Nathan is in a conflicted mood. Now he really wants to return to Jenny and listen to her personally talk about the little life in his stomach. At the same time, he also hopes that the marriage can be handled as soon as possible. After all, Nathan does not Hope Jenny will be laughed at by the family.
However, Nathan also knows that he has a more important thing, which is to reverse the destiny of the United States. Now, the Argentine war is also of vital importance. He must not fail. Especially, the Soviets have already intervened, and the Soviets are even more important. It can only be won, and there is no second way.
Nathan is a man. He has to take on all his responsibilities, complete this mission first, and wait until the war here is over before returning to marry Jenny.
Of course, after this mission, I will never take the initiative to ask for takeoff to meet up. I will return to the aircraft carrier and stand on the command post until the end of the war, unless it is an extremely unexpected and rare situation.
Nathan is in the cabin, continuing to make preparations before departure. Nathan must keep in mind all the data, this is the critical first step.
The entire aircraft carrier is moving at high speed.
A single solitary aircraft carrier performs combat missions. This is simply incredible. There is no escort warship. However, this can also have miraculous effects. The other party will never find its own, even if it is occasionally discovered by the Soviet reconnaissance satellite. , There is only one lone warship, and there is no doubt that it is a combat mission.
It was getting dark slowly.
Andre's car has entered the Zapala Air Force Base.
Although it was only a day’s time, an air force base has been efficiently built here, and you can see the huge runway extending far away. If you want to be able to take off and land bombers, you need a very long runway. At the same time, it’s in the forest. Here, an airplane shelter has been built, and nothing can be seen from the sky or from space.
"Comrade Andre, hello, I am the commander of the bomber regiment, Varisi." At this moment, Varisi walked over and reached out to him. From the ranks, the two are equal, but, This action is under Andrei's jurisdiction. As everyone knows, Andrei has a very complicated relationship at the top. He is related to KGB General Secretary Andropov.
Apart from these, Andre's combat experience also made them admire.
Andre said: "Our bomber troops came here for a mission to bomb the British aircraft carrier formation. Now, let's study the specific combat plan. We will carry out a sneak attack before the other party has predicted it. "
The tactics in Andre's mind have become clearer and clearer. Today, once again received satellite images of the British fleet, they are getting closer every day.
"Our bomber has a full range of six kilometers and a combat radius of 2,300 kilometers. Such a long distance has exceeded the attack radius of the Argentine Navy and Air Force. Therefore, the British will definitely not be able to guard against it, so we set the combat target. It is scheduled that the British will arrive here at a distance of two thousand three hundred meters."
Holding a compass in his hand, Andrei drew an arc on the nautical chart spread out on the table, with his base here as the center and this length as the radius: "As long as their fleet crosses This line, we will attack!"
"Comrade Andre, in this case, we have to make a careful deployment." Varisi said.
Their original plan was for the British to wait for their maneuvers when they attacked the Falkland Islands. Now they have taken the initiative to attack. This plan must be carefully formulated.
The biggest problem is not how they attacked, when they took off, when they returned, nor was the aircraft maintained, etc. The most serious problem was how to find them in the vast ocean.
That's right, the sea is quite vast. It is not easy to find a target on the sea. Before a bomber can attack, it must have a corresponding maritime patrol plane to search the sea and find the target.
After all, the reconnaissance satellite has a lag. This time, the reconnaissance satellite sent an image, and it took three hours to fly by after oneself took off. During this period, if the other party changes its course, oneself will go into the air.
What they arrived was only the bomber unit, and they didn't bring the entire attack system to the aircraft carrier.
What suitable maritime patrol aircraft does the Argentine Navy have? There is Grumman’s S-2 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, but this aircraft is carrier-based, deployed on their aircraft carrier, with a small body and limited range.
At the same time, they also have Lockheed P-2 shore-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft and Lockheed L-118 transport/patrol aircraft. These aircraft can carry out long-range reconnaissance, but they want to stay more than two thousand kilometers away. It's still impossible to do patrol flight.
This is a difficult problem.
Hearing what Varisi said, Andre also nodded: "Yes, we don't have a suitable maritime patrol aircraft, but we can ask them to dispatch aerial tankers to solve this problem."
The Argentine Air Force has almost all American-made equipment and also has aerial tankers. As long as a tanker is flying with it, it can refuel the patrol aircraft.
Varisi nodded: "As long as they can find the target, we have the ability to attack. Okay, let's study the specific tactics."
"By the way, how are the air defense facilities around our airport?" Andre asked suddenly, remembering something.
At the field airport, we must pay attention to the air defense issue, but now, he doesn't seem to see air defense facilities nearby.
"We are inland and backed by mountains. Therefore, we have deployed anti-aircraft artillery positions and anti-aircraft missile positions in the east of our airport."
Although it is a bomber force, they are still very tightly deployed here. Chile is behind them. You don't have to worry about sneak attacks from behind, as long as they are deployed in the front.
Andre nodded. At the beginning, he chose this place as a base to protect the safety of the bomber troops. Now that the anti-aircraft artillery troops and air defense missile troops are all here, there is no need to worry.
There is a no-fly zone around here, and even if Argentina’s own planes fly over here, they will be ruthlessly shot down. Even if they kill a thousand by mistake, they will never miss one.
A bomber, or a strategic bomber, absolutely must be protected for safety. Once bombed, it will have a tragic end.
They studied it again, but the Queen Elizabeth was never seen in the photos of the satellite reconnaissance. It seemed that it did not merge with the opponent's main fleet. I don't know where to hide, so we must be more vigilant.
It is said that the British invited Nathan to join their navy, which made Andre even more tense. (End of this chapter)