Although communication is restricted, there isn't much problem with receiving information; the speed is just a bit slow, making real-time engagement management impossible.
Around 2 AM on the 13th, local time at 11:30 PM on the 12th, the first battle report forwarded by Guan Island was received.
The battle began.
The first to engage the enemy were not bombers, but escort fighters deployed from the Sixty-First Special Mixed Fleet.
Approximately 500 kilometers northeast of Transfer Island, in the same area where patrol aircraft previously discovered the Newland Landing Fleet, four "War-9B" aircraft engaged with Newland fighters during a rapid assault. Thanks to the support of large Air Force early warning aircraft from behind, the four "War-9B" not only easily evaded the fangs of the Newland fighters but also repelled them through Reprisal.
Subsequently, two "War-9B" detected dozens of ships sailing eastward, confirming they were the Landing Fleet.
