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All of these questions Tom answered as well as he could . `` Well , gentlemen , '' said Walters , `` thanks to Corbett and the others on this mission , we have all the information we need to counter the Nationalists . I propose to follow Major Connel 's plan and attack the base at noon tomorrow . Squadrons A and B will approach from the south and east at exactly noon . Squadrons C , D , and E will come in from the north and west as a second wave at 1202 . The rest of the fleet will go in from above at 1205 . Supporting squadrons are now on their way from Earth and Mars .