"Brilliant" on the ship.

It was not the submarine's war report that woke Cunningham up, but a telegram from the Endeavour.

To be precise, the report was sent by a destroyer Bran that was part of Task Force 61.

Because Task Force 61 was going to operate covertly, Cunningham sent a destroyer over after the South set ocean converged.

According to the agreement, before the battle began, the destroyer would relay the telegram.

This arrangement also involves military ciphers.

Because a joint command has not yet been formed, both sides have reservations on the issue of military passwords, or neither side is willing to suffer.

Send the destroyer over and you don't have to hand over the codebook to the Nuland fleet.

There's a lot of content, and when Cunningham returned to command, the communications staff officers were still busy.

If you want to say, the key is one point.

Task Force 61 will strike northeast at full speed at night, penetrating deep into the Fanyan Ocean, and will send reconnaissance planes before dawn to search for the Liang Xia fleet, which is definitely active in the southwest Fanyan Ocean, and strive to launch an attack after dawn, hoping that the expeditionary fleet will provide cover and cooperation.

The point is, Spark did not offer Cunningham's assistance in the war.

Sp also sent specific information, including the location of Task Force 61, the course and speed of the night, and so on.

All in all, it was all told to Cunningham without reservation.

What the hell is that guy trying to do?

Cunningham didn't ask it, first, because no one could answer the question, and second, it wasn't necessary.

In fact, after learning of Sp's desperate gamble, Cunningham immediately thought that this usually amiable Rear Admiral Newland was a ruthless character.

The point is, this move is directly aimed at Cunningham, or at the Kingdom of Bran.

If, in tomorrow's battle, the Combined Fleet wins a resounding victory, then everything is easy to say, and at most the main credit goes to Sp and Task Force 61.

Cunningham took a very light view of this.

It's not that he doesn't care, but as far as he knows, as long as he can maintain the strategic advantage on the Fanyan Ocean, especially the Van Luo region, which is of great strategic value to the Bran Kingdom, even if he gives the credit to others, it will be worth a thousand dollars, after all, Cunningham is the commander of the Royal Navy, and everything he does is in the interests of the country. As for personal victories and defeats, Cunningham has never taken them to heart.

But the question is, will we be able to win big tomorrow?

To put it bluntly, if he is really sure of a big win, will Spark gamble on it?

It can be seen that the probability of a big victory is almost non-existent, and it is very likely to suffer a heavy defeat.

Herein lies the problem.

If Spu took the lead, it can even be said that he took the lead, then after suffering a crushing defeat, absolutely no one would consider it his responsibility.

Well, it must be Cunningham's responsibility.

If you want to say anything, the march into the Van Yan Ocean is itself a matter for the Bran Kingdom, which is led by the Bran Royal Navy, and Cunningham is the commander of the Combined Fleet, and Spark is only responsible for commanding the 61st Task Force, and fighting on the Van Yan Ocean, under Cunningham's command.

There is no doubt that Cunningham is the first person responsible for this battle.

Of course, Cunningham represents the Royal Navy of Bran with the Kingdom of Bran.

From this level, Sp was using this method to force Cunningham to join him in leading the expeditionary fleet deep into the Fanyan Ocean, and take the initiative to find the Liang Xia fleet for a decisive battle.

The problem is that this is what Cunningham has been avoiding.

If anything, this is the impact of the fall of Lion Springs.

On the 26th, after receiving the news of the surrender of the defenders of Lion Springs, Cunningham's first order was to slow down the fleet, and the second order was to turn.

Shiquan City has been lost, do you still need to fight the Liang Xia fleet?

Of course, Liang Xia's fleet may not come to a decisive battle.

The reason is also very simple: by defeating Shiquan City and controlling the Throat Strait, the Liang Xia Navy will be able to enter Fanyan Ocean and directly enter Posha Bay.

Originally, he was heading to Posha Bay, so what reason was there to waste troops elsewhere?

All in all, Cunningham had already made the decision to retreat.

It was precisely because of this that he felt that Spu had guessed this, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity to annihilate the Liang Xia fleet and defeat Bai Zhizhan so he chose to gamble.

Because Task Force 61 has only one aircraft carrier, Spark has to pull in the expeditionary fleet.

Going to the funeral of Task Force 61?

What Cunningham couldn't understand was why Sp thought that after he rushed forward, the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy would definitely follow?

Traditionally, Van Yanyang has always been the battlefield of the Royal Navy of Bran, and has little to do with the Newland Navy.

Spark was going to die, and Cunningham could have watched from the sidelines.

As long as the situation can be stabilized, no one can say that Cunningham will not be saved.

If defeat turns into victory in the end, Cunningham will become a hero of the entire Western world, and Spud, who took the initiative to send him to death, is a typical representative of courage and strategy.

While Cunningham was thinking about this question, the communications staff officer sent the message that had just been decoded.

However, it was not from Task Force 61, but from the Royal Navy Command.

That's right, it was the news that the Nuland submarine sank the oil tanker of the Liangxia naval fleet.

There was a delay because I needed to make a few transfers.

After reading it, Cunning's mind was counting.

Obviously, Spu's abnormal behavior has something to do with it!

After the submarine attacked the fleet's oil tankers, the existence of the 61st task force was no longer a secret, and it must have become the target of Liang Xia's fleet.

Sp clearly didn't want to die alone.

The key point is that Spark did not mention the submarine in the telegram, making it clear that he didn't want Cunningham to know.

This move is actually to accompany the expeditionary fleet to the funeral!

After reading the telegram, Cunningham walked to the chart, stared at the chart carefully for a while, and then smiled, and knew more in his heart.

If anything, Spu is indeed a rare purebred soldier who doesn't have much heart.

He wanted to use the expeditionary fleet, but he did take the main purpose of killing the Liang Xia special task force, and did not do anything harmful to others and himself.

The point is that in front of the line is Task Force 61.

If the Liangxia fleet is in the southwest Fanyan Ocean, it must be in the northeast direction, then in the early morning of tomorrow, the first to engage it will definitely be the 61st Task Force.

Spur sent a telegram, in fact, hoping that Cunningham would not miss the opportunity to be a fisherman!

So, how can you seize this opportunity?

Task Force 61 was originally in the left rear of the expeditionary fleet, that is, in the northwest direction, at a distance of about 400 kilometers.

Now, Sp is sprinting northeast at full speed, so the distance to the expeditionary fleet does not decrease quickly.

The expeditionary fleet turned directly north?

Or is it heading northeast, only more northerly, thus gradually reducing the distance to Task Force 61?

The point is, where will the Liangxia fleet go?

Before the fleet's oil tankers were attacked, because it was suspected that the combined fleet would go north to the Magas Strait, it would definitely focus on monitoring the coastal routes close to the Xuan Continent.

But after the surprise attack on the fleet's oil tankers, he will make adjustments.

Whether it is for their own safety or to suspect that the Nuland fleet will go to Austria, the White Stop War will increase its investment in the direction of the far sea.

By the early morning of tomorrow, the probability of Liang Xia's fleet appearing in the northeast of the 61st task force is the largest!

That's pretty much north of the expeditionary fleet!

Thinking of this, Cunning's mind was counting. 8)