Although the electric order had been received last night, it wasn't until the following morning that Bai Zhizhan convened the staff officers to announce the new mission assigned by the Navy headquarters.
Head to the Northeast Fan Flame Ocean to assist the Army Air Force in suppressing and striking Newland's Air Force in the Northwest of Aus.
Put simply, it's about bombing the airports in the Northwest of Aus.
The operation would involve not just two Special Mixed Fleets but four. In addition to the Eleventh and Twelfth Special Mixed Fleets, there were also the Twenty-First and Forty-First Special Mixed Fleets from the East Ocean. The former's main force consisted of those three fleet carriers, while the latter was led by the second batch of four smaller carriers recently put into service, along with several fast escort aircraft carriers also recently deployed.
Also, there were Land Air Force troops that had been stationed on Bali Island this month.
