I tried a few new things here such as less detail in non-critical areas and the light on the water.

Operation Hurricane was the Union’s plan for the invasion of Yn’Ko, as part of the operation the Ko’Jan Eastern Fleet which operated in the Ko’Jok Sea has to be taken out of the equation. To do this the EIN 3rd Fleet was sent from Ang close to Yn’Ko south towards Ko’Jah before turning north into the Mil Channel. The Eastern Fleet was the entire Ko’Jan Navy that operated in the Ko’Jok Sea and greatly outnumbered the 3rd Fleet, as such multiple of the Union members donated red ships to the EIN to bolster their numbers. The mission was deemed suicidal to an extent that only delaying the Eastern Fleet in destroying the Union invasion force was to be deemed a victory.

3 days after arriving at the designated point in the Channel as part of Operation Hurricane, the 3rd Fleet came into contact with the Eastern Fleet and a small force from the Southern and Western Fleets. At 6 O’Clock in the morning the Torpedo and Dive Bombers of the EINAF took off from the 20 Aircraft Carriers and headed to their designated targets with fighters providing air cover (shown in picture). The EINAF ran into little resistance from the Western and Southern Fleet’s vanguards quickly sinking numerous ships forcing them to slow down or turn back entirely, but upon reaching the Eastern Fleet the large force of ships put up large amounts of FlAK and Fighter cover. The few fighters with the attack planes quickly engaged the Fighters and bringing the air battle low to the surface where the more maneuverable E’Fo’Nan fighters flew between the Ko’Jan ships at times letting their own AA takedown fighters and sweep the decks of their ships. After dropping bombs or torpedoes the bombers of the EINAF began strafing ships and engaging in dogfights next to the fighters. After spending their ammunition and fuel the EINAF aircraft turned around returned north to the Main Fleet where they landed and purposefully over stated their losses and under stated their victories. After 2 more sorties purposefully making less progress the 3rd Fleet started making its way south towards the Eastern Fleet. The next morning the 2 Fleets began firing upon each other as they continued to approach. By Noon the 2 Fleets were engaged in a melee reserved for the age of sail as battleships rammed each other, FlAK was used to sweep the decks of ships and non-combat personnel were firing across the decks at the enemy. Aircraft were dodging ships and AA with some pilots ramming their aircraft into ships once out of ammo. Torpedoes became useless as they lacked the travel distance to arm and depth charges were dropped and used as mines and fighting broke out on the decks of the ships as sailors jumped from one vessel to another. Fighting continued until the next morning where both fleets had lost numerous vessels and thousands of men, in the morning the CO’s of both fleets had agreed to let each other to go back home, with the E’Fo’Nan Commander remarking…

“What happened here was unnecessary and brutal. Men and Women fought each other over ideals of those that have not seen the horrors of war but have seen what they want to. These brave sailors and pilots of mine all volunteered for this operation so that they may save the lives of those who would be helpless against the enemy, the same goes for my counterpart and their underlings who both survived and made their sacrifice. My only wish for the aftermath of what happened here is for everyone to get home safe and for the sacrifice of those made here never be forgotten.”

The Ko’Jan Commander said in a statement after the war…

“Was it brutal, yes. Was it morally unjustified, yes. Was it terrible, unnecessary, and a waste of life, yes. Would I do it again if I knew what it was going to be like and how much it would cost, I do not know. For we can only live our lives to the fullest extent at which time we live, we can only do actions with what we have and what we know. Usually I don’t answer a Yes or No question in such a way as it isn’t a Yes or a No but I know what I and many people, did was unforgivable and in a lot of ways evil those 2 days. I can’t go a week without having nightmares of those few hours and of those that were lost, I just hope that never again will something so bloody and horrible come to pass.”

After agreeing to the ceasefire all personnel were returned to their ships where both sides helped get flooding and fires under control before the Ko’Jah ships gave medical and other supplies to the E’Fo’Nan Fleet who had a long journey back to port. The ships that couldn’t be repaired were stripped for parts and supplies by both sides before being scuttled, while larger capital ships that couldn’t move were towed by those that could. By the end of the battle the total losses were added up which included the deaths from injuries and infections that were caused by injuries, the cost of life was nearing 20,000 Sailors, 300 Pilots, with over 60 warships sunk from combat and 108 from scuttling afterwards. The Mil Channel also has a naturally reddish-brown color from a large despots of clay in the surrounding land, this caused one sailor of the battleship E.I.N.S. Wem’Thet to write down in their journal…

“I sat at the stern of the Wem’Thet watching as the fleets sailed away, my mind still locked in the horrors of battle. The smell of oil, gas, smoke, blood, and death lingered on the ship and through the fleet as we limped our way south. A sailor who I don’t know came up to me and said ‘Even when the clay is mined and the ships disintegrated, the water here will still be red, for nothing can remove that much blood.’”

The Battle of the Mil Channel still remains the bloodiest naval engagement in Mai’No’Tian History