Cyber Warfare and the New World Order

New Directive

Admiral Tomohisa Kawano’s fleet was now in range of launching their heliborne assault forces to reinforce their troops already fighting in the city of LA. It was critical that they hold the city and its port facilities long enough for the invasion force to arrive and bring the follow-on troops coming from Japan, China and India. As they neared the coast, several of the ships began to take aim at the coast, providing fire support to the JDF soldiers desperately trying to hold their ground against the US Marines.

One of the communications officers walked towards the Admiral, signaling that he needed to talk with him. “Sir, Admiral Xi from the PLAN has sent us new orders.” As he spoke, the officer handed the Admiral the newest directive from the PLAN fleet.

The Captain of the Carrier, Nagasaki, saw the exchange and walked over to Admiral Kawano to ask, “What do they want us to do?” He was curious to know what the “new masters” had in store for them. Not all the officers in the fleet were happy about turning on the Americans and attacking them like they had. Captain Nagasaki had honored his orders, but he was not happy about it. He also feared what would happen to his fleet and to Japan once the Americans rebounded from their treachery.

Admiral Kawano forgave the intrusion of his senior captain and explained, “Admiral Xi wants us to offload our ground forces as quickly as possible, and then prepare to join them as they head towards the Panama Canal and attack the American carrier group that is close to traveling through it.”

Admiral Kawano could see the concern in his officer’s eyes; the PLAN had been able to successfully defeat the American Seventh Fleet at the outset of the war, but the Americans had built a new series of warships and none of them knew what they were going to be like. They only knew that they were going to incorporate a lot of new technology that they had not been privy to, even when they were allies. He didn’t judge his captain for those feelings though; he felt the concern too. Instead, he tried to bring him back into the process, asking, “Captain, how soon until our transports can dock at the ports and we turn our attention to the new threat?”

Nagasaki sighed before responding, “Sir, the transports are already moving ahead of the fleet as we speak; they will be docking in the ports within the next three hours. Once they are in the port, we can turn the fleet to join the PLAN after they have offloaded their invasion forces.” As he spoke, the Captain resigned himself to the fact that they were going to have to fight the US navy toe-to-toe and hope for the best.

Suddenly, one of the action officers walked towards their little group and announced, “Sir, one of the destroyers has detected an American submarine in the area and is engaging it. The sub apparently fired off a series of torpedoes at the transports and one of the cruisers….”

Their jaws hit the floor in genuine surprise.