To defeat Bai Zhizhan, not only did one require the patience of a Meditation as still as a stone turtle, but also the keenness of a Spiritual Dog Tracking its prey, and the decisiveness of a Tiger pouncing for food.
These three qualities were all present in Spur!
Since the 11th, Spur had been waiting for an opportunity, and to wait for that opportunity, he had maintained secrecy, he hadn't even sent Seaplanes to contact Hal up front.
According to Spur's arrangement, there was no need for contact before the battle began.
Once the battle commenced, there was no need for contact either, at least there was no need to use Seaplanes.
Even by this morning, Spur was still calmly sitting like someone fishing, in fact, he was almost silent.
Let alone communicating with Tanimoto, he barely spoke to the staff of the 17th Special Mixed Fleet.