"I know you have great skills, and not sparring with me is saving my face. But knowing is one thing; if I don't personally experience it, how am I supposed to trust you with the flank in a real battle later?"
Wang Yunxiao thought the same.
Open sea combat is not a place for individual heroics. The paper stats of a battleship are just one aspect of its combat ability. When actually deployed in combat, you have to look at the fighting spirit of all the officers and soldiers.
Which ship can fight and dare to fight, and which ship prefers flexible maneuvers, all depend on the command style of the ship's commander.
Focusing only on low profiles won't work either. Sometimes, in a seemingly secure situation, if your teammates have no trust in you and don't understand your tactical intentions, and their mentality crumbles first, the battle can't be fought.
In essence, the operating style of the military and the intelligence system is different.