"The 'Feilong' was attacked just minutes after the 'Jiahe'.
Of course, thanks to those 97 ship-borne aircraft that flew past and landed,
without the 97 leading the way, specifying the direction of the 'Feilong', the attacking aircraft would have needed more time to search.
At 11:20, the first batch of eight 'Typhoon' fighters swooped over the 'Feilong'.
This time, it wasn't so smooth.
It's not that they received notice a few minutes in advance but that the Zero Fighters preparing to land on the 'Feilong' were standing by nearby, still flying at high altitudes.
The key point is, high-altitude flight is more fuel-efficient.
Don't forget, the 'Feilong' had launched more ship-borne aircraft, so more time was needed for recovery, and the last fighters to land had to fly a bit longer.
However, this changed nothing.
In the first attack group, only eight Zero Fighters that took off from the 'Feilong' were returning to land there.
