Recently, the British Army had a big oolong incident during an exercise. The British officer was sent to the wrong place when inspecting the exercise and lost contact for a while. According to a report from the World Wide Web on November 13th, on the 12th local time, the British "Sun" reported that when the British Army Chief of Staff went to inspect the exercise in the Salisbury Plain of the United Kingdom that day, the helicopter "landed to the wrong place." As a result, the general lost contact for a while, and other officers and soldiers searched hard before finding him.
It is understood that on the 11th, General Mark Carlton-Smith, Chief of Staff of the British Army and former SAS Special Forces commander, took a "Wildcat" helicopter to inspect the troop exercise at dusk, but was sent to the wrong place. After Carlton Smith got off the helicopter, the helicopter flew away, and when he found that no one was on the ground to pick him up, he realized that he might be lost.
At that time, when the staff in charge of receiving General Carlton Smith heard that the helicopter had flown away, but they did not see the general, they suddenly panic. According to a source, desperate soldiers tried to contact General Carlton Smith and his deputy with their mobile phones, but there was no signal in the area where the opponent was located. Fortunately, General Carlton Smith did not lose contact for too long. After the troops figured out his position, they rushed over to receive him. Regarding the Oolong incident, the British military insisted that Carlton Smith was not missing, he just "didn't show up at the predetermined location" and "they knew where he was from beginning to end."
It is worth noting that the British army has caused more than one Oolong incident recently. On November 6, local time, an "Apache" armed helicopter of the British army suffered an accident during maintenance, and the airborne 30mm M230 artillery fired accidentally.
It is reported that the M230 cannon equipped with the Apache helicopter is an electric chain gun, with only one barrel, but equipped with a rotating shooting mechanism whose function is similar to that of a revolver. The shell is transported to the rotating mechanism at the other end. When the shell is aligned with the barrel, the shell is fired. If the shell is rotated to the firing position, it may cause misfire. Fortunately, during the training process, the aircraft was loaded with solid shells instead of high-explosive or incendiary bombs. The accident has not caused casualties.
