Warning: This chapter will have more cussing than usual so bear with us since this is going to be intense.
All of them were cooped up in their PBY Black Cat plane as it soared through the sky. Their task was to destroy the supplies being supplied to the Teacher's fortress. Souichiro and Yukiro were driving the plane, Shizuka was busy with the communications equipment, Nikolai, Saya, Saeko and Kohta were ready to man the Turrets. Clouds were dotted all around, another Plane had joined them as they began to do their attack run.
"Plane crew coming over now." The other plane's crew opened up.
"Yeah I see them. Shizuka, open up coms." Souichiro ordered as he was taking a look.
"Yeah we're heading to the Takagi estate, we spotted unmarked Japanese boats, designation unknown." Shizuka opened up on the radio.
"They're probably resupplying the enemy at their base." A radio man from the estate responded.
"Legitimate targets?" Shizuka asked.
"Affirmative, they are part of the enemy war machine, permission to engage over and out." The radio man responded before he went silent.
"Roger that. Saya, Nikolai, get to your stations, start picking targets." Souichiro ordered as Nikolai went to the Dual .30 caliber Machine guns. Nikolai looked out seeing the ships were easy targets, today was going to be a complete turkey shoot. "OPEN FIRE!" Sohichiro announced the command as all the guns from both planes began to open up. The dual 30's and the 20mm nose cannons lit up the darkening sky as many boats began to have their holes ripped into them.
"Woah! See that shit blow?" Saya asked as she fired into the boats seeing the cargo explode. PT boats were helping escort the cargo as Nikolai began to take them out.
"That PT boat is going down." Kohta complimented. Nikolai tried to take out the ones he could spot but they began to get ripped up.
"Get on the rear gun! Taking MG fire on our Six!" Souichiro ordered as he felt the bullets ping off the side of his plane. Nikolai scrambled to the back as he soon opened the ventral hatch. He swung out the rear .30 caliber browning as he began to spray it directly down.
"That's a hit." Takashi smiled as he surveyed the carnage.
"BOOM! Damn right they're resupplying the enemy, decks are loaded with ammunition!" Saya called out.
"Hey watch your fire up there." The other plane crew called out as it flew past.
"We got infantry on the deck." Saeko told them.
"Take them out!" Souichiro shouted. Nikolai continued to spray taking out numerous crew members that were on the cargo boats. More loud sounds began to ping off the plane as they all flew by. They soon turned 180 to continue the assault. "Going in for another run."
"Echo that." The pilot from the other plane ordered. Nikolai continued spraying the .30 caliber MG into the PT boat fray as he sunk another one.
"Shit! Anyone see any flak guns on that first pass?" Saya asked worried.
"Taking evasive action. Everyone hold on!" Souichiro ordered. A shot soon hit just before Nikolai's face stunning him for a moment.
"PT Boat disabled!" Kohta announced. Nikolai recovered as he scrambled over.
"Damn that was close. Nikolai? Shit! Tell me we didn't lose our gunner." Souichiro hollered. Nikolai stumbled back as he got on the right turret.
"He's okay." Takashi said seeing the Cossack.
"What the fuck are merchant ships doing with so much firepower?!" Saya protested as the small cargo boats were spitting so much at the two planes while Saya was manning the Dual .30.
"That must be some pretty important cargo they're carrying." Souichiro told her as he flew around.
"We need to get below the flak, I can't line up a decent shot." Saya demanded.
"I hear you. We got MG fire all around. Take out those fucking PT Boats! They're our biggest threat right now." Souichiro barked. Nikolai tried desperately to keep the pressure up as he took out two PT boats.
"This is getting to risky, should we abort?" The other plane's crew asked seeing how they could go down.
"Negative, we can do this." Souichiro encouraged as the planes continued to circle to the front of the boats. Saya and Kohta decided to swap places on the guns to keep the intense action going.
"We got smoke coming from our number two engine. Engine number one is also beginning to smoke." Saya announced. They began to dive low to begin their second run as they swiveled around.
