Was it just bad luck?
Spur was quite surprised, especially because the message was sent by a seaplane, not a ship-borne reconnaissance aircraft.
The Liangxia Navy had not acquired new seaplanes, and as far as Spur knew, the Liangxia Navy had never prioritized seaplanes deployed from escort warships.
Usually, those seaplanes wouldn't patrol further than 400 kilometers.
That meant the Liangxia Fleet couldn't be more than 400 kilometers away from the Expeditionary Fleet.
According to the received telegram, the Expeditionary Fleet was still to the southeast of the 61st Special Mixed Fleet, and the distance had shortened to within 300 kilometers.
That implied, if the Liangxia Fleet was north of the Expeditionary Fleet, it wouldn't be too far from the 61st Special Mixed Fleet.
Of course, that wasn't what Spur was concerned about.
The key point was that the seaplane had managed to spot the Expeditionary Fleet shortly after dawn and sent out the telegram without anyone noticing.
