1:06:01
I've requested air cover
from the Luftwaffe.
1:06:03
How soon can we expect
them to be with us?
1:06:06
Shore-based aircraft can operate...
1:06:08
approximately that far
from the coast, sir.
1:06:10
We will arrive at that point...
1:06:12
about dawn tomorrow.
1:06:13
What about King George and Rodney?
1:06:15
What is their position now?
1:06:17
Based on reports from Group West...
1:06:19
I have them plotted...
1:06:21
200 miles to the north of us.
1:06:23
That is good.
1:06:25
They cannot possibly overtake us now.
1:06:27
A day or so in Brest to make repairs...
1:06:30
and then we come out again
with our tanks full.
1:06:33
Also, Lindemann... I have an idea.
1:06:37
Suppose Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau came out with us.
1:06:41
We would be the most powerful
fleet that ever sailed.
1:06:45
Nothing in the world could touch us.
1:06:47
Excuse me, sir. Personal signal...
1:06:49
for the fleet commander.
1:06:51
Thank you, Mueller.
1:06:55
"Best wishes on your birthday."
1:06:58
Look.
1:07:01
Adolf Hitler.
1:07:05
This is a great honor.
1:07:08
Yes, please. Right.
1:07:11
Here are the fuel consumption reports...
1:07:12
for K.G. V and Rodney, sir...
1:07:14
as close as I can calculate them.
1:07:17
Don't look too good, do they?
1:07:19
They're 140 miles astern of Bismarck.
1:07:21
Can they steam at full speed
long enough to overtake her?
1:07:24
They wouldn't have enough fuel
to get home.
1:07:29
Sir.
1:07:33
By daylight tomorrow, Bismarck will be...
1:07:35
in range of German air cover.
1:07:37
They'll send out the whole Luftwaffe.
1:07:39
And a line of U-boats.
1:07:41
We have to slow her down by tonight...
1:07:43
so Home Fleet can overtake her...
1:07:45
before she gets into friendly waters.
1:07:47
Renown and Sheffield can't do it.
1:07:49
That leaves Ark Royal.
1:07:53
10 hours of daylight left.
1:07:55
Call it 9 1/2.
1:07:57
There's time to get off
one air strike anyway.
1:07:59
With luck, they might get off two.