At 10:15, Bai Zhizhan finally received a message from Liu Xiangzhen aboard the "Longjiang."
The battle over the airspace of the 21st Special Mixed Fleet had ended before 10 o'clock, but it took another ten minutes or so to clarify the situation.
The "Mo River" had been the focus of enemy aircraft attacks, suffering very severe damage.
In addition to the 500-pound bomb that directly hit the flight deck, it also took two air torpedoes, both hitting the right side of the hull. One of them struck the rear part of the midsection, blasting through the hull and the anti-torpedo bulkhead, causing more than a dozen compartments including Boiler Room 2 to flood.
In just over ten minutes, the "Mo River" had taken on more than 3,000 tons of water.
