If, after the end of the "Battle of the Danish Strait", Savile had made an accurate judgment that the "Prime Minister" had parted ways with two large cruisers and headed for the South Sunset with two oil tankers and two destroyers, the Royal Navy of Bran would still have a chance to sink her on the North Sunset.

The reason is also very simple, the "Prime Minister" cannot sail at a speed of more than 25 knots all the time.

Even if there is enough fuel, boilers and steam turbines can't stand it.

Of course, the key is still not enough fuel.

Sailing at a speed of 19 knots, the "Prime Minister" has a range of more than 8,000 nautical miles, at a speed of 25 knots, it can not run more than 3,500 nautical miles, and if it reaches 29 knots, it can even run only 2,500 nautical miles. It can be said that the fuel carried by 2 fast tankers is simply not enough.

In addition, when refueling, it is necessary to reduce the sailing speed.

All in all, after getting rid of the home fleet, the "Prime Minister" will definitely have to slow down, and possibly even drop to a cruising speed of 19 knots.

Obviously, there is no problem of insufficient fuel for the native fleet.

The point is that the home fleet has aircraft carriers, which can search for the "Prime Minister" with carrier-based aircraft.

All in all, as long as an accurate judgment is made, there is a great probability that the Prime Minister will be refound within 3 days and sunk.

It is a pity that no one, including Cunningham, thought that the "Prime Minister" would break through alone.

Of course, this also has to do with the intelligence agencies.

Before the "Battle of the Danish Strait", intelligence agencies made predictions that two large cruisers would go to the Danish Strait with the "Prime Minister".

As it turned out, this judgment was very accurate.

After the naval battle, the intelligence agencies determined that the fleet had returned, and that it had returned the same way.

At that time, the intelligence agencies came up with a very convincing evidence, and through radiolocation, the location of 2 large cruisers was determined.

To say, the Royal Navy also has a lot of responsibility.

The day after the battle, a submarine sent a telegram announcing that an unidentified fleet of several large warships had been spotted in the strait.

The key is that the sea area where the submarine found the unknown fleet is in the sea area where the 2 large cruisers are located.

Not to mention Savi, even Cunningham did not have doubts, or believe that the Eumann fleet had turned back after the failure of the breakthrough.

At the time, Cunningham did nothing.

However, it is equivalent to doing everything.

Because Cunningham did not break the radio silence, the next day, Savile sent 2 fast battleships to Lu Xinhai with the "Ark Royal".

As for the fast oil tanker that was discovered and sunk by carrier-based aircraft, Savile didn't take it seriously.

According to the telegram he sent to the command of the Royal Navy, he believed that it was a decoy sent by the commander of the Commandant of the Fleet of the Men in order to divert the home fleet.

From this, Savile also concluded that the Horman fleet had already turned to break out.

Because the two fast battleships and the "Ark Royal" had already been sent to Lu Xinhai as planned, at that time, Savile did not continue to pursue the Armada.

Actually, that's part of the plan.

If there are no accidents, Savile will return to Scapa Bay with the main force of the home fleet, and continue to keep an eye on the Riman fleet hidden in the harbor across the North Sea.

After that, basically everything went smoothly.

It was not until half an hour earlier, after receiving a telegram from the naval command, that Cunningham learned that the "Prime Minister" had not returned to the Empire, but had appeared in the South Sunset Ocean, just east of the Falkland Islands, and was most likely sailing towards the islands.

Presumably, it is likely that the Prime Minister's power equipment or propulsion system malfunctioned during the long voyage.

After all, after the construction of this super battleship, it only underwent acceptance tests in the Gulf, and did not go on a long voyage.

It was a strange thing that it sailed fast for more than ten days and did not break down.

As for how the "Prime Minister" was discovered, according to the telegram, it was the personnel of the Hindan Empire who purchased supplies in Argentina in the southern continent and rented an ocean-going fishing boat, but because the customs officials who bribed were too greedy, they sold the news to the intelligence officers of the Bran Kingdom.

After that, the intelligence officers boarded a rented seaplane and went to a light cruiser patrolling the sunset ocean.

Because he already had accurate information, it didn't take much effort to discover the ocean-going fishing ship carrying hundreds of tons of fresh vegetables and fruits, and followed the fishing boat to find the Yamaman fleet, and found the "Prime Minister" who was getting supplies from the fishing boat under the cover of night.

The next day, intelligence officers also found oil leaks in the area, and concluded that the power or propulsion system of the Prime Minister had failed.

It's just that it's not so easy to find the "Prime Minister" again.

Intelligence agencies only deduced that the Prime Minister would find a sheltered bay to anchor in order to repair the damaged equipment.

As for those two large cruisers, they had long since returned to the Riman Empire.

In accordance with the orders issued by the Royal Navy Command, Cunningham sent reconnaissance planes to search for the "Prime Minister", and if the intelligence agencies were correct in their judgment and found the battleship near the Falkland Islands, it would have to sink it before considering the matter of entering the Fanyan Ocean.

The reason, which has already been mentioned.

The "Prime Minister" went to Nanxi and fell into the ocean, not to carry out the task of breaking diplomatic relations, but to prepare to go to the Liangxia Empire.

In addition, if the "Prime Minister" is received by the Liangxia Navy and is active in the South Xi Ocean for a period of time, it will definitely have a huge impact.

Not to mention anything else, Argentina and several other countries in the southern isolated continent are all traditional friendly countries of the Hindan Empire.

In Argentina alone, there are millions of Queman diaspora.

On the Xuan Continent, there are several colonies that once belonged to the Empire and were divided by the victorious powers such as the Bran Kingdom after the end of the last war.

These colonies still have quite a few Men of descendants, some of whom have been quietly organized.

No one can guarantee that these countries and colonies will not defect because of the arrival of the Prime Minister.

From a military point of view, taking out the Prime Minister is not challenging.

Send a few reconnaissance planes over, find the "Prime Minister," and then launch an attack.

One dispatch is sufficient.

In fact, it does not matter whether the "Prime Minister" can be blown up and sunk, as long as it can be severely damaged, so that it has to be delayed in the bay at anchor for 10 days and half a month because of its loss of navigation ability.

The two Nelson-class battleships of the Home Fleet have already headed south and are expected to arrive in early February.

If needed, several additional small aircraft carriers and escort carriers will be deployed.

However, it is necessary to act now to prevent the "Prime Minister" from escaping the sight of the Royal Navy of Bran again after repairing the faulty equipment.

Militarily it works, but it does not mean that you can fight in a big way.

Today is January 23rd!

As early as 5 days ago, Cunningham received reliable information that the task force of the Liangxia Navy, led by Bai Zhizhan, was likely to have entered the Fanyan Ocean from the Xunfeng Strait or Lombok 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 landed in Shiquan City the day before yesterday, that is, on the 21st.

Stay and deal with the "Prime Minister"?

Cunningham has always thought that if Chul really cares about the overall situation and only thinks about his own interests, then he deserves to be kicked out of the prime minister's office.

It's a pity that it was an order from the Royal Navy Command, and it was not negotiable at all!