In fact, the Commander of Company C's Decisive Battle Fleet had no idea that the Country A submarine had not sent out its telegram.
Sending a telegram required surfacing.
At the very least, it needed to deploy a surface buoy.
But it had been discovered too early—Zhao Qingyu spotted it in advance, leaving it no time to generate power before it was sunk.
But the fleet commander did not know this. His current decisions were being made on the assumption that they had already been discovered.
So, for ease of command and other considerations, he lifted Radio Silence and began issuing orders directly to each ship over wireless channels.
After all, since they had already been exposed, continuing Radio Silence would only limit their combat effectiveness.
If the enemy attacked, command would become extremely inconvenient.
And so, the fleet was exposed after all.
Only twenty minutes later than it should have been.
"Launch thirty fighters immediately for air cover," the commander said.
Then thirty fighters took off from an aircraft carrier and began circling overhead.
Sure enough, before long, a full fifty aircraft appeared in the distant sky.
"Air raid!"
The alarm quickly sounded aboard every warship.
Soldiers who had been taking turns resting rushed to their posts.
The thirty fighters had already charged toward the enemy formation.
Of the fifty aircraft, twenty were escort fighters, ten were Torpedo Bombers, ten were Dive Bombers, and ten were conventional bombers.
The fighters immediately became entangled in battle.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Aircraft Firepower from the destroyers, battleships, carriers, and cruisers opened up at full force, forming dense webs of fire.
Zhao Qingyu listened to the sonar while observing the situation outside.
In a situation like this, destroyers were actually safer—no idiot would ignore battleships and carriers just to bomb them.
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