Chapter 440 Absurd Order
If Saville makes an accurate judgment after the end of the "Denmark Strait Battle", that is, the "Prime Minister" has parted ways with two large cruisers and takes two oil tankers and two destroyers to Nanxiluoyang, the Royal Bran Navy still has the opportunity to sink it on Beixiluoyang.
The reason is also very simple. The "Prime Minister" cannot sail at a speed of more than 25 knots.
Even if there is sufficient fuel, boilers and steam turbines cannot stand it.
Of course, the key is still insufficient fuel.
Navigating at a speed of 19 knots, the "Zhao Zheng" has a range of more than 8,000 nautical miles. It is 25 knots and less than 3,500 nautical miles. If it reaches 29 knots, it can only run 2,500 nautical miles. It can be said that the fuel carried by the two fast oil tankers is not enough.
In addition, when replenishing fuel, the navigation speed needs to be reduced.
In short, after getting rid of the local fleet, the Prime Minister will definitely slow down and may even reduce to a cruise speed of 19 knots.
Obviously, there is no problem of insufficient fuel in the local fleet.
The key is that the local fleet has aircraft carriers, and it can use carrier-based aircraft to search for the "Prime Minister".
In short, as long as an accurate judgment is made, the probability of re-finding the "Prime Minister" within 3 days and sinking it is extremely high.
Unfortunately, no one, including Cunningham, thought that the Prime Minister would break through alone.
Of course, this is also related to intelligence agencies.
Before the "Battle of the Denmark Strait", the intelligence agency made a prediction and concluded that two large cruisers would go to the Denmark Strait with the "Prime Minister".
As a result, this judgment is very accurate.
After the naval war, the intelligence agency determined that the Tsuman fleet had returned and returned on the same route.
At that time, the intelligence agency came up with a very convincing evidence and determined the locations of the two large cruisers through radio locations.
To be said, the Royal Navy also has great responsibility.
The day after the naval battle, a submarine sent a telegram claiming that it was found in the strait with several large warships and unknown fleets.
The key is that the submarine discovered the waters of unknown fleets, which were located in the waters where two large cruisers were located.
Not to mention Savi, even Cunningham did not have any doubts, or he believed that the Tsuman fleet had turned back after the failure of the breakout.
At that time, Cunningham did nothing.
However, it means doing everything.
Because Cunningham did not break the radio silence, the next day, Saville asked two fast battleships to go to Lu Xinhai with the "Ark of Royal".
As for the fast oil tanker that was discovered and sunk by carrier-based aircraft, Savile did not take it seriously.
According to the telegram he sent to the Royal Navy Command, he determined that it was a bait sent by the commander of the Tyman Fleet to divert the local fleet.
Saville also determined from this that the Thuman fleet had already turned to break through.
Because two fast battleships and the "Ark of Royal" had been allowed to go to Luxinhai as planned, Saville did not continue to pursue the Tyman fleet at that time.
Actually, this is part of the plan.
If there is no accident, Savile will return to Scapa Bay with the main force of the local fleet and continue to stare at the Tsuman Fleet hidden in the harbor opposite the North Sea.
After that, everything went well.
It was not until half an hour ago that Cunningham knew that the Prime Minister did not return to the Taeman Empire, but appeared on the Nanxiluo Ocean, just east of the Falkland Islands, and was likely sailing towards the archipelago.
According to speculation, it is very likely that the power equipment or propulsion system of the "Zhao Zheng" was malfunctioned during a long-distance voyage.
After all, after the completion of this super battleship, it only conducted acceptance tests in the wave bay and did not conduct long-distance voyages.
It was strange that I had sailed quickly for more than ten days without any malfunction.
As for how to discover the "Prime Minister", according to the telegram, it was the personnel of the Tiaoman Empire who purchased supplies in Argentina in the South Gorge Continent and rented an ocean-going fishing boat. As a result, because the bribery customs officials were too greedy, they sold the news to the intelligence personnel of the Kingdom of Bran.
After that, intelligence personnel took a rented seaplane to a light cruiser patrolling the Nanxi Luoyang.
Because I had already obtained the exact information, I didn’t take much effort to discover the ocean-going fishing boat carrying hundreds of tons of fresh vegetables and fruits. I followed the fishing boat to find the Tiaman fleet and found the "Prime Minister" who obtained supplies from the fishing boat under the cover of the night.
The next day, intelligence personnel also found leaking oil pollution in the sea area, and concluded that it was the power or propulsion system of the "Prime Minister".
However, it is not that easy to find the "Prime Minister" again.
The intelligence agency only inferred that the Prime Minister would find an anchorage at the sheltered bay to repair damaged equipment.
As for those two large cruisers, they had already returned to the Tyman Empire.
According to the order issued by the Royal Navy Command, Cunningham sent a reconnaissance plane to search for the "Prime Minister". If the intelligence agency's judgment is correct, if it finds the battleship near the Falkland Islands, it must be sunk and then consider marching into Fanyanyang.
Reason, mentioned earlier.
The "Prime Minister" went to Nanxi Luoyang, not to carry out a mission to break the brigade, but to prepare to go to the Liangxia Empire.
In addition, if the "Prime Minister" is supported by Liang Xia's Navy, it will definitely have a huge impact on Nanxi Road for a period of time.
Not to mention anything else, several countries in the southern continent such as Argentina are all traditional friendly countries of the Goman Empire.
Just in Argentina, there are millions of expatriates.
On the Xuan Continent, there are several colonies that once belonged to the Tsuman Empire and were divided by victorious countries such as the Bran Kingdom after the end of the last war.
These colonies still have many descendants of the Great Man, some of which have been quietly organized.
No one can guarantee that these countries and colonies will not turn against each other because of the arrival of the "Prime Minister".
From a military perspective, it is not challenging to kill the "Prime Minister".
Send a few reconnaissance planes to find the "Prime Minister" and then launch an attack.
One dial is enough.
It doesn't matter whether it can be blown up or down. As long as it can be severely damaged, it will have to delay in the anchored bay for ten days and half a month because it loses its navigation ability.
Two Nelson-class battleships of the local fleet have moved south and are expected to arrive in early February.
If necessary, several small aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers will be dispatched.
However, we must do it now to prevent the Prime Minister from escaping from the Bran Royal Navy's vision again after repairing the faulty equipment.
If it works militaryally, it does not mean that it can fight.
Today is January 23!
As early as 5 days ago, Cunningham received reliable information. The special mixed fleet of Liang Xia Navy, led by Bai Zhizhan, is likely to have entered Fanyan Ocean from the Xunfeng Strait or Longmu Strait east of Shiquan City, with at least 2 fleet aircraft carriers and at least 2 fast battleships.
In addition, Liang Xia's army had already arrived at Shiquan City the day before yesterday, the 21st.
Stay behind to deal with the "Prime Minister"?
Cunningham kept thinking that if Chul really ignored the overall situation and only thought about his own interests, he deserved to be driven out of the Prime Minister's Office.
Chapter completed!