kclcmdr
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What if the Imperial Japanese Warships of Operation Ten-Go was ISOT to the Battle of Jutland
On the Dawn of the 7th of April, 1945, The Imperial Japanese Taskforce, Operation Ten-Go
IJN BB Yamato, Admiral Ito in command
IJN Lt CL Yahagi,
IJN DD Asahimo,
IJN DD Hamakaze,
IJN DD Isokaze,
IJN DD Suzutsuki,
IJN DD Hatsushimo,
IJN DD Yukikaze,
IJN DD Fuyutsuki,
IJN DD Kasumi
Had departed from Tokuyama and begun its mission heading Southwards towards Okinawa and to its destiny..
As the Taskforce was proceeding South off the Bungo Channel..
The USN Submarines Threadfin and Hackleback reports their findings and then suddenly out of no-where
As sudden rainstorm of an intensity that had reached hurriane levels engulfs The IJN Taskforce and forces the two American Submarines to submerged to avoid being engulfed.
An few minutes later, as suddenly as the storm appeared... it disappears from their sonar and both submarines listen to the storm lessen in intensity...
they then surface and do not find any traces of the enemy Taskforce either by visual nor Radar...
They report their findings and American Naval Taskforce 58 is ordered to launch a recon of aircraft to search the vector where the enemy taskforce was supposed to be..
After hours of searching... no remains nor any surface warships of the Imperial Japanese Taskforce was ever found.
To this day... neither Japanese nor American investigators or researchers could find traces of the lost Task Force Ten-Go and this mystery confounds folks to this day..
Backwards into time...
On board the Imperial Battleship Yamato
" Admiral... the storm that had suddenly engulf us just a few minutes ago has suddenly dissipate and now the sky is still very murky with clouds above us and the waves of the ocean choppy, Adiraml!"
" Hmmm.. very strange... has providence given us cloud banks to give us cover from American Naval aviation spotting us? If so... we can... "
" Admiral! The Communication Center is reporting that they are picking up morse code transmission and some Radio intercepts that sounds like British English, Admiral!"
" What?! There is a British Taskforce near us?!! For us to do battle against the American Naval units and their Air Force is one thing. But to also do battle against the British?! "
" Admiral... from what Communication is picking up... it appears that the British are trying to find a German Taskforce heading into... into the North Sea, Admiral! "
" What?! Are you mad?!! North Sea?!!! "
" Admiral... the ocean sea here appears to be rougher than usual and our observers are reporting that the temperature is quite cold and windy, not like the warm, almost clear day when we were leaving the Bungo Staits, sir."
" Still.. What does communication have on those morse codes they are hearing? "
" They report that they are unable to decypher them and that there is alot of morse code chatter both North & South of us where there should be no large concentration of enemy warships North of us as far as Naval aerial reports states last, sir."
" Admiral.. we are unable to reach Tokyo nor High Command on our Radio. Nor can we pick up any Radio intercepts that might be Americans other than those from what appears to be a Radio intercept of British origin, Admiral."
" This is hard to comprehend... If what you are stating to me is truth... then ... we are no longer in April 1945 but May of 1916 and in the North Sea at the Atlantic region!! "
" Admiral... if what we suspect is true... what are your orders? We are no longer at war at 1916 England... in fact, we are allies with the British at this particular timeline while we are enemies of Imperial Germany of 1916, Admiral!"
" Admiral!! Observers on top of our ship and those in front of us are reporting Black Smoke South of the horizon! "
" Soo... Choices, Gentlemen. With what our observers have seen. If they are Black smoke of an unknown taskforce heading Northward... perhaps they are the Kaiser's Imperial Naval units going to do battle against Imperial Britain.."
" Do we fight against the British or the Germans, Admiral? In 1916... Imperial Japan, as you stated, are allied to the English.."
" On our Honour as Sailors and Samurai of Imperial Japan... Since it appears that it is 1916... We shall fight against Imperial Germany."
" They are our enemies of Imperial Japan of 1916 as we had fought against them and conquer those German possessions in the Pacific."
" Whatever happens... Communications... open up a channel to the rest of the taskforce... I shall tell them that THAT storm that had engulf us must have been a Kami and sent us back into time and a new destination in the North Sea."
" That we will fight against Imperial Germany as Imperial Japan is still at war in 1916. "
Soo.. What will happen to the Imperial Japanese Taskforce of Ten-Go from 1945 do against the Kaiser's 1916 Imperial Navy heading North against the Royal Navy? "
Will they fare well, one Imperial Japanese Taskforce against the might of the Kaiser's Imperial Navy heading Northwards while the British Fleet heads Southwards?
