Game of Cat and Mouse

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2nd Day of Cat and Mouse
0340 ZULU
31 March 1982

Bridge of a nuclear submarine in the South Atlantic

“Raising Number 2 Scope…”

“Sonar do you have a good fix on targets Sierra One through Six…”

“Conn sonar Sierra One through Six bearing 175° making turns for 10 knots.”

"Sonar aye…"

"Down scope…"

“Sonar, do we still have a good layer at 300 feet…”

“Aye Captain…”

“Good…”

“OK Weps time to see if they are awake up there…”

“Dive make your depth 200 feet, set turns for 8 knots…”

“Conn depth 200 feet turns for 8knots.” The Chief of the Watch and Plans men repeat the orders and the submarine goes from periscope depth to 200 feet.

“Fire control flood and equalize tube one…”

“Flood and equalize tube one Conn aye…”

“Sonar…anything?”

“Captain all hell is breaking lose up there…”

Good he thought…

“Weps, open the outer tube doors…”

"Conn aye…"

“Captain…” PING…PING…

"We understand Sonar…"

"Chief do you think they will drop and depth charges." A statement made to lighten the mood.

"Take us down to 400 feet Diving Office, make turns for 12 knots…

"Officer of the Deck secure from battle station in ten minuets. I’ll be in Sonar."

"Aye Captain."
 
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The command staff was unable to answer the Captain Sarcona's questions. How is it that the Royal Navy was able to have a submarine in these waters with out inteligence knowing about this?

FLASH traffic was sent to both Vice Admiral Lombardo at Fleet Headquarters and Rear Admiral Allara with Task Force 40 advising about this threat.

His air staff hoped the S-2s would find them.
 
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2nd Day of Cat and Mouse
0630 ZULU
31 March 1982
Veinticinco de Mayo

Captain Sarcona was furious. The aircraft were not able to find anything. His destroyers using sonar also came up empty. And Buenos Aires was quiet. But why? Tension on the bridge of the Veinticinco de Mayo was intense.
 

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The British Ambassador Williams waiting to see Admiral Anaya in the library of his personal residence. This was a mission that could not wait for normal business hours.

At his side was the naval attaché with the important documents for the Admiral.

Introductions were made and the three men sat down as coffee was served. After the staff left the Admiral ask, “So what is so important to get me up so early.” He said with a grin.

Admiral, the Commander has some pictures we would like to offer to you. These were taken yesterday.

The Admiral looked over the six images. Each time stamped the 30th of March 1982. These were periscope views of his carrier and escort screen. The Ambassador was unsure if the Admiral was a poker player, and if so he was sure he would not want to play against him.

“These are very nice Commander, very nice indeed. Can I get a set for my office? Your team has done a wonderful job. Much better than the equipment we bought from the Americans.”

“Admiral these were taken by one of our submarines in the waters around the Falklands. We know you have two task forces approaching the islands.”

“Ambassador, our fleet is just on a training mission. The Commander knows the importance of training in a Navy.”

“A carrier and LSTs Admiral make for an interesting training exercise.”

“Ambassador, is the United Kingdom threatening Argentina?” A simple smile was seen on the Admirals face.

“No threats Admiral, just a promise that we will defend the Falklands.”

“I see…”
 

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So what are the thoughts of you the viewers so far? I hope you are finding it at least interesting.
 
jony663

I must admit that after the 1st chapter I thought the sub had actually fired?

So the basic premise is that the RN has a nuclear sub in the region and it intercepts one of the invasion forces. With details passed to London and hence a warning to Argentina.

In terms of thoughts on what happens next:

a) The Argentinians probably go ahead. The junta is in deep internal problems plus, having put so much effort into the operation there would be a serious loss of face if they pulled out now. Even if the British don't leak details there are all the forces involved that know an invasion was planned then called off at an advanced stage.

Also probably the leadership will persuade themselves that the sub will be unable to get into position to attack again, or that London will blink and not actually start a war until the forces are landing, which would probably be too late. Especially since, unless there has been changes in British policy before this the government has been giving signs that it doesn't care about the Falklands.

b) Presuming they go ahead what orders does the RN have? If they have permission to fire at some stage and can get into position then they can make a serious mess of one task force, presuming the torpedoes work. [Think OTL there were problems with the 'advanced' torpedo available at the time and for the General Belgrano attack they had to go back to an earlier, dumb version.

c) Does Britain send any reinforcements, possibly as a sign of intent. News that say a battalion of troops have been flown in, although might not be the time, that in itself would make a huge difference.

Steve
 
I never said it was British.

jony663

True.;) It was implied but never actually stated. Although if the US were involved I wonder if they wouldn't have contacted the Argentinians directly. Presumably however it leaves their hands free if they have the British contact the Argentinians.

If it is a USN sub - don't know anyone else with a nuclear sub and using imperial measurements, then that could complicate matters. If the Argentinians continue with the attack then either there's no intervention, unless Britain can get something there, or Reagan has to come off the fence very quickly.

Steve
 
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