The phone above his head rang just then, Captain Wei Shaolong was initially startled but hesitated for only half a second before quickly yanking the receiver out.
"Command Bridge, this is the Captain."
A few seconds later, Captain Wei Shaolong slammed the receiver back in place without uttering a single superfluous word.
"Hard right rudder, full power ahead, heading 030!"
Before the helmsman could even react, he had already left the captain's station, caught the binoculars from the sergeant major, and headed toward the port side terrace.
By the time he reached the terrace, the "Panzhihua" had already begun to turn at full speed.
Outside, the lookout operating the high-power alert binoculars was clearly startled when he saw the captain and seemed uncertain if he should offer the binoculars to him.
Nothing strange about that; anyone assigned to an outdoor position during a battle was definitely a green recruit.
