A strange atmosphere lingered between the two standoffish fleets.
From high-ranking officers to low-level soldiers, everyone on both sides was intently focused, engrossed... staring wide-eyed at each other.
The Duchy Army's flagship "Retvizan" Battleship's log of the Yamrizha Base fleet provides a very precise and interesting description of the events at the beginning of the engagement. From that brief text, one can roughly understand what happened.
——At 08:21, the enemy light cruiser "Elbing" approached the outskirts of our fleet;
——At 08:29, the enemy light cruiser "Elbing" left the outskirts of our fleet;
——At 08:33, the enemy light cruiser "Väinämöinen" approached the outskirts of our fleet;
——At 08:36, the enemy light cruiser "Väinämöinen" turned away and left;
——At 08:37, the enemy...
