If you think about it, Spur's concerns were actually somewhat redundant.
Cunningham was indeed stubbornly self-opinionated, but his predictions for the war situation were not significantly off, and the Expeditionary Fleet was leading the charge, with the weather also playing a role.
In the Southern Hemisphere, January is summer.
Although the high latitude regions are not too hot, near Far View Cape, there are terrifying waves, with average wind strengths generally above force eight during the day.
This meant that ship-borne aircraft simply could not take off or land on the carrier!
Moreover, just a few hundred kilometers to the northeast, outside the West Wind Belt, the weather would improve, and wind speeds would drop to around force five.
Clearly, Liangxia Fleet, located hundreds of kilometers away, could definitely deploy its ship-borne aircraft normally.
