 Approaching Pungdo at 6.30 am, the Japanese vessels spotted two warships heading south-west; they turned out to be the Chinese cruiser "Jiyuan" and the torpedo gunboat "Kwang-yi".Tsuboi correctly assumed them to be the escorts of the Chinese troop transports.At the same time Tsuboi sought to continue to investigate why the two Japanese warships from Chemulpo had not arrived at the prearranged location.