On the flagship of the Mobile Fleet, inside the command bridge of the "Chicheng."
The communications officer came to report that when the ship attack ceased transmitting, it was already twelve fifty. Everyone on the command bridge, including Lan Yun, appeared highly anxious. The sole exception was Tanimoto, who still stood motionlessly in front of the nautical chart.
The Combat Staff Advisor had already circled two areas on the nautical chart, located to the south and southeast of Foot Island, the same areas mentioned in the telegram.
A staff member wanted to remind Tanimoto but was stopped by Lan Yun.
Although they hadn't located the Special Mixed Fleet yet, the encounter of the "97" ship attack was enough to prove Tanimoto's speculation, that the Special Mixed Fleet was to the west.
What remained unclear was whether the reconnaissance aircraft had encountered the anti-aircraft fighters of the fleet or escort fighters.
