Aboard the "Imperial Capital".
After the last fighter had taken off, Bai Zhizhan stepped out onto the open-air gallery outside the Command Bridge.
It was the replacement air defense fighter that went up last, the last batch of attack mission fighters had flown away an hour earlier, allowing the busy ground crew to finally catch a breath.
In fact, Bai Zhizhan had relaxed as well.
At the beginning, he had received a report from a reconnaissance aircraft that had spotted the Third Air Corps; the pilot visually confirmed it as the "Longxiang" class small fleet carrier.
Although they hadn't located the "Fengxiang" yet, finding the "Longxiang" was enough.
Among these two carriers, the "Longxiang" posed the most significant threat.
Moreover, the "Longxiang" that was found was accompanied by the "Wasp," while the accompanying "Flying Fish" was intercepted far away.
It meant, Major General Tsunoji of the Third Air Corps might still think he hadn't been exposed.
