"Leaving the Soviets, the Argentines can't do anything." At this time, on the Royal Ark aircraft carrier, Major General Wuhuad said: "We successfully killed their base on the island. Now, their plane wants Take off, that can only be from the mainland, and take off from the mainland, most of their planes need to be refueled in the air to fly over."
Aerial refueling is a multiplier of air combat power. For the navies of major powers, it is able to carry out aerial refueling and improve sustained combat effectiveness. From this perspective, the Argentines seem to be a member of the great powers.
"So, in the next stage, we have to look for fighters. When the Argentines are in the sky preparing for refueling in the air, we will sneak attack on their tankers so that they cannot refuel in the air and lose their combat effectiveness."
Most of the aircraft cannot be refueled in the air, and they cannot come over. The landing operation can only be carried out if the opponent loses the air superiority first. The Falkland Islands are right in front of us. How to land on the islands is very particular. First of all, of course, it is air supremacy. Without air supremacy, there is nothing.
Wu Huade could hardly imagine that if his f4 ghost is decommissioned and only the Sea Harrier fighters are left, how can he maintain the air superiority he needs
Sea Harrier fighter jets can only carry Sidewinder missiles to conduct close-range attacks and battles. They cannot provide enough air defense circles for their own formations, let alone attack the enemy from a long distance from the sea.
During this period of time, the Tomcat fighters have demonstrated powerful performance. They use this aircraft as a multi-purpose aircraft. It can mount air-to-air missiles to seize air superiority, and it can also mount bombs to attack opponents. Ground facilities, this time the attack on the air base in the Falkland Islands, the Tomcat fighter is the main force.
"Yes, we guess that in the last one or two days, the Argentines will definitely take off large-scale warplanes to retaliate. Let us use a complete victory to tell the Argentines what their navy looks like in our eyes. Neither." An adjutant said.
Now everyone is optimistic.
"General, Nathan sent a telegram asking us to pay attention to underwater threats." At this moment, holding the telegram, another adjutant came in and said.
Threat underwater
Wu Huade took the telegram, his face also became serious.
Many times, the choice of tactics is contradictory. For example, if you want to fight air defense or take off a fighter plane, you need to let the aircraft carrier sail against the wind at the highest speed. At this time, the entire formation is very noisy, and your own noise covers the opponent’s noise. Submarine, it is easy for the opponent's submarine to succeed in a sneak attack.
And if you want to continue anti-submarine warfare, how can you attack the enemy
This is a contradiction, but in Wuhuade's case, it can't be regarded as a big problem.
"Let our nuclear submarines expand the search range and protect the safety of our formation for one hundred nautical miles." Wu Huade said.
This is the confidence of the navy of the great powers, we have nuclear submarines!
After World War II, Britain's national strength weakened, but Britain clung to the thighs of the United States. Many of the equipment of the United States can be directly obtained by the United Kingdom. In 1955, the U.S. Navy built the world’s first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. The Royal Navy expressed appreciation for the use of nuclear submarines, formulated a nuclear submarine development plan, and hoped to gain technical experience in nuclear submarines from the United States. After all, the sun never sets. It has declined, and they cannot afford to undertake the research and development of nuclear submarines by themselves.
At the beginning of June 1957, the cooperation between the United States and the Royal Navy on nuclear reactors entered a new stage. The United States and the United Kingdom signed an agreement under which the United Kingdom could purchase enrichment for nuclear reactors from the United States at a very favorable price. Uranium, this time, eliminate all technical problems.
On June 12, 1959, with the support of American nuclear technology, the British first nuclear submarine "Intrepid" started construction, launched on October 21, 1960, and entered service on April 17, 1963.
The Intrepid nuclear submarine was the first nuclear submarine built by the United Kingdom, so it has the nature of imitation and testing to a large extent. Generally speaking, it is a mixed design product. During the construction of the Intrepid, the British Rolls-Royce and the British Atomic Energy Agency Cooperation to develop a new nuclear-powered propulsion system for the next nuclear submarine.
This system was used on the next submarine, and it was also a nuclear reactor system developed by the United Kingdom. A total of five submarines were built, called the Warrior class.
Now, these submarines are accompanying their own fleet, especially the Conqueror, which has just created the battle result, which is the fourth ship of the Warrior class.
Now, if you want to eliminate underwater threats, you need to send your own nuclear submarine out, search in the waters around the aircraft carrier, and deploy the first anti-submarine net.
An Argentine submarine may pose a threat to itself unless it sinks to the bottom of the sea in advance and remains silent. However, it is almost impossible to keep a conventional diesel-electric submarine in a sinking state for several days. Only nuclear submarines can do it.
The Argentines don’t have nuclear submarines, only the Soviets have them. The Soviets’ nuclear submarines are not in this sea. As long as they approach the opposite direction, they will be discovered by their own submarines and attack them calmly!
The underwater noise of the Soviet submarine is quite loud.
While they were discussing, the deck was filled with steam and an e2 early warning aircraft ejected out.
Compared with the previous life, the British navy is more calm. In addition to the conventional aircraft carrier, there is also an early warning aircraft borrowed by Nathan, which can provide itself with an early warning range of 400 kilometers. It can be said that take off from here and patrol the aircraft carrier. You can see the fighter planes flying from the coastline of Argentina, preparing to refuel in the air.
Every move of the Argentine Air Force is in their eyes.
The 4502 early warning aircraft took off smoothly. Captain Michael looked at the blue sea below, and the Falkland Islands in the distance could also be clearly seen. He couldn't help but sigh. I don't know how long this war will take.
They were originally on board the Queen Elizabeth, but after planning to come over, they would be divided into two on a carrier, which would be more relaxed.
However, the Queen Elizabeth had an accident, and a large number of senior commanders died. Now, the Queen Elizabeth is still being repaired.
Their early warning aircraft squadron all boarded the Royal Ark.
The war is cruel. How long will this damn war be fought.
When he stopped thinking, he leveled the plane and said: "Attention, it has entered the cruise airspace and is under normal surveillance."
While they were patrolling, the previous AWACS aircraft had returned home. The three radar officers in the rear cabin had just turned on the radar and immediately called out: "Attention, attention, Argentina dispatched a large number of aircraft!" (End of this chapter )