"General!" Thinking of this, I asked Clap: "Does the TCM fleet have large transport ships, such as transporting helicopters or sea harriers..."

Upon hearing this, Clap couldn't help but look at me in shock, and then nodded slowly after being silent for a while, and replied: "Yes, we do have such a transport ship!"

I was surprised to see Clap's reaction... The transport ship is not a military secret. No matter which country enters a state of war, it will require a transport ship to transport it? Then it would be normal for me to ask this question.

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But I soon discovered that I was wrong. This transport ship was not only a military secret, but also a very important military secret.

Of course, this military secret is for this era. I, a modern person, have long known that the fleet has such a ship and even knew that it would be sunk by Argentina soon.

"Why do you ask that?" Clap continued.

"What's its name?" I asked.

I was a little dissatisfied with Clap's reaction because it was obvious that he did not want to talk about this issue in depth. At this time, I felt that this was not a military secret that could not be discussed, so I felt like I was insulted.

Clap obviously felt this, and he was silent for a while before he replied as if he had made up his mind: "It is called the Atlantic Transporter. Please forgive me, Colonel, why I have reserved you,

It's because it involves important military secrets..."

"Military Secret?" Clap's words made me very puzzled: "It's just a transport ship!"

"No, no..." Clap replied: "It's not just a merchant ship. I shouldn't have told you about this, but it's obvious that you would ask about it because of our fleet aircraft carrier defense missiles.

Is it?"

"It's true!" I nodded.

I have to admit that Clap is a smart man. If he is not going to tell me about the transport ship, I obviously don't plan to tell him how to deal with the Argentinian flying fish missiles.

"Well!" Clap nodded: "On the other hand, I also think the Colonel is our trustworthy friend, so I decided that I should tell you this plan!"

I couldn't help laughing at the beginning... Krapp said this well. If it were just because I was "trustworthy", then he wouldn't have performed that way at the beginning.

"This is the case!" Clap continued: "This Atlantic Transporter is part of our Arab Hoe plan!"

"'Arabha' plan?" I was stunned when I heard this. I had never heard of this plan before.

"Yes, it's the 'Arabha' plan!" Clap nodded and replied: "This plan is proposed to better utilize the advantages of a fighter like Harrier that can take off and land vertically. Just imagine, just give the Harrier one

15 by 15 meters in large and hard area. It can leave the runway of one or two thousand meters, take off easily and land flexibly and flexibly. Then can we replace aircraft carriers with large transport ships?"

"Oh!" I couldn't help but realize it.

It should be said that this is indeed a good idea and creativity, and it is no wonder that the British fleet would row this transport ship within the scope of military secrets.

"The prospect of this plan is very exciting!" Clap said with a wry smile: "First of all, this can solve the problem of tight funding in the British Navy. You must know that if this 'Arabha' plan can be successful, it means that we

There is no need for aircraft carriers at all, or only a few aircraft carriers are needed as command ships. Once a large-scale war occurs, we can temporarily recruit large merchant ships as Harrier takeoff platforms... Of course, these merchant ships are also needed.

Do some necessary modifications, such as installing the take-off deck, configuring maintenance parts, tools, and loading the fuel and ammunition required for aircraft operations, etc., but this is not difficult for a large-tonnage transport ship!"

Of course I agree with this, because the displacement of transport ships in this era is tens of thousands of tons at all times. For example, the displacement of the "Atlantic Transporter" as Clap mentioned is 15,000 tons, and the Invincible aircraft carrier only has

Just 20,000 tons.

"Of course!" Clap continued: "The combat capability of such a merchant ship is not as good as an aircraft carrier. Its advantage is that it can save a lot of money for the navy. If there are several or even dozens of transport ships like this, it has a few or even dozens of ships.

Then the role it can play is quite considerable!"

I nodded, and then I understood why the Atlantic Transporter was sunk in the Battle of the Cambridge Island.

You should know that it is a transport ship. If it is purely a transport ship, then its state should be that in order to avoid more dangers, it can also better use its transport capacity.

In the shortest time, the "cargo" transported on it is transferred, and then the other batch of "cargo" is returned to China to transport.

In other words, it should have very little time to stay in the special mixed fleet... It is all the time when the "cargo" transfers to the aircraft carrier, so the Argentine Air Force should not have much chance to sink it. However, this is still

It happened.

I always thought this was a coincidence, but now it seems that this is not the case... The reason why it was sunk was because it was used as a quasi-aircraft carrier by the British fleet and has been left in the special mixed fleet.

"Is there something wrong with this 'Arabha' plan?" I asked.

The reason I ask this is that one is because the British Harrier did not increase much takeoff at this time, and the other is because until modern times I have never heard of any country implementing this "Arabha" plan... If this plan is

If it is proven to be feasible in actual combat, many countries should be rushing to use it.

"It's true that something went wrong!" Clap nodded and said, "In fact, we have been trying to put the Atlantic Transporter into the aircraft carrier battle group during this period to make up for the shortage of aircraft carriers in our army, but the effect is not

To the best of everyone. On the one hand, it does not have the complete intelligence, command and control capabilities of the aircraft carrier. On the other hand, due to the limitations of the structure of the transport ship, the take-off and landing points that can be modified are seriously insufficient, and generally one or two take-off and landing points can only be modified, such as the Atlantic Ocean.

The Transporter can only modify one take-off and landing point. This is a nightmare for the combat and command of the cross Harrier fighter. A simple four-air formation is very difficult. Because we have to take off one Harrier to get another

The Harrier entered the take-off point... This directly led to the oil supply of the first Harrier when the fourth Harrier took off was not enough to complete the five-minute combat mission 90 kilometers away and return successfully!"