On the Dawn of the 7th of April, 1945, The Imperial Japanese Taskforce, Operation Ten-Go
IJN BB Yamato, Admiral Ito in command
IJN Lt CL Yahagi,
IJN DD Asahimo,
IJN DD Hamakaze,
IJN DD Isokaze,
IJN DD Suzutsuki,
IJN DD Hatsushimo,
IJN DD Yukikaze,
IJN DD Fuyutsuki,
IJN DD Kasumi
Had departed from Tokuyama and begun its mission heading Southwards towards Okinawa and to its destiny..
As the Taskforce was proceeding South off the Bungo Channel..
The USN Submarines Threadfin and Hackleback reports their findings and then suddenly out of no-where
As sudden rainstorm of an intensity that had reached hurriane levels engulfs The IJN Taskforce and forces the two American Submarines to submerged to avoid being engulfed.
An few minutes later, as suddenly as the storm appeared... it disappears from their sonar and both submarines listen to the storm lessen in intensity...
they then surface and do not find any traces of the enemy Taskforce either by visual nor Radar...
They report their findings and American Naval Taskforce 58 is ordered to launch a recon of aircraft to search the vector where the enemy taskforce was supposed to be..
After hours of searching... no remains nor any surface warships of the Imperial Japanese Taskforce was ever found.
To this day... neither Japanese nor American investigators or researchers could find traces of the lost Task Force Ten-Go and this mystery confounds folks to this day..
Backwards into time...
On board the Imperial Battleship Yamato
" Admiral... the storm that had suddenly engulf us just a few minutes ago has suddenly dissipate and now the sky is still very murky with clouds above us and the waves of the ocean choppy, Adiraml!"
" Hmmm.. very strange... has providence given us cloud banks to give us cover from American Naval aviation spotting us? If so... we can... "
" Admiral! The Communication Center is reporting that they are picking up morse code transmission and some Radio intercepts that sounds like British English, Admiral!"
" What?! There is a British Taskforce near us?!! For us to do battle against the American Naval units and their Air Force is one thing. But to also do battle against the British?! "
" Admiral... from what Communication is picking up... it appears that the British are trying to find a German Taskforce heading into... into the North Sea, Admiral! "
" What?! Are you mad?!! North Sea?!!! "
" Admiral... the ocean sea here appears to be rougher than usual and our observers are reporting that the temperature is quite cold and windy, not like the warm, almost clear day when we were leaving the Bungo Staits, sir."
" Still.. What does communication have on those morse codes they are hearing? "
" They report that they are unable to decypher them and that there is alot of morse code chatter both North & South of us where there should be no large concentration of enemy warships North of us as far as Naval aerial reports states last, sir."
" Admiral.. we are unable to reach Tokyo nor High Command on our Radio. Nor can we pick up any Radio intercepts that might be Americans other than those from what appears to be a Radio intercept of British origin, Admiral."
" This is hard to comprehend... If what you are stating to me is truth... then ... we are no longer in April 1945 but May of 1916 and in the North Sea at the Atlantic region!! "
" Admiral... if what we suspect is true... what are your orders? We are no longer at war at 1916 England... in fact, we are allies with the British at this particular timeline while we are enemies of Imperial Germany of 1916, Admiral!"
" Admiral!! Observers on top of our ship and those in front of us are reporting Black Smoke South of the horizon! "
" Soo... Choices, Gentlemen. With what our observers have seen. If they are Black smoke of an unknown taskforce heading Northward... perhaps they are the Kaiser's Imperial Naval units going to do battle against Imperial Britain.."
" Do we fight against the British or the Germans, Admiral? In 1916... Imperial Japan, as you stated, are allied to the English.."
" On our Honour as Sailors and Samurai of Imperial Japan... Since it appears that it is 1916... We shall fight against Imperial Germany."
" They are our enemies of Imperial Japan of 1916 as we had fought against them and conquer those German possessions in the Pacific."
" Whatever happens... Communications... open up a channel to the rest of the taskforce... I shall tell them that THAT storm that had engulf us must have been a Kami and sent us back into time and a new destination in the North Sea."
" That we will fight against Imperial Germany as Imperial Japan is still at war in 1916. "
Soo.. What will happen to the Imperial Japanese Taskforce of Ten-Go from 1945 do against the Kaiser's 1916 Imperial Navy heading North against the Royal Navy? "
Will they fare well, one Imperial Japanese Taskforce against the might of the Kaiser's Imperial Navy heading Northwards while the British Fleet heads Southwards?