December 14th of the 99th year of the New Calendar, northeastern Flame Sea, the flagship of the First Aviation Mixed Fleet, "Longjiang" number.
Staring at dozens of neatly arranged ship-borne aircraft on the flight deck, Bai Zhizhan glanced at his watch.
There were five minutes left until 2:00 PM.
This was already the thirteenth day of the annual Fleet exercise, and if today still yielded nothing, they might need to drag it on for another half month.
Thinking about the incidents that had occurred over the previous more than ten days, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help feeling a bit agitated.
Seventeen years ago, in the 82nd year of the New Calendar, after obtaining Cabinet approval, the Navy had reinstated Fleet exercises that had been interrupted for eight years due to the great war.
The official name was "Exploration and Discovery of Fleet Tactics and Contrasting Exercises with Existing Issues in Real Combat," but hardly anyone used this designation.
