He had been on guard all night, and Tanimoto's biggest worry was receiving news from the Permanent Fleet.
Although he could feel relieved after nightfall earlier in the evening, since ship-borne aircraft couldn't attack high-speed battleships at night, Tanimoto still felt uneasy because the Liangxia Navy, besides having carriers, also had six extremely powerful fast battleships.
Among them, two were the newest Treaty Type fast battleships.
These were also the only two Treaty Type fast battleships the Liangxia Navy had, representing the culmination of various new technologies and equipment developed for main battle ships over the past twenty years—the concentrated essence. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were the strongest post-war Treaty Type fast battleships.