Nanxi Lake, the "Guanghui" aircraft carrier.

In the spacious commander's bridge, several main staff members stood in front of the chart board, and only Cunningham sat on the chair next to him.

He is the commander of the fleet, and no one dares to say anything.

In Cunningham's hand was a message received half an hour ago, from the Royal Navy Command, with the Prime Minister's signature on it.

There is only one content: destroy the Tiaoman fleet that has arrived in Nanxi Luoyang, and be sure to sink the "Prime Minister".

This is a combat order, and the Prime Minister's signature is obviously of ulterior motive.

As for what it means, Cunningan knew it.

Last year, three armored cruisers including the "Taoman" started a massacre in Xiluoyang, sinking dozens of cargo ships. In the end, they avoided the fleet sent by the Royal Navy of Bran without any damage and fled to the Liangxia Empire. They were regarded as a great humiliation by the kingdom and indirectly led to the resignation of the former prime minister.

Now that the old trick of the "Prime Minister" is repeated, can Chur feel at ease?

To put it seriously, let the "Prime Minister" slip away, and Chur resigned!

In fact, it was beyond the initial expectations that Saville failed to kill the Tyman fleet in Beixi Luoyang and prevent the "Prime Minister" from breaking through.

When formulating the combat plan, Cunningham, everyone believed that annihilation of the Tsuman fleet was easy.

The Thuman Navy has long been different from the past. It is impossible to compare with the third navy in the world that made the Royal Bran Navy worried at any time in the last war.

Even if all of them were dispatched, the Thuman Navy only had three main battleships.

Two of them are large cruisers.

Opposite the North Sea, the Royal Bran Navy's local fleet has 8 main battleships, including two fast battleships, as well as one fleet aircraft carrier and one small aircraft carrier. It can rely on the local shore-based aviation force, not only has an absolute advantage in military strength, but also master almost all favorable conditions.

What else to worry about?

Unexpectedly, I really capsized in the gutter.

Of course, the responsibility is not on Saville, mainly the weather.

After the attack of the Tsuman fleet, the entire Beihai was filled with fog and it never cleared up. Therefore, the patrol aircraft, as the main reconnaissance force, became a decoration.

Otherwise, the Tyman fleet would never have slipped out of the North Sea.

However, it is unfair to say that Saville is innocent.

He left Spaka Bay with his local fleet a few days in advance, but did not take active actions, such as sending small ships such as destroyers to monitor the nearshore waters near the land of the Weijing Kingdom, but stayed in the open sea, fearing that he would encounter the Tsuman Fleet in the thick fog.

A few months ago, the "Glory" aircraft carrier of the local fleet was near the Kingdom of Weijing. Due to thick fog, it was not able to detect the approaching Tsuman warship in time. As a result, after a few hours of hard struggle, it was sent to the seabed by the guns from two large cruisers of the Tsuman Navy.

This battle directly led to the dismissal of the local fleet commander.

After that, in order to avoid another similar tragedy, the Royal Brand Navy also specifically stipulated that in severe weather with poor visibility, the aircraft carrier must keep all boilers in working state and maintain sufficient air pressure to ensure that they can accelerate escape when encountering danger.

As long as there is no absolute necessity, you must stay away from the nearshore waters where the frequent occurrence of the combat aircraft of the Tauman Air Force are.

In short, Saville did not block the Tyman fleet in the North Sea.

What happened next made Cunningham feel even more strange.

Knowing that the Tyman fleet had left the Beihai and at least might have left the Beihai, Saville delayed the Beihai for three days.

As a result, by the time he chased out with his local fleet, the Thuman fleet had already run away.

Because the Tyman fleet was not found, Saville became more conservative and once focused on the south side of Iceland. He took it for granted that the Tyman fleet had already attacked south before he chased out, preparing to intercept the transport fleets sent from the Newland Federation to the Kingdom of Bran.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be said to be taken for granted.

Although the top priority of the Tyman Fleet is to intercept the transport fleet of the Luosha Federation, it is reasonable to point the muzzle at the Kingdom of Bran after the sky is lost.

In any case, there is no reason to let the "Prime Minister" go in vain.

With Savilna's conservative tactical thinking, he would definitely be worried that the sea route would be threatened, and he might not be able to accurately judge the whereabouts of the Torman fleet.

At that time, after receiving the news, Cunningham almost couldn't help it.

The key is that after the Tsuman fleet went to sea, all fleets that could not reach the target port in time had returned.

There are not many transport fleets throughout the Beixi Lake Ocean!

Besides, what can I do if I intercept several fleets?

The Kingdom of Bran has already completed war mobilization and has been trying to expand its local strategic reserves. The military and civilians across the country have gradually adapted to the harsh wartime system. Not to mention the loss of several fleets, even if no transport ship enters the port within the next six months, the Kingdom of Bran will not be defeated.

In other words, if the Tsuman fleet can be discovered in time, and finally sunk the "Prime Minister" and exchanged several transport fleets, it will be worth a thousand.

When Saville reacted, he sent warships and planes to search for the Tsuman fleet, which was almost half the result with twice the effort.

The most serious mistake Savil made was the missed opportunity to annihilate the Tyman fleet in the North Sea.

Even if the weather is not good, sending three fast main ships equipped with radar on it can kill three main ships of the Tsuman Navy in the artillery battle.

To be honest, bad weather is more beneficial to the Bran battleship with gun-aided radar.

After the luck improved, the armed freighter discovered the Torman fleet, Saville had an excellent opportunity, and he almost seized this opportunity.

Unfortunately, he did not participate in the battle with the George V, but stayed on the Nelson.

The reason is that the "Nelson" is the flagship of the local fleet.

At that time, the Prince of Wales was in service for less than a month, and after serving, George V returned to the shipyard for repair due to equipment failure. According to the initial plan, the maintenance work of the George V will last until the end of the year and may not return until the beginning of next year.

If the Torman fleet hadn't attacked, the George V would not have returned now.

Because the two new and fast battleships are not in the state, there are more or less problems, so the flagship of the local fleet is still the extremely slow "Nelson".

If you want to say, Saville can also choose the "Hude" as its flagship.

Anyway, in that artillery battle that lasted only more than 10 minutes, he did not command the battle on the front line, but waited for news on the flagship in the rear!

If he had been on the George V or the Prince of Wales at that time, he would never have ordered a retreat.

Even if you take the initiative to end the battle, you can still use radar to stare at the Tsuman warships outside the fire exchange distance and bite the Tsuman fleet with speed.

Even if you follow far behind, the "Prime Minister" cannot escape.

The most likely situation is that after discovering that there is no way to break through, the commander of the Thaman fleet ordered a turn to return and abandoned his move south.

Whether it is a decisive battle on Beixi Luoyang or a decisive battle in the Great Fleet to escape back to the land, there will be no future.

To be said, Cunningham once thought at the time that the Tsuman fleet had given up and was on his way back to the country.
Chapter completed!