear war missions. It can carry 21 1,000-pound bombs plus four Shrike anti-radar missiles. The amount of ammunition carried is definitely not small, but the range of this kind of aircraft is not high, and it can fly only 4,000 kilometers under no load, but now it needs more than 6,000 kilometers for a one-way trip. At the same time, because it is fully loaded, the entire flight must be carried out 4 air refueling. However, their aerial tanker is a modified Victory bomber with insufficient fuel capacity. Therefore, the same level of Victory tanker is also required for multiple aerial refueling when performing support. In this way, a spectacular scene was formed. Two Vulcan bombers needed eleven aerial tankers to support one mission. At the same time, a single raid took 16 hours and a total of 125,000 kilometers back and forth.
Even with all kinds of difficulties, the British army will try their best to overcome them! This is a war that Britain cannot afford to lose! If it loses, Britain will completely lose its status as a great power and lose any right to speak in the international arena!
Just when the air force started airstrikes, the British navy was also ready to go.
In Portsmouth, the British naval port, countless people are crowded. This time the British navy's fleet has exhausted all British capabilities.
The Ark Royal, just a few years ago, the Congress had been arguing about wanting to retire this warship. For them, the aircraft carrier was too expensive to be equipped.
But now, it is completely supported by this aircraft carrier, which is almost the core of the British naval formation.
There are not many carrier-based aircraft carried on the deck of this aircraft carrier. A considerable part of the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft has not been delivered yet. When they sail around the equator, there will be Tomcats taking off from the United States. The carrier aircraft landed and directly participated in the war.
At the same time, the aircraft carrier modified in the United States will also pass through the Panama Canal and join them.
The invincible class aircraft carrier, the latest aircraft carrier built by the United Kingdom, adopts a leap-flight take-off and landing method, which can be regarded as fulfilling the requirements of operating the Tomcat. Unfortunately, the number is not very large. On the contrary, it carries a certain number of anti-submarine helicopters. Air defense and anti-submarine are always topics.
In addition to these two aircraft carriers, there is also an old-fashioned aircraft carrier, the Jade God.
This aircraft carrier has the same name as the one that was sunk during the Second World War, but this aircraft carrier is also very famous. After all, it has a lot of brilliance on its body, and it has many firsts.
For example, the construction time is the longest.
At the end of World War II, it was still lying on the berth, and it was in 1953. After that, it was still in service until 1959. It lasted for fifteen years.
At the same time, slow work produces meticulous work. Although this light fleet aircraft carrier was designed in World War II, it was a blessing in disguise because of the slow construction period. The British have directly applied many of the latest technologies to the Athletic God in the slow and tidy work. This includes the angled flight deck, the steam catapult, and the vital Fresnel lens assist landing system.
Therefore, when it was born, it was already a modern aircraft carrier in the true sense.
Since then, it has carried many carrier-based fighters and has undergone many transformations. Historically speaking, it should also be equipped with Sea Harrier carrier aircraft, which is a take-off platform anyway.
However, relying on the powerful performance of the Tomcat fighter, the Sea Harrier has not been favored by the Navy. Therefore, this aircraft carrier is still the original role of the helicopter assault ship.
Due to the rapid development of helicopter technology after World War II, the Navy's amphibious landing operations have also moved from plane to three-dimensional. The Americans began to carry the first generation of Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ships in the late 1950s. However, this early product did not have the shipyard equipment that was later used as standard. The entire ship is basically a helicopter carrier carrying the Marine Corps, and it works with the dock landing ships in the fleet. The British do not have the wealth of their American allies, but they do not lack platforms suitable for modification. The Competitive God has received such a transformation.
The helicopters and marines on board are the first choice for Britain to deal with emergencies. If a large-scale war really breaks out, the Jade God will cooperate with the Innocent-class dock landing ship to support the brigade-class landing operations. The use experience at this stage became the technical blueprint for the later-built Marine helicopter carrier.
In later generations, it added a flying deck and became a light attack aircraft carrier like the Invincible class. Now, it still functions as its own helicopter assault ship.
At this time, on this aircraft carrier, countless Marines soldiers are bidding farewell to their relatives on the shore. They will travel thousands of miles and expedition to the Falkland Islands. If the battle starts, they will definitely be the first troops to come ashore. .
These three warships are the most dazzling, and at the same time, there are a lot of escorting fleets.
A Type 82 destroyer is the largest air defense destroyer. The sea mark bridge system on the ship is their main force in air defense. At the same time, there are several Type 42 destroyers that will take on the mid-level air defense mission of the fleet.
In addition to military ships, during this voyage, they also requisitioned a large number of civilian ships to deliver supplies to the fleet, and so on. Even the decks of some civilian ships were welded down to take off and land ship-borne helicopters.
The British are the same enemies, and they must retake the Falkland Islands that belong to them!
Warships blasted their whistle, and amidst the whining, the warships came out of billowing black smoke and left the harbor. Many people in the harbor began to wipe their tears.
This separation may be a farewell, but they will not prevent their relatives from fighting because of this. For them, it is an honor to die on the battlefield, although unfortunately! (End of this chapter)