It was not until the night of the 15th that Bai Zhizhan received the latest news.

The main force of the Royal Bran Navy's local fleet has returned to its home port, namely Spaca Bay, but the two latest fast battleships have not returned.

Where did those two battleships go?

There is enough reason to believe that the George V and the Prince of Wales were not injured in the battle on the 10th, that is, the Royal Bran Navy did not make adjustments, and the shipyards in the Kingdom of Bran that could provide services to the main ships did not prepare for repairing the warships.

After reading the telegram, Bai Zhizhan immediately asked Zhou Yongtao to call the Navy Command and urged Zheng Jiangming to contact the Tsuman Navy as soon as possible.

Those are two fast battleships!

The George V class is the worst treaty-type fast battleship, that is, in order to obtain a high enough speed, to achieve the best of both worlds between firepower intensity and fire density, and to reduce construction costs, too many compromises have been made, which in the end is inappropriate.

The most representative one is the 10 14-inch main guns arranged in 4+2+4.

Using a 14-inch main gun is to reverse the car.

The two "Nelson" class built before were 16-inch main guns, and the main force of the last war, the "Queen Isa" class were both 15-inch.

The key point is that before this, the Royal Bran Navy did not have a battleship equipped with 14-inch naval guns.

On the contrary, the Newland Navy and the Navy Navy regarded 14 inches as the standard caliber and used them on dozens of main battleships before the 16-inch naval gun became mainstream.

It can be said without hesitation that no matter how good the other performances of the "George V" class are, these 10 14-inch main guns have turned them into second-rate warships.

In the same era, the firepower of the treaty battleships built by other powers was above the "George V" level!

However, the George V class is a real fast battleship, with the fastest speed of 29 knots not slower than other fast battleships.

The key is that before the completion of the "George V", the aircraft carrier had already boarded the war stage.

The result was that before the official acceptance, the Royal Bran Navy had the shipyard installed as many anti-aircraft guns as possible on these battleships.

According to reliable information, the George V is equipped with 32 40mm and 65 20mm anti-aircraft guns, while the Prince of Wales has 48 40mm and 70 20mm anti-aircraft guns. The two ships each have 8 dual-equipped 5.5-inch high-level dual-purpose secondary guns.

This firepower configuration is not too bad even compared with the "Xuhai" class of the Imperial Navy.

If you want to say, the position of the "George V" class is to act as a bodyguard for the aircraft carrier.

As early as a few months ago, Bai Zhizhan reminded Wang Kaiyuan and Zheng Jiangming to keep an eye on the "George V" class battleship.

At that time, information showed that the Newland Navy proposed to the Royal Bran Navy that it would use three "Cora" classes to exchange for two upcoming "George V" and "Hood" ships, and return them after being served in the "North Carolina" class, in order to solve the problem of no fast battleships escorting the aircraft carrier.

Unfortunately, the Royal Navy of Bran did not agree, because the "Prime Minister" was about to be completed, and the two "Scharnhorst"-class ships were posing a huge threat.

Since then, all the "George V" class built are in the local fleet.

In addition, the Royal Bran Navy has successively transformed several other rapid battleships, all of which are mainly focused on enhancing air defense firepower.

Even if the Hude has been sunk, there are still two "reputation"-class battlecruisers that can escort the aircraft carrier.

Subsequently, the Navy Command sent a telegram.

According to the relevant information provided by the Thaman Navy, the "George V" and the "Prince of Wales" may have already moved south and are still pursuing the "Prime Minister".

The reason is also very simple. Only these two fast battleships can catch up with the "Prime Minister".

After the naval battle on January 10, the Royal Bran Navy concluded that the "Prime Minister" would go to Nanxi Luoyang. In fact, there is no need to guess that the three previous armored cruisers went to Nanxi Luoyang, then sneaked into Fanyanyang, and fled to Liangxia Empire before being caught up by the Bran fleet.

In this way, it is not surprising that the Royal Bran Navy sent two fast battleships to pursue the south.

The Raleigh Navy was already afraid of being beaten, and he would definitely not dare to provoke the Lu Xinhai Fleet in the short term.

As for the Rock Fleet, only the "Strasbourg" fled back to its homeland. When entering Toulon Port, the captain ordered the destruction of key equipment, including the main gun and boiler, which completely lost its combat effectiveness and could not be used by the Thuman Navy.

Two large cruisers of the Thuman Navy returned to their homeland.

Even if these two warships can still fight and have extremely strong combat power, they still need maintenance and will not be dispatched again until 3 months at the earliest.

In the short term, there is nothing to worry about in Beixi and Lu Xinhai.

In the call back, the Tsuman Navy also mentioned one point.

The Prime Minister used a lucky artillery shell to kill the largest tonnage battleship of the Royal Bran, which was equivalent to giving the Royal Bran a loud slap in the face. Whether it was to maintain hundreds of years of reputation or to revitalize morale, the Royal Bran would not give up.

The ideal way to get back your face is to sink the "Prime Minister".

What to say is closely related to the political fate of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bran and Chur.

Half a year ago, after three armored cruisers of the Tsuman Navy started to kill on Xiluo Ocean, they actually fled to the Liangxia Empire under the siege of the Bran Royal Navy. More importantly, these three armored cruisers hid near a deserted island in Nanfanyan Ocean for three months.

Although this happened before Chur moved into the Prime Minister's Office and the impeachment of the former Prime Minister was also related to this, the three armored cruisers of the Tyman Navy arrived at the Liangxia Empire after Chur became Prime Minister. Chur also vowed at that time that he would sink these three Tyman warships no matter how long he had to wait.

Until now, the three "Timan"-class armored cruisers have been active in the Yanhai to train fleet officers and soldiers for the Timan Navy.

If the old trick of the "Prime Minister" is repeated, Chur has to move out of the Prime Minister's Office.

Chur originally made his fortune from the Navy. Before becoming Prime Minister, he held the highest position as the Navy Minister!

It is precisely because of this that the Tyman Navy concluded that the two fast battleships were still pursuing the "Prime Minister".

These inferences are reasonable, but they are all inferences, and the Thuman Navy did not provide any evidence.

Bai Zhizhan is still very worried, but no matter how worried he is, he can't do anything.

In the early morning of the 16th, after explaining to Du Kang, Bai Zhizhan took Zhou Yongtao and other staff members of the fleet headquarters to leave the front line headquarters on a patrol plane.

Although on the night of the 15th, Lian Xusheng postponed the attack on Shiquan City for 3 days based on the bombing situation, Bai Zhizhan still had to return to the special mixed fleet as planned to ensure that when Lian Xusheng makes another adjustment, he can lead the 11th special mixed fleet to participate in the battle.

In any case, Lian Xusheng was the commander-in-chief, and Bai Zhi had to follow his orders.

Before leaving the front line headquarters, Bai Zhizhan also specifically advised Du Kang.

No matter what happens, the patrol efforts in the Andaman Sea must not be reduced, and at least make sure that bombers are arranged to patrol every day.

If you find it, you have to report it immediately.

Judging from time, if Cunningham had been rushing and had not delayed on the way, he would definitely be able to reach the Andaman Sea before January 15.
Chapter completed!