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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/28/2015 10:17:51 AM   
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Ogowa's eagles remain grounded
(and the Russian guns..............are they really closer?. Rumours flying everywhere. But nobody really KNOWS.............)

Hirate and Okano spend these bittersweet last days at home. They go for a picnic, and forget the war for a while.



And out of the blue, 30000 Americans , supported by the full wieght of the American fleet, land at Mauban, Luzon.
The land on a totally deserted beach, defended by a single scrawny dog.

The dog inflicts a single casualty (one bitten ankle).

There are still japanese on Luzon, but for now, the dog will do better than them.

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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/28/2015 10:25:00 AM   
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0400 hours

Gun director
IJNS Yamato

"Bridge, I have the target in sight, permission to open fire"
"track target, but wait.........."


Yet again, Yamato's great barrells turn, raise, then lower...........fixed upon a target, upon the enemy.
Nobody can deny this.
Yamato is a battleship, possibly creating in this war a record never to be surpassed, designed for one thing..................

'You may open fire.........."

Once more dear friends, once more..........

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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/28/2015 10:34:22 AM   
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Great writing as always 😄

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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/30/2015 10:00:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		CMDR Oda has the duty
Its the duty he has lived his whole short life hoping to fullfill
And now, finally he can.

He stares calmly through the glass, the glass that is the first pierce of the great chain of equipment that ultimately controls yamatos guns
Gunnery control officer.
The Gun directors optics are superb, the russian task force at this short range of 5000 yards is as clear to him as if he was alongside these, his targets.
The russians steam line ahead, 2 destroyers, two cruisers, two more destroyers. They steam away from the Japanese battle line at this moment, heading due north. The japanese line, Musashi, yamato, leading has cut across the rear of the Russians, a crossing of the T in reverese.


Point blank
I cannot miss

And the barsteds have not seen them..........


"You may open fire............."

Oda presses his trigger.

Visibility, despite the dark, is good. Good enough to actually watch the first salvo , great white glowing balls race, arc, fall across the kilometres.........and arrive with incredible violence
A good first salvo, the spread tight, the second in line russian burning already.
Musashi has, he notes, hit the lead Cruiser hard as well.

Oda watches the russians , despite everything, their reactions are good. They swing hard to starboard, guns already trying to come to bear......

The lights glow on the panel in front of him, guns 1, 3, 5 ready..........come on , come on.....4, 6 , 8, 9.2, damn, why is 2 always so slower than all the others. 9 lights............27 seconds good
The second cruiser, more of her visible now, steady in his sights...
The trigger feels so comfortable................ Squeeze............the bells tingle, the great guns, his guns, goddam it, thunder, spit 9 more balls of fire, of revenge, of vengence, ...............mess with japan you barsteds....................mess with me.............and their short flight finishes again deep into the russians bowels.

faintly he can feel, hear the secondary's...............and yes, the shells stream out towards the Russians, Russians who's formation is already breaking apart, confusion and panic obvious to allnow.

"Director, am turning to starboard"
Good, very good, all guns can remain on bearing

The russian is burning brightly now...........He's trying to shoot back.
2000 yards.........I can almost pick where to plant the next ones...yes, yes, right there.

Fire!!...............
And that is you finished. You trucker.............

"Shifting target right."
But the russian destroyer, Oda's next choice , is already heeling, heeling.......and Musashi finishes her off.
This has been a long war, long, long, long.
But some things have not changed.


The power of a battleships guns remains awsome...........






2 cruisers sunk, a destroyer sunk, 3 left burning

One destroyer damaged in return



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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/30/2015 10:09:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ogowa is awoken by the yells of his staff officer
it is dawn, bloody freezing

No sounds of enemy planes, just the wind.but something is seriously adrift........
The officer bursts into his room, white, almost ashen faced

"Sir!..........its the Russians!"
'The Russians???!"
"Armour............only 5 miles from here!"

Ice dumps through Ogowa's veins.

But he shows no sign of panic.
"Scramble the groups...........buggar it. We are going home...........now"

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RE: The little ship that could. - 5/30/2015 12:04:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Slightly OT - How nasty is the Russian artillery?? As mainly an Allied player, I always seem to be on the short end of any artillery dual.

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/1/2015 8:07:17 AM   
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I cannot tell you anything about artillery duels

We ain't had any

he rolls up, there is a deliberate attack, and i am shattered...........every single time

Gawd, i am seeing AV stacks of 3 to 5 thousand , and there seems to be no end to them.........

The biggest problem now is this, so many restricted airgroups training as Kami's that I cannot move anywhere, soon I will lose airfields for them.

