"If the message from the attack force is correct, the only certainty is that the carrier sent out most of its ship-borne aircraft before it was attacked."
While Smith was analyzing, Stark remained silent, continuously staring at the nautical chart in front of him.
The attack was over, the dispatched fighters and electronic attack aircraft were on their way back, so there was no need for Smith to stay in the combat command center.
However, Stark's attention was not on this.
After the attack, the Liangxia Navy will certainly launch a reprisal, and it requires the participation of the Sixty-first Special Mixed Fleet, especially arranging fighters to escort the bombers launching the reprisal. Moreover, ship-borne aircraft need to be dispatched to perform reconnaissance tasks to locate the Fifty-first Special Mixed Fleet.
In fact, this is likely what the Sixty-first Special Mixed Fleet did in the few hours between the two rounds of attacks.
