A New War

No Turning Back

"ENEMY PLANES ABOVE!" Shouted James.
I watched out the bridge window to see the sky nearly full of Japanese planes, and they just passed above us only to drop hell on Guam.
"DIVE BOMBERS INCOMING!!" Screamed James.
"BRACE!!!" I shouted.
The planes roared past us, yet they begin dropping bombs on Guam.
I desperately try to find cover for the ship but, there wasn't any.
I look over to the carrier which was flying out the planes to fight the Japs.
"Jay, find us a good location for the ship, James, keep this ship moving as fast as possible, and Jess... try not to miss." I shouted.
"YES SIR!" The crew responded.
The waves we're crashing hard against the ship, we really were pushing this ship.
"Captain... we have a mayor problem." Said Jay.
"What is it?" I asked.
"The planes were just a diversion." He said, wide eyed.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" I asked.
"Enemy fleet, 12 a clock, 20 km away.
"WHAT?!" I shouted, as my mind race to find a solution.
"Captain, we have two options, we either run, which will most likely kill us, or we fight the fleet, however chances of surviving are, improbable." Said Jess.
I thought quickly and made up my mind.
"We fight!" I said.
"Roger that Captain, oh, and one thing, don't get us killed. Said Jess.
I wanted to laugh but I was to locked up to feel much emotion at all.
"Change course, heading 300" I said.
"Roger that!" Said James.
I went outside of the bridge to look around.
I looked up at the sky to see the sun shining brighter than I expected.
I then looked behind our ship and to my surprise we had been joined by a small, but powerful fleet of ships.
I recognize a few, we had the cruiser, Des Moines, the destroyer, Gearing, and the battleship, Iowa, the predecessor to Montana, which is our ship.
I looked and felt proud yet terrified, because I knew that what was about to come, was going to determine whether, I could return home, or call the ocean my new grave.
I went back inside the bridge.

10 minutes later...