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/1/2015 8:10:04 AM   
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yamato and Musashi sail on to Vladivostock.

The bombardment is effective.

The counter battery fire from the 100mm russian fort guns even more so

Musashi will stagger away, aflame.................

(57 system damage.......crappolla)

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/1/2015 8:16:42 AM   
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The train journey for Okano and Hirate has been a miserable one
First, the pain of departure.
Then, freezing carriages. Frequent, unexplained stops. 2 nights in some siding.
Lets not even talk about the missed meals.


The train has been packed to the limits, soldiers, airmen, civil guards, AA men, and even a few refugees..........
The train has been packed with rumours as well.
A tide of sickness , a strange horrible sickness, is sweeping Tokyo. People are dying. And nobody seems to know why.

Hirate and Okano both note, gas masks are reappearing everywhere.
Nobody takes them as a joke anymore.

They reach Kogoshima midday, and after a long, far to long treck, reach their destination.
Its not what they expected...........

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/2/2015 12:49:19 AM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 8:08:03 AM   
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so, I thought I might show this




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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 8:11:27 AM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 8:13:46 AM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 8:17:28 AM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 8:36:53 AM   
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Nifty model!

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 10:40:31 AM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/3/2015 10:51:44 AM   
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One of my former employers is a serious train enthusiast and he built the 1/35th Dora rail gun.

I think it's about the same length as your Yamato.

I imagine the wife is not gonna let you display that in the living room......

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/5/2015 2:37:20 PM   
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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/7/2015 3:36:54 AM   
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October 2nd

War wise, there appears that nothing of real significance occurs

The Russians continue to advance, the Chinese continue to chase japanese stragglers all along the coast, the Americans advance un opposed towards manilla.

japan has one minor, yet satisfying victory. 3 tankers, filled to the gunnells with Palembang oil arrive safely kagoshima.
The blockade still leaks...........

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/7/2015 5:53:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hirate and Okano climb yet another gangway, of yet another new posting.
Chiburi could never have been called a polished piece of work. This ship, however, looked like it had never heard of polish.
Okano has, for all his sea going career, seen vessels like this all over the oceans of the world
Tramp steamer AKE Hoeisan Maru.

"Sow , a bloody sow" he thinks as they tramp up the rusting creaking gangway, "can this get any bloody worse?"
It can, and it does.
The Hoeisan Maru is, it turns out, Mother duck to a whole squadron of bloody ugly ducklings, a real mix of baby barsteds, Motor torpedo boats, motor gun boats.
In theory she is meant to support (at what first glance, and soon to be confirmed) these equally decrepit looking boats, to fuel them, to ammo them, to provide engineering support.

A old Warrant officer, booze heavy on his breath, shows them in short order the reality
A couple of lathes, a mill, some spanners, a single hand winch crane, cable fraying. Their accomodation, a cabin smaller than a toilet, and stinking much the same.

Grimly the two men settle in, (an easy task for those well travelled), and ponder what their roles may be.

Hirate looks Okano straight in the eye
"You saw the boats?"
'hardly a lethal weapon..........what, 16 knots?, with those motors?..........and a single torpedo, or a single gun?"
Hirate nods, ."I don't think that matters, really"
"What do you mean?"

'I think, my friend, that we have found ourselves in a suicide squadron"

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/9/2015 8:54:16 AM   
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Manilla is given up, with out a fight.


CV Unryu returns to duty

"so" observes Hirate, "the Warrant officer is a drunk. The engineer some kid straight from university."
"The Commanding officer has a reputation though..........something about being a destroyer captain, the Shigure, I think"
Hirate Grins. "Come on Okano, you are better than that, Destroyer Captains never know what gets them through the water"
"I would not be so sure of that Chief"
The two men leap to their feet, as 5 feet nothing of sheer personality enters the cabin, his presence seemingly filling the room to bursting point.
Captain Taimeichi Hara..."The unsinkable man" removes his hat.."At ease Chief Petty officers"

It is, of course, impossible for that, but the men try
"Hirate, Okano, I have heard about you........."
The men exchange glances."Relax, nothing too bad..................in a Navy shrinking like ours one does hear things you know.....
The Captains smile, so easy, so free, suddenly vanishes
"Men, whether we want it or not, this is my command, and now very much OUR problem.........'They call us strike boat squadron one.I call it a bloody fiasco. Men. Men.........I need your help."

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/9/2015 11:02:14 AM   
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Historical character, and even the virtual Hara has the luck to survive!