"Taking her down low, Saya, Nikolai keep on them shoot out those damn spotlights." Souichiro ordered. Nikolai began to spray .50 caliber shots into the boat as he knocked out their lights as much of the loads blew up on the ship.
"Keep hitting those targets." Saeko encouraged.
"Japanese PT Boats, 9 O'Clock! Get on the left gun!" Souichiro barked as Nikolai traded spots with Saya as he began to rip open the PT Boats. He soon moved on to the second ship as he began to tear that boat open. Once that was done, Saya and Nikolai swapped places again as the Cossack began to rip the last boat apart by shooting the explosive cargo.
"Keep up this fooling around and we'll lose that engine." Takashi warned them. Soon they swiveled around as they began attack pass three.
"Shit, I think we disabled them, but they're still afloat." Saya told them as the ships weren't going anywhere but they haven't been sunken.
"I'll take us as close as we can, but we need to wrap this up! This is our last pass." Souchiro announced, they knew they had to sink those boats so Kohta and Nikolai swapped places for the Dual .30.
Nikolai began to fire the 20mm nose cannons on top of the .30 caliber shells. The three ships violently exploded as they keeled over or exploded into two halves. Once that was done, Nikolai observed the carnage as they flew by. He decided to swap positions with Saeko as he went to observe the damage from the left .50 caliber machine gun.
"I think we got them all." The pilot from the other plane stated.
"Oh yeah, they're going down." Saya smiled as she nodded with approval.
"Good work Nikolai, you saved a lot of lives at the Takagi estate, we're done here." Souichiro smiled. "Get some altitude, heading back to base."
"Echo that, we got pretty roughed up on that last run Souichiro." The pilot from the other plane told him over the radio.
"Confirmed Hammerhead, you got smoke coming from your number two engine." Saya responded to them.
"Gauges ain't hitting red, we should be able to hold it. As long as we don't run into any more trouble with the enemy." The pilot called out. Soon a buzz from another call was coming through, it was a distress call. Nikolai got off of his position as he went over to investigate.
"Ah hell. Souichiro, distress call coming in, the convoy has been hit en-route to the Takagi estate. Air support is too far out, at least one boat has already gone down." Shizuka announced as she picked up the call.
"Okay. Nikolai, seal the ventral hatch. We'll be putting down on the ocean. Let's go get our men." Souichiro ordered him. Nikolai ran over as he pulled the .30 caliber Machine gun from the back, then he closed the hatch to prevent water from spilling in despite it being ripped up by bullets. He soon heard a buzzing sound as he raced over to the front to take control of the Dual .30. The buzzing sound revealed to be planes.
"Shit! Did you hear that?" The pilot from the other plane echoed.
"Zeroes! Right below us!" Souichiro echoed as Nikolai began to spray into the crowd of planes. "Take down as many of those damn planes as you can! Get firing, Nikolai! Radio the fleet! Tell them Tojo is heading right for them!" Several planes buzzed down as they exploded. Saya and Kohta were also defending from the sides.
"His flying days are over!" Saya shouted excitedly as she nailed a plane. The plane exploded as she shouted.
"We got Zeroes coming fast. 11 O'Clock, low!" Souichiro ordered As they began to attack the planes.
"9 O'Clock!" Saya shouted as the planes began to buzz all around them. A couple planes were soon knocked from the sky as they fell to the water.
"10 O'Clock, high!" Souichiro shouted again giving the position. Nikolai sprayed the position knocking out another plane.
"3 O'Clock!" Kohta shouted as the planes kept on coming.
"12 O'Clock!" Souichiro shouted as Nikolai knocked out another plane from the sky.
"6 O'Clock!" Saya shouted as some shots hits their ally. Hammerhead was beginning to smoke.
"We're hit!" The pilot from the other plane raidoed over.
"Your number two engine is a ball of fire. Shut it down! SHUT IT DOWN!" Souichiro shouted as he was addressing the plane's crew.
"I'm trying but the controls are shot to hell." The pilot told them as the situation was beginning to become frantic.
"Hold it together, Harrington. HOLD IT TOGETHER!" Souichiro ordered but it was soon replaced with panic.
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We're going down! I said We're going…" The plane's pilot echoed over the raido louder than Sourichio then, the plane exploded.