"Sir, we are approaching the enemy fleet." Said Jay.
"Ok, everyone, listen up!" I said.
"I know that, I'm the one who started all this, I'm the one who made you leave you're families, your home, and force you on this ship to fight something you didn't want to be a part of, yet you all accepted and went along with me, since I was the one who started all this, I'm going to make sure I finish it, and I will ensure you all can return home safely, even if I have to give my life." I said, as I felt tears rolling down my face.
"Yes sir." Responded the crew.
"Now, lets show these Japs what we can really do." I said.
"Jess get on those guns and aim them towards heading 120." I said.
"Yes sir." Said Jess.
"ENEMY BATTLESHIP SPOTTED!" Shouted Jay.
"Target locked!" Said Jess.
"Lets give em' hell, FIRE!!" I said.
~BANG~ ~BANG~ ~BANG~ ~BANG~
It suddenly turned into an all out naval battle, our fleet started to spread, as did the Japanese fleet.
"Target hit!" Said Jay.
I saw a group of shells coming.
"INCOMING!!" I shouted.
~BOOM~
"We're hit!" Said James.
"JESS KEEP FIRING AT THAT SHIP!!" I shouted.
"YES SIR!" Said Jess.
~BANG~
"ENEMY SHIP IS CLOSING IN!" Shouted Jay.
"ENGINES FULL REVERSE!" I shouted.
"ROGER!" Said James.
I felt the ship stop, then slowly begin to back up.
~BOOM~ ~BOOM~
"JESS DESTROY THAT SHIP OR HE'LL CRASH US!!!" I screamed.
"I'M TRYING!" She said.
~BOOM~
~BOOOOOOOOM~
I saw a fireball rise from the Japanese ship.
"CRITICAL HIT, TARGET DOWN!" Said Jess.
"Right, now let's help the other ships!" I said.
"TORPEDOES INCOMING!" Shouted Jay.
"ENGINES FULL FOWARD, DODGE THE TORPEDOES!!" I shouted.
"ROGER!" Said James.
As I saw the torpedoes getting closer, I gripped the seat harder.
"BRACE FOR IMPACT!" I yelled.
~BOOOOM~
The ship rocked and shook, as I look out to the right to see the fireball rise from our ship.
"WE'VE SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE, IF WE GET HIT BY ANOTHER TORPEDO THE HULL WILL BREAK!" Said Jess.
"SIR, ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS PASSING THE SAFE ZONE, WE CAN'T STAY AT FULL SPEED FOR LONG!" Said James.
"How long can we stay full speed?" I asked.
"She'll last about 5 minutes!" Said James.
"That's enough to finish this, there's no turning back now." I said.
I look out the window to see that only four American ships remained, two carriers, a Destroyer and a Cruiser, and three Japanese.
Expect two of the Japanese ships were Destroyers, which could beat this battleship, and a battleship.
I then saw the carriers send out all of the planes to fight the remaining ships.
The Destroyer sped past us to defend our ship, and begin attacking the battleship.
"JESS SHOOT THAT BATTLESHIP TAKE IT OUT!" I shouted.
"Yes sir!" Said Jess.
"JAMES, TURN OUR SHIP TOWARDS THE BATTLESHIP, THEN HE'LL HAVE LESS SPACE TO HIT US!" I said.
"YES SIR!" Said James.
I could see the battleship ahead of us, and then, I noticed it's turrents aim toward us, he must've noticed our ship is heavily damaged.
"SIR ONLY THE FRONT TURRENTS WILL SHOOT!" Yelled Jess.
"DOESN'T MATTER, JUST SHOOT THE DAMNED SHIP!" I shouted.
"ROGER!" Said Jess.
~BANG~ ~BANG~
"TARGET HIT!" Said Jess.
The Destroyer hit the battleship with torpedoes and then continued to shoot it.
However, the battleship wasn't destroyed.
"SIR, ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS CRITICAL, WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN!" Yelled James.
"WE CAN'T OR ELSE WE WILL GET HIT!" I said, as I hear a barrage of shells miss us.
"JESS, AIM AT THAT BATTLESHIP AND SINK IT!!" I yelled.
"Roger!" She said.
I heard the whirr of the turrents.
"Locked'n loaded!" Said Jess.
"FIRE!" I said.
~BANG~ ~BANG~ ~BANG~ ~BANG~
"Target hit, we hit through the citadel!" Said Jess.
The Destroyer shot another set of torpedoes which when they hit, make the ship explode.
"TARGET DESTROYED!" Said Jess.
"Now lets go for the-" I stopped and looked around but the other Japanese ships were gone.
"Sir, the carriers took out the Japanese Destroyers!" Said Jay.
"Engines stop!" I said.
"Yes sir!" Said James.
I hear the engines silence and the ship begins to slow down and come to a halt.
There was a minute of silence.
"We...survived." I said.
I looked at my crew.
"Good job, all of you." I said.
We began to celebrate, as a formation of three fighter planes fly above our ship, and land on the carrier.
"Let's head back to base, and celebrate this victory, we've all earned it!" I said.
"YES SIR!" Responded the crew.
"Engines half forward, course 090." I said.
"Roger." Said James.

2 hours later...

"We are arriving at Guam." Said Jay.
I look out the bridge window to see a large amount of smoke clouds coming from Guam.
"Looks like they had it rough here." I said.
But, they didn't, when we docked the ship at port they had destroyed many bombers, and they had little damage done to the base overall.
I walk over to the airport to see what the damage had been.
I saw a lot of smoke and I saw a lot of American planes destroyed.
"Those must've been the planes that were being repaired." I said to myself.
I look at the sky as it begins to turn orange, I then look at the watch, 6:05PM.
I then looked up to notice that one F4U Corsair was completely intact.
"Wait, that's the plane I stared at this morning, and its still there, untouched." I said to myself.
I also notice the make-shift chair was still there and I remembered this morning and thought about Jess.
"Maybe, this will work..." I said in a low voice.
"But now I celebrate." I said.
I then walked over to the port to look at the ship.
Soldiers we're repairing the ship and resupplying the ammo.
"Evan." Said a voice behind me.
I turn around.
"Oh Jess, what's up?" I said.
Jess walks up to me and kisses me.
"Thank you for keeping us alive." Said Jess.
"N-No p-p-problem." I said.
She giggled.
"Oh Evan, you're so cute when you blush." Said Jess.
I laughed with her.
I then sat down on a chair and pulled one for Jess.
I felt Jess move close and rest her head on my shoulder, as we both watch the gorgeous sunset.

"I love you Evan." Said Jess.
"I love you too Jess." I said.