The reconnaissance aircraft's report was correct; a large wave of Type 96 land-based attack aircraft was flying in from the north.
Just past eight o'clock, which was after the second batch of air defense fighters had all taken off, the first eight "Typhoons" that had departed encountered the enemy plane group approximately 150 kilometers north of the fleet. According to the leader's report, there were definitely more than fifty enemy planes, perhaps even as many as a hundred.
To send so many bombers!
The Saiyi Navy really held the Third Aviation Mixed Fleet in high regard.
Judging from the number, they not only deployed the land-based attack plane groups stationed in the western part of Saiyi's homeland but also likely the ones from the central and eastern regions.
Even though the Type 96 land attack aircraft didn't have an impressive bomb load, its range was frighteningly long.
