The Longest Night - Part Three

CinCPAC HQ

"I'm sorry, no japanese related personnel allowed in Adm. Nimitz's office." the secretary said. Then, she looked up from the papers and looked at patches that let others know he was a commodore and the name: Commodore Daniel F. Mitsuo."You may go in, sir.".The young man opened the door and walked in. "Ah,good. Commodore Mitsuo. Take a seat.Would you like a cigar?" commander of the pacific fleet offered."No, thank you ,sir." Mitsuo replied. He sat down near Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the 5th fleet.

Admirals:Pye,Mitscher,Halsey,Fletcher and Kincaid were seated around CinCPAC's desk."Gentlemen."he started,"I've called you here to tell you about what's going on in the pacific.Japan has launched air attacks on Australia and New Zealand from their base Port Moresby.They raising hell on the British with and the Indians helping them. Madagascar's been take'in. They also don't wanna give up the Phillipines without a fight or at least kicking our asses a few times and smashing the flattops to shit. Intelligence says they are making an even bigger ship than the Super Yamato. A Russian maritime plane photographed it, but it was taken at night and it was'nt illuminated, but a British survivor from the shipyard that she was being built in managed to give the captain of a destroyer escort a picture before he died of hypothermia. According to it, the ship is twice as long as the Super Yamato, but she has 16 16'' guns and 2 extra large turrets with 2 35''2 guns in each of the big turrets. Her armor will probably be large and she will have many turbine shafts and screws. Thus, extra engines might make maximum speed 26 knots." he finished."My, god. She's gonna be hard to sink." Pye said hoarsely." Ray, I'm giving two of your carriers to go with Mitsuo's force.Fletcher will detach two to Kincaid.Lee will two others arriving from the states. Mitsuo will also take 4 more battleships. Dan, you'll leave in forty-eight hours and Spruance and Halsey will leave the day after you.Kincaid will leave after the 3rd and 5th fleets. Pye will hit New Guinea as a diversion.Fletcher and Lee will go as a back up force for the Phillipines.You'll hit Luzon with air-attack and Mitsuo's battlewagons will search out the enemy and chew Nagumo's ass.Dismissed." They all left, but then Nimitz called Mitsuo back in."Yes,sir?" he asked."Dan,I've change my mind,you'll go tonight,I want my best battleship man out there to smash 'em.Those battleships are already in and Spruance has gotten Ticonderoga and Valley Forge repaired and fueled. They'll go with you.Your four other battleships are here: USS.Iowa, USS. Pennslyvania , USS. Washington and USS. Colorado. The carriers have been fitted with 8 inch guns like on the USS. Saratoga. Get some sleep.Oh, how's your wife, Dan?" He smiled."She's given birth to two beatuiful twins.A boy and girl.I hope to recieve their pictures soon."."That's wonderful.After this, I'll go to the president to himself if I have to, to get you a raise and vacation with your family." "Thank you,sir." he saluted the admiral then headed back to the USS. New Mexico.

HIJMS Yamato

Captain Furasa steered his glasses towards the seaplane landing over the stern near Turret III.Admiral Kurita stepped out of the flying boat,then his staff and the plane flew off.At that moment the wind started getting restless. The clouds started raining down tears of the gods."This must've been the giant that Yammamoto was talking about that we filled with dread.This is a bad omen." HIJMS Nippon Bansai Cmdr. Minoru Genda rushed down the stairs in the conning tower to the ward room. He immediately stacked wooden figures onto the blue board with green parts. He then rushed up the steps to the conning tower and handed Adm. Nagumo the paper.Genda took a few moments to gather air before asking Nagumo."Sir, what are your orders?" "Assemble at meeting and alert Adm. Kurita on the Yamato,quickly!!!!Also notife Adm. Ozawa on the Zuikaku,now!!!!" HIJMS Zuikaku Adm.Ozawa sat in a chair in the dining room with his eyes shut while officers eating their meal of rice and meat.Suddenly, Captain Jisha Eiti ran in and handed the the dispatch to the elder man." 3 carriers, 9 battleships , 6 cruisers and 8 destroyers have been spotted by the submarine I-89 off Wake island.Send a notice to Tokyo, coded, of course." HIJMS Yamato Adm. Kurita starred out the window in the superstructure. 7 battleships, counting the last of the Kongo class battlecruisers. These and the Nippon Bansai would be the jewel in Japan's last crown of hope. The emperor had enclosed a message to himifthe Americans reach our territories, use the last of you forces to destroy them or scuttle them to prevent the enemy from invading the mother land.God speed and may your strike be like the wind that saved us the Mongols." If the gods don't want us succeed, they will use the wind that saved us from Khan's invasion in centuries ago. Suddenly, a tidal wave splashed up against the huge monster and smashed the glass against him. He would've survived if the captain had remebered to notife him of the situation. A jagged piece of the window ripped into his throat and another hit the admiral's stomach. Kurita crashed onto the wet and glass lined floor. Furasa grabbed his arm and checked the pulse. It was ice cold. "Notify Admiral Nagumo, Admiral Kurita is dead.We need a replacement." The captain then turned his head to look at who just arrived on the bridge.Rear Admiral Nikomoto