"HARRINGTON!" Souichiro shouted as the plane exploded. "Damn it! We lost hammerhead, we're on our own." Nikolai was dazed from firing down all of those planes as he surveyed the damaged ships from their convoy. "Okay people, the fleet still needs our help. Anyone want to back out?" Souichiro asked nobody responded as they were confused. "Didn't think so. We're going into hot zone, I want everyone sharp and ready for anything. Bastards wiped out most of our ships!" Souichiro announced as he saw the damaged boats.
"Holy shit! Do you think anyone is going to be alive down there?" Saya asked curiously. She saw nothing but damaged boats and lots of bodies.
"I see many casualties in the water." Souichiro told her.
"Shit. Poor bastards." Saya responded, she soon saddened due to having the pity for all of those dead and dying people.
"We better not be the only ones responding to the distress call, we don't have room for all of them." Shizuka told Souichiro.
"Let's see what we can do. Taking us down." Souichiro responded as he was trying to hold them together. Nikolai looked up to see the buzz of enemy planes fly overhead. He soon shot one of the planes down. The plane soon landed smoothly into the ocean water.
"Kamikazes! 2 O'Clock! HIGH!" Saya shouted as Nikolai tried to take out the suicidal planes from the sky trying to damage their ships.
"Incoming right side!" Takashi shouted as Saya and Nikolai swapped places. "Sink those Damn PT Boats before they rip our men to shreds." Nikolai began to fire ripping the boats to pieces.
"You put a lot of holes into that PT Boat." Kohta complimented. Soon the wail of many water logged men became very loud. Some were even swimming to the ship. A man clinged to the side of the plane.
"Please!" The man shouted. Nikolai soon pulled the man onto the plane as Saeko and Takashi along with Rei began to treat the man.
"Zeroes! 3 O'Clock High!" Saya shouted as the planes flew right over them.
"Shit… More PT Boats. 5 O'Clock!" Souichiro shouted. Nikolai began shooting down the boats.
"This is Black Cat Mantaray 54. The fleet is down. I repeat, the fleet is down!" Shizuka called over the raido. "We have multiple casualties in the water. Taking heavy fire from enemy aircraft. Requesting immediate support!"
"Shizuka, any word on that air support?" Souichiro asked.
"I'm getting nothing on the radio." Shizuka responded.
"Keep trying… We better pray that they show up!" Souichiro shouted.
"Help me!" Another man shouted. Nikolai knew he couldn't deny so he pulled the man onboard. Takashi ran over to treat the man. Another cry from the man closest to him clung on to the side of the plane so Nikolai pulled him onboard. Saeko rushed over to treat him as Kohta and Nikolai swapped places.
"9 O'Clock. Take out those fucking PT Boats!" Souichiro ordered. Nikolai began shooting into the boats.
"Where the hell is that support?" Saya asked as she was beginning to become overwhelmed with the amount of planes that she was shooting down.
"There's no response." Shizuka told her.
"Shit! We got to go!" Saya shouted as she was beginning to become afraid of dying right where she sat.
"Not yet Saya, we can't abandon our men!" Souichiro ordered her.
"GET ME OUT OF HERE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" A scream from a water logged man shouted. He soon clung onto the plane as Nikolai pulled him aboard. He soon fired upward knocking out a zero from the sky.
"Good job." Saeko complimented.
"Please help!" Another man shouted. Saeko quickly pulled him onto the plane.
"Sons of bitches! 9 O'Clock! 7 O'Clock! 10 O'Clock." Saya shouted as she recorded the angles of time the planes came from.
"Incoming left side. Take out those Fucking PT Boats!" Souichiro shouted. Nikolai soon knocked out the boats as another survivor clung to the side. Takashi pulled him in. Nikolai soon knocked another zero from the sky.
"Don't stop now." Takashi smiled. Soon the plane rocked violently as they were hit by something.
Damn! We're hit! Saya make sure we're not taking on water." Souichiro shouted worried that they might sink.
"I'm on it!" Saya shouted as she scurried to the back.
