Main battlefield 150 kilometers east of Malta.
Major General Avis paced anxiously within the command center of "Duncan."
(The image above shows the former Dreadnought "Duncan." Compared to the "London-class," its main improvement is the reduction in frontal armor thickness to increase speed, though only up to 19 knots.)
"No news yet?" Avis asked.
"No, General," the communication officer replied. "I think they've likely been defeated and surrendered, as the telegram said."
"Impossible! The main force of the French Army is before us," Avis doubted. "How could they defeat the detachment and force it to surrender? That fleet consists of three battleships and two battlecruisers!"
The communication officer didn't know how to respond.
Though they received the final telegram sent before the surrender of "Prince of Wales" and "Queen," Major General Avis refused to believe it.
At that moment, a staff member by the radio reported loudly, "General, a telegram from General Winter."