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/9/2015 2:43:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Smoky Stoker

HOLY $#!+!

Historical character, and even the virtual Hara has the luck to survive!


Survived or revived! Several Japanese commanders can die and then reappear in the officer pool for a new assignment. I know Raizio Tanaka died at least twice in my game and is back on duty again! I think Tameichi Hara is another who is reincarnated when he dies.

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/12/2015 10:50:51 PM   
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no turns, none likely for days yet................
seriously suffering turn withdrawals

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/16/2015 8:21:32 AM   
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October 5th

Musashi..........53 days until return to service
Kaga, 63

Ogowa and Diogowa walk around the aircraft, admiring the new paint, the sheer look of a new , damn it to hell, a new aircraft.
"N1K5- J model my friend, a little faster, a little heavier, a little stronger, they promise me that the undercart won't collapse on this babay........."
Diogowa snorts......."I am not convinced, I likd my old crate, now you have given them all away, for just three of these new ones"
He looks accusingly at Ogowa......"I reckon you have been had , 3 for 36."
Ogowa rests a gentle hand on his friends shoulder, then climbs up the wing, clambers into the cockpit. Diogowa follows, leans over the cockpit. It looks as familiar as the old crate at least...
Ogowa fiddles with the flap lever, swings the rudder, circles the stick......."I will let you in on a secret"
"A secret?, I like secrets"

"This is just a step to something better.......we are slated, you and I, to fly something special. Next month, with luck, a twin engined reverse canard beauty. They call it the Shinden." He looks up at Diogowa, and briefly, briefly 4 years of war rolls away from his face, and that youthful enthusiasm that has so long since vanished glows again " Its going to like flying with the Angels"

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/16/2015 8:37:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		"MTB 846". Okano consults the list...........Midshipman Tan in command"
"Another schoolboy then?"
"For sure"
Hirate sighs........"OK, lets see what disasters await here"

The two men descend the rickity gangway. MTB 846 rocks beneath them. The boat looks, well bedraggled.
"Your leading stoker please"
The Quartermaster's eyes widen........"OH, that would be myself Chief Petty Officer"
"And you keep deck watches?..how many?"
The Leading seaman glances around........"Too many Chief"

Hirate does not answer.
For a few minutes he wanders the upper deck, inspects the tiny cockpit that acts as a bridge.
"Show me your Engines Leader"

846 proves to be typical, if not a little worse than some of the other boats
The bilges are full, the engine filthy
The start reveals the port engine missing on a cylinder, the stbd does not start at all
The stern tube is leaking, badly
'Oil tests?"- a look of bewilderment
"Running log?"- another
"last injector pull?"--------"I have never done one CPO"

Hirate knows the answer to the next question
"How much training have you had Leader?"
"None CPO, I have been drafted directly from Fleet reserve, I, I was a cook 2 weeks ago..........."

The Two CPos leave 846, there are many boats to inspect, but the picture is already clear after just 5 visits
Maintenance is a joke on these "special attack craft"


Later that evening, in the mouldy mess on the AKE, the two men discuss the problems, and how, maybe they can tackle them

It will be difficult, but it could be done...


It is not until late that night, as Sleep avoids Okano that the thought occurs to him
If they were successful, then inadvertantly they would condemn men like that cook to death, death in suicide runs against a fleet in wooden craft at 16 knots, if they were lucky.............


Maybe that was the problem. Not a lack of maintenance, or training, or parts.
What possible motivation could these crews really have?

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/18/2015 7:59:38 AM   
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Another 16000 tons of palembang oil arrives Japan

Not much, in the grand scheme of things, But Japan has all but closed all of its factories. Only a few selected fighters are being made.
Nearly every last hope is being pinned on the George, the Frank, and soon, the Shinden.........

Ogowa's eagles recieve 2 new fighters, making it 5


Hirate and Okano finish their survey of their small charges
Now, how, in the best japanese manner, do they tell Taimeichi Hara, that they are a mess?

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/22/2015 7:17:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		i have not heard from cantona for a week, and have had 3 turns this month
I think we are about to fizzle out

I am about to declare a game end

Buggar

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/22/2015 11:29:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		It has been quite the enjoyable read.

Maybe our friends can return in a groundhog day repeat? ;]

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RE: The little ship that could. - 6/22/2015 1:01:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		If the game does end here, I think you can declare yourself as the victor. It appears you could easily last until '46 which is my benchmark of success for a JFB.


And I declare that the other winners of your game have been your readers of this AAR. You have given us suspense, surprise, and humor for quite a while now. Thank you Sir. It has been one hell of a ride!

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