The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 279: The Pampas Eagle's Death (Subscription Request)
Unlike the Royal Navy task force which was cast a shadow.

Argentina is celebrating. For Argentina, this is undoubtedly a big victory, a resounding victory!
The soldiers were celebrating, and the people were celebrating too.

Cheers celebrating victory resounded throughout the sky. They had never thought that Britain would go to great lengths to send such a powerful expeditionary force. Argentina was not prepared for war at all. Not only did it not have war supplies, it did not even have the idea of ​​war.

Many soldiers even rushed to the battlefield.

Faced with the powerful British Expeditionary Force, no Argentine would be optimistic that they would win!
But now, they had inflicted heavy damage on the British Expeditionary Force and had undoubtedly achieved a resounding victory.

This is absolutely the weak defeating the strong!
Although Argentina's ancestors were once wealthy, even at its most glorious time, it was still far inferior to Britain.

Even though Britain is much weaker now than before, it is still not comparable to Argentina.

Today, Britain is still one of the top five powerful countries in the world and is still one of the great powers in everyone's mind!

But now, they defeated the powerful British expeditionary force.

When the good news spread throughout Argentina, all Argentines cheered. Everyone took to the streets and cheered wildly. The cheers of victory resounded throughout Argentina.

At this moment, Carlos Gagliardelli's reputation reached its peak and he became a national hero of Argentina.

When he heard the good news, Gary Tiel laughed out loud and waved his fist towards the sky!
It was worth his determination to spend almost the equivalent of one billion US dollars to purchase this batch of arms from arms dealers, which even included 5 million US dollars in precious foreign exchange and tons of hard currency such as gold.

This arms dealer was indeed not lying. Those guns and ammunition were very popular with the army, and the anti-ship missiles had achieved such great results.

Worth it!
Totally worth it!
With that batch of arms, he can mobilize an army of 100,000 and he will have a firm control over Argentina.

He was even confident that even if the British troops landed again in the future, he could teach them a good lesson.

"Good stuff! Good stuff! This anti-ship missile is really good stuff, and is no worse than the French 'Exocet' anti-ship missile. With this anti-ship missile, we don't have to be afraid of the British warships at all. Those warships will only be targets for anti-ship missiles!" Gary Tiel's self-confidence soared at this time, "We should let Martino contact the arms dealer and purchase another batch of anti-ship missiles."

For Gary Tierre, neither the economic crisis nor the debt crisis is unbearable.

What he couldn't bear was losing power!

So faced with domestic conflicts, he chose to send troops to capture the Falkland Islands after the breakdown of negotiations on the Falkland Islands, in order to divert domestic conflicts and consolidate his power and status.

He concluded that the situation in Britain was also very bad at home, and the ruling party was overwhelmed by the dire situation and it was impossible for it to send troops to the Falkland Islands 13000 kilometers away to fight for this desolate island.

But he didn't expect that the British were crazy and chose war.

To be honest, facing the British choice of war, Galtier was very panicked and under tremendous pressure.

He knew very well that Argentina was far inferior to the British.

This is reflected in the fact that the UK's GDP is 6.9 times that of Argentina.

Britain's military strength far exceeds that of Argentina.

Whether it is the air force, navy or army, Britain is far superior to Argentina.

Even Argentina's aircraft carriers were "Giant-class" aircraft carriers built by the British in 1942. After the end of World War II, Henan people bought them and resold them to Argentina in 1969. However, this battle made Gary Tierre excited and saw the hope of victory in the war. For the first time, he discovered that the huge British fleet was not so terrible, nor was it invincible.

This anti-ship missile is a powerful weapon against warships.

Not to mention Gary Tierney's excitement, even making television and radio speeches.

Outside the Air Force Headquarters, there were cheers of celebration for victory, but inside the headquarters, the tears of sorrow that had been pent up for so long suddenly burst out from the eyes like a flood breaking through a dam.

Victory!
Yes, the Argentine Air Force achieved an unimaginable and glorious victory.

However, the world only sees the surface of the extremely glorious victory, but who knows that this gorgeous and bright coat is watered by the lives of countless passionate men?
No one knows, and no one wants to know!
But the people in the Air Force Command knew.

After this battle, the Argentine Air Force was almost dead in name only!
Before this, the Argentine Air Force had suffered heavy losses, and this battle was a full-scale battle.

此时阿根廷空军，只剩下一架‘超级军旗’歼击机，以及7架C-130运输机和2架KC-130加油机、2架直升机。

All other aircraft were lost.

Since the outbreak of the Falklands War, the Argentine Air Force has lost more than 144 military aircraft of various types!
Even if we can still buy fighter jets after the war, what about the lost pilots?
How much investment and time does it take to train a pilot?

Even with sufficient funding, how many years will it take for the Argentine Air Force to recover its strength?
3 years?
Still 5 years! ?

Armando Mayora stood there in a daze, faces appearing in his mind, and tears fell uncontrollably.

This is crying for the death of the Argentine Air Force!
He was flying the Super Etendard back home, but at the last moment, the fuel ran out. However, he did not parachute out. He wanted to preserve this precious fighter for the Air Force, he wanted to protect this meritorious aircraft that had made such great military achievements.

He stopped the "Super Etendard" only when he saw danger all around him.

But when he came down, he was finally told that all the other planes had fought the enemy to the end and no one had returned.

Some planes tried to come back, but were shot down by British missiles.

He became the only survivor of this mission!
He did not feel any joy for his great military achievements, only hatred and regret.

He hated the British Expeditionary Force. The Falkland Islands clearly belonged to Argentina, so why were they not returned to Argentina? This led to this war.

He felt regretful. He regretted that he did not die in the battle, even if he had been flying that Super Etendard fighter and perished together with the British fighter planes!
Living is more painful than death!
"Armando Mayora, you are a hero of the Air Force and a hero of Argentina. You bear the responsibility of inheriting the Argentine Air Force. You must be strong. We Argentina will definitely build a strong air force to defend Argentina!" The Air Force Commander patted Armando Mayora on the shoulder with tears in his eyes.

Armando Mayora couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

The joy of victory?
Where does the joy of victory come from for the entire Argentine Air Force!

Behind the joy of Argentina's victory lies the sorrow of the Pampas Eagle!
A hero of the Air Force?
An Argentine hero?

He is not and doesn't need to!
He just wants the Pampas Eagle to continue to fly high!

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