These days, by John. The main force of the home fleet led by Tovey himself had been trying to move at top speed, but the battleship Counterattack became a drag, and the long high-speed voyage made it difficult for her exhausted main engine to bear the burden, and the continuous malfunction caused the formation to drop again and again.

Even early this morning, the Counterattack signaled a fault to the flagship King George V for the third time, and the crew's continued minor glitches caused the speed of the formation to drop to less than 25 knots. When the Pearl sank, it was 3 hours later than expected.

John. Tovey subconsciously rubbed his somewhat sore right arm, he subconsciously felt bored, at this speed, except for the George V, which had to stay in this sea area and wait for the arrival of equipment and personnel after inspection, the rest of the warships could be dispatched, but where should the Victory aircraft carrier be deployed?

The melancholy old man glanced outside, of course, from this angle he couldn't see the aircraft carrier Victory not far away, so the old man subconsciously pushed open the door of the captain's room and walked towards the bridge.

He was followed by the adjutant Arrin, who at the moment understood that John . Tovey was thinking about something extremely important, and the only thing he could do if he didn't dare to disturb him was to follow the old man and not leave an inch.

Through the faint light of the searchlight, John. Tovey saw the new carrier Victory, which in some ways bears a striking resemblance to the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, riding the waves against a dark background.

Both warships are beneficiaries of the Ideal Township Project, but the Prince of Wales has not yet had time to accept the final step of the Ideal Township Project, and the lack of awakening ship spirits may be the biggest difference between the two of them.

But, in some respects, they were all the same, all rushed into service due to wartime emergencies, the battleship Prince of Wales had serious problems with its main guns, and the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier USS Victory were not satisfactory.

Because of time constraints, the USS Victory aircraft carrier did not even have a carrier-based aircraft unit in place.

The USS Victory, which had just arrived from the port of Liverpool yesterday to converge day and night, was loaded with only 12 old biplane Swordfish torpedo attack planes.

Although old, but not useless, the Swordfish attack aircraft, although it flies slowly, benefits from its biplane design, and the aircraft gains more lift than monoplanes at the same take-off distance.

Take-off on the ship requires shorter glide distances, greater flight range, and greater stability in take-off, landing and flight.

Coupled with the specially designed folding wings of the aircraft, the aircraft does not occupy much space on the ship, and the superimposed influence of these factors allows the British aircraft carrier to carry more carrier-based aircraft and enhance the attack capability of a single aircraft carrier.

At the same time, the "Swordfish" can not only carry out the mission of torpedo attacks, but also help the fleet with reconnaissance and missile observation, and even install radar and rockets to hunt German U-boats in the Atlantic.

Of course, this is only for the design drawings, but John. Tovey believes that this scene will be seen in the near future.

At this moment, the old man suddenly turned his head and looked at the quietly standing aside, and after a while, Yarlin confirmed, "If the aircraft carrier Victory leaves the fleet and sails alone, when will it reach the position I marked on the chart before?"

"In eight hours, Your Excellency, Commander." Arlin, who had probably counted a few times in his mind, soon asked John . Tovey confirmed.

"This looks like this...... Re-set an interception route, the aircraft carrier Victory went to search for the whereabouts of the ghost battleship, and the remaining battleships headed for the depths of the North Atlantic, we are now too short of intelligence, there is no hope of catching up with Bismarck, and the German fleet led by Bismarck can only be handed over to other warships led by H fleet.

"Our goal is to never allow that ghost battleship, which may have been loaded with Enigma and the Philosopher's Stone, back into German sphere of influence, and as long as they are in the North Atlantic, I will make them understand the powerlessness of facing the British Imperial Navy!"

At the same time, the battleship Rodney was ordered to join the H fleet, and the hidden strength of the German fleet made Johann Rodney a battleship. Tovey did not dare to be careless in the slightest, as long as the aircraft carrier Ark Royal could hold off the battleship Bismarck for a while and continue to slow them down. Tovey was confident enough to annihilate the German fleet, and both the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen would have to pay with their lives for their foolish arrogance.

If not, John. What kind of face did Tovey have to face the dead warriors?

There was still a certain danger for the H fleet to face the German fleet on its own, and Bismarck's strength in the Danish naval battle made Johann Brown. Tovey had a terrible thought, "Is the Bismarck really just a juvenile martial spirit?" ”

Although the aircraft carrier Ark Royal has air supremacy, once the German fleet approaches, once the deck is seriously damaged, the Ark Royal will lose all its combat capability.

You must know that the damage to the hull itself will directly reflect the spirit of the ship itself, and the level of armor protection of the battlecruiser Prestige is relatively poor among the battle cruisers in service in the British Navy.

The main idea of its design was to target the enemy's cruiser fleet, with large-caliber guns that could strike lethally from enemy ships out of range, and high speeds that could maneuver or evade enemy capital ships.

This is the embodiment of the British Sea Secretary John Abbasnot Fisher's view that "speed is the best defense".

Due to the light weight of the hull structure, violent vibrations occur when all the main guns are fired.

And neither the previous Suffolk nor the Norfolk were sunk before they had time to convey any news, and the telegram sent by the Prince of Wales in the Danish naval battle was the first time that the British side obtained German intelligence from the frontal battlefield in this operation, and before that, whether it was the previous reconnaissance of Bergen or the sudden sinking of the two cruisers, the entire German fleet was shrouded in a veil of mystery, and even now, the entire Royal Fleet seemed to be led by the Germans, which was the case in Crete, This is still the case in the North Atlantic......

What exactly are they trying to plan?

John. Tovey didn't know it......