Chapter 442: The Second Protagonist
About 400 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands, the aircraft carrier "Endeavour".
After reading the telegram sent by the staff officer, Sp got up and walked to the chart board, and Tian Shi also got up and followed.
Sp glanced back at Tian Shi, and then looked at the chart hanging in front of him.
"Cunningham wanted us to rush up and plug the gunhole, and he picked up the bargain behind."
When Tian Shi said this, Spu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This sentence is very sharp, and it is to the point.
If anything, this is also the most obvious change in Tian Shi.
When he first came to the Newland Federation, Tian Shi's personality was relatively introverted, and he often didn't say a few words throughout the day, let alone be cynical.
It's just that it's not so much the change that has taken place, but the ego that has been released.
At the end of last year, when the Bran administration proposed that the Nuland Navy participate in the operation to increase the number of troops in the Van Yanyang, Spark was one of the main supporters.
The reason is also very simple: the better you fight on the Fanyan Ocean, the less pressure you will have on the Guia Ocean.
In addition, the battle around Saidao and Guandao is far from over, and there is no possibility of another decisive battle of the fleet in the short term.
If the Royal Navy of Bran is the main force, it is not impossible to send the "Endeavour" to fight in the Fanyan Ocean.
After that, through consultations, the basic principle of the Royal Navy as the main force and the Nuland Navy as the support was confirmed, and the action of jointly increasing the number of troops in Van Yanyang was decided.
The key is secrecy.
For this, the Nuland Navy spent a lot of time preparing.
The most important thing is to let the "Endeavour" bypass the lonely continent from the south of Hejiao and enter the sunset ocean, and then join the expeditionary fleet led by Cunningham.
The early stage was quite smooth.
At the beginning of January, the "Endeavour" went to the southeast and the Guia, but for reasons of secrecy, it has been operating in remote waters far from the main route.
There are not many ships on this side of the Guia, and the probability of being exposed is very small.
At that time, Spu's number one task was to train carrier-based pilots to prepare for the next battle.
During this period, Spu successively received news of the raids on Taranto and Orlan by the Lu Xinhai fleet, the interception of the "Prime Minister" by the home fleet, and the landing of Liang Xia's army in Shiquan City. As for the Guia side, there is still a hard battle around the island, but there is not much progress.
feelings, the two sides invariably turned their focus to Fan Yanyang.
Sipu issued a warning at the time, speculating that Bai Zhizhan would lead the Liang Xia fleet into Fanyan Ocean in advance, and would not wait until after the capture of Shiquan City.
The reason is that Bran's army can't hold Lion Springs at all, so there is no need to waste time in Lion Springs City.
Secondly, Bai Zhizhan is by no means a conformist general, and is likely to be like Chen Bingxun at the beginning, giving the Royal Navy Bran a surprise.
After the Daiman Kingdom took a stand, even if the Royal Navy of Bran could control the Throat Strait and block other straits, it would still have to abandon Lion Springs City in the end because it could not guarantee the smooth passage to Lion Springs City, and the transport ships could not reach safely and could not provide support to the defenders.
According to Spu's speculation, after the Liang Xia Empire blocked the Throat Strait with aviation, it was a miracle that the defenders of Shiquan City could hold out for 3 months.
In addition, the Liangxia Empire did not necessarily need to send a navy to war, strategic bombing was enough.
Will the defenders of Lion Springs be able to withstand the constant strategic bombardment?
Since it wasn't a problem to take Lion Spring City, why did Bai Zhizhan linger here?
It's a pity that Spu only issued a warning, not a valuable suggestion, after all, at that time, he didn't know what Bai Zhizhan planned to do.
From this point of view, the fall of Lion Springs did not shock Spu.
What Spu really didn't expect was that the Riman fleet would break through the encirclement again!
If at the beginning of the war, the escape of 3 armored cruisers was due to the fact that the Royal Navy was not in combat readiness and there were problems with the deployment of forces, then it must have been a problem for the commander to let the "Prime Minister" break through the Danish Channel and get rid of the pursuing home fleet.
If anything, there are problems at the top of the Bran Kingdom.
It's a pity, but what can it be?
Before leading the Endeavour south, Spark learned from Nizna that President Lofos was already very impatient with Chull.
The reason is the same: the cunning guy always talks about him left and right, and doesn't think about the big picture at all.
To be precise, he attaches too much importance to personal gains and losses, and always puts the Bran Kingdom first, but he never thinks that if the Nuland Federation is defeated, the Bran Kingdom will not have a good result.
Niz didn't say anything else, but the meaning was obvious.
If it is not done well, I am afraid that Chull will soon move out of the Prime Minister's Office.
However, certainly after Lofos was sworn in as President Nuland for the third time.
This is also the top priority at the moment.
Although Lofos has won the election, there is still a lot of opposition in the country. It is only after taking the oath of office that it can be considered safe.
A lot of things won't happen until Lofos is sworn in for the third time.
Unsurprisingly, the first thing to do is to make the leader of the Bran Kingdom aware of his position.
If Chul does not have this awareness, he can only be replaced.
That's right, even if he knew that the problem of letting go of the Riman fleet was at the top of the Bran Kingdom, Sp could only endure it, and couldn't do anything.
Who would have thought that those guys in the Bran Kingdom would have to make an inch!
Receiving a message from Cunningham that the expeditionary fleet would send reconnaissance planes to search for the Fleet, Task Force 61 needed to be prepared to ensure that carrier-based aircraft were dispatched to attack the Fleet if necessary, after the time window for the Expeditionary Fleet to miss the attack.
At that time, Spu almost scolded his mother.
Not only did Task Force 61 take the fire, but it also had to be a substitute for the dead.
It's just that Spu is still helpless.
According to the decision reached through consultations, Cunningham was to serve as the commander-in-chief of the combat operations to increase the troops, and Spude unconditionally obeyed the command.
However, this is still secondary.
Before leaving, Niz gave Sp a reassurance. It's good to be able to cooperate, but if you can't cooperate, you don't need to care too much about face.
What really made Spu suffer a dumb loss was actually that before that, he was the main promoter of sending troops to Fan Yanyang.
If it weren't for Sp resisting the pressure and convincing Nyz, Lofus would not have agreed to send the only fleet carrier to the Vanyan Ocean anyway.
Even if Niz didn't emphasize it, Spu would definitely be responsible for sending troops to Van Yanyang.
Fortunately, this is the end of bad luck.
More than a dozen reconnaissance planes searched all the deep-water bays of the Falkland Islands, but found no Queman fleet.
As long as the luck is not too bad, Task Force 61 will still be able to remain hidden until the battle with the Liang Xia fleet.
But the question is, is this necessary?
The expeditionary fleet took the lead, hundreds of kilometers ahead, and had no intention of slowing down and waiting for Task Force 61 to follow.
Even if you can save a little time, you may not be able to change anything.
If Bai Zhizhan could think of using the "Prime Minister" to test the waters, wouldn't he have made more preparations to ensure that even if the expeditionary fleet was unmoved, he could still catch it in the southwest Fanyan Ocean, and use a thunderous attack to permanently drive the Bran Royal Navy out of the Fanyan Ocean?
At least, only the expeditionary fleet has revealed its whereabouts at the moment.
It's just that after the end of the expeditionary fleet, the 61st task force is lonely, and I'm afraid it's not far from the end.