"Nikolai! Take her place on the Dual .30!" Souichiro barked.
"Port side is torn up but we're holding!" Saya shouted seeing that the damage wasn't that much despite water slowly leaking in. Nikolai sat at the front as he proceeded to try to knock some of the planes from the sky.
"Zeroes!" Souichiro shouted as more planes entered the area.
"They're all around!" Kohta shouted.
"Keep them off of what's left of the fleet. Nikolai you need to take out some of those zeroes before I can take us up!" Souichiro ordered. Nikolai was firing as a couple of them fell from the sky. "Stay on that trigger! It's all up to you!"
The zeroes began another assault attack on them as Saya soon joined them as they all began to gun the planes down.
"1 O'Clock!" Kohta shouted as another plane flew over them.
"Shit! Ammo is running low, right .50 Cal is almost out." Saya shouted as they only had so much ammunition they could use.
"That ain't good." Takashi told them as he heard them. Nikolai soon fired his nose cannons onto the plane as the wings came apart.
"You clipped that bastard's wings!" Saya shouted excitedly as she was happy seeing the plane fall to the ocean.
"Shit! Our right wing is torn up! 1 O'Clock!" Takashi shouted as the wing had several large holes in it. Kohta knocked another plane from the sky. Saya continued to fire but she felt a clicking sound from her gun, it had run dry.
"Dammit! I'm out! Right turret's out of ammo!" Saya shouted.
"Left .50 is almost out too." Kohta also shouted. Nikolai knew he had to hold onto hope despite the guns were running dangerously low on ammo. He gunned down two more zeroes before smoke began to appear from the water in hot steam.
"We got a fire in the engine!" Takashi announced as he saw the steam. Kohta was desperately trying to take down the zeroes from the sky but his gun soon runs dry as well.
"SHIT! We're out! Left turret's out of ammo!" Kohta shouted as he was close to a breakdown.
"Souichiro! You got to get us out of here!" Saya requested.
"There's too many zeroes! Let's hope there's enough on the front. Nikolai! Make those shots count!" Souichiro ordered. 12 O'Clock! We got zeroes coming in fast!" Nikolai began to spray at the oncoming planes but the dual .30 and the 20mm nose cannon ammo quickly ran out. Stuck with no ammo, Nikolai shut his eyes fearing for the worst as the zeroes flew in closer to them. Suddenly, the zeroes exploded as more planes flew over.
"Black Cat Mantaray 54. This is Havoc 26 coming over to you now. We'll take it from here. Get yourselves back to base." A radioman responded as his planes flew over. Nikolai opened his eyes to see the friendly planes knock out the enemy zeroes.
"Yuriko, prepare for takeoff, Saya, patch it up as best as you can. Okay, taking us up." Souichiro told them as the plane took off from the ocean. They were soon flying to the Takagi estate. "How did we do?"
"Bunks are full. Thanks to Nikolai, we pulled six men on board." Saeko happily responded.
"Okay taking us home." Souichiro smiled as he felt relieved.
"Halle-fucking-lujah." Saya smiled as she watched the enemy planes get destroyed by Souichiro's personal sky troops.
"Nikolai I made something for you." Alice smiled. She gave him the drawing. It was Nikolai as he was shooting down various planes and boats.
"Thanks." Nikolai laughed as he hugged her. Zeke yapped happily seeing the man hug her.
The missiles were cruising along in the sky; their target was a power station. The missiles landed as a big explosion was heard as the power station burned everything down within a one mile radius. Japan was now without power.
[A/N]: Boy this was longer than expected since I wanted to do this. I don't know what episode 11 was since I never seen the show from outside a few sources. So I decided to do a plane run with the gang. This is the easiest mission on Veteran mode to date. Also lots of references were made during the typing of this. Also the music in the mission is probably the best of the campaign I've heard. Also this might be a weird time to be asking this since this story is 2/3rds done but I'm looking for OC's for chapters 13 and beyond, give a description. I will not be accepting any OP characters and perverted characters. Please review this and give it a rating, also submit your OC's through the Private Messaging. I will upload the next chapter as soon as I could. Other than that, see you next week.