I couldn't help laughing at the sound of this... It seems that this "Arabha" plan is something that "the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny".

In fact, the British military experts are not unaware that the "aircraft carriers that are not aircraft carriers" transformed by transport ships will have these shortcomings, but the military expenditures that can be saved here are too considerable, which is too tempting for Britain, which is on the decline of the economy.

…You should know that if this plan is feasible, it not only means that Britain can build fewer aircraft carriers, but also does not need to maintain aircraft carriers at all. Then merchant ships are equivalent to helping the military maintain aircraft carriers.

What the military needs to do is just to raise more Harrier fighters. Training relevant commanders, pilots or maintenance personnel, etc., and a temporary recruitment will come in time for war... there will be more than a dozen or even dozens of ships immediately.

"Quad-aircraft carriers" go to the battlefield to seize sea control or even air control.

It is precisely because of this temptation that British experts knew that they had many shortcomings and thought it was worth a try, and the Falklands War obviously gave them a chance to experiment.

"This is the case!" Clap said: "If the Colonel also intends to make up for the shortcomings of the aircraft carrier, then I can say that it cannot undertake this task!"

"No!" I shook my head and said, "I believe it can take on this task!"

"Colin!" Clap smiled bitterly: "Maybe you have no experience in using aircraft carriers, so..."

"I do not have experience using aircraft carriers!" I said: "But I know that the Atlantic Transporter is not inferior to an aircraft carrier, and it can take off and land fighter jets, which is enough!"

"Colin means..." At this time, Clap also felt from what I meant in my words that my thoughts were not that simple.

"Imagine..." I said: "If there was such a transport ship, which was protected by our fleet, and it was huge and capable of taking off and landing fighter jets... what would it show on the Argentinian radar?

?What would they think this is?!”

"Oh!" Clap couldn't help but realize: "What the Colonel means. Will the Argentinians mistakenly think that this is an aircraft carrier?"

"Of course!" I said: "Just just as you cannot distinguish the super military flags in the Argentine aircraft group in the radar, the Argentines can only judge the position of the aircraft carrier based on the size of the ship and whether they can take off and land fighter jets. In addition, we

He also deliberately used warships to protect it, so why not?"

"Woo, good idea!" Clap's eyes lit up and nodded repeatedly: "You know that Argentina only has five flying fish missiles, and it has used two of them when dealing with the Sheffield. If you can trick the Argentine into firing two more, you can launch two more

...that means they only have one left. Although this will pose a threat to our aircraft carrier, their chances have been greatly reduced, and our losses are just a transport ship, which even for us

The combat power does not have much impact!"

As he said that, Clap stood up excitedly and held my hand and said, "Great, Colonel, you may have saved our fleet again. I don't know how to express my gratitude to you!"

"This is what allies should do!"

"I'll let you go!" said Clap, "I have to tell General Woodward about this idea right away!"

As he said that, Clap couldn't wait to move towards the phone.

"How did you think of this method?" Lin Xia said from the side when Clap was talking to Woodward on the phone: "At the beginning, I heard it a little puzzled, and I didn't know you were asking about this transportation.

What does the ship have to do with aircraft carriers? I didn’t expect you to make this plan!”

I don’t know how to answer this question. I can’t say it’s inspired by history knowing that Argentina will sink a transport ship!

Lin Xia didn't originally intend to let me go so easily, but Ada walked up: "Col. Your coffee!"

I don’t know if Ada wants to demonstrate in front of Lin Xia or what he does. Before leaving, he smiled at me very awkwardly, and instantly made Lin Xia so angry that he forgot everything.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel funny. Women just don't have a memory. Fortunately, it's like this. Otherwise, I would have to worry about it again and find an excuse.

My plan was quickly unanimously recognized by the senior commanders of the fleet. After all, this method is very suitable for the current situation.

First of all, this Feiyu missile is a thing launched from the perspective range, such as Argentina's two missiles hit Sheffield... They were launched twenty kilometers away. At this distance, the pilot could not use his naked eyes.

To determine whether the target is a real aircraft carrier, they can only rely on the signals received by the radar to determine the size of the ship and whether there are aircraft taking off and landing, so they provide conditions for this deception tactic.

Secondly, we know exactly that Argentina has only three flying fish missiles left. Given the importance of aircraft carriers to the British fleet, it is entirely possible for Argentina to launch two flying fish to attack the "fake aircraft carrier", which means using a transport ship

Replacing two extremely threatening flying fish missiles is not a loss-making business in itself.

Although some British commanders were also a little distressed about the Atlantic Transporter... You should know that this is a 15,000-ton transport ship and a tester of the Arab Ho project, it almost means that

With this plan, you will lose a rare opportunity to test it in practice.

However, the British commander thought about it over and over again, thinking that this was nothing compared to the consequences of the aircraft carrier being sunk by Argentina missiles. After all, once an aircraft carrier is sunk, it will not only be the result of the special mixed fleet losing the war and losing the horse.

The island is also likely to cause the collapse of the British regime and even affect the UK's international status to a certain extent.

These are obviously not something that Britain can bear, and the two evils are the least. So after reporting to the British government, they quickly launched this "Fox Plan".

The name "Fox Project" is quite appropriate... By the way, if any action is taken by Britain and the United States, they always like to give it a similar name. For example, the previous operation that bombed the Stanley Port Airport was named "Black Man".

Operation Deer”. However, the result of that action obviously did not have much result.

This time I will give this plan a code name like "Fox", mainly because this action is actually an action to deceive Argentine pilots. However, replacing the plan with a code name should not be too straightforward, such as setting up a "deception plan

", so when the Argentinians heard the code name, they immediately knew that this might be a trap, so they named it "fox".

The plan actually unfolded that night.
To be continued...