Two minutes after twelve
`` Here come squadrons C , D , and E , sir , '' said Tom , indicating the radar . `` Right on time . '' He glanced at the astral chronometer over his head . `` Two minutes after twelve . '' `` It does n't look as if we 'll need them , Tom , '' said Strong . `` The Nationalists got only two cruisers and four destroyers off the ground . We 've already knocked out one of their cruisers and two destroyers , and Squadron B is taking on the second cruiser and its destroyer escorts now ! ''