In the early hours of the morning, the British Government's temporary residence in the air-raid shelter was still brightly lit.
Another sleepless night had come; the smoke from the day's bombings had just cleared when another piece of bad news arrived.
The British-Japanese Allied Army had suffered a disastrous defeat in a naval battle, even losing their flagship, and Admiral Mitchell's fate was currently unknown.
Upon receiving this news, everyone's first reaction was, "You must be joking," since just the Far Eastern Fleet alone could suppress the Southeast Asian Fleet, how could the British-Japanese Allied Army possibly lose?
Regrettably, after repeated verification, it was proven that this was reality, not some cruel prank.
Forced to accept this reality, Prime Minister Campbell's entire world view was shaken—he realized that the Royal Navy was no longer invincible.
