On the morning of July 21, Bai Zhizhan arrived at the command bridge early.
During these days, he had been arriving earlier than usual, having his breakfast delivered instead of slowly enjoying it at the officers' mess, as he used to.
The reason wasn't hard to guess.
After July 17, the Navy headquarters still sent several telegrams every day, but they no longer mentioned anything about the Joint Fleet.
At this time, no news was the worst news!
According to the unwritten rule, once the Joint Fleet received the combat order from the Navy headquarters on the 17th and entered the battle state, it would no longer receive new orders. That is, the Fleet Commander had the authority to refuse non-combat orders issued by the Navy headquarters.
That was crucial!
