24 January, Falkland Islands.

As soon as the sky was brightened, a roar from far and near broke the silence, startling a group of Arctic swallows who had come here for the winter.

A giant steel bird flew over the bay and circled a few times at a reduced altitude before flying away, disappearing into the morning fog in a short time.

It was a Bran Royal Navy reconnaissance plane.

About half an hour later, there were waves in the bay.

A dark gray submarine surfaced to the surface and, after picking up a few frogmen hiding on the shore, re-entered the sea.

After a few moments, calm returned to the bay.

It's just that the outside world is not calm at all.

"Brilliant" on the ship.

More than ten minutes earlier, after receiving a report from the last reconnaissance plane, Cunningham had admitted that his fears had become a reality.

Two days earlier, the Prime Minister had deliberately revealed its whereabouts in order to lure the expeditionary fleet into appearing.

A trap for expeditionary fleets!

More than a dozen carrier-based reconnaissance planes sent out by the expeditionary fleet thoroughly searched the Falkland Islands, searching all the deep-water bays, but they did not find the "Prime Minister," nor did they find any other warships, and they did not even find any signs of the warships that had ever come, such as the oil spills.

Even if the "Prime Minister" was on the South Sunset Ocean, it certainly did not go to the Falkland Islands.

Fortunately, Cunningham had anticipated this situation and had prepared for it for a long time.

Now the problem is that the expeditionary fleet has revealed its whereabouts.

The news that the "Prime Minister" had gone to the South and the West was by no means untargeted, but was directed at the expeditionary fleet.

Somewhere in a bay in the Falkland Islands, there is a Hindan intelligence officer, or a submarine.

In any case, after the discovery of the reconnaissance plane, the Yamaman Navy was able to conclude that the expeditionary fleet must be nearby, at most a few hundred kilometers away.

There is also reason to believe that it is not the Yiman Navy that wants to find the expeditionary fleet, but the Liangxia Navy.

Because the "Prime Minister" can only go to the Liangxia Empire, even if there is a huge risk, the Manman Navy can only do what the Liangxia Navy orders.

So, why does the Liang Xia Navy think that the expeditionary fleet will fall into the ocean in Nanxi?

Thinking of this question, Cunningham had to admire the white stop. According to his speculation, it must have been Bai Zhizhan who deduced the whereabouts of the expeditionary fleet.

If you want to say it, it is not very difficult to judge that the main force of the Lu Xinhai Fleet, that is, the two "Brilliant" class aircraft carriers and the two "Prestige" class battle cruisers, entered the Sunset Ocean from the Naola Strait after a sneak attack on Taranto, and went south to enter the Fanyan Ocean through the Yuanwang Angle.

These 4 capital ships have not shown up for more than 10 days, and it is strange not to be suspicious.

The point is, is it worth taking the risk of the Prime Minister?

If it is only speculated that the expeditionary fleet went to Nanxi and fell into the ocean, and the Liang Xia fleet commanded by Bai Zhizhan was on the side of Shiquan City, providing support for the landing operation, there would be no reason for the "Prime Minister" to take risks, after all, in the near future, the Liang Xia Navy could not send a fleet to meet the "Prime Minister".

Unless, Bai Zhizhan has already rushed over with the task force!

That's what worries Cunningham the most.

There has been relevant information before, the Liangxia fleet commanded by Bai Zhizhan may enter the Fanyan Ocean on the night of the 19th at the earliest, and theoretically only needs 6 days, and it will be able to reach the southwest Fanyan Ocean on the night of the 25th, and it is possible to engage the expeditionary fleet on the morning of the 26th.

Herein lies the problem.

If the expeditionary fleet were to go to the Falkland Islands and attack the Terman fleet hiding there, the entry into the Fanyan Ocean would have to be delayed by at least one day.

Even if everything goes well, it will be on the 26th.

Is this a coincidence?

Cunningham clearly wasn't convinced.

When deciding to carry out the orders given by the Royal Navy Command, Cunningham thought of this and made arrangements.

The expeditionary fleet did not turn to the Falkland Islands, but only adjusted its course and did not go directly to the Far Lookout. The SBDs that flew to the Falkland Islands for reconnaissance missions had sufficient range and could fly more than 2,000 kilometres, and there was no problem of not being able to return home.

As for the other scenario, that is, the reconnaissance plane found the Cunman fleet, Cunningham also made arrangements.

It was not only the expeditionary fleet that went to Fanyanyang, but also the task force sent by the Newland Navy.

The 61st Task Force, headed by the "Endeavour," encountered bad weather on the Hejiao side, delayed for a long time, and was about 600 kilometers behind the expeditionary fleet.

As expected, Endeavour was about 400 kilometres northeast of the Falkland Islands at this time.

According to Cunningham's arrangement, after finding the Riman fleet, he contacted Spu on the "Endeavour", and the "Endeavour" dispatched carrier-based aircraft to attack.

The fleet does not have aircraft carriers, and it will certainly not be able to stop the attack launched by the "Endeavor."

Without sinking, it is enough to hit the "Queman" hard.

Because the Queman fleet was not found, Cunningham did not contact Spur.

The Expeditionary Fleet did not turn towards the Falkland Islands, saving a great deal of time, and the Expeditionary Fleet was able to enter the Van Yan Ocean from the south of the Cape of the Lookout at least 12 hours earlier.

These 12 hours must be promising.

The key is after entering the Fanyan Ocean.

If the White Stop War Task Force kills it, it will definitely be east of the Far Lookout and will attack the expeditionary fleet while it sails east.

Because the expeditionary fleet was 12 hours ahead of schedule and would enter the Fanyan Ocean on the night of the 25th, it was not until the morning of the 26th that the White Stop War would have a chance.

Seizing this opportunity, the expeditionary fleet was able to sail hundreds of kilometers east overnight.

The key is that the 61st Task Force under the command of Sp will enter the Fanyan Ocean on the morning of the 26th.

At this point, the white stop war will face a dilemma.

Attack the Expeditionary Fleet, or take on Task Force 61?

If he is smart enough, he should choose to retreat.

Of course, if he wasn't smart enough, he would probably be caught off guard by Task Force 61, which was following the expeditionary fleet, when attacking the expeditionary fleet.

In the third case, if the expeditionary fleet misses the advance and attacks the 61st task force that entered the Fanyan Ocean as planned on the morning of the 26th, it will definitely be attacked by the expeditionary fleet when it launches the attack, and it may even be hit when it is preparing to attack.

This is exactly Cunningham's wishful thinking.

Because White Stop did not necessarily think that the expeditionary fleet did not go to the Falkland Islands, it is more likely that it will be put into battle in the early morning of the 26 as originally planned.

At that time, it was not the expeditionary fleet that would bear the brunt of the attack, but the 61st task force.

According to Cunningham's deduction, he is likely to be the number one winner of this naval battle!

As long as Liang Xia's fleet can be thwarted and continue to control the sea of Fan Yanyang, what will happen to the 61st task force, Cunningham doesn't care at all.

Only now, you have to speed up the voyage.

In any case, the expeditionary fleet has reached the sea southwest of the Cape of Far Hope, and in ten hours, it will cross the line that does not exist at all and enter the Fanyan Ocean.

If anything, Cunningham prefers to use the traditional terms of the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

If he had not lost to the Liang Xia Navy that year, he would not have been forced to adopt the naming system of the Liang Xia Empire.

When this naval battle is won, at the latest, after the end of this war, the Kingdom of Bran will be able to justifiably abolish the existing international naming system and name the seas and islands around the world according to Western traditions and cultures, and all of them must use Bran names!