Red Soviet Union

On the Atlantic Ocean, the blue waves are rippling.

After nearly a month of sailing, the British task force finally arrived near the Falkland Islands. Before that, they had already fought a small war.

South Georgia Island, more than a thousand kilometers away from the Falkland Islands, the British Antarctic scientific research site, was taken back by the British by force! At the same time, in order to support the war in the direction of the Falkland Islands, the British Royal Air Force began to station at Widiawick Air Force Base on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, including the McDonnell Douglas Fgr. The Vulcan bombers of the 44th Squadron, and a fleet of Victory Air Tankers. Once the war begins, it is naturally much closer to take off from here for bombing than to take off from the British mainland.

Standing on the bridge, looking at the surrounding sea water, Admiral John was also full of emotions. Now, his side is finally here! However, due to caution, the aircraft carrier formation did not get close to the waters within 300 nautical miles of the Falkland Islands, so as not to be attacked by Argentine air force fighters. Now, with their arrival, the war has officially begun.

The first to attack was not the Royal Navy, but the Royal Air Force. The Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber group that took off from Ascension Island was about to arrive in the Falkland Islands after a long flight and several aerial refueling From above, carry out an air strike on the island's most important air force base in Port Stanley!

The Vulcan bomber, a strange bomber produced in the 1950s, has air intake at the root of the wing, just like a big bird flying in the sky. This is for medium-range and long-distance European nuclear warfare missions The Vulcan bomber can carry 21 1,000-pound bombs plus four Shrike anti-radar missiles. The amount of ammunition carried is definitely not small. However, the range of this type of aircraft is not high. It can only fly 4,000 kilometers without a load, but now it takes 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 at least 4 aerial refuelings. However, their aerial refueling planes are modified Victory bombers with insufficient fuel capacity. Therefore, when performing support, a Victory refueling plane of the same level is also required to perform multiple aerial refuelings. In this way, a spectacular scene was formed. One mission of two Vulcan bombers required the support of eleven air tankers. At the same time, a single raid took 16 hours and a total of 125,000 kilometers round trip.

Even if there are various difficulties, the British ** team 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 internationally!

At the same time, what reassured Admiral John was that the Soviet fleet had disappeared a long time ago, and it has never appeared since then. In the war to capture the Falkland Islands, there was no trouble from the Soviet navy, which is really good news.

As the spectacular bomber fleet overhead passed by, the first air strike was finally about to kick off. Admiral John was full of anticipation in his heart. In fact, the bombing effect of bombers carrying ordinary bombs was not too good. However, they This effect is what I want!

After the bombers bombed several times and destroyed the Port Stanley Air Force Base, our formation can continue to approach and prepare for landing operations! At that time, one's own side will have to continue to approach the Falkland Islands to complete the attack.

Damn flying fish! It would be best if the French hadn't sold Exocet missiles to Argentina before the war! Although the French swore that although the Flying Fish had been sold, the later technicians had not yet arrived, and the Argentines would not be able to operate those Flying Fish missiles at all, and the possibility of them launching an attack with the Flying Fish missiles was almost zero.

Even so, Admiral John has always been afraid of Exocet missiles, because he knows how fragile his own air defense system is.

The main force of air defense, the Type 42 destroyer, uses the sea javelin missile, which is the most powerful missile system of its own side. Now, this missile has shown a serious shortage of low-altitude defense capabilities. Last time, the Soviet fighters dared to Blatantly crossing the airspace of one's own aircraft carrier,

It is because of our own lack of ability to strike ultra-low-altitude aircraft.

So, what if it was an Exocet missile? This kind of missile with a minimum height of less than five meters, and even the final stage will be reduced to two or three meters. How confident is our side that it can intercept it?

Admiral John looked outside, several air defense destroyers were lined up at the outermost of the formation, while the Type 42 destroyer Shelfield was sailing at the front of the entire formation, in a standard air defense combat style.

From now on, take off the Sea King helicopter to increase the early warning range. Admiral John said.

Using helicopters to increase the early warning range is also a last resort. After all, the small nose of our own Sea Harrier aircraft can't fit in the high-power radar at all. The detection range is comparable to that of the Sea King helicopter. Almost, so, it is better to use the helicopter directly for early warning, the takeoff and landing of the helicopter is more convenient.

In the 1980s, the British Navy began to install the Thorne-em1 naval search radar on the side of the Sea King helicopter, which can detect and classify small fast targets in the air and water beyond 100 nautical miles under high sea conditions. Increased detection capabilities. It's a pity that this early warning aircraft was only developed in 1985 in history, and now it is simply impossible to equip it to the fleet.

Even if a helicopter is sent to increase the early warning range, it depends more on the pilot's visual search.

After receiving the order, on the deck of the Invincible aircraft carrier, a Sea King helicopter quickly flew off the deck. The pilot was a heroic young man, Prince Andrew of the British royal family, the third heir to the throne, and followed the aircraft carrier formation , participated in this war together! Today, he is a helicopter pilot with 820 Squadron aboard the USS Invincible.

Prince Andrew flew off the deck of the Invincible and flew around the periphery of the formation. While being detected by the airborne radar, he was also constantly scanning everything around with his naked eyes.

Report, the air defense radar on the guided missile destroyer Shelfield found a suspicious radar wave, which flickered for 0.1 second and then disappeared. Rear Admiral Woodward received such a report on the Invincible.

Flashing for one-tenth of a second? Definitely a false positive! Just two hours ago, a radar of the same model had such a false alarm. After repeated inspections, nothing was found at all, and it only appeared for a tenth of a second. What if it was dizziness?

Get me the Shelfield, I need to talk to the captain. Rear Admiral Woodward said. (To be continued